If we had that amount of snow here in the UK, the whole Country would be at a stand still, never mind just the Railways. Great vid, thanks so much for sharing.
Well depends how fast snow appears... Even Finland is a mess when it gets 30-40cm over night... But while -20 is quite normal, problems may appear in -35...-40 degrees... Materials just won't tolerate that.
Same in Anchorage, Alaska. We've had 7+ feet of snow this winter and the City has plowed the streets only a few times. Really, we don't shut down, we just go out and have a lot of collisions and fatal accidents. This is America at its best.
Thank you for sharing the video from my mom's homeland. I was born and raised in Maracaibo, VEN. When I was 16, we moved out of the country to Finland and I was amazed at how well everything worked, trains, buses...just everything! All worked on time no matter the weather. Finns are used to deal with snow. I moved to Las Palmas in the fall of 2021 and there are no trains here lol. I've always liked trains and ships, at least here I can take a ferry to another island. I miss Finland very much, that's why it was really nice to see this video. Thank you so much and I'll subscribe to your channel for sure. All the best! Take care 💜 Ciao! 👋
I really like these old trains for some reason, even though they're quite loud and hot during summer. I also just read a news article on VR having new night train carriages and the pictures of the interior looked nice.
@@NonstopEurotrip Basicly the same kind of sleeper carriages run already, but now they are expanding the fleet. And some new/different materials seems to be in use in the new group of carriages.
My 9 year old daughter and I love your videos. She has just said that 'non stop eurotrip is my favourite channel!' so keep up the great work 😁 We like snowy mountains and green valleys best!
Hi from Scotland, I enjoyed your video, I worked on the railway in Scotland for twenty seven years starting as a junior railman working in the stations and later as a relief signalman covering five signalboxes, when I worked in the stations in the winter our priority was to keep the stairs and platforms clear of snow and ice, we had hand held snow ploughs and were supplied with rock salt we do have trains fitted with ploughs and there are snow blowers, I was surprised that the stairs and at least the platform edges in your video were not cleared of snow, I have watched video's of Japanese railways during the winter and surprised at the amount of snow that they get, it can be from track level to above the platforms, they have teams out clearing the platforms and snow ploughs clearing the lines, worth while looking the video's up.
In the video, it was currently snowing. 5 centimetres (2 inches) of fresh snow at any facility outdoors is normal, not an emergency. Above that, it starts to get annoying but it's still not considered dangerous. They'll clear it eventually.😄
Amazing on how trains in Finland do still run in cold weather compare to the UK and other countries that always has problems when there’s cold weather. And it affects the railways. As Finland is always used to cold weather and lots of snow. Very nice 😊
However Finland/VR had some major issues to resolve when they bought Italian trains for ICE use, since the italians are/were not used to snow or cold... And they basically re-engineered half of the train.
11:30-I wish that we had these single-deck _electric_ EMU commuter trains here in Ontario (Toronto) serving with GO (Government of Ontario)Transit; great video of an amazing and well-kept commuter rail service.
Ahhh rode on of these babies just this morning. Nice blast from 15 years ago when I rode them to work daily. It would've really been worthwhile mentioning the history of this rail line though as it's quite significant but I'll do it for you. The Helsinki - Riihimäki stretch is part of the first railway line built in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland, Helsinki - Hämeenlinna completed in 1862. When the important line to the Empire's capital, St Petersburg was built it was decided to branch it off from the existing line in Riihimäki, hence it became an important railway junction. The city of Lahti exiats for this very same reason, it developed around the railway as it offerrd a good connection to Central Finland via the Vesijärvi River and the Vääksy Channel which was built around the same time. All traffic to Russia and Eastern Finland ran along this railway via Riihimäki up to 2006 when the so called "Lahden oikorata", a direct connecion between Haarajoki near Kerava and Lahti was opened, shaving almost an hour off the travel time to Lahti and destinations beyond. This of course left Riihimäki a bit of a backwater now and to keep up traffic on the bypassed section these G trains were introduced (although I guess that definition came later). My favourite ride on these old elekthriskas is between Kouvola and Kotka.
About the snow plowing crews... Every traditional train/loco in the northern countries has its own snow plow and clears within reasonable limits its own snow. If its heavy snowfall or several hours without traffic during snowing, special snow clearing equipment is needed.
You can tell the trains have been made for a cold climate with the vestibules and doors separating the doors to the platform and the seating area. That way the heat stays mostly inside the cabin when the doors are opened at stations.
Snow and mountains are my favorite views from a train and I might see some white through the big dome windows of the "Rocky Mountaineer" and "Canadian" in the Canadian Rockies next June!
There is still and old station at Lahti harbour built in 1869 and is still operating as a cafe. You can still see where the tracks used to be and they have saved some tracks for the old steam trains to turn around. The steam trains runs every summer on certain routes. You should really visit Lahti again at summertime. P.S there is also a very beatiful route between Parikkala and Savonlinna in the Eastern Finland near the border of Russia. That line almost all the time goes next to lakes.
Hola, amigo. Gracias a tu video del sleeper s Rovaniemi, en noviembre vamos a viajar mi pareja y yo a Rovaniemi desde España, y cogeremos el sleeper en Helsinki. Estoy súper agradecido por tu trabajo, muchísimas gracias. 🇪🇸
...reminds me of my childhood Huge snowfall (snowplow circle around the streets in 30min steps) but no matter what: train always on time! And now, with all the fancy "tech"? Less than 50cm and nearly NOTHING works. This footage is great and its very nice to see that still some countries are able to run all tve things like normal!
I really like snow scenes - mountains (all year round) too. It would have been nice to see Helsinki marked on the map for context. Catering (and Wi-Fi) are not really necessary on local, short journeys.
All trains running in any weather snow or rain, like in Switzerland . Good job. I have only one comment to make: what about clearing/gritting the main station's snow/ice on open platforms?
Its around noon, very few travellers and the cleaning crew are probably having lunch. They will check the weather forcast and will probably learn that the snowing will end in an hour or two. Then the platforms will be cleared once in good time before the evening rush hour. Its just a couple of inches of snow in a northern country, so what.
Having lived in finland for over 20 years I find the "oppressive weather" comment about it being -20 funny. I live further south that Riihimaki and have seen it -34deg and still the trains are running and schools open!
Only train I've done in Finland was the Allegro from St. Petersburg to Helsinki in Sept 2015. However, I've flown in and out of Helsinki in December 2018 and was amazed that the airport operated as normal despite so much snow surrounding the runways.
The remaining Sm2 units have also been recieving a small facelift since 2020 which includes at least green livery to match other rolling stock and some touch ups to the interior, for example new seat covers.
I remember when these ran on the Helsinki commuter network on my local line :D, great workhorses, but I can’t say I miss the over the Sm5s, especially during summer…
I read that the first trainline in Finland was in 1862 , that's 37 years after the first one where I live . Imagine if it took 37 years for a new gadget today to reach another country now.
Self service supermarket checkouts took at least 10 years to get from the USA/UK to Finland. Still waiting for smart speakers to arrive (due to Finland having a unique language and population of only 5 million).
Yep and a fine cake dusting of snow here in the uk and everything stops airports,trains, roads etc, the only thing that keeps running are our noses here in the uk
Having said that, I travelled down to Norfolk in march 2018 the morning after we had heavy snowfall from the beast from the east and I managed to get a train from Doncaster to Norwich, the local trains in Norfolk weren't running but most mainline trains were. Then again it was forecast, and we were already in a cold spell so they were able to keep the mainline tracks clear.
@@davebirch1976 yep it just shows that if the will is there to make things work the guys on the ground will do their best to keep things open, unfortunately we’re now in a nanny state where people want to keep the infrastructure going but some clown at the top says it’s too dangerous call in health and safety and the ones who want to keep the nation running are overruled by a pen pusher who couldn’t dig a hole in the ground unless they formed a quorum to work out how to do it, sorry for the rant but after being brought up to use your initiative and help others this health and safety malarkey just gets me, enjoy your evening and hopefully we’ll not get any snow 😇
@@johnmehaffey9953 in early 2021 we had sudden heavy snowfall just before rush hour, which caused loads of tailbacks around the main routes, because it wasn't forecast they didn't have any staff for the gritters, the gritter drivers ended up getting stuck in the traffic so they were even later going to pick the gritters up to clear the roads.
Es especial cuando hace mal tiempo estar viajando en forma confortable. El precio me parecio acorde al servicio y algo economico. Concuerdo en la gran labor del equipo para mantener los trenes corriendo, no es facil mantener esas vias despejadas. Gracias por el paseo. 🇺🇾
It seems there is also another road named after a Finnish place in Lillestrøm: Karisveien (Swedish: Karis, Finnish: Karjaa, now part of Raseborg (Finnish: Raasepori)). Then there are other roads named after places in Nordic countries like Glostrup and Landskrona.
@@aeschynanthus_sp jupp. Landskronaveien and glostrupveien + that place i mentioned earlier are on a place called Skjetten in Lillestrøm wich is 10 min away from me.
No, Sm5 trains are owned by Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy, they cannot replace Sm2 without a change of ownership. Most likely, the new commuter trains ordered by VR will replace the Sm2 fleet.
@@miskajoo1 Tavallaan kyllä mutta samalla muuttui HSL liikenteen sopimus jolloin VR ei aja HSL liikennettä omalla vaan vuokratulla kalustolla. Sm1 korvautui HSL liikenteessä mutta VR:n omaan kalustoon ei tullut muuta muutosta kuin Sm1 junien hidas käytön lopetus kun omaa kalustoa tarvittiin vähemmän.
If you have a chance, come to Indonesia. Take a south route train in West Java. Start from Jakarta-Bandung then continue Bandung-Yogyakarta/Surabaya. Take an Executive/Luxury/Priority class and day time trip
You need to come ride the Canadian in winter from Toronto to Vancouver! VIA rail has 50% off deals on sleepers in winter…just find the sleeper promo page. Toronto to Vancouver can likely be had for about $700 or so will ALL meals included over 4 days….. 🇨🇦
Favourite views? Coastal, 100%. Because that usually means the Mediterranean (where I live nowadays), which is arguably the most pleasant region of Europe. It's perhaps not entirely fair to compare Finland to the UK when it comes to snow. It can snow in the UK, but not very often. So it doesn't make sense to invest a lot into people, machinery and infrastructure that you use perhaps a few days a year. In Finland, well, they get quite a bit of snow, so it makes sense. Where I live, it NEVER snows. And that doesn't mean "almost never"; it really means never at all. When they had snow in Madrid, we had nice and sunny weather. Now (1:00 in the morning, mid January) it's still 11°C. Although we don't have heating, so it's a little bit chilly inside the house. Close to 10,000 km of track? No wonder that they told the EU "no" when the latter came up with the plan to convert all rail in Europe to standard gauge. Although it might make sense in the long run, given that their eastern neighbour has compatible trains, and is very reliant on railways when (not if) they invade a neighbouring country.
Finland (and other countries) get snow on a regular basis, so they invest heavily in equipment and processes to cope with it. As climate change continues, perhaps the UK will fall in line.
Damn, I am missing about this trains( I was travelling on it 4 years ago, from Kotka to Kouvola and back. Very lucky model for it's years of manufactury. But their time is finishing, as the sand through fingers. I think, the next 5 years will be the last for them and we will see SM2 model only in the museum.
@@NonstopEurotrip Atleast in the past I did buy some from that r-kioski. There should be no reason why you shouldn't be able to buy them. I can try to confirm this next Thursday when im going from Helsinki to Tampere, if my train stops for long enough. Edit: I can't do it, the train driver strike forces me to drive there...
Hi, You have posted regarding the Vande Bharat(Indian flagship) train on Twitter. What did you not like in it? What do you think might be the improvements that can be made? And compared to cost to benefit/comfort ration. How do you rate it? Waiting for the VB video! As, nearly 500 such trains will be rolled out in the next 2-3 years, including 200 sleeper/overnight ones, which will be clocking 220kmph speed. It will revolutionize Indian train travel, but obviously wouldn't match the levels of European or the Japanese ones or even the Chinese ones, but still looking at the cost, it's okay. Hoping each iteration will be a better one. As some will be manufactured by Alstom and other by ICF, Chennai and also Russian and Swiss players are there.
some things in UK don't always operate as well as they could do to there full protentional and its been that way for quite a number of decades now. things have got worse at times in the past 3 years or so. i suppose as they say. things will have to get much worse before they will ever begin to get better. train travel is so expensive in this country compared to some other Europe train routes.
Being that it is a commuter, the seats should be reversible. Lets the passengers have more leg room and face the direction the train is going. Reversible seats are comfortable. Now if a family rides, they can create the seating so they face each other. The train looked scarce of commuters. If that line's capacity usage is around 50% with highest usage around 70%, they should reduce seating and add an extra toilet room. 2x2 seating would create a wider aisle and possibly wider seating area so commuters are smooshed into each other. Leg room and toilet/sink accessibility are needed necessities even in a commuter line. The view is awesome, but I don't see the cars being as spacious and comfortable if their seating capacities were 100% used.
Thanks again for your video about our railways! I've heard that an entrepreneur has bought a few of these Sm2 units and is expecting to renovate them into more modern units with a low-floor section in one of the two cars. The plan is to restart local train services between Turku and Uusikaupunki in a matter of few years and elsewhere later hopefully. I've long wanted more local trains here, since most of the local rail service in Finland have been discontinued.
-20 in Finland: we are not afraid of snow and frost trains will arrive on time! -20 in Siberia: cheers, it's warmer, you can walk down the street and eat ice cream
We do get snow, but it rarely sticks around for long except on the high ground where there aren't any trains. Maybe once per winter do we get snow that lasts more than a day or two. In coastal areas of the south you might not get snow that settles at all during a mild winter. Scotland has more snow being at more northerly latitudes.
Not sure why the snow in Finland is being compared to the snow in the UK and the ability for a Baltic sea, Northern European country like Finland which SHOULD be able to deal with snow is being compared with the UK that see's snow every two or three years for about 3 or 4 days max per year. It's so rare here why would the infrastructure be built like it's prepared for the arctic? Anyway, nice vid, I enjoyed it lol
2:11 *Scandinavia 2, Rest of Europe 0* Scandinavia won due to not shutting down its railways when it's snowing & its #TrainWindowViews on these weather conditions
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes, amazing in railway engineering and lovely weather conditions. I live in a town just a little over 200 metres above sea level, and it doesn't snow in town since 2011. It snowed in the mountains north of my hometown several times later The last time I know was January 2021, when after Three Kings' Day, a major low pressure storm called "Filomena" left snow & problems all over Spain (Even in Madrid there were severe problems for car & lorry drivers & on all roads and motorways around the city of Madrid and its Region)
Deutsche Bahn in Germany couldn't handle a fraction of this snow nowadays. This wasn't always the case but since DB had to be profitible they reduced personel, workshops, and everything else.
Window views - no favourite, really. Just leaving a city behind and rolling through ever changing scenery to somewhere, old or new, is enough. Rolling hills and farmland, forest and mountains, alongside rivers or by the sea......makes no difference for me. The journey is the thing.
Meanwhile, in Germany, the whole railroad traffic is cancelled mid-day, leaving passengers stranded, because 5 mm of snow have accumulated. Media regularly call it 'snow chaos'. When I was young, we called that 'winter' and when the busses were cancelled, I would take the train. Now, let's enjoy the Finnish way! :)
Unfair comments on UK snow preparedness; most parts of UK see snow infrequently/unpredictably, Scottish Highlands excepted. I don't think Brits (or Irish, for that matter) would want to stand the considerable costs involved in being fully ready for snow that might or might not happen. It's very different in the Nordic countries, where it's not a case of will it snow, but of how deep. I'm not talking here of just railways; the same principles apply to roads.
Strange! why should the railways work badly because of snow in a country that is known for snow and low temperatures?!!? The railway operators are not victims of the weather, they are just running their business!!! No sockets!!! Oh you poor creature! Charging your phone is NOT A HUMAN RIGHT!
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If we had that amount of snow here in the UK, the whole Country would be at a stand still, never mind just the Railways. Great vid, thanks so much for sharing.
Absolutely right 😊
Well depends how fast snow appears... Even Finland is a mess when it gets 30-40cm over night... But while -20 is quite normal, problems may appear in -35...-40 degrees... Materials just won't tolerate that.
Same in Anchorage, Alaska. We've had 7+ feet of snow this winter and the City has plowed the streets only a few times. Really, we don't shut down, we just go out and have a lot of collisions and fatal accidents. This is America at its best.
Thank you for sharing the video from my mom's homeland. I was born and raised in Maracaibo, VEN. When I was 16, we moved out of the country to Finland and I was amazed at how well everything worked, trains, buses...just everything! All worked on time no matter the weather. Finns are used to deal with snow. I moved to Las Palmas in the fall of 2021 and there are no trains here lol. I've always liked trains and ships, at least here I can take a ferry to another island. I miss Finland very much, that's why it was really nice to see this video. Thank you so much and I'll subscribe to your channel for sure. All the best! Take care 💜 Ciao! 👋
Thanks for sharing ☺️
I really like these old trains for some reason, even though they're quite loud and hot during summer. I also just read a news article on VR having new night train carriages and the pictures of the interior looked nice.
Yeah they look AMAZING!
@@NonstopEurotrip Basicly the same kind of sleeper carriages run already, but now they are expanding the fleet. And some new/different materials seems to be in use in the new group of carriages.
My 9 year old daughter and I love your videos. She has just said that 'non stop eurotrip is my favourite channel!' so keep up the great work 😁 We like snowy mountains and green valleys best!
That is awesome! Thanks so much for watching! What's your favourite video? 🙂🙏🏻
@Nonstop Eurotrip ooh so hard to choose! Probably the Bernina Express, although we like a good sleeper train too 😀
Hi from Scotland, I enjoyed your video, I worked on the railway in Scotland for twenty seven years starting as a junior railman working in the stations and later as a relief signalman covering five signalboxes, when I worked in the stations in the winter our priority was to keep the stairs and platforms clear of snow and ice, we had hand held snow ploughs and were supplied with rock salt we do have trains fitted with ploughs and there are snow blowers, I was surprised that the stairs and at least the platform edges in your video were not cleared of snow, I have watched video's of Japanese railways during the winter and surprised at the amount of snow that they get, it can be from track level to above the platforms, they have teams out clearing the platforms and snow ploughs clearing the lines, worth while looking the video's up.
In the video, it was currently snowing. 5 centimetres (2 inches) of fresh snow at any facility outdoors is normal, not an emergency. Above that, it starts to get annoying but it's still not considered dangerous. They'll clear it eventually.😄
Still, everything seems to just work ☺️
The snowy landscape it soooo beautiful and icy cold but the train is toasty warm inside cozy cocoon. A perfect combo!
Amazing on how trains in Finland do still run in cold weather compare to the UK and other countries that always has problems when there’s cold weather. And it affects the railways. As Finland is always used to cold weather and lots of snow. Very nice 😊
Yes, just get on with it there
Absolutely right. I wish the UK could deal with snow better 😂☃️
However Finland/VR had some major issues to resolve when they bought Italian trains for ICE use, since the italians are/were not used to snow or cold... And they basically re-engineered half of the train.
It's been several years since I've seen one of those trains, didn't know they are still running. great video!
Thanks!
11:30-I wish that we had these single-deck _electric_ EMU commuter trains here in Ontario (Toronto) serving with GO (Government of Ontario)Transit; great video of an amazing and well-kept commuter rail service.
Thank for watching 🤗
Living in the Mojave Desert, it is always snow. First time I saw it in all for real splendor, I had to let my friend drive. You are so lucky.
Oh wow! ☃️☃️☃️
Ahhh rode on of these babies just this morning. Nice blast from 15 years ago when I rode them to work daily.
It would've really been worthwhile mentioning the history of this rail line though as it's quite significant but I'll do it for you.
The Helsinki - Riihimäki stretch is part of the first railway line built in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland, Helsinki - Hämeenlinna completed in 1862.
When the important line to the Empire's capital, St Petersburg was built it was decided to branch it off from the existing line in Riihimäki, hence it became an important railway junction. The city of Lahti exiats for this very same reason, it developed around the railway as it offerrd a good connection to Central Finland via the Vesijärvi River and the Vääksy Channel which was built around the same time.
All traffic to Russia and Eastern Finland ran along this railway via Riihimäki up to 2006 when the so called "Lahden oikorata", a direct connecion between Haarajoki near Kerava and Lahti was opened, shaving almost an hour off the travel time to Lahti and destinations beyond. This of course left Riihimäki a bit of a backwater now and to keep up traffic on the bypassed section these G trains were introduced (although I guess that definition came later).
My favourite ride on these old elekthriskas is between Kouvola and Kotka.
Thanks for the information and the lovely comment ☺️
About the snow plowing crews... Every traditional train/loco in the northern countries has its own snow plow and clears within reasonable limits its own snow. If its heavy snowfall or several hours without traffic during snowing, special snow clearing equipment is needed.
Thanks for the information 🙂ℹ️
Thank you for a lovely (cosy) train ride in the snow! beautiful
Glad you enjoyed it 😌
You can tell the trains have been made for a cold climate with the vestibules and doors separating the doors to the platform and the seating area. That way the heat stays mostly inside the cabin when the doors are opened at stations.
Absolutely yes 😊
Snow and mountains are my favorite views from a train and I might see some white through the big dome windows of the "Rocky Mountaineer" and "Canadian" in the Canadian Rockies next June!
Exciting! My favourite too ☃️
There is still and old station at Lahti harbour built in 1869 and is still operating as a cafe. You can still see where the tracks used to be and they have saved some tracks for the old steam trains to turn around. The steam trains runs every summer on certain routes. You should really visit Lahti again at summertime.
P.S there is also a very beatiful route between Parikkala and Savonlinna in the Eastern Finland near the border of Russia. That line almost all the time goes next to lakes.
I already have the savonlinna one on my to-do list and yes, I plan to visit lahti again!
Hola, amigo. Gracias a tu video del sleeper s Rovaniemi, en noviembre vamos a viajar mi pareja y yo a Rovaniemi desde España, y cogeremos el sleeper en Helsinki. Estoy súper agradecido por tu trabajo, muchísimas gracias. 🇪🇸
Have a good trip! 🙏🏻🙂
@@NonstopEurotrip gracias, amigo! 😺
...reminds me of my childhood
Huge snowfall (snowplow circle around the streets in 30min steps) but no matter what: train always on time!
And now, with all the fancy "tech"?
Less than 50cm and nearly NOTHING works.
This footage is great and its very nice to see that still some countries are able to run all tve things like normal!
Thanks for watching 🤗
I love TrainWindowViews of both Coasts and Mountains, but I think my favourites are of epic engineering. Viaducts, spirals and the like.
Oh that's a good point 🙂👉🏻
looks amazing, great video as always :) One question: was the footage recorded this winter? Just curious :)
Last winter 🥶
I really like snow scenes - mountains (all year round) too. It would have been nice to see Helsinki marked on the map for context. Catering (and Wi-Fi) are not really necessary on local, short journeys.
I'll blame my map guy 😂
All trains running in any weather snow or rain, like in Switzerland . Good job. I have only one comment to make: what about clearing/gritting the main station's snow/ice on open platforms?
Its around noon, very few travellers and the cleaning crew are probably having lunch. They will check the weather forcast and will probably learn that the snowing will end in an hour or two. Then the platforms will be cleared once in good time before the evening rush hour. Its just a couple of inches of snow in a northern country, so what.
They just shovel it afaik
Having lived in finland for over 20 years I find the "oppressive weather" comment about it being -20 funny. I live further south that Riihimaki and have seen it -34deg and still the trains are running and schools open!
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I like your videos. Your videos are always very interesting. Another great one. Thanks for sharing it. 👍👍👍😍😍😍
Thank you very much Sharon 😚
I wish you had walked through town, right up to Sibeliustalo! I'm so homesick for Finland...
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VR Hokkaido with their KiHa sets!
For real, even the styling and color scheme!
And the snow 🌨️☃️😆
Great video !!
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Only train I've done in Finland was the Allegro from St. Petersburg to Helsinki in Sept 2015. However, I've flown in and out of Helsinki in December 2018 and was amazed that the airport operated as normal despite so much snow surrounding the runways.
Crazy isn't it ☺️
The remaining Sm2 units have also been recieving a small facelift since 2020 which includes at least green livery to match other rolling stock and some touch ups to the interior, for example new seat covers.
Oh cool!
I remember when these ran on the Helsinki commuter network on my local line :D, great workhorses, but I can’t say I miss the over the Sm5s, especially during summer…
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I read that the first trainline in Finland was in 1862 , that's 37 years after the first one where I live . Imagine if it took 37 years for a new gadget today to reach another country now.
Self service supermarket checkouts took at least 10 years to get from the USA/UK to Finland. Still waiting for smart speakers to arrive (due to Finland having a unique language and population of only 5 million).
Interesting 🙂
It’s the same in Sweden as well. Most trains run on time even though it’s cold, snowy and icy.
You should have seen them before the refurbishment. Nice vinyl seats soft and bouncy.
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Beautiful scenery
It really is!
Finland, Finland, Finland. That’s the country for me!
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Its a simply commute train, it gets there where you want to go.
It wouldn't in the UK 😂
Yep and a fine cake dusting of snow here in the uk and everything stops airports,trains, roads etc, the only thing that keeps running are our noses here in the uk
Exactly John 🤣🤣🤣
Having said that, I travelled down to Norfolk in march 2018 the morning after we had heavy snowfall from the beast from the east and I managed to get a train from Doncaster to Norwich, the local trains in Norfolk weren't running but most mainline trains were. Then again it was forecast, and we were already in a cold spell so they were able to keep the mainline tracks clear.
@@davebirch1976 yep it just shows that if the will is there to make things work the guys on the ground will do their best to keep things open, unfortunately we’re now in a nanny state where people want to keep the infrastructure going but some clown at the top says it’s too dangerous call in health and safety and the ones who want to keep the nation running are overruled by a pen pusher who couldn’t dig a hole in the ground unless they formed a quorum to work out how to do it, sorry for the rant but after being brought up to use your initiative and help others this health and safety malarkey just gets me, enjoy your evening and hopefully we’ll not get any snow 😇
@@johnmehaffey9953 in early 2021 we had sudden heavy snowfall just before rush hour, which caused loads of tailbacks around the main routes, because it wasn't forecast they didn't have any staff for the gritters, the gritter drivers ended up getting stuck in the traffic so they were even later going to pick the gritters up to clear the roads.
Es especial cuando hace mal tiempo estar viajando en forma confortable. El precio me parecio acorde al servicio y algo economico. Concuerdo en la gran labor del equipo para mantener los trenes corriendo, no es facil mantener esas vias despejadas. Gracias por el paseo. 🇺🇾
You're welcome, thanks for watching 🤗
In Norway, on a place 10 minutes away from me, we have a street called riihimakiveien =)
It seems there is also another road named after a Finnish place in Lillestrøm: Karisveien (Swedish: Karis, Finnish: Karjaa, now part of Raseborg (Finnish: Raasepori)). Then there are other roads named after places in Nordic countries like Glostrup and Landskrona.
@@aeschynanthus_sp jupp. Landskronaveien and glostrupveien + that place i mentioned earlier are on a place called Skjetten in Lillestrøm wich is 10 min away from me.
Finland is very beautiful ! Thanks 👍
It really is! 🇫🇮🇫🇮
The Sm2 is actually getting replaced with the Sm5, which Simply Railway has a review on.
No, Sm5 trains are owned by Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy, they cannot replace Sm2 without a change of ownership. Most likely, the new commuter trains ordered by VR will replace the Sm2 fleet.
Sm5's replaced the Sm1's that are similiar to the Sm2 trains
@@miskajoo1 Tavallaan kyllä mutta samalla muuttui HSL liikenteen sopimus jolloin VR ei aja HSL liikennettä omalla vaan vuokratulla kalustolla. Sm1 korvautui HSL liikenteessä mutta VR:n omaan kalustoon ei tullut muuta muutosta kuin Sm1 junien hidas käytön lopetus kun omaa kalustoa tarvittiin vähemmän.
I'd love to visit Finland. I've done bits of Sweden, but only in the summertime.
You should! I absolutely love Finland 🥰
That has to be the most random route in the country😀 Lahti used to be known as the crime capital of Finland, probably not these days anymore though… 😅
It was more about the train 😆
If you have a chance, come to Indonesia. Take a south route train in West Java. Start from Jakarta-Bandung then continue Bandung-Yogyakarta/Surabaya. Take an Executive/Luxury/Priority class and day time trip
Later in the year, hopefully!
As a Finnish, nighttrains are about 3-6h late in -35 degrees
there are power sockets next to some of the doors but you need to stand and hold your phone when charging
you can see one at the top left corner at 3:56
You need to come ride the Canadian in winter from Toronto to Vancouver! VIA rail has 50% off deals on sleepers in winter…just find the sleeper promo page. Toronto to Vancouver can likely be had for about $700 or so will ALL meals included over 4 days….. 🇨🇦
Maybe one day! 😀
Is ride quality on these lightweight railcars as good as Finland 's intercity trains?
No, but then i wouldn't expect it to be!
Amazing.... fairytale landscape
☃️☃️☃️
I wish that you could also make videos about trams and metros, i its possible you should ho to helsinki tram and helsinki metros
Unfortunately they just don't get good enough views on my channel for it to be worthwhile 🥲
Favourite views? Coastal, 100%. Because that usually means the Mediterranean (where I live nowadays), which is arguably the most pleasant region of Europe.
It's perhaps not entirely fair to compare Finland to the UK when it comes to snow. It can snow in the UK, but not very often. So it doesn't make sense to invest a lot into people, machinery and infrastructure that you use perhaps a few days a year. In Finland, well, they get quite a bit of snow, so it makes sense.
Where I live, it NEVER snows. And that doesn't mean "almost never"; it really means never at all. When they had snow in Madrid, we had nice and sunny weather. Now (1:00 in the morning, mid January) it's still 11°C. Although we don't have heating, so it's a little bit chilly inside the house.
Close to 10,000 km of track? No wonder that they told the EU "no" when the latter came up with the plan to convert all rail in Europe to standard gauge. Although it might make sense in the long run, given that their eastern neighbour has compatible trains, and is very reliant on railways when (not if) they invade a neighbouring country.
Yeah completely agree with all of that 😂
Mine favorite view from train windows is coastal.
Take note UK, you could really do with being able to run trains on-time during snow or bad weather!
Amen 🤣🤣🤣
Finland (and other countries) get snow on a regular basis, so they invest heavily in equipment and processes to cope with it. As climate change continues, perhaps the UK will fall in line.
Damn, I am missing about this trains( I was travelling on it 4 years ago, from Kotka to Kouvola and back. Very lucky model for it's years of manufactury. But their time is finishing, as the sand through fingers. I think, the next 5 years will be the last for them and we will see SM2 model only in the museum.
A shame 😭
Amazing trip.
It really is!
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
1:48 You can buy tickets from the shop.
Really?
@@NonstopEurotrip Atleast in the past I did buy some from that r-kioski. There should be no reason why you shouldn't be able to buy them. I can try to confirm this next Thursday when im going from Helsinki to Tampere, if my train stops for long enough. Edit: I can't do it, the train driver strike forces me to drive there...
Hi,
You have posted regarding the Vande Bharat(Indian flagship) train on Twitter.
What did you not like in it? What do you think might be the improvements that can be made? And compared to cost to benefit/comfort ration. How do you rate it?
Waiting for the VB video! As, nearly 500 such trains will be rolled out in the next 2-3 years, including 200 sleeper/overnight ones, which will be clocking 220kmph speed. It will revolutionize Indian train travel, but obviously wouldn't match the levels of European or the Japanese ones or even the Chinese ones, but still looking at the cost, it's okay. Hoping each iteration will be a better one. As some will be manufactured by Alstom and other by ICF, Chennai and also Russian and Swiss players are there.
I really liked it! But the food offering and service could much be improved. it took too long and wasn't particularly nice
some things in UK don't always operate as well as they could do to there full protentional and its been that way for quite a number of decades now. things have got worse at times in the past 3 years or so. i suppose as they say. things will have to get much worse before they will ever begin to get better. train travel is so expensive in this country compared to some other Europe train routes.
Yeah, but a lot of European companies and routes are subsidized
Being that it is a commuter, the seats should be reversible. Lets the passengers have more leg room and face the direction the train is going. Reversible seats are comfortable. Now if a family rides, they can create the seating so they face each other.
The train looked scarce of commuters. If that line's capacity usage is around 50% with highest usage around 70%, they should reduce seating and add an extra toilet room. 2x2 seating would create a wider aisle and possibly wider seating area so commuters are smooshed into each other. Leg room and toilet/sink accessibility are needed necessities even in a commuter line. The view is awesome, but I don't see the cars being as spacious and comfortable if their seating capacities were 100% used.
the "commuter" line in the video would probably be considered a regional train elsewhere, it only serves some small towns
We just don't bother about reversible seating for short rides.
Sm2 units are MADE to run in any kind of weather. like its predecessor Sm1.
And they do it well 🙂
Thanks again for your video about our railways! I've heard that an entrepreneur has bought a few of these Sm2 units and is expecting to renovate them into more modern units with a low-floor section in one of the two cars. The plan is to restart local train services between Turku and Uusikaupunki in a matter of few years and elsewhere later hopefully.
I've long wanted more local trains here, since most of the local rail service in Finland have been discontinued.
That's very interesting thank you 🤠
-20 in Finland: we are not afraid of snow and frost trains will arrive on time!
-20 in Siberia: cheers, it's warmer, you can walk down the street and eat ice cream
Ikr 🤣
So the UK doesn't get much snow?
When we do, we can't deal with it on road or rails 😅
We do get snow, but it rarely sticks around for long except on the high ground where there aren't any trains. Maybe once per winter do we get snow that lasts more than a day or two. In coastal areas of the south you might not get snow that settles at all during a mild winter. Scotland has more snow being at more northerly latitudes.
Great trip, I think there's similarities between Finland's/Finnish/Suomi Train and Japanese Train, they still running even though it's heavy snow.
Yeah and Sweden 🇸🇪 and Norway 🇳🇴
Not sure why the snow in Finland is being compared to the snow in the UK and the ability for a Baltic sea, Northern European country like Finland which SHOULD be able to deal with snow is being compared with the UK that see's snow every two or three years for about 3 or 4 days max per year. It's so rare here why would the infrastructure be built like it's prepared for the arctic? Anyway, nice vid, I enjoyed it lol
Thanks for watching!!
Snow😉
2:11 *Scandinavia 2, Rest of Europe 0*
Scandinavia won due to not shutting down its railways when it's snowing & its #TrainWindowViews on these weather conditions
Amazing isn't it Pedro 🇫🇮🙂
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes, amazing in railway engineering and lovely weather conditions.
I live in a town just a little over 200 metres above sea level, and it doesn't snow in town since 2011.
It snowed in the mountains north of my hometown several times later
The last time I know was January 2021, when after Three Kings' Day, a major low pressure storm called "Filomena" left snow & problems all over Spain
(Even in Madrid there were severe problems for car & lorry drivers & on all roads and motorways around the city of Madrid and its Region)
I'm pretty surprised there is not a single Finn here stating "still run on time" as false 😂
Me too 🤣
I can't stand it when the trains are so hot when it's cold outside. Have it a few degrees warmer but shouldn't need to take all your layers off.
My toes were frozen so it was nice to rest them on a heat pipe 🤠
Deutsche Bahn in Germany couldn't handle a fraction of this snow nowadays. This wasn't always the case but since DB had to be profitible they reduced personel, workshops, and everything else.
Map link....?
I forgot 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip No worries... Stay safe on your travels...
Window views - no favourite, really. Just leaving a city behind and rolling through ever changing scenery to somewhere, old or new, is enough. Rolling hills and farmland, forest and mountains, alongside rivers or by the sea......makes no difference for me. The journey is the thing.
Agree with that Bob 😁
Niet zeuren, maar rijden. Zoals het vroeger ook in Nederland was.
That kind of weather would cause the UK to declare a national emergency.
For a year 😉
Meanwhile, in Germany, the whole railroad traffic is cancelled mid-day, leaving passengers stranded, because 5 mm of snow have accumulated. Media regularly call it 'snow chaos'. When I was young, we called that 'winter' and when the busses were cancelled, I would take the train. Now, let's enjoy the Finnish way! :)
Absolutely 🤗
Muito lindo trem da Índia 🇮🇳 gostei da neve 🌨
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Do you still hear from Dylan.? He seems to have vanished of the face of the earth 😕
Nope!
Suomalaiset
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Sitkeitä ,kun eivät anna lumen estää liikkumista paikasta toiseen
Siis onko näitä vanhoja vieläkin liikenteessä😂 ite kuljen vaan ic:llä ja pendolinolla
On liikenteessä vielä
Not on a local route 😆
You're a regular Kimi Trainkkonen
Thanks, I think 😂🙏🏻🇫🇮🥶
Bro try Indonesian new high speed train but open for public june 2023😁😁
I'll be there this year 😸
Unfair comments on UK snow preparedness; most parts of UK see snow infrequently/unpredictably, Scottish Highlands excepted.
I don't think Brits (or Irish, for that matter) would want to stand the considerable costs involved in being fully ready for snow that might or might not happen. It's very different in the Nordic countries, where it's not a case of will it snow, but of how deep. I'm not talking here of just railways; the same principles apply to roads.
Sure, but they could still be much better prepared!
Strange! why should the railways work badly because of snow in a country that is known for snow and low temperatures?!!? The railway operators are not victims of the weather, they are just running their business!!!
No sockets!!! Oh you poor creature! Charging your phone is NOT A HUMAN RIGHT!
What a strange comment.
train sleep
These trains are going to be replaced by new stadler flirt's in near future.
I Like the look of these trains, they should keep some in commission
I hope they will put them soon out of service
Not yet!
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Люблю Финляндию
Me too 😍