Hello :-) I'm glad you liked our service, even if "slightly" delayed one... I was the train manager / conductor for a part of your journey (Bohumín- Prague)... You also forgot to mention that we got stopped in Zábřeh na Moravě for about 30 minutes, due to a collision of a train going earlier with a person (suicide / accident). Memorable night indeed.
Weather delays and other delays can happen anywhere with airlines, trains, and buses... It is what it is... If you are driving 300 kilometers or 200 miles, you will most likely encounter road construction delays as well...
@@ronclark9724 But in Czechia it's standard, you always expect at least 10 minutes, if it actually goes on time, everyone is really surprised and people are running to catch the train because nobody expected it beying on time. 😀 We have maximum 160 km/h, but you spend most of they time with 0 km/h by waiting somewhere in middle of rapeseed field. 😀 Problem with our trains is that our train network is too busy and we have stations and crossings every few hundred meters, so it's not possible to put all those trains on that tracks, it's possible only theoreticaly in time tables, but not in reality. In main corridor between Prague and Moravia, there is train every few seconds and if only one train has problem, entire country is 2 hours delayed because almost all trains are somehow related to this main corridor. I just can't believe that they still didn't solve that, they are still doing some upgrades to have more capacity, but it's still worse and worse, they just have to build entire new corridor with another 2-4 tracks, there is no other solution, optimalisations work only on paper, not in reality. As a person who uses trains since childhood, I see that problem escalated when they allowed private companies riding on tracks, there is just too many trains now, you had one train on one route in the past, but now, you have like 3 trains on same route from different companies, they should never allow that.
@@skintslots Funny thing is that people are always complaining about our national railway company (české dráhy) and they were praising first private company, but they were using just old ČD trains, so it was even worse than national company and you can see massive improvement in last 10 years, our national company has really good long route trains, especially train which are going to other countries, you can sit in 1st class in restaurant wagon and it's reallly good. Private companies don't have restaurant wagons, I mean real restaurant in train, not some buffet or person with coffee and snickers with mobile cart.
The Premium Class on LEO Express is actually pretty good for an overnight trip. It's basically like flying Business Class on a plane, complete with lie-flat seats, entertainment system etc.
An excellent report of a very interesting trip -- thanks for sharing! To my surprise, the Slovakian countryside is truly beautiful! And the housing in towns looked pretty nice.
@@matusmajer9219 No, not at all. I've never been to Slovakia, and I know very little about your lovely country. I knew that Czecho-Slovakia had lived on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain, and it along with other Eastern-bloc countries suffered greatly under harsh Soviet totalitarianism. That's about it. And no, I'm NOT a believer in "American exceptionalism." We have enormous problems here, and the rest of the world doesn't particularly like us. I'd love to take a trip to Slovakia, but at age 82 I can no longer handle lengthy land trips, only cruises! So I will simply continue watching RU-vid videos about Slovakia and its TRAINS! Wishing you all the very best! P.S. -- Ice hockey fans here will always remember and honor Zdeno Chára!
Auto train is really cool! My wife and I took it once from Metz to Nice (when it still existed...), we also got a car wash voucher on arrival. We live in Luxembourg, the night train (with sleeper car- TEN) was later extended to Lux until SNCF, in their great and unfathomable wisdom, decided to axe the service. Dash 8/Q400 LUX-NCE ever since to go visit my mother, not the same...
I wish there were more auto-train options in North America, especially routes for the "snowbirds" who spend winter in the warmer southern climates, oh well, we can always dream...
I'm from Poland and just week ago I return from my vacation in New York. I had a huge pleasure ride by Amtrak to Niagara Falls and Altoona to see Horseshoe Curve. Of course our train also had a just little delay compare to yours, only 3h cause as the Amtrak attendant said, we must wait for many Norfolk Southern trains and follow very slowly behind cause they had priority as the tracks belong to them. LOVE IT! :D
Another great trip Thibault, I love they offer such hospitality for the price and tried to make up for the delay despite it being beyond their control!
That was one of your best video's yet ! With a delay like that I consider that more bang for your Euro !!!😁 Amtrak or any other operator would have put you on bus...🤬🤬🤬 Keep up the great work...:):):)
Thanks for the video! I live in Brno myself, but didn't know of this train before you uploaded this video. Thanks to you, I'll check it out some time later this year!
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Hey, those DDm, thanks to the identification plate, look like registered in Austria. A-ČD means registered in Austria for operator České Dráhy, so it is propably ex OEBB.
The ex-DB couccette coach is actually owned WagonService, a leasing company. They kept the DB City Night Line livery but added a black band around the windows.
Yoiu have a way with words that experess your emotions and make me feel more involed with the videos. Thank you for that. Incidentally, I love your logo - instantly recognisable and well designed. ❤❤
I recently went on a longer trip from northern Germany to the Czech Republic with the sister line. The cars were the same and besides it being slightly bumpy at times it was an awesome journey!
Dear Thibault, Ďakujem, (Thank you in Slovak, courtesy Lady Google...)...On my wish-list and you are fulfilling it one by one...!! Certainly, the delay worked in 'our' favour: what stunning greenery, houses, the rain (raining in Bangalore now...!!)...Keep travelling & stay Blessed my friend...Cheerio...🐎🚂🐎
Sorry the delay was almost 8 hours causing you to miss your connection in Prague. Like you I would also select a deluxe bedroom with ensuite bathroom for an overnight journey. Thank you Thibault for posting this review.😀😀💚💚
I only took one sleeping train in my life, and it really contrast with this luxury one. The one I took was a TLK train to Jelenia Góra / Žilina (the train was divided at some point). I got on in Gdańsk, a major city in the north of Poland, and left the train in Bielsko-Biała (a city in south of Poland). It wasn't very luxury because it was cheap (TLK stands for "Tanie Linie Kolejowe" - Cheap Railways). The coaches were old Slovak couchette, and I think it had a trainwide heating system because it was very hot (and it was in January!). Also the train was from Gdynia Główna station (only 20 km from where I got on), but it was already like one hour late when it arrived on my station, they said it was because of overhead wires failure.
I'd never have thought that you would need a sleeper to get from Slovakia to the Czech Republic respectively Prague by train. Thank you for this awesome video, and I'm wiser now when it comes to the distance between both countries! I hope you've tried some Smažený sýr, fried cheese with tartar sauce, my favourite street food in the Czech Republic and Slovakia! :)
It’s important to turn the alarm off on your car before the journey some idiots didn’t do it on the overnight ferry I was on and the noise was just torture the whole night only good thing was that it ran the battery down so serves them right you are told repeatedly to turn the alarm off , back to the vid great post really enjoyed it I’m a sucker for sleeper trains
13:21 if you listen closely the locomotive (ZSSK 757) hauling the train blew it's whistle :D There was a level crossing it was passing too shortly afterwards
Very nice video ... fun to "share" your experiences! Very pretty countryside ... sort of glad you were delayed so better day views! [Greetings from Tucson.]
I once had the same event on an Euro night train with car transporter from Vienna to Hamburg. We were standing at the border the entire night because of blocked tracks due to a storm. In the end the train drove back to Vienna.
When we lived in Czechoslovakia we would take the midnight sleeper train from Púchov to Prague. There was something about getting rocked to sleep and then waking up as the whistle blew as we entered Prague suburbs.
After watching the video I’m impressed with how upgraded the experience was for this traveler. The rail noise of the track clicking was absent. The fact that Žilina is now last stop in Slovakia instead of Púchov is logical. Púchov is not a regional city hub, just a local rail hub. Watching the video is hitting me with the nostalgia feels. The sleeper cab looks first class vs the 6 cot sleeper cabs we were in years ago.
5:40 "These are called DDm, from what I can tell, these seem to be ex-DB": No, they are ex-ÖBB, built by Jenbacher, hence the number with A-ČD (A for Austria). They are similar to the DB DDm 915 but have a differently shaped underframe. ČD repainted them to dark blue. As for the tables: They seem to be difficult to handle for the crew, I have heard of complaints from newrest/ÖBB about this. So for the new nightjets a different solution will be found (exact details have not yet been released).
@@ironbolt2678 But trains in Czechia are not delayed because of trees (mostly), it's delayed becuase of stupid politics in last 30 years, our tracks are overused, there is too many trains and it has no capacity for that and they allowed private companies in such situation so there is even more trains and problem is 3 times worse than before. You literally stay in middle of corn field and waiting 20 minutes before "better class" trains pass around you and then your train can go, it's not because of trees. This crazy situation is here like 10 years, since they allowed private train companies. There is train every few seconds on main corridor from Prague to Brno and they let even more trains operate there, it makes no sense, it can't work.
70EUR/75USD is an amazing bargain for what is essentially a moving hotel room. As for the power outlet, packing a power strip solves that problem😄 Edit: question though: why are there passport/immigration checks at Zilina when both CZ and SK are Schengen countries? Aren't passport/immigration checks between Schengen countries supposed to be abolished?
I was surprised as well, it seems like something that the Slovaks do as I have never in recent weeks and months seen any checks on Czech side of the border. And I have never heard any of my friends that cross the border often, that there would be any border checks.
There's not always passport check, they only can ask you for passport. Usually they just walk through train with police dog (searching drugs etc.) and ask suspicious persons to show them their ID card. So they will just look in your passport but not give any stamp or some border procedures :)
Schengen space doesn't mean totally free moving. You still to have valid passport or at leas eu ID card (or visa from some countries). Police or customs police still can stop you and check if you have some of this valid things. Schengen space only means that you can cross border without border search and check valid passport (and tax and tolls paper for goods in car etc). I would say it's same as cross US states. For example on highway D8/A17 (Czech/Germany border) you can see every day czech and german police patrol between tunnels on Czech side. Most of time only sit in car and looking but they are there.
@@MrToradragon Zilina isn't a border town. Schengen doesn't mean that member states cannot check your identity, but it only means that it isn't necessarily carried out at the border if the state concerned wishes to do so.
6:15 Interesting to see a German plate on the Peugeot there, apparently the service is used by people travelling from further away too. (Also I really hope the ÖBB expands nightjet-services with car hauling, Innsbruck just doesn't quite cut it for "alps")
I wish more people would understand that Mother Nature cant be tamed and can play havoc with our railways in the UK. when a really bad storm hits. all you hear is how badly run the railways are. no allowances for multiple trees Landing on the OLE or blocking the line. its as if they expect the damage to repair itself.
These Czech Coaches also run Zurich Hauptbahnhof to Prague via Linz Hbf Salzburg Innsbruck Hbf. If are looking for an Austrian ÖBB Motorail train Documents by ÖBB Autoreisezug there's Hamburg Innsbruck and Wien Hbf Split/Livorno Summer Time. Other motorail trains use the covered Hccrrs waggons which is the Villach Hbf Austria to Turkey Edirne Optima Express. If there's no Ddm 915 freight Sekqrs waggons CZ has Laaers560s that can run the train max speed 100-120 kmh. Early Motorail trains ÖBB DB Autoreisezug used Laaers 560s so did SNCF
Well even tho it was dellayed for 7 hours there probably was a reason for not putting you on the bus replacement But zssk has renovated their newer coaches It would be cool if you checked them out mostly on ic services
Hello How wonderful to have discovered this channel. I am a fan of trains. Unfortunately in my country they have almost all been replaced by buses. But pages like this one, make me remember my trips in my youth. Congratulations and from now on I am a follower!!! Greetings from Santiago de Chile P.S. What is the brand of the cell phone you are filming with? Atte Héctor
12:35 so, if you are a Spanish speaker you can keep the cream cheese at temperatures up to 8 degrees, otherwise you'll get arrested if you keep it at temperatures above 5 degrees? (compare the left vs the right sides of the package)
In the past, the Košice-Prague connection was operated by the night trains "Cassovia" and "Excelsior", which were notorious for being cramped and for petty crime.
I noticed that in your channel you have made a lot of videos in Italy. I recommend you try the Italo train. However, yours are always good comments, so what train to take in the various states! thank you!
I did the trip in September from Prague to Kosice with CD and from Kosice to Prague with RegioJet (both overnight). And I did not have any passport control between countries. So I think is something that doesn't happen everyday.
Maybe that day Mr. Simply Railway simply lucked out to be there and the policemen had gotten echo about possible illegal immigrants on-board that train.
The gap between the train and the platform is very large, and it's too high for passengers with heavy luggage to get on. I tripped once and fell on the ground , got some bruises and bleeding on my knee. Actually, most Eastern European countries are having the same problem.
I wonder who is liable if the cars get damaged in those trucks. I'd love to take my car for a train ride to the mountains (my wife is Czech) but I do wonder how safe it is... And the car alarm system probably needs disabling before you leave it!
🚶👍🚂 ✋ Extra, good job 👏👌 Wow nice view, I like to see new places ✌ Great movie 👍 Bravo 👋 And I have a new movie from a walk around the city 😊 Regards, DJ Janusz from Warsaw Poland ✌ 🇵🇱✋
Great trip. The delay because natural disasters can't be complained. At least you can enjoy the landscape on a daylight. I'm curious about what train you'll be taken if the natural disasters wouldn't be happened?
I am a third country citizen recently have moved and work in slovak, i want to visit czech and poland... Is there a border patrol or check? If yes What documents should i bring thank you
Did you get any refund at all? If so, how did you manage the process? Did you file a claim at the train station? did they give you a voucher or cash? Apart from that, lovely sights and great CD service👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I so want to return to this countryside, although have never been a fan of sleeper trains. Such a positive review after the unfortunate delay. Do you know what travel the 30 koruna will purchase?
