Trying out the First Class product of Avanti West Coast Trains between Glasgow and London; Complementary meals from an "All You Can Eat" menu are included in the rail fare; The beef ragu and croque tasted well;
Full trip report:
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@speisewagen
Welcome aboard the inaugural European Sleeper train ES 453 Bruxelles-Midi - Praha hl.n. via Antwerpen, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Dresden!
The train is 15 cars long.
Rumour Mill:
A day-time high-speed train between Berlin and Paris will be introduced from December 2024; It's still open,whether a French TGV or German ICE is deployed;
Preliminary timetable:
Paris 09h00
Saarbrücken: 11h00
Frankfurt/Main Süd: 12h55
Erfurt: 15h00
Berlin: 16h55
Bad news!
It is now 04:45 and our ÖBB
#Nightjet
Train Vienna/Innsbruck - Hamburg has not even reached Würzburg;
We are now delayed by more than 130 min;
Apparently, the data connection between our loco and 2 Nightjet trainsets is broken, which caused multiple emergency stops
Two Ukrainian Railways Steam Locomotives are pushing and pulling a Passenger Train over the Darnytskyi Bridge (Dnieper River) in Kyiv #Укрзалізниця #Поезд #жд #УЗ
Sunrise somewhere between Braunschweig and Helmstedt aboard the inaugural European Sleeper Train ES 463 Brussels - Amsterdam - Berlin
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@seatsixtyone
Off to Bologna, Italy !
ÖBB Railjet 2 is departing as RJ 87 from Munich Hauptbahnhof, Germany today (August 8, 2024);
It is the very first Railjet commercial service from Germany to Italy;
#RailJetNextGen
The first European Sleeper train Brussels-Prague has arrived 10 minutes early in Bad Bentheim, border town of Germany at 00:45;
Our Traxx locomotive will switch from Dutch 1.5 kV DC to German 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC voltage
A CR400BF high-speed train is overtaking our train on the Yangtze River High-Speed Railway, while we are speeding up on the parallel Shanghai-Suzhou-Tongji High-Speed Railway
Sad news:
The new ICE L (Talgo) is NOT going to take over the Berlin-Amsterdam line in the autumn of 2024;
The delivery of these Talgo trainsets to Deutsche Bahn is being pushed back to the middle of 2025; More delays can be expected;
Source:
České dráhy will introduce an overnight EuroCity train between Berlin and Prague via Dresden from June 11 for the summer season;
EC 259 Berlin 00:36 - Dresden 03:00 - Praha 05:24;
EC 258 Praha 20:28 - Dresden 22:54 - Berlin 01:12;
Not clear if dining car is open;
Winter Wonderland in Czech Republic:
It's so good to be able to open the windows aboard the fast train "Silva Nortica" from Praha hl.n. to Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof
Full Video:
Oh No ! After a quick smoke in Nürnberg I've missed my
#Nightjet
train, continuing on to Hamburg!
Is it going to stop for me ?
Joke, this is just the normal shunting action in Nürnberg to change 4 different through car groups.
This is the best way to travel from Prague to Vienna:
Czech Railways Express Train "Silva Nortica" Praha hl.n. - Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof via Tábor, České Velenice, Gmünd, Sigmundsherberg and Tulln
Mannheim between 2:30 and 3:40 am:
The four ÖBB
#Nightjet
through car groups ->
1. Berlin - Paris
2. Berlin - Brussels
3. Vienna - Paris
4. Vienna - Brussels
-> are being shunted around to create new trains
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 06h09:
The European Sleeper train is riding on the Berliner Stadtbahn - the historic east-west elevated railway through the heart in Berlin, completed in 1882
My next ride to Amsterdam in 2024 !
This 21-car long ICE L trainset has visited Berlin last Sunday;
Watch how this Talgo 230 trainset is departing from Berlin-Lichtenberg;
Thanks for the video footage:
@brexitrailways
!
Montenegro: Driving through the most scenic part of the Beograd-Bar Railway (Trebesica Tunnel - Lutovo, entering the Moraca Canyon Valley); Full Video on Youtube:
The new Railjet 2 is arriving in Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof for its first international maiden voyage to Munich, Germany;
Enjoy the full trip report on Youtube !
It is possible: Double-stack container rail transport under an electric catenary; there is no more excuse not to electrify cargo railway lines in the United States and Canada
EuroCity Train EC 57 "Wawel" Berlin - Przemyśl via Wrocław and Kraków is departing from Berlin Hauptbahnhof;
The PKP Intercity EU 44 "Husarz" (5 370 008) electric locomotive is hauling this 9-car long train - with 7x Second Class + 1x Restaurant + 1x First Class car
The European Sleeper Train No. ES 452 has dramatically shrunk on its third day of operation from Berlin to Brussels - from 11 to just 7 passenger cars -> only 1 Sleeping Car + 5 Cochette Cars + 1 Seating Car
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Our 15-car long European Sleeper train ES 453 Brussels-Prague has just crossed the German/Czech border is meandering around the Elbe River Valley;
Full trip report is available on Youtube:
One a personal note:
Youtube is only my hobby - as I have a full-time job in an unrelated industry;
That allows me create content - without the commercial pressure that may lead extreme forms of clickbaiting and silly reviews;
I am open for feedback, but I won't change; 1/2
You can also fully open the windows on the all-new ÖBB
#Nightjet
train NJ 425 Brussels-Berlin !
Our 11-car long train is entering Bruxelles-Nord railway station
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Good Morning from Tampere, Finland !
Fast Train no. P 262 Kolari - Helsinki is just arriving;
This night train is mostly formed of these classic blue-gray Sleeping Cars
LTG Link Diesel Railcar 630MiL-004 is operating the new International Intercity Train IC 23/143 Vilnius - Warsaw; Passengers need to change to a PKP Intercity train in Mockava at the Poland/Lithuania border (Suwalki Gap)
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@seatsixtyone
@nonstopeurotrip
@superalbs
Well, I am eagerly awaiting a return of direct express train from Vienna to Beograd via Budapest; The Intercity train IC 345 "Avala" is shown on the photos; Trains have been missing on the crucial Budapest-Beograd route now for many years;
Good bye, Eurostar monopoly !
For the first time in decades one can travel from Paris to Brussels without a reservation - aboard a SNCB Eurocity train via Quévy (fr) and Mons; albeit this service only operates around the Paris Olympics
@seatsixtyone
Berlin Ostbahnhof - Thu, March 28, 2024 at 23:33:
The 2nd European Sleeper train run Prague-Brussels is again carrying 15 passenger cars (2x Sleeping + 6x Euro Express Couchette + 1x TRI Bike/Couchette + 6x GfF Couchette Cars)
Full Video of first run:
European Sleeper Train No. ES 452 Berlin - Amsterdam - Brussels is riding through Berlin - with 11 passenger cars; You can see the Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) in the background
Welcome aboard the ÖBB
#Nightjet
train NJ 40424/424 Berlin - Paris/Brussels on its first public operating day !
I have secured a last-minute berth in a Deluxe Sleeping Car cabin;
The train doesn't appear to be very full;
Christmas Video Review: ČD Night Inaugural Journey -> EuroNight Train EN 40458 "Canopus" Prague - Leipzig - Prague in Czech Deluxe Sleeping Car with Traditional Dining Car
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@superalbs
@nonstopeurotrip
Video Link:
Crossing the German/French border at Kehl (Gr) aboard ÖBB Nightjet train NJ 468 Vienna-Paris at 07:55; The Rhine River marks the border;
We are running 2 hours and 15 minutes late
SJ EuroNight Train EN 345 Stockholm - Berlin is rolling over the Rendsburg High Bridge (Rendsburger Hochbrücke, opened in 1913), which crosses the Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) in Northern Germany
Our Railjet 2 train RJ 88 Bologna-Munich has just met the opposite-running Railjet 2 train RJ 89 Munich-Bologna somewhere between Kufstein and Rosenheim
Rolling out the Red Carpet aboard this Chinese Soft Sleeper Car;
It almost feels like I am on an Ukrainian or Russian train, but I am riding train K1517 Shenyang - Xining
Full Video:
The voltage of the overhead catenary system is switching from 3 kV DC (Belgium) to 1.5 kV DC (Netherlands) in the South of Roosendaal, Netherlands on the cross-border Antwerpen - Lage Zwaluwe Main Line
New Video:
The ÖBB Regional Express line REX 41 connects Vienna with Gmünd, České Velenice, and Prague;
In my eyes it is possibly the most comfortline Regional Train in Austria with classic České dráhy rolling stock;
Link:
The very first public journey of ÖBB
#Nightjet
Train NJ 425 Brussels-Berlin
in a classic Sleeping Car cabin;
A broken loco in Aachen + a very empty train;
Full video:
Crazy ! Look at all these trainspotters, filming our inaugural European Sleeper Train ES 453 Brussels - Berlin just North of the Hollands Diep bridge (Dordrecht)
@EuropeanSlpr