Finnish Night Train Helsinki - Kolari in Classic Sleeping Car (part 1: Helsinki - Tampere - Oulu)

[@Ruosteinenknight]

Ah. Good old CEmt cars. I remember back in the 90's when we used to take the trip to Helsinki in these.

[@doc7austin]

i am very happy that these blue classic cars are still around ...

[@OH8EFI]

Ah the nostalgy. Last time I've been traveling in a sleeper car was in 2002 or so, at that time I was a little boy. This January we are going to do it all again and the cabins are reserved from the old CEmt cars! Reunited after 22 years

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

The Škoda Transtech manufacturing is in Otanmäki, Kajaani. It was a mining town that ran out of ore and the present railway engine and car industry is a replacement from the 1985s, initially in Finnish hands.

[@doc7austin]

ah; I thought Otanmäki is located near Oulu; so is the news true that VR was forced to buy 20 additional Edm sleeping cars in 2009 ?

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

​@@doc7austinI'm not aware of anyone forcing any deals.

[@doc7austin]

@Itapirkanmaa2 its noted on wikipedia about the Edm sleeping car

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

@@doc7austin Search for resiina kaksikerrosvaunut and ask Google to translate the 1st result.

[@lalalalalala8147]

Finland（Suomi) is a beautiful country. Much love from myself, a German from Hannover!

[@doc7austin]

yes; esp. Finnish Lapland is very beautiful during the winter time

[@xscores9694]

Great video as usual. Thank you

[@doc7austin]

more Finnish Railways video are coming in the next weeks.

[@sellier-bellot22]

Very nice !!!🥸

[@grzegorzmadela1599]

I have just traveled by Dacia train from Vienna to Bucharest and back. I really liked your video and I finally managed to make my dream come true

[@doc7austin]

traveling by sleeping car through Finland ?

[@grzegorzmadela1599]

@@doc7austin not yet, time doesn't allow. I'm planning a night train from Berlin to Stockholm

[@Tinovr6]

Thanks for the experience again ! It's as if i was there myself. (reaction under old video was deleted as well)

[@doc7austin]

yes; due to a copyright issue I had to delete the duplicate video; I am glad you liked it

[@natraj_j]

Always love watching your videos 🌹 Though I'd prefer the modern double decker, I would really love to travel classic at least once.

[@doc7austin]

same for me - in the end I am always booking the modern Edm double-deck sleeping car

[@oat138]

Fantastic!

[@doc7austin]

you are welcome !

[@pietrovecchio8497]

buon appetito;la pasta era saporita?anche se cara: 12 euro !!

[@denislokator]

Fantastisch wie immer! Also kurzer Vergleichstest: Russischer DoSto-Schlafwagen oder der finische?

[@doc7austin]

Auf jeden Fall gewinnt der Finnische Doppelstockschlafwagen, insb. wg. der hohen Laufruhe

[@denislokator]

@@doc7austin Dafür ist er aber wesentlich enger😅

[@doc7austin]

eine T4 kabine im russischen doppelstockschlafwagen ist noch enger

[@stewarthunt1722]

Loved this video. Could you please include the bed length! Very important for us tall travelers!

[@doc7austin]

As Finnish train run on Russian broad gauge, I believe the beds are a bit longer than on other European sleeping cars; the bed length was at least 2 meters

[@mantelikukkapenkki2368]

Beds are 2 meters long and 75cm wide

[@onnirant]

@@doc7austin Exactly 2 meters. They are 200x75 cm in the newer sleeper cars, 190x84 cm in the old ones. If you're travelling in the old cars, taller people should take the top bunk since you can get some extra leg/head space from the luggage shelf.

[@skoro-vernus]

Lovely footage. I just wonder how do car owners get to the train? Do they drive in by themselves or they leave it to the personnel?

[@doc7austin]

Have a look at minute 24:20 ; car owners drive their cars onto the auto-carrying rail cars; these railcars are then shunted and attached to the passenger train

[@AlokKumar-ws3by]

Please make iran overnight train journeys

[@doc7austin]

hmmm; iran is out the question to travel to for me; after visiting iran, i would need to apply for a visa to enter the US

[@larissaratushna7642]

🤩

[@GhostPlaysCodm]

When did you do this trip? Which month was it

[@doc7austin]

january 2024

[@jeannetaartsen7510]

Is it possible to convert the beds into chairs? Or can you only sit in the public carriages? Great video!!

[@doc7austin]

The Russian solution -> there are folding chairs available in the aisle of the sleeping car

[@siddiquebhatti2558]

Good journey and take yourself vedio and talking about feutre

[@jfmezei]

any discussion on Finland switching to standard gauge ? is Rail Baltica realistically going to reach Helsinki or is the tunnel till just a distant dream ?

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

Nobody has the money for such undertakings. All money will be spent on war.

[@doc7austin]

in my eyes it is a distant dream; that tunnel would have to run beneath international waters; russia is going to object

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

@@doc7austin Russia has no say in it. Only we have no money, the economy is crashing and we're going into decades of war.

[@mikaveekoo]

Russian gauge is nowadays 1520mm.

[@doc7austin]

the difference between 1,520 and 1,524 mm is minimal

[@pernydev6844]

​@@doc7austin big enough that they don't drive another's stock in another. Any stock that runs in both is 1522 mm.

[@doc7austin]

@@pernydev6844 Russian locomotives (1,520 mm) still run into Finland today at the Vainikkala border crossing.

[@AlokKumar-ws3by]

Are you making iran overnight after Finland overnight train

[@doc7austin]

no

[@siddiquebhatti2558]

Hello dear good luck

[@fp3359]

Single bed car with private loo & shower