10:50 Ponsse forest equipment on its way to the world.

@6yjjk

8 ай бұрын

Ah, I wondered about that! Thanks!

Valtatie 4 is actually "highway 4", the longest highway in Finland and it continues all the way to the Northernmost municipality (Utsjoki). The Helsinki-Lahti(-Heinola) motorway is just a part of it.

@slebbeog

8 ай бұрын

aka "nelostie" if in any case you heard locals talk about it.

7:44 Small correction, Eläntarhanlahti (literally translates to zoo bay) is a bay of the baltic sea, not a lake.

I travelled on this train in May fromHelsinki to Lapinlahti. Highly recommend it, so comfortable & such a pleasant journey with great service. And the scenery is so beautiful 😍

Excellent video! I love the ambient announcement audio.

I've travelled in several countries in Europe, and compared to those experiences as a Finn I'm very happy with VR, I use extra class if I'm travelling on behalf of company but I'm not sure if I would pay for that for regular trips.

Thank you for including both finnish and swedish names! Great video, glad you enjoyed it!

Great upload! Thoroughly enjoyable😊

It's been over a decade since I last took a train so the cars look pretty good inside I have to say. Back then it was quite rare to see double-deck trains around Eastern Finland too, and most of the seats weren't that nice either.

Sucks that prices are ridiculously expensive right now unless you buy the trip 3 weeks in advantage.

@Misterkettukettu

8 ай бұрын

yup, its much cheaper to go by bus now

@MrBrax

8 ай бұрын

3 weeks seems really fair though, i usually buy travel tickets like 6 months before

Stellar production 🤩 Loved the aerial view and platform shots of locos, great timing catching some vintage diesels and a freight train with the heavy Ponsse machinery! I always ride the Ravintolavaunu if possible, their service is really good ☕

@6yjjk

8 ай бұрын

Worth the supplement to sit upstairs, seat 237 is a personal favourite :)

Really nice documentary! 😎

my grandparents live right next to one of the stations in south karelia so i have traveled this route lots of times as someone who lives in espoo

Great travel video. Keep up the good work! Which camera/phone do you use for filimg? I have a video from the EueoNight from Zurich to Zagreb and one from the the TER from Basel to Strasbourg coming up in a few weeks! Greetings from Switzerland!

11:30 the design speed of the line is 220 km/h but it could be increased by increasing the bank angle in bends. Current angle was selected to allow freight trains to also use the line. However, there is only 1 freight train / direction / day as the per-kilometer fee is much higher than on the Lahti-Riihimäki-Kerava route. IC trains are limited to 200 km/h, and only pendolino / allegro trains are able to do 220 km/h. However, trains do their top speed pretty much only if they are running late. If they are on time, they run as slowly as possible to reduce drag (saves electricity) and to make passengers not feel like they are sitting at the next station because there is slack in the timetables. 14:35 is from somewhere else than a VR train (no text in finnish or swedish, only english, and the kind of look you won't find in any currently operating train by VR). Maybe Amtrak?

@saaraa7876

8 ай бұрын

I don’t think I’ve ever been to a train in Finland that has managed more than 160km/h.

@klapiroska4714

8 ай бұрын

@@saaraa7876 It depends on the track too. Helsinki-Turku is limited to 160 at it's fastest. North from Kouvola (so called "savon rata") is 140, and the same goes for North from Luumäki (so called "karjalan rata". Tampere-Pori is 140, and so is Toijala-Turku. Seinäjoki-Vaasa is 120. Tampere -Jyväskylä is 160 at it's fastest. Everything north of Oulu is 140 or less. 200 km/h is reached only in IC and Pendolino trains in the main line between Helsinki and Oulu and on the Helsinki-Lahti-Kouvola-Luumäki (will soon be extended to Imatra)

@saaraa7876

8 ай бұрын

@@klapiroska4714 ah, thank you! I’m from Turku but live in Helsinki now, so I mostly travel between those cities. So that makes sense!

@Itapirkanmaa2

8 ай бұрын

It's from his recent North American clip. There's been a fluke in the editing phase.

@Itapirkanmaa2

8 ай бұрын

@@saaraa7876 If you're on the Helsinki-Oulu route, you really can't miss going at over 160 kph, unless it's a night sleeper train.

My guy really got up in Lahti

Great video. I just want to add that Eläintarhanlahti is actually a bay and not lake :)

14:36 -- 14:47 we're captured in a time and place torrent and beamed up in North America.

The attractive seats look hard.

Ravintola vaunu means “restaurant carriage/car/trolley”. Ravintola is the word for “restaurant.”

@zebboplayer70

8 ай бұрын

mutta dining car tarkoittaa ravintolavaunua, se ei vain ole suora käännös

Out of curiosity, what lead you to show the Henna station?

What's up with the scene in 14:35 ??

@Itapirkanmaa2

8 ай бұрын

We were beamed up to North America. It may happen.

@skalet66a

8 ай бұрын

😂

Vectron has also become super popular in Denmark!

@doc7austin

4 ай бұрын

yes, these Siemens locos can be seen almost everywhere in europe

How did you like it ? 🥸

Does the second class car have lockers for passengers?

@Itapirkanmaa2

8 ай бұрын

All have them downstairs.

whats the navigator gps apps name?

@fallbranch

8 ай бұрын

I'm also interested.

@Hiihtomaisteri

8 ай бұрын

Speedometer 55 start

@user-uc6gb7hi3x

8 ай бұрын

He is Reidar Wasenius. Weird name

Do cars ride as good as they look?

@Itapirkanmaa2

8 ай бұрын

These cars ride extremely well.

@donaldmccaithness2180

8 ай бұрын

Yes, they are very smooth, but where did Finland get them from and how much debt for the purchase? Also, the cleaners for VR are cheap labour immigrants who obviously don't care much for doing their job properly - just look at them when they come through the carriage. The Finnish cleaners have been replaced.

@Itapirkanmaa2

8 ай бұрын

@@donaldmccaithness2180 They are made in Finland by Transtech (now owned by Skoda). I'm not aware how they were financed. I've not seen dirty carriages.

you are real life Sheldon Cooper

@solared

8 ай бұрын

I think they call that having autism

Those first class seats are fine until you are like 185 cm or bit taller than that. Those seats are relatively narrow and if you are tall enough that your shoulders touch those headrests on both side of your seat you won't have a pleasant journey.

@mikaveekoo

8 ай бұрын

Vali, vali. 😳

@kanervatie

8 ай бұрын

188cm and no hätä.

@fallbranch

8 ай бұрын

@@mikaveekoo Pätkä xD

@julenalle

8 ай бұрын

197cm here, rather sit in eco-class...

@mikaveekoo

8 ай бұрын

@@fallbranch 200cm kyykyssä.

Это чешские вагоны . Даже кротика своего нарисовали ))

@tissot233

8 ай бұрын

Most if not all of these were build by Finnish Transtech before Skoda bought them, but you are of course right that Transtech is now owned by Skoda. Myyrä/The Mole is popular animation figure in Finland and was drawn there before the Czech Skoda bought Transtech.

@mikaveekoo

8 ай бұрын

They are manufactured in Finland. Otanmäki, Kajaani.

Make the video Pakistan primium train greenline express from Islamabad to Karachi in ac business class

That's pretty poor that the bays of 2/4 seats + table are not aligned with the windows where they are mixed with airline style seats and in general the very wide pillars mean a lot of seats with no or poor view.

@Itapirkanmaa2

8 ай бұрын

You can choose your seat, most people have seen enough Finland already.

@CPTSE4DOG

8 ай бұрын

if you wanna see outside just look for a window seat thats not taken and sit down

It sure would be nice to have nice things here in the U.S. 😢 But it might lead to socialism 😮

@Itapirkanmaa2

8 ай бұрын

It just will not be economically feasible in the US.

@Le_Saboteur

8 ай бұрын

This is mostly bs. Trains in Finland suck and are very expensive...

@viivi005

8 ай бұрын

@@Le_Saboteur compared to a lot of other countries finnish trains are amazing

@Le_Saboteur

8 ай бұрын

Does not change the fact.

@holoholopainen1627

8 ай бұрын

You have The AMTRACK - What a GREAT way to see America - for someone WHO IS from Europe ! On The train You may talk to anybody - that knows Your language !

Typical finn doesn't travel in a "business" class where you were sitting, comfortable seats are too expensive

Not good enough to sit with peasants in publiic transport class! Not many benefiits honestly, considering ticket price increases lately.

Stunning? It's a completely box-standard first world train, anything less wouldn't be worth paying money for.

@jaskajokunen3716

8 ай бұрын

True that, i'd rather be driven around in my old maybach even if it takes longer.

@donaldmccaithness2180

8 ай бұрын

There is no room for luggage on these trains. Get in one and have a look for yourself. Designed by some moron.