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 threadPerlPlayerApr 25
@jon it would take only 30h if it won't go through Germany 🤣
Show threadJon WorthApr 25
@PerlPlayer Eh that is too nasty 😀 But it is there it is most likely to all go wrong!
Show threadmalteApr 25
@jon Is Deutsche Bahn or German railways significantly worse than the rest of Europe?
Show threadJon WorthApr 25
@malte Reliability is a real problem currently. This is not a PR or comms issue!
Show threadmalteApr 25
@jon I meant to write 'or', not pr! :)
Show threadJon WorthApr 25
@malte Ah! In terms of reliability, yes it is. Major delays are common.
Show threadmalteApr 25
@jon Do you have a theory why? I wonder
Show threadJon WorthApr 25
@malte Gerhard Schröder. Seriously. That was the point when investment flat lined, and passenger numbers rose and kept rising. And from that you get the mess you are in now!
Show threadmalte
@jon Sad how cuts can have effects such a long time after!
Apr 25 at 9:54pmWeb
Show threadJon WorthApr 25
@malte Yes, although governments in between could have seen what was happening, but did not, or did and did not think it was urgent enough to act. And so now we have this almighty mess.