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Georgian Railway Review (Tbilisi Central to Tbilisi Airport) - The Worst Train in Europe?

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Hello, welcome to a very exciting video! For this train trip report, I am in Georgia, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, near to the Caucasus Mountains.
On this trip I used a few particularly dubious trains, including this ER2 electric unit, which I believe could well be the worst train in Europe! Admittedly the ticket did only cost 13p, but it was still a comical journey to undertake.
The ER2 is a very abundant train, around the former Soviet Union, but also with derivatives seeing use within the Balkans. They were all built in Riga, Latvia. With such a diverse range of places they serve, many have received some strange modifications, but some are largely untouched since they began service all those many years ago... This example (ER2-631) is one of the untouched examples, with much evidence to prove that to the passengers.
See why I think this train could be the 'Worst Train in Europe' in this video, it's an interesting experience for sure!
Note: Sorry for the poor camerawork on this one, Georgia is quite a bit further than anywhere else I have been, and I wasn't sure how they would react to filming. The neighbouring country of Azerbaijan had a large objection to my attempts at photography and filming, so I tried to play it safe. Hope you enjoy my efforts anyway! :)
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Journey Details:
Origin: Tbilisi-Tsentralny / Tbilisi-Pass
Destination: Airport (Tbilisi)
Company: საქართველოს რკინიგზა (Georgian Railway)
Train: სრ ერ2 (GR ER2)
Accommodation: General Seat (2nd)
Distance: 12 miles / 19 kilometres
Time: 35m
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@grahamariss2111 3 года назад

Bald and Bankrupt would have said "fantastic a genuine Soviet railway station!"!

@user-nm3tf5vj4n 9 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂

@oskarsrode2167 3 года назад

ER2 trains in Latvia are still well kept and fairly modernized and worlds apart from these, despite similar age.

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Hopefully I can give those a go!

@lkrnpk 2 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels until end of 2023 they plan to replace all of them with Škoda 7Ev, so you still have some time... and I guess it might be delayed a bit too, although I suspect some time later they might pop up in Ukraine

@stanislavkostarnov2157 Год назад

they were heavily re-vamped already under the new government... Tallinn Kaunas and Riga depos all mended there stock thoroughly as part of an EU eco-transport support package/credit program, effectively little of the old structure was left in place except for the solid-framework and chassis. Tbilisi did not get the chance to do it for many of their trains... the original thought was that a Skoda-built electro-railbus would be used for the track (something similar to a halfway house between the British pacer & sprinter) but, though made common elsewhere, it was found to be a little too low capacity for the peak season, and since it needed rewiring the infrastructure to run, it was decided the conventional service would be kept

@LzHp144 Год назад

Actually 2 weeks ago i was in latvia and I was lucky to travel on one er2 from Riga to Jurmala I really liked it and I was amazed how wide is that train

@lgoderdzishvili 3 года назад

less equipped and less sanitized than a romanian jail

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Hahahahaha, can't think where I would rather spend my holidays. ;)

@expertexpert5170 Год назад

😨😞😷

@hi-viz 3 года назад

I'll never complain about Voyagers or the seats on Thameslink again.

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Hahaha! :)

@markswishereatsstuff2500 3 года назад

This would be depressing on a cloudy rainy day.

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

At least you'd have the fun added task of finding out if the train leaks. :)

@user-ru5vz7sm5z Год назад

That's weird, they replaced sliding doors inside of those cars with regular ones and put seats in 2+3 configuration instead of regular 3+3 without switching their type to a more comfortable one. Toilets are just as disgusting as in default ER2 and ED4 trains though. And my guess is they are constantly stinky there as well

@mikeadamson9128 3 года назад

The only time I have travelled on these units was in Estonia, between Tallin and Paldiski. The train on the way back was essentialy the same as your ride to the airport, but on the way out - we had wooden seats! Fabulous units (Looks at prices of flights to Tblisi)

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

They are very interesting to ride! I hope the world opens up soon...

@lkrnpk Год назад

They are still in use in Latvia, at least for some time until all the fleet is replaced by Skoda trains now coming. Of course they are refurbished and not much original Soviet is left in interior

@cat-xj8fw 3 года назад

Georgian railway is going to demolish this old station, That's why no one going to renew this station... the new project bypasses Tbilisi and the new station will be at other place, so all Locomotives vill e changed soon... yes not it looks too catastrofic I kno... but soon it all will be changed

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

That's a shame, why would they want to bypass the capital city? Seems like a bad choice...

@peeryoutube 2 года назад

Why don’t they just build new platforms instead of removing the whole station? The station looked fine, just the platform that had cracks in it etc

@apostolllos Год назад

@@peeryoutube The whole building is a mess built by the communists, the entire building is supposed to look like a ship and it's just weird as hell

@BehindWorld Год назад

two years passed by after this comment and nothing changed.

@apostolllos Год назад

@@BehindWorld Yes unfortunately we have a shitty corrupt government

@thebusiness8212 3 года назад

I just imagined someone walking around the shops thinking they were at the mall going up the escalator to see the train station, and just having their mind blown.

@crashpaweltime 3 года назад

in Poland we have a 57 yo EN57 unit which is in amazing shape and it even has wi-fi, so you can expect better things from a train that old :)

@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 3 года назад

I think I'd rather walk.

@TullmoreDew Месяц назад

mhm ofc

@justme_aleksandra 8 дней назад

Same

@ItsAllAboutTheJourney 4 года назад

The ER2 sounds like a really fun train to travel on. I wonder how long they'll keep them...

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Who knows! They've done well so far...

@Isochest 3 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels It looks a nice country.

@trainenthusiast7695 3 года назад

I bet they're gonna keep them until they are really damn broken. After all, it's Georgia...

@markolysynchuk5264 Год назад

If they repair them, they could keep these for much longer

@leriku2270 Год назад

@@trainenthusiast7695 Lol probably not wrong, i've only been on a communal train here once, and watching this video i am VERY glad it wasn't an ER2, not sure what it was since it was quite a while ago, but I think It could've been a Stadler.

@kanchanananayakkara8959 Год назад

Georgia is a country I love the most! ❤ It gives such a laidback & peaceful environment everywhere! Journey to the black sea resort-Batumi on board their new Stadler KISS EMU is the best train journey for me!

@Freebird35 3 года назад

I would take that train any time, it has some character. A welcome change from the usual videos of the latest shiny trains in Europe and elsewhere. Well done.

@JohnDoe-xg6sm 3 года назад

As a georgian who has rode that train i can say that this train also goes back to tbilisi central and goes to sadakhlo!

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Interesting. How can you cross the border at Sadakhlo?

@JohnDoe-xg6sm 3 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels unfortunately since covid struck here most train services have stopped completely or have resumed at different time tables so i am unsure how. But you can go by getting proper documents and boarding yerevan-tbilisi train.

@penninetrains1398 4 года назад

Wow! Amazing! I should think that a lot of the ex-Soviet republics which have had a major fall-out with their former occupiers will find it extremely difficult to source spares for their older trains. The general state of the roads, buildings, etc. would seem to indicate that Georgia had a fairly fragile economy, even before the advent of Covid-19.

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

They have an interesting solution to spare parts! Judging by the state of some units, I don't think they really have a maintenance pool as such. I think once a part breaks, they just replace it with whatever they can find. This does lead to some units looking rather odd. Compare these three, they are the same type of train: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Georgian_Railways_ER2_Class_at_Tbilisi.jpg/1280px-Georgian_Railways_ER2_Class_at_Tbilisi.jpg upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Georgian_Railways_ER2M_Class_at_Tbilisi.jpg/1280px-Georgian_Railways_ER2M_Class_at_Tbilisi.jpg upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Georgian_Railway_ES_Class_at_Tbilisi_1.jpg/1280px-Georgian_Railway_ES_Class_at_Tbilisi_1.jpg There also exist more designs of this same train. It's all rather odd, but such an amazing experience.

@kensukefan47 4 месяца назад

>former occupiers First of all, shut up liberal. Second of all, ER2 was built in Riga.

@vindictivegrind9370 3 года назад

1:00 I felt that Penn Station in Newark was good at doing the same thing as well. The train’s seats look like they were ripped out of a Teremok from Donetsk warzone. Lol. Georgian Architects be like: “WHO CARES IF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS THE STATION! I WANT PEOPLE TO BUY OUR CRAP!” I also like how you were playing Frogger back there.

@chrismorgan3137 4 года назад

This only makes me want to go to Georgia more

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

And absolutely it should! I am clammering to get back out there, a fascinating place indeed.

@joachimschwabe3301 Год назад

At least there is an Airport train, compared to so many other major cities (even capitals) with only bus service! ;)

@SuperalbsTravels Год назад

It's not running anymore. :(

@liamdoyle9559 4 года назад

I would be more than happy to take that train for 13p. I think it will take a long time to replace the trains with new rolling stock charging fares that low.

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Hahaha, they'll definitely be saving for a loooong time... ;)

@richardclarke376 3 года назад

Brave man for filming the bogs on the train !

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Instantly regretted it, grimmest I'd seen!

@irakli_3223 2 года назад

I remember riding that consist, but a different one with two carriages(“designed for that service” lol). After it had made it’s trip from airport to tbilisi central, it then went to sadakhlo(stopping on every station along the way), a village next to armenian border. However after covid struck the service was discontinued

@iankemp1131 3 года назад

The interior seats with low backs actually look rather like the old British Rail Class 313s and other high density commuter units.

@mattska01 Год назад

I had to ride that to get to borjomi, it wasnt too bad but not too good either

@craiglogistics2092 2 года назад

That was certainly an "interesting" ride but for the grand sum of 13p it's got to be worth it if only for the sheer experience of riding on such an old train

@imrantri56 3 года назад

"Tiny Unidentifiable Station": Sadguri Orkhevi

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Thanks for that, you know more than I do haha!

@cephalopod7300 3 года назад

Yeah it looked to me like the station name was clearly indicated there, just in Georgian (as would be expected)

@physiocrat7143 3 года назад

The ER2 trains sound like the old LMS multiple units on the Euston-Watford line. They originally had wooden seats, probably. Though gradually disappearing they are all over the former Soviet Union though this one seems to be in a bad state. The windows look as if they have been changed as you can see through the glass. The basic concept of a monocoque body with a pair of pocketed sliding doors at each end was quite a good one. The better ones are not so much worse than the BR class 455.

@janv777 3 года назад

8:20 This trains were made in Czechoslovakia 1962-1994

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

That's right, the worldwide ChME3 shunters, they found work almost everywhere.

@peterd788 3 года назад

It's easy to mock these trains but I remember travelling on French regional trains in the North of the country 20 years ago. Everyone in the UK would point to the TGVs and say "French trains are wonderful." when in fact these regional trains were appalling and had so much graffiti you were lucky if you could see out the windows and if you could you'd see dilapidated stations with roped off sections because the buildings were literally crumbling with masonry falling onto the platforms.

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

The French network is certainly in an unfortunate state in many places. Though, Georgia has some good trains too, I was unable to travel on them during this trip. A massive regret, and part of the reason why I'll be making a prompt return, when I can.

@youri2451 3 года назад

Honestly, I find the things you see extremely beautiful and interesting (even though many people would probably disagree with me)

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Have to agree, fascinating trip!

@wewillrockyou1986 3 года назад

Very Soviet to have the heating on your train stuck on full blast any time of the year...

@papaschlumpf332 3 года назад

very interesting review, off the beaten track!

@ianhelps3749 4 года назад

The seats don't look too bad compared to class 700 trains.

@MrBoombastic1 4 года назад

The toilet actually made me GAG while looking at it. I don't understand how you can stand the smell of the toilet without barfing. It's definitely worse than a Northern commuter train toilet!

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

I was close, have to admit! :(

@RAILEXCELLENCE2011 8 месяцев назад

2:54 There was also a train in Belgium that was also built in 1966.MS66 stopped running on the 9 of December 2023😊

@SuperalbsTravels 8 месяцев назад

That's a shame, thanks for sharing that! :)

@Coole000 2 года назад

Man, in Ukraine we still have much older ER1 and they, despite the fact of having actual wooden plank chairs seems to have being in much better conditions

@SuperalbsTravels 2 года назад

I did try and get one of the ER1 units when I was in Zaporizhzhia, but sadly couldn't find one. All of the ER2s in Ukraine were much nicer than this Georgian example though! :)

@Coole000 2 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels well... ER1 always appear when you don't want them to appear. Best chances was at morning commute 7-9 am ofcourse. Bit they didnt really differ from old pre-renovated ER2, so you don't lose much

@Stevenspielburger 4 года назад

Love this video. Really interesting

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Thanks so much, I am glad you enjoyed it! It's a more untouched part of the world to what most are used to. :)

@vondumozze738 3 года назад

Definitely an interesting video, but I had to pause it too many times to read your narrative/subtitles. White letters on a light background need a lot more time to read. I don't make videos, so it's not my place to suggest changes, but hey. Thanks for sharing.

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Sorry about that, future videos are much better for this.

@gwnlars_8306 3 года назад

The dutch SGM from 1975 is the oldest train we have now. It runs between The Hauge Central en Dordrecht. Maybe a video idea? ;-)

@xnzym. Месяц назад

im honestly happy that we got new trains.. better than those

@runoflife87 3 года назад

Greetings from Russia. This video made me laughing for at least 5 minutes. We had those ER trains as an airport express too in early 2000's and as suburban trans. But I've never seen them being so badly maintained (maybe in very early 90's only). Nowadays almost all the ER trains are gone replaced by Siemens Desiro/Stadler KISS or ED4M/EP2D (locally built) EMUs. Those EMUs turned to be very reliable and easy to maintain. The problem is to find finances, that's why you can find the EMUs that destroyed in Georgia or Ukraine.

@eliyahazza5073 2 года назад

But Georgia is not in Europe, Georgia mainly based in Asia

@FromtheWindowSeat 4 года назад

Interesting. 🤔 Were there any other passengers? Couldn’t spot any in your footage. Wonder how well patronised Georgian trains are.

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

I counted about 5, including me. This means revenue of about 65p, which is nothing. It must be cheap to get around in Georgia. I also travelled on a mainline train to Gori, and it was full going out, and lightly loaded on the return. However - a decent few per carriage! Many of these passengers were police, who were not concerned about me taking photos out the window! :)

@FromtheWindowSeat 4 года назад

Superalbs Travels Good to know. Thanks!

@johnnyboy3949 3 года назад

That train is awesome. And 13p is amazing! Is Georgia safe? Might have to go if we are allowed to ever be free again

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

100%, felt very safe at all times in Georgia. Highly recommended, and one I must revisit.

@Isochest 3 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels Nice to know. Perhaps it's a relatively more equal place with a strong sense of community. Very unequal places often with displaced people like South Africa are not.

@ELC2024 3 года назад

the International Crime Index rated Georgia as the 7th safest country in the world in 2017

@leriku2270 Год назад

Hey, I'm Georgian, yeah the country is pretty safe. Not so sure about the train though lmao, maybe the model is quite awesome (don't know much about trains), but it's state leaves quite a lot to be desired. That toilet was absolutely disgusting.

@buioso 3 года назад

wow this train is so wide!

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

It is! Could almost fit 3+4 seating in there.

@droge192 3 года назад

Cool video! Isn't it great to get out to the backwaters of the world? It reminded me of when I was working in India, and two Taxi drivers tried to kidnap / scam me and my colleague. They were in their 20s. When my colleague - who was 60 years old - realized he grabbed the taxi driver by the neck from the back seat and started screaming at him...... the scammers appeared to come close to sh*tting themselves and took us straight to our destination; the airport. As we arrived there was a Police car parked up and my colleage said to the taxi drivers, "wait here, I'm getting those Police". At which point the scammers said, "There is no fare. It's for free. Thank you" and sped off. A slightly stressful experience but saved us around £6 on the taxi. :o)

@SwitchbackSylveon 2 года назад

Everything looks super Soviet, looks like it hasn't been updated since the soviet era either

@SuperalbsTravels 2 года назад

It sure does, except the Airport station of course! 😁

@DanielsUKT 4 года назад

The train and the stations not really in a good state at all (except the airport) but despite all that I'd say it's worth it 13p for a 12 mile journey you probably don't get that elsewhere in Europe and the train looked rather empty too

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

It was funny, but it was good value I guess! Not very popular at all!

@DanielsUKT 4 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels maybe if I'm in Georgia and cba to pay loads of money to taxi driver 😂😂😂 would ride that

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Worth a try! For the other trips to/from the airport, I used a taxi.

@DanielsUKT 4 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels oh right

@pablolena 4 года назад

El Sarmiento de Argentina en la época de los Toshibas de los 50 y 60.

@jimmenycricket4598 4 года назад

At least you had your ticket checked which is more than quite often happens in the UK (and I'm talking before lockdown)

@mattdavies7398 4 года назад

Don't know where you commute. I commuted every day before lockdown, my ticket was checked every day.

@jimmenycricket4598 4 года назад

In answer to Matt Davies, between Doncaster and Leeds, with Northern Trains on the way to Leeds (who were hit and miss pre lockdown) and LNER from Leeds to Doncaster (very rarely were ticket checks done pre lockdown)

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

True. There were about 5 people on the train as passengers, so it's very obviously important that the company ensures they get their 65p of revenue! I believe the return working was empty.

@jimmenycricket4598 4 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels Of course!

@Isochest 3 года назад

Georgian looks like a language like no other. i can read Cyrillic but not Georgian!!

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Same, thankfully what little cyrillic there is in the country helped me get by - fascinating experience!

@BehindWorld Год назад

Cyrillic and Georgian has nothing in common. Even Latin has much more in common with Georgian (cuz both of them has Greek and Aramean influence) than Cyrillic. Georgian is not even Indo-European language. It is isolated into it's Kartvelian family, as Basque language is.

@BritishRail60062 5 месяцев назад

I still think I would prefer to ride this over a Pacer or the NIR Class 450's before they were scrapped in 2012.

@SlavaUkraini85 3 года назад

still better than GWRs 802 class 😂

@audigex 3 года назад

"The only signs being in Georgian (not even Russian)" well, it's in Georgia, not Russia, so... that seems right?

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Whilst it is certainly the right place for Georgian language, some foreign signage wouldn't go amiss at an international travel hub! 👍

@shirazhussain1929 11 месяцев назад

You need to try commuter train specially metro 😅😂😂

@Desmaad 3 года назад

That interior is horrifying! It's all in a sorry state of neglect 🙁 I've seen the interior of some Balkan trains and they're in better shape than this!

@andrewbutler6477 Год назад

Looks like your average train here in the valleys of South Wales

@alexn643 4 года назад

Nice video

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Thanks glad you enjoyed.

@toml4511 4 года назад

Did you go on South Caucasus Railway whilst you were there?

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Sadly not this time! However their carriages can be seen at 2:29!

@DamirUlovec Год назад

It looks and sounds like Serbian railways 5 years ago (and in some regions even now!).

@yahoryermakou5143 2 месяца назад

I like Georgia very much... And train is not so bad...

@marvintpandroid2213 4 года назад

One word.... Pacer

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

You think? 😋

@arkadeepkundu4729 3 года назад

7:11 Chasing cars? Pffff. In Eastern Europe, dogs chase trains.

@lamborghinihexagons5502 4 года назад

what's the top speed on these trains?

@ericjamieson 4 года назад

About twice as fast as a dog apparently.

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

It's difficult to tell! In Georgia, not one pair of units is the same, they are all different to one another in some manner. I can only guess that the top speed is 60mph, as that is what Wikipedia claims the top-speed to be since January 2008. That same article suggests that 80mph was once achieved in the past though. Whatever it is, we didn't see much above 30mph in this video, at a guess!

@oskarsrode2167 3 года назад

Latvian ER2 trains (in a way these are too because they're all built in Riga, but I mean those running in Latvia) probably have a top speed of 130kmh, but they rarely accelerate up to 100 as they are commuter trains with really bad acceleration. Our trains are however well kept and worlds apart from these, despite similar age.

@kentcountryside10 4 года назад

Wow that was good I want to travel with you to my favourite video is the LINER Standard class I would like to go on it love the video and see you on the next video bye

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Hi thanks, glad you enjoy. See you soon.

@bogika98 3 года назад

Dear Sir! This is NOT a real train. Just a shuttle, or S-bahn. In my country (Hungary) we say "meadow metro"

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

I would have loved to do videos on the proper trains, but sadly I was with someone. I will go back as soon as I can! 😃

@bogika98 3 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravelsMaybe the worst European train was the Black Train in Hungary. It was a weekly worker's train from Budapest to the east side of the country and back. Overcrowded, crime, alcohol, stabbing and other fine things. Six hours travel for 240 kilometers, a real East-European fun... Sorry for my bad English. The black train part 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r5XQUgGLZWA.html

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

That sounds terrifying, but fascinating! Is it still around?

@RocketJSykes 3 года назад

0:37 no need to apologise for it at all

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Haha, if only I brought my stabiliser... 😬

@kensukefan47 4 месяца назад

ER2 best train ever made (no irony)

@eisenbahnerharthausen Год назад

Electritchcas

@miahaskurti4539 2 года назад

Worst Than A IET Or Azuma Or Any Train In The UK & Europe?

@Yassified3425 4 года назад

In the video you mentioned that it's not in such bad condition for a 54 year old train. Go to Latvia where they produced the trains, thry are in a amazing shape.

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Hopefully soon! Any places I should check out? 😍

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

I'm in Ełk right now, so not far away! :) Will have to come back to visit the Baltic States!

@Yassified3425 4 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels Ehh, not sure... But if you are going by train maybe Sigulda or Cesis. Jurmala is good as well.

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Thanks, I'll look into this.

@Yassified3425 4 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels btw, soon all the ER2 trains in Latvia will be taken out of service. Two will be taken out of service at the end of this year and most will be gone by the end of next year. In the start of 2023 the last ER2 trains will be taken out of service. Only the DR1A trains will stay for some time.

@alexn643 4 года назад

Still better than an IET though 😉

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

duh ;)

@rizkyfajarfarhansyah3847 4 года назад

Here some thoughts 1.The train station from departing looks old, the government should fix it 2.Its quite reliable train for over 10 years old i think? 3.Let me guess the 2508 km sign was made during soviet times, am I right? 3.the toilet is absolutely disgusting 4.I find it weird that the shops looks modern while the train station looks old 5 . how do you get to Georgia, while previously you were on europe? That's all. Thank you

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

1. It's quite modern inside, but the platforms need work! 2. Yes, at least it moved, which was good. It's nearly 60 years old! :( 3. Probably! Other 3. Yes, it was awful. :( I gagged! 4. I guess it makes more money... 5. Sadly I had to fly, from Italy, but it was a good deal. Just £25!

@rizkyfajarfarhansyah3847 4 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels okay thanks, what's the next trip/video?

@cypruscats2249 Месяц назад

Worst experience in this train

@les69op Год назад

If you want to see the worst train in Europe, go to Albania...

@SuperalbsTravels Год назад

Haha, I'd love to ride them! :)

@rikirex2162 4 года назад

no passengers no money ...why invest in newer trains?

@cephalopod7300 3 года назад

"If you build it, they will come"

@paulduncan4892 2 года назад

Pity the trains are not more regular.

@SuperalbsTravels 2 года назад

Yep, most times I've been to the airport here (quite a few now), I've had to get a taxi. Doesn't quite have the same charm, even with the...uhh 'interesting' driving standards.

@TheBritishAce 4 года назад

Safety is clearly the number one priority in Georgia 😂

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Absolutely! They do have some very nice trains as well though. ;)

@TheBritishAce 4 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels 😄

@Brapish 4 года назад

Still better than a Pacer 😂

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Are you sure? What makes you say that? ;)

@borderlands6606 3 года назад

It makes a Pacer look like Wagon-Lits.

@dumandru 2 года назад

Its comfortable a little bit

@bayramvaliyev2670 2 года назад

It would be good to see you traveling also to Azerbaijan 🇦🇿.

@SuperalbsTravels 2 года назад

I have been, it was lovely! But sadly, they do not accept photography on those trains... :(

@bayramvaliyev2670 2 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels Ah yes, indeed, it is not allowed. Sorry for that. Thanks

@SuperalbsTravels 2 года назад

Hopefully one day I can come back and try. 🙏

@pauldavis9567 3 года назад

Still rather travel on this than the new shite trains out of Paddington!

@yagi3925 3 года назад

Worst train Europe? Is Georgia in Europe in the first place?

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

It's contested...

@johnmehaffey9953 3 года назад

Wasn’t Stalin Georgian, looks like his influence is still there

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Yes, the stalin museum is in Gori, Georgia. It was his home.

@miahaskurti4539 2 года назад

Just Never Complian About Seats On A IET Or Azuma Or A Transpennie Express Nova.

@dirkusmaximus9268 3 года назад

Ar least there is a train, think again...

@RocketJSykes 3 года назад

4:55 Bleurgh! Hope you never experience that again.

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Not pleasant! 😱

@RocketJSykes 3 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels not pleaant what?

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

In the video. ✌

@RocketJSykes 3 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels ah, yeah. Thought you were talking about my comment

@amxgaming9153 3 года назад

Better than an IET

@PhilippKlein969 3 года назад

Thank you, were can i find an actually time table?

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

There's no timetable at the moment, as all services are reduced. I plan to return to Georgia for an extensive series on its railways, so hopefully will be able to let you know more then!

@TullmoreDew Месяц назад

ER2 the best

@eisenbahnerharthausen 4 месяца назад

It is NOT the worst, I mean what do you expect for 4 cents lol?

@journeysofjames1116 4 года назад

This is nice

@SuperalbsTravels 4 года назад

Nice! :P Thanks for watching. :)

@marinrusi7835 3 года назад

8:22 Albania uses those locomotives extensively

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Extensively, and also exclusively. Despite having a few V200 German diesels lying around (in scrap condition), the ChME3 (known locally as T.699) is the mainstay of haulage for the country.

@marinrusi7835 3 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels Correct :)

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Very cool, can't wait to visit.

@hokanh579 3 года назад

Lol, you should've tried Indonesian trains before 2014. The Indonesian Ones are worse before 2014 with extremely smelly toilet, illegal passengers, and lack of air conditioning. And a lot more

@SuperalbsTravels 3 года назад

Would have loved to! Bet it was a real experience.

@hokanh579 3 года назад

@@SuperalbsTravels yeah. I remembered whe I was a kid and picked up my father on the Railway Station pre-2014. Damn, the smell Nowadays is better.

@jims1812 3 года назад

Looks like an iteresting journey,remeber to go to the toilet before you leave! Who paid for the swanky airport as I assume Georgia is broke.

@u1zha 2 года назад

If you're rich you have swanky airport and swanky central station and trains... If you're less rich you can't have all that but you can choose one. Nothing strange.