Here’s today’s #CrossBorderRail summary video. https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/pCYE14wsXjtcaL49uLar8T
#crossborderrail
Smelly, ancient and ferociously hot. All the windows are locked shut. 32° or so.
However, the seats are very comfortable.
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 44 of 155
IC 96
15:30 Kiruna - Narvik 18:30
SJ
Train type: ASEA Rc6 locomotive, 4 carriages
⚡️ (15kV ac)
🚲: ⛔️ (SJ didn't score badly in European Cyclists' Federation ranking for nothing, and there'd easily be space for racks)
🦽: ✅ (very cranky ramp on board)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (good space once in, steps are quite wide)
🧽: 😐 (worn and grimy)
🎫 Interrail: 😐 (needs compulsory reservation, costs SEK 40)
A new Finland - Sweden rail link is ready for passengers — but funding is still undecided.
Finland's new rail link to Sweden has been ready for months — but passenger trains won't run until early 2026.
The electrification cost 37 million euros, of which Finland paid 30 million and Sweden seven million. But further funding is needed to start passenger services, and the Finnish government is yet to make a decision on it.
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 44 of 155
R 7152
11:45 Boden - Kiruna 15:02
Norrtåg
Train type: Bombardier Regina EMU, 2 carriages
⚡️ (15kV ac)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free, then passenger operated lift up inside the train)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (enough space for all sorts of luggage, incl. skis)
🧽: 🙂
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
It gets a top score!
How about #Deutschlandticket to Strasbourg *FOR EVERYONE*, just as most Bundesländer do at their borders, but you don't, BaWü? #CrossBorderRail
Oh and while we're at it, where are the cross border Régiolis trains and when will they start?
(Sorry, temporary youth tickets might look nice but are not good transport policy)
https://xn--baw-joa.social/@VerkehrsministeriumBW/114703015003979149
Here's today's #CrossBorderRail music track
Ensam lång väg hem
Kent
I have had Kent in my list of MP3s for years, and this is the closest they have to a train song.
Welcome to today's thread - 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 10 - 18 June - Arrival of night train, Boden – Narvik
Today's new borders:
Riksgränsen 🇸🇪 - Bjørnfell 🇳🇴
Borders map, inc. borders re-crossed:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#10/68.4595/18.2607
Today's trains on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#7/67.176/19.578
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 43 of 155
D 92
21:55 Stockholm C - Boden C 10:51
SJ
Train type: 2x ASEA Rc6 locomotives, 10 carriages (inc. couchettes & sleeping cars)
⚡️ (15kV ac)
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ✅ (needs a ramp or lift)
🛜: ✅ (in most carriages)
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (it’s a slightly strange design, but it’s better than most night trains)
🧽: 🙂 (old, but in excellent condition and clean)
🎫 Interrail: 😐 (needs compulsory reservation, prices vary)
DB Fernverkehr requested paths in Belgium for two train pairs between Antwerpen-Centraal and Köln Hbf, starting december 2026, to be operated by ICE3neo (Baureihe 408) #CrossBorderRail
#CrossBorderRail reality:
I would like to go from Wismar to Glasgow by train, or at least check my options
- Thetrainline tells me it can't do that and please to book separate trips for the leg to London, and from London to Glasgow
- Omio folds immediately and tells me to take a 40+h bus ride instead
- SBB at least provides me with a fully connected trip of between 17 and 24 hours, but inforns me it cannot sell me a ticket for that trip.
So, Interrail and reservation according to SBB timetable it is, or are there better ways that don't require intimate knowledge of the railway guides of at least four different railway operators?
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 42 of 155
X2 526
07:07 Malmö C - Stockholm C 11:42
SJ
Train type: ABB, Adtranz, Kalmar Verkstad X 2000 tilting EMU, 6 carriages and 1 power car
⚡️ (15kV ac)
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ✅ (needs a lift or ramp)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅ (inc a good breakfast)
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 😐 (it's orderly, but it is grimy and worn)️
🎫 Interrail: 😐 (needs compulsory reservation, costs between SEK 75 and 165)
Here's today's #CrossBorderRail music track
NATTOG
Claus Holmen
Thanks @jacobchristensen for this one. Important for some linguistic diversity, even if I am not really much of a fan of the style!
Welcome to today's thread - 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 9 - 17 June - Arrival of night train, Malmö – Stockholm, onto night train
No new borders today! It's a bit of a way to Narvik...
Today's trains on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#6/62.760/19.325
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 41 of 154
EN 346
22:03 Hamburg Hbf - Malmö C 04:01 (arrived +150)
SJ, RDC
Train type: ADTranz 101, followed by a Siemens Vectron, 8 carriages (inc. couchettes & sleeping cars)
⚡️ (15kV ac, 25kV ac, 15kV ac)
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ✅ (lift on platform)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ✅ (at least there's breakfast)
🧳: 😐 (very narrow doors, corridors, OK once in)
🧽: 😐 (ok inside, but grimy outside, worn)
🎫 Interrail: 😐 (needs compulsory reservation, costs vary depending on class of accommodation)
@jon @aloxe more #nox press coverage for you. As well as ambitious talk, it seems like a poor name for #crossborderRail #trains, as isn't NOx a legacy vehicle pollution measure?
https://metro.co.uk/2025/06/12/ambitious-new-sleeper-train-will-connect-100-european-cities-private-rooms-67-23396283/
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 40 of 154
ICE 1020
12:11 Köln Hbf - Hamburg Hbf 15:51
DB Fernverkehr
Train type: AEG, ABB, Henschel, Krauss, Krupp, Siemens ICE 1, 2 power cars and 9 carriages
⚡️ (15kV ac)
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ✅ (needs lift on platform)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 39 of 154
S 19
10:59 Horrem - Köln Hbf 11:20
DB Regio AG NRW
Train type: Adtranz, Alstom LHB, ABB, Bombardier 423 EMU, 2x 4 short carriages
⚡️ (15kV ac)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free, although not all trains on this line are)
🛜: ❓(forgot to check, but I think only renovated trains have wifi and this wasn’t renovated?)
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 😐 (not the best design, door vestibules are more cramped than they need be)
🧽: 🙂
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 38 of 154
RE 1 (26810)
10:20 Köln Ehrenfeld - Horrem 10:28
National Express
Train type: Siemens Desiro HC EMU, 2x 2 single deck and 2 double deck carriages
⚡️ (15kV ac)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free into single deck carriages)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
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