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TTR189 VR IC Cabride+ Jyväskylä to Pieksämäki VR Regional Pieksä

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on April 18, 2022

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Today we are travelling from Finland’s second city Tampere across the centre of the country through the Finnish Lake district. It’s regarded as one of the most scenic railway journeys in the country. Our train is IC 905 the 07.00 from Turku on the Baltic coast to Pieksämäki. The…

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TTR192 The Railways of France part 1

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on February 11, 2020

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The first in a series of regional documentaries covering the country, and where appropriate France’s immediate neighbours. The centre for our exploration is Thionville in the Department of Lorraine, though we actually start at Somain and Valenciennes in the Nord-Pas-de Calais, make a foray into…

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TTR193 The Railways of France part 2 Lorraine, Metz & Nancy.

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on February 11, 2020

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It helps to understand the railways in the area if we know something of the history of eastern France. After the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area of Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by the newly created German Empire, Alsace-Lorraine became a Reichsland and Metz became in effect…

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TTR194 Cabride+ part 1 Joensuu to Simpele

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on December 21, 2022

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Today we are travelling south and west from the University town of Joensuu through Imatra and Kouvola then over the Lahti cut off to Helsinki. TTR194 takes us to Simpele. South of Joensuu we are on the old Karelian Railway, the railway to Vybourg- in what is today Russia. The Finns had to cede its lands…

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TTR195 VR IC Cabride+ part 2 Simpele to Kouvola

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on April 18, 2022

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We undertake a journey from Joensuu in the Finnish Lake district to Helsinki – a journey in three parts. We have arrived at Simpele, the time is now 10.44 and we are ready to depart. Our train is IC 6 09.17 from Joensuu to Helsinki – We are in the cab of a VR Sr 2 locomotive and have a…

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TTR196 VR IC Cabride+ part 3 Kouvola to Helsinki

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on April 18, 2022

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We are undertaking a journey from Joensuu in the far east of the country to Helsinki. We joined the line from St Petersburg just west of Lappeenranta and followed the modern double track railway to Kouvola where VR marshal the majority of trains from Russia. The time is now 12.22 and we are ready to…

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TTR197 Out & About Alicante and the Costa Blanca

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on January 30, 2020

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Our journey today is to the Spanish Costa Blanca where we visit the cities of Alicante and Benidorm. Costa Blanca, literally in English "White Coast", refers to over 200 kilometres of Mediterranean coastline in the Alicante province of Spain. The name "Costa Blanca" is not really…

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TTR198 Out & About Basque Bilbao

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on January 27, 2020

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Bilbao is the largest city in the autonomous Basque country in northern Spain. We arrive by rail from Madrid- a journey of nearly five hours until the AVE arrives in ten years time. Bilbao is a former industrial city that has reinvented itself as a tourist centre. The old wharfs that occupied much of…

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TTR199 German Railways part 8 Saxony / Halle

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on January 28, 2020

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The state was in the DDR from 1949 until reunification in 1990. The gentle rolling farm land was the front line during the ‘Cold War’. It has taken 24 years and billions of Euros to transform it into a modern state within the Federal Republic. Our exploration starts at Halle – a city…

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TTR200 German Railways part 9 Leipzig

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on January 28, 2020

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Saxony and especially ‘Hyperzig’ the boom town - Leipzig. This city of the east has always had a foot in the western camp because of its exhibition centre, and it played a significant part in the fall of East German Communism. A lot has changed since unification – especially in terms…

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TTR201 German Railways part 10 Saxon Switzerland

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on January 27, 2020

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The Elbe Sandstone Mountains straddle both sides of the German Czech border. In the Federal Republic they are known as Sächsische Schweiz in English Saxon Switzerland. We start our tour in Dresden and visit the Hauptbahnhof, Dresden Neustadt and Dresden Freight yard. In the city we look at the…

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TTR202 Czech Railways part 6 Along the Elbe

from Tickettoriderailway PRO on April 23, 2020

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Děčín is an industrial town of 50,000 with stations on both banks of the river. The left bank sees EuroCity trains between Dresden and Prague while the east bank carries the majority of freight trains. The two lines continue south to the largest city in the north of the Czech Republic. Ústí…

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