Austria's FANTASTIC Double Decker Sleeper Train / Vienna to Zürich with ÖBB Nightjet 

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Used to work on these trains as a conductor. The staff all hated these double decker wagons and the Vienna-Zürich-Hamburg route. Best wagons were the old German sleeper carriages with blue upholstery. Excellent design, and loved by passengers and staff alike. They were only used on the routes to Milan, Venice and Rome. Please spare a small tip for your wagon attendants if you can. It's a tough job, especially in summer, and the company doesn't treat the workers very well.

Your videos are like a friend telling us the experience. This one is really cool as they always are.

Great trip. Unbelievable, from departing 40 minutes late into arriving at final destination 5 minutes late. The window blind is bit annoying, but at least it can be opened. Next I think you should try another Double deck sleeper outside Europe like Superliner or Sunrise Express.

I arrived earlier than the notification. I think Renfe needs to take notes on ÖBB brand new Nightjet to operate routes on Spain & Portugal and recover Overnight trains like the Madrid-Lisbon, Madrid-Galicia, Barcelona-Galicia/Asturias or the most convenient of all, Hendaye-Lisbon *Video's score: A perfect & round 10*

What a great thing, to watch this video and to recognize the Vienna Central train station with all it's amenities. We took a night train from Vienna to Venice and it was an adventure for our child. I love my Vienna.

Coke in glass bottles, the best.

In the poor reality the ÖBB owns only few of such new coaches and still use on most of the nightlines more than 30 year old inferior coaches... believe a frequent nighttrain user Vienna-Zürich... sad but true...

Thank you for a great review. It was a shame about the broken blind, and very untypical of OBB ! I’ve not used the NightJet service on the Wien to Zurich route, as I prefer the daytime RailJet trains which are excellent, and you can see all the wonderful scenery !

These double decker are old City Night Line coaches that have been taken over by ÖBB. I traveled in one of the deluxe compartments and I was disappointed. It seems that there was only a paint job on the outside done. Inside the shower could not be used as water was floating in the basin amongst some dust flakes... No power socket in the compartment other than in the bathroom. Apart from that the service was good but they have to step up a notch when it comes to the maintenance of the compartments.

This trip report is absolutely amazing and I am quite impressed by this Nightjet service and 15:57 😍 that view is mesmerising along with breakfast its undoubtedly cherry on the cake and tbh this private compartment definitely stands out and don’t know why but I always find sleeper train videos fascinating and looking forward to watch more sleeper train videos not only from Europe but from all over the world.

Hey, great video, but I do have one question: Why does the price for one bed in a 6-bed couchette vary that much between different currencies? As you wrote it, it costs 69,90€, but $161,19. That seems a bit odd to me...

i was like what's with the masks, than i read the description, Filmed early 2021 :v

In my oppinion those sleeping coches are very tight. So unless you are travelling in a solo cabin, is not very good. And on the other hand, the prices for solo cabin it is quite expansive in my oppinion. The food and other things are good on Nightjet.

Once, many years ago when the City Night Line still existed, I saw one of those in Utrecht, the Netherlands. While the train drove off before I could take it all in, it was a complete riot of different carriages. I managed to get a confirmed spotting of a similar consist, and it had Swiss, Austrian, German, Czech and Hungarian carriages, in all sorts of colours, and both single and double deck. Took me years to collect them as models, and the WRmbz will require some rebuilding of an ARkimbz. It's good to see that ÖBB picked up where the other European operators all but gave up on night trains.

I have taken this train on the exact same route in the exact same kind of cabin in one of those double decker wagons with a friend back in 2019. It was an overall horrible experience for both of us. That cabin is sooo extremely small and claustrophobic when two persons are occupying it. The top bed, which is retracted in this video but was folded out on our trip since we were two, hangs so low that you can barley sit on the other, lower bed because when you do, the top bed is slamming right into your neck, making it very uncomfortable to sit on the lower bed. You kinda have too sit in a very awkward position. We tried to retract the top bed ourselves so we can at least sit in a human way until it's time for bed but it's literally impossible to retract the top bed without the assistance of the attendant. We asked him if he could retract the bed for the time being so we can normally sit, but he told us that it's a lot of work to do so (and as we learned later on, it is a lot of work) and that he doesn't see the point in doing so because he would've had to fold it back out in a couple of ours anyway when we go to sleep. But he offered us to stay in his cabin (the attendants have their own cabin but with regular seats instead of beds) until we go to sleep and this kinda saved our experience since we were now at least able to sit in a normal position until bed time. There's also zero room for luggage in the cabin. You have some kind of a locker were you have enough space to put handbags into it, but that's it. There wasn't any space underneath the bottom bed because some supporting metal structure is there to hold the bed, that makes it impossible to store anything underneath the bed. So we somehow cramped my suitcase underneath the unnecessary sink and my friends smaller travel-bag at the end of my bed (yes i had to sleep mit less space on my bed because i had to share it with a travel-bag). We could've left my friends travel-bag on the floor but since the cabin was so small there wasn't much floor left. We certainly would've stepped on it every time we enter our cabin or when we get out of our beds. Yes, you read that correctly: Two suitcase are enough to cover most of the floor-area, that isn't occupied by the bottom bed. That's how ridiculously small the cabin is. Now the positives: The beds are pretty comfortable and the attendant was very friendly and truly concerned about our comfort and he did let us use his cabin so we have it comfortable until bed time. In the morning he retracted that top bed so we can normally sit and eat our breakfast and this is where we learned that retracting that top bed really isn't an easy move. It requires many steps and quit a bit of time. So we weren't mad at him for denying our request to retract the bed before. Price: If you're travelling with a friend, it costs 150€/Person. For that super small and claustrophobic cabin, this is definitely overpriced. That tiny breakfast in the morning, that will leave a grown man hungry for sure, doesn't make up for that major inconvenience. I guess it's much nicer if you're occupying a cabin by yourself and the top bed is retracted, however you have to buy two tickets than to make sure you don't end up sharing your tiny cabin with some stranger. So 300€ just to have this tiny cabin on your own. That's too much as well. My advice: Just by a normal Ticket and save your money. It's not worth the price at all.

und nein, der wr. hauptbahnhof ist nicht annähernd ein perfekter mix aus größe, funktionalität, modernität und navigation. niemand der ernst genommen will, kann das behaupten

NightJet Deluxe are the only one who can be called "deluxe"! With that nice cabin including panoramic windows, ensuite shower and nice sitting area is so good! I traveled already with this double deck cars as they were called CityNightLine. Love it!

Eine komfortable nächtliche Verbindung zwischen zwei der schönsten Bahnhöfe in Europa: Wien Hauptbahnhof und Zürich Hauptbahnhof. Auch zwei schöne Städte, wobei Zürich leider etwas teuer ist. Das Schlafwagen-Abteil mit eigenem WC ist echt komfortable. Frage: Wurde die große Verspätung (Wien) aufgeholt ? Kam der NightJet (einigermaßen) pünktlich in der schweizer Finanzmetropole an ? Ja, ich lese gerade: 5 Minuten Verspätung ist okay. Danke für das sehr informative Video. Das Wetter war der Jahreszeit entsprechend. Thank you for sharing this nice video ? Ein Hoch auf die Nachtzüge. Vivent les trains de nuit. I love the night trains.

Hopefully soon will try nightjet from Vienna as I live in Zürich, or maybe to Hamburg as well , looks so tempting

I love Manner(the wafers) whenever I go to Vienna to see family I will always try to get some as they're so nice!

My cousin regularly uses the Nighjet between Zurich and Vienna Couchette class

Last Thursday I travelled from Innsbruck to Amsterdam in a deluxe sleeper. A superb journey with excellent breakfast and very efficient staff. Unfortunately the train left Innsbruck 10 minutes late due to awaiting a connecting train (there is a lot of infrastructure work currently on the Arlberg route) and, having lost it's paths, it arrived in Amsterdam 135 minutes late (very inconvenient for anyone trying to connect to a Eurostar service) This delay seems not to be a rarity on this route as 2 weeks earlier I observed the same train arriving in Amsterdam 100 minutes late. I do not think the delay was down to OeBB - more likely DB. It's a shame that London is not connected to the Nightjet network but I cannot see that happening at anytime in the future - we have a Government intent on restricting travel for anyone but the elite!

Super Video! Daumen hoch! Liebe Grüsse

Great video! It is a shame the us is 50 years behind in rail service, and doesn't want to advance. The acela a joke for high speed service.

I like your new showing of the route. Intermediate cities before were very small and now prominently displayed. Kudos to you

As someone who usually travels with a wheelchair I really appreciate that you mention options for step-free access in your trip reports. Keep up the good work and thank you for providing information that most people don’t think about but that is really important to those of us who need it.

The standard sleeper is not recommended if you are travelling with anything bigger than a small rucksack. Very poorly designed and thought through. I travelled on one recently with a friend and it was very cramped. Not enough room for two people to stand up at the same time.

Super video! Nice train ride! Good work! Thumbs Up All the best from Dublin Andrew

I did this trip, not just to Zurich but all the way to Basel. But during the day and it was amazing. Not sure why anyone would want to do this durinf the night since the whole trip is beautiful.

het is jammer dat het vorstendom Liechtenstein omdat het op deze route door Liechtenstein gaat niet is opgepikt, maar alles is in orde

Interesting as always.

The SBB panorama coaches where driving on the Amsterdam Basel/Zurich route when I was little. Must have been about 25/30 years ago.

The cabins are very similar to the ones that where used by the CNL (City Night Line) earlier. I really loved to travel by CNL before this service was canceled.

Its very great trip and usefull information. As we planning going to Vienna and the other cities plus Hungary this coming Dec . Hope to see your next video :) 👍👌🏻 Its reali help. Thanks so much

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Breakfast looked good and fresh

Liked your travel video very much. Some sugestons. Let your comments in the video linger on for a few seconds more to help read them fully, Choose solid fonts,

The major downside to the Vienna train station is that it has zero air circulation and gets incredibly stuffy in summer. It also is overheated in winter.

Maybe some of the trains in the UK could do with a “Private Room”. Especially on Avanti West Coast, LNER, GWR, Crosscountry and other operators lol

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Excellent video review! I do miss that part of the world, being stationed in Friedberg and Heidelberg for the US Army. Would love to get back over there someday and do some traveling with JUST my wife...no kids this time lol

Well having gone directly from Thibault's Simply Railways video showing his journey from Edirne to Villach, yours is a pleasant change and one which I would consider taking myself. I also like the idea that you didn't endanger yourself by using Thibault's decapitation video technique. I guess you were prevented from doing so because the windows couldn't open.

In Wahrheit haben die ÖBB nur einige wenige derartige neue Wagen und bedienen die meisten Strecken nach wie vor mit über 30 Jahre alten inferioren Wsgenmaterial... glaubt einem regelmäßigen Bahnfahrer Wien-Zürich!

i did this route many years back in 1990. Not on a double decker TRAIN though! Lovely and best scenic route. I did it from Geneva to Vienna and back!

Génial vidéo ferroviaire, c'est vraiment agréable à regarder. C'est sûrement un train comme ceci en France pour les trains de nuit qu'il faudrait. Ça donne envie d'y venir prendre le train pour une belle nuit 🌃📽️🤩🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭🚅👍👍👍🙋 Meilleures salutations amicales de Normandie Pascal 👋

Oha, those old double deck sleeping cars are still in the train? I drove in them to Kobenhavn 20 years ago and then they were not new...

Like that there was two pillows. Even hotels often only give one these days! Was it fairly quiet?

A great train journey. Train was fully equipped with all the necessities onboard. The train departed 40 minutes late and reached at the destination only 5 minutes late.

Having grown up in British Columbia I have an affinity for mountains. I really do appreciate the time given to viewing the Alps considering this is an overnight train trip. Also, thank you for the English subtitles and time taken to film, edit, and upload.

man you just gotta love austria

Thank you for showing the beautiful Vienna Tran station. I love the journey.

I have mixed feelings about this wagon and particularly the cabin you chose. I also got the chance to travel in the exact same kind of cabin, with my wife, last year, early december and as nice as it looks, it was super tight. Not to mention we were going to visit the Alps so we had puffy jackets hung on the door which took even more space. Personally I wouldn't recommend the sleeper wagon for the route to Zurich, unless one finds available seats in the Deluxe. Thankfully, I didn't have any technical issues in the cabin, as you had, but unfortunately I didn't have a relaxing sleep. I'm a fan of speed, I enjoy speed and I haven't measured but surely that train goes 160+ up until St. Polten (the least). At this speed the cabin became loud and especially the braking system is quite intrusive. I mean I fell off the bed 3 times! You mentioned you started your journey with a 40 minute delay and by Zurich it got reduced to 5. Did you manage to get a goodnight sleep? Also the breakfast, apart for the buns which were godly, felt kinda cheap :s I'm sorry, but especially for claustrophobes, disabled and probably overweight, I wouldn't recommend it. I won't step into a Nightjet sleeper at least until the new coaches arrive. Otherwise I'd have to thank you for the video. I didn't know you get lounge access with a sleeper ticket... Do you just go to the lounge or scan the ticket or show it to an OBB employee? Also the 2 hour stop in Salzburg... the train plays musical coaches? What is that? :) I didn't know anything about it, still can't make much what it means, can you expand more, please? What did you mean by it/does it mean? :) Cheers! Here's my take of the train and cabin: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ssTm_oKc4tU.html&ab_channel=WinterSummerTrainspotting

Zurich has changed a lot since 1973 LOL

In June 1990, I was a backpacker with my camera and "Let's Go Europe" on a night train from Zurich to Vienna. The stations and the train were small but nice.😊

Thank you very much for the video how much is it the tickets please

Thank you for sharing this video. Comparing the Central Stations between Zurick and Vienna, Vienna´s is outstanding! A very nice experience!

jaaaaa, da kommt das Fernweh ;) I believe that Overnight train services will be more popular because of the current economic situation. Those prices are really not that bad if you compare them with other means of transport. Gas alone would cost me about 60€ - 80€ nowadays, let alone the 8h to drive yourself to this destination.

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I am so excited to experiencing this kind of travel:). We are going the same route in March 2024. Thanks for sharing this video. Cheers!

Nightjet is good service Like 👍

I just love those Viennese bread rolls with ham and cheese. Happy memories with friends in Germany.

I obviously LOVE your videos. They not only teach me a lot about European train travel, but I feel like I can "escape" for just a little bit while I start my Friday. I hope you don't mind if I point out one tiny mistake you made. You posted the same UK Pound and US Dollar conversion twice; once for the cost of the standard sleeper, (solo use I believe), and again for the six bed couchette. I honestly don't think that €69.90 actually converts to £135.97 or $161.19. Like I said; a tiny mistake, and again, I hope you don't mind I pointed it out.

We took the Nightjet from Venice to Vienna several years ago around Christmas. It was perfect for our schedule. Our couch was much older. We enjoyed. Glad we did it. But honestly we did not sleep great. This new car looks like we would be more comfortable. I am certainly open it doing again despite our first experience.

3:11 that looks so well stocked. I visited the OBB lounge back on 29th July and there was ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Some cheese and ham sandwiches and warm orange juice/warm water - i guess the fridge had broke? I coudlnt read the sign

Sorry you didn't get a high level deluxe sleeper. I had booked this spacious room from Berlin to Zurich in 2019 but had to cancel at the last minute due to emergency medical issue that popped up. That first class deluxe sleeper is what dreams are made of so I hope I can ride it one day before it is too late.

Doing this trip on Friday night. Really excited about it.😊

Lovely stuff! I’ve wanted to try this double decker for ages - your video persuaded me to book it!

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Great review of Night Jet. Accommodations looked comfy. Thanks Max😀😀💚💚

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Very good, really enjoyed it as there was no voiceover.

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GRAFITTI Sadly one of the Railjet Sleeper Coaches has been 'tagged' with Grafitti......... The cultural blight of Europe.. OBB should deal with that straight away..... James Hennighan Yorkshire, England

Thank you for the video, BUT. A "fantastic" train it is definitely NOT. The room looks early-20-century. The window blind is broken. The amenity kit seems like what you see in a refugee camp. And I've seen more generous breakfasts in some Laos prisons. I'm glad you uploaded it, however, so I don't need to experience it all myself. :-) Good job! All the luck!

This room is nicer than expected. I actually like the little staircase, it kinda like a secret room. You can eat and wash up right afterwards. Should you choose to do so. Just awesome!!!

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Thanks for the informative video! I was on a German train back in the 1970's but I was in coach. Although much older, I prefer the setup in the cabins on the Canadian sleeper trains.

I often take this train in both directions as I live in Western Austria and my business leads me to Vienna several times. For me it‘s a good possibility to avoid hotel accommodation and save time. I enter the train in the evening and in the next morning I leave it well rested and ready to work…

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Ich lebte 6 Monate in Wien mit meiner Freundin, (for one full semester) während ich 1996 ein Semester an der Wirtschaftsuniversität studierte. Sowohl vor als auch nach diesem Semester und während unserer Schulferien reisen wir mit dem Zug durch ganz Mittel- und Osteuropa und fahren mehr als ein paar Mal von diesem Hauptbahnhof ab. (Both before and after that semester and during our school breaks we travel all over central and eastern Europe by train, departing more than a few times from this main train station.) Wien war ein großartiger Knotenpunkt für Reisen in alle Richtungen, nach Osten, Westen, Norden und Süden. (Vienna was a great hub for traveling in all directions, east, west, north, and south). (This West Train station always reminded me of a journey.) Dieser Westbahnhof hat mich immer an eine Reise erinnert. (In fact we went on the exact same journey that you are going on now. It was fantastic). Tatsächlich haben wir genau die gleiche Reise unternommen, die Sie jetzt gehen. Es war fantastisch. Danke, dass Sie meine guten Erinnerungen zurückgebracht haben. Thank you for bringing back my good memories.

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Instead The Japanese trains are much more comfortable and sound proof such as Sunrise Express and some more......

When you think about cargo-trains, they have sometimes 40 coaches. a lot of ppl can potentially be transported overnight.

Very nice journey those traveled

Like the Metternich Someone has arrived With red colour being life

I took all types of the NJ, except the deluxe sleeper! It was always super great and mostly loved the night in the standard sleeper. I was worried to see that you’ve got not a nightjet towel.

Poderiam fazer umas estações assim aqui em São Paulo seria o máximo para viajar de cidade em cidade

The sub title colour or style is submerge with the back ground, so cannot read clearly if it's appearing for a while..

Bin vor Jahren mehrmals im Jahr von Düsseldorf nach Wien gereist, schön im Schlafabteil für 2 Personen. Nicht billig aber bezahlbar. Die neuen Preise sind ja in der Kategorie unheimlich teuer geworden, für das Geld fliege ich nach Singapur, oder 2x nach Wien.

Soy de Argentina, estos videos de viajes en tren son la envidia para nosotros que no tenemos trenes decentes para viajes largos.

I travelled on these coaches when they were brand new in 1997. I tried both the Standard room, the Deluxe room and the Familly room (the one with 4 beds). As many others have said, the Standard rooms are way too small. A single suitcase can easily take up most of the floor space in the room. I couldn't see it clearly on the video, but these coaches originally had storage space for luggage underneath the stairs of each compartment, but I think they were dropped later on due to theft. The familly room was slightly better. It is situated right over the bogie, so it's a little bit noisy compared to the other compartments. It's pretty much a couchette room, but with sleeping car service. The deluxe room however is AMAZING. Hands down the best sleeper compartment you can get in the EU. It was a real shame you didn't get to book one.

A ty się zastanawiałeś nad tym jak obsługa pociągu działa? Popatrz logicznie !!! To ty rozumiem masz być obsłużony komfortowo i Ty za to płacisz. Rozumiem. Chwalić się Tym co Ty za to płacisz nie zależy od tego co inni muszą spienić. Ty tylko wymagasz.

When I was stationed in Germany, the one thing I loved about the trains is that they would announce in German and English. How very nice and accommodating, In the US we would never think of doing that.

Very nice & informative

Something wrong with your maths fella at 7.58, "1 bed in a 6-bed couchette was €69.90 (£135.97, $161.19)...." what exchange rates are you using????

Nice Video LG from Vienna

Another great video mate. I’ve never been on Nightjet but this certainly makes me want to try it! Thought the bed especially looked pretty comfortable, unlucky with the blind - that’s the sort of thing I’d end up breaking. By the way, I must make a mental note to use the word ‘plethora’ in some of my videos. One of my favourite words 😊👍