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 South East Europe Day 11 11 Jun 2024 – Novi Grad – Bihać – Zagreb

11.06.2024

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there. Today’s live text updatesThere was […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 10 10 Jun 2024 – Doboj – Banja Luka – Dobrljin – Novi Grad

10.06.2024

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there.   Today’s […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 09 09 Jun 2024 – Sarajevo – Maglaj – Doboj

09.06.2024

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there.   Today’s […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 08 08 Jun 2024 – Sarajevo – Mostar – Čapljina – Sarajevo

08.06.2024

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there.   Today’s […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 07 05 Jun 2024 – Zagreb – Vinkovci – Tovarnik – Šid – Ruma – Zvornik

05.06.2024

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there.   Today’s […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 06 04 Jun 2024 – Arrival of night train, Budapest – Pécs – Beli Manastir – Osijek – Zagreb

04.06.2024

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there.   Today’s […]

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All the #CrossBorderRail borders documented so far