WOULD YOU RIDE THE 13 HOUR SWEDISH NIGHT TRAIN?
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Date: 2023-08-20
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Brucie
13 hours - not that long. I regularly travel from Sydney to Melbourne, leaving at 8: 50 and arriving about 19: 30, a tad over 1000km in just under 11 hours. There is a night train, but I prefer the daylight one - lots to look at. Similarly we have occasionally taken the Brisbane - Sydney daylight, 05: 30 to 20: 00. around 1100km in 14. 5 hours. A bit slower, but the scenery is spectacular.
Stuff sleepers, I much prefer daylight trains where available.
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13 hours - not that long. I regularly travel from Sydney to Melbourne, leaving at 8: 50 and arriving about 19: 30, a tad over 1000km in just under 11 hours. There is a night train, but I prefer the daylight one - lots to look at. Similarly we have occasionally taken the Brisbane - Sydney daylight, 05: 30 to 20: 00. around 1100km in 14. 5 hours. A bit slower, but the scenery is spectacular.
Stuff sleepers, I much prefer daylight trains where available.
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eekee
Everything about that train looks so retro! :D Only the big light switch doesn't, but it's nothing really. The punched-card ticket is like some kind of anachronism, almost as if they computerised the booking system in the 60s or even the 50s. :)
Action film! haha!
Inter-carriage noise! Definitely retro for me. :)
I like knowing the pence per mile.
In this case, I'd take the train ride over the flight. :)
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Everything about that train looks so retro! :D Only the big light switch doesn't, but it's nothing really. The punched-card ticket is like some kind of anachronism, almost as if they computerised the booking system in the 60s or even the 50s. :)
Action film! haha!
Inter-carriage noise! Definitely retro for me. :)
I like knowing the pence per mile.
In this case, I'd take the train ride over the flight. :)
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PifflePrattle
Did Stockholm to Narvik in the latter part of the previous millennium.
Journey was close on 24 hours. That was travelling, not Molly coddled in fancy expensive sleepers but sat in traditional compartments and corridor.
On a separate journey stayed at Boden on a lakeside campsite. On that occasion I got there from Finland.
Scandinavia is awesome. Pretty much all of it.
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Did Stockholm to Narvik in the latter part of the previous millennium.
Journey was close on 24 hours. That was travelling, not Molly coddled in fancy expensive sleepers but sat in traditional compartments and corridor.
On a separate journey stayed at Boden on a lakeside campsite. On that occasion I got there from Finland.
Scandinavia is awesome. Pretty much all of it.
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MetroVic
I can thoroughly recommend travelling by SJ Night train and was fortunate enough to do Stockholm - Narvik in early 2020 just before lockdown. The train was very clean, the beds very comfortable, the older type cars have lots of character and ride well being quite heavy on the rails. As you say Noel, the Swedish people are lovely too, it's quite possibly my favourite country to visit.
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I can thoroughly recommend travelling by SJ Night train and was fortunate enough to do Stockholm - Narvik in early 2020 just before lockdown. The train was very clean, the beds very comfortable, the older type cars have lots of character and ride well being quite heavy on the rails. As you say Noel, the Swedish people are lovely too, it's quite possibly my favourite country to visit.
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Kevin
13 hours is nothing. If anything, it's not long enough. I've ridden Amtrak's California Zephyr between Emeryville CA and Chicago IL, which is 55 hours (three days, two nights) multiple times, most recently last January. I'll be on it again between Reno NV and Chicago in a few weeks -- a mere 44 hours each way. I always prefer to travel by train if possible.
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13 hours is nothing. If anything, it's not long enough. I've ridden Amtrak's California Zephyr between Emeryville CA and Chicago IL, which is 55 hours (three days, two nights) multiple times, most recently last January. I'll be on it again between Reno NV and Chicago in a few weeks -- a mere 44 hours each way. I always prefer to travel by train if possible.
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Pursang
From what I understand, Danish pastries are called Danishes in Sweden. Something that makes them different from normal sweets. I do find it amazing how fluent the citizens of the Scandinavian countries are along with Finland in English are. Having kids take English early on gives them a huge plus in the world.
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From what I understand, Danish pastries are called Danishes in Sweden. Something that makes them different from normal sweets. I do find it amazing how fluent the citizens of the Scandinavian countries are along with Finland in English are. Having kids take English early on gives them a huge plus in the world.
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Bertrand
Thanks for a nice video. You are slightly clueless though. U don't seem to realize that swedish trains are much wider than British one. Compare the length of the bed with a bed in the Caledonian sleeper. And compare the width of the hallways haha. Bring a measuring tape with you on your travels!
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Thanks for a nice video. You are slightly clueless though. U don't seem to realize that swedish trains are much wider than British one. Compare the length of the bed with a bed in the Caledonian sleeper. And compare the width of the hallways haha. Bring a measuring tape with you on your travels!
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Andrew
Great video & to answer your question: absolutely yes, I WOULD take the 13hr overnight train over a 90 min flight (unless I was connecting through an airport & time was an issue.
With the expansion of SJ night trains further into Europe, it's definitely an alternative to flying that I'd use
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Great video & to answer your question: absolutely yes, I WOULD take the 13hr overnight train over a 90 min flight (unless I was connecting through an airport & time was an issue.
With the expansion of SJ night trains further into Europe, it's definitely an alternative to flying that I'd use
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Warriorking1963
A real eyeopener, this one. For some strange reason, I always thought when the midnight sun was in the sky, the temperatures would be quite high in Scandinavia, but clearly not. Snow on the ground. ice on the lakes, and all under a twenty four hour bright May sunshine, totally amazing!
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A real eyeopener, this one. For some strange reason, I always thought when the midnight sun was in the sky, the temperatures would be quite high in Scandinavia, but clearly not. Snow on the ground. ice on the lakes, and all under a twenty four hour bright May sunshine, totally amazing!
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Josh
The trains where actually made by a Swedish company called ASEA back in the natzi era hence there 1930s logo you can find by looking up there history, and why the train has the design it does. Just a time of the era but definitely interesting to see
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The trains where actually made by a Swedish company called ASEA back in the natzi era hence there 1930s logo you can find by looking up there history, and why the train has the design it does. Just a time of the era but definitely interesting to see
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Paul
Too negative, try to be more positive when producing reviews. E. g. comparing the duration of of flight with the train journey. 600mph versus 80mph rather than pointing out the negatives explain why the train is better. Baggage allowance etc.
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Too negative, try to be more positive when producing reviews. E. g. comparing the duration of of flight with the train journey. 600mph versus 80mph rather than pointing out the negatives explain why the train is better. Baggage allowance etc.
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Don
Back when I was working, and time was an object, I probably would have flown. However, now time is not an object, and I'd take the train. That was a nice little room, with shower and toilet. All you need.
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Back when I was working, and time was an object, I probably would have flown. However, now time is not an object, and I'd take the train. That was a nice little room, with shower and toilet. All you need.
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littlebrit
Very cold there, but then they get loads of money for working in mines and digging up iron ore. Work few months and then jet somewhere in the south of Europe or Asia. Good life in Sweden!
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Very cold there, but then they get loads of money for working in mines and digging up iron ore. Work few months and then jet somewhere in the south of Europe or Asia. Good life in Sweden!
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Teflon
haha yup, still snow in may in northern Sweden, that's why I will never move north, the weather is bad enough here in southern sweden, and I don't want to make it worse. lol
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haha yup, still snow in may in northern Sweden, that's why I will never move north, the weather is bad enough here in southern sweden, and I don't want to make it worse. lol
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Patxi,
Cheers from Finland. Definitely would rather take the train, there is a thing about trains, in this fast moving world that we live in, like Johnny Cash sang.
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Cheers from Finland. Definitely would rather take the train, there is a thing about trains, in this fast moving world that we live in, like Johnny Cash sang.
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Neil
Why not?
As aged as the locomotive looks from the outside, I bet that inside it's pretty well finished to decent degree and very cosy.
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Why not?
As aged as the locomotive looks from the outside, I bet that inside it's pretty well finished to decent degree and very cosy.
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asbisi
You are right, Swedes are very lovely people. I have worked a lot in Sweden (live in Copenhagen, Denmark. Just a pleasure every time.
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You are right, Swedes are very lovely people. I have worked a lot in Sweden (live in Copenhagen, Denmark. Just a pleasure every time.
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Andy
Noel bet breakfast was better than one served on caladonian sleeper that was lousy was when I used it even room looks better quality
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Noel bet breakfast was better than one served on caladonian sleeper that was lousy was when I used it even room looks better quality
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John
Thanks for taking me on my first train journey through a Scandinavian night, without a night. Wow! What a wonderful world!
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Thanks for taking me on my first train journey through a Scandinavian night, without a night. Wow! What a wonderful world!
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