TRIP REPORT | Warsaw to Budapest | EuroNight Sleeper | IC Chopin / EN Metropol | PKP Intercity

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I took EuroNight sleeper train from Warsaw to Budapest. I travelled aboard PKP Intercity sleeping car. During the journey we have visited 4 countries - Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
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DETAILS:
Railway company: PKP Intercity
Train number: IC 407 / NJ 457 / EN 477
Category: EuroNight
Route: Warszawa Wschodnia to Budapest-Nyugati
Duration: 13h03m
Date: May 2023
Class: Standard sleeper
Coach / Berth: 353 / 42
Train type: Loco hauled train
Train composition:
PKP class EU44 locomotive / ČD Class 362 loco / ČD Class 380 loco
Coaches: Budapest portion: WLAB10mnouz Sleeping car (wagon sypialny), Bc10mnouz couchette (kuszetka), B11mnouz 2nd class seated carriage
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0:00 Intro and the station
1:17 The train
2:47 Boarding
3:11 Compartment tour
8:28 Departure
9:13 Amenities
11:28 Morning
13:07 Train tour
16:10 Breakfast
17:12 Summary
18:47 Arrival
19:40 Train preview

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2 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 126

@meinbc5652 9 месяцев назад

Taking this exact trip tomorrow night! It will be my first sleeper train experience. Thank you for all of your fabulous insight!

@AshleyKatayi 7 месяцев назад

How was it?

@travellingboardingtime 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the wonderful VDO as always

@przychodzkipl 11 месяцев назад

Very nice trip and greeat review as always. Greetings from Warsaw.

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! Greetings from Prague :-)

@pascalnemecek1502 11 месяцев назад

Ahoj Pete, jsem rád, že jsem viděl video o vašem výletu! Pěkný výlet se 4 projetými zeměmi. je super zábava to sledovat. Všiml jsem si, že všechny vlaky, které jsem viděl na vašich videích, jsou čisté a příjemné a pohodlné. Děkujeme za sdílení. Přátelský pozdrav z Dives Cabourg 👋🚂🚅🤩📽️👋🇸🇽

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Bonjour Pascal, merci beaucoup! Yes, it was a very nice journey. Many trains, especially long-distance ones, are always clean and well-maintained. Greetings from Prague :-)

@robertbartosik8339 11 месяцев назад

great review, as usual, Pete :-)

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! :-)

@brucebowen100 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the new video. It was nice to see the walking shadow again. Very nice train ride.

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for watching! :-)

@peterberes1166 11 месяцев назад

Skvele, opät paradny trip report. mna proste tvoje videjka bavia, len tak ďalej.

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Mockrát děkuji :-)

@maciekwr 11 месяцев назад

Great video!

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thank you :-)

@antonstein4824 10 месяцев назад

super

@borkbirkarson6075 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful Train, nice Trip.

@Thomas1980 10 месяцев назад

Super nice wonderful Video! Greetings

@PeteBrandy 10 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! :-)

@abus3562 11 месяцев назад

Nice train ride. Thanks for taking me with you. 🚂

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for watching! :-)

@thomasreiser 10 месяцев назад

The 109 euros also included a nights accommodation which makes it more competitive with air travel where you would have to pay for accommodation separately

@_sotous_ 11 месяцев назад

Úžasný video 👍

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Díky moc! :-)

@karburator2778 9 месяцев назад

Nice :) dzięki :)

@vipin_rahul 9 месяцев назад

Very nice. Clean railway station and train.

@CantofanCristian 5 месяцев назад

Hello I checked out your channel! you have great videos and very good frames Congratulations

@TravelALBERT 10 месяцев назад

Great video. I want to travel it as well 😊

@PeteBrandy 10 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! You should, night trains are always an interesting experience :-)

@sadakamber5843 10 месяцев назад

Very good travel guide video. Many thanks ✌️♥️🇬🇧. Many years ago I travelled from Keleti Budapest to Berlin Hbf on the then sleeper train. It took 13:07mins ish.. Sadly, it doesn't run anymore, unless things have changed. It was a great experience and I was well looked after by the trains staff. Happy travels. I'll be subscribing to your channel. Ps. I was staying in Warsaw last month, I had a great time, great city. 🇵🇱 ♥️ 🇬🇧 ✌️

@PeteBrandy 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Now there is also a through sleeping car to Berlin, but from the Budapest-Nyugati station. Last autumn, I traveled in this sleeper car on the route Budapest - Berlin. Yes, Warsaw is very nice city :-)

@sadakamber5843 10 месяцев назад

@@PeteBrandy Good to know. Thanks

@leventedavid8649 6 месяцев назад

In the new season it operetes from the Nyugati on it's original route trough Bratislava-Prauge-Dresden.

@bernardbouzon5499 11 месяцев назад

This train is on my list

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

I also had this train on my list for a long time, it was quite difficult to get a ticket.

@bernardbouzon5499 11 месяцев назад

Is it easier to get this train in Prag ?

@Vlk08 11 месяцев назад

Zajímavý ten vůz, co byl za lokomotivou, když ten vlak odtahovali do depa :D Super video!

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Díky, to ano, jsem si ho naštěstí stihnul nafotit. Ty dva vozy za lokomotivou byly přidány jen pro ten odtah do depa, pravděpodobně kvůli brzdícím procentům soupravy, protože se u zbytku vlaku nedělala zkouška brzdy po připojení odtahové lokomotivy.

@Trainspotter_Kosican 11 месяцев назад

Jej nové videjko😊

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Yes :-)

@zoltansimorka91 11 месяцев назад

Very good. Welcome to Hungary.

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thank you :-)

@darrishng6540 11 месяцев назад

Hey man! That's a great trip report you provided here. The price of 110 Euro is more on the higher side since it doesn't provide a shower and WiFi as a sleeper train, especially for me who relies on WiFi so much :( Despite that, it is a relatively modern look sleeping cabin with newly furnished closets as well as great-looking toilets, a huge plus for me who needs a toilet every early morning after I wake up from sleep :D Also, the carriages are so quiet compared to the EMUs when it speeds down the mainline. Before I end comments here, as a takeaway, I think is train should be called "Central Euro or Visegrad Sleeper Express" since it runs in central European regions and they are also the Visegrad groups as well :D Cheers from Malaysia

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot! I think that this price is still quite good compared to other night trains (e.g. Nightjet). With the sleeper train, it is also necessary to take into account that the cost of one night in a hotel will be saved. As for Wi-Fi, I don't think it's needed that much on a night train, just have a SIM card with data, and EU data roaming applies throughout the EU, so data from one EU country can be used in another EU country. Greetings from Prague :-)

@tigerian4860 10 месяцев назад

love from India 🤗

@piotrek8389 11 месяцев назад

Ahoj Pete ✋✋✋ It's very nice to see You in Warsaw. Thank You for Fantastic trip report. I hope The Railway Station Warszawa Wschodnia will be better looking after modernisation. Greetings to You ✋✋✋

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Cześć Piotrek. Thanks so much! I always enjoy my journeys to Poland :-) I hope too, Warszawa Wschodnia already needs a modernisation :-) Greetings from Prague :-)

@piotrek8389 11 месяцев назад

@@PeteBrandy And I always enjoy travel to Czech Republic and Slovakia 😁😁😁 I have been in Bratislava few years ago and visited Hlavna Stanica too. Looks very nice. Have a nice trips Pete ✋✋✋

@daylightflute 10 месяцев назад

@@PeteBrandy I don't get it... you just said it was renovated in 2012?!

@fox570808 10 месяцев назад

@@daylightflute The building was renovated and looks cool but the platforms are still waiting to be renovated. It'll take some time after the new Warszawa Zachodnia (Warsaw West) station is finished.

@daylightflute 10 месяцев назад

@@fox570808 Thank you, that makes sense. Hopefully I'll visit Warszawa and the rest of Poland with train next summer.

@tamaslukacs3173 8 месяцев назад

Hello 2:44 is the good little screeching sound... We are always happy when the car arrives at Keleti depo.... 12:19 We call them "Búvár" (diver). The name refers to the windshield that looks like diving goggles.

@szymsza1 11 месяцев назад

As always a great video. :D The car you was in also has deluxe compartments with a shower. Please test it sometime. Greetings from Poland

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thank you :-) I know that there are 2 deluxe compartments in these sleeping cars, but the reservation system usually doesn't offer the option to choose it (at least it was like that on my trip). Maybe because on some days a different type of sleeping car was operated on this route.

@kolejpolska 10 месяцев назад

Problem w tym że prysznice nie działają XD

@szymsza1 10 месяцев назад

@@kolejpolska Aaa. No to nieźle xD

@krzysztofbaj3506 4 месяца назад

@@kolejpolskadlaczego nie działają?

@dlbrittain1976 11 месяцев назад

😊😊😊😊😊

@alexanderivkin7086 3 месяца назад

WLAB10mnouz 305ad can still be ordered new. There is a pdf at FPS Poznan with all technical data. IMO the best of all cars. Beats even new nightjet sleeping car, because they are single units and therefore flexible. The deluxe compartments in the middle with the bathroom sections are just perfectly designed. I want European Sleeper or any other private company to order these ones, instead of leasing 1950s stock.

@sbstransitshipspotting5322 6 месяцев назад

3:33 I think I missed this out from my trip report of the same train in the reverse direction

@jozef2691 7 месяцев назад

Super film pozdrawiam serdecznie proszę nagrać film z Frankfurtu nad Menem do Paryża

@marcinklimas2670 11 месяцев назад

8:57 Most Gdański Kolejowy. Train goes Warszawa Wschodnia - Warszawa Gdańska- Józefinów CMK- Kraków Główny?

@danielmolnar55 2 месяца назад

ŠTÚROVO MENTIONED 💯💯💯🗣🗣💥💥

@YASTravelsEatsWell 10 месяцев назад

All said & done for €110 it's a good deal. I did like the shower. So, all you ate was the bread & jam! I guess you would need to bring decent food with you!

@jirivalenta6382 11 месяцев назад

Pěkné video a vlak! Někdy zkus Nightjet z Vídně do Amsterdamu třeba

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Díky! Někdy vyzkoušim 😎

@janpf0624 11 месяцев назад

...and can You hear it now, what I was talking about in my last comment? 🤔 I already knew in few seconds, You are riding the "mainline" number 130 in Slovakia just by listening to the squealing, rattling, rumbling... the Holy Spirit keeps those trains running there. My friend, a loco driver, once told me, they must swallow a couple of transport sickness pills while entering the Bratislava - Štúrovo line...😎 However, I like my matress harder, the bed is still not my favorite, it seems to be narrow. But, the open air heritage railway vehicle display in Bratislava is priceless.😁 As always, good job.

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! Yes, the railways in Slovakia can still look like an open-air museum, but it's always a nice change .. and ZSSK trains are mostly pleasant to travel on.

@NerdX151 11 месяцев назад

Question from the curious dane who knows very little about Slovakia's railways: Would it be faster to run via Kosice and Miskolc? Seems like a more direct route from Bohumin.

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

@@NerdX151 I tried both routes and the route via Břeclav - Bratislava - Štúrovo is approximately 2 hours faster. In addition, the journey through Břeclav is more efficient thanks to the joint journey of through cars towards Wien / Graz and then through cars from Prague.

@janpf0624 11 месяцев назад

@@NerdX151 ...and also Břeclav is main junction border station, there is a change for daylights train too, the express lines (EuroCity) Prague - Břeclav - Budapest and Warsaw - Břeclav - Vienna are crossing each other, in addition there is "railjet" service between Prague and Vienna, and one direct daylight train Warsaw - Budapest (EC 130/131 Bathory).

@NerdX151 11 месяцев назад

19:47 what's with the historic carriage behind the locomotive? Is it used for the shunting crew?

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

It was a MÁV Da6404 historic car. The first 2 carriages behind the locomotive were attached only to tow the set to the depot at Budapest Keleti, probably due to braking percentages, as the original set was not brake tested after the locomotive was connected.

@ringo7561 11 месяцев назад

Great video as always. I Got on a Czech train in Schwandorf Germany around 1030 am last month to go to Prague. About 20 guys got on with beer who must have been going to do a stag party in Prague. I think some guy was getting married. Anyhow they played loud music and sang for the whole duration to Prague. I was in first class and could still hear them. I felt bad for the passengers in second class. Would this type of behavior be allowed on a German train? I was wondering what your thoughts were?

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

The train on the route from Schwandorf to Prague is jointly operated by 2 carriers - Alex (German) and ČD (Czech), each supplying part of the carriages. The main problem with this route is that in Germany the train is operated as a Regional express and promotional tickets are offered, which attracts similar groups of passengers. Unfortunately, the 1st class car is operated by Alex company, this carriage is not properly arranged. I also experienced this on this train when I had to listen to loud music in 1st class.

@gars1074 10 месяцев назад

Feel sorry for you- this has happened to me on the Amtrak across the USA. I get so angry that the train staff does NOTHING to solve this kind of problem. Throw them off the train- abandom them in some small station!

@tamaslukacs3173 8 месяцев назад

@@gars1074At MÁV (Hungarian State Railway), the staff can be asked to exclude such a passenger from the trip. Then the staff either accepts the confrontation or not. The train is sure to be late in such cases, especially if you have to wait for the police too. So the opportunity is there, but it is rarely used. However, if the "passenger" does not have a ticket, there is a 90% chance that they will take action against him. Even if the train is late. In the event of such a person being dropped off, the alarm chain starts. They inform each other about the problem and its location.

@techmatiff8522 11 месяцев назад

Another wonderfull video! PS. Are you Czech? :D

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Thank you :-) Yes, I am :-D

@saravana1237 10 месяцев назад

Hello, thanks for this video. I a planninf to travel next week. At 00:51 train number show IC 14011 but the actual train number is 407. Why is it confusing ?

@PeteBrandy 10 месяцев назад

Hello. From Warsaw, the train has No. IC 407/14010/14011, in Poland this train runs as the InterCity train to Bohumín and I have seen both numbers used. It is important that there are through cars to Budapest. However, there are now lockouts in Poland, so you better check that the train will leave at the planned time and from the planned departure station (e.g. from PKP or on the Portal pasazera).

@burakbozkurt91 2 дня назад

great review, may I ask where you bought the tickets from Warsaw? Online or went to the office and bought (like old school) Thnaks!

@PeteBrandy 2 дня назад

Thank you :-) I bought my ticket online from PKP Intercity, but sometimes it needed to buy a ticket in the ticket office (usually when the promo tickets are sold out).

@kawalerek76 11 месяцев назад

Was there a toilet and shower in the sleeping compartment you were traveling in?

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

There are only 2 compartments equipped with en-suite bathroom, but I have booked a standard cabin equipped only with a sink.

@sebastian5132 11 месяцев назад

Wow, I want to travel like that, but from Budapest. How comfortable is it from 1 to 10 ?

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Compared to sleeper cars of other carriers and also with older PKP sleeping cars, this type is not very comfortable. On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate it a 6, mainly because of the mattress.

@sebastian5132 11 месяцев назад

@@PeteBrandy Thank you. Which one is most comfortable from your experience ?

@TrainSpotter_Vrsovicak 11 месяцев назад

Krásné video ! Úplně mě překvapil tenhle modernizovaný WLAB!!! Musím vyzkoušet ;) Ty lůžkové vozy se ve všech státech modernizují a hlavně v Polsku a Rakousku to teď jede na plné čáře ! Česko a Slovensko zaostávají.Chci se zeptat jak je na tom Německo ? Neviděl jsem moc německých lůžkových vlaků...

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Díky moc! Zrovna tento vůz je novostavba z roku 2003 z HCP Poznań, je to vůz na 200 km/h, původně určený pro vlaky EuroNight směr Německo (EN Jan Kiepura), a teď jsou nasazovány na Budapest a Graz. Jinak Deutsche Bahn zrušila noční vlaky (CityNightLine) a většinu lůžkových odkoupily ÖBB, a část lehátkových má i RegioJet nebo Wagonservis Slovakia.. Jinak zrovna ČD mají teď taky moderní lůžkové vozy, jednak WLABmz od Siemens a teď prošly modernizací vozy WLABmee co jezdí hlavně Budapest a Košice / Humenné.

@TrainSpotter_Vrsovicak 11 месяцев назад

@@PeteBrandyDíky za odpověď ;)

@foxn11 9 месяцев назад

you can fly also from Warsaw to Budapest for like 20-50USD and it takes around 1h of flight ;)

@CalinFR 11 месяцев назад

I still cannot get over the fact that PKP removed all of their carpeting from the sleeping, couchette and restaurant cars. Looks so Nordic. I don't like it. The cozyness it offers is unparalleled.

@NerdX151 11 месяцев назад

One thing Nordic trains has going for them is that they use a lot of wooden panelling to make the compartments more cozy. The modern PKP sleepers is more like a dentist office xD

@CalinFR 11 месяцев назад

@@NerdX151 :)) that's true

@AC-db4ek 10 месяцев назад

@@NerdX151 it really does look like a dentist office in a cheap hospital. I wonder who made such a depressive decoration, he should be fired.

@tamaslukacs3173 8 месяцев назад

@@AC-db4ek I think it looks really good. I've only seen worse.

@vishaldhanuka3131 5 месяцев назад

How much does it cost you for single occupancy sleeper ticket?

@centredoorplugsthornton4112 11 месяцев назад

Coach and sleeper to Graz, Austria. Throwback to the old Chopin Express Moscow-Warsaw-Vienna.

@jirivalenta6382 11 месяцев назад

19:53 neposouvejte s otevřenými dveřmi :D

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

:-D

@Kolej_glownie_z_Pomorza 11 месяцев назад

Super ale nie za taką cenę biletu

@andrewazarov2717 8 месяцев назад

Where did you buy the ticket? I can't find it on pkp website

@PeteBrandy 8 месяцев назад

On PKP website.. But it’s necessary to enter the names of the stations correctly, otherwise it could not find this train.. and also it didn’t find this connection when the train is sold out

@andrewazarov2717 8 месяцев назад

thanks@@PeteBrandy

@crazyjerz8689 11 месяцев назад

how did you manage to buy tickets for this train? MAV doesn't work and PKP breaks at random and doesn't show the 1st class sleeper

@bernardbouzon5499 11 месяцев назад

CD maybe 🤔

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

I bought the ticket via PKP website (but you must be registered), but not all connections / days could be bought this way, I think it is only possible to buy if a promo tariff is available, otherwise the website refers you to the counter. But last year I had the same problem, when I was traveling from Vienna to Warsaw, there was not possible to buy a ticket via PKP, so aI bought my ticket from ÖBB.

@kierownik 10 месяцев назад

@gerysphotos3519 10 месяцев назад

Seems cool, but I'd rather keep flying 🙂 Regards from Budapest Hungary

@Visalcon 11 месяцев назад

19:49 co to za wagon pierwszy za lokomotywą?

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

It was a MÁV Da6404 historic car. The first 2 carriages behind the locomotive were attached only to tow the set to the depot at Budapest Keleti, probably due to braking percentages.

@tamaslukacs3173 8 месяцев назад

@@PeteBrandy The first coach was headed for a special purpose train. It traveled between Veszprém and Bp Déli. If I remember correctly, the Veszprémfest was taking place. The car is stored at the Hungarian Railway History Park. They are also the operators. The museum's track network is accessible via Bp Nyugati. The second coach was on its way to its place of operation in Miskolc. It is easier to solve this via Keleti, because there are direct trains from here to Miskolc.

@facabrites 5 месяцев назад

no wifi? Oh God

@TamasKiss-bv9hz 11 месяцев назад

💗🤍💚👍👍👍

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

😎

@nSiLEtan 8 месяцев назад

For half the price of this train one way, you can have a round-trip flight and be there in an hour! Not worth it at all.

@kolejpolska 10 месяцев назад

110 euros is way too much for this service.. you don't even get a shower, acceptable breakfast or a comfortable matress and your journey is 13 hours long. I can literally get a Wizzair at 8:45AM from Warsaw and get to Budapest in an hour for 60 euros. I'd expect at least Nightjet or ČD Night standard for this price.

@user-cp4hz7fr5m 10 месяцев назад

13 hours is too much

@bernardbouzon5499 11 месяцев назад

Disposable cutlery ☹️

@PeteBrandy 11 месяцев назад

Yes :-/

@bogusawdunaj9641 8 месяцев назад

Przez Kraków Główny do Budapesztu 😍

@witowerner161 9 месяцев назад

What can i say? The interior of the compartment is extremely unhomelike (colours like in a lavatory), average speed 72 km/h is a joke

@aandt27 10 месяцев назад

11O euro for one way ticket is a joke. It was terribly overpriced. The service is really non-existent, it seems. And I wouldn't call it a breakfast. It's insulting - a jam, a butter, and a few slices of bread? It's really bad.