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I suspect the random announcements and lights may have been caused by the restarting of the electrical systems after the locomotive broke down

I dont know if its just me, but my feed is filled with "New railjet overnight train" every week.

yaaaaaaaayyy i am glad to feature in this video with my long legs haahahahha

The pods are a perfect example of fancy glossy looks over practicality. The paper thing dividers between pods means if next door snores, talks on a phone etc there is no sound proofing. And the entry doors rattle open and closing so again people coming and going will wake you.

Technical issues with the new train stock and even worse technical deficiencies and lack of availability with the old stock on all the other routes is really what's plaguing the ÖBB Nightjet service. Frankly, in combination with the now dynamic prices and the massively increased price to take a bike with you (thank you for mentioning it by the way, this is often overlooked, it was only 10€ or so before), it no longer is an option for me and my partner (with two bikes) and we're unfortunately back to travelling by day.

This was an excellent video on these - The door randomly opening on the wrong side was pretty unexpected 🤣

If it weren't for the random announcement and lights coming on, this would be a pretty good option at that price if you're single or travelling with mates. Probably doesn't work as well for couples and families or older people who need more comfort and less climbing. It's good to have the choice though!

I was in one of these last weekend, a few thoughts: 1. The cabins didn't feel very well ventilated, and smelled, to be honest, quite bad. Some HVAC controls would be nice, but at least they need to look at ways to improve airflow. 2. The roller doors at the end of each cabin rattle when the train is moving. I jammed a thin towel between the door and its track, which cut down on the rattling a bit, but hopefully they can find a proper fix for this, as it seems to be a common problem. (I had this problem both directions). 3. I think the sheets are just meant to be used like a sleeping bag liner, i.e. you just climb into it, you don't "make the bed" as such. 4. I suppose the huge luggage racks in the seating area are meant for the couchettes also. ÖBB need to communicate this better as lots of people seemed to be falling over their luggage given the small lockers in the couchette car. 5. They sell sleep masks (€2), and ear plugs (€2.50) on the train, I'd recommend these for a better night's sleep. 6. The key card holder next to the door is a nice idea. All in all, I think the cabins are a huge improvement on previous couchettes, especially when travelling alone, as it means you can go to sleep at your own time, not worry about disturbing others when joining / leaving the train part way through, etc. I think it's a really cool idea, and respect to ÖBB for taking a risk here. I think the teething troubles will be worked through soon enough, and these can become a realistic, economic alternative to flying for some journeys.

Truly love how the channel shows every detail even including for wheelchair users unlike many other channels! Best review channel on RU-vid!

I’ve travelled by rail in Europe many times as a child in the 1960-70’s, & then on my own 1984-1992. In 1985 I spent 6 months in Europe using trains from Ireland, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Hungary, Austria, West Germany & East Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium & Luxembourg. The trains have changed so much in all these years, especially from country to country. France already had TGV’s by this point & the rest of Europe quickly followed. I wish they had sleeping compartments like this when I was there. I’ve had to share a couchette with 5 other people, and invariably I always got someone who snores! Plus personal possessions were in danger depending on who shared your compartment. I will have to make the trek back to Europe soon. I’m in my 60’s now, and many of my relatives in Ireland, UK and Serbia are getting old and passing away now. I will definitely take advantage of these new trains (where I can). Thanks for posting this. Brian Toronto Canada.

Those tiny capsule sleeping compartments are great from young fit people but no good for us older less mobile folk. They also rather remind me of the drawers in morgues/mortuaries used to house cadavers.

When I caught the Nightjet from Vienna to Brussels last year we were about five hours late - the EU compensation money really does make the whole experience that much more appealing! Ended up cheaper than a hotel rather than much more expensive. The lack of a bar car is a bit sad though, what's the point of a sleeper train if you can't flirt with mysterious widows and hatch murder mystery plans until being sent to your cabins at midnight?

Last time I took a sleeping car, it was over 7 hours late - makes your 3 hour delay seem practically on time!

I did this journey (and back) 2 weeks ago. On the way to Hamburg the lights also came on randomly during the night and a couple of announcements. Although I was not next to the bathroom (33) you could hear the very loud beeps everytime someone entered the bathroom and the sound isolation in the corridor was none existent. That being said I did get some sleep. The journey back was much better and was actually on time?! Which is the first on time I had with the Nightjet from 6 trips in the last 12 months

Great video! But I had a different experience. I travelled on this just a couple of days ago from Hamburg to Vienna. It was a bizarre experience too, at 7am, the host knocked on my door with breakfast, and didn’t hand it over until I’d given him the bedsheets, and as you could imagine, in such a small space, it was very difficult while he was just standing there. Then an hour before arrival at 8:30am, the host took my key card so I couldn’t get back into the room after I’d left, so I couldn’t go to the toilet for the last hour, so I was generally very uncomfortable. In terms of the nights sleep, I had a very comfortable sleep, and only arrived 40 minutes late. The boarding process was all a mess and I found everything apart from the sleep itself, very awkward. I really enjoyed your take on it though and what you found positive and negative, I look forward to the next one!

The funniest thing is the window! It is marked as safety exit, but I doubt someone lile you and me would fit through 😂

Pricing for Europe is indeed very good and it seems they upped their comfort level a bit. We used one of their trains 2 years ago and for me being over 190cm it was a horrible experience. I couldn't pull up my knees without hitting something and I couldn't lie all out without noticing the bed space was 2-3cm short, so I slept about 30 min out of pure exhaustion. Judging from your review that spacing issue, hasn't changed. Thank you for your review, the plane it is.

The intros always keep me hooked! 💪

The only time I've slept overnight on a train it was 1992, the motorail service from Santander to Malaga. Slept fine for most of the way, but do recall being woken by the sound of a train going slowly over points somewhere near Madrid. This was the time before internet, so I used the Thomas Cook book to identify the train & booking office then I called them for their fax number. I don't speak Spanish so they had to read the number very slowly ... luckily numbers are similar to French! I booked by fax, to meet the ferry from the UK. Many of the fellow pasengers were British who lived in Spain. Drove back for the return, sadly this service does not operate anymore.

Looks lovely!

Super nice Video! I like it!

12:51 "me and the boys" moment

The only travel blogger who takes the trouble to learn how to pronounce the names of places that he goes to.

I’ve ridden a night train from Hamburg to Vienna and return. I remember exactly 2 things from that trip,- Hamburg hbf and 9/11.

I Don't know alot about trains but when I interrailed in Europe I got to try out a lot of them. And suprisingly the best BY FAR was the new MAV intercity trains from Budapest to Hamburg. Such a nice design, smooth ride and nice seats:) would love to see a video on it!

The price is right!!, sorry copyright infringement, but the price would certainly make me use it a hotel room on the move and extra time to explore Hamburg or Vienna if you’re going the other way

I enjoy your videos!! Great editing, great quality and more! I think you should try the Greek trains

Yay a Video Form my City Vienna 👍

Glitches on an inaugural run are sometimes to be expected. I'm sure they will iron out all the bugs in due time. I have no doubt this will end up to be a very popular journey. I can't wait to take it!! Great review!

Thank you

What a beautiful station

OMG, I reserved a nj to amsterdam for may. I’m so glad to see the new sets being used, to have a more pleasent ride😊

Thanks for this video. Now I feel pretty lucky to have arrived EARLY on two sleepers in a row (EN442 Kosice - Prague and ES452 Prague - Brussels)... The third last time I had a night train trip was also the Nightjet NJ425 (Brussels -) Aachen - Vienna last year with a delay of an hour because the carriages from Amsterdam were affected by another delaying trains in Germany, whilst the portion workings in Troisdorf and Nuremberg were also that slow. Hopefully the portion workings could be somewhat better now.

I really like the train. I wish we had them in the U. S.

I've just applied for my FIP Card so I will be looking forward to finally getting to go and experience these wonderful night trains myself. Thanks for all the wonderful videos that have kept me entertained during my ongoing battle with discitis 🙂

I'm going on that nightjet on 23rd July from Hamburg-Altona to Wien HBF in a mini cabin can't wait

Unfortunate of the breakdown, but luckily this doesn't happen often with the Siemens Taurus and Vectron locomotives which are on this service. The lights and announcements coming on in the middle of the night might indeed be caused by the train head end power coming on again. Maybe ÖBB can find a way in reprogramming the software so that this doesn't happen anymore and lights do only come on after an operator command. Even at full price I think the value is very good, and when traveling alone I think these mini berths are an improvement over sharing a 4 berth compartment with strangers. The train is very cleverly designed, and looks attractive too. When having a large backpack or suitcase you may to have it stored in the luggage racks in the seater coach as there is no room to take it with you inside the berth. And when you are not that mobile I would always advise to reserve a lower berth.

Stunning livery. If this is the future I like what I see

I went from Paris to Toulouse on the overnight train about 10 years ago in a sleeper carriage. The service was lousy but the train was quiet & smooth . I slept like a log , it was a fantastic way to get between the 2 cities .

If you like Vienna main station, might be worth checking out the new Stuttgart main station (S21 project) - still a long way from being finished, but on their open days you can see the architect's (ridiculously expensive) vision taking shape . . .

Crazy unfiltered PWM pulsation light.

OBB night ride is my list

Superalbs: Is this the future? Tom Thornton on pod train a month ago: This isn't the future.

Ah yes, another piece of europe's mobility puzzle falls into place... Great to see austria again being at the forefront of green travel. It would be nice to see more train operators run sleeper services of this quality. I suppose that new services can only be ran if there's enough demand, so hopefully the rest of europe and the world will see what's happening here and start campaining for better transport also. To be fair to OEBB, all new trains have a certain number of technical issues when new, especially with all the software involved nowadays, I'm sure this will get ironed out in the long run, especially if they follow their track record of listening to their passenger's feedback.

Thanks again for the great review! 👏🏼 I had some concerns regarding the relatively small dimensions of the luggage boxes you mentioned at 7:16 and compared it with those on the nightjet website: Lockers for hand luggage (max. 40 x 55 x 23 cm) and shoes (max. 18 x 57 x 15 cm) next to each mini cabin

I’ve done the jet train between Munich and Vienna, it was a fine comfortable ride. I would find that room you had to be small, cramped, and uncomfortable. Most importantly, I don’t wanna hear anybody else’s banging, talking or clanking . Given the general low price, I would opt for a full private cabin.

Love to see ÖBB revolutionise the night train with introduction of capsule style cabin while retaining some tradional compartment for group travellers. Certainly this is good for privercy minded passengers, and all other night train operators especially SNCF should follow suit. It's very annoying having to share the room with 3 strangers in first class couchette or 5 strangers in 2nd class couchette when travelling in Intercités de nuit across France.

Your transition to ads caught me off guard😂 Jokes aside, I think I have to give this a go. By then, the glitches which caused some disturbance in the middle of the night should have been fixed

Also check out the trains in Japan. Also come to Canada.

Ah yeah, someone from Austria who specializes in just doing rail news in Austria, Germany and Switzerland had the same experience, and even got some statements from the ÖBB itself, it IS something that's going to be fixed. eventually. LOL My personal experience with the new Mini-Cabins was quite well actually, I didn't have any random announcements in the middle of the night (but then again, we WERE on time save for... a bunch of minutes or something) by the time I was travelling (this years end of February/start of March). I guess after a couple of times the smell does get weird in there, I guess I'll take a bag of lavender with me (I wouldn't want to use a spray in such closed spaces that cannot open a window fully) the next time I travel.

Vorausschicken muss ich, wir waren schon sehr oft mit Shlafwagen von verschieden Anbietern unterwegs. Wir sind am 23.04.2024 mit dem ÖBB Nightjet von München nach Rom gereist, es war eine Katastrophe! Wir hatten ein 3-er Abteil. Das Oberste Bett war sehr schmal, weil vorne stark abgerundet. Sowohl am mittleren als auch an dem sehr hohen 3. Bett war die Sicherheitsvorrichtung, die einen Absturz bei etwas harter Bremsung verhindern soll, komplett kaputt. Meiner Tochter wurde erst nach Mitternacht wenigstens ein Bett in einem Liegewagen, (einem ausrangierter Wagen der ungarischen MAV), angeboten. Das Frühstück war mehr als lausig. Z.B. nur 2 Scheiben Roggenbrot, gegen das sowohl mein Sohn als auch ich allergisch sind. Die Semmel wurden anscheinend vergessen zu bestellen. Bildmaterial von allem vorhanden!!!!! Wir kamen GERÄDERT in Rom an. Auf den Rückweg mit dem ÖBB Schlafwagen haben wir lieber gleich verzichtet. Ich habe es vorgezogen noch einmal über 700 Euro für uns 3 in die Hand zu nehmen für einen Tagzug, leider nur mit umsteigen. Da kann die ÖBB lange Werbung für den neuen Nightjet machen, wenn sie trotzdem noch einige Strecken mit alten Schrottwägen bedient!!!! Für mich, Rentnerin mit nur kleiner Rente, war das ein Verlust von fast 1000 Euro und einem Urlaubstag! Nie wieder ÖBB!!!

You can'rt turn the loudspeaker off or down? Did you email OBB about yournbeing disturbed by loud announcements during the night?

16:05 Imagine if that's the seat you were assigned when you bought your ticket last minute. The joy of being able to squeeze on the train would be short-lived to say the least.

Something that would be good for the London-Scotland trains I think if it brought the prices down. Was looking at taking the Caledonian Sleeper but the prices even booked months in advance are hard to justify when flights are £30 return. As much as I'm not too keen on flying and don't like the idea of polluting, it would be ~5 hour total trip for me for a fraction of the price. £540 for two of us in bunk beds, it's just insane, you can fork out for an airport lounge, multiple snacks on Ryanair, the flights and a 5 star hotel for less.

Only if America's sleeper trains had capsule sleeper services...

I'm pretty sure the measurements at 7:15 are those for the shoe compartment.

I made my trip in those mini-cabins. As a 1.99m tall guy, it was quite a squeeze but very comfy nonetheless! It has some flaws (very strong AC, poor noise-insulation, limited storage space), but in general it is a really great option for solo travellers and a true innovation to overnight travel! Some things that appear to be causing the main problems are more operational things. Apart from the boarding being very chaotic (due to very limited place), the staff sometimes appears to be a little rude and overwhelmed/unorganized. And: the trains are quite unreliable due to technical reasons, especially when coming from Hamburg. Annnnd we must mention the dynamic pricing which can be really frustrating... But overall I have to say the concept of those mini cabins is unbelievable! And I love them :D

2:30 dont forget passengers with Railteam status!

Have just travelled on the Nightjet from Feldkirch to Vienna in one of the new compact sleeper compartments. Great to have on suite bathroom but the beds were so hard and narrow. Good breakfast. Car travelled as well as it was a motor rail service. Why oh why are there not more of these services? It saves on pollution and takes vehicles off the road. The EU Parliament should be encouraging motor rail services. then advertise them well and people will use them.

For the first time ever, I watched the whole entire sponsorship. It looks rather cool compared to other youtuber’s sponsorships.

Better than any night service I've been on, but as I'm now rapidly approaching 40 I'm not quite cut out for anything less than a double bed and ensuite 😂

21st century, at last ... almost I was dreaming of pod/cubicle type of sleeping wagons (instead of having to share the compartment with 5 snoring strangers) for years ... Glad it was conceived. Unfortunately the "comfort" looks quite ruined by the technical details, even by the usual culprits: Noisy loudspeakers. Light managed externally, not by the passenger. Waking up through the night. I see then a fair comparison to (much cheaper) night bus transport, where they wake you up every 2 hours - for a compulsory driver stop - with loud announcements and bright light :) In general, I find light and noise really counter-intuitive on the "night service", so I'd ask: With all the control panels and buttons, can one make the cubicle really dark? Nothing blinking, no under-illumination of the buttons etc... Are the shades sufficient, or just semi-transparent (which may be a problem on the summer's early mornings)? Are the corridors of the wagons illuminated by the warm light (no blue part of the spectrum) as it should be? This is a usual problem with the sitting wagons in the late evenings - too bright, for no understandable reason. Can one breath within the cubicle? Can you let in the outside air without too much outside noise? Can you regulate the A/C so it is not freezing or even worse: hot and dry? This was the usual obstacle to sound sleeping with the older models of the sleeper wagons. What about the sound-proofing - are the walls of the cubicles paper-thin? Can you hear the neighbors rustling? What about the outside noises - I was never able to sleep with brakes screeching or hearing the station loudspeaker announcements from the outside - at every stop (which night trains usually have many of). Can an average person actually SLEEP there? :D The "operational peculiarities" are also a factor that does not avoid OEBB trains either: Being woken up in the middle of a night for border ID/passport control within Shengen (!) zone. Frequent extreme delays. Unreliable engines. (It's time to cease praising those Tauruses, seriously.) And of course sharing train operations between railway companies. If some wagons are operated by Hungarian MAV (which you will not find out when buying the international ticket), you will still get a "good old 6-person compartment" and it's quite probable the staff will be on strike and instead of sleeping wagons they will dispatch sitting ones (with no staff). Return of couchette money is no compensation for a sleepless night. There's a flaw on OEBB side not to cease train sharing with unreliable fellow operator, i.e. hiring and paying decently their own staff. Technically - I don't find a problem with berths positioned along the track - since the night trains alas do not usually run on the high speed tracks, but on the old damaged and frequently-curving lines - when the berths were positioned perpendicularly in the standard 6/4 compartments, each breaking or departure of the train some half of the compartment's passengers were rolling out of the bed! I guess that won't happen in the tight cubicles though. And what about the big luggage? E.g. those notorious tall backpacks when one travels for the slightly longer holidays - that a passenger would use these long-distance night trains for in the first place. I love trains and frequently travel long-distance across Europe on trains - but that advertisement buzz about "night trains being an alternative to flying within Europe" is still more a wish (if not a marketing delusion) to me, than an available option. Maybe one day when high-speed rail reaches trans-European interconnectedness (not just patchwork of national operators each one running their own flavor) and when they allow night-trains on those tracks ;)

Im also pro trains, seems for me to be very nice adventure.. if we want to compete with airplanes.. then its speed.. that we need..but it would be great to have no separation of classes, also going back in time.. where is the time that everybody was equal and for everybody great experience..

We need this couchette car model here in North America (on both Amtrak & Via Rail.)

could you do a video on the Portuguese Aveiro to sernada do Vouga narrow gauge branch?

I'd be really uncomfortable on those coffin sleepers. It looks like the japanese capsule hotels, on rails. They even have the announcements in the middle of the night :-P

Awesome video.. was curious if you happen to know what the longest distance overnight train by OBB Nightjet is

Yeah, height might be an issue. I'm roughly 191 cm tall and I have a problem in my 2-metre bed. This would probably be uncomfortable. But I really love the concept! If I really had to go on a journey like this, this looks to be a great way to do it. Might recommend this to someone.

Quiet interesting to note that an Austrian locomotive pulls the train forward on a German track a few hours south from Hamburg. Always figured there would be a change of engine at the German Austrian border thank you very much and enjoy your day ☺️☺️

Superbly done train vlog! A reasonable price Maiden trip Weird midnight announcement Being late for 3 hours and claiming the refund It's very entertaining to watch the video as a train enthusiast😄

nice vid😃

very nice as always 10 o o 10

the mini-cabin divider, do you have to unlock both sides to open?

You brushed of my biggest problem with Wien "Hauptbahnhof"... It is a shopping mall, that happens to have some tracks going over it. What a disgrace for a central station. I like Wien West a lot more, but arriving there has become hard since the new center opened

Amazing service! sO COOL

If you have travelled overnight from Germany to Itally via Villach you would be very grateful for the beds parallel to the tracks I can assure you. The curves thorugh the mountains are not kind to you when laying across the carriage and usually resulting in little or no sleep.

Looks excellent and good value. Small flaws I am sure will be sorted soon. However, your current world record on how many people could cram into one of the cabins (5) likely will be broken by others. It's a challenge for many now... Thanks

It does look very good value & a very nice train . Shame about the teething problems with the lights & announcements in the middle of the night.

Yet, nobody has answered this question: How is the seating comfort in the capsules? I assume you'd like to sit at least while eating. To me, sitting looks like a nightmare, with square shapes all over and a tiny pillow.

Huge delay? That's just the normal delay. And the journey sounds great compared to my 2 trips in the pots now since their introduction

wow. I've never seen an overnight train like this. It doesn't feel very expensive. btw. my friends told me a way to get discounts for rail trips.

That's a great price for a flight-replacement plus a weird Japanese-style mini hotel room. Understand this train went on to Amsterdam? It would take me less than an hour to get to Amsterdam Centraal from my home, so... interesting? Though going to Hamburg to get to Vienna seems a bit weird...

pure future!

try the Swiss trains 😊 greetings from SWITZERLAND

I’m trying to book this exact journey in September albeit in reverse. I can’t see that the minicabins are available though. Anyone know why? Yes I am using the OEBB website.

Great trip. I don't know how to say it, but why brand new carriage of Nightjet having so many problems compared to the predecessor, and the Taurus breakdown is a rare moment to see.

as someone who's disabled thank you for showing the disabled room on the night train.

LeviNZ ( Levin ,town ,,NZ) thoroughly approves and recommends this video. 130NZ$ I suppose is value for money.. what would air or car costs be in comparison?

could you do a vid on the swedish SJ X2000 high speed train?

I was thrilled about the new cabins, it seemed to be such a cool concept. But… lights and announcements randomly go on in the middle of the night, dynamic pricing, huge unreliability. And last, but not least, those tiny luggage lockers… how are you supposed to carry your luggage? Even a normal sized suitcase doesn't fit, you are forced to travel very light! The alternative? The "classic" couchette compartment: a little more space, but at cost of no privacy and risk of snoring travel mates. Sleeping cars? Just unaffordable for the most people! Pretty disappointed, I'm fed up with Nightjet: Since the old sleeping cars are ridiculously padded, you barely get a chance to sleep well. Such a shame!

3 hours, not too bad given the last time I did an overnight in Europe it was delayed by 8 hours lol (Venezia to Rome)

Man for that price it's still a great deal 😁

We have these business class sleeper beds on the Tilt Train between Brisbane and Cairns only diff is a crew member has to convert from seat to bed. Passengers not allowed to do it

The view of the minicabin makes me claustrophobic

Parallel beds reduce the rocking motion while on a train

Thanks for this helpful review. Two questions if I may? 1. Is there more luggage space available to couchette passengers elsewhere in the carriage for larger bags? 2. How does the European refund system work - is it centralised or do you contact the provider as in the UK? Thanks!

Hamburg - Vienna flight on Eurowings. 90 minutes. Throw away your anoraks!! 😂

At what station does the split between the destinations Hamburg or Amsterdam take place?

Hey @SuperalbsTravels can you try South Korea high speed train called KTX is same as France TGV train but different. (Edit the KTX-II is same as DB ICE to Netherland but the face is different and seats.)