Wait. Sweden and Finland don't have the same 1435mm track?

Finn has 1520mm gage.

What @@nori8627 said. Finland’s 1520mm is the old Russian gauge, 4mm narrower but effectively interoperable with Russian gauge. Until Russia invaded Ukraine, Helsinki & St Petersburg were connected by the Allegro high-speed Pendolino train, and a night train went all the way from Helsinki to Moscow. There are some fairly wild proposals in the EU Parliament to force Finland to change their entire network to European gauge so that foreign operators would more easily be able to enter the market. The single track railway bridge between Haparanda and Tornio actually has both European and Finnish gauge tracks nested within each other. Trains from Finland can go as far as Haparanda 🇸🇪 and trains from Sweden can go as far as the old station in Tornio 🇫🇮 (but not the currently active suburban halt at Tornio Itaienen)

Wow, so interesting fact! And I'm really surprised too about the different Finnish and Swedish gauge. Between Sweden and Norway, yes it's the same, right?

@@PointOfTrips Yes, Sweden, Norway and most of continental Europe (not Spain and Portugal) and Great Britain use 1,435mm gauge. There are multiple passenger trains that cross the Sweden/Norway border every day, including the famous night train Stockholm-Narvik, local trains Storlien-Trondheim, and intercity trains Stockholm-Oslo and Gothenburg-Oslo. There's also lots of freight. The Port of Narvik sees minerals from Kiruna in Sweden and the so-called North Rail Express (NRE), which carries truck trailers (usually refrigerated and frozen groceries) on a 27hr 1,950km journey from Oslo to Narvik via most of central and northern Sweden.

As a 38 yo i would second that

Yes they are very similar to Øresundståg but wider :-)

@@Simon-Andersen Its the same exact carriages however with the cab being converted to the IC3 style cabs.

That trip sound superb!

Such a shame there's no ferry service between the two cities.

@@roger0929 Is this sarcasm or are you uninformed? There is actually two different companies on the same route, Viking Line and Tallink-Silja. It is an overnight cruiseferry leaving every day at around 17:00. You get to wake up in the other city. Very expensive though, around 200€ for a round trip, but much cheaper than going around the Bottenviken/Perämeri.

I did this in February the other way around and it was a great trip! The station in Haparanda is absolutely stunning, as you could see in the video. I would take some time to explore everything. Because Tornio-Itäinen won’t be as exciting. And take some time to explore the border! you can visit the northernmost ikea for example. :D

@@raileon Awesome, thanks! Yeah I think the train gets in to Haparanda at around 19:00 and then the night train leaves around 22:00 so we will definitely have some time to explore. Unfortunately looks like the IKEA closes before we get there though. :(

Thanks Gustav, this is very intresting and helpfull

@@barsk1 thank you for telling me about so it should be Russian Empire then

He said it in the video, one unit managed to do 303 km/h on a test run. (kinda clickbaity ngl)

@@wojwesoly ah tnx ! I walked away for a min probably he mentioned it then 😄

This type of train holds the record for fastest train in Sweden at 303 km/h :-)

@@wojwesoly Yes definitely clickbait, but what u wanna do - you need to grab attention haha

Thanks for watching! You are correct, but I guess this is close enough till someone build a line further north :D

@@Simon-Andersen There is a night train all the way to Narvik in Norway, that should qualify ;)

Dual gauge track across the bridge, not sure much crosses the border by rail atm

There is a bridge crossing the Torne river and the SwedishFinnish border. The bridge has both standard gauge and the wider Finnish gauge. The normal gauge continues to the Torneå railway station in Finland and ends at a separate platform there. Several years ago there was a scheduled service from Sweden to there. The Finnish gauge continues on the Swedish side to the Haparanda station building. The station has one Finnish track side and a Swedish track side. Back in the old days you would change from Swedish to Finnsh trains here, which Lenin did back in 1917 on his way from Zürich to St. Petersburg. That is why the station is so large because many passengers were changing there. Also that is why you enter the station on the lower level through a small tunnel and into the building. Unfortunately no passenger trains are crossing the border at the moment. I think there is som cargo, though very little.

Yes its almost the same platform :-)

The walk is about an hour through the town, but you can stop and grab some food/fika on the way as you will be walking through the central areas of both Haparanda and Torneå :)

I like that Sweden greets with a large Ikea when stepping out the Finnish shopping mall.

It's an easy walk, takes about an hour and it's well signposted. I stopped in the mall on the finnish side on the way :-)

Somewhat. I mostly just speak English as the profiffiency is very good in both countries

The rear lights on Swedish trains flash for increased visibility, although this is going away slowly with standardised regulations now.

@@jatterhog ok thanks

It was recorded in late April :-)

I paid by card :-)

Only cards are accepted on Norrtåg trains for many years now.

These Regina trains initially had a lot of problems handling the harsh winter conditions, especially with snow and ice build up, but I believed they have solved it with modifications.

It is true 🤯

I agree! And I would recommend you, if you haven't seen them, the videos of Simon about the Renfe Alvia, Renfe Avlo and Ouigo. 🙂

@@PointOfTrips I have seen them and are very good

@@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo2656 Yes, very interesting!

They are coming in the future :-)

No the X2000 can't, it's designed for 210 km/h and has reached 276 km/h on a test. There litterally is a plaque on this train giving it the record at 303 km/h as mentiond in the video :-)

All Swedish trains are electric 😀

The train is not diesel and it is not within the Arctic circle. (About 80 km south of the Arctic Circle)

@@petter5721 Not true. There are many diesel passenger trains in Sweden. For example Linköping -Västervik, Linköping Kalmar, Karlstad - Torsby, Pågatåg from Nässjö to Halmstad, Vetlanda and Eksjö, Umeå - Lycksele and the whole Inlandsbanan.