In 2026 the railway line between Tornio and Haparanda opened, allowing an uninterrupted trip from Finland to Portugal to be possible by train. Kemijärvi to Lagos, 4008km as the crow flies. In early September I made this journey in 125 hours 31 minutes.

#CrossBorderRail so far

449
Border lines
investigated

1292
Trains taken
206902km

270
Bike stages
6533km

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Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Day -03 – 2 September – Skuodas – Mažeikiai – Auce – Jelgava – Rīga – Aluksnes

02.09.2026

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route This is a live blog from a day either before or after my record attempt!The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Day -04 – 1 September – Biržai – Kretinga – Darbėnai – Židikai – Skuodas

01.09.2026

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   This is a live blog from a day either before or after my record attempt! The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Day -05 – 31 August – Vilnius – Rokiškis – Pandėlys – Biržai

31.08.2026

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   This is a live blog from a day either before or after my record attempt! The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Day -06 – 30 August – Berlin – Warszawa – Mockava – Vilnius

30.08.2026

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   This is a live blog from a day either before or after my record attempt! The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Day -07 – 29 August – Ravières – Dijon – Strasbourg – Frankfurt – Berlin

29.08.2026

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   This is a live blog from a day either before or after my record attempt! The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on […]

Interrail: cheaper and more flexible than regular tickets for the record trip

27.08.2026

This is one of the most complicated aspects of this whole Longest journey project: ticketing! I am making the journey using an Interrail pass that makes most sense for a journey like this – in terms of overall cost, but also in terms of flexibility. With Interrail, if a train […]

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All the #CrossBorderRail borders documented so far