HSL Finnish FLIRT: Finally a Good FLIRT from Finland

[@joonas6036]

Great to see that you have visited my home country 😊 Even tho this may sound a little bias, i'd say we have very comfortable local trains, they are so clean and sleek. Such a pleasure to get to use them daily! Cheers from Finland mate 🇫🇮!

[@siobhan28483]

Joonas I visited Finland in 2018 and I love the trains there.

[@Libsku]

5:12 the validator on the left validates your paper VR ticket (for trips outside the HSL area on VR trains) and the one on the right is used for purchasing single tickets on Travelcards and validating single use Travelcards. There is no need to validate single paper tickets for travel inside the HSL area. One can also check the information of the Travelcard on one of these blue validators (season ticket info etc). HSL - Helsinki Region Transport Authority (sets prices of tickets, plans timetables etc for transport in the cities and municipalities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, Kauniainen, Sipoo, Tuusula, Kerava, Kirkkonummi and Siuntio).

[@tomihaa]

Single paper tickets may be used even the next day? or are they good for only the first 80 min when bought?

[@oulalintula210]

Only when bought.

[@tomihaa]

and if you do not have a ticket machine to buy one? only online with hsl app? what if you do not have internet mobile data?@@oulalintula210

[@DanielAlobaidi]

Mtusn koko kuo tlvo.lkop 700

[@frenchgrama]

The train station IS beautiful and it IS CLEAN, why are you surprised that it is so clean? It is a pleasure to go to clean countries, like the Nordic countries where the Nordic people are civilised and appreciate how well equiped their country is and how well looked after they are as citizens of these Nordic countries...

[@jotainmuuta9719]

Yeahhhh... no all train stations (No clean) helsinki railway station etc....

[@estarat]

With population of 5-7 million it's not difficult to maintain cleanliness.

[@pekkasalminen9601]

Great to see you in Finland! :) The Finnish Flirts are OK as a semi-daily passenger of them, but ideally only for short journeys. The old commuter stock (types SM1 and SM2 EMU) were more comfortable, sadly most of them don't run anymore on the Helsinki-Turku track. On the other hand the old stock couldn't keep modern timetables anyways that well, by my station they were usually 5-10min late on stopping service if they were used instead of Flirt. In longer commuter services a different type of unit is used instead of Flirt (SM4 EMU), which are more comfy and leaves nicely the short journeys for Flirt. Honestly, it seems in the whole Europe that old trains had better comfort than the new ones, at least what comes to seat. Same applies to Finnish long distance trains IMO, although now there are things such as free wifi, power outlets etc. on modern trains, which can be seen as increasing comfort. BTW, I live just a couple of hundred meters from Huopalahti station seen at 6:53 :P Waiting to see your impressions on long distance trains :)

[@robertp.wainman4094]

You are so right - comfort seems to be out of fashion on public transport!

[@onzaaak]

Thank you for making a trip report out of my country! I just rode the exact same service today. You got a new subscriber from Finland!

[@jopu7004]

You Finnish? Cos' I'm

[@onzaaak]

Juu, oon suomalainen. (Yes, I'm finnish.)

[@nononononon494]

Mä oon myös I am too

[@mikkolukas]

1:10 1. You are not in a Scandinavian country. Finland is part of the Nordic Countries, not Scandinavia. 2. The cleanliness does not apply to Denmark for example. Finland is very clean in comparision.

[@ojl5055]

@MauriOfficial Finland is definitely not completely different culturally to Scandinavian countries

[@lws7394]

@MauriOfficial of course Finland is a Scandinavian country. In my book anyway. The country is bilingual, and more importantly the Swedish minority is traditionally heavily upper middle class, so more influential on its culturel ! Finland has also been under Swedish control for centuries, and thus integral part of 'Scandinavian' history. Defining what the geographic border of the peninsula is about as hard as to define Europe's border.

[@ptterz]

Haha I lost count on how many times you commented how clean everything is! 😂

[@davidkasquare]

Great video! Nice to see my home airport and the train ride I usually take from Huopalahti to the airport. Good points you have, and nice humour as well 😊👍🏼

[@junafani1]

0:54 tbh I almost always use the elevator rather than escalators cause it's a bit quicker. The escalators are 2nd longest in the country, 72 m long with 31.5 m height difference (just shy of the ones in Koivusaari metro station)

[@mikrokupu]

Merci! Yes the Helsinki airport railway station is quite cool. On Finnish trains the announcements are made in 3 languages: Finnish, Swedish, English. Swedish is the 2nd official language, all the stations in Helsinki have both Finnish and Swedish names.

[@lokstollen124]

I speak swedish so i understood everything

[@kashyap3120]

Awsome. Finland. Name gives a cool chill feel. Beautiful interior. Similar to DB Regio. Exterior color and shape is cute. Buddy the seat is hard is good for back. Moreover this is local train. So I think it is ok. Great coverage.

[@Mrtribru69]

Wow, so clean the Finnish people to keep all the area including the train clean. The train looks a bit similar to Desiro trains here in Belgium, but Finnish are much more space, charging sockets at seats, ample area for the bikes, clean toilet! Thanks for uploading

[@Karjis]

Mrtribru69 space might have something to do with 1524mm (exactly 5ft) track gauge.

[@freebie65]

Stunning looking trains. Looking amazing.

[@Hahlen]

When I rode the FLIRTs used by FGC in Barcelona I was amazed by how quiet and smooth they are

[@juliuszarsky9991]

Greeting from Slovakia. Vedy nice video.

[@dezza2001]

Wow. Last time I flew in to Helsinki I needed to take a bus to a nearby train station. Glad to see the service goes directly to the airport now.

[@JimbobsTransportVideos]

I like this channel as it reviews trains that normally wouldn’t be like this one an airport train

[@elmekanik9597]

Yeees finally you did a finnish train riding vid thank you very much

[@SimplyRailway]

There is more ;) stay tuned

[@elmekanik9597]

@@SimplyRailway for finland?? Are you going to ride the long ride trains

[@dfwrailvideos]

We have a FLIRT3 on Texrail in Dallas

[@svartmetall48]

I wish Arlanda was as cheap as Helsinki. To use the normal commuter trains from the airport there is a massive increase in price due to the airport station being privately owned.

[@nkavitharkikasimhan2919]

1:24 You really are my type dude. Lol!!

[@Bregott07]

There is another really good FLIRT here in Sweden, MTR Express (Now MTRX) And their intercity service between Stockholm and Gothenburg, and no, the seats are MUCH BETTER.

[@tompao7832]

But it still feals lika beefed up commuter train compared to X2000...

[@15gamings31]

Nice video but Finland is mostly not in Scandinavia. 1:09

[@markoslouizkambauvas4563]

Ja, Das ist Toll ! Sehr Toll ! Ich liebe sehr !! Vielen Danke.

[@robyoungquist5803]

Thiabault, the Scandinavian countries are noticeably clean no matter which one you’re in. If you want to see some interesting artsy subway stations, head to Stockholm. You won’t be disappointed. 🇸🇪

[@Timecapsuleiguess]

hello from finland! im not from helsinki so i ride trains rarely but i have used stadler flirt a few times and metro few times. they arent the best but work alright(metro seats are just hard boxes of plastic as long as i can remember)

[@finsugagt4643]

2:15 although R-Kioski at the airport does sell tickets

[@FollowMeToMyYouTube]

FYI: the costumer decides the interior of the trains. In this case you have to blame VR regarding the seats/seating configuration

[@klapiroska4714]

To the credit of VR - well, technically the Sm5 FLIRT trains are owned by a separate company called "Junakalusto Oy" so you should blame/thank them - these trains are designed for trips less than 30 minutes. The longest meaningful journey you can make, is Helsinki-Siuntio on L-train (extended route for night service, stops at all stations). This 51km journey will take 56 minutes. The average trip is more like 15-25 minutes, and the relatively hard seats are perfectly good for those kinds of journeys. Keep in mind that the 81 trains see about 214 000 journeys each day. The benefit of hard seats is that they are much easier to keep clean, and they are less likely to break. Still softer than some of the newest bus seats, but far from the comfort of long distance bus/train seats. VR will actually purchase FLIRT trains for commuter/regional train operations outside HSL service area. I hope these get softer sets, as travel times on those services are more like 30-60 minutes.

[@dcr1111111]

En effet, c'est bien le "RER" Finlandais, des FLIRT (du moins j'ai toujours connu cela), j'ai pu aussi faire de long voyage, et en effet, la propreté est remarquable. Ainsi que le service ! restaurant avec un service, et même une salle de jeu pour les enfants ! bref le long trajet est vraiment sympa là bas :)

[@carmelokibala1174]

My family and I are living in Finland

[@marciliomathias4525]

Great video. Congratulations

[@DanielsUKT]

The trains look really good nice and clean the stadler trains seem like a good make

[@Ludakrys972]

Sa m'émeut de voir un train sans déchet...magnifique trip et excellente vidéo comme d'habitude !!

[@jmt7472]

Thank you for one of your comments “ticket machine easy even for elderly” yes, I’m elderly and easily confused!

[@TrainSpotterTVIndia]

Excellent greetings from TrainSpotter TV India

[@tanelipirinen]

Dang, I used to use these trains daily, before the plague.

[@kanazef]

Nice.

[@Davidetr47014]

Tu dois essayer le rabe 523 type mouette il est trop bien!

[@a330neodefender]

6:29 LMAO DID YOU FLIPPED OFF THE HAND DRYER Btw those seats looks like it will make your butt hurt a lot

[@michaelnorris6365]

Great bird flash! And caught it in the mirror, also.

[@watka89]

These videos are usually so pure that my wife and I audibly gasped when he flipped the bird

[@pentti3715]

1:06 Finland is not Scandinavian country. And HSL does not operate those trains. Trains are operated and owned by VR.

[@ismoleppanen]

The Flirts are owned by a separate company (Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy).

[@farhanchedin4064]

Perfect 👍

[@mbmshl]

Finland isn’t Scandinavian, but nordic

[@hugo414]

Everything depends on the meaning we put in "Scandinavia"

[@AleksiSilfver]

@@hugo414 Actually, finland is not scandinavian in any way. CGPgrey did a good video about the whole thing.

[@pupujussi5728]

@@hugo414no. Finland isn't part of scandinavia with any meaning.

[@MK-jb5wc]

@@pupujussi5728 so you think you are the One who decide who is from Scandinavia and who is not.you have to read more and make yourself little bit more educated because you seem to me you know nothing you just bla bla.Can you give me the criterias which defines whether a country is part of scandinavia or not? Of course, you do not know.Bear in mind that Iceland is also part of scandinavia.

[@trondchristianhaug1429]

@@MK-jb5wc i am from scandinavia. And no, Finland is not in Scandinavia.

[@bilalplayz62]

6:26 😂"🖕"

[@ae2g1s]

You have to try the FLIRT trains in Oslo

[@keaare9478]

Technically Finland isn't Scandinavia. Speaking of which you should definitely come and visit in Denmark, Sweden or Norway. Great video nonetheless

[@Timo8.2.]

Well the north west part of Finland is part of Scandinavian peninsula

[@jellehofenk9971]

U really should try the flirts from dutch railways! Great seats for a regional service!

[@axelthorpe]

We are getting, and have been getting, a lot of FLIRTs in Sweden lately. Both as commuter and IC-trains, Bi-level and regular. A little tip for 2021. :)

[@ThomasWettengel]

"the thinness of the seat" 👍🤓📙

[@kasparvg]

5-7 min walk? At OSL, Gardermoen, It's 30 sec from the baggage claim (domestic) exit to the escalator.

[@MyChannel-bh6sc]

Helsinki airport has two terminals, so they decided to put the train station in the middle as a compromise. Although the real reason for the placement is probably track geometry (need to have a straight track segment for the station to avoid a gap, for which the London Underground is famous).

[@rrajdippawskar9853]

I think that the Swiss SBB used the FLIRT train for the wrong purpose. Even in this video, he has clearly mentioned that this train is good for commuter and airport services. It might be clarified by the fact that buses with such interiors are always commuter buses and not intercity buses. Overall, a truly nice video😊😊

[@nashorn9745]

The train he took takes like 30 minute so it’s about the same

[@XtraGameX]

(Finland is not a Scandinavian country 🙂)

[@MK-jb5wc]

To say Finland is a scandinavian country or not,you have first to make a small research to know what are the criterias on which we are based when we determine a country is scandinavian or not. Here are the criterias: -Geographic location (Large part of Finland is from scandinavia) - Language: Finnish language is not a scandinavian language,but we have to bear in mind that Swedish language is the 2 official language in Finland and in some areas we are speaking only swedish language, another fact is that 10% of Finnish population is native sweds. - The economy and Social life style: Sweden,Norway,Denmark,Iceland and Finland have same scandinavian economy and Social life style. Only 2 countrys satisfy all 3 criterias 100% and are Sweden and Norway. Denmark is part of Netherlands as Geographic location,but it satisfys 2criterias: Language and scandinavian style. Iceland is far away and it is not geografically scandinavian country and the language is different also,but they have same scandinavian economy and Social life style, so it is Scandinavian country. FINLAND: basically it meets almost all criterias. When we talk about scandinavia,we mean automatically those 5 countries: Sweden,Norway,Danmark,Finalnd and Iceland. We do not have to try to play smart without Knowing things.

[@XtraGameX]

@@MK-jb5wc Maybe you should stop playing smart and accept the fact that Scandinavia is a reified construction widely considered as comprising of Norway, Sweden & Denmark. This consensus has never been disputed and including all Nordic countries as part of Scandinavia is a socio-historiographical error that no scholar would ever acknowledge as correct.

[@Dan-co1br]

If you want some very good trip, then ride Leo express it's located in the country of Czech

[@sufferingboutlife]

Why do you compliment this train quite a lot while you didnt at all about the SBB one ? It's litterally the same x_x You shouls go try again Switzerland >>

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Even the interior layout and seats are the same. He was critical of it being too much of feeling of a bus yet here nothing about that?

[@flopi04lp96]

He should try the Swiss Express or the Giruno.

[@Petar_Savic]

Stadler Rail

[@ItsFinRocket]

The swiss and most west european trains are smaller than the ones in finland due to the limitations of the track gauge.

[@Petar_Savic]

@@ItsFinRocket what's the difference exactly? Normal gauge is 1435mm

[@viqflirt3978]

Finnish is an unusual language

[@silenthunteruk]

Part of the Uralic family of languages: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uralic_languages

[@yagi3925]

Yes but Swedish too is an official language in Finland. It would feel and sound more familiar, as it’s an Indo-European language (a Germanic language, so relatively close to English).

[@elonmuskeli6871]

@@yagi3925 Yet no one gives a shit about the swedish language here in Finland. The only other official language here is English because it really matters unlike swedish.

[@mikaveekoo]

@@elonmuskeli6871 Aina muutama oman pesän likaajakin löytää tiensä tänne tuubiin.

[@laeeqrehman7642]

Excellent 😊☺️

[@egyhazibenedek2927]

Did you travel in Hungary with train? There are a buch of these kind of trains, and about the same thing with these

[@sm6allegro]

And you took the long way round, the route in the other direction is a few minutes faster! Also, Finland isn't part of Scandinavia :)

[@tylerdaniels9000]

Why is it called Flirt? Is the train flirtatious towards other trains?

[@charanguguloth1262]

Is it possible in India.. Iam from India.. I don't think we can have such a neat toilets in our trains.. Even after 500 years

[@subapalanisamysubapalanisa9876]

Ticket price?

[@kxnglollipop9264]

will u go do train trip in slovakia?

[@Rknaranyam]

Dear Gentelmen , it is to hereby inform you that the DV list of WB PSC Clerkship exam will not going to published in the month of November 2021.

[@fonderauz]

you should come to estonia!!

[@RmsTitanic59]

Well i have been on those trains im from finland

[@Petar_Savic]

Flirt is a Swiss train Flinker Leichter Innovativer Regionaler Triebzug

[@NSE465]

Flirts remind me of AGC TER stock.

[@teminet]

6:29 what are you doing that middle finger?

[@bruno_mm_goncalves]

Bom video excelente parabéns

[@moottori_paa]

You skip the english announcement at your video. Every finnish train have all announcements at finnish, swedish an english.

[@safe-keeper1042]

Looking forward to when covid is gone and we can travel again.

[@patrikunkovic1707]

Whats with zagreb-beograd trip, croatian railways?

[@fortissimo6210]

try the br class 745 greater anglia to norwich

[@arne.munther]

BTW: Finland is not a Scandinavian country. Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

[@mikrokupu]

You often hear 'Scandinavia' used as a synonym for the whole Nordic region. But yes, there's a difference.

[@marsukarhu9477]

Yes, Scandinavia is a geographic term. Nordic is a cultural/political term that includes Finland and Iceland (and Faroe Islands, Åland and Greenland)

[@jasonhon2621]

Finland is not in Scandinavia LOL

[@ZRHTrainspotter]

Simply railway is bad at everything

[@lennyswagger8090]

ZRH Trainspotter chill bro

[@mbb_iiserb_17]

Is "Nordic Countries" more correct to group the 5 north European Countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland?

[@atrachkarim1879]

Can you do a trip report in the SBB CFF FFS ETR 610

[@mrimpostor1778]

Can you please try Latvian trains?

[@pegasmikofficiel8026]

apparently Finnish trains have the same appearance as a metro

[@blinder2786]

pegasmik officiel those were commuter trains. The long distance trains are better. And helsinki has a metro too.

[@pegasmikofficiel8026]

@@blinder2786 OK I see

[@nasevakurttu]

These are for short commuter trips. The trains are very fast to get in and out, many people travel with strollers or bikes. For longer commuter trips VR uses different train types.

[@avhg5752]

5:52 Welp.. in Spain, Cercanias (Suburban/Commuter spanish trains) service to be exact, the trains have got toilets. Here's an example, search on Google or KZbin: Civia Cercanias, they have toilets. PS: You should make a video of RENFE trains, i highly recommend AVE Madrid - Barcelona

[@sequoia7239]

Does Finland belong to Scandinavian countries?

[@mikrokupu]

Officially DEN NOR SWE make Scandinavia, add FIN ICE and you get the Nordic countries. You often hear "Scandinavia" used as a synonym for the whole Nordic region.

[@sequoia7239]

@@mikrokupu ok tack

[@rockstarinfinity405]

6:29 LMAO XD

[@ungh8365]

When is the overnight train video coming?

[@2xtreem4u]

Cheaper than taking the train from Arlanda Sweden

[@amesavis]

look the station is beautiful (shows a picture of damp concrete wall) lol

[@michaeladamson6732]

That lift is cool, why not ride it?

[@louislegrand2865]

Salut merci pour ce trip report scandinave, on dirait une espèce de RER francilien ou de grand métro moderne. Bon voyage à toi chanceux ! Tu connais tout maintenant.

[@rcr8ty9ty9v]

Finland is not a part of Scandinavia.

[@jessicacristinamendivil3269]

Is this a city commuter train?

[@mikrokupu]

Yes it's a commuter train, serving the airport as well

[@walterclements7968]

Damn those trains are so fucking wide. What the hell

[@matija6303]

4:50 hmm face reveal??😅

[@topanyanleprecieux8324]

C'est la première fois que tu fais un trip la bas, non ?

[@assitanfofana5798]

Oui

[@lokstollen124]

Plz Come to sweden sometime the loco-trains are really nice👌

[@Nynke_K]

I can't believe Stadler make seats that are even thinner than the ones on Flirts in the Northern Netherlands! Like sitting on a wooden plank with a centimeter of soft foam on top of it. Too hard to spend more than ten minutes on, really!

[@lws7394]

Blauwnet ...😭😡

[@BeavKsam]

👍

[@alfredocoelho8088]

People should be nicer when 'correcting' the information given by the video maker. Shouldn't they?

[@vmahonen]

They should. It's so stupid to be that nitty-gritty.

[@helilebon2383]

Finnish large gauge. The same as in Russia. Voie large. Le même écartement qu'en Russie. Finnische Breitspur. Die selbe Spurweite wie in Russland.

[@mikaveekoo]

Russia: 1520mm Finland:: 1524mm

[@alanalcantara4735]

Is this train comfortable?

[@nasevakurttu]

It's a very easy train, fast in, fast out, lots of room even during the rush hour. Wouldn't be comfortable for 1h+ rides.

[@midobugatti8928]

We have the same trains in Algeria 🇩🇿

[@Zoli1972s]

Maybe you should try the Hungarian FLIRT trains also to compare, if you happen to be there once. They've got many complaints about seat comfort, compared to the old Hungarian rolling stock from the communist era.

Consider tying the Hungarian Flirt someday

[@Thursdaym2]

Would hardly call it a beautiful station, just functional.