Aug 11, 2026, 10:18 AMYou can get from Berlin to Helsinki reliably by train and ferry in 2 days and 1 night (Berlin - Warszawa - Vilnius, night there, Vilnius - Tallinn - Helsinki)
But you cannot sensibly get from Lagos to Berlin in the same time, despite, oh, about 2000km of high speed infra to use
You *might* just do it with buses Lagos - Sevilla, and Barcelona - Perpignan, and the rest with trains, and a night in Perpignan
Aug 11, 2026, 10:19 AM(Note all of this not for me, but for someone who might come along to film #LongestTrainEU) #CrossBorderRail
Aug 11, 2026, 10:24 AMWhy is the first Perpignan - Paris of the day at 7am? That's TOO LATE. FFS. Early trains are useful, damn it. #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail
@jon
But that's ideal for the train crew. You can have breakfast before and déjeuner after the train. They will make grève if you change the times of the train 😜
@_Hemmschuh @jon and a 3 day stay until your next shift home
Aug 11, 2026, 12:21 PM@_Hemmschuh Can I persuade you to move to Perpignan?
@jon Abysmal indeed. If your friend is able to catch the night train to Paris, it could be a solution.
Aug 12, 2026, 2:39 PM@stevenclays Ha. You can't get to that in time either! But a nice idea.
@jon A connection that was still possible in 2013, by taking a tgv out of Barcelona around 19h iirc. Maddening!
