Transport blog
On June 16 I went south to Lithuania for the second time to experience some semi-rare transit vehicles. Here’s a write-up of how it happened. Preface There are a few important railway terms to understand before reading this post: locomotive, coach, and multiple unit. A locomotive is a rail vehicle… Continue Reading Klaipeda
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Going back south, my series of blog posts will continue with Lux Express: the most reliable and top-quality coach service, or at least so they claim. They are a coach operator based in Tallinn operating all across the Baltics, as well as Poland, Russia, and Finland. They started operations in… Continue Reading Lux Express: coaches in the Baltics
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Today I went on a short trip to Helsinki. Usually for short trips like this I wouldn’t bother with a trip report, but I figured that there are things worth documenting this time, so I decided to make one with just a single entry, written today (30. April) at 22:28… Continue Reading Day trip to Helsinki & conclusion on ferries to Helsinki
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Hello again. Shifting away from the previous two posts that were focused on Estonia, we’re now looking just a little bit to the north. Having now experienced all the available options as a passenger, this post will contain my explainer of ferries between Tallinn and Helsinki, separated by 82 km… Continue Reading Crossing the gulf: an overview of passenger ferries between Tallinn and Helsinki
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Continuing with my series on public transit in Estonia, I have made this post to look into passenger trains in Estonia. As an avid rail enthusiast and frequent passenger on trains, it would be appropriate to provide a look into rail transit in my home country as well, although most… Continue Reading Elron: passenger rail in Estonia
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Hello everyone. I have now been living in Tallinn for 2 years now, and I figured I’d write about the public transport in this city. I’ll be going over what services make up the network, what improvements have been made, and what could be done better. This isn’t meant to… Continue Reading Public transport in Tallinn: the state right now, and what could be improved
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Good evening all. I recently visited London once again, this time on a rather special occasion. I went to witness the opening of the central core section of Crossrail on May 24. But what did that sentence just mean? What is Crossrail and why is it not called that officially?… Continue Reading Crossrail: transforming transit in London
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As it’s been a while since my last post on this site, I figured I should make one about what has happened over the year and a half. As you can see, I’ve done some visual changes to the site, as well as functional. The last post was about my… Continue Reading Looking back
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On Easter weekend I went to the UK once again, this time for a meetup with 3 friends I met in a UK railway focused Discord server. This post will detail my journey there and what happened at the meetup itself. Going to the UK Going to the meetup at… Continue Reading West Midlands Meetup: a write-up
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This post is about the London Underground, also known as the Tube: a mass transit system in London, and my experiences while using it. I visited the UK between February 25th and March 1st, and thought I should write a post about it, since I’ve been a long time fan… Continue Reading The London Underground: what it is and how to use it?
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