fne8w2ahFinland gains direct rail link to Europe this summer
"As far as I can tell Kolari to Lagos, Portugal, is the longest journey you can take on multiple trains within the EU,"
5000km in a week probably. Does Portugal even have high-speed rail?
Finland and Russia already use different rail gauge, because Finland still uses the older Russian (Empire) gauge and Russia uses “Soviet” gauge. Its only a 4 mm difference but still any trains that would have to run both gauges have to be designed for both, which most of russian trains are not.
Also the electrical system is completely different
IIRC Portugal isn’t even well connected to Spain by train. I think there’s a twice a day connection between Porto and Vigo in the north. Not sure about the southern part.
I think it’s twice per day between Entroncamento and Badajoz too, not sure if there are other cross border connections. But maybe they’ll finish the direct connection between Lisbon and Madrid some day! 🤞