Arrived in #Helsinki 🇫🇮 right on time! And that's #Poland to #Finland by train complete - I do hope you enjoyed following along! 😎 The total price was just €83.50 for the 4 trains and a ferry - there will be a full @YouTube video following later 🚆⛴️ #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
On the way in to the Port of #Helsinki, I love looking over #Suomenlinna Fortress - at any time of year with flocks of tourists on the island! ⛴️ 🇫🇮 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
Toodleoo #Tallinn 👋🏻🇪🇪 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
Day 3 of #PL2FI and its the final leg onboard Viking XPRS ⛴️ from #Tallinn 🇪🇪 to #Helsinki 🇫🇮 This 2.5 hour trip across the Gulf of #Finland costs just €19.50 as a foot passenger 🚶♂️🚶♀️#NonstopEurotrip
Leg 4 of #PL2FI complete, and I've arrived in stunning #Tallinn 🇪🇪 under beautiful blue skies at the end of Day 2 - now it's just the ferry tomorrow morning to #Helsinki 🇫🇮 and that's this trip complete! 😎 #NonstopEurotrip
These Elron carts are quite the downgrade from the PKP hauled set and even the LTG unit 🚆 3+2 seating, no power sockets, recline, sun blinds or catering, pretty dirty inside, especially the toilets - really not fit for purpose on 4 hour trips! 😒 🇪🇪 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
Arrived in #Valga 🇪🇪 where we have to change to this Elron 4-car FLIRT, the last train of the trip, 4 hours to #Tallinn 🇪🇪 I could have got a late ferry over to #Helsinki 🇫🇮 tonight but thought I'd stay over in one of my favourite #EU capitals 💙🤍 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
From #Riga 🇱🇻 to #Valga 🇪🇪 we stay on the same train, but the crew change from a Lithuanian one to a Latvian one... The WiFi also stops working but at least the food is still on sale - I got a chicken panini for lunch 😎🚆 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
The under construction Rail Baltica tracks and hub in #Riga 🇱🇻 Once complete this will bring the total journey time between #Warsaw 🇵🇱 and Tallinn 🇪🇪 down from 2 days to just 7 hours... bring on 2030! 🚆 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
Loving the bespoke LTG coffee cups showing their route map ☕️ 🇱🇹 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
Day 2 and Leg 3 of #Poland 🇵🇱 to #Finland 🇫🇮 by train starts with the direct LTG Link #Vilnius 🇱🇹 to Valga 🇪🇪 service, which passes through Riga 🇱🇻 It's 11 hours total journey time which costs €39 on a through ticket... let's go! 🚆 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
Arrived in #Vilnius 🇱🇹 safe and sound after a long, but comfortable day of travelling from #Warsaw 🇵🇱 Day 1 of #Poland to #Finland by train complete ✅️ See you tomorrow for Day 2! 🚆😎 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
Lunch onboard the LTG Link service from #Mockava to #Vilnius 🇱🇹 €10 for this little haul of food and drinks 😀 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
Arrived in #Mockava 🇱🇹 where we have to change to a #Lithuanian LTG Link train - as the standard gauge tracks ends... Leg 2 from here to #Vilnius 🇱🇹 for the end of Day 1 of #PL2FI 🚆 The whole route from #Warsaw 🇵🇱 can be bought as a one ticket for just €25 😎 #NonstopEurotrip
Now we have a 35 min stop at #Suwalki 🇵🇱 for a change of direction on the last stretch of this first leg of #PL2FI 🚆 #NonstopEurotrip
We have a 40 minute stop in Bialystok 🇵🇱 for a crew change & swap to a diesel loco 🚆 We are now on unelectrified lines for the rest of the route which passes through the Suwalki gap between Kaliningrad 🇷🇺 and Belarus 🇧🇾 before heading in to Lithuania 🇱🇹 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
We have a 40 minute stop in Bialystock 🇵🇱 for a crew change & swap to a diesel loco 🚆 We are now on unelectrified lines for the rest of the route which passes through the Suwalki gap between Kaliningrad 🇷🇺 and Belarus 🇧🇾 before heading in to Lithuania 🇱🇹 #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
Breakfast time on the PKP Intercity #IC144 service in the fabulous WARS @diningcar.at 🥚☕️ #PL2FI #NonstopEurotrip
