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Catching a train to the RUSSIAN BORDER in 2023... (Is it safe!?) 

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Time to take a train ride to the Russian border with Elron, the Estonian national railway company. I'm riding one of their Stadler FLIRT units in First Class, through this amazing country on a winter's day.
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Journey Details:
Origin: Balti Jaam (Tallinn)
Destination: Narva
Company: Elron
Train: EE 2300 'Stadler FLIRT'
Accommodation: First Class Seat (1st)
Distance: 209 kilometres / 130 miles
Price: €14.96 (£12.60 / $16.80)
Time: 2h20m, 1 minute early
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@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
What funny names for stations have you seen? 💬👇
@NSE465
@NSE465 Год назад
Theres a place called Ars in France. Not sure if it had a station but worth a mention anyway. I can now say "France has a nice Ars". And it was as well 😂
@KoichiFirst8092
@KoichiFirst8092 Год назад
I have never been to Japan, but I know the Shitte (尻手) station.
@BeeSharp47
@BeeSharp47 Год назад
In Sweden, terminus is called "slutstation".
@ER2T-7212
@ER2T-7212 Год назад
Raasiku)
@trainasseen7838
@trainasseen7838 Год назад
is it possible in korea😶
@abdullahsarker3595
@abdullahsarker3595 Год назад
The inner-child in me smirked so hard when I saw Püssi come up on screen 🤣
@christiansonnenberg6306
@christiansonnenberg6306 Год назад
as always? :D
@TL98
@TL98 Год назад
that was cheeky
@iamthestig1
@iamthestig1 Год назад
Hehe... You saw Pussi COME up on screen...
@yes8032
@yes8032 Год назад
😂
@janmoucek7926
@janmoucek7926 Год назад
Fun fact - there's an estonian city, not far from this route actually, called "Kunda", which in Czech means roughly the same as what "Püssi" means in English.
@samtrak1204
@samtrak1204 Год назад
The USA needs more trains like these. The last photo of the train framed by falling snow is magical.
@olegdc40
@olegdc40 Год назад
It’s a very popular build in the USSR steam locomotive. And what is more interesting - still freight is being exported from Russia… I was laughing when author called the situation as ‘Putin regime’, he should have read data about off-sore assets of even russian governors and their Miami and their etc holdings. No one normal wants that war and such decisions. We are people and feel sorrow, grief and pain for that happened , but money made such impossible things happen, too many greediness
@mrobocop1666
@mrobocop1666 Год назад
@@olegdc40 all of us Russians want war to end as soon as possible, but majority still support continuation of it, if it's necessary for victory
@osasunaitor
@osasunaitor Год назад
​@@mrobocop1666 you can always go to the frontline and help your regime end this war faster, why don't you?
@mrobocop1666
@mrobocop1666 Год назад
@@osasunaitor modern industrial war is very complex and requires much more people in economy and researches than it was in WWII or even earlier. We develop and produce all the stuff by our own, unlike Ukraine. It's Ukraine which supplied by everything and pays for it by a lot of blood and country's destruction, absence of future even if they aren't conquered (since most of economy will be destroyed, young working-age population fled or died/disabled in battles) so Zelenski can throw it's entire grown man population to death/handicapping, since 40 countries give them enormous credits (which never be paid back with destroyed economy and demography, heavy debt payments will also stop Ukraine's development for generations), NATO supply them rusty weapons which they gladly ready to dump to Ukraine and rearm their own armies to newer ones
@osasunaitor
@osasunaitor Год назад
@@mrobocop1666 blablabla [yawn] too many words to say that you are Putin bootlicker, come back when you have something interesting to say
@trainenthusiast7695
@trainenthusiast7695 Год назад
The power pack being separate from the trains ensures good passenger comfort with less vibrations and noise reaching the passengers. I gotta say it's my favourite feature about these trains.
@Mladjasmilic
@Mladjasmilic Год назад
And also that you can build diesel-electric on same production line or retrofit existing trains. Serbian Railway bought many Stadler Flirt for electrified lines, but they are electric only. And Russian Diesel Hydraulic for non electrified lines. Problem is, that there are many lines that are electrified partially, but given current situation, they have to run on diesel on whole journey. For example, line Belgrade - Pančevo - Vršac (- Timisoara, Romania) is electrified from Belgrade to Pančevo and section in Belgrade uses commuter rail tunnels, where 2 stations are under ground. And Belgrade Centar station is underground, so you have Diesel idle while passenger get on board.
@danielsellers8707
@danielsellers8707 Год назад
Seems to be a Stadler feature like the UK Class 755/756 trains.
@PeterNGloor
@PeterNGloor Год назад
a Stadler specialty
@DavidNewmanDr
@DavidNewmanDr Год назад
I took a sleeper train from Talinn to St. Petersburg 20 years ago. We were woken up in the middle of the night for passport and customs checks. Us foreigners were asked to say some of the bags were ours, so the customs people didn't check what was being smuggled.
@SergeyVolkov
@SergeyVolkov Год назад
Once i took a train from Moscow to Kaliningrad, it takes about 20 hours, and guess what? Three country borders, with passport checks on each! All checks are happening in the middle of the night, so don't expect sleeping well there :D
@Rebasepoiss
@Rebasepoiss 11 месяцев назад
The speeds on the line have been increased since your visit. Between Tapa and Narva the maximum speed on large parts of the route has been raised ot 135 km/h. Tallinn-Tapa-Tartu route will be electrified by 2025 and Tapa-Narva by 2027. New trains will also be introduced made by Škoda, specifially designed for express services and will provide extra comfort as well as vending machines. When the new trains were introduced in 2013 and 2014 the dwingling numbers of rail passengers skyrocketed and are now twice as high as they were before the arrival of the new trains. By the way, I must say your pronounciation of the local names was very good!
@OnkelJajusBahn
@OnkelJajusBahn Год назад
I really love the design of the canopies and the lamp posts. Really something unique and beautiful. Classic scandinavian design. What an interresting video.
@klamin_original
@klamin_original Год назад
Stadler is a Swiss company and they also design the interiors on order.
@greendude96
@greendude96 Год назад
They might look nice, but most people here don't actually like them as the protection from the elements is... A bit lacking 😅
@OnkelJajusBahn
@OnkelJajusBahn Год назад
@@greendude96 Oh, Yeah, I see. Maybee they should have gotten to a compromise. You can certainly design beautiful canopies that still protect you from the weather. Or a small glass cabin with doors at the platform, so you are protected from the elements.
@EvgenPashkin
@EvgenPashkin Год назад
You 100% need to travel in standard (not premium) Russian sleeper train. Best way - from Saint Petersburg to Moscow on a double decker train. It coust only about 25$, but very comfortable. Premium variant cost about 50$ Luxury - 500$ for 2 person, you room have private shower!
@marsillinkow
@marsillinkow Год назад
I took this train to Tartu and Valka while doing a border run from Russia. Really lovely. Narva was lovely as well!
@normanmcleod7169
@normanmcleod7169 Год назад
May I say as a recent subscriber to your channel that I love your voice with its clear and accurate enunciation as well as the warm cadences. Your obvious interest in, and communication of, geography, landscapes, scenery, history, art and architecture is charming, informing and absorbing without in any way detracting from the central topic...the train. Keep up the good work while i do my best to catch up! 🥰
@alfromwork
@alfromwork 10 месяцев назад
So weird to see a Russian TEP70 right beside an American diesel locomotive... worlds collide! Very cool video, I really enjoy the minor graphics for station names and line diagrams.
@skblablablabla
@skblablablabla Год назад
You also passed "Lilleküla" station on the way between Balti Jaam and Kitseküla. It literally means "flower village", although the surroundings of the railway station mostly consist of a big parking lot of a shopping center. Once I was on a bus driving through Lilleküla and some childrens were upset about the fact that they didn't see any flowers. By the way, to save some money in the project to literally renovate every single meter of the country's rail network, some rural station were only rebuilt with a very short platform. At these platforms, it's always the door next to the wheelchair & bike area which opens.
@timectrl
@timectrl Год назад
He only passes Lilleküla on a bypass track and not on one of the commuter trains that stop.
@intervrt
@intervrt 8 месяцев назад
@@timectrl The lines going to Tartu and Valga also stop there, so it's a bit weird that Narva trains don't
@Timstravels01
@Timstravels01 Год назад
Fabulous video. Very informative and thoroughly enjoyable to watch.
@HugeDisgrace
@HugeDisgrace Год назад
Awesome trip idea! Thanks for sharing :)
@philippfolkerts6120
@philippfolkerts6120 Год назад
Kudos for the (handcrafted?) subtitles, they match your production quality perfectly👏🏻
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Thank you! They come directly from my written script, more accurate than automatic ones. :)
@PolyBex
@PolyBex Год назад
Hi, very nice and informative video :D! Btw, I have a recommendation for where you should travel next! I think you should travel to Bergen in Norway from Oslo. There are very beautiful views with many hills, water and trees. I would recommend traveling to Bergen while it’s bright outside so that you can enjoy the views, and I think there is WiFi on board as well with a restaurant (it was on the train I took). Anyways, Great video :)
@unoramat7428
@unoramat7428 Год назад
Excellent report! 👍
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Thank you so much 😀
@RGC198
@RGC198 Год назад
Interestig video. I have never seen this part of the world before. Thanks for sharing.
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Glad you enjoyed it!
@robertofraser101
@robertofraser101 Год назад
Very good videos you make thank you enjoyed
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Thanks! 😁
@trainsandmodelshungary
@trainsandmodelshungary Год назад
Ammmmmazing trip report! Loved it :)
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
@thomas680
@thomas680 Год назад
Thank you for this Video... It was a little throwback to my own trip with ELRON to Narva last summer! I found the trains clean and pleasant. Better than here in Germany. It's a pity that the old trains were no longer in service, I would have liked to try them too.
@timectrl
@timectrl Год назад
find those old trains in Latvia. One of them even goes to the Estonian town of Valga so you can connect there.
@cannedham8630
@cannedham8630 Год назад
Remember taking one of these trains to Tartu in 2015. Great trains and very modern
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Yes, I agree!
@i.m.385
@i.m.385 Год назад
I am delightfully surprised by the seeming quality of these Estonian trains and infrastructure.. I never really seen any of Estonia’s train world before, but with it being another ex soviet country my expectations were quite low. It’s nice to see good investment in the railroads, which can help a lot. Nice video
@PeterNGloor
@PeterNGloor Год назад
The EU membership has brought development to the Baltic states.
@henrikmanitski1061
@henrikmanitski1061 10 месяцев назад
The network is gradually being upgraded to 160 km/h. The Tallinn-Tartu mainline will be fully electrified by 2026, Tallinn-Narva by 2028. 16 new Škoda EMUs will arrive in 2024-2025. There are also plans to use the under-construction Rail Baltic tracks also for local traffic, but that will mean new trains again, since it is European gauge.
@saaraa7876
@saaraa7876 10 месяцев назад
Estonia is very modern and technologically advanced. These trains are not super special (they look like the ones we have in the Finnish capital region commuter lines, though those have a different interior and more…commuter-y seating) but otherwise Estonia is heads above many Western European countries when it comes to e-services. They’ve got e-citizenship, electric voting, Starship (the delivery robots) is Estonian as is (partially) Skype. You never need cash anywhere - you don’t in Finland either but I know in places like Germany or the US you still do.
@andrewpepper8031
@andrewpepper8031 Год назад
I laughed at your little comment about Pussi. Interesting video as well.
@ernsthaft1152
@ernsthaft1152 Год назад
Great video as always👌maybe you could try the Thalys next time? Would be pretty interesting I think. Anyway keep up the good work💪
@icelady2910
@icelady2910 Год назад
I love ELRON 🥰 I traveled on my vacation in Estonia with it and the next time with my journey to Russia. I always enjoyed it 👍🏻
@yohanmaduranga
@yohanmaduranga Год назад
Great video 📸
@TheTrainspotterFromTauranga
Those ex-Union Pacific locomotives in Estonia are the General Electric C36-7 design. As for these Stadler Flirts, the power pack set-up reminds me of their UK counterparts (Classes 231 and 755, of course).
@andrewbutler6477
@andrewbutler6477 Год назад
They are now entering service in Wales as the class 231
@polaarj4064
@polaarj4064 Год назад
GE C36-7i *
@vulc1
@vulc1 Год назад
Flirt DMUs (British Class 231 stock) was specially developed by Stadler to meet the train order Estonia placed back in 2009.
@brokkrep
@brokkrep Год назад
Makes me proud to see native brands at our Baltic friends. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪❤️🇪🇪
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Hahaha. Thank you.
@paul_ko
@paul_ko Год назад
Stadler is swiss tho
@enterIT-xl8cc
@enterIT-xl8cc Год назад
@@paul_ko It has factorys all over the world including poland, germany, usa etc. Its a swissed based company thats it, the product it self is international.
@hypernewlapse
@hypernewlapse Год назад
@@enterIT-xl8cc it's still a swiss company, like how siemens is german even though they manufacture in china
@lzh4950
@lzh4950 Год назад
@@paul_ko Previously almost got Stadler confused with the pencil-making company
@paulthiel5145
@paulthiel5145 Год назад
That rai-car was really something else indeed 🤭
@roaddogg800
@roaddogg800 Год назад
This is a fun day trip. Did it last month while visiting Tallinn. That BK is pretty good too as it's one of few places with free drink refills.
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Too bad it doesn't open until 11! 😅
@roaddogg800
@roaddogg800 Год назад
@@SuperalbsTravels true! When I got back that evening from Narva I had dinner there!
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
@@roaddogg800 Oh perfect, I should have done that myself! :)
@eutral
@eutral Год назад
Thanks for the showcase! The train network here in Estonia isn't very large, but I must say it's pretty modern with step-free access and the trains. And yes, we used to have a straight train connection from Tallinn to Russia, but it was closed when the pandemic happened
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Yeah, only a few international trains to Latvia now. :(
@henrikmanitski1061
@henrikmanitski1061 10 месяцев назад
⁠@@SuperalbsTravels There are no international trains to Latvia. Estonian trains stop at Valga, Estonia, where you have change over to a Latvian train.
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels 10 месяцев назад
@@henrikmanitski1061 Valga, Estonia to Riga you say? ;)
@osantiagues
@osantiagues Год назад
Very informative video. What did you do once you got to Narva? You should definitely make videos about the destinations (and their stations!) as you're a very engaging presenter :)
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Thank you! I had a quick look around, but had to go back to Helsinki the same evening.
@HSTHoward
@HSTHoward Год назад
I stayed in that hotel in April 2022. Nice it is too…
@drdewott9154
@drdewott9154 Год назад
Interesting video. I had no idea the Estonian freight locomotives were in fact second hand American ones. And the train service looks really good. Surprisingly comparable in terms of the train to whats seen on provincial regional services in Denmark by the likes of Arriva and Nordjyske Jernbaner, who have similar trains with similar comfort levels on similarly long journeys. Though some of the Danish trains, especially Arriva in central Jutland, are much more expensive than Elron on routes like Aarhus to Skjern (I mean 215kr c'mon). Nordjyskes main corridor from Aalborg to Skagen is however very similar in both comfort, price, speed, and travel time to Elrons service (like 100kr thats more like it).
@sureshbhatia9408
@sureshbhatia9408 Год назад
Dr Dewot Estonia should import brand new Indian diesel locos instead of second hand US engines , I think at a cheaper price also and causing less pollution.
@henrikmanitski1061
@henrikmanitski1061 10 месяцев назад
@@sureshbhatia9408 Any NEW locos that Estonia will acquire in the future will be electric. Also, old American diesel locos are being modernised, with only the undercarriage remaining of the original.
@acontentthief3210
@acontentthief3210 Год назад
i took the train to Chop (UA) from Cierna nad Tisou (SK) a week ago and its pretty safe if you ask me, i got arrested when exiting the train and carried to an interrogation room because of accidentally filming military/police personell so i dont reccomend recording everything. but for the rest visiting Ukraine was lovely and im visiting this 25th of february again
@SlavaUkraini85
@SlavaUkraini85 Год назад
Stadler Trains are always amazing
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
The best bit is the low-floor! 😃
@bjoernaltmann
@bjoernaltmann Год назад
That train is looking good
@XTREAMER3850
@XTREAMER3850 Год назад
Stadler FLIRT, amazing!
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
That's right!
@travelvideos
@travelvideos Год назад
There is no difference at all between first and second class. First class seats are reserved which one can consider when trains are crowded. Those trains run for 10 years already and still look like new. No graffiti and nothing broken. AC works, no excessive oil burning in engines, everything is good.
@odiliusrailfans
@odiliusrailfans Год назад
Actually, Indonesia railways needs a diesel unit like FLiRT, doesn't it? considering that Stadler also established a joint venture with INKA in Banyuwangi
@marcomorselli6519
@marcomorselli6519 Год назад
Hi, nice video, I'm going to Narva next friday and I was planning to do it by train. Did you buy the ticket at the station? How much for the return in second class? Thank you.
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
There's a ticket office at the station, but I bought online. Website is www.elron.ee, and should have details on prices. Hope this helps!
@somerandomlatvian7801
@somerandomlatvian7801 Год назад
Latvia still uses old soviet trains but they will soon be replaced by the Škoda 16ev
@henrikmanitski1061
@henrikmanitski1061 10 месяцев назад
Only on the electrified lines. Is Latvia going to electrify the whole network?
@somerandomlatvian7801
@somerandomlatvian7801 10 месяцев назад
@@henrikmanitski1061 probably not
@CoffeeVibes
@CoffeeVibes Год назад
The snow you were driving through wasn't a blizzard it was just the light snow flying around because of the wind that train creates with it's high speed and the snow on and near the rails.
@svos7559
@svos7559 Год назад
5:58 Lähdevesi spotted 👀
@hotrodjones74
@hotrodjones74 Год назад
I took a train from that station to St. Petersburg in the summer of 2016. The border crossing was very time consuming BTW. Taking the bus into or from Russia is quicker through passport control.
@cr4his
@cr4his Год назад
Just to correct you, those new trains actually replaced RVR DR1B/A trains, the one you showed, i personally had never seen before.
@eviv19
@eviv19 Год назад
This does me thinking at the "GTW" driving on regional lines in The Netherlands.
@mh1793
@mh1793 2 месяца назад
I took this train today. The same oil train was there, minus the locomotive
@mdhazeldine
@mdhazeldine Год назад
How many takes did you have to do for the Pussi joke until you could say it with a straight face? lol. Nice video. Impressive that they're step-free already, although probably easier when you only have 8 lines in your entire country. Stadler steadily taking over the world I see!
@rezaalan3991
@rezaalan3991 Год назад
Great trip. Nice train by the way, and the town at 9:33 is very unique. I think only in Estonia where US Locomotive can meet with Russian Locomotive. Bit curious about the progress of Rail Baltica project, how about the progress?
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Fascinatingly, there are US built locomotives in Russia too! 😳
@henrikmanitski1061
@henrikmanitski1061 10 месяцев назад
In Estonia, a number of viaducts and ecoducts are being or have been built. Some of the sections are in the tender phase, while others are being designed. Construction of one 10 km section of the line will start next year.
@DrErikEvrard
@DrErikEvrard 4 месяца назад
10:56 - quite interesting vehicle!
@intervrt
@intervrt 6 месяцев назад
the 1524mm gauge railway in Finland is still the Russian gauge, Estonia uses the same gauge too along with the 1520mm one
@DS.J
@DS.J Год назад
Great report. Any plans to do something similar in Latvia and Lithuania?
@user-fq8sj8pl1l
@user-fq8sj8pl1l Год назад
I'm from Russia. I'm looking forward to the normalization of relations between Russia, Finland and the Baltic states, so that all routes (from Moscow and Saint Petersburg) become active again. Btw, the train is very similar to the Russian "Swallow"
@SuperKillburn
@SuperKillburn Год назад
Elron is not similiar to Lastochka(Swallow)
@user-fq8sj8pl1l
@user-fq8sj8pl1l Год назад
@@SuperKillburn why u so angry? what I was doing to u and ur country?
@jetblack044
@jetblack044 Год назад
Чувак, зникни кудись!
@SuperKillburn
@SuperKillburn Год назад
@@user-fq8sj8pl1l where did u see i'm angry lol?
@SuperKillburn
@SuperKillburn Год назад
@@jetblack044 did you say it to me?
@Edz90
@Edz90 11 месяцев назад
Love it how you spell that Rrrrr 😊 Greetings from Estonia
@edisonz2006
@edisonz2006 Год назад
The title feels a bit clickbait-y lol
@tomatimahl
@tomatimahl Год назад
Yeah, gives a bad rep to estonia
@ragnarlaine4065
@ragnarlaine4065 3 месяца назад
@@tomatimahl Bad rep starts actually from the beginning. Why the main station called “Balti jaam” like it is some kind of terminus in Russian empire? Wouldn’t be “Tallinna jaam” much better? Why they everywhere use Russian as second language on labels? Looks like Russian integration instead of European integration. (In Finland they used 110 years ago Russian, Finnish and Swedish labels because it was part of Russian empire, but today they use only Finnish and Swedish as they are no Russian empire anymore. Estonia is nether. So it’s pretty strange that Estonians in place which supposed to be called “Tallinna jaam” use billboards glorifying Russian empire and let _babushkas_ to sell stuff like that)
@tomatimahl
@tomatimahl 3 месяца назад
@@ragnarlaine4065 balti jaam, baltic station. How hard is it to understand, its named from the Baltic Sea. I have no clue where you got empire from.
@tomatimahl
@tomatimahl 3 месяца назад
@@ragnarlaine4065 also we dont have russian as secondary language, just some PRIVATE COMPANIES choose to also put russian in their ads and such. We only learn English and Estonian in school, russian is literally banned
@tomatimahl
@tomatimahl 3 месяца назад
@@ragnarlaine4065 and Babushkas selling stuff is normal, it happens in latvia, finland, lithuania, poland, croatia, bosnia, serbia, ukraine, romania and so on
@lindavainomae3489
@lindavainomae3489 Год назад
Enoyed the video and agree that Elron is a very pleasant way to travel. Püssi btw is a derivative of the Estonian word for gun or rifle. I wonder if you saw the sign at Balti Jaam for "Rong Info"....rong being the word for train...but still funny all the same.
@michaelhall8586
@michaelhall8586 Год назад
I would love to go to Estonia. I reckon it’s a perfect place to film the next 007 movie in too
@RoyalFlushFan
@RoyalFlushFan Год назад
If you imagine a black James Bond that could time-travel, „Tenet“ has pretty much got you covered.
@sotouszsunj
@sotouszsunj Год назад
You should try the Avala rain from Belgrade to… Well, there are a lot of destinations
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Where does that go? I didn't think it was operating.
@felixtheodorwilliams3966
@felixtheodorwilliams3966 Год назад
Just to make you aware. I Want A IR4 Video from Esbjerg Or Sønderborg To Copenhagen
@rezhaej7911
@rezhaej7911 12 часов назад
I always love the wifi password locomotive 😂😂😂
@Pollux7072
@Pollux7072 Год назад
damnn these trains look sick
@Kevvu1989
@Kevvu1989 Год назад
1:20 shame that this old station building was demolished by soviets
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Yeah. The current one is pretty lifeless and dull.
@ivo3111
@ivo3111 Год назад
is there a good connection from Tallinn to Riga as well?
@Seblines
@Seblines Год назад
Not by rail, there are some good long distance busses though
@DS.J
@DS.J Год назад
Sadly no despite infrastructure being there.
@1SuperLaku
@1SuperLaku Год назад
Connection? Yes. Good? No, unfortunately. You're looking at one possible journey per day with a 2 hour or so connection in Valga.
@drdewott9154
@drdewott9154 Год назад
Not yet. Any train journey currently would be very long and involve a transfer on the border of the 2 countries. They're both trying to change that with the Rail Baltica high speed rail project, linking all 3 baltic states to mainland europe with fast 230km/h trains. But that is still many many years away from being possible to ride.
@carleryk
@carleryk 7 месяцев назад
To be fair, we don't really need one. Northern Estonia with Tallinn and Southern Finland with Helsinki mirror each other being the densest parts of both countries. Good connections of these two regions are more important than with Riga. I'm sure some Southern Estonians will disagree, but South is much less densely populated.
@AguadillaCGN
@AguadillaCGN Год назад
12:12 that fence on the platform, is that for a former passport control? internartional platform. and the headine asked if it is safe, but was it safe?
@Betzii
@Betzii Год назад
"Püssi, Where I'd really like to spend more time" LMAO HAHAHAH
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
😂😂😂
@alps1032
@alps1032 Год назад
As an Estonian, some of the pronunciations were pretty funny but otherwise pretty close to how we say them. Great video!
@murringo9
@murringo9 Год назад
Love those old elevated signal boxes...I assume they're signal boxes?
@uunohikivuori8591
@uunohikivuori8591 Год назад
They are old water towers.
@Project_Slagharen
@Project_Slagharen Год назад
9:31 I did not saw that one comming.💀
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
😂😂😂😂
@EpicThe112
@EpicThe112 Год назад
Excellent video, and if you are wondering what it's the British version of the train is, they are class 755 Greater Anglia GEML routes Wales Class 231. The American locomotives you see are GE C36-7 or C30-7s with US signals replaced by former Soviet Union ASLN Klub-U. Regarding the Russian 2TE116 locomotive, it's also operated in Ukraine with them using KFA Wagons to carry Challenger 2 tanks to the Eastern Region from Poland and Slovakia. 2TE116 is also related to the German Deutsche Bahn Baureihe 232 Deutsche Reichsbahn Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (German Democratic Republic) Baureihe 132 TE109 2TE109 due to them being made in the same Ukrainian factory.
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Thanks for the information! :)
@henrikmanitski1061
@henrikmanitski1061 10 месяцев назад
C30-7s have not been running for more than a decade. The are being modernised to C30M, basically into a whole new loco.
@EpicThe112
@EpicThe112 10 месяцев назад
@henrikmanitski1061 thank you for telling me about that because they are still being used here where I am in the United States by Short line railways or Class 1 Railways inside a Marshalling yard.
@zalex3d
@zalex3d Год назад
Жил года 4 назад в отеле Go Shnelli, что одной стеной выходит на вокзал, так под окнами как раз стояли эти морковные поезда до Нарвы (а они на тепловозной тяге) и всю ночь и тарахтели дизелями. А в Кейлу ходят такие-же морковные Штадлеры, только электрические.
@lejurassien2870
@lejurassien2870 Год назад
Kinda funny to see those trains operating on such long and "express"-called lines. I know them as "Regio"-trains, which are the most boring and slowest trains here in Switzerland and are traveling small distances with stops at every village...
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Haha, they're certainly used for lots of purposes (in Norway, soon as sleeper trains).
@greendude96
@greendude96 Год назад
As much as i like the video, nice and informative. I do not like the title at all. Of course it's safe, why wouldn't it be? Just because we share a border with Russia, it doesn't mean it's dangerous. Ever since the war started, foreigners started asking that question... Even tho Berlin and Central Europe are closer to the actual fighting. -.-
@MrFranki06
@MrFranki06 Год назад
The bottle of "Lähdevesi" (VR) is water from Finland (Valtion Rautatiet, Finnish National Railways).
@no-damn-alias
@no-damn-alias 6 месяцев назад
1:52 as a German the ,,Reisibüroo" made my giggle
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels 6 месяцев назад
A borrowed word? 😂😂😂
@no-damn-alias
@no-damn-alias 6 месяцев назад
@@SuperalbsTravels probably 😅
@BLACKSTA361
@BLACKSTA361 Год назад
Even Estonia has a better Train system than Canada and USA😭😂
@HeaGuerilla
@HeaGuerilla Год назад
North america has a great freight train system.
@BLACKSTA361
@BLACKSTA361 Год назад
@@HeaGuerilla 😭
@earthandwind820
@earthandwind820 Год назад
@@HeaGuerilla we need some normal civilian trains too 😩
@henrikmanitski1061
@henrikmanitski1061 10 месяцев назад
⁠@@earthandwind820Priorities. In the US, it is freight, in Estonia it is passengers. Freight trains mainly run at night, when there is no passenger traffic.
@earthandwind820
@earthandwind820 10 месяцев назад
@@henrikmanitski1061 I think a country that consistently claims itself to be #1 to the world & the “richest country on earth” can do both. But we’d rather spend that $$ on illegal invasions/wars… you know the stuff our current politicians/media claim they’re (hypocritically) supposedly against re: Russias war in Ukraine. The amount of homelessness, embarrassing civilian infrastructure away from tourists areas, Americans living paycheck to paycheck (also whitewashed to foreigners in other countries to not make the USA “look bad”) is unacceptable for such a “wealthy” country. They clearly don’t have the right “priorities” at all.
@breadmachine_official
@breadmachine_official Год назад
👍
@Drive_with_soma
@Drive_with_soma Год назад
hah Finnish VR train water bottle. nice thing to take to estonian train with you from Finland
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Oh yeah, I forgot that! 😅
@LexusLFA554
@LexusLFA554 Год назад
Have you tried travelling on the new Siemens Desiro HC and Mireo already? They apperantly are now in use with GoAhead in the Augsburg area in Germany. I would love to see if the investment was worth it. Nice to see even the small village of Parila got a train station, although they are just 80 inhabitants big. It is probably also accessable to other villages around. On a German Wikipedia article the small village Straß has a "Train Station" with the small village Moos. Yes, it is written in quotation marks xD
@MrOvnours
@MrOvnours Год назад
When i was a kid i used to ride this line every winter going from Moscow to Tallin. Back then there were two daily trains between the two capitals, one was via St Petersburg and another one was direct. The second was much faster but it would cross the border at like 5 a.m. or smth which was very annoying. Estonia wasn't in EU and Schengen zone yet though, so the process of border inspection was quite quick. But you had to get up anyway. And those Moscow-Tallin trains were pretty crowded, consisting of up to 15 cars as i recall. Hell of a traffic. But as Russia and Estonia continued to drift apart from each other this traffic got weaker and weaker with years. Now i won't be surprised if i see bushes groing from underneath the tracks on Russia-Estonia border. Shame...
@vulc1
@vulc1 Год назад
The correct spelling is Tallinn not Tallin
@CoffeeVibes
@CoffeeVibes Год назад
I'm not sure if I understood you right when you said that the train was driving with electrified way until Aegviidu, but if that's what you said then that's wrong. There are only two types of trains. 1. Only electrified meaning that they can't change to diesel motor. 2. Only diesel motor meaning that they can't change to electrified. Yes they drive with the same route as the electrified trains, but they can't use the electric lines above they just drive with diesel motors. They are planning to get škoda trains in second half of 2024 that can change from electric to diesel and diesel to electric meaning that when there's electrified route then it uses electric lines and when they end it continues with diesel motors. Also one of the main routes from Tallinn to Tartu and back right now is not electrfied but with new škoda trains they want the line to be fully electric.
@JohnTaylor-bf6ll
@JohnTaylor-bf6ll Год назад
I assume it must be wide guage in Estonia - am I correct?. Otherwise how do those Russian locomotives you showed, get across the border?
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Yes it is the same gauge. :)
@Alexandr-ss5hy
@Alexandr-ss5hy 7 дней назад
Эстонии нужно переходить на евроколею, нужно избавляться от советского наследия
@RovexHD
@RovexHD Год назад
The border south of the country is a bit more exciting. Saatse boot will have you entering Russia without a visa. 😊
@kutsuu0001
@kutsuu0001 Год назад
I love Elron!
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Yeah they're pretty good! :)
@AnttiAliranta11
@AnttiAliranta11 Год назад
So now you got Sweden, Denmark and Estonia. When Finland?
@kostant3456
@kostant3456 Год назад
theres a station named ''Hell'' in norway
@hardly.rivai_YT
@hardly.rivai_YT Год назад
While the major cities of the world are slow to bring wheelchair-accessible transportation to the masses, Estonia already has level-boarding on all stations of its national railway system with the ever-ubiquitous Stadler trains. Accessible, affordable and convenient rail transport is always good for the customer. *SIDENOTE:* Ah "Pussi"... ha ha ha. Is it by chance that you've owned a cat? 🐈
@coyoteranger
@coyoteranger Год назад
high platforms is a standard in Soviet / Russian Railways station. It surprises me that the rest of the world still uses low platforms.
@default902
@default902 10 месяцев назад
Is it safe? Made me laugh😂
@MatveyTsivinyuk
@MatveyTsivinyuk Год назад
2TE116U is a locomotive model and 0157 is a serial number of locomotive built.
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Correct! :)
@HazptMedia
@HazptMedia Год назад
Your treating the Russian Federation like north Korea
@nb2008nc
@nb2008nc Год назад
Yeah, you're right. It's worse. North Korea hasn't invaded anyone since the 1950s
@HazptMedia
@HazptMedia Год назад
@@nb2008nc using that logic the US, Australia, UK is worse than North Korea
@nb2008nc
@nb2008nc Год назад
@@HazptMedia What territory did any of those states annex?
@HazptMedia
@HazptMedia Год назад
@@nb2008nc Afghanistan Iraq Syria Lebanon Vietnam
@nb2008nc
@nb2008nc Год назад
@Hazpt Media Never annexed any territories in any of those places. Invaded Afghanistan to root out al Qaeda. Never took it over. Invaded Iraq as a knee jerk reaction due to bad Intel, but didn't annex territory. Invaded Syria to destroy isis, but didn't annex territory. UN invited US to come to Lebanon. Never annexed territory and we left with our tail between our legs. Vietnam, we were invited by the government of South Vietnam to protect it from your buddies in the North. Never tried to make it into Hawaii or anything. Were you the editor of Pravda at one point, tovarich?
@HamishG199
@HamishG199 Год назад
11:24 will Go rail ever return ?
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Honestly these days I doubt it, but maybe something will change in the future?
@Mladjasmilic
@Mladjasmilic Год назад
9:32 It would be interesting to go there and order Mustard there. (look up Estonian word for mustard).
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels Год назад
Oh wow, sinep! 😂
@eyyyyyyyyyyy
@eyyyyyyyyyyy Год назад
9:30 Nice
@vasheq4355
@vasheq4355 Год назад
Great journey, especially the Püssi part
@amardave84
@amardave84 Год назад
LOL they have a circle K in Estonia. We have them here in gas stations in the US.
@incremental_failure
@incremental_failure 7 месяцев назад
Canadian owned. Statoil sold their retail business to them.
@Neptune._.
@Neptune._. Год назад
Probably the funniest town name I've ever seen was a German town called "Ägypten" which litreally translates to Egypt. So random 😂
@siimtulev1759
@siimtulev1759 Год назад
Kudos for learning how to pronounce names correctly! 8.5/10. Btw Püssi means "gun's"
@bmw_lego
@bmw_lego 3 месяца назад
I from Estonia Hello-Tere
@SuperalbsTravels
@SuperalbsTravels 3 месяца назад
Hi! 👋
@EstCrossings
@EstCrossings 5 месяцев назад
The service has kind of stagnated as the prices have gone up. Also not a fan of the bike ticket which they implemented recently. I still take it everytime I go to Tallinn though cause it's nice and comfy and quick.
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