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VR Lapland Express - my BEST sleeper experience to the ARCTIC CIRCLE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2020
- EUROPEAN TRAIN TRIP #15
Hi everyone, welcome back to the following step of my European train trip
Today we are going to Kemi, in the Lapland onboard the famous VR sleeper train. 🇫🇮
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Railway company: VR
Train type : SR 1
From : Helsinki to Kemi
N° of train: 273
Duration : 9h35
Price : Around 60 euros with a discount
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Whoever is responsible for the design of the double-decker sleeping cars real knows something about design. - Heinz
Double-decker sleeping cars (Edm) are built by Bombardier and also the othe Double-decker cars. the "new" green painting is desingned by VR
@@onnihietala4349 The Edm double-decker sleeping cars are made by Škoda Transtech
Sources: fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Škoda_Transtech (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Škoda_Transtech ), fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edm_(makuuvaunu)
@@MartinPolreich oh god yes Skoda
@@MartinPolreich Yes, in Finland.
@@zerrilo7967Well actually transtech. Skoda is in the name just because it owns transtech.
haha this is so finnish, boarding the santa clause express while there is a heavy metal concert in the background. if im not mistaken that sounds like children of bodom.
Absolutely is 'Are You Dead Yet' by Children of Bodom.
I still can't get over how sophisticated and advanced European trains are. During my first time in Europe in 2011 the trains I saw at Frankfurt Airport scared the hell out of me. I'm from Texas and I'd never seen anything like them before. Everyone was so casual and matter of fact and I thought I would jump out of my skin. The first time you see them it's intimidating. Big, powerful and move and stop so fast.
What scared you the most about them? The sheer acceleration?
yee haw
@@mayc.onaise5649 i love how the comment and reply is serious and all, then I saw yours and had a good laugh😂
yeah germany isnt pretty .. clean. its just boring, the government doesnt care about us. but hey, at least we have money to build unnecesarry things :)
@@moncherfremi wot lmao
*Man I can never get enough of these sleeper train videos. Especially with the small private cabins. I've never had the chance to sleep in one unfortunately. They look so cozy*
nagraj pszejazd koleje wielkopojski elf polełenp
We have rhem in Poland. Wich is in central Europe
Italy has several night trains but a LOT older than this Finnish one!
I have been using this particular train when I travel to Finland from Russia.Too bad I wasn’t a blogger back then.Good video mate
Come to India. Almost all trains have sleeper.
The 2010 accident happened because an empty train (engine + 8 coaches) was being pushed to the station. About a kilometre out of the station, the train suffered a brake failure, during which the engine and 4 coaches stopped, the other 4 coaches detached from the train and continued to coast towards the station.
The coaster was directed to track 13 with the hope that the concrete blocker could stop it, but the 250 000 kg coaster travelling at 30 km/h went right through it, lifted up and finally stopped inside the hotel at the end of the track. The train damaged three floors of the hotel but only injuries occurred inside the coaster, and they were limited to mild bruises.
The accident was caused by human error. The main brake line connection had severed between two coaches and the conductor was unable to connect them due to snow and ice. They instead decided to disable the brakes and fix the issue after arriving at the station. Due to the same snow and ice, the conductor was unable to see that the bolt connecting the later coasting coaches to the rest of the train had also come loose.
The buffer stops are able to stop full trains from 35 km/h without causing major injuries to possible passengers on the train. VR has also prohibited employees from disabling the brakes if there is no engine between the coaches and the station.
I was actually working in the building when this happened. The offices of Ernst &Young were upstairs and the floor that took the most hit had meeting rooms. The train car shot up from the end of the tracks up into the floor and wall of the meeting room, crushing it. Luckily, there was no meeting going on that time. One was scheduled to begin shortly after the impact.
@@sket179 wow given how extreme that looked it was amazing no one was seriously hurt or worse.
In germany it is illegal to move any train without connecting the air brake line throughout the entire train.
Yes, so it went, nobody hurts just economical pains & learnings ab. accidents
@@Sweetw4ter humping is illegal in Germany? Figures...
Remembering the beautiful times my family had when visiting Finland. Our two boys loved the trip to lapland by road from Kuopio. They were just about to complete 2 years and visiting Santa claus village was a dream come true. Our plans to visit Finland and lapland again after 8 years, had to be postponed due to the pandemic situation. Hoping to visit the amazing land of thousand lakes when everything is fine.
Those double deck sleeper cars look pretty impressive. I travelled in an Amtrak Superliner Roomette from San Francisco to Chicago in 2018 and despite their years, they’re still pretty impressive to ride in; smooth and very quiet.
Wow that landscape of Finland 🇫🇮 sure looks beautiful. I've never been to Finland before but I'd really love to go there sometime in the future.
Good evening from Ireland 🇮🇪
Those Finnish double-deckers, with their massive loading gauge and the big 1520 mm profile really are impressive in size and scale! The Helsinki main station also looks very attractive, with those iconic figures at the front gate holding the light balls. They certainly are eye-catching.
1524mm, not 1520. 1520 is used in Russia.
@@mattijousmaa6084 Thanks for the heads up. So what is the gauge of the railway line between Helsinki and St. Petersburg, where they use the direct Pendolino trains?
@@trainsandtrams2020 In Finland 1524 and in Russia 1520, but the Allegro train wheels has 1522 gauge. No need to change anything because 1522 can run on both. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_(train)
The station was designed by Eero Saarinen's father.
That one room probably has more power sockets than my whole house does
I'm sure 😂
@@SimplyRailway gsgs
@@SimplyRailway Did you walk barefoot(8:28)?
@@SimplyRailway what is Finland like
@@mehchocolate1257 Different on different parts. Helsinki is the capitol and center of wealth; it is very different to the rest of the country, in good and bad. If you want to experience the peace and calm, stay away from urban centers. Eastern parts have very much different culture to the west, and even inside some regions there can be very different towns; experiencing them can be very difficult as typically there is just a market, bank, few stores, pub and it is very quiet unless it is Friday or Saturday - not even then if there is no pub.
Simply Railway is great. I especially like the text rather than someone speaking.
Yes, gave a very different vibe to the video. 🙂👍🏼
You should check out the man in seat61’s videos then, a similar style to this.
True
So true
Exactly, if it was an American doing this video, they wouldn't shut up talking 😂
The atmosphere when travelling on the VR sleeper train during christmas is something special. People are so calm and relaxed because they are travelling to the north to their families and they don't need to drive themselves, they can just chill.
And there comes the surprise again. I certainly didn't expect the Finnish sleeper for this week :) . A true fantastic night train. And nice to see the old "Siberian Wolf" still hauling trains. The sound of this Soviet-built locomotive is just wonderful.
That bathroom is so damn clever. I love it.
Can't believe I haven't seen anyone copy this in a #vanlife build.
That trip looked so interesting. I usually like the traditional European cities...but this one made me think I might like to try Finland. Good video...thanks.
Let me guess, it's August 23? I guess the heavy metal concert you could hear from the platform in Helsinki is one of the last shows of Children of Bodom :D
You are right. It was the 23th !!!
Love Children of Bodom
Love Children of Bodom
Sounds like "Lake Bodom"... really wish I could figure out what song, now it's bugging me!
I must admire your power of observation.
I'm surprised the ensuite didn't double as a Sauna... it is Finland after all...
The station is in the National Romantic Style (Nordic Art Nouveau), designed in 1904 and constructed 1909-1919. The architect is Gottlieb Saarinen, the father of Eero Saarinen who designed Washington Dulles, TWA Flight Centre at JFK and others. The station’s original plan included a separate wing for Tsar Nicholas II (who was also the Grand Duke of Finland, but did not live to see the completion of the station). This wing is now used by the Finnish President. The Railway gauge is so wide (1524) because Finnish Railways were originally constructed under the jurisdiction of the Russian Empire which had a standard gauge width of 1524mm.
I've always wondered why train stations are so high, even those where only people entre with platform areas under lower ceiling height Si it doesn't appear to be for exhaust reasons.
The architect Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen is always known as Eliel Saarinen, not Gottlieb Saarinen.
Eero Saarinen also designed the Gateway Arch of St. Louis, which McDonald's copied for it's logo.
In Finland Nicholas II (as his predecessors) was normally referred to as the Emperor or the Grand Duke, as he was not the Tsar in/of Finland.
@@cbisme6414 interesting question. The buildings were probably built to impress (saying look at us, we're entering the age of modernity! Our economy is thriving so much that we need a station building!), but also, large rooms get really depressing if you give them low ceilings. If you want people to feel good about being in a large hall, the ceiling needs to be quite high. The Dutch station of Den Haag Centraal is an interesting example. They changed it a few years ago, I think, but the space between the main hall and the tracks used to be really low and because the ceilings were also made of dark concrete, no amount of lighting could make them comfortable. This would make everyone rush through them as fast as they could :)
@@Nynke_K In times before machine air conditioning, the ceelings were raised so there would be large amount of air to breathe. As the spoiled air gets hotter it raises. If the ceilings were low the air would spoil much faster and drafty ventialtion would be needed. So one could say that those were introduced laregly for passanger comfort. (But the impress factor was certainly also a part of the agenda. In a way, one could argue that AC killed the grand architecture:)
I’ve travelled on the sleeper in winter and it’s a fantastic experience. You leave Helsinki thinking about how snowy it is then you wake up in Oulu and realise how snowy it really is! Most peaceful night’s sleep!
11:47 “This is the real magic of sleeper train travel”
I agree! I mean I’ve never travelled on a sleeper train before but this is the way I’d want to travel between cities, by sleeping through the journey and waking up fresh at the destination haha
most people say they cannot sleep properly on a train, however
amesavis I haven’t seen that at all. Most people say they are refreshed but I don’t speak for everyone (though, nor do you).
@@puddycat2325 I cannot sleep on a plane or in a passenger car but sleep like a baby on the train.
@@puddycat2325 No one in my family can sleep in trains at all so sadly I've gotten to experience a sleeper train only like twice in my life
Wow.....cleaner then some hospitals.
That was my thought! It looked kind of cold and clinical, like a hospital.
@@thefareplayer2254 It has to be easy to clean fast and efficiently.
@@herrakaarme Just like a hospital!
Zen says are hospitals really clean? Not in my India.
looks brand new, that may be why it certainly looks new
For the past 5 years I have been traveling around Europe’s by trains and filming my journeys.Finish sleeper trains are awesome (especially the double deckers)
Greetings from Finland.
I have waited for this so long. Thanks for reviewing this.
Edit: That autotrain coach, it is one complete wagon. not two different carriages connected together
This is what I thought too :)
@aviagamer what is ours? Finland?
Amazing Country loved every minute of my time there, would love to try this train
i took one of these some years ago when i was on an Aurora expedition voyage, from Helsinki to northern tip of Finland. The train was not very fast (which i wish could have been), but i was totally shocked when i entered my cabin, finding how clean the bed was with very nice fresh perfume odeur, and got even more shocked to find that each canine has your own toilet and shower like a hotel room. It’s literally like spending a night in a starred hotel on the move. And they even put some cute little snacks on my pillow. And all that only cost something like 100 euro or something. that was undoubtedly one of the most unforgettable train experiences i had, along with the Inka train to Machupichu and Japanese Shinsheng high speed train in different aspects.
the best part is that it's dog friendly!
diana2d oh I didn’t notice that. But I would have played with the doggies if there were any on the train when I took it! I’m definitely a dog lover 😍
@@staratlas5826 whenever I traveled with my dog by train, lots of people came over to play with her or take photos with her :)
If you really like the sound of a train, check this link out. I find it so relaxing (warning, it has ads) th-cam.com/video/tRF8g3eutbs/w-d-xo.html
The chocolate bar is 'Fazerin sininen', which translates into 'Fazer's blue'. The single best chocolate in the world by far.
Quick and slightly relevant question, Do you think that food is art?
Because art is subjective... Hahahaha so it's impossible for one thing to be the best.
Oh I'll take that Challenge!! 🤣
The last time I rode a train, it was an overnight from Philadelphia to Orlando. Christmas 1976. This video is perfect. You have a new subscriber.
I rode the Penn Central from Philly to Miami in 1964 (I was 7). 26 hrs & no sleeper!
Traveled on this train in May 2019. Highly recommend the train trip. Very comfortable and fun.
Love to see, that Finland also supports night-trains!
They and ÖBB doing great job in my opinion :D
Greeting from Austria
Great video! The provision of cabins for passengers with pets isn’t just for their benefit, it also benefits those with allergies. You’ll see pet compartments on all daytime and nighttime trains with SJ in Sweden and VR in Finland.
I love the sleeper trains! This one looks absolutely fantastic. Great idea on the double decker style. I wish we had more train travel here in the States. Thanks for the great video!
I used to work for VR Track the last year VR's offices were still in the central railway station (they were located on the right hand side of the station that was under refurbishment in the video). The station is very impressive building, including some of the areas customers couldn't get to, such as the main staircase of the office wing and the memorial wall for railwaymen who died during the civil war and the winter war. When we relocated all empoyees received a copy of a book detailing the history of the station that was normally only given as business gifts (I guess VR had a lot of them left over and didn't need them anymore).
Thank you for not talking and not using sped-up footage with annoying music and just letting the train ride speak for itself.
That's really nice. Loads of love from India 🇮🇳
What a great looking train inside and out. I imagine the scenery is pretty awesome also, especially in winter. Thanks for taking me along I really enjoyed it.
Thank you for sharing this experience. I really do appreciate it very much!
Transtech and VR are planning a new super sleeperwagon. Cabins will have living room on first floor and sleeping room on second floor. Sleeping room roof will be 100% glass so you can see Auroras while lying on your bed.
Thanks for the video! An opportunity for revisiting Lapland and all its beauty. Eight years ago I spend a week in Inari (500+ km above) during the midnight sun season and it was awesome. No Santa but also something special about the lakes, the landscape and Sami culture. Great memories. Lapland is also great during summer! Thanks for your work!
Greetings from Scotland. A great journey and I intend to do it one day. I always enjoy your trip reports about train journeys across Europe.
in winter time many families take this train to Rovaniemi. Cars can be transported as well. So people first drive to a place where they load their car, then they come to the station and get on board. Those wagons that carry cars are then connected to the other ones. It's very convenient because once you wake up in the morning in Rovaniemi, you drive your car out and then you can continue by car to a skiing destination without being too tired like one is after driving all night in winter conditions.
Excellent video and a wonderful train. Definitely on the bucket list for post-Covid travels.
Those sleepers are awesome and so very clean! Love the multi-hued green and white livery of the train too. Man, I need to make it to Europe someday!
7:44 Aww the pets' cabin
How sweet! 🐾🐾
Finnish Inteligency hahaha
I'm planning to take this train trip next year. Thank you for the informative video of what to expect, and for taking the time to show the cabin for mobility impaired travelers. Sometimes what's supposed to be accessible isn't, but that one looked perfect.
Greetings from Western Australia. I wish I could visit Finland and ride your beautiful trains.
Wow! This makes me love Finland even more!
Finland, a very beautiful place. I hope to visit one day.
I had expected more landscape views.
I did a eurail trip for the third time in 2019. Loved every moment of it (Finland included). Whenever possible i would thank the driver at the end of the journey. Their faces would just light up in a smile.
Spectacular video. Exactly what I was looking for. Amazing channel. Keep up the great work!.
Thanks for the high class video! In Finland August is off season after the holidays in July, that's why the quiet trains.Yeah VR have some comfy trains, the newer double deckers also have goodies like play areas for kids etc, easy travelling. Yes trains are becoming more popular in Finland too these days, the only problem is the low population density.
Soon the borders open and hordes of Swedes will fill the seats and beds. Skål/kippis.
@@koff41 Uhh, when?
This train is beautiful, sleeper trains are definitely the future
Our European railway operators are closing them which is totally the wrong thing to be doing!
Simply traveling in this train is a dream come true. Outstanding video. Thanks. Pronam
Hola amigo, this is such a great information, my planning a trip to Lapland for next Christmas and I found your video, I will have a look at some of the other videos of your channel, thank you so much for taking the time to do this. Luigi
Glad the conductor let you move cabins, plus to a deluxe 2nd floor one! I would feel very uncomfortable with sharing with a stranger.
It depends on the stranger!
oh man... this is magic, absolutely magic... i wish we had some of these in Australia!
Yay! A new upload :) this is the type of content I need to get my travel fix
Hey I'm from Algeria
Thank you for taking me around the world from the comfort of my couch. 👍🏾
Awesome journey, good interior in train and beautiful outlook.
Trains always fascinate me. I can't wait to step on board and experience it.
I can travel the world like this. Perfect. Thanks for sharing.
It seems that VR thought of everything, even for the lower level sleeper cabin occupants. Very nice video. Thank you.
For a second I thought this was going to be virtual reality
1:02 The ticket office moved to much smaller premises at the west wing of the building in December as the one seen here is being converted to another restaurant. At the moment only 9 stations across the country have VR offices but I won't be surprised if there were none left in a few years time.
edit: that refurbishment work next to the platforms is the old VR HQ wing becoming a Scandic hotel.
TH-cam popped up with your NY to Orlando video as a suggestion so I watched it... and then that led me to this one. I teared up while watching it! I'm hoping to take my daughter on this route when we visit Finland in a couple of years... I have been daydreaming about it non-stop. So, thank you very much for the work you put into your channel and for taking us along with you!
"Santa"stic.... I mean 'fantastic' train & what a wonderful experience watching the journey on utube, simply "Finnish"tastic . Till Christmas 'Thank you' Sir! 👌👍👏👏
1:39 Platform or Track was shown for your train IC 273 which was Track / Platform 8.
Love Finland and I love VR trains. I want to go on a sleeper train. Did a 4-hour journey to Joensuu on a VR train though. Pretty amazing
Thank you; I enjoy trip videos from sleepers all over the world.
This accommodation looks great!
I can't imagine Amtrak comparing well.
Thank you for sharing information about accommodations for the handicapped! Every little bit helps!
14:37 these car coaches are attached in Pasila (it's within Helsinki, the next station from Helsingin päärautatieasema)
I only recently discovered your channel, damn what a treat! Taking some inspiration from you, I've booked two night train travels: From Hamburg to Munich, and from Hamburg to innsbruch - both are with the OBB nightjet! I am excited!
keep up the great work on the channel!
Thanks :) enjoy yourtrip
I’m late to the Simply Railway channel but I’m already hooked. The quality of the videos and your enthusiasm makes me want to take my first long train journey. 👏👏👏
Love it, u make me feel like I'm travelling too, thank you so much! Please share more!
Locomotive was Sr1 not the train type. Train type would be Night train. Night trains in Finland IC265, IC274 to/from Kemijärvi and IC266, IC273 to/from Rovaniemi is called Santa Claus Express. Night trains P263, P269, P270 and P272 is also night trains and they go from Helsinki to Kolari and those night trains are called Aurora Borealis Express.
I once travelled with a friend from Helsinki to Lappland and we shared our sleeping room with a stranger. An old russian woman who snored very loudly all night long. I couln't sleep at all. On our journey back we shared the sleeping room with another stranger. A young woman who slept in the bed highest upp. In the middel of the night she vomited from upp there all over us and our clothes!!! A few years later I travelled again with my friend to Lappland and this time I insisted that we take a sleeping room for just the two of us even tough it was more expensive because I wanted to be sure I could sleep in peace. My friend had her BIG dog with her who insisted on sleeping with me in my bed. There was not much room for me. Again I did not sleep very well because he skrached himself all the time. When we arrived in Lappland we took him to the wet and found out that he was absolutely full of ticks! Poor thing! My friend washed him with shampoo against ticks and the ticks fell off him so our hotel room was full of dead ticks on the floor and the bed. Memorable journeys! 🤣
Wow that sounds like torture. If you take another trip to Lapland after the pandemic, hopefully nothing like what you've experienced before happens again. If it did though, I would probably not be surprised. Almost feels like a curse to me! 😅
Kiitos, M8... this is the first vid of yours I watched and I must say I'm impressed by the information and the upbeat manner of your delivery. I'm glad you slept well on this train. I took the Caledonian Sleeper from London to Edinburgh in 1998 and I felt like I never slept. All the weird noises the train makes right underneath you!
Thanks for your message :)
Great video, thanks! I find the night trains a great way to beat jetlag. Fly in, spend the day in the city, then hop on the train for a great nights sleep. I try to do this whenever I visit Finland and am headed up north.
Great overview. Having a big loading gauge really helps and allows spacious compartments, long beds and good headroom even in a doubledeck car ... The British night trains have it a lot more difficult, central European are somewhere inbetween.
It seems to be the rule in Europe that sleeper bunks are always arranged laterally across the car, whereas in the US it's been traditional for the most part to have them parallel to the car. Seems like that would work better for the UK - arranging them European style means cramped compartments and super-narrow corridors.
I like this channel and the way you show everything...I just subscribed... PS. I still say if they would get trains like this in America they would have an overkill of people taking them across our great nation there’s so much to see in our country, We just need good rail system
I've never been in a sleeper train but it definitely feels like the best way to travel. You get to your destination well rested, enjoy some views, pollute less, they're all wins. I hope I can enjoy one of these journeys one day
Sleeper train is the same as a long-distance train, but it has a sleeping car
Simply mind boggling, many-many thanks for sharing the beautiful post.
ALL THE TRAINS AND BUSES IN FINLAND, AND THE TOILETS AND GROUNDS ARE SO VERY CLEAN. WHY DON'T OTHER COUNTRIES FOLLOW THIS HABIT. THEY ARE SO WELL
BUILT AND EVERYTHING IN IT'S PROPER PLACE.
Why are you screaming?
Amtrack should do something better
Nice. Although I stay in India, TH-cam has given me this recommendation in the lockdown... Wow 😂 amazing rail services!
How's trains in india
@@steveboy7302 it is relatively ancient compared to what you see here 😂 but it's progressing by leaps and bounds over the last few years in terms of amenities and cleanliness provided. You'll find these cabins in first class coaches in India, and they also include the entire meals in the cost of ticket, so it is expensive than air fare in India. The normal sleeper coaches don't have any privacy of sorts but the tickets are dirt cheap and you get to talk to a lot of friendly people from all over the country.
@@steveboy7302 India railway are best in first class with food and cleanliness
I travelled to the Arctic Circle from Helsinki during the winter time , after X-Mas but before New Year. My train left in the morning from Helsinki and reached there late evening. The next day I visited the Santa Claus village, rode the reindeers. There was not even 10 visitors in the village. Too cold, no sunlight, very dull. Finland is a very safe country just like Japan.
The auto transport cars were attached at the next station after Helsinki, which is Pasila. Cars are loaded prior to the trains departure from Helsinki to make attachment and detachment easy!
I love the VR Sr1, what a beautiful Soviet locomotive!
I thought so too
Sadly, They're Going To Eventually Be Phased Out By VR Sr3's Which Are Siemens Vectrons (German Locomotives). But, The Sr1's Do Look Nice.
i like the lok 2000s more tho
@@lamegaming9835 Actually, Finland's Version Is Called Sr2(s). Additionally, Norway Uses A Similar Locomotive Called EL18's.
@@lamegaming9835 Lok2000 (Sr2)... Yes se have those in Finland but they kinda suck... They are alway broken, havin liguids dripping out, screaming like a dying cat...
Back in around 1980, when I would see a Burger King or McDonald's in Europe, I thought it was a hoot; there were only a few. Even ate there, just to see the differences. But now, its just depressing how universal they are. Its like, I'm spending how much to be here and its the same as home?
Im going on that train this year :) I love the video btw
Finally!! Best video on Finland I love those Sr1 electric locomotives
Not finally, there are many videos, especially on this train(skoda) in TH-cam
So this is what Amtrak could look like if they actually tried... Interesting
Seeing as how Amtrak only survives because of billions in government subsidies, I think they are trying their hardest and still failing. No one wants to travel by rail in the USA, it takes far too long and costs far too much compared to flying or driving your own car.
@@jordanhicks5131 I would love to travel the US by rail. But it is SO expensive. Especially in comparison to flying.
@@jaredkronenwetter7460 I would like to as well but over a grand is nuts
@@jordanhicks5131 Interesting. My first thought (as a Finn) was that US is too large a country for train to be a viable alternative for flying. Then I remembered all my train trips in Russia and how Russians commonly travel by train. And then I realized the reason why Russians still use trains is probably the same as the reason why I never fly to/in Russia... I'm too young to die! However, if trains are affordable in a 2nd world country like Russia, why can't they get the operation cost/customer price to an affordable level in the US, where people have a lot more purchasing power?
Btw my (equally Finnish) brother would like to travel across US by train. It's also my preferred method of traveling Europe - it's more comfortable than flying, and it's more interesting to watch the scenery than the clouds.
@@AnnaMarianne the simple reason is that it takes 4 days in a train vs 4 hours in a plane to cross this wonderful country we have here, and we Americans are nothing but go go go, time is money and we dont want to lose a second of it. You have train routes on the east coast that are popular, especially with students and commuters, mostly in the northeast. Out west we either drive our own cars or fly, the distances are so vast. For instance, I can get from San Diego to Atlanta in just over 30 hours, easy road trip with 2 or more drivers to switch off, compared to on a train that would take like 3 days at least.
Nice👌
Mas Yusril?
@@dyaksadharmalaksana9829 bukan, tp kang Yusril hehe
Kang yusril sok atuh diliput kereta ini. 😆
@@budiyanto8569 otw lah :v
Eh abang
Bit late, but about the buffers: I'm pretty sure they aren't directly attached to the track, but are clamped on. That way if a train hits them, it acts like a brake, moving along with the train and slowing it down, instead of trying to absorb all that force at once. If you go on Rawie's website, you can see they have a few products under the category "friction buffer stops", so I think that confirms my theory.
Thank you for taking me on the trip with you by viedo. I enjoyed it.
14:26,
Can't believe they were 1970 built. They look fresh.
Made in Soviet Union and modified by Finns to house modern western components.
Perhaps it’s just the livery but compared to other brand new locomotives this looks extremely dated.
They were built between 1973-1985. They are rebuilt completely every 10 years.
VR liked them so much they had an entirely new one built from spares, repaired one total "insurance wreck", and also one more from rebuilding the original prototype all in the 1990s
It's a general purpose engine that hauls max 140 kph passenger trains or cargo trains.
That specific locomotive (Sr1 3064) was built in 1979, according to the Finnish Wikipedia, but still looks pretty good imo. Too bad the Sr1 class of locomotives is going to be phased out in like ten years afaik =(
@@gezuppi They are all regularly rebuilt.
Ikr! Finland is a great country! I love my homecounty 😊
I am big fan of trains and you showed the perfect train journey. Kudos to you man. From india
Sleeper looks brand new from the factory and shows no signs of wear and tear. It must have been heavenly enjoying a silky smooth ride in your soundproof cozy cocoon.
First thought when I saw the railway terminal building - gosh, it's like something I saw in Kiev. Guess they used this one as a template :)
Designed by Eliel Saarinen.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Central_Station
during some seasons the trains are packed, but also its corona atm so people dont rly like to travel as much in public transport i quess.
Excellent train journey video!
Jesus! That train is amazing! Out of this world I can say