Ah, the Chopin train! I took that from Vienna to Warsaw. I wanted to travel from Paris to Warsaw by land like Chopin, so that is what I did, right after flying into Paris from New York in the morning, took trains to Vienna, then the night train. I remember I had booked the first class compartment with shower, but there was no hot water or any water for that matter..... (You couldn't book it from Budapest, but from Vienna, I was able to book it through either OBB or Polrail (different booking horizon, Polrail didn't issue an e-ticket so they sent me paper tickets by mail). I remember the police banged on my door for passport check in the middle of the night, then I slept so soundly until I was woken up by the conductor knocking on my door delivering my breakfast. I had only 20 minutes to eat it, and get ready to get off!
I know Keleti station very well. Keleti is Hungarian for East. the other main station in Budapest is Nyugati which is West. Highly recommend the Budapest to Zurich train via Munich, which starts at night but in the day time you go through Austrian and Swiss alps, stunning in Winter
Thanks for sharing! I’m planning on traveling with them in November. How was the experience sleeping next to other people. I have a travel vlog and rather travel in a single coach but I feel it would be nice to show other people. Thanks!
There were three others. It was the same situation when I crossed Russia, Mongolia and into Beijing, and also the length of Vietnam. There's no gender separation, but most people are not too uncomfortable. Being a male, sharing with females was a shock to start with, but everyone gets into a routine to allow a little privacy when changing clothes.
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Reason why you could not purchase tickets from SNCF and DB: It's a train operated by MAV, CD, PKP. Those operators operate in countries that are in the middle of Europe and France is at west-far-fuckia-far-away and the train doesn't go into Germany. Wow, can't purchase a ticket from France for a train that doesn't go there. Shockers.
Hi Heiderich, the reason for the inability to buy tickets isn't geographical. SNCF, DB, Trainline and dozens of other companies all get their availability and prices from the same database. The Polish operators choose not to release seats and berths to these operators.
