Autumn Tour of 2018

This year the Museum Railway Association will organize the yearly autumn tour to narrow gauge railways of Latvia. the tour will be held on extended weekend 30.8.–2.9.2018. In Latvia we will travel by a steam locomotive hauled trains on both 600 mm and 750 mm gauge railways. We will also visit the Riga railway museum and on our way back the Estonian road museum in Varpuse.

A steam train standing in front of a big station building with some people on the platforms.
Steam train standing in front of the Gulbenen station. Photo: Wikimedia commons/CC-BY-SA-3.0.

The Tallink ship will depart Helsinki Länsiterminaali 2 on Thursday 30.8.2018 at 16.30. The return to Helsinki will be on Sunday 2.9. 2018 at 18.30.

The price of the trip includes coach transportation, the ferry crossings and three night hotel accomodation with breakfasts in two person rooms. Total price of the trip is about 350 euros. The final price and more precise information will be sent to everybody signed on the trip. You can sign on the trip either by email to Markku Nummelin, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by a text message to a number 040 548 7601. Places will be filled in order. Please give your name, email address, nationality and time of birth and if you have a Tallink ClubOne card number. The trip is organized by travel agency Astor, The coach transportation is taken care by Packalén Bus Oy, the buss driver will be Timo-Pekka Lange and the tour leader Markku Nummelin.