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It's hard Standing near the train track with a thumb up to hitchhike on trains. But a train ? Not really but there are other ways to get free ride on a train rides...
Standing near the train track and be == Train hitchhiking train ? It hardly.But we can succeed.==
== If Before youboard a train one option is to go to the conductor and simply ask them if you can travel without a ticket. It works surprisingly often. You can make up a story why you need to take the train and why can're in an organised [[Hitchhiking competitions|t you pay. One option is to simply say that you got stuck hitchhiking (which might be even true). You could also invent better stories but they should be trustworthy enough. Some people had also success saying that they are part of a hitchhiking competition]].It depends on the kind of train, on your appearance and on the kindness of the conductor if they take you with.You'll be surprised how often they say yes. In that case you can just enter the train and relax. But well if they say no you can't take the train anymore since they already know that you have no ticket. ==
[[User:tmoon|Tom]] and his two team-mates tried using this The most obvious trick when train through the [[Netherlands]] and [[Germany]] is to hide on [[Sheffield]] University's 'Bummit' hitchhiking competitiona toilet. 9 out The conductors of 13 conductors we asked said Yes, and let us travel as much as we needed on their trainscourse know this classical trick but it still works surprisingly well. It didn't work when You can decide if you lock the train was either crossing an international border, or it was a high-speed train, door or not. If the door is locked the conductor just didncan see it and might wait until you get out. If you don't lock the door they are likely to pass you but other passengers might want to bend go to toilet as well. For that reason you might want to sit there with your pants down like if you'd be shitting. It might be wise to just go to toilet when they are controling and then get out of the rules.toilet again.IF you stay for an hour on a toilet it might raise suspicion.
== [[Train hopping]] =='''Hiding in a luggage compartment'''In the [[United States of America|United States]], [[It depends on a train hopping]] but often fast trains have shelves for luggage. What you can do is to look for a shelve which is partly filled but still offers enough space for you to hide in there behind your backpack. It is of course not the most comfortable but it is not too bad either. It is actually quite popularfine. After you hear the conductor walking by and asking people for tickets you can get out again and take a seat. In many states it '''Dancing around'''s easier than hitchhiking The finest art of blackriding is to dance around the conductors. There are different dance styles and you can invent your own. You can pretend having a phone call and just pass the conductor while talking to a phone. This You might also pass them with asking for a direction to a train restaurant. If the train has two floors well the conductor is advanced jump stylein one and you dance through the other one... But be careful '''Running around the train''' When you see a conductor controling get out of the train and run around on this type the outside and enter the train again in the part which was already controled. In some trains conductors don't even look out of the trainwhen it stops in a station. In other trains they do which can make it impossible or at least tricky to do this trick without them noticing. It This trick is relative dangerous suitabe especially for regional trains with short distances between stops. '''Short distance ticket''' In some countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania...) conductor usually checks everyone in the begining and failure then just ask for new passengers. So what you can caused death do is to buy only a cheap ticket to one of the first stations and of course, then stay in. They will remember that they controled you can get high penalty too but not what was your final destination on a ticket. This trick would not work everywhere since in many other countries (Pounds 1000 in United KingdomFrance, Germany...). Threat is they control everyone not only penalty like inside train for passengersin the begining of a journey but at some random point during the trip. '''Getting caught'''
== General train styles and guidelines ==Train hopping in Europe is generally easy as countries don't have a good system to track fines. This means that if If you have for example a Spanish passport and got a fine in France, you won't get the fine ever, except if caught you move to France one day and get a job etc.There are different approaches to train hopping but it's good to keep in mind that the ticket inspectors are aware of all tricks and games. You can try and stay in the toilet for the whole journey but in some countries and trains they can unlock the toilet if they suspect you don't have to invent a story (oh no where is my ticket, especialy ? I had it right in central Europe (Czech, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary)my pocket. There are toilets checked by controller often especially in long-journey trains (EC, IC, SC). You could leave the door unlocked or you can also just admit to try and fool them but that means every passenger would open the door as wellyou have none... You can run around the train as well, trying to avoid the ticket inspector which may or may not work. These techniques may get IF they ask you into more trouble and are generally not pleasurable but are very important for people with no ID since if you get caught can say you have none and most of the ticket inspector wants to write time they just kick you a fine, they will ask for a passport out on the next stop and if you don't have one or refuse to give it it is very likely that they call the cops.So for people with ID, who are foreigners in the country, in most cases it is OK simply to find a quite place on ll take the next train, wait for the ticket inspector and kindly explain to them your situation (imaginary or not). In a lot of countries the law says they are obliged to write you a fine (which you will never have to pay as long as you give a fake address or say you don't have one) but Sometimes they may kick you off. They may also threaten might want to call the policecops to get your ID. It depends on each person how they prefer to deal with this - whether to argue or not, whether to plea or not but just keep calm as if Generally some people think that when you get aggressive caught it is a valid reason better to get the cops on speak with conductors in English even if youspeak their language. In case They might think that you are just a ticket inspector actually calls the police without a valid reason (no ID, being aggressive) don't panic, the most that can happen is random hobo passing by and they search you and/or escort you off the train station.Generally, when choosing which train to take, opt for express trains - those with fewest stops, as you are unlikely less likely to get far with regional ones - and bother giving you may get stuck in a station where almost no trains stopfine. It's very useful to memorize (or write down) the timetable, so If it happens that you instantly know which get a fine it is the best train likely that it will never get to take after you get kicked out of the previous one.In central Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania...) - you can use jump style tat your home country since it is called short distant ticket trick. Conductor usually check only new passengers and he do not remember their final destination. So you buy ticket only so easy for short distance and you show it them to conductor. But after final destination on get the ticket money from you if you continue journey, sit and sleeplive abroad. This Often times it is not complete free, like that but cheap. More difficult jump style is similar. Blue jumpr come and he check new passengers. You are new but you do not respond (sleep, look out of window, read a book).Around some big cities - like Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo - there are local trains without regular checking, only sometimes groups of inspectors in uniforms come. It is easy with these trainsno guarantee. These trains has lot of stops and trains go often (once a 10-60 (120) minutes, close Sometimes the fines actually get to Helsinki even once a 5 min, around Stockholm once a 30-120 minutes, around Oslo L trains once a 30-120 min).High-speed trains are good, because they have big distance between stops 50-200 km or more = (Pendolino, IC, EC, SJ SnabbTaag, TGV, Freccigarossa, Treno Italo, ICE, night trains). But ticket checking is usually harder (conductors in both sides of wagon and toilet checking too - in Italian Treno Alta Velocita). Usually they kick you out or they ask for ID. Sometimes, they call police or they make extra stop for you in small station with not so many local trains (without waiting room) or even in fields. It happens rarely, if you have bad luck for conductor or if you are too rude. And sometimes they give echo to conductors in next high-speed train.
Austria is not so big country in the middle of Europe and big part of this country is with mountains – Alps. There is big motorway In '''A1 from Germany to Hungarylong distance trains''' ''(Munchen – Salzburg – Linz – Wien – Budapest)''they usually check tickets of everyone only once or twice during a journey. You can easily hitchhike there at exit Usually in beginning of fuel stationsthe journey. Another motorway goes So if you manage to south – not so far from '''Rosenheim''' hide during the initial checking (Germany)toilet, luggage compartment, walking around the A1 motorway split conductor pretending to '''Munchen''' be calling on phone…) you can then just sit down and south branch pretend to '''Insbruck''' and '''Kufstein'''be checked already. And around Insbruck – After the motorway spilts too – one '''direction to west''' (Switzerland) initial checking they will just ask for new passengers so you just read your book and one '''direction to Italy''' (Brenero, Bolzano, Verona)don’t react. Insburck is big crossroad with beauty-full mountains around (up to 3300 m.n.m.). One hitchhiking place is fuel station before Insbruck. Many cars go to Italy (Sea, Skying), but there are only few cars Also if you enter the train not in this fuel the first station, few cars go you can just pretend to Italy, and many hitchhikers waited there very be already checked. Most long (few hours distance trains start either in Wien or Graz or even two days). Another possibility is hitchhiking with sign ''(Italy, Switzerland, Salzburg, Germany)'' before entrance to motorway somewhere in east Insbruckneighboring countries. Hitchhiking to Italy or Switzerland can be really bad here. If hitchhiking does not work, So if you just for example wanna go from Salzburg to Innsbruck the train stationcomes from Wien and was most likely controlled already so they will ask just for new passengers. Is it easy If the train comes from other country they change the crew on the border so then the Austrian crew is likely to jump on city bus inside Insbruck and taking it for freecheck everyone. (or another city in Austria) (penalty in city public transport can be for example in Wien 103 Eur) and With the long distance trains you can go to train station or big road at cross whole Austria without having any problem. Usually it is mostly about avoiding the end of cityone time they control everyone and then just ignoring them when they ask for newcomers.
If you want '''escape from cold to Italy'Don''. You try to get to Insbruck and from Insbruck to Brennero and Italy. But hitchhiking does not work so good from Insbruck t pretend to Italy. '''Brennero-Brenner is border Austria-Italy'''. It is around 1200 m above sea, it is narrow valley between mountains. There is motorway and rail roadbe sleeping. It is highest and coldest point of journey. There is snow usually from November-December better to March-April. Mountains around are high – up to 3300-3700 m above sea. And there is already snow just read o book or look in July in some places up in mountainsphone and ignore them when they ask for new passengers. There is a lot of police checking in Brennero because of migration (on direction from Italy to Austria). Train track goes not so fast downhill If you pretend to Insbruck sleep (around 38km long by roador if you sleep). And train track goes quite fast downhill they are likely to Bolzano with a lot of tunnels. There are EC trains wit few stops wake you up and Italian local train (Treno Regionale) with lot of stops, but there s almost ask for your ticket checking. There is warmer in '''Bolzano''' than in Isbruck or Brennero, but Alps are there still, mountains and hills continue to Tremto, Rovento. Just around 30 km before '''Verona''' is tunnel for train, it means end of hills and warm low-land with palms. And south from Verona to Sicily – temperature rises, but quite slowly. It is long journey and around 5-10 degrees difference between Verona and Sicily.
'''Train stations in Austria Sometimes you are quite good.''' You can find on the station all trains (arrivals unlucky and departures) with all stops for every they think you are new in train and time ask you for arrive a ticket. The best think is to stay calm and departure in every stop during triptell them that you already showed the ticket and that you come from.. It is important. Some small stations for local trains can be without waiting room(Graz, Wien, But whatever big stations are open during night (just some sitting places are closedcity that the train is coming from), because of night trains. But it can be quite cold in After saying this just look back to your book or phone so that the stations too, not so good heating system can conversation is finished. It often works and they let you be there.
There is no ticket control during entering into station Some of the long distance trains are the new fancy once (similar style as ICE or entering into trainTGV) but some are bit more oldschool. For freeriding it does not make much difference. But if your appearance is Unless you like homeless or backpacker, conductor to hide in a luggage compartment. The new fancy trains have usually shelves for luggage where you can ask you for hide behind your backpack. The older once often don't have those shelves and have just a ticket while entering into night trainshelve above the seats. There So forexample the trains from Wien to Innsbruck and Switzerland are not so many passengers in night the new ones and trainsfrom Graz to Salzburg or Innsbruck are the older ones without luggage shelves.
'''Conductor usually does not check toilets.''' You can try to hide It seems liket that there and does not lock the door. But do not stay in toilet too long, because another passengers can go there too. Stay there just is a clear pattern on when conductor is passing around. Or you can just play like you were already checked or you just hide between many passengers, especially close to bigger town. You tan try '''short distance ticket trick''' in regional trains R and REX. You buy ticket for 15-40 km (around 5-8 Eur), you let be checked and you continue much further after. But it is quite expensive in '''EC''' and '''RailJet''' trains with not so many stops. If you are captured, you can be simply kicked out, especially from regional train. There is bigger probability, that conductor write fine for you in EC, RailJet or night train. Or he just kick you out. Some Peter's friends was captured in Austria (Austrian residents too), and they sometimes got fine, which will be never paid, or they has been kicked outcontrol everyone. Penalty is around Eur 103, but you don't need to pay, So if you are not from Austria, or ride regularly you can give fake addresskind of figure it out.
There are really a From '''Graz'''lot of police checking in trains from Italy to Austria and Germany''' Salzburg''' (especially and oposite direction to Germanyas well), and maybe they check everyone in trains from Wien to Munchen can be police too. They control everything on platforms the begining and many times in train (especially close to Italy-Austria border), because of Immigrants. Police checks toilets, space under seats too. But then they are searching for immigrants, they do not check usually European people. And they checks ID, not tickets. But they can check some drug smuggling too. First type is '''regional train R'''. This train have a lot of stops, every 3-10 km. Interval to next train is usually 1-2 hours. PeterOB have not tried this train. There can be a lot of people inside close to big city and conductor can go only one time, or not so often. But it is dubious. The '''REX train''' is similar to R train. But distance between stops is bigger, around 15-30 km and interval to next train can be around 2 hour (include R trains shorter). You can try short distance ticket trick – you buy ticket only ask just for short distance (around 15-30 km, it cost 6-8 Eur), you will show ticket and you will continue longer than destination in you ticket. Or you can try to hide between new passengers close to big town or toilet tactic (you just sit on toilet when conductor goes around and you don't lock the door). You can play that you were already checked after first control too, when conductor goes around.
If you want to go to Italy, stops for REX train are: From '''Graz'(Innsbruck Hbf, Matrei am Brenner, Steinach in Tirol, Brennero/Brenner – border with Italy, few stations to Bolzano (3 or 7))''. to '''Between Brennero to BolzanoInnsbruck''' is easy to jump – Italian regional train goes there, usually without checking. From Italy to North – there is regional train (treno regionale) from Bolzano to Brenero once a hour. Conductor usually do not they check tickets in the very begining and then ask for new passengerrs but police as the train ride is searching for immigrants. There is truck stop with wingette selling for Austria and fuel station in Brenero. Really Lot of trucks are there. But you have to cross motorway with not so many cars. You have to be careful during this action. Or you can take EC train from Verona to Germany, very long it is one stop from Brennero to Insbruck, possible that the conductor will change and new conductor goes there (and police too). Then you take for free city bus to east Insbruck and there is entrance to motorwaymight control everyone again.
From '''Night trains are good''', because switzerland (or Bregenz) to Wien'''they have not so many stops'''control between the begining and Innsbruck. But there are only beds with reservation and Then it is possible that you can't get inside coupe chill again. Then they control between Kufstein (or Worgl) and you stay at corridor with backpack and conductor will see youSalzburg. These trains are international, with police, Between Salzburg and conductors too, of course. And conductor might Wien they usually just ask you for a ticket during boarding. But these trains are quite long and you just get in as in shade as possiblenew passengers.
If you want to go to Italy, from Insbruck – stops for EC and night trains are From '''Munchen or Wien …...... Insbruck HBF, Brennero to Switzerland (borderor Bregenz), Brixeno, Bolzano, Tremto, Verona …''' They control somewhere between Wien and Salzburg.From Salzburg to Innsbruck they just ask for new passengers.… Rome, Bolonga or Milano or Venezia''Between Innsbruck and Switzerland they might control again.
''Moskva Belorusskaja 11:18, Wjasma 14:10-14:36, Smolensk 16:33-16:38, Orscha Central 17:49-18:05, Minsk(BY) 20:22-20:37, Brest Central 0:24-0:50, Terespol 1:08-1:58, Warszawa Wschodnia 3:49, Warszawa Centralna 4:25, Warszawa Zachodnia 4:35 , Katowice 7:13-7:18, Zebrzydowice 8:22-8:23, Bohumín 8:43-9:07, Břeclav 10:50-11:18, Wien Hbf 12:27-12:41, Linz Hbf 14:19-14:26, Bischofshofen 17:37-17:41, Innsbruck Hbf 20:44-21:21, Brennero/Brenner 22:00, Bolzano/Bozen 23:53-23:55, Verona Porta Nuova 1:16, Milano Rogoredo 2:55, Genova Piazza Principe 4:34, San Remo 6:44-6:46, Bordighera 6:58-7:00, Ventimiglia 7:10-7:58 , Menton 8:08-8:10, Monaco-Monte-Carlo 8:19-8:21,Nice Ville 8:34''All those information is just from observation so there is no guarantee that it works always like this but it seems to be usually like that. It is experiences from 2023 so in future it might change.
Next type is '''EC trainIf you get caught'''. EC train goes usually once without a 1 hour ticket they will probably ask you to pay and if you refuse they might ask for your ID or once a 2 hourkick you out. Distance between stops are usually 30-80 km, conductor goes usually every stopsThe penalty is about 140 euros. PeterOB tried only two EC trains for one stop only, he was hiding in toilet with unlocked doors when conductor pass around. But IF you get fined and you don’t pay it you might get debts but you can just play not be put in prison for that you were already checked. Ticket for shorter distance than you go It is possible, a debt to a private company (even though state owned) but not to state directly so cheapnothing more than having debts can happen to you. If you are foreigner chances that something happens are even smaller. And some EC trains (from-If you are not aggressive or anything like that and you say you have no money and no ID they will most likely just ask you to get out on the next station. The chances that they will call cops to Italy) get your ID are only with very low. The few passengers, these trains are conductors that have kicked me out until now where quite emptychilled and polite. There are lot of coops in direction from Italy It is really not a big deal to Germany get caught. They just kick you out and they look everywhere (toilets, under seats), because they check immigrantsyou wait an hour or two for the next train.
There is a lot of police controls while entering Austria from south and while leaving to Germany. So if you are EC trains between '''Munchen (DE)crossing the border''' and '''Verona (IT)''' once you maybe don’t want to be hiding in a two hours, in both directionstoilet. Some trains continue from-Cops usually walk through and look for people with darker skin to '''Venecia''' or '''Bolonga'''ask them for papers. Stops They are: ''(München Hbf , München Ost, Rosenheim , Kufstein, Wörgl Hbf, Jenbach, Innsbruck Hbf, Brennero/Brenner, Fortezza/Franzensfeste, Bressanone/Brixen, Bolzano/Bozen, Trento, Rovereto, Verona Porta Nuova, Bologna Centrale, or erona Porta Nuova, Vicenza, Padova, Venezia Mestre , Venezia Santa Lucia)''. There are Italian conductors not interesting in Italy and probably German conductors in Germanytickets.Situation between Insbruck and Rosenheim is better, because there goes '''RailJet train''' But maybe if they find you hiding behind your backpack they might tell it to Wien once a hourthe conductor.
Next and best type of train is blue There are '''Railjetno gates''', because of fewest stopsto get into trains so you can always just get in. The distance between stops is around 40-100 km or even longerSame applies for public transport in cities. There are usually two conductors In cities you can also freeride trams, subway and a lot most buses. Most of passengers. You can hide in toilet and play shitting when conductor is passing around, PeterOB already tried the time it successfullywill be relaxed. Or But of course you can try just be between passengers unlucky and play that you were already checkedget controlled but the controls are rather rare.
Railjet or EC train here is the '''between Munchen (DE) – Wien (- Budapest)old article''' goes once a two hours, but '''between Salzburg and Wien''' more than once with a hour: Journey Munchen-Wien takes only 4 hours and it is 2:40 hours from Wien to Budapest, stops are ''(München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf , Linz Hbf, St.Pölten Hbf, Wien Meidling, Wien Hbf )'' and some Railjet trains from Munchen continues to Hungary with stops ''( Wien Hbf, Hegyeshalom, Mosonmagyarovar, Györ, Tatabanya, Budapest-Kelenföld, Budapest-Keleti pu)''. The Night train '''EN 463 Kalman Imre''' has the same stops ''(München Hbf 23lot of useless information:35 …... Wien Hbf 6:35-6:39 …... Budapest-Keleti pu (9:24)''.
Austria is not so big country in the middle of Europe and big part of this country is with mountains – Alps. There is big motorway '''A1 from Germany to Hungary''' ''(Munchen – Salzburg – Linz – Wien – Budapest:)''. You can easily hitchhike there at exit of fuel stations. Another motorway goes to south – not so far from '''Rosenheim' The journey is '' (Germany), the A1 motorway split to '''Munchen''' and south branch to '''Insbruck''' and '''Kufstein'''. And around 2:40 hours, Insbruck – the motorway spilts too – one '''direction to west'''(Switzerland) and one 'RailJet train''direction to Italy' goes every hour, stops are ''(München HbfBrenero, Salzburg Hbf Bolzano, Linz Hbf, StVerona). Insburck is big crossroad with beauty-full mountains around (up to 3300 m.n.m.Pölten Hbf, Wien Meidling, Wien Hbf )''. Railjet or EC trains usually begins at Munchen HbfOne hitchhiking place is fuel station before Insbruck. Some EC trains continues behind Budapest, for example 4 hours more Many cars go to Nyiregyhaza , stops are: Italy (Budapest-Keleti puSea, SzolnokSkying), Törökszentmiklosbut there are only few cars in this fuel station, Kisujszallasfew cars go to Italy, Karcagand many hitchhikers waited there very long (few hours or even two days). Another possibility is hitchhiking with sign ''(Italy, PüspökladanySwitzerland, HajduszoboszloSalzburg, DebrecenGermany)'' before entrance to motorway in east Insbruck. Hitchhiking to Italy or Switzerland can be really bad here. If hitchhiking does not work, Nyiregyhazayou just go to train station. Is it easy to jump on city bus inside Insbruck and taking it for free. (or another city in Austria) (penalty in city public transport can be for example in Wien 103 Eur)and you can go to train station or big road at the end of city.
If you want '''(Zürich HB escape from cold to Italy'''. You try to get to Insbruck and from Insbruck to Brennero and Italy. But hitchhiking does not work so good from Insbruck to Italy. '''Brennero- Switzerland) - InsbruckBrenner is border Austria-Wien:Italy''' . It is around 4:15 hod long 1200 m above sea, it is narrow valley between mountains. There is motorway and rail road. It is highest and coldest point of journey, '''RailJet''' trains goes every hour . There is snow usually from November-December to March-April. Mountains around are high – up to 3300-3700 m above sea. And there is already snow in July in some places up in mountains. There is a lot of police checking in Brennero because of migration (on direction from Zürich HB Italy to Insbruck Hbf once a two hoursAustria). Some RailJets begin in Switzerland Train track goes not so fast downhill to Insbruck (Zürich HBaround 38km long by road) and some RailJet . And train track goes quite fast downhill to Bolzano with a lot of tunnels. There are EC trains does not wit few stops between Salzburg and InsbruckItalian local train (Treno Regionale) with lot of stops, but there s almost ticket checking. Stops are: There is warmer in '''Bolzano'''(Zürich HB than in Isbruck or Brennero, Sargans but Alps are there still, Buchs SG, Feldkirchmountains and hills continue to Tremto, Bludenz, StRovento. Anton am Arlberg, Landeck-Zams, Imst-Pitztal, Ötztal, Innsbruck Hbf, Wörgl Hbf , Kufstein, Salzburg Hbf, Linz Hbf, St.Pölten Hbf, Wien Meidling, Wien Hbf, Flughafen Wien)Just around 30 km before ''. 'Verona''Wien – Bratislava SK:''' There are local trains from Slovakian is tunnel for train company, train runs once a 30it means end of hills and warm low-60 min land with palms. And south from 4am Verona to midnightSicily – temperature rises, but quite slowly. It is 66 km long journey and 66 minutes around 5-10 degrees difference between Verona and 7 stops. You can try just hide between passengers or in toilet. Short distance ticket trick can be more difficult. Stops are: ''(Wien Hbf, Wien Simmering, Wien Stadlau , Wien Hausfeldstrass, Siebenbrunn-Leopoldsdorf, Marchegg, Devínska N.Ves, Bratislava hl.st.)''Sicily.
There are local trains '''from Wien to BreclavConductor usually does not check toilets.''' You can try to hide there and does not lock the door. But do not stay in toilet toolong, they runs once a two hoursbecause another passengers can go there too. Stay there just when conductor is passing around. Or you can just play like you were already checked or you just hide between many passengers, especially close to bigger town. You tan try '''short distance ticket trick''' in regional trains R and REX. You buy ticket for 15-40 km (around 5-8 Eur), you let be checked and you continue much further after. But it is quite expensive in '''EC'''from Wien Hbf 1:29 hour and 9 stops in Wien, 14 more stops after Wien to Breclav'''RailJet''' trains with not so many stops. This train If you are captured, you can be with a lot of passengers close to Wien and conductor can go only 1-2 timessimply kicked out, especially from regional train. But it There is much more better to take bigger probability, that conductor write fine for you in EC , RailJet or RailJet night train without stop between Wien . Or he just kick you out. Some Peter's friends was captured in Austria (Austrian residents too), and Breclavthey sometimes got fine, which will be never paid, or they has been kicked out. Penalty is around Eur 103, but you don't need to pay, if you are not from Austria, than local train R or REX with lot of stopsyou can give fake address.
Last type is '''ICE If you want to go to Italy, stops for REX trainare: '''. ICE trains goes usually (Innsbruck Hbf, Matrei am Brenner, Steinach in Germany and only Tirol, Brennero/Brenner – border with Italy, few ICE goes stations to AustriaBolzano (3 or 7))''. One ICE goes '''from Wien Between Brennero to Munchen and HamburgBolzano'''is easy to jump – Italian regional train goes there, usually without checking. Another ICE goes from Insbruck From Italy to Munchen and more further North – there is regional train (Berlin, Hamburgtreno regionale)from Bolzano to Brenero once a hour. ICE has in Conductor usually do not check tickets but police is searching for immigrants. There is truck stop with wingette selling for Austria the same stops like RailJet or IC trains, but and fuel station in Germany – ICE Brenero. Really Lot of trucks are faster (up there. But you have to 300 kph) and cross motorway with not so many stopscars. Distance between stops can You have to be 100-500 kmcareful during this action. Conductor check it in Germany very hard and Or you can get fine or conductor call the police. 'take EC train from Verona to Germany , it is not recommended for BlackRiding. PeterOB's friend was two times captured in Germany one stop from Brennero to Insbruck, and conductor goes there (train and trampolice too) . Then you take for free city bus to east Insbruck and he was 14 days in prison. But it there is probably not so hard now, it was few years back. Usually only one or two ICE a day gets from-entrance to Wien or Insbruckmotorway.
== [[Belgium]] ==In Belgium '''Night trains are good''', because '''they have not so many stops'''. But there are only beds with reservation and it is possible that you can 't get fined for not having a ticket, or not using the one that inside coupe and you stay at corridor with backpack and conductor will see you have correctly. Taking a train from Charleroi to BrusselsThese trains are international, with police, and conductors too, a of course. And conductor issued a fine of 72 euros might ask you for a 12 euro journey, all because the details of the trip (a 10 journey pass) where written ticket during boarding. But these trains are quite long and you just get in pencil and not as in pen. Be carefulshade as possible.
Regional If you want to go to Italy, from Insbruck – stops for EC and night trains are very bad''Munchen or Wien …...... Insbruck HBF, Brennero (border), Brixeno, sometimes they're checked quite heavilyBolzano, andTremto, since they have so many stops you are unlikely to make it anywhereVerona ….. There are non-Thalys TGV trains going to France from Brussels… Rome, although it may not be that obvious at firstBolonga or Milano or Venezia''.
: Much to their own annoyance, '''Belgian railway staff do not have any legal right to ask for your IDR 409'''(red at idos.cz) is best night-day train from Moscow to France, so under no circumstances show it when they ask for it! [[User:Prino|Prino]] 09is the best, with fewest stops:58, 3 May 2011 (CEST)
== [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]] ==''Moskva Belorusskaja 11:18, Wjasma 14:10-14:36, Smolensk 16:33-16:38, Orscha Central 17:49-18:05, Minsk(BY) 20:22-20:37, Brest Central 0:24-0:50, Terespol 1:08-1:58, Warszawa Wschodnia 3:49, Warszawa Centralna 4:25, Warszawa Zachodnia 4:35 , Katowice 7:13-7:18, Zebrzydowice 8:22-8:23, Bohumín 8:43-9:07, Břeclav 10:50-11:18, Wien Hbf 12:27-12:41, Linz Hbf 14:19-14:26, Bischofshofen 17:37-17:41, Innsbruck Hbf 20:44-21:21, Brennero/Brenner 22:00, Bolzano/Bozen 23:53-23:55, Verona Porta Nuova 1:16, Milano Rogoredo 2:55, Genova Piazza Principe 4:34, San Remo 6:44-6:46, Bordighera 6:58-7:00, Ventimiglia 7:10-7:58 , Menton 8:08-8:10, Monaco-Monte-Carlo 8:19-8:21,Nice Ville 8:34''
There are many types of But long journey train in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This two countries are very similar about free riding in trainsR409 does not go every day.
The local trains (OS) have many stops, distances Next type is '''EC train'''. EC train goes usually once a 1 hour or once a 2 hour. Distance between stops are usually 330-10 80 km, conductor goes usually every stops. These PeterOB tried only two EC trains have for one stop only few carriages and one , he was hiding in toilet with unlocked doors when conductorpass around. But there are often small amount of people in this type of trainyou can just play that you were already checked. Faster local train Ticket for shorter distance than you go is possible, but not so cheap. And some EC trains (SP from- spesny vlakto Italy)are only with few passengers, these trains are quite empty. This type is similar There are lot of coops in direction from Italy to local train Germany and they look everywhere (OStoilets, under seats) but average distance between stops is about 10 mm. Local trains have many stops and relative short journey usually less than 100 km. The interval to next train is usually 1 to 2 hour, because they check immigrants.
The R- There are EC trains between '''Munchen (DE)''' and some ex trains'''Verona (IT) have stop usually ''' once a 10two hours, in both directions. Some trains continue from-35 kmto '''Venecia''' or '''Bolonga'''. Stops are: ''(München Hbf , München Ost, Rosenheim , Kufstein, Wörgl Hbf, Jenbach, Innsbruck Hbf, Brennero/Brenner, Fortezza/Franzensfeste, Bressanone/Brixen, Bolzano/Bozen, about 5-8 carriages Trento, Rovereto, Verona Porta Nuova, Bologna Centrale, or erona Porta Nuova, Vicenza, Padova, Venezia Mestre , Venezia Santa Lucia)''. There are Italian conductors in Italy and usually two probably German conductors or only one conductorin Germany. The interval Situation between trains s 1 or 2 hours but in the most frequent area (Prague-Olomouc) Insbruck and Rosenheim is the interval between trains 30-60 minbetter, because there goes '''RailJet train''' to Wien once a hour.
The long-journey trains EC, IC, Ex (often international trains) have about 7-11 wagons, restaurant wagon Next and first class wagon .This best type of train have large number is blue '''Railjet''', because of passengers and two conductorsfewest stops. The distance between stops is around 40-70 100 km (25-50 km for EX trains) or even longer. There are usually two conductors and especially a lot of passengers. You can hide in overcrowded trains toilet and play shitting when conductor check tickets and the time interval to next control is long (30-60 min and more)passing around, PeterOB already tried it successfully. But if Or you are captured, can try just be between passengers and play that you will bee challenged to pay penalty or the conductor ask for your ID card. The time to next stop is long and conductor have enough time to write the penaltywere already checked.
In Czech Railjet or EC train '''between Munchen (DE) – Wien (- Budapest)''' goes once a two hours, but '''between Salzburg and Wien''' more than once a hour: Journey Munchen-Wien takes only 4 hours and it is the ticket price equal for all 2:40 hours from Wien to Budapest, stops are ''(München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf , Linz Hbf, St.Pölten Hbf, Wien Meidling, Wien Hbf )'' and some Railjet trains belongs CD from Munchen continues to Hungary with stops ''(Ceske drahyWien Hbf, Hegyeshalom, Mosonmagyarovar, Györ, Tatabanya, Budapest-Kelenföld, Budapest-Keleti pu)''. The speed Night train EX, EC, IC and R have '''EN 463 Kalman Imre''' has the same price like OSstops ''(München Hbf 23:35 ….You have to buy seat reservation only in SC/Pendolino .. Wien Hbf 6:35- [[User6:PeterOB|PeterOB]] does not recommend it39 ….. But some EC/IC trains (Black Leo Express and yellow Regiojet, this trains belongs private company) have another special tickets and this trains are very difficult. In Slovakia RBudapest-trains are little bit more expensive than OS-trains and EC,IC trains are more expensive Keleti pu (difference is about Eur 2-49:24). Regiojet have yellow OS train in Slovakia and this type is OK''.
Generally -there are few trick how '''From Graz to travel in train without ticket. I travel in Wien and Czech Republic in trains during years 2009-2014 more than 70 000 km and this contains 50 000 km without ticket. Because his appearance :''' There is not average, [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] does not travel without ticket complete, but usually uses short journey ticket trick. He paid penalty CZK 400 (USD 20) only RailJet train once a time 2 hours ''(the inspector cameGraz – Wien - Prague) but he had '', and few EC trains goes from Wien to leave the train about 10-15 times Czech Republic. It is 90 km and 54 minutes from Wien Hbf to ''first Czech station Breclav''. Most of trains are RailJet and had they continue to buy ticket about 15 times Brno, Prague. Stops are ''(more expensive ticketGraz Hbf , Bruck/Mur, Kapfenberg, Mürzzuschlag, Semmering, Wiener Neustadt Hbf, Wien Meidling, Wien Hbf, Breclav, Brno hl.n., difference is CZK 40 CZK about USD 2Ceska Trebova, in Slovakia about Eur 2Pardubice hl.n. Praha hl.n.)''. He RJ from Wien 19:02 has met a train inspector 5 timesfour more stops in Czech – ''Blansko, Letovice, Svitavy, Kolin''.
The very successful method in not complete free but very cheap travelThere are EC trains, which goes''' from Wien to Breclav and Ostrava, Bohumin, Poland'''. [[UserEC 104 Sobieski 8:PeterOB|PeterOB]] used it for more than 70 000 km in last 5 years. For extreme case - he traveled 346 km and paid only CZK 26 / EUR 1. New record for one ticket is 447 km 10 from Prague main station Wien continue to Zilina (390 km without ticket)Breclav, Hodonin, Ostravava hl.n. [[User10:59-11:PeterOB|PeterOB]] have ticket only from Prague01, Warszawa Centralna 15:04-Liben to Kolin 15:20, Gdansk Glowny 11:11- one station behind Prague (57 km / about Eur 218:14, Gdynia Glowna 18:36.2)From Wien 14:10 EC 102 Polonia continue to Warszawa, he showed this ticket (before Kolin) the same EC 406 Chopin from Wien 22:50 to Warszawa and continued behind Kolin D 100 Moravia (Sleep, read a book, look out of windowwith beds too)from Wien 18:10 to Bohumin 21:08. In Horni Lidec (Czech-Slovakian border) conductors crew changed but Slovakian conductor went only one time to Zilina and PeterOB walked around But it os much more stops on the conductorjourney. Important It is that the conductor check ''only new passengers in the next control, usually ask who is new one stop from Wien to Breclav (Pristoupili?CZ) You buy ticket only '', ''8 stops from Breclav to short journey, conductor check you and you do not leave train in stop, where your ticket end, and continue the journey. Conductor do not remember terminal stations on passengerBohumin''s tickets and look for new passengers. You can look out of window, "sleep" or read a book. If the conductor remember your terminal (last CZ station), you tell that you do not know where is or tell that you asleep. Important is that the conducter must come before terminal station, which is written on the ticket. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] usually looks where the conductor is and the direction of inspection and goes near him. The optional distance is 10-20 km or 3-5 ''9 stops in local train OS (SP is similar)from Bohumin to Warszawa Centralna'', 1-2 ''6 stops or 20-40 km in R train from Warszawa Centralna to Gdansk Glowny'' and 1-2 ''from Gdansk Glowny last 5 stops or 50-80 km in speed long-journey train with restaurant to Gdynia Glowna (EX, EI, IC18:36)''. The long-distance trains with restaurants have many carriages and two conductors. Because there are many passengers and you do not know the direction of ticket control, the situation is sometimes difficult. If you travel long journey, especially though big city - you can be surprised with conductors change. New conductor check ticket in all passengers Only train from Wien 8:10 continue behind Warszawa to Baltic sea (NOT only new passengersGdansk). You must have second ticket from the city where conductors changed to near stop.
The next tactic is for travel complete without ticket. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] has told that conductor check only new passengers and he ask, who is new (Pristoupili?) and you There are new but do not respond. If the train have a lot of passengers, the conductor do not remember who is new (but if your appearance is not usual, there is big chance that conductor ask you for ticket). But many of local trains and sometimes '''from Wien to Breclav''' too R-trains have small amount of passengers, especially in the night. In the long-journey trains with restaurant (EX,ICthey runs once a two hours, EC) it is this method very successful because there are a lot of carriages and passengers ''from Wien Hbf 1:29 hour and too long time intervals between ticket inspection. Problem is starting the journey 9 stops in first stop or conductor change. All passengers have Wien, 14 more stops after Wien to show ticket during first control (or new conductor)Breclav''. You This train can try go around conductor during ticket inspection and stay in area, where tickets have been already checked. You can go into this already checked area in a stop (get of board an boarding into optional area).In local trains near big city is too be with a lot of passengers close to Wien and you can there use another trick. The train with name City Elephant have two floors. If the conductor walk though first floor through carriage, you can go though second floor and get behind the conductor in the zone where tickets were checkedonly 1-2 times. You have But it is much more better to look when conductor is coming into your carriage. You can use similar in one floor long take EC or RailJet train without stop between Wien and Breclav, than local train R or REX with many passengers near big city. Look which part of train is occupied with conductor and you can get off and boarding into opposite part lot of train in the stop. For example conductor is near first carriage and you go near last carriagestops.
If you There are captured, you can buy the ticket trains '''from Linz to CZ (for short journey of courseCeske Budejovice and Prague) in the train'''. This ticket is often more expensive It can be only 5 stops from ''Linz'' to ''Summerau'' (difference is CZK 40 or about USD 2, last stop in Slovakia Eur 1.5Austria), but if you remember the stations without ticket selling - the ticket that you buy in train next stop is for the same price like in station. But if you are captured that you have been hidden and try travel without ticket, you will be kicked out of train in the most cases ''Horni Dvoriste (in OS or R trainCZ) or you have '' and 10 more stops to buy the ticket''Ceske Budejovice''. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] recommends But some local trains from ''Linz hbf'' has 14 stops to look for interval ''Summerau'' and more 12 stops from ''Horni Dvoriste'' to next train or time of last train before traveling (for example web page www''Ceske Budejovice''.idosMany stops are Request only.cz - choose '''REX trains ''' has from ''Linz'' 5 stops to ''Summerau'' usually and stops in Czech: ''(Vlaky)Rubnik, Kaplice, Velesin mesto, Ceske Budejovice, Tabor, Praha hl.n., Praha Holesovice)'' – not so many stops in Czech Republic. The There is usually one local trains have often long interval train from Linz to Ceske Budejovice once a 2 hours and the last REX train arrive quite early. The Rfrom Linz directly to Prague only once 4-6 hours, these trains, EE, EC, IC is usually more often (1 hour) and last train is just during nightare best with fewest stops in Czech.
SometimesLast type is '''ICE train'''. ICE trains goes usually in Germany and only few ICE goes to Austria. One ICE goes '''from Wien to Munchen and Hamburg'''. Another ICE goes from Insbruck to Munchen and more further (Berlin, you can get fine (penaltyHamburg). The fine is CZK 400 ICE has in Austria the same stops like RailJet or USD 20 IC trains, but in Germany – ICE are faster (up to 300 kph) and CZK 1000 or USD 50 if you pay the fine with not so many stops. Distance between stops can be 100-500 km. Conductor check it later than 14 days after in Germany very hard and you have been captured). You can get fine or conductor call the fine especially police. 'Germany is not recommended for BlackRiding. PeterOB's friend was two times captured in the long-distance Germany (train with restaurantand tram) and he was 14 days in prison. But it is probably not so hard now, it was few years back. In OS Usually only one or SP and usually Rtwo ICE a day gets from-train you are often only kicked out of the trainto Wien or Insbruck.
You can try walk around the conductor during ticket inspection Regional trains are very bad, sometimes they're checked quite heavily, and go in the area where tickets , since they have been checkedso many stops you are unlikely to make it anywhere. It is much better than stay in the toilet. It is good especially in longThere are non-journey EC,ICThalys TGV trains going to France from Brussels,EX trains with many carriages and too in local train near cityalthough it may not be that obvious at first.
And one more trick in trains between Bratislava and Kosice, which go through Zilina. This trains have a lot of carriages: Much to their own annoyance, and still sometimes crowded. Number of carriages is 10-13 during day with 2-3 conductors and 5-7 carriages during night time with 1-2 conductors. The key is that conductor '''Belgian railway staff do not go so often, usually once a 2-5 stations, especially in night trains. You can walk around conductor to area where tickets have been already checked. You can use outside way in some stops or walk around conductor inside train (wait when conductor finish your wagon and return for backpack). Interval any legal right to next check is quite long and conductor check new passengers only. You do not answer ask for new passenger checking (Sleepyour ID''', look out of window, read a book). But be carefull in station Zilina - this is place for change conductors crew and new conductors checked all passengers. Similar situation is for EC from Prague to Budapest in Slovakian area (From Kuty to Sturovo). Conductor go only one or two times and you can walk around conductor. The similar situation is fror IC and EX trains from Prague to Zilina through Vsetin and Puchov. Conductor go only one or two times and you can change trains in Puchov (train from Bratislava go few minutes after) in Slovakian part. Ticket between last czech and first slovakian stop is quite expensive, and price in train (buy from conductor) can be cheaper than normal. Conductor usually do not go in border Kuty-Breclav but yes in border Horni Lidec - Puchov. If you are captured without ticket, you can be kicked out or conductor so under no circumstances show it when they ask for paying penalty or your ID in EC train. Because of immigrats and druckit! [[User:Prino|Prino]] 09:58, there are usually cops or security in international EC trains and sometimes might check your backpack and pockets 3 May 2011 (in Czech Area sometimes, especially in trains from PolandCEST). More coops an be in international trains now because of immigrants. Trains between Kosice and Bratislava though Zilina, Trains between Czech Republic and Budapest through Bratislava and trains from Czech to Zilina through Puchov go once a two hours during day time.
There are four many types of train lines, which goes through Arctic Circle, one in Norway, in Norland '''between Trondheim and Bodoe''', one in Sweden-Norway '''from Stockholm, Umea to Kiruna, Narvik''' the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This two countries are very similar about free riding in Finland, first line is '''from Oulu and Kemi to Rovaniemi and Kemjarvi''', second line is '''from Oulu and Kemi to Kolari'''trains.
There The local trains (OS) have many stops, distances between stops are at least '''four more train lines in Rusia''', that goes behind Arctic Circleusually 3-10 km. It is '''Nikel Murmansk line'''railway to Murmansk These trains have only few carriages and close to Norwegiad border, with most north stop 69one conductor.408 norh. Second line is '''from Novyj Urengoj to Arctic coast''', already est from Ob river. Last station is But there are often small tovn by coast 67amount of people in this type of train.910 north. Another railroad behind Arctic circle Faster local train is by '''Vorkuta''' city. Most north stop is village 67.603 north and town 67.599 north(SP - spesny vlak). Most north railway in the world This type is close similar to island Nova Zemia. It is '''Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line''' that goes from Obskaya local train (close to SalekhardOS) north-east to Bovanenkovo region, last stop but average distance between stops is '''Most north station is in small town 70about 10 mm.320 north''', last station is Karskaya 70Local trains have many stops and relative short journey usually less than 100 km.3168 north. Probably most north railway in America The interval to next train is '''railway in Alaska from Anchrange usually 1 to Fairbanks'''. But Fairbanks station is only 64.851 north, Arctic circle 66.55 north2 hour.
The train line in Norway is by coast and fjords, it is realized by '''NSB train company'''. There is a lot of snow in winter and days are short, light is just 1R-3 hours long in December. There is quite lot of mountains around trains (and sea too. Summer is with some ex trains) have stop usually once a lot of rain and temperature 10-20. Winter temperature is around zero35 km, from about 5-10 to +5 8 carriages and usually, frost -15 two conductors or only one conductor. The interval between trains s 1 or 2 hours but in the most frequent area (Prague-20 degrees Olomouc) is rare, sometimes, winter can be colder in Spain or in Greece in mountainsthe interval between trains 30-60 min.
'''From OsloThe long-journey trains EC, Trondheim to Bodoe'''IC, you always Ex (often international trains) have to change train in Trondheimabout 7-11 wagons, restaurant wagon and first class wagon . Lets search for trains from Trondheim to Bodoe. Blue-Black This type of train here can be pretty difficult. You have only one train during day large number of passengers and one train at nighttwo conductors. Daily train R or IC The distance between stops is 40-70 km (REG 471 at idos.cz25-50 km for EX trains) goes from Trondheim S 7:38 and arrives especially in overcrowded trains conductor check tickets and the time interval to Bodoe 17:28, so it takes 9:50, almost 10 hours. It next control is 26 stops long (30-60 min and 11 stops are with request onlymore). There But if you are high probability captured, you will bee challenged to pay penalty or the conductor ask for changing conductors during journeyyour ID card. But conductor all check tickets probably after Trondheim resp. Bodoe The time to next stop is long and probably not or just few times more far behind Trondheim or Bodoe, but you can try just pretend sleep, conductor do not remember after long have enough time and he does not care so much, who is newto write the penalty.
This In Czech is most north Norwegian the ticket price equal for all trains belongs CD (Ceske drahy). The speed train line by NSBEX, EC, IC and R have the same price like OS.You have to buy seat reservation only in SC/Pendolino - [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] does not recommend it goes through Arctic Circle . But some EC/IC trains (66.55 degrees or 66 degrees 33 minutes) Arctic circle is between Mo i Rana Black Leo Express and Bodoe (60 km north from Mo i Rana)yellow Regiojet, more exactly between Mo i Rana (66.3905 norththis trains belongs private company) have another special tickets and Loensdal (66this trains are very difficult.7432 north)In Slovakia R-trains are little bit more expensive than OS-trains and EC, northest stations IC trains are Valnesfjord more expensive (67.2995difference is about Eur 2-4), '''Tverlandet''' (67.3019), Moerkved (67.2838), Bodoe (67.2864), northest point of track looks to be by fjord coast (67.3305 north, 15.1567 east)Regiojet have yellow OS train in Slovakia and this type is OK.
Stops Trondheim-Bodoe '''REG 471Important:''' Do not use the speed long-journey train SC (Pendolino). It is expensive a you have to buy seat reservation. There are small number of passengers and big probability for get penalty. Be careful on the journey between Prague and Ostrava. The most of trains in Czech and Slovakia belongs to state company and trains that belongs CD are OK. But some IC trains (yellow Regiojet and black Leo Express) belongs private companies. Problems is that you have to seat reservation and the conductor have all reserved seats in computer and conductor do not ask for tickets. But if you are: on the seat and the conductor''(Trondheim S 7:38 s computer signalize free seat,Vaernes 8:10but you are on the seat -8:11 ,Stjoerdal 8:16-8:17 ,Levanger 9:06this is problem. This is reason that you can use short-9:07 ,Verdal 9:18journey ticket trick or similar tricks. And black IC "Leo Express" is worst -9:19 ,Steinkjer 9:44-9:46 ,Joerstad 10:16-10:17 R ,Snaasa 10:23-10:24 ,Grong 10:50-10:53 ,Harran 11:04-11:05 R ,Lassemoen 11:17-11:18 R ,Namsskogan 11:41-11:42 R ,Majvatn 12:03-12:04 R ,Trofors 12:36-12:37 ,Mosjoeen 13:06-13:09 ,Drevvatn 13:34-13:35 R ,Bjerka 13:55-13:56 ,Mo i Rana 14:17-14:20 ,Loensdal 15:39-15:40 R ,Roekland 16:00-16:01 R ,Rognan 16:14-16:15 ,Fauske 16:37-16:46 ,Valnesfjord 16:53-16:54 R ,Tverlandet 17:10-17:11 R ,Moerkved 17:17-17:18 R ,Bodoe 17:28you have to show ticket before boarding.Regiojet have some local trains in Slovakia. In yellow local trains is all OK. You can use the short distance ticket trick (see bellow)'' R means request stop. Unfortunately many stops and small amount of passengers is reason that travel complete free is very difficult.
Daily '''Important:''' Conducter is in the train has a lot of stops always except some local trains, '''but''' the inspector (reviser) randomly enter in trains, check the tickets (like in public transport), but he check too conductor's work and regular checking is probably not so oftenif the inspector find some person without ticket, there are probably not so many he can give a penalty for conductor. The inspector check all - passengers, toilets, conductor's work. You can try Some Person travelled from Prague to Ostrava and had ticked only for short distance (to hide between passengers or Pardubice). But the ticket inspector came and gave them penalty for every stop (6 stops without ticket = 6 fines), the passenger showed the short distance ticket which end far away. Fortunately, the inspector in toilettrain is quite rare, once a 10 000 km. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] has travelled more than 70 000 km and meet inspector 5 times and paid only one penalty. You The inspectors do not need reservation for daily trainwear a uniform, conductors usually wear a uniform (blue suit, pink in region and black in Leo express). You can detect conductor relative easily.
Night Generally -there are few trick how to travel in train goes 23:40 from Trondheim S to Bodoe 9:15without ticket. Type of train is IC or RI travel in Czech Republic in trains during years 2009-Regional (REG 475 at idos2014 more than 70 000 km and this contains 50 000 km without ticket.cz). It Because his appearance is 20 stops and 8 stops are request only. Journey takes 9not average, [[User:35PeterOB|PeterOB]] does not travel without ticket complete, but usually uses short journey ticket trick. Train stops He paid penalty CZK 400 (USD 20) only for 1once a time (the inspector came) but he had to leave the train about 10-4 minutes at station15 times and had to buy ticket about 15 times (more expensive ticket, difference is CZK 40 CZK about USD 2, in Slovakia about Eur 2). There are beds inside and seat reservation obligatoryHe has met a train inspector 5 times.
Stops are '''REG 475'''The very successful method in not complete free but very cheap travel. [[User: ''PeterOB|PeterOB]] used it for more than 70 000 km in last 5 years. For extreme case - he traveled 346 km and paid only CZK 26 / EUR 1. New record for one ticket is 447 km from Prague main station to Zilina (Trondheim S 23390 km without ticket). [[User:40 PeterOB|PeterOB]] have ticket only from Prague-Liben to Kolin - one station behind Prague (57 km / about Eur 2.2),Vaernes 0:05-0:06 he showed this ticket (before Kolin) and continued behind Kolin (Sleep,Stjoerdal 0:10-0:11 read a book,Levanger 0:50look out of window). In Horni Lidec (Czech-0:51 Slovakian border) conductors crew changed but Slovakian conductor went only one time to Zilina and PeterOB walked around the conductor. Important is that the conductor check only new passengers in the next control,Verdal 1:03-1:04 usually ask who is new (Pristoupili?) You buy ticket only to short journey,Steinkjer 1:27-1:29 conductor check you and you do not leave train in stop,Snaasa 2:06-2:07 R where your ticket end,Grong 2:37-2:40 and continue the journey. Conductor do not remember terminal stations on passenger's tickets and look for new passengers. You can look out of window,Namsskogan 3:27-3:28 R "sleep" or read a book. If the conductor remember your terminal station,Trofors 4:24-4:25 you tell that you do not know where is or tell that you asleep. Important is that the conducter must come before terminal station,Mosjoeen 4which is written on the ticket. [[User:54PeterOB|PeterOB]] usually looks where the conductor is and the direction of inspection and goes near him. The optional distance is 10-4:58 ,Bjerka 5:4220 km or 3-5:43 R stops in local train OS (SP is similar),Mo i Rana 6:051-6:08 ,Loensdal 7:262 stops or 20-7:27 40 km in R ,Roekland 7:47train and 1-2 stops or 50-7:48 R ,Rognan 8:0180 km in speed long-8:02 journey train with restaurant (EX,Fauske 8:25-8:30 EI,Valnesfjord 8:37IC). The long-8:38 R distance trains with restaurants have many carriages and two conductors. Because there are many passengers and you do not know the direction of ticket control,Tverlandet 8:56-8:57 R the situation is sometimes difficult. If you travel long journey,Moerkved 9:03especially though big city -9:04 R ,Bodoe 9:15you can be surprised with conductors change. New conductor check ticket in all passengers (NOT only new passengers)''. You must have second ticket from the city where conductors changed to near stop.
Back from Bodoe to Trondheim – situation The next tactic is for travel complete without ticket. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] has told that conductor check only new passengers and he ask, who is new (Pristoupili?) and you are new but do not respond. If the sametrain have a lot of passengers, the conductor do not remember who is new (but if your appearance is not usual, there is big chance that conductor ask you for ticket). One daily train '''REG 472''' But many of local trains and one sometimes too R-trains have small amount of passengers, especially in the night train '''REG 476''' only . In the long-journey trains with restaurant (EX,IC , EC) is this method very successful because there are a lot of carriages and passengers and too long time intervals between ticket inspection. Problem is starting the journey in first stop or conductor change. All passengers have to show ticket during first control (or R at departure board new conductor). You can try go around conductor during ticket inspection and REG at wwwstay in area, where tickets have been already checked.idosYou can go into this already checked area in a stop (get of board an boarding into optional area).cz)In local trains near big city is too a lot of passengers and you can there use another trick. The daily train goes from Bodoe 12:27 with name City Elephant have two floors. If the conductor walk though first floor through carriage, you can go though second floor and get behind the conductor in the zone where tickets were checked. You have to Trondheim S 22:05. Duration look when conductor is 9:38coming into your carriage. It is 26 stops You can use similar in one floor long local train with 11 request stopsmany passengers near big city. There are probably not so many people in Look which part of train is occupied with conductor and there is probability you can get off and boarding into opposite part of train in the stop. For example conductor changing during journeyis near first carriage and you go near last carriage.
'''REG 472:''' ''If you are captured, you can buy the ticket (for short journey of course) in the train. This ticket is often more expensive (Bodoe 12:27 , Moerkved 12:32-12:33 R, TVERLANDET 12:difference is CZK 40-12:41 Ror about USD 2, Valnesfjord 12:56-12:57 R, Fauske 13:08-13:11 in Slovakia Eur 1.5), Rognan 13:31but if you remember the stations without ticket selling -13:32 the ticket that you buy in train is for the same price like in station. But if you are captured that you have been hidden and try travel without ticket, Roekland 13:39-13:40 you will be kicked out of train in the most cases (in OS or R, Loensdal 14train) or you have to buy the ticket. [[User:06PeterOB|PeterOB]] recommends to look for interval to next train or time of last train before traveling (for example web page www.idos.cz -14:07 choose trains (Vlaky)). The local trains have often long interval and the last train arrive quite early. The R, Dunderland 14:48-14:56 trains, Mo i Rana 15:28-15:31 EE, Bjerka 15:51-15:52 EC, Drevvatn 16:11-16:12 R, Mosjoeen 16:38-16:41 , Trofors 17:11-17:12 , Majvatn 17:45-17:46 R, Namsskogan 18:07-18:08 R, Lassemoen 18:31-18:32 R, Harran 18:43-18:44 R, Grong 18:58-19:07 , Snaasa 19:33-19:34 , Joerstad 19:37-19:38 R, Steinkjer 20:13-20:16 , Verdal 20:37-20:38 , Levanger 20:53-20:54 , Stjoerdal 21:32-21:33 , Vaernes 21:34-21:35 , Trondheim S 22:05IC is usually more often (1 hour)'' R means request stopand last train is just during night.
Night train from Bodoe to Trondheim – situation Sometimes, you can get fine (penalty). The fine is CZK 400 or USD 20 (and CZK 1000 or USD 50 if you pay the same. There are beds and seat reservation obligatory, probably not so many passengersfine it later than 14 days after you have been captured). You can try to hide get the fine especially in the dark coupe long-distance train with restaurant. In OS or SP and pretended sleeping, but chance usually R-train you are often only kicked out of success is dubious (or more persons inside one sleeping bag or one blanket can go with one ticket). Night the train goes from Bodoe 21:10 to Trondheim S 7:47. It is '''REG 476''' at idos.cz. Duration is 10:30 and it is 20 stops, 8 request stops include. Train wait at stops from 1 to 13 minutes.
'''REG 476[[User:''' ''PeterOB|PeterOB]] does not recommend hiding in toilet, it is very wrong tactic in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Conductor has to check the toilet (Bodoe 21:10 it is rule for a conductor) and conductor have special key to open locked door. If you do not lock the door, Moerkved 21:15-21:16 R, TVERLANDET 21:23-21:24 R, Valnesfjord 21:40-21:41 R, Fauske 21:54-21:58 , Rognan 22:18-22:19 , Roekland 22:26-22:27 R, Loensdal 22:57-22:58 R, Mo i Rana 0:13-0:20 , Bjerka 0:40-0:41 R, Mosjoeen 1:30-1:40 , Trofors 2:09-2:10 , Namsskogan 3:15-3:28 , Grong 4:23-4:26 , Snaasa 4:53-4:54 R, Steinkjer 5:37the conductor sometimes check toilet too and look into toilet. You can try choose relative invisible position in toilet (and other passengers can open the door and see you). Hidden in the toilet is worst in long-5:40 , Verdal 6:02journey trains -6:03 , Levanger 6:14-6:15 , Stjoerdal 7:04-7:05 , Vaernes 7:06-7:07 , Trondheim S 7:47)'' R conductor usually check toilets there. But it is request stopvery bad in all type of train.
The second line You can try walk around the conductor during ticket inspection and go in the area where tickets have been checked. It is much better than stay in Sweden, '''from Boden to Kiruna, Narvik'''the toilet. It goes throught ''Stockhlm, Gavle, Hudiksvall, Sundsvall, Umea, Boden-Lulea, Kiruna, Narvik''. This is most north train line good especially in Shenghen or European Union. There are plenty trains from Stockholm to ''Gavle, Hudiksvall, Sundsvall'', a lot of highlong-speed trains '''SJ SnabbTaag''' and long journey trains (SJ IC, SJ NattagetEC, Arctic circle train). Some SJ SnabbTaag goes more north to Umea and there are SJ IC, SJ Orviga ,SJ Nattaget (night train) EX trains with many carriages and too in local Norrtaag from Umea to Boden and Luleatrain near city.
It is 6 stops '''And one more trick in trains between Sundsvall Bratislava and Kosice, which go through Zilina. This trains have a lot of carriages, and Umea''' still sometimes crowded. Number of carriages is 10-13 during day with SJ Snabbtaag or 2-3 conductors and 5-7 carriages during night time with 1-2 conductors. The key is that conductor do not go so often, usually once a 2-5 stations, especially in night trains NZ 91, NZ 92 . You can walk around conductor to area where tickets have been already checked. You can use outside way in some stops or walk around conductor inside train (NZ 91 wait when conductor finish your wagon and NZ 92 goes between Goteborg, Stockholm return for backpack). Interval to next check is quite long and Lulea – SJ Nattaget at departure board)conductor check new passengers only. Stops are: ''You do not answer for new passenger checking (Sundsvall, Timraa, Härnösand, Kramfors, Örnsköldsvik CSleep, Umeaa Östralook out of window, Umeaa Centralread a book)''. But be carefull in station Zilina - this is place for change conductors crew and new conductors checked all passengers. Similar situation is for EC from Prague to Budapest in Slovakian area (From Stockholm-Sundsvall Kuty to Sturovo). Conductor go only one or two times and you can walk around conductor. The similar situation is fror IC and EX trains from Prague to Umea goes Zilina through Vsetin and Puchov. Conductor go only one SJ Snabbstaag or two times and you can change trains in morning Puchov (train from Bratislava go few minutes after) in Slovakian part. Ticket between last czech and 2first slovakian stop is quite expensive, and price in train (buy from conductor) can be cheaper than normal. Conductor usually do not go in border Kuty-3 trains SJ Snabbtaag Breclav but yes in afternoonborder Horni Lidec -eveningPuchov. From Umea goes one SJ Snabbstaag at early morningIf you are captured without ticket, you can be kicked out or conductor ask for paying penalty or your ID in EC train. Because of immigrats and druck, one at morning there are usually cops or security in international EC trains and one at afternoon. NZ 92 goes at early morning 2:58 from Sundsvall sometimes might check your backpack and NZ 91 at evening 22:26 pockets (in Czech Area sometimes, especially in trains from UmeaPoland). NZ 91 and NZ 92 can More coops an be marked like R 91 in international trains now because of immigrants. Trains between Kosice and R 91 Bratislava though Zilina, Trains between Sundsvall Czech Republic and Luleaa at idos.cz Budapest through Bratislava and SJ Orviga at departure boardtrains from Czech to Zilina through Puchov go once a two hours during day time.
There is once a 1-3 hours local train '''Norrtaag''' between Sundsvall and Umea, but it is 11 stops and many stops can be without waiting room. Temperature -30C is possible already there. Stops with Norrtaag are: ''(Umeaa Central, Umeaa Östra, Hörnefors, Nordmaling, Husum(S), Örnsköldsvik Norra, Örnsköldsvik C, Kramfors, Härnösand, Timraa, Sundsvall Västra, Sundsvall Central )''.There is '''SJ Nattaget night train == Jumping in Arctic circle train''' ('''NZ 94''' to Narvik and '''NZ 93''' to Stockholm only with 4 stops ''(Sundsvall Central, Härnösand station , Kramfors, Örnsköldsvik C, Umeaa Central)''. NZ 94 goes at evening 22:34 from Sundsvall and NZ 93 goes at early morning (1:19) from Umea.Circle ==
train '''from Umeaa to Boden''' is more difficult, because there are not so many trains. There are only two night trains quite early morning and one four train during day. One is NZ 92 from from Umea 6:30 to Boden and Lulealines, which can be marked at idos cz too like blue regional R 92 from Sundsvallgoes through Arctic Circle, Umeaa to Bodenone in Norway, Lulea. This train has 5 stops in Norland ''(Umeaa Central, Vindeln, Bastuträsk, Jörn, Älvsbyn, Boden, Sunderby sjukhus, Luleaa Central)'between Trondheim and Bodoe'. And there is of course night train NZ 94 Arctic Circle train with 4 stops only ''(Umeaa Central, Bastuträsk, Jörn, Älvsbyn, Boden)''. There is once a day regional train '''R 7108 Norrtaagone in Sweden-Norway ''' from Stockholm, Umea C 16:11 – Boden C 19:27 with 8 stops from Umeaa to BodenKiruna, 3 more stops to Lulea central 20:05. Stops are 'Narvik'(Umeaa Central, Vannasby, Tvaralund, Vindeln, Hällnäs, Bastuträsk, Jörn, Älvsbyn, Boden, Sunderby sjukhus, Luleaa Notviken, Luleaa Central)'' So there is only one train per day and two in some stops and many stations can be without waiting room. Death during exam is possible here. In winter can be -30 degrees often here. All stops extra are between Umea and Finland, first stop (Vindeln) Bastuträsk, except Hällnäs. Hällnäs line is strange too, only one train Norrtaag to direction Boden, Lulea stops here. From Boden to Umeaa goes at night NZ 93 Arctic Circle train with 4 stops from Boden 21:55 ''(Boden, Älvsbyn, Jörn, Bastuträsk, Umeaa)'from Oulu and Kemi to Rovaniemi and Kemjarvi' and R 91 (SJ Orviga) from Boden 18:25 with 5 stops ''(Boden, Älvsbyn, Jörn, Bastuträsk, Vindeln, Umeaa)second line is '''. R 91(NZ 91 or NZ 3291) continues from Oulu and Kemi to Kramfors and Härnösand (Sundsvall, Stockholm, Goteborg). There is only once a day in early morning one local train R 7103 Norrtaag with 7 stops. Two more stops are between Vindeln and Umeaa. All stops: Kolari''(Boden, Älvsbyn, Jörn, Bastuträsk, Vindeln,Tvaralund, Vannasby, Umeaa)''. All extra-stops are close to Umeaa too.
There are at least ''Boden is big crossroad of 'four more train linesin Rusia''', that goes behind Arctic Circle. One direction by train and road It is '''Nikel Murmansk line'''railway to Lulea. It is 1-3 stops Murmansk and trains goes quite oftenclose to Norwegiad border, in morning and afternoon-evening every 1-2 hours, but no train 11-14 hwith most north stop 69.408 norh. There are Long journey Second line is '''SJ ICfrom Novyj Urengoj to Arctic coast''' trains (IC at idos, already est from Ob river. Last station is small tovn by coast 67.910 north.cz), night trains Another railroad behind Arctic circle is by '''SJ NattagetVorkuta''' (NZ at idoscity. Most north stop is village 67.cz) 603 north and trains town 67.599 north. Most north railway in the world is close to island Nova Zemia. It is '''SJ OrvigaObskaya–Bovanenkovo Line''' that goes from Obskaya (R at idos.czclose to Salekhard) north-east to Bovanenkovo region, last stop is '''Most north station is in Bodensmall town 70.320 north''', last station is Karskaya 70. From Lulea 3168 north. Probably most north railway in America is road like motorway '''railway in Alaska from Anchrange to Finland, but no train. You can check hitchhicking places at mapFairbanks'''. First train But Fairbanks station with good connection is Kemi and it is one stop and 58 minutes between Kemi and Ouluonly 64.851 north, Arctic circle 66.55 north.
Many This is most north Norwegian train line by NSB, and it goes through Arctic Circle (66.55 degrees or 66 degrees 33 minutes) Arctic circle is between Mo i Rana and Bodoe (60 km north from Mo i Rana), more exactly between Mo i Rana (66.3905 north) and Loensdal (66.7432 north), northest stations should be with waiting roomare Valnesfjord (67.2995), but some stations have waiting room open nonstop'''Tverlandet''' (67. Some stations has only one train per day in one direction3019), Moerkved (67. There are few skiing centers2838), like AbiskoBodoe (67. Oceanic side 2864), northest point of mountains is warmertrack looks to be by fjord coast (67.3305 north, but there still can be -15 or even -20. Valleys in mountains and area around Kiruna can be very cold, sometimes -30 or even -40 degrees and death during exam is possible here1567 east).
'''Searching for most north position by GoogleMaps:'''One Daily train has a lot of most north point E10 (68.443 north, 18.609 east) stops and railway (68.43405 northregular checking is probably not so often,18there are probably not so many passengers.5986 east) is close You can try to big lakes, north-west from tornehamn and Björklidens Golfklubb hide between passengers or in Sweden (there is hotel and maybe some good dumpsters too)toilet. The second northest possibility is E10 (68You do not need reservation for daily train.4343, 18 Night train goes 23:40 from Trondheim S to Bodoe 9:15.2513) and railway (68.4305, 18.2482) Type of train is close to Vassijaure station IC or R-Regional (68.4290, 18REG 475 at idos.2603cz). In Norway It is far north station Haugfjell (6820 stops and 8 stops are request only.4405, 18Journey takes 9:35.0180) and nordest rail point close to this Train stops only for 1-4 minutes at station (68.4441,18There are beds inside and seat reservation obligatory.0481) and Narvik Stops are '''REG 475''': ''(68.4416Trondheim S 23:40 ,Vaernes 0:05-0:06 ,Stjoerdal 0:10-0:11 ,Levanger 0:50-0:51 ,Verdal 1:03-1:04 ,Steinkjer 1:27-1:29 ,Snaasa 2:06-2:07 R ,Grong 2:37-2:40 ,Namsskogan 3:27-3:28 R ,Trofors 4:24-4:25 ,Mosjoeen 4:54-4:58 ,Bjerka 5:42-5:43 R ,Mo i Rana 6:05-6:08 ,Loensdal 7:26-7:27 R , 17.4414). And by fjourd and Atlantic coastRoekland 7:47-7:48 R , most north place of train line was found. Most north railway (68.4516Rognan 8:01-8:02 ,17.483) resp. (68.4502Fauske 8:25-8:30 ,17.5420) and northern E10 is on another place before coast (68.5163Valnesfjord 8:37-8:38 R ,17.8727). NOTverlandet 8:56-SE border on the track is (68.43008:57 R , 18.1057) and by E10 (68.4352Moerkved 9:03-9:04 R , 18.1068Bodoe 9:15).''
Position of Stations Kiruna-Narvik by openstreetmapsBack from Bodoe to Trondheim – situation is the same.org:Kiruna station One daily train '''REG 472''' and one night train '''REG 476''' only (67.8677, 20.2000), Abisko Östra Station (68.3490, 18.8288), Abisko Turiststation (68.3574, 18.7825), Björkliden station (68.4065, 18.6858), Laaktatjaakka station (68.4237, 18.3242), Vassijaure station (68.4296, 18.2577), Katterjaakk station (68.4198, 18.1613), Riksgränsen station (68.4266, 18.1207), Bjoernfjell ( 68.4318, 18.0739), Katterat (68.3975, 17.9658), Rombakk (68.4038, 17.7914), Straumsnes unused station (68.4340, 17.6566), Narvik (68IC or R at departure board and REG at www.4417, 17idos.4414cz). Nordest point of The daily train line close goes from Bodoe 12:27 to Narvik (68Trondheim S 22:05.4517, 17Duration is 9:38.4986) and (68It is 26 stops with 11 request stops.4517, 17.4808), There are probably not so many people in train and second nordesr point there is between Katterat and Rombakk - (68.4441, 18.0484), SE-NO border rail is (68.4301, 18.1057)probability of conductor changing during journey.
'''Third journey through Arctic circle It is in Finland6 stops '''. It goes '''from Oulu to Rovaniemi between Sundsvall and KemijärviUmea'''. There are three daily IC with SJ Snabbtaag or night trains NZ 91, NZ 92 (NZ 91 and two night IC trains. Daily ICs are one from-to HelsinkiNZ 92 goes between Goteborg, one from-to Kuopio Stockholm and one just from-to OuluLulea – SJ Nattaget at departure board). Night trains Stops are from-to Helsinki. Rovaniemi is last big city with quite good train connection. Rovaniemi station is still not behind Arctic Circle: ''(Sundsvall, Timraa, Härnösand, Kramfors, Örnsköldsvik C, it is 66.4980 northUmeaa Östra, Arctic circle is 66Umeaa Central)''.55 north, it From Stockholm-Sundsvall to Umea goes through most north houses one SJ Snabbstaag in Rovaniemi. train line continues eastmorning and 2-east3 trains SJ Snabbtaag in afternoon-north with two stops '''Misi''' and '''Kemijärvi'''evening. These stops are behind Arctic circle already. But only From Umea goes one train per day goes in SJ Snabbstaag at early morning, one direction from-to Misi (66.6179 north) at morning and Kemijärvi (66one at afternoon.7243 north),. It is night train between Helsinki NZ 92 goes at early morning 2:58 from Sundsvall and Kemijärvi. train line continues NZ 91 at evening 22:26 from Kemijärvi to east-east-north to Murmansk in Russia, without trainsUmea. Some HOBO (Freight train) NZ 91 and NZ 92 can go there with wood. But Russia is with hard passports be marked like R 91 and visa checking R 91 between Sundsvall and it is really violent countryLuleaa at idos. Trains that goes from-to Kemijärvi, has only one stop between Oulu cz and Rovaniemi, it is Kemi (Crossroad). All other trains stops: (Oulu (Uleaborg), Kemi, Tervola, Muurola, Rovaniemi)SJ Orviga at departure board.
Position of stations by openstreetmaps train '''from Umeaa to Boden''' is more difficult, because there are not so many trains. There are only two night trains quite early morning and one train during day.orgOne is NZ 92 from from Umea 6: Oulu 30 to Boden and Lulea, which can be marked at idos cz too like blue regional R 92 from Sundsvall, Umeaa to Boden, Lulea. This train has 5 stops ''(65Umeaa Central, Vindeln, Bastuträsk, Jörn, Älvsbyn, Boden, Sunderby sjukhus, Luleaa Central)''.0114And there is of course night train NZ 94 Arctic Circle train with 4 stops only ''(Umeaa Central, 25Bastuträsk, Jörn, Älvsbyn, Boden)''.4842)There is once a day regional train '''R 7108 Norrtaag''' Umea C 16:11 – Boden C 19:27 with 8 stops from Umeaa to Boden, Kemi 3 more stops to Lulea central 20:05. Stops are ''(65Umeaa Central, Vannasby, Tvaralund, Vindeln, Hällnäs, Bastuträsk, Jörn, Älvsbyn, Boden, Sunderby sjukhus, Luleaa Notviken, Luleaa Central)'' So there is only one train per day in some stops and many stations can be without waiting room.7368, 24Death during exam is possible here. In winter can be -30 degrees often here.5745All stops extra are between Umea and first stop (Vindeln)Bastuträsk, Tervola (66except Hällnäs.0816Hällnäs is strange too, only one train Norrtaag to direction Boden, 24Lulea stops here.7721 From Boden to Umeaa goes at night NZ 93 Arctic Circle train with 4 stops from Boden 21:55 ''(Boden, Älvsbyn, Jörn, Bastuträsk, Umeaa)'' and R 91 (SJ Orviga)from Boden 18:25 with 5 stops ''(Boden, Älvsbyn, Muurola (66.3707Jörn, Bastuträsk, Vindeln, 25Umeaa)''.3753R 91(NZ 91 or NZ 3291)continues to Kramfors and Härnösand (Sundsvall, Rovaniemi Stockholm, Goteborg). There is only once a day in early morning one local train R 7103 Norrtaag with 7 stops. Two more stops are between Vindeln and Umeaa. All stops: ''(66.4980Boden, Älvsbyn, Jörn, 25.7053)Bastuträsk, Misi (66.6179Vindeln, 26.6865)Tvaralund, Kemijärvi (66.7243Vannasby, 27Umeaa)''.4035)All extra-stops are close to Umeaa too.
The last journey is '''from Oulu, Kemi to KolariBoden is big crossroad of train lines'''. Kolari One direction by train and road is most north Finish stationto Lulea. Kemi It is crossroad for roads 1-3 stops and trains to direction Kolarigoes quite often, Rovaniemi in morning and Oulu. It is only one stop between Oulu and Kemi and 3 or afternoon-evening every 1 stops between Kemi and Rovaniemi-2 hours, but no train 11-14 h. There is road-highway between Oulu are Long journey '''SJ IC''' trains (FIIC at idos.cz) – Kemi , night trains '''SJ Nattaget''' (FINZ at idos.cz) and Luleaa trains '''SJ Orviga''' (SER at idos.cz)in Boden. From Lulea is road like motorway to Finland, Boden (SE) around Baltic Seabut no train. You can check hitchhicking places at map. First Swedish train station with good connection is Luleaa. There Kemi and it is no train line through SE-FI border, only buses one stop and 58 minutes between Kemi and cars goes thereOulu.
By '''Between Boden and Kiruna'''. SJ IC trains goes between Lulea-Boden-Kirina-Narvik (IC 95 from Kiruna, Narvik and IC 96 to Kiruna, Narvik) with four stops and there are long journey trains between Stockholm and Narvik (NZ 94 Arctic Circle train in early morning to Kiruna, Narvik and NZ 93 Arctic Circle train in afternoon-evening from Narvik, Kiruna to Boden, Stockholm) with the same four stops between Boden and Kiruna. Stops for SJ IC and SJ Nattaget (IC and NZ at idos.cz ) are: ''(Boden, Murjek, Nattavaara, Gällivare, Kiruna)'', journey takes about 3:05- From Kolari to south 3:40 hours. There are during day 3 regional trains in each direction (to Helsinkione in morning and two in afternoon) goes '''Norrtaag train company'''. Norrtaag train has usually only few 4 same stops too, like with long journey trains, like Ex 270 BUT one Norrtaag train per day has 3 extra stops ('''R 7154 Norrtaag''' Lulea 16:30 Boden 17:03 Kiruna 20:07 and Ex 272. Ex 270 goes only '''R 7151 Norrtaag''' Kiruna 6:20 Boden 9:27-9:29-30th April Lulea 9:52) R 7154 and 17th June R 7151 has three more stops between Gällivare and Ex 272 goes only 1st May and 15thKiruna - '''(Fjällaasen, Kaitum, Sjisjka)'''. How many stations are with waiting room is dubious, 18th Junebut waiting room can be closed at night. Both And there are three stations, where is easy to stack whole night trains or day. Especially in these dangerous stations with beds only one train per day in one direction - Death during exam is possible here, in case, that you fail. Temperature in winter can be there easily -30 and wagon for carsrarely -40.
Trains between Oulu '''Between Kiruna and Narvik'''. This is area with mountains and lakes and many small villages and Kolari seems resorts. Narvik has quite mild winter with temperature from -10 to be extreme rare-15, sometimes -15, but rarely -20 and mountains divide warm Atlantic air and cold continental air. There are only few days at spring with express night train big temperature differences in small distances or between Helsinki valley and Kolarihill. ''There can be some HOBO are two trains per day in one direction between Kiruna and Narvik''. It is 7 or 8 or 11 stops between Kiruna and Narvik. train NZ 94 Arctic circle train (freight trainSJ Nattaget) with woodfrom Stocholm to Narvik ''(Stockholm 17:29, but it is possible only in SummerKiruna 9:36-9:54 , of course. Stops areNarvik 12: 29, 7 stops)'' and from Narvik to Stockholm ''(OuluNZ 93 Arctic circle train Narvik 15:15, KemiKiruna 17:58-18:25, Tornio ItäinenSockholm 9:15, Ylitornio8 stops)''. Second train is with 11 stops, Pello'''IC 96''' from Lulea-Boden-Kiruna to Narvik ''(IC 96 Kiruna 14:19-14:45 and Narvik 17:45, Kolari11 stops)''. Tornio Itäinen is station by Baltic coast and SE'''IC 95''' from Narvik to Kiruna-Boden-FI border. But there are almost no trainsLulea ''(IC 95 Narvk 11:00, so closest good station is Kemi. train line between and Kolari is by SwedenKiruna 13:43-Finland border and river14:02)''.
Position of Many stations by openstreetmaps.org: Oulu (65.0114should be with waiting room, 25but some stations have waiting room open nonstop.4842), Kemi (65Some stations has only one train per day in one direction.7368 There are few skiing centers, 24like Abisko.5745)Oceanic side of mountains is warmer, Tornio Itäinen (65but there still can be -15 or even -20.8508Valleys in mountains and area around Kiruna can be very cold, 24.18293), Ylitornio ( 66.3244, 23.6825), Pello (66.7843, 23.9928), Kolari (67.3488, 23.8360). Arctic circle (66.55) sometimes -30 or even -40 degrees and death during exam is between Ylitornio and Pellopossible here.
North Finland – Lapland is mostly lowland '''Riksgränsen station''' (like almost whole Finland68.4266 north) with plenty of lakes. But west part of Lapland is with mountains. Finland is most east Scandinavian country toostation by SE-NO border (in Sweden, and mountains blocked warm air 1 km from Atlantic, but cold an in Russia is not so far. That's why in north-Finland (Laplandborder) is sometimes extreme cold. If Siberian high spread, then Bjoernfjell is first station in Finland clear and super cold. There can e like winter extreme around -35 or -40 in few daysNorway, -30 is quite often behind Arctic circleabout 1. It can be bellow -40 rarely. Ussual winter temperature in north Finland is 0C to -25C 5 km from border.Day length This train line is most north at all in winter just 2-5 hours close to Arctic Circle (icluding twillightEurope, Sun is still bellow horizon), but there is never-ended light in Juneexcept Russia. Summer is with plenty of mosquitoesAnother three train lines goes about 67 degrees only. Many stations in Finland have not waiting room, only big stations have waiting room (But train line between Kiruna and waiting room is closed at night)Narvik crosses 68 degrees north.
Then '''Death during exam Searching for most north position by GoogleMaps:'''One of most north point E10 (68.443 north, 18.609 east) and railway (68.43405 north,18.5986 east) is possible in caseclose to big lakes, that you fail north-west from tornehamn and waiting room is not Björklidens Golfklubb in your stop Sweden (or waiting room there is closed at nighthotel and maybe some good dumpsters too)'''. You can tell that you have no place to sleep The second northest possibility is E10 (68.4343, 18.2513) and if you are politerailway (68.4305, conductor can let you travel18.2482) is close to Vassijaure station (68.4290, or he can give you fine18.2603). In Norway is far north station Haugfjell (68.4405, which you don't need 18.0180) and nordest rail point close to pay this station (Sweden SEK 120068.4441, Finland Eur 8018.0481) and Narvik (68.4416, Norway NOK 115017.4414). Or conductor can call policeAnd by fjourd and Atlantic coast, if you refuse to leave most north place of trainline was found. Most north railway (68.4516,17.483) resp. (68.4502,17.5420) and northern E10 is on another place before coast (68.5163,17.8727). NO-SE border on the track is (68.4300, 18.1057) and police will let you be at their station during nightby E10 (68.4352, 18.1068).
'''There is really shortPosition of Stations Kiruna-Narvik by openstreetmaps.org:Kiruna station (67.8677, 20.2000), Abisko Östra Station (68.3490, 18.8288), Abisko Turiststation (68.3574, 18.7825), Björkliden station (68.4065, 18.6858), Laaktatjaakka station (68.4237, 18.3242), Vassijaure station (68.4296, 18.2577), Katterjaakk station (68.4198, 18.1613), Riksgränsen station (68.4266, 18.1207), Bjoernfjell ( 68.4318, 18.0739), Katterat (68.3975, 17.9658), but northernmost Scandinavian railway in NorwayRombakk (68.4038, by Kirkenes''' too17.7914), it is only from Bjornevatn mine Straumsnes unused station (6968.65654340,3017.00756566) to harbour-coast, 8Narvik (68.4417, 17.484 long4414). By harbour is most north Nordest point of this railwaytrain line close to Narvik (68.4517, 17.4986) and (6968.72584517,3017.02994808) Kirkenes statio , and second nordesr point is between Katterat and Rombakk - (6968.72204441, 3018.03260484), Bjornevatn station in the mine SE-NO border rail is (6968.6683. 294301, 18.99791057).
However, '''the most north station and railway in this region is not by MurmanskIC 95''', but railway close to Norwegian border '''Nikel Murmansk line'''. About 10 km before Murmansk(Narvik 11:00 BO, Rombakk 11:19, Katterat 11:30, Bjoernfjell 11:44 11:45, in Riksgränsen station '''1437 KM''' railway splits to Murmansk and to north-west. Railway continues first south-west to first 11:49, Katterjaakk station (68.820011:55,32.8179). Next stop is small village (68.969Vassijaure station 12:02,32.454). At (68.989Laaktatjaakka station 12:06,32.419) railway split to north to military area and to north-west. Next stops are small villages (69.078,32.123)Björkliden station 12:20, (69.189Abisko Turiststation 12:29,31.694)Abisko Östra Station 12:35, (69.268KIRUNA STATION 13:43 14:02,31.245). Next stop is by some mineGällivare station 15:20, and town (69.400Nattavaara station 16:02,31.106). In this Murjek station railway splits to west - to mine16:30, military areaBoden Centralstation 17:42, and more far to west with two stops (69.408,30.795) and (69.420Sunderby sjukhus station 18:12 18:13 GO,30.257Luleaa Central 18:22 GO). Main route continues to north-north-west.''
Main branch of '''Murmansk Nikel LineThird journey through Arctic circle is in Finland'''. It goes '''from Oulu to Rovaniemi and Kemijärvi''' continues . There are three daily IC trains and two night IC trains. Daily ICs are one from-to northHelsinki, one from-to Kuopio and one just from-to Oulu. Night trains are from-to Helsinki. Rovaniemi is last big city with quite good train connection. Rovaniemi station is still not behind Arctic Circle, it is 66.4980 north, Arctic circle is 66.55 north, it goes through most north houses in Rovaniemi. train line continues east-east-north with two stops '''Misi''' and '''northernmost stop (69.5095,31.1630)Kemijärvi'''. Railway continues These stops are behind Arctic circle already. But only one train per day goes in one direction from last stop about 7-10km little bit more north by road P21 and it ends close to swamp, military area and hospitalMisi (66. The railway (with no stops anymore6179 north) ends at and Kemijärvi (6966.5695,31.22947243 north), next to road 47K-081. It is not so far from Norwegian border, about 10 km directlynight train between Helsinki and Kemijärvi. Road P21 train line continues from Kemijärvi to border and east-east-north to Norway, it continue like E105 Murmansk in NorwayRussia, E105 meets with E6 close to Kirkeneswithout trains. E6 is main Norwegian road from Kirkenes to Oslo and Malmo Some HOBO (SEFreight train)can go there with wood. There But Russia is plan tho connect this railway in Russia with 8hard passports and visa checking and it is really violent country.5 log railway Trains that goes from mine -to Kirkenes. It means to build 25 km of new railway Kemijärvi, has only one stop between Oulu and Rovaniemi, it can cost about EUR 1 billionis Kemi (Crossroad). All other trains stops: (Oulu (Uleaborg), Kemi, Tervola, Muurola, Rovaniemi).
'''Northernmost railway in the world''' is '''Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line, from Obskaya to Yamal peninsula, to Bovanenkovo and Karskaya, behind 70 degrees north''' en.wikipediaPosition of stations by openstreetmaps.org/wiki/Obskaya%E2%80%93Bovanenkovo_Line It is connected to main railway ''Konosa - Kotlas - Vorkuta - Salechard'' in ''Obskaya''. The end of railway : Oulu (7065.32110114,6825.37154842) is south from town '''Bovanenkovo''', northernmost point is between third last and second last stop Kemi (7065.32657368,6824.83295745). Last three stops are: Small village , Tervola (7066.29420816,6824.9387721), some stop by small road Muurola (7066.3203707,6825.7543753), and Karskaya station Rovaniemi (7066.31684980, 6825.39097053)- south from Bovanenkovo town and close to airport. This railway was built first Obskaya–Bovanenkovo area (to mine) 525 km long, it was extended to Karskaya after, railway is 572 km long. There is plan for extend it to Kharasavey, it will be 678 km long railway. Railway contains 3.8929 km long Yuribey Bridge - longest bridge behind Arctic circle Misi (6866.9196179,6926.840 by Wiki6865). Most north point of railway is by Wiki , Kemijärvi (7066.3750 687243, 27.67004035) - quite different from OSM.
There is another railway, that goes behind Arctic circle - '''north from Novyj Urengoj'''By idos. Main railway is in west siberia, '''Tjumen cz - Surgut - Novyj Urengoj - Nadym'''. This main railway has most north point in '''Novyj Urengoj city''' From Kolari to south (66.097,76.752to Helsinki). Station Novyj Urengoj (66.090goes only few trains,76like Ex 270 and Ex 272.691) is with quite big depo, there is crossroad to north,westEx 270 goes only 29-south. However it is not behind Arctic circle, Arctic circle is 66.55. From Novyj Urengoj 30th April and 17th June and Ex 272 goes railway northonly 1st May and 15th, towards fjord of Arctic Ocean18th June. Most north point of railway is close to end (67.9124,74.9148), end is (67.9051,74.8245), most north point of branch in depo at the end is (67.9136,74.8986) resp. (67.9136,74.8643)Both are night trains with beds and wagon for cars.
The last station is in town by Arctic coastTrains between Oulu and Kolari seems to be extreme rare. There are only few days at spring with express night train between Helsinki and Kolari. There can be some HOBO (freight train) with wood, but it is located (67.9103possible only in Summer,74of course.901). Second last station is just behind this town Stops are: ''(67.9015Oulu, Kemi, Tornio Itäinen,75.058)Ylitornio, third last station is small place (67.797Pello,75.326Kolari)''. 4th last station Tornio Itäinen is small village quite far, but with bigger platform (66.898,75.982), 5th last station is just some depoby Baltic coast and SE-platform by Novyj Urengoj (66FI border.154But there are almost no trains,76.700). It so closest good station is only 5 stations from Novyj Urengoj to endKemi. Stations are small. Here train line between and Kolari is already westby Sweden-central Siberia Finland border and here is temperature in winter usually -20 to -40, but sometimes during cold vawe bellow -50 can be in this region. It is much colder than Scandinaviariver.
Second most north railway in Russia is '''Norilsk railway''' in central Siberia, south Taymyr region en.wikipediaPosition of stations by openstreetmaps.org/wiki/Norilsk_railway. It begins in Dudinka town by huge Yensey river. Begin of Railway is : Oulu (6965.41550114,8625.1584842) - Morskyy port - harbour by river. First station is Dudinka , Kemi (6965.4087368,8624.2495745) and it continuse from Dudinka Station to Norilsk Station 88 km. Norilsk station is located , Tornio Itäinen (6965.35698508,8824.136418293). From Norilsk station railway continues to north, to Talnakh station Ylitornio (6966.48323244, 8823.3989, 27 km from Norilsk6825) and last 11 km to Taymyr mine. But there is no more stop after Talnahk, just most north point of main rail Pello (6966.5107843,8823.3639928) and most north point of railway to mine , Kolari (6967.54243488,8823.30708360) resp. Arctic circle (69.5382,8866.467755). Railway is just isolated around Norilsk area (it is not connected to other railways), it have more branches between Ylitornio and total length is 253 km by WikiPello.
'''Norilsk area and Taymir is located in north-central Siberia.''' It means that there is quite short Summer, with only around 5-20 degrees. It North Finland – Lapland is huge mostly lowland with big rivers (Yenisey and Ob more westlike almost whole Finland) with plenty of lakes and swamps everywhere around. There are plenty But west part of mosquitoes everywhere in Summer, much worse than in Laplandis with mountains. It Finland is here central Siberia most east Scandinavian country too, and winter here is totally different than mountains blocked warm air from Atlantic, but cold an in Scandinavia. It Russia is not so much windyfar. That's why in north-Finland (Lapland) is sometimes extreme cold. If Siberian high spread, but ussual then is in Finland clear and super cold. There can e like winter temperature is here from extreme around -20 to 35 or -45 and sometimes40 in few days, during cold vawe -30 is quite often behind Arctic circle. It can be bellow -5040 rarely. '''Taymyr''' Ussual winter temperature in north Finland is northernmost region, with most north point in Asia and Eurasia 0C to - '''Nordkapp of Russia and Eurasia''' is much more north than northernmost point of Alaska or Scandinavia25C . It Day length is edge of Taymyr in winter just 2-5 hours close to Arctic Circle (77.7233icluding twillight,104.2540Sun is still bellow horizon). Only small villages and small roads are in Taymyr peninsula, probably not but there is never-ended light in northernmost partsJune. It Summer is with plenty of mosquitoes. Many stations in Finland have not toursit placewaiting room, like nordkapp in Norwayonly big stations have waiting room (and waiting room is closed at night).
== [[Denmark]] =='''Other train lines behind Arctic Circle''' are not in Scandinavian countries, but in Russia. One of northernmost train lines is close to Finland. You need visa to Russia and it can be hard to get visa. Trains in Russia are relative cheap, iit can be difficult to take it for free. However, the ticket for smaller distance, than you travel can work until conductor change. Trains with reservation obligatory are dubious.
Denmark is very flat country with a lot of sea around. There are very good hitchbility and trains going in Denmark too co course. But there is a lot of rain in Denmark, not so ideal for sleeping outside and hitchhiking. So if you want to jump, it is possible. There are no information about stops during journey or map with trains in railway station, so it is quite difficult to find good journey and orientation for non-local people is difficult. Only information about departure and final destination and type of trains are aviable.
Regional '''Far north train line is from St. Pettersburg to Murmansk'''. Murmansk is harbour for cargo at the fjord from Barent sea and lot of freight trains have distance between stops about 5-15 km and interval go to Murmask too, cargo from ships to trains is taken there. Position of '''Murmansk station''' is (68.972,33.068). Harbour for ships is next to train station. Railway continues more north by Fjord, there are two stops behind Murmansk. Names are in Asbuka, but coordinates are: first stop is about one hournorth of Murmansk (69. These trains have few carriages 020,33.097) and number of passengers second stop is medium or not so much. IC trains have distance between stops about 15north-40 km east from Murmansk, at the end of main railway (EC trains have longer distances between stops69.056,33.377). IC trains go usually once per hour Railway splits by this place to three branches to town and there are about 3to military area. Most north point before last stop by some town is (69.064,33.353), by road (47K-8 wagons 079). Most north point after last stop is by the town and a lot fjord, at the end of north branch of passengersrailway (69.079,33.402).
Conductor (blue jumpr) go after every However, '''the most north station and he checks only new passengers quite quicklyrailway in this region is not by Murmansk''', but railway close to Norwegian border '''Nikel Murmansk line'''. There are about two wagons per conductor About 10 km before Murmansk, in station '''1437 KM''' railway splits to Murmansk and ticket inspection is quite fast after to north-west. Railway continues first south-west to first station(68.8200,32.8179). He usually do not think so much about who Next stop is new passengersmall village (68.969,32.454). At (68.989,32.419) railway split to north to military area and to north-west. Next stops are small villages (69.078,32.123), (69.189,31.694), (69.268,31. So if your appearance 245). Next stop is not so unusualby some mine, and town (69.400,31.106). In this station railway splits to west - to mine, military area, you only stay or sit somewhere and be reading a book or be looking out of window more far to west with two stops (69.408,30.795) and do not do anything during control(69. But it do not work after first stop – at the begin of journey420, of course30.257). Main route continues to north-north-west.
You can very easily use short distance ticket trick Main branch of '''Murmansk Nikel Line''' continues to north, to last and '''northernmost stop (favourite jump style in central Europe69.5095,31.1630)'''. You just buy ticket only for one or two station Railway continues from last stop about 7-10km little bit more north by road P21 and you show it ends close to conductorswamp, but do not get of military area and hospital. The railway (with no stops anymore) ends at the end of ticket and you continue journey(69.5695,31.2294), next to road 47K-081. Standard ticket price It is not so far from Norwegian border, about 1 danish crown per 1 10 kmdirectly. Road P21 continues to border and to Norway, it continue like E105 in Norway, E105 meets with E6 close to Kirkenes. E6 is main Norwegian road from Kirkenes to Oslo and Malmo (SE). There is Eur 3 per 30 km or 6-plan tho connect this railway in Russia with 8 Eur per 100 .5 log railway from mine to Kirkenes. It means to build 25 km, so of new railway and it is quite expensive for poor people, but not for local residentscan cost about EUR 1 billion.
Conductor usually do not check toilets. So when you see that conductor '''Russia is coming, you go to toilet, lock or do not lock the door so free country and play shittingtraveling by train for free can me more dangerous than in Europe, hold toilet paper etclike everything'''. You just go out of toilet after controlcan get into trouble much more easily than in Scandinavia. But However many people in EC and IC trains are a lot of passengers and passengers go Russia try to toilet quite often and you can not hide there because somebody already use ittaking train for free, including train hoping. So it is standard situation – you want Railway to hide during ticket inspection Murmansk and toilets are close to Norway is more far from sea with somebody. You can try more continental climate, and temperature in winter here is ussually -10 to walk around conductor -25, sometimes bellow -30, seldomly -40 or just sit or stay and be looking out of windoweven -45 degrees. And some stations are without waiting room. Because Probability of conductor have only two carriages usually being kicked out is bigger than in European countries and check new passengers every stopsit is more dangerous than in Scandinavia, walking around conductor to area, where tickets have been already checked do not work correctlylike everything in Russia.
If black jumprs There is another railway in Russia, which goes behind Arctic circle. It is south from Nova Zemia island, on the way '''Konosa - Kotlas - Vorkuta - Salechard''' There is some circle from main railroad by Vorkuta, and there is most north place. Two most north stations are some villages (travelers without ticket67.603,63.911) have not so good train skills and they are captured (67.597, they usually have not been kicked out of train without penalty64. Conductor ask them for ID 107) Vorkuta station is by OSM (Passport67.470, Driving licence or identity card64.027). If you refuse to give IDMost north point of railway is (67.609, conductor probably want to call cops64. You can try to get more 076) by some cargo place and more time to next stop and you go out depo with most north point of train in next stopdepo (67.612, but if you are in EC or IC train, conductor have enough time for writing penalty or calling cops64.083). The fine crossroad with nord ring and main railway Konosa-Kotlas-Sachelad is Danish Crown 750 (about Eur 100) and it is written in all stops and railways67. If you are not Danish112, just show identity card63. Conductor probably takes only your name and surname and your country302), probably not your address or birth date. This is not exact identification of coursealready behind Arctic circle.
If you loose on '''Northernmost railway in the train - world''' is '''Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line, from the penalty is your ticket and you can continue with penalty until final station (penalty price do not depend Obskaya to distanceYamal peninsula, just tell to conductor your final destination)Bovanenkovo and Karskaya, behind 70 degrees north''' en.wikipedia. But you can not use the penalty or classic ticket org/wiki/Obskaya%E2%80%93Bovanenkovo_Line It is connected to next train main railway ''Konosa - Kotlas - Vorkuta - Salechard'' in ''Obskaya''. The end of railway (You have to change trains sometimes during journey and penalty 70.3211,68.3715) is not transfer ticket. Ticket are sold by automatic machinessouth from town '''Bovanenkovo''', these machines work with coins northernmost point is between third last and credit cardssecond last stop (70. But you usually can buy ticket only for one train3265, strange68.8329). Good journey is for example from Flensburg Last three stops are: Small village (German-Danish border70.2942,68.938) to Alborg , some stop by small road (North Denmark70.320,68.754), and Karskaya station (70. Through Frederica and Arhaus3168, 68. There are about 53909)-7 stops between Frederica south from Bovanenkovo town and Arhaus and only 3 stops from Arhaus close to Alborg for IC trainsairport. But This railway was built first Obskaya–Bovanenkovo area (to mine) 525 km long, it means toowas extended to Karskaya after, that conductor have enough time railway is 572 km long. There is plan for writing penaltyextend it to Kharasavey, it will be 678 km long railway. Railway contains 3.8929 km long Yuribey Bridge - longest bridge behind Arctic circle (68. If you get penalty919, you can take with this penalty whole journey for example from Flensburg to Alborg69.840 by Wiki). It Most north point of railway is you ticketby Wiki (70.3750 68.6700) - quite different from OSM.
[[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] travelled '''Yamal peninsula''' is even much colder in Denmark in August 2015 and he use train tooWinter, because it was windy and rain whole day – not so good weather for hitchhiking. PeterOB was train from Kolding to Alborg in North trough Fredericathan Lappland. He was hiding in toilet (he did not lock door, sit and hold toilet paper) or he Many stations are just stay small villages without any house and look out of window. He do not met conductor in train from Kolding to Frederica. 7 stops from Frederica to Arhaus was more difficult. PeterOB combined toilet tactic and just looking out of window. But only two carriages trains don't go so often here, it can be less often than from Arhaus -to Alborg and PeterOB have to change place in train. New conductor start checking tickets, PeterOB want to go to toilet but there was already somebodyKolari or Kemjarvi. So PeterOB walked around conductor and when conductor went back, he asked for a ticket and wrote penalty for PeterOB. There Winter temperature is a lot of time here usually from Arhaus -20 to first station Randers. So this jump action was not succesfull -35 and PeterOB went with penalty to final destination-40 is still quite common. But he will never pay the penalty DKK 750 (About Eur 100)Sometimes can be here -45 or even -50.
As you knowThere is another railway, that goes behind Arctic circle - '''north from Novyj Urengoj'''. Main railway is in west siberia, '''Tjumen - Surgut - Novyj Urengoj - Nadym'''. This main railway has most north point in '''Novyj Urengoj city''' (66.097,76.752). Station Novyj Urengoj (66.090,76.691) is with quite big depo, there is crossroad to north,west-south. However it is not behind Arctic circle, Denmark Arctic circle is very rich country and supermarkets waste a lot 66.55. From Novyj Urengoj goes railway north, towards fjord of foodArctic Ocean. Trash bins are easily accessible and there are a lot Most north point of fruitsrailway is close to end (67.9124, vegetables74.9148), breadend is (67.9051, some sweets and milk product74. You can easily eat a lot 8245), most north point of food from trash-bins everywhere branch in Denmarkdepo at the end is (67.9136,74.8986) resp. So if you have not enough jump skills and you are kicked out of train(67.9136, just find some meal in trash74.8643).
== [[Finland]] ==The last station is in town by Arctic coast, it is located (67.9103,74.901). Second last station is just behind this town (67.9015,75.058), third last station is small place (67.797,75.326). 4th last station is small village quite far, but with bigger platform (66.898,75.982), 5th last station is just some depo-platform by Novyj Urengoj (66.154,76.700). It is only 5 stations from Novyj Urengoj to end. Stations are small. Here is already west-central Siberia and here is temperature in winter usually -20 to -40, but sometimes during cold vawe bellow -50 can be in this region. It is much colder than Scandinavia.
Finland Second most north railway in Russia is country '''Norilsk railway''' in or close to Scandinaviacentral Siberia, on the another side of Baltic Seasouth Taymyr region en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norilsk_railway. People It begins in Finland are one Dudinka town by huge Yensey river. Begin of Railway is (69.4155,86.158) - Morskyy port - harbour by river. First station is Dudinka (69.408,86.249) and it continuse from Dudinka Station to Norilsk Station 88 km. Norilsk station is located (69.3569,88.1364). From Norilsk station railway continues to north, to Talnakh station (69.4832, 88.3989, 27 km from Norilsk) and last 11 km to Taymyr mine. But there is no more stop after Talnahk, just most peaceful north point of main rail (69.510,88.363) and kind in Europe and it most north point of railway to mine (69.5424,88.3070) resp. (69.5382,88.4677). Railway is really hippie just isolated around Norilsk area. It (it is easy not connected to live without money thereother railways), it have more branches and total length is 253 km by Wiki.
Dumpsters close to supermarkets are quite accessible, at especially '''Norilsk area and Taymir is located in Helsinki regionnorth-central Siberia. Hitchhiking can be good or bad. But the climate a nature ''' It means that there is not so friendlyquite short Summer, especially in the northwith only around 5-20 degrees. Summer It is relative warm, but huge lowland with big rivers (Yenisey and Ob more west) with lot of rain lakes and attacking swarms swamps everywhere around. There are plenty of mosquitoes everywhere in the north (it is not so bad Summer, much worse than in the south)Lapland. Winter It is with pretty short days here central Siberia and super-cold arctic waves (war air from Atlantic winter here is totally different than in Scandinavia. It is blocked by Scandinavian mountains not so much windy, but continental Arctic air ussual winter temperature is here from Russia can flow -20 to Finland easily). Temperature -45 and sometimes, during cold vawe can easily drop be bellow -20 50. '''Taymyr''' is northernmost region, with most north point in Asia and Eurasia - '''Nordkapp of Russia and Eurasia''' is much more north than northernmost point of Alaska or -25 Scandinavia. It is edge of Taymyr (77.7233,104.2540). Only small villages and small roads are in southTaymyr peninsula, -30 or -35 probably not in the middle and northernmost parts. It is not toursit place, like nordkapp in Lapland can be -30 to -40 or even bellow -40 rarelyNorway.
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''See also [[Germany#Railways]] and [[Deutsche Bahn]]''
The local Since 2020, all modes of public transport - buses, trains (CFL) and the tram - have two floors; be aware that there is a ticket booth at the end been free of the first car - don't accidentially run in it, unless you want to buy a ticket. There are ticket inspectors toocharge throughout Luxembourg. If you want to get out of the country, be aware that the inspector will check tickets on the international train as soon as it departs, so, if the next stop is still in Luxembourg, you're screwed. The cops are not liberal.
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[[File:Trainaschaffenburgtonürnberg.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Photo taken while train - hitchhiking a train in Germany. Translation: "All aboard! But please only with a ticket." ...heeheehee let's jump.]]
== [[Train hopping]] ==In the [[United States of America|United States]], [[train hopping]] is still quite popular.In many states it's easier than hitchhiking..then it This is very possibleadvanced jump style. Choose your But be careful on this type of train . It is really dangerous and wait at the platformfailure can caused death and of course, you can get high penalty too (Pounds 1000 in United Kingdom). When the Threat is not only penalty like inside train arrives, work out who for passengers. == Tricks for avoiding the ticket control ==There are different aproaches for blackriding. Some people just sit and when conductor comes give their ID and get a fine. If you are a foreigner the fine might never get you but it is and run up to him/hernot always the case. Explain your situation Also in some countries (using an 'international language' such as English often works best, often better than speaking the conductor's native languagefor example Germany), show them some documentation you can go to prison for your competition and don't not paying train fines. So it might be afraid wise to beg. Telling a story about a dangerous experience two hours ago on trick the roadside (true or conductors somehow and simply notget controled...), and how much Oncce you get into it you want some safe and secure travel after the traumatic experience, works wellcan have great success with crossing whole countries without any problems. By this time, the Most important is to keep in mind that each train and each situation is now running nearly a minute late unique and there is a good chance that the conductor will say Yes, because he needs you need to end the conversation and keep the train moving. So get in, sit back adapt and relax :)use different tactics accordingly. '''Hiding on a toilet'''
== Searching for train connection and stops during journey ==
In some countries the local websites for searching train connections don 't show you all the stops or are otherwise stupid. The website of Deutsche bahn is easy to use and knows most train connections all over Europe. It is also in English. www.bahn.com
PeterOB tried to write some schedules for trains in Nordic countries, where trains does not go so often. But the schedule can change and some countries (Sweden) has difficult schedule. '''Important is to find stops during journey, where you can be kicked out'''
== [[Austria]] ==
Freeriding trains in Austria works fairly good.
Between '''R 409Wien and Graz''' (red at idos.czin each direction) is best night-day train from Moscow they often control in begining and then just ask for newcommers but it seems to France, it is the best, with fewest stops:be not so sure as sometimes they control bit later. So keep attentive.
'''Regional trains''' are often without any control. But long journey often they do control. Maybe 50% of time there is a conductor and 50% of time not. But that is very not precise estimation.If you are lucky there is no conductor and you can just relax and enjoy your ride. If there is conductor there is not much you can do because the regional trains are quite small so it is easy for conductor to have overview about who they already checked and who not. You can buy a ticket just for few stations and stay in the train R409 does for longer.Regional trains often have a ticket machine inside of a train. You are supposed to buy a ticket before boarding the train but in some little stations there is no ticket machine so you shall buy it inside of the train after entering. That can be very useful because you can just go into the train without ticket and if you see that there is a conductor you can go to the machine and buy a ticket. They might be unhappy about that because you are supposed to have ticket before but you can just say that you were super much in hurry to catch the train so you could not go every daybuy it before. They might be bit grumpy but nothing more.
'''From Graz to Wien and Czech Republic:Train stations in Austria are quite good.''' There is RailJet train once a 2 hours ''You can find on the station all trains (Graz – Wien - Praguearrivals and departures)'', with all stops for every train and time for arrive and few EC trains goes from Wien to Czech Republicdeparture in every stop during trip. It is 90 km and 54 minutes from Wien Hbf to ''first Czech station Breclav''important. Most of Some small stations for local trains are RailJet and they continue to Brnocan be without waiting room, Prague. Stops But big stations are ''open during night (Graz Hbf just some sitting places are closed), Bruck/Mur, Kapfenberg, Mürzzuschlag, Semmering, Wiener Neustadt Hbf, Wien Meidling, Wien Hbf, Breclav, Brno hl.n., Ceska Trebova, Pardubice hl.n. Praha hl.n.)''because of night trains. RJ from Wien 19:02 has four more stops But it can be quite cold in Czech – ''Blanskothe stations too, Letovice, Svitavy, Kolin''not so good heating system can be there.
There are EC trains, which goes''' from Wien to Breclav and Ostrava, Bohumin, Poland'''. EC 104 Sobieski 8:10 from Wien continue to Breclav, Hodonin, Ostravava hl.n. 10:59-11:01, Warszawa Centralna 15:04-15:20, Gdansk Glowny 11:11-18:14, Gdynia Glowna 18:36. From Wien 14:10 EC 102 Polonia continue to Warszawa, the same EC 406 Chopin from Wien 22:50 to Warszawa and D 100 Moravia (with beds too) from Wien 18:10 to Bohumin 21:08is no ticket control during entering into station or entering into train. But it os much more stops on the journey.It if your appearance is ''only one stop from Wien to Breclav (CZ)'', ''8 stops from Breclav to Bohumin'' (last CZ station), ''9 stops from Bohumin to Warszawa Centralna''like homeless or backpacker, ''6 stops from Warszawa Centralna conductor can ask you for a to Gdansk Glowny'' and ''from Gdansk Glowny last 5 stops to Gdynia Glowna (18:36)''ticket while entering into night train. Only train from Wien 8:10 continue behind Warszawa to Baltic sea (Gdansk)There are not so many passengers in night trains.
There are trains really a '''lot of police checking in trains from Linz Italy to CZ (Ceske Budejovice Austria and Prague)Germany'''. It can be only 5 stops from ''Linz'' (especially direction to Germany), and maybe in trains from Wien to ''Summerau'' Munchen can be police too. They control everything on platforms and many times in train (last stop in especially close to Italy-Austriaborder), next stop is ''Horni Dvoriste (CZ)'' and 10 more stops to ''Ceske Budejovice''because of Immigrants. Police checks toilets, space under seats too. But they are searching for immigrants, they do not check usually European people. And they checks ID, not tickets. But they can check some local trains from drug smuggling too. First type is ''Linz hbf'regional train R' has 14 stops to ''Summerau'' and more 12 . This train have a lot of stops from ''Horni Dvoriste'' , every 3-10 km. Interval to ''Ceske Budejovice''next train is usually 1-2 hours. PeterOB have not tried this train. Many stops are Request There can be a lot of people inside close to big city and conductor can go onlyone time, or not so often. But it is dubious. The '''REX trainstrain''' has from ''Linz'' 5 is similar to R train. But distance between stops is bigger, around 15-30 km and interval to ''Summerau'' usually and stops in Czech: ''next train can be around 2 hour (Rubnik, Kaplice, Velesin mesto, Ceske Budejovice, Tabor, Praha hl.ninclude R trains shorter). You can try short distance ticket trick – you buy ticket only for short distance (around 15-30 km, Praha Holesoviceit cost 6-8 Eur)'' – not so many stops , you will show ticket and you will continue longer than destination in Czech Republicyou ticket. There is usually one local train from Linz Or you can try to hide between passengers close to Ceske Budejovice once a 2 hours big town or toilet tactic (you just sit on toilet when conductor goes around and REX train from Linz directly to Prague only once 4-6 hoursyou don't lock the door). You can play that you were already checked after first control too, these trains are best with fewest stops in Czechwhen conductor goes around.
'''ImportantWien – Budapest:''' Do not use the speed long-The journey is around 2:40 hours, '''RailJet train SC ''' goes every hour, stops are ''(PendolinoMünchen Hbf, Salzburg Hbf , Linz Hbf, St.Pölten Hbf, Wien Meidling, Wien Hbf )''. It is expensive a you have to buy seat reservation. There are small number of passengers and big probability for get penalty. Be careful on the journey between Prague and Ostrava. The most of trains in Czech and Slovakia belongs to state company and Railjet or EC trains that belongs CD are OKusually begins at Munchen Hbf. But some IC Some EC trains (yellow Regiojet and black Leo Express) belongs private companies. Problems is that you have continues behind Budapest, for example 4 hours more to seat reservation and the conductor have all reserved seats in computer and conductor do not ask for tickets. But if you are on the seat and the conductor's computer signalize free seatNyiregyhaza , but you stops are on the seat : (Budapest- this is problem. This is reason that you can use short-journey ticket trick or similar tricks. And black IC "Leo Express" is worst - you have to show ticket before boarding.Regiojet have some local trains in Slovakia. In yellow local trains is all OK. You can use the short distance ticket trick (see bellowKeleti pu, Szolnok, Törökszentmiklos, Kisujszallas, Karcag, Püspökladany, Hajduszoboszlo, Debrecen, Nyiregyhaza). Unfortunately many stops and small amount of passengers is reason that travel complete free is very difficult.
'''Important(Zürich HB - Switzerland) - Insbruck-Wien:''' Conducter It is in the train always except some local trainsaround 4:15 hod long journey, '''butRailJet''' the inspector trains goes every hour (reviserfrom Zürich HB to Insbruck Hbf once a two hours) randomly enter . Some RailJets begin in trains, check the tickets Switzerland (like in public transportZürich HB), but he check too conductor's work and if the inspector find some person without ticketRailJet trains does not stops between Salzburg and Insbruck. Stops are: ''(Zürich HB , Sargans , Buchs SG, Feldkirch, Bludenz, he can give a penalty for conductorSt. The inspector check all Anton am Arlberg, Landeck-Zams, Imst- passengersPitztal, Ötztal, Innsbruck Hbf, Wörgl Hbf , Kufstein, Salzburg Hbf, Linz Hbf, St.Pölten Hbf, Wien Meidling, toiletsWien Hbf, conductorFlughafen Wien)''s work. Some Person travelled '''Wien – Bratislava SK:''' There are local trains from Slovakian train company, train runs once a 30-60 min from Prague 4am to Ostrava midnight. It is 66 km and had ticked only for short distance (to Pardubice). But the ticket inspector came 66 minutes and gave them penalty for every stop (6 7 stops without ticket = 6 fines), the passenger showed the short . You can try just hide between passengers or in toilet. Short distance ticket which end far awaytrick can be more difficult. FortunatelyStops are: ''(Wien Hbf, the inspector in train is quite rareWien Simmering, Wien Stadlau , Wien Hausfeldstrass, Siebenbrunn-Leopoldsdorf, Marchegg, Devínska N.Ves, once a 10 000 kmBratislava hl. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] has travelled more than 70 000 km and meet inspector 5 times and paid only one penaltyst. The inspectors do not wear a uniform, conductors usually wear a uniform (blue suit, pink in region and black in Leo express). You can detect conductor relative easily''.
== [[User:PeterOB|PeterOBBelgium]] does ==In Belgium you can get fined for not recommend hiding in toilethaving a ticket, it is very wrong tactic in Czech Republic and Slovakiaor not using the one that you have correctly. Conductor has Taking a train from Charleroi to check the toilet (it is rule Brussels, a conductor issued a fine of 72 euros for a conductor) and conductor have special key to open locked door. If you do not lock 12 euro journey, all because the door, details of the conductor sometimes check toilet too and look into toilet. You can try choose relative invisible position in toilet trip (and other passengers can open the door and see youa 10 journey pass). Hidden where written in the toilet is worst pencil and not in long-journey trains - conductor usually check toilets therepen. But it is very bad in all type of trainBe careful.
== Jumping in Arctic Circle [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]] ==
The train line in Norway is by coast and fjords, it is realized by '''Between Boden and KirunaNSB train company'''. SJ IC trains goes between Lulea-Boden-Kirina-Narvik (IC 95 from Kiruna, Narvik and IC 96 to Kiruna, Narvik) with four stops and there are long journey trains between Stockholm and Narvik (NZ 94 Arctic Circle train There is a lot of snow in early morning to Kiruna, Narvik and NZ 93 Arctic Circle train in afternoon-evening from Narvik, Kiruna to Boden, Stockholm) with the same four stops between Boden winter and Kiruna. Stops for SJ IC and SJ Nattaget (IC and NZ at idos.cz) days are: ''(Bodenshort, Murjek, Nattavaara, Gällivare, Kiruna)'', journey takes about 3:05light is just 1-3:40 hourslong in December. There are during day 3 regional trains in each direction (one in morning is quite lot of mountains around and two in afternoon) '''Norrtaag train company'''sea too. Norrtaag train has usually only 4 same stops too, like Summer is with long journey trains, BUT one Norrtaag train per day has 3 extra stops ('''R 7154 Norrtaag''' Lulea 16:30 Boden 17:03 Kiruna 20:07 a lot of rain and '''R 7151 Norrtaag''' Kiruna 6:temperature 10-20 Boden 9:27-9:29 Lulea 9:52) R 7154 and R 7151 has three more stops between Gällivare and Kiruna - '''(Fjällaasen, Kaitum, Sjisjka)'''. How many stations are with waiting room Winter temperature is dubiousaround zero, but waiting room can be closed at night. And there are three stationsfrom -10 to +5 usually, where is easy to stack whole night frost -15 or day. Especially in these dangerous stations with only one train per day in one direction - Death during exam 20 degrees is possible hererare, in casesometimes, that you fail. Temperature in winter can be there easily -30 and rarely -40colder in Spain or in Greece in mountains.
'''Between Kiruna and NarvikFrom Oslo, Trondheim to Bodoe''', you always have to change train in Trondheim. This is area with mountains and lakes and many small villages and resorts. Narvik has quite mild winter with temperature Lets search for trains from -10 Trondheim to Bodoe. Blue-15, sometimes -15, but rarely -20 and mountains divide warm Atlantic air and cold continental airBlack train here can be pretty difficult. There are big temperature differences in small distances or between valley You have only one train during day and hill.''There are two trains per day in one direction between Kiruna and Narvik''train at night. It is 7 Daily train R or 8 or 11 stops between Kiruna and NarvikIC (REG 471 at idos. train NZ 94 Arctic circle train (SJ Nattagetcz) goes from Stocholm to Narvik ''(Stockholm 17:29, Kiruna 9Trondheim S 7:36-9:54 , Narvik 12:29, 7 stops)'' 38 and from Narvik arrives to Stockholm ''(NZ 93 Arctic circle train Narvik 15:15, Kiruna Bodoe 17:58-18:2528, Sockholm so it takes 9:1550, 8 stops)''almost 10 hours. Second train It is with 26 stops and 11 stopsare with request only. There are high probability for changing conductors during journey. But conductor all check tickets probably after Trondheim resp. Bodoe and probably not or just few times more far behind Trondheim or Bodoe, '''IC 96''' from Lulea-Boden-Kiruna to Narvik ''(IC 96 Kiruna 14:19-14:45 and Narvik 17:45but you can try just pretend sleep, 11 stops)'' conductor do not remember after long time and '''IC 95''' from Narvik to Kiruna-Boden-Lulea ''(IC 95 Narvk 11:00he does not care so much, Kiruna 13:43-14:02)''who is new.
Stops Trondheim-Bodoe '''REG 471''Riksgränsen station'are: '' (68.4266 north) is station by SETrondheim S 7:38 ,Vaernes 8:10-8:11 ,Stjoerdal 8:16-8:17 ,Levanger 9:06-9:07 ,Verdal 9:18-9:19 ,Steinkjer 9:44-9:46 ,Joerstad 10:16-10:17 R ,Snaasa 10:23-10:24 ,Grong 10:50-10:53 ,Harran 11:04-11:05 R ,Lassemoen 11:17-11:18 R ,Namsskogan 11:41-11:42 R ,Majvatn 12:03-12:04 R ,Trofors 12:36-12:37 ,Mosjoeen 13:06-13:09 ,Drevvatn 13:34-13:35 R ,Bjerka 13:55-13:56 ,Mo i Rana 14:17-14:20 ,Loensdal 15:39-15:40 R ,Roekland 16:00-16:01 R ,Rognan 16:14-16:15 ,Fauske 16:37-16:46 ,Valnesfjord 16:53-NO border (in Sweden16:54 R , 1 km from border). Bjoernfjell is first station in NorwayTverlandet 17:10-17:11 R , about 1.5 km from border.This train line is most north at all in EuropeMoerkved 17:17-17:18 R , except Russia. Another three train lines goes about 67 degrees only. But train line between Kiruna and Narvik crosses 68 degrees northBodoe 17:28)'' R means request stop.
'''NZ 94 Arctic Circle TrainREG 472:'''''(Stockholm Central 17Bodoe 12:27 , Moerkved 12:32-12:33 R, TVERLANDET 12:40-12:29 BO41 R, Arlanda Central 17Valnesfjord 12:50 1756-12:53 BO57 R, Uppsala Central 18Fauske 13:14 1808-13:21 BO11 , Gävle Central 19Rognan 13:23 1931-13:2632 , Söderhamn station 20Roekland 13:39-13:2340 R, Hudiksvall station 21Loensdal 14:16 2106-14:2107 R, Sundsvall Central 22Dunderland 14:19 2248-14:3456 , Härnösand station 23Mo i Rana 15:28-15:2331 , Kramfors 23Bjerka 15:51-15:52, Örnsköldsvik C 0Drevvatn 16:11-16:4412 R, Umeaa Central 1Mosjoeen 16:40 138-16:5041 , Bastuträsk station 3Trofors 17:23, Jörn station 311-17:4612 , Älvsbyn station 4Majvatn 17:45 4-17:46R, Boden Centralstation 5Namsskogan 18:24 507-18:5108 R, Murjek station 7Lassemoen 18:2331-18:32 R, Nattavaara station 7Harran 18:43-18:5044 R, Gällivare station 8Grong 18:2458-19:07 , KIRUNA STATION 9Snaasa 19:36 933-19:5434 , Abisko Östra Station 10Joerstad 19:5737-19:38 R, Abisko Turiststation 11Steinkjer 20:13-20:0216 , Björkliden station 11Verdal 20:37-20:1238 , Katterjaakk station 11Levanger 20:53-20:3654 , Riksgränsen station 11Stjoerdal 21:32-21:4133 , Katterat 11Vaernes 21:59 1234-21:0035 , Narvik 12Trondheim S 22:29 GO05)''R means request stop.
Night train from Bodoe to Trondheim – situation is the same. There are beds and seat reservation obligatory, probably not so many passengers. You can try to hide in the dark coupe and pretended sleeping, but chance of success is dubious (or more persons inside one sleeping bag or one blanket can go with one ticket). Night train goes from Bodoe 21:10 to Trondheim S 7:47. It is '''NZ 93 Arctic Circle Train''REG 476'''(Narvik 15:15 BO, Katterat 15:42 15:43, Bjoernfjell 15:59 16:00, Riksgränsen station 16:04, Katterjaakk station 16:at idos.cz. Duration is 10, Björkliden station 16:31, Abisko Turiststation 16:41, Abisko Östra Station 16:47, KIRUNA STATION 17:58 18:25, Gällivare station 19:34, Nattavaara station 30 and it is 20:08stops, Murjek station 20:41 20:42, Boden Centralstation 21:38 21:55, Älvsbyn station 22:24, Jörn station 23:25, Bastuträsk station 23:48, Umeaa Central 1:15 8 request stops include. Train wait at stops from 1:19, Örnsköldsvik C 2:17, Kramfors 3:03, Härnösand station 3:31, Sundsvall Central 4:24 4:35, Hudiksvall station 5:39, Söderhamn station 6:18 6:29, Gävle Central 7:25 7:27, Uppsala Central 8:26 8:33 GO, Arlanda Central 8:51 8:54 GO, Stockholm Central 9:15 GO)''to 13 minutes.
'''IC 96REG 476:'''''(Luleaa Central Bodoe 21:10, Moerkved 21:15-21:16 R, TVERLANDET 21:23-21:24 R, Valnesfjord 21:40-21:00 BO41 R, Sunderby sjukhus station 10Fauske 21:54-21:58 , Rognan 22:18-22:11 BO19 , Boden Centralstation 10Roekland 22:26 10-22:3527 R, Murjek station 11Loensdal 22:5057-22:58 R, Nattavaara station 12Mo i Rana 0:13-0:1420 , Gällivare station 12Bjerka 0:4640-0:41 R, KIRUNA STATION 14Mosjoeen 1:19 1430-1:4540 , Abisko Östra Station 15Trofors 2:09-2:5410 , Abisko Turiststation Namsskogan 3:15-3:5928 , Björkliden station 16Grong 4:23-4:0826 , Laaktatjaakka station 16Snaasa 4:53-4:3154 R, Vassijaure station 16Steinkjer 5:36 1637-5:4140 , Katterjaakk station 16Verdal 6:47, Riksgränsen station 1602-6:5203 , Bjoernfjell 16Levanger 6:57 1614-6:5815 , Katterat 17Stjoerdal 7:13 1704-7:1405 , Rombakk 17Vaernes 7:25 1706-7:2607 , Narvik 17Trondheim S 7:45 GO47)''R is request stop.
The second line is in Sweden, '''IC 95from Boden to Kiruna, Narvik'''. It goes throught ''(Narvik 11:00 BOStockhlm, Rombakk 11:19Gavle, Katterat 11:30Hudiksvall, Bjoernfjell 11:44 11:45Sundsvall, Riksgränsen station 11:49Umea, Katterjaakk station 11:55Boden-Lulea, Vassijaure station 12:02Kiruna, Laaktatjaakka station 12:06Narvik''. This is most north train line in Shenghen or European Union. There are plenty trains from Stockholm to ''Gavle, Björkliden station 12:20Hudiksvall, Abisko Turiststation 12:29Sundsvall'', Abisko Östra Station 12:35a lot of high-speed trains '''SJ SnabbTaag''' and long journey trains (SJ IC, KIRUNA STATION 13:43 14:02SJ Nattaget, Gällivare station 15:20Arctic circle train). Some SJ SnabbTaag goes more north to Umea and there are SJ IC, Nattavaara station 16:02, Murjek station 16:30SJ Orviga , SJ Nattaget (night train) and local Norrtaag from Umea to Boden Centralstation 17:42, Sunderby sjukhus station 18:12 18:13 GO, Luleaa Central 18:22 GO)''and Lulea.
There is once a 1-3 hours local train '''IC 265Norrtaag''' Night train From Helsinki between Sundsvall and Umea, but it is 11 stops and many stops can be without waiting room. Temperature -30C is possible already there. Stops with Norrtaag are: ''(Oulu (Uleaborg) 4:50 4:57Umeaa Central, Kemi 6:03 6:07Umeaa Östra, Rovaniemi 7:28 7:40Hörnefors, Misi 8:16 8:17Nordmaling, Kemijärvi 8:45) '''IC 273''' Night train from Helsinki Husum(Oulu (UleaborgS) 7:19 7:43, Kemi 8:47 8:51Örnsköldsvik Norra, Örnsköldsvik C, Kramfors, Tervola 9:32 9:33Härnösand, Muurola 10:19 10:20Timraa, Rovaniemi 10:40) '''IC 711''' from Kuopio (Oulu (Uleaborg) 12:24 12:27Sundsvall Västra, Rovaniemi 17:17Sundsvall Central ) '''IC 415''' from Oulu (Oulu (Uleaborg) 18:30, Rovaniemi 20:44) .There is '''IC 27SJ Nattaget night train Arctic circle train''' from Helsinki (Oulu (Uleaborg) 20:52 20:56, Rovaniemi 23:34) '''IC 22NZ 94''' to Helsinki (Rovaniemi 5:55, Oulu (Uleaborg) 8:15 8:33) Narvik and '''IC 414NZ 93''' to Oulu (Rovaniemi 9:27, Oulu (Uleaborg) 11:50) '''IC 416'Stockholm only with 4 stops '' to Oulu (Rovaniemi 12:09Sundsvall Central, Oulu (Uleaborg) 14:23) '''IC 710''' to Kuopio (Rovaniemi 15:18Härnösand station , Oulu (Uleaborg) 17:37 17:42) '''IC 266''' Night train to Helsinki (Rovaniemi 18:03Kramfors, Örnsköldsvik C, Oulu (Uleaborg) 20:55 21:23 Umeaa Central) '''IC 274''' Night train to Helsinki (Kemijärvi 19:45, Misi 20:11 20:12, Rovaniemi 20:50 21:15, Kemi . NZ 94 goes at evening 22:30 22:33, Oulu 34 from Sundsvall and NZ 93 goes at early morning (Uleaborg) 231:36 23:4219) from Umea.
'''Other train lines behind NZ 94 Arctic CircleTrain''' are not in Scandinavian countries''(Stockholm Central 17:29 BO, Arlanda Central 17:50 17:53 BO, but in Russia. One of northernmost train lines is close to Finland. You need visa to Russia and it can be hard to get visa. Trains in Russia are relative cheapUppsala Central 18:14 18:21 BO, iit can be difficult to take it for free. HoweverGävle Central 19:23 19:26, the ticket for smaller distanceSöderhamn station 20:23, than you travel can work until conductor change. Trains with reservation obligatory are dubious.Hudiksvall station 21:16 21:21, Sundsvall Central 22:19 22:34, Härnösand station 23:23, Kramfors 23:52, Örnsköldsvik C 0:44, Umeaa Central 1:40 1:50, Bastuträsk station 3:23, Jörn station 3:46, Älvsbyn station 4:45 4:46, Boden Centralstation 5:24 5:51, Murjek station 7:23, Nattavaara station 7:50, Gällivare station 8:24, KIRUNA STATION 9:36 9:54, Abisko Östra Station 10:57, Abisko Turiststation 11:02, Björkliden station 11:12, Katterjaakk station 11:36, Riksgränsen station 11:41, Katterat 11:59 12:00, Narvik 12:29 GO)''
'''NZ 93 Arctic Circle Train'''
''(Narvik 15:15 BO, Katterat 15:42 15:43, Bjoernfjell 15:59 16:00, Riksgränsen station 16:04, Katterjaakk station 16:10, Björkliden station 16:31, Abisko Turiststation 16:41, Abisko Östra Station 16:47, KIRUNA STATION 17:58 18:25, Gällivare station 19:34, Nattavaara station 20:08, Murjek station 20:41 20:42, Boden Centralstation 21:38 21:55, Älvsbyn station 22:24, Jörn station 23:25, Bastuträsk station 23:48, Umeaa Central 1:15 1:19, Örnsköldsvik C 2:17, Kramfors 3:03, Härnösand station 3:31, Sundsvall Central 4:24 4:35, Hudiksvall station 5:39, Söderhamn station 6:18 6:29, Gävle Central 7:25 7:27, Uppsala Central 8:26 8:33 GO, Arlanda Central 8:51 8:54 GO, Stockholm Central 9:15 GO)''
'''Far north train line is from St. Pettersburg to MurmanskIC 96'''. Murmansk is harbour for cargo at the fjord from Barent sea and lot of freight trains go to Murmask too, cargo from ships to trains is taken there. Position of '''Murmansk (Luleaa Central 10:00 BO, Sunderby sjukhus station 10:11 BO, Boden Centralstation 10:26 10:35, Murjek station 11:50, Nattavaara station''' is (68.97212:14,33.068). Harbour for ships is next to train Gällivare station. Railway continues more north by Fjord12:46, KIRUNA STATION 14:19 14:45, Abisko Östra Station 15:54, Abisko Turiststation 15:59, there are two stops behind Murmansk. Names are in AsbukaBjörkliden station 16:08, but coordinates areLaaktatjaakka station 16: first stop is north of Murmansk (69.02031,33.097) and second stop is north-east from MurmanskVassijaure station 16:36 16:41, at the end of main railway (69.056Katterjaakk station 16:47,33.377). Railway splits by this place to three branches to town and to military area. Most north point before last stop by some town is (69.064Riksgränsen station 16:52,33.353)Bjoernfjell 16:57 16:58, by road (47K-079). Most north point after last stop is by the town and fjordKatterat 17:13 17:14, at the end of north branch of railway (69.079Rombakk 17:25 17:26,33.402Narvik 17:45 GO).''
'''Russia is not so free country and traveling by IC 265''' Night train for free can me more dangerous than in EuropeFrom Helsinki (Oulu (Uleaborg) 4:50 4:57, Kemi 6:03 6:07, Rovaniemi 7:28 7:40, like everythingMisi 8:16 8:17, Kemijärvi 8:45) '''IC 273'''. You can get into trouble much more easily than in Scandinavia. However many people in Russia try to taking Night train for freefrom Helsinki (Oulu (Uleaborg) 7:19 7:43, including train hoping. Railway to Murmansk and close to Norway is more far from sea with more continental climateKemi 8:47 8:51, Tervola 9:32 9:33, and temperature in winter here is ussually -Muurola 10 to -25:19 10:20, sometimes bellow -30, seldomly -Rovaniemi 10:40 or even -45 degrees. And some stations are without waiting room. Probability of being kicked out is bigger than in European countries and it is more dangerous than in Scandinavia) '''IC 711''' from Kuopio (Oulu (Uleaborg) 12:24 12:27, like everything in Russia.Rovaniemi 17:17) There is another railway in Russia, which goes behind Arctic circle. It is south '''IC 415''' from Nova Zemia islandOulu (Oulu (Uleaborg) 18:30, on the way Rovaniemi 20:44) '''Konosa - Kotlas - Vorkuta - SalechardIC 27''' There is some circle from main railroad by VorkutaHelsinki (Oulu (Uleaborg) 20:52 20:56, and there is most north place. Two most north stations are some villages Rovaniemi 23:34) '''IC 22''' to Helsinki (67.603Rovaniemi 5:55,63.911Oulu (Uleaborg) 8:15 8:33) and '''IC 414''' to Oulu (67.597Rovaniemi 9:27,64.107Oulu (Uleaborg) 11:50) Vorkuta station is by OSM '''IC 416''' to Oulu (67.470Rovaniemi 12:09,64.027Oulu (Uleaborg) 14:23). Most north point of railway is '''IC 710''' to Kuopio (67.609Rovaniemi 15:18,64.076Oulu (Uleaborg) by some cargo place and depo with most north point of depo 17:37 17:42) '''IC 266''' Night train to Helsinki (67.612Rovaniemi 18:03, ,64.083Oulu (Uleaborg) 20:55 21:23). The crossroad with nord ring and main railway Konosa-Kotlas-Sachelad is '''IC 274''' Night train to Helsinki (67.112Kemijärvi 19:45, Misi 20:11 20:12, Rovaniemi 20:50 21:15, Kemi 22:30 22:33,63.302Oulu (Uleaborg) 23:36 23:42), already behind Arctic circle.
The last journey is '''Yamal peninsulafrom Oulu, Kemi to Kolari''' . Kolari is even much colder in Winter, than Lapplandmost north Finish station. Many stations are just small villages without any house Kemi is crossroad for roads and trains don't go so often here, it can be less often than from-to direction Kolari , Rovaniemi and Oulu. It is only one stop between Oulu and Kemi and 3 or Kemjarvi1 stops between Kemi and Rovaniemi. Winter temperature There is here usually from -20 to road-35 highway between Oulu (FI) – Kemi (FI) and -40 Luleaa (SE), Boden (SE) around Baltic Sea. First Swedish train station is still quite commonLuleaa. Sometimes can be here There is no train line through SE-45 or even -50FI border, only buses and cars goes there.
Then '''Most north rail road Death during exam is possible in North America''' case, that you fail and waiting room is not in Alaska - The Alaska Railroad Between '''Anchorange''' your stop (south coastor waiting room is closed at night) to '''Fairbanks''' (middle of Alaska). However this rail road never goes behind Arctic circle. Most north point of railway is (64.9261,-148.0758) You can tell that you have no place to sleep and most north station is Fairbanks at the end (64.8511if you are polite,-147.7403). But it is not heated by Gulf streamconductor can let you travel, like Scandinavia. Temperature around Fairbanks is usually -15 to -35or he can give you fine, but sometimes bellow -40. Railway which you don't need to Fairbaks is northernmost railway in America. Northernmost railway in Canada is to Churchillpay (Sweden SEK 1200, by big lake and Hay river freight station (60.8434Finland Eur 80,-115.7607Norway NOK 1150), railway ends (60.8577Or conductor can call police,-115.7343) But it is not rail for peopleif you refuse to leave train, only for freight trains (It means that HOBO is possible). Churchill Railway and police will let you be at their station is (58.7678,-94.1743), railway ends (58.7815,-94.1970)during night.
'''The Railway with coldest Winter''' There is not so northreally short, it is quite far south from Arctic Circle (66.55). Railway with Coldest winters is but northernmost Scandinavian railway in East SiberiaNorway, around Baikal, Mongolia, and towards Vladivostok. It is part of by Kirkenes'''Trans-Siberian Railway Moscow-Vladivostok'''. Trans-baikal railway until '''Yurty station''' (56.041too,97.636) and East Siberian Railway after. Railway goes '''Krasnojarsk-Bratsk-Uts-Kurt-Nizneangarsk (by North of Baikal lake)-Tynda-Urgal''' (BAM it is only from Yurty station). There is some short branch before Krasnojarsk to '''Lesosibirsk''' Bjornevatn mine (869.22906565,9230.47090075) and before Ust-Kurt shor branch to '''Ustharbour-Limsk''' (58.369coast,978.090)484 long. This Area around Yurty By harbour is very cold. Winter tempereature here is usually -30 to -45 and sometimes bellow -50, especially in Yurty. Yurty is small town with about 6000 inhabitants. Most most north point of main Trans-Siberian Railway is more east (57.0885,118.938), before station Tynda (55.1393,124.7391). From '''Tynda''' to Urgal this railway goes already more close to Pacific ocean and winter are not so cold. Tynda is more east and north, it but not so high. There is usually during winter from -25 to -45, sometomes bellow -50. The coldest region in Siberia is around Verchojansk-Ojmjakon, from Tynda north-east few hundersts of kilometers. There is January temperature usually around -35 to -55. From Tynda goes railway north quite far to '''Tommot''' ( 5869.96757258, 12630.22670299) and '''Nizhny Bestyakh'''. Railway station Kirkenes statio (6169.86757220,129.9574) is south from town Nizhny Bestyakh (6130.96,129.920326). Most north point of line in depo is (61.8825,129.981). This station Nizhny Bestyakh is most north railway in East Siberia probably and it should be coldest railway Bjornevatn station in the world. Temperature here is in winter from -30 to -50, sometimes even bellow -55. Yurty is one of coldest place too. However coldest average during winter is in Ojmjakon north-east from Nizhny Bestyakh. mine (There is in winter usually from -35 to -55, sometimes -60)69. But there is no railway station in Ojmjakon (636683.462,14229.7869979) or anywhere around. There is more south railway ''Yurty-Irkustk (South of Baikal lake)-Ulan-Ude (Line to Ulanbaatar in MOngolia and Being in China)-Cita (line to Being, China)-Never-Tynda''. This railway is more south, but more in mountains. Coldest railway in the world should be line to '''Nizhny Bestyakh''' and around '''Yurty''' too. It is far south from Arctic Cirle (66.55), but East Siberia is very cold.
'''Most north rail road in North America''' is in Alaska - The Alaska Railroad Between '''Anchorange''' (south coast) to '''Fairbanks''' (middle of Alaska). However this rail road never goes behind Arctic circle. Most north point of railway is (64.9261,-148.0758) and most north station is Fairbanks at the end (64.8511,-147.7403). But it is not heated by Gulf stream, like Scandinavia. Temperature around Fairbanks is usually -15 to -35, but sometimes bellow -40. Railway to Fairbaks is northernmost railway in America. Northernmost railway in Canada is to Churchill, by big lake and Hay river freight station (60.8434,-115.7607), railway ends (60.8577,-115.7343) But it is not rail for people, only for freight trains (It means that HOBO is possible). Churchill Railway station is (58.7678,-94.1743), railway ends (58.7815,-94.1970). '''The Railway with coldest Winter''' is not so north, it is quite far south from Arctic Circle (66.55). Railway with Coldest winters is in East Siberia, around Baikal, Mongolia, and towards Vladivostok. It is part of '''Trans-Siberian Railway Moscow-Vladivostok'''. Trans-baikal railway until '''Yurty station''' (56.041,97.636) and East Siberian Railway after. Railway goes '''Krasnojarsk-Bratsk-Uts-Kurt-Nizneangarsk (by North of Baikal lake)-Tynda-Urgal''' (BAM from Yurty station). There is some short branch before Krasnojarsk to '''Lesosibirsk''' (8.2290,92.4709) and before Ust-Kurt shor branch to '''Ust-Limsk''' (58.369,97.090). This Area around Yurty is very cold. Winter tempereature here is usually -30 to -45 and sometimes bellow -50, especially in Yurty. Yurty is small town with about 6000 inhabitants. Most north point of main Trans-Siberian Railway is more east (57.0885,118.938), before station Tynda (55.1393,124.7391). From '''Tynda''' to Urgal railway goes already more close to Pacific ocean and winter are not so cold. Tynda is more east and north, it but not so high. There is usually during winter from -25 to -45, sometomes bellow -50. The coldest region in Siberia is around Verchojansk-Ojmjakon, from Tynda north-east few hundersts of kilometers. There is January temperature usually around -35 to -55. From Tynda goes railway north quite far to '''Tommot''' ( 58.9675, 126.2267) and '''Nizhny Bestyakh'''. Railway station (61.8675,129.9574) is south from town Nizhny Bestyakh (61.96,129.92). Most north point of line in depo is (61.8825,129.981). This station Nizhny Bestyakh is most north railway in East Siberia probably and it should be coldest railway station in the world. Temperature here is in winter from -30 to -50, sometimes even bellow -55. Yurty is one of coldest place too. However coldest average during winter is in Ojmjakon north-east from Nizhny Bestyakh. (There is in winter usually from -35 to -55, sometimes -60). But there is no railway station in Ojmjakon (63.462,142.786) or anywhere around. There is more south railway ''Yurty-Irkustk (South of Baikal lake)-Ulan-Ude (Line to Ulanbaatar in MOngolia and Being in China)-Cita (line to Being, China)-Never-Tynda''. This railway is more south, but more in mountains. Coldest railway in the world should be line to '''Nizhny Bestyakh''' and around '''Yurty''' too. It is far south from Arctic Cirle (66.55), but East Siberia is very cold. == [[Denmark]] == Denmark is very flat country with a lot of sea around. There are very good hitchbility and trains going in Denmark too co course. But there is a lot of rain in Denmark (quite expectable for coastal places), not so ideal for sleeping outside and hitchhiking. So if you want to jump, it is possible. There are no information about stops during journey or map with trains in railway station, so it is quite difficult to find good journey and orientation for non-local people is difficult. Only information about departure and final destination and type of trains are availaible. Regional trains have distance between stops about 5-15 km and interval to next train is about one hour. These trains have few carriages and number of passengers is medium or not so much. IC trains have distance between stops about 15-40 km (EC trains have longer distances between stops). IC trains go usually once per hour and there are about 3-8 wagons and a lot of passengers. Conductor (blue jumper) go after every station and he checks only new passengers quite quickly. There are about two wagons per conductor and ticket inspection is quite fast after station. He usually do not think so much about who is new passenger. So if your appearance is not so unusual, you only stay or sit somewhere and be reading a book or be looking out of window and do not do anything during control. But it do not work after first stop – at the begin of journey, of course. You can very easily use short distance ticket trick (favourite jump style in central Europe). You just buy ticket only for one or two station and you show it to conductor, but do not get of at the end of ticket and you continue journey. Standard ticket price is about 1 danish crown per 1 km, it is Eur 3 per 30 km or 6-8 Eur per 100 km, so it is quite expensive for poor people, but not for local residents. Conductor usually do not check toilets. So when you see that conductor is coming, you go to toilet, lock or do not lock the door and play shitting, hold toilet paper etc. You just go out of toilet after control. But in EC and IC trains are a lot of passengers and passengers go to toilet quite often and you can not hide there because somebody already use it. So it is standard situation – you want to hide during ticket inspection and toilets are with somebody. You can try to walk around conductor or just sit or stay and be looking out of window. Because of conductor have only two carriages usually and check new passengers every stops, walking around conductor to area, where tickets have been already checked do not work correctly. If black jumprs (travelers without ticket) have not so good train skills and they are captured, they usually have not been kicked out of train without penalty. Conductor ask them for ID (Passport, Driving licence or identity card). If you refuse to give ID, conductor probably want to call cops. You can try to get more and more time to next stop and you go out of train in next stop, but if you are in EC or IC train, conductor have enough time for writing penalty or calling cops. The fine is Danish Crown 750 (about Eur 100) and it is written in all stops and railways. If you are not Danish, just show identity card. Conductor probably takes only your name and surname and your country, probably not your address or birth date. This is not exact identification of course. If you loose on the train - the penalty is your ticket and you can continue with penalty until final station (penalty price do not depend to distance, just tell to conductor your final destination). But you can not use the penalty or classic ticket to next train (You have to change trains sometimes during journey and penalty is not transfer ticket. Ticket are sold by automatic machines, these machines work with coins and credit cards. But you usually can buy ticket only for one train, strange). Good journey is for example from Flensburg (German-Danish border) to Alborg (North Denmark). Through Frederica and Arhaus. There are about 5-7 stops between Frederica and Arhaus and only 3 stops from Arhaus to Alborg for IC trains. But it means too, that conductor have enough time for writing penalty. If you get penalty, you can take with this penalty whole journey for example from Flensburg to Alborg. It is you ticket. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] travelled in Denmark in August 2015 and he use train too, because it was windy and rain whole day – not so good weather for hitchhiking. PeterOB was train from Kolding to Alborg in North trough Frederica. He was hiding in toilet (he did not lock door, sit and hold toilet paper) or he just stay and look out of window. He do not met conductor in train from Kolding to Frederica. 7 stops from Frederica to Arhaus was more difficult. PeterOB combined toilet tactic and just looking out of window. But only two carriages go from Arhaus to Alborg and PeterOB have to change place in train. New conductor start checking tickets, PeterOB want to go to toilet but there was already somebody. So PeterOB walked around conductor and when conductor went back, he asked for a ticket and wrote penalty for PeterOB. There is a lot of time from Arhaus to first station Randers. So this jump action was not succesfull and PeterOB went with penalty to final destination. But he will never pay the penalty DKK 750 (About Eur 100). As you know, Denmark is very rich country and supermarkets waste a lot of food. Trash bins are easily accessible and there are a lot of fruits, vegetables, bread, some sweets and milk product. You can easily eat a lot of food from trash-bins everywhere in Denmark. So if you have not enough jump skills and you are kicked out of train, just find some meal in trash. == [[Finland]] == Finland is country in or close to Scandinavia, on the another side of Baltic Sea. People in Finland are one of most peaceful and kind in Europe and it is really hippie area. It is easy to live without money there. Dumpsters close to supermarkets are quite accessible, at especially in Helsinki region. Hitchhiking can be good or bad. But the climate a nature is not so friendly, especially in the north. Summer is relative warm, but with lot of rain and attacking swarms of mosquitoes in the north (it is not so bad in the south). Winter is with pretty short days and super-cold arctic waves (war air from Atlantic is blocked by Scandinavian mountains but continental Arctic air from Russia can flow to Finland easily). Temperature can easily drop bellow -20 or -25 in south, -30 or -35 in the middle and in Lapland can be -30 to -40 or even bellow -40 rarely. '''HERE ARE TRAIN SCHEDULES FOR LONG_JOURNEY TRAINS IN FINLAND''' Train schedules changes by time by minutes or even hours, but number of train, stops during journey, type of train and gear, and how often trains goes to target per day - it stay. For example IC 27 starts in afternoon in Helsinki (after 3pm) and it is in Rovanimemi at night (before midnight). But exact time of departures can be changed during updating.
== [[France]] ==
Freeriding trains in France works quite well. There are mostly two kinds of trains: TGV and TER. '''TGV''' are high speed long distance trains. (G stands for "Great" and V for the french for "Velocity" another word for speed) '''TER''' are normal trains that have usually more stops.
'''TER''' can be quite long trains with many carriages but it can also be very small with just 2 carriages or so. On TER you can often be lucky and they don't control at all. Other times when they control they usually control only once or twice during the journey so you can keep your eyes open and try to avoid the control. Usually they don't check in the begining of journey but at some later point which makes it bit harder to predict. Tickets are not being checked in advance so you can just enter TER with no problem.
===TGV===
Are the high speed long distance trains. TGV drives sometimes over 300km/h (I think it's 220km/h actually) which makes it to be an extremely fast mean of transport. You can be lucky and make even few hours journey without control but usually if you go far they will control. On a longer ride they might control second time. They don't do very often the kind of control when they'd ask for new passengers as in other countries. So usually they either control everyone or they don't control.
To avoid the control one can do all the typical tricks as hiding on a toilet or dancing around the conductor. It is not too dificult to cross whole France from one end to the other in one day without getting caught.
The problem with TGV is that in some stations they control tickets before boarding the train. If they do so there is usually few conductors standing at the gates so you can't really sneak in. In some stations(usually in smaller towns) they don't have the gates so you can just get in the train without any issue. To get out is no problem as the gates are always open for those who are exiting. In the end of this article there is a list of stations that are known to have or not have gates... To get through the gates you can buy a seat reservation on ticket machines in the trains station. Seat reservation costs 10 euros and it is enough to open the gate for you. In case the staff would ask you for your ticket as well you can tell them that you have interrail and that your phone is out of batery and that you need to charge it in the train. Usually they don't anything.
===Getting caught===
If you get caught they will ask you either to pay or to show your ID so they can write you a fine. IF you don't provide ID they might just ask you to get out or call the cops.
IF you give ID they will issue a fine which functions as a valid ticket so you can continue your journey and if they control you again you just show the fine.
If you are foreigner (not a french citizen nor residant) you might also just give your ID and hope that the fine will never arrive. Usually it works. Many people use it. They just sit in a train and when they are controled they give ID. It is very easy and comfortable way of traveling. Conductors are usually polite and without making any stres they just issue you fine and you continue your journey. The fines usually never arrive. Also you can show a passport instead of an ID as usually there is no adress in passport which makes it even harder for them to deliver you the fines. Unfortunately there were cases when people got the fines delivered to their home countries and in at least one case SNCF (the french train company) passed the fines to a debt collector in the home country ( in this particular case it was Belgium) of the blackriding person.
So to summarize: You can have a great time just getting fines and not giving a shit but there is a little chance that they will chase debt collectors after you even in other country. If you don't have property and don't plan to ever have any than it shall be no problem.
===Here is the old article with more detail experiences and tips:===
Ticket checks are only occasionally performed on TER trains, and even the conductors on TGV trains do not always check tickets. When they do, it may only happen later in the journey, unlike in most countries where all tickets all checked at the beginning of the route.
===Non-french citzens=== For non-French citizens/residents fines virtually don't exist. Feel free to give your passport and a fake (or real) address. You can have as many fines as you want. They disappear from their system within two months. Whatever it says on the back of the fine (about fines adding up etc.) might or might not be true, but it ONLY applies to French citizens/residents. ===Police=== Sometimes ticket inspectors bluff (a lot) that they will call the police, while trying to get you to pay on spot. You have nothing to worry about. As long as you keep calm and polite they have no legal reason to call the cops. (a reform made that they can handle you to police, but that happens rarely ever, only big stations do have police). They just hate writing fines because it is extra work for them and they get to write a lot of fines every day. So if you are nice and have a good story, they won't pressure you or try to kick you off, as they sometimes do.
If you don't have an ID the cops will (not always) be called and, as the law is in France, you have to prove your identity, which means just giving your name, address etc. Unfortunately it is up to the cops' opinion whether you are telling the truth or not and they may arrest you. North of Paris you are more likely to get arrested than to the South.
''Tip: Before getting checked it is best to locate yourself in-between carriages, where there are a few seats, a table and luggage compartment. Usually nobody stays there. When the inspector comes the atmosphere is more informal as they don't have to keep up an image of 'master-of-the-train' in front of other passengers and it goes more smoothly. After you get your fine (which is a valid ticket) feel free to sit wherever you like in the train.''
TGV trains are best because they are the fastest and with the least stops, so in the unlikely event of you getting kicked off, you will still get pretty far. TER trains are slower and with more stops.
Note: French trains don't cooperate much with police, and honestly even Gendarmerie fails to cooperate with regular police. ===Exiting Paris region=== If you are at the edge of Paris transport region (the former 5 zones, with transillien/RER lines with letters). If you jump in a train from one of the stations at the edge of the transillien RER zone, into a non-transillien there they're likely to check. It is quite possible to speak with the driver and the controller before the train start and tell them you want a ride for free. You can tell them otherwise, that you want to get a ticket from there, it'll be less than a fine, but more than a regular ticket (a little surplus is added to the regular price, you may tell them you go less far than you do). Some of them are kind enough to let you in. [[User:Bikepunk|Bikepunk]] got better luck with TER than TGV with this technique so far.
[[User:Mipplor|Mipplor]] hitchhiked a train from Luxembourg to Nancy, Lyon, Marseille, Monaco, Nice, and Perpignan in October 2009. Actually 1/3 of his time was spent in the toilet to read newspapers. He was a lucky dog that no single inspector came to trouble him.
As you can read, TGV trains are very fast (180-300 kph) and you can make there scary jump action. Distance between stops is about 50-200 km and 20-80 minutes. Conductor (Blue jumpr) usually check tickets every 2-3 stations, [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] thinks. System of control is unclear. In one TGV dace floor blue jumprs only went through wagon with something in the hand and wagon was almost full. It is possible that blue jumprs have in small computer list of seats with passengers and free seats. So they can check this quickly. But Peter sat close to restaurant wagon and many passengers was dining. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] was sitting in somebody's place probably, and blue jumprs looks on free seats and it was OK. In the TGV train from Barcelona to Lion was another situation. Peter sat in tourist class and suddenly blue jumprs appears – one in one end of wagon and another in opposite side, and they start to check all passengers. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] try to go around blue jumpr but he do do left him train zone, so blue jumprs met in Peter's place and they asked him for a ticket. He said that he lost ticket. So blue jumprs said that they call police (they try to make you scary usually) and Peter gave him identity card. They saw that he is not French and only kicked him out of train (probably without fine). Next TGV was running in three hours so Peter decide to hitch-hiking, it is easy in France. As you can read this train is going Barcelona-Lyon and back and hitch-hiking in Spain do not work. Get into TGV train is easy in France but [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] do not know Spanish system of ticket checking and Spanish jump styles. Some TGV trains have two floors, but it is not possible run in another floor around blue jumpr because of one part of first floor ends with wall.
===Slowish trains===
TER (and LER) trains are easy for train there. Distance between stops is about 5-25 km and 5-15 minutes. Speed is about 80-180 kph. There are one or two conductors, but they only give signal for train departure and tell something for passengers. They only rarely check tickets. PeterOB used in October 2015 different 7 TER trains and he was only one time checked. Blue jumpr women start checking ticket in morning train and he was going to toilet, he did not lock the door and he played shitting. But conductor open WC doors and she close it back. After two stops [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] went back to seat and conductor women came again for checking new passengers, she ask for a ticket. PeterOB did not have and she ask for final destination and after several stops she went back and ask for identity card. But she saw that Peter is not French and she let Peter to travel and she gave him advise, which trains go to Peter's final destination. So this women co-jumpr was very friendly and Peter did not see another control. LER train is similar and [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] do not know difference (Maybe – LER can me small train for small amount of passengers). Peter was train in LER only short distance and one time, but conductor did not check tickets. O train in LER trains is very easy and some TER trains have long journey and a lot of wagons, for example Paris-Lyon. Some TER trains have two floors and you can walk around conductor in another floor to area, where tickets was already checked.
Penalty in TER train is Eur 50 + ticket price in distances less than 150 km and Eur 88 + ticket price. Fines in LER is not same. But you can be probably only kicked out of train without fine, or you can try to run away in next stop. If you do not pay immediately, the fine grows to Eur 375 and if you do not communicate or you give wrong address, fine can grow up Eur 3750. But for non-French black jumprs fines probably do not exist and suddenly disappear after short time (two months). In TGV train – blue jumpr have a lot of time for writing penalty or call cops. They do not like writing penalty (extra job) and they try to make you scary with police sometimes. [[User:PeterOB|PeterOB]] do not know exact ticket inspection system and if tickets prices in TER and TGV are the same, or if penalty Eur 375 is for all types of train (probably yes). Probably, you have to have seat reservation in some or all TGV trains, but not in TER or LER train. And some blue jumprs can not speak English so good as many of French people or blue jumprs in east countries. Talk in English is not very easy in France.
===High speed===If you travel far you probably want to take TGV high-speed trains but in many stations they check the tickets for TGV (and ICE and such) on the entry to the platform which makes it kind of impossible to get in and you need to take TER. TER are not bad but it's probably still better to know where can you enter the fast trains. We tried once to ask the controlers on the gates if they could write us fine directly and let us in but they said that we can't get in without paying.You can't know in advance in what stations they check tickets for high speed trains before boarding but general rule is that in small towns it is likey to have no gates and in big cities there are often gates. You can really jump the gates because there are usually few conducters standing and looking which makes it kind of impossible. Sometimes it happens that also in station where they usually check TGV tickets before boarding they just leave the gates open so you can sometimes be lucky. =====Stations were they don`t check tickets before going to TGV:=====
Nimes (checked in 2021)
Dijon (checked in 2023) Morlaix (checked in 2022) Mulhouse (checked in 2023) Laval (checked in 2023) Redon (checked in 2023) ====Stations with gates and control for TGV:==== *Avignon(checked in 2021) *Perpignan (checked in 2021)Lyon (checked in 2021)Probably Paris
*Lyon (checked in 2021) *Paris Montparnasse *Paris Est *Paris gare de Lyon *Rennes *Strasbourg *Le Mans *Nice- In Nice there are gates for entering the platforms but you can just buy the cheapest ticket for short train, you pass the gates and then you can go to the fast train you like. ===Unguarded turnstyles=== Some places do use normal (rotating) turnstyles, turnstyles are sometimes unguarded so you can simply hop. You still may get a control later. Non-rotating turnstyles are not always functionning, you may pass throught those.
== [[Germany]] ==
''To read an old article with some usefull and some unusefull and outdated information look at'' [[Deutsche Bahn]] Germany has an extensive passenger a great railway system, network with different kinds of trains and it is very possible to travel without a ticket. Unfortunately if you get caught and don't pay there is a possibility of going to prison which makes the whole game more adventurous. ===RB and S bahn=== RB and S bahn are regional trains with many stops. Often times there is no conducter at all. If there is they often control just once. Sometimes they might control more often. It very depends on where you are. There are some lines where 90% of cases they control during the journey and other where most of the time there is no control at all.These trains can be often quite small which limits your hiding possibilities. The trains usually stop every few minutes so it often works that when you see conducter coming you stand up and start dressing up. Take your clothes and your stuff and walk towards and around the conducter like that you are about to leave on the next station. If they want to see your ticket just tell them that you need to get out on the next stop and keep walking towards the door. Usually it works. After this action take a seat again in the part that was already controled.Other option is to wait for the conducter and before they reach you get out in a station and run by Deutsche Bahnon the outside around the train and enter in the part where they already controled. In that case take all your stuff with you for the case you would not make it in time to enter the train again. But again usually it works. After this you can again sit down and relax. ===RE===RE are regional trains with longer distance between stops (10 or 15 minutes in average). These trains can be great for blackriding. Sometimes there is no control at all. Often times they control just once during the whole journey. This control can be any time. Usually if they control they don't do it in begining like in some other countries but at any random time during the journey. You can use any of the usual tricks of hiding or dancing around the conducter. Lucky thing with this type of train is that the next stop is not too far so even if you get caught you can just refuse to give ID and just get out on the next stop. ===ICE=== ICE are the high speed trains. You can cross the whole country with it. The controls are irregular. Usually they control after big cities. It can be that they don 't control for 2 or more hours but if there are big cities on the way it can happen that they control after each stop. Sometimes they just ask for new passengers and you can simply ignore them. Sometimes they control everyone.You can use all the usuall tricks of dancing around or hiding behind luggage or on toilet. Usually you can have quite good overview in ICEs. If you sit somewhere in the middle of the train you can often see to the next carriages through the glass doors in between. So the best can be to just sit down and look every now and then and when you see them controling in the next cariage you can go to hide or get ready for your performance. Don't stay for too long on a toilet though. They keep an eye on it. If you wanna be for longer on a toilet it makes sense to go out and change for another toilet every 5 or 10 minutes.The distance between stops is quite big and many of the ICE stations have cops in the station. That makes it kind of dificult if you get caught. Often times they don't bother and just kick you out. If you are unlucky they might want to fine you and if you refuse ID they might call cops who will wait for you on the station. There Sometimes there are also plenty cops on the train. === Hitchhiking trains with disabled people===Many (but not all) disabled people have a train ticket which allows them to take a person as their company for free. So if you see a blind person or a person on a wheelchair or other person who might have such ticket you can ask them if they can take you with onto their ticket. ===Getting caught=== These days many people have a ticket with which they can take all the regional trains unlimited. Since this ticket the controls are not so often because kind of everyone has a ticket anyway. IT can be that you take few trains and cross half of Germany with no control at all. But it depends. Anyway if you get caught it is good to refuse ID and just get kicked out. IF the conducter is asshole and if they have enough time to get cops you shall rather give them ID and get fined from the conducter. You should always try to avoid ending up with cops.The fine for blackriding is 60 euros. If you don't pay the fine there are two options. First is that nothing happens. Second option is that they make a court trial with you and sentence you for certain amount of day penalties. That means that you either pay certain amound of money (probably lower hundreds of euros) or you go to certain amount of freight days in prison. Yes in Germany they regularly put people to jail for riding trains !For Germans it is usually that the first fines don 't matter and they usually make you a trial after 3 or more unpaid fines. But thats just how it goes usually. It is no rule. It is unclear how it goes for foreign citizens. But what is important is that if it is cops giving you the fine and not just the conducter the likelyhood of getting a courtcase is much higher even if it is your first fine. So always avoid the cops if you can. '''Geting arrested''' If they catch you and you present ID they have no reason to call cops. If you don't give ID or if the conducter is especially asshole they might call the cops. In that case cops will be waiting for you on a platform. IT might be that after the conducter called cops they walk away from you and come back to you before the station. In that case use the chance and in the meantime go to other part of train and hide from the conducter. Change your appearence (scarve over your head, different clothes...) and get the fuck out without the cops or conducter noticing you.Other times the conducter stays with you and you have no chance to get away. In that case the cops will take you with to a police station. If you present a fake identity they might believe you or they might not and in that case they might search your stuff, take finger prints, keep you bit longer and so on. IF you present your ID card they will write you a fine and let you go. The whole process is maybe 30 minutes. IT is not a big deal. If you are no german citizen nor residennt they might want you to sign a paper that you agree with having an adress for this case on a local court. Try to not sign this paper. If they force you to sign it (they might treaten you with keeping you longer if you dont sign) your adress is then on a local court and it is your resposibility to go there and check if there are letters for you. YOu will of course not go to a random courthouse every two weeks and then it is very possible that they make a court trial with you without you knowing about it and the next time german cops check your ID you will either need to pay certain amount of money or you go to prison(probably for about a week or two. If you got fined more times it could be hoppedeven few weeks or months). More information about ticket prices So if this is the case that they caught you, cops wrote you the fine and you did not pay it is recomandable to carry always some money in cash with you (maybe 300 euros) when you go to germany so in case they control you that you can pay yourself out. ===Train companies=== Long distance trains are operated by Deutsche bahn. Many regional trains as well but some regional trains are run by other smaller companies. Some of these companies have a similar controling style as Deutsche bahn. Some are more active and strict with controling. Deutsche bahn conductors are usually not very active and blackriding can be found relatively easy. With the other companies it depends. ===Personal experiences:=== ''"I blackrode thousands of kilometres around germany in all different kinds of trains. In past i did not even hide so they caught me plenty of times and usually they would just throw me out. Twice in ICE they called the cops. Once I made it away and once they got me. I got fined and i did not pay. A year and half later the cops controled me while hitchhiking and i had to choose if i pay 180 euros or if i go for 10 days in prison. But still 180 euros is much much less than if i would always pay the [[Deutsche Bahn]] articleticket. Anyway these days they barely ever catch me. I find ICEs the easiest for not getting caught and making long distance but the most risky in terms of fines. So i prefer to travel usually by RE. There the risk is super low and you move still fairly fast."''
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== [[Spain]] ==
There are many different types of trains (Cercanias/Rodalia, regional, regional express and Catalunya express are obviously the worst, as they have the most stops) and you have to be aware of the fact that depending on where you are, trains may not go frequently. The conductor may either check the whole train several times or after initial check rely on his memory to see who has just hopped on the train or he may have a list. He doesn´t get off the train while checking, so you can jump off the train and jump back on on that part that he has already checked. Trains have only one inspector, even if they are composed of two parts between which you can´t walk. They don´t call the police if you refuse to pay or show a proof of identity, you simply have to get off at the next stop. White timetables (those showing trains going between two locations, not just those stopping from a particular station) list only regional trains - well, in case, you´re wondering why there are so few trains listed. Trains seem to have only one toilet, if any. In bigger cities (Barcelona, Castellon, Valencia, Alicante, ...) and in many smaller cities which may be even worse since there is less people and security can easily notice you it seems to be the rule that you need a ticket to get to the platforms. Sometimes you need a ticket to get only to Cercanias/Rodalia trains, sometimes only to express trains, sometimes both. If you are kicked out of the train, security may kick you out of the station too, so sometimes the only option is to hitchhike. When leaving Barcelona, take any Rodalies train to Passeig de Gracia where all trains going from Estacio de Franca south and from Estacio de Sants north and Rodalies trains stop at the same platform - that is, there are two platforms for each direction, you don´t need a ticket to go between them.
In some stations (especially around Barcelona) they control tickets before entering the platform. In other cities (like Murcia) they don't and you can enter. In some cities they check tickets before entering just for high speed trains so you can still take the regional trains for free (like in Girona). You can't know in advance but if you find out about some stations you can add the information to here.
== [[Sweden]] ==
But night traveling is better – turnstiles are open after 9pm and no control during entering to platform or leaving platform.
train in United kingdom are quite fast, 200-250 km/h is quite common, so it is quite scary prom. Many trains have own stop list and it is very different for optimalize train speed. Interval to next train is usually 15-60 minutes. Distance between stops is 25-100 km. There are usually a lot of passengers in train, especially at afternoon. Because of Britain population is huge. ===Turnstyles===
There are slower local trains with more stops and without turnstiles at stop of curse.
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