14 Hours on a Soviet/GDR Sleeper - Chisinau to Bucharest 

Memories... used the train back in 2022, and they really upgraded it since then. Power in the compartment, and a bar was not offered. Fun thing: If you have the first or last room, someone comes in while the wheels get changed, removes the carpet, opens a hole and takes out some metal splnts to free the wheels. You can see the guy in your video too. Great experience, would go again.

Hey ho! Let's go Folklore and Rock'n'roll Pleacă trenul! Unde esti? Chișinău - București

"Strick internis" ~ strictly forbidden. I think it's saying do not use the toilet while in a station, because it's presumably the kind of toilet which is basically a hole in the floor.

Great vid.. when in Chisinau last week(April 20th 2024 ), visited the that lovely station, clean no litter and the fish-tanks,i`ll have to take this rail trip..well done pal

They also switch the wheels and railway couplers, the Moldova trains uses a Soviet SA3 knuckle coupler buffers and 1,520 mm 4ft 11 and some inches almost 5ft gauge 1,524 mm Guage and central and Western Europe use buffer and screw turnbuckle couplers and 4ft 8 and a half inch wide gauge

Loved the video mate, Soviet time really was something else, super interesting and nostalgic, cheers from Portugal!

Ammendorf kupé sleepers are very comfortable and I have slept much better on such carriages (pro-tip: in summer open the window) than on modern high-speed RZD carriages with air conditioning. Changing the bogies is pretty straightforward. On a journey from Bistrita to Tirgu Mures (both in Romania) in the 1980s, I could see the ground while travelling, the problem was that I was on a bus at the time. Ah, the good old days! Maybe I should head over to Moldova to remember the travels of my youth. Keep moving, my friend, because a rolling stone gathers no moss.

Nice to hear the radio ID once again.

My interest peaked for this train since Trenulețul

I've been on that train and good to know it's still running.

Great video! 😊

Is like step back in time 😀

Bringing back nightmares. Went on that route Aug 2023. 38C outside, more inside, the hottest place I’ve ever been. I can adamantly state, never again.

"Pretenia" means friendship.

Suggest that you take your mum with you for the next trip

Interesting!

7:00 The loo must be kissed!

You should try a night in platzkart to get true experience

Why so warm? The train is heated by coals

Aha, Eurovision train 😊

It use to be like this between Ukraine and Poland but now the Ukrainian tracks are extend to first station in Poland and that the end for Ukrainian train and passengers transfer to Polish train 😀 is much faster !

cANDIDATE TO JOIN EU!!

Very boring video you just made fun of there poverty

Why did you use the soviet melody "My homeland is WIDE" for Moldova?:)