Jon WorthApr 25

🆕 EU Longest Train Journey 🆕

Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 - Lagos 🇵🇹

🦅 Geodesic: 4088.33km
🛤️ Route-km: 6251.5km

⏱️Trip time: 87 hours 29 minutes
🚆Trains: 16
💶 Cost: around €400, with Interrail

All mapped and explained here 👇
https://eulongesttrainjourney.jonworth.eu

Show threadGrumpyDad 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@jon Wouldn't it be longer if you went from Helsinki though?
Apr 25 at 1:36pmWeb
Show threadJon WorthApr 25
@grumpydad read the blog post
Show threadGrumpyDad 🇺🇦🇵🇸Apr 25
@jon I started to, but my ADHD kicked in when I saw a squirrel 😄
Show threadJon WorthApr 25
@grumpydad a reply to your point https://jonworth.eu/the-longest-train-journey-in-the-eu/#update-25-april-1630-but-helsinki-to-lagos-would-have-more-route-km
The longest train journey in the EU

Anyone who has been following my work for a while knows I have long had a rather abstract discussion about the definition of the World's Longest Train Journey. I started calculating this back in 2021, after an incorrect map on Reddit went viral, and have updated my thoughts about it

Jon Worth
Show threadJon WorthApr 25
@grumpydad basically: adding loads of via stations you can add up route km. The issue here is what two places furthest apart in the EU can be connected by train, and that’s Kemijärvi - Lagos