Island_Martha, 22 days ago

@jon
I've been trying to tell you - Trains in the Baltic countries are well used.

ehrba, 22 days ago

@Island_Martha @jon i'd like to be more generalistic:
Trains in wherever will be well used, if the system is well designed.

jon, 22 days ago

@ehrba And I agree with @Island_Martha - there’s much more rail potential in the Baltics than people realise, especially Latvia that (unlike Estonia) still has a quite terrible railway.

DiegoBeghin, 22 days ago

@jon There's only 1 train per day? 😬 Despite selling out early, nobody is in a hurry to increase service levels?

jon, 22 days ago

@DiegoBeghin when I went to the Baltics in 2022 there was nothing at that border, and I had to cycle across.

jon, 22 days ago

@DiegoBeghin it was only introduced in December! And now less than 6 months into the service it is already sold out. There is a discussion about a second daily train, but I reckon you could happily run 4 a day.

jon, 22 days ago

Phew 😅 #CrossBorderRail

I managed to find a way

Riga 🇱🇻 - Siauliai 🇱🇹 1st class
then
Siauliai 🇱🇹 - Vilnius 🇱🇹 2nd class in the same train

... and so it will work

But this is the success of the Riga - Vilnius route. People really take it!

Unicorn, 22 days ago

@jon danke für den Trick, daran hatte ich bisher noch nicht gedacht. Zum Glück muss ich aber auch nicht wirklich oft Reservierungspflicht ertragen...

jon, 22 days ago

@Unicorn Dieses Zug hat ein Reservierungspflicht, also anderen Tricks waren nicht möglich!

grlodi, 22 days ago

@jon Seat reservations mandatory all the way? Can’t split the ticket?

jon, 22 days ago

@grlodi Seat reservations mandatory. But yes, I found a 1st/2nd class split in Siauliai so it works. But had I tried this in a few days there would have been the danger it would not have worked!