14 Hours on a Soviet/GDR Sleeper - Chisinau to Bucharest

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Ай бұрын

I stepped back in time to take a 13-hour train journey (that turned out to be an hour longer) between Chisinau, Moldova and Bucharest, Romania. The train is often said to be the last Soviet sleeper in Europe, although it was actually manufactured in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). What an epic journey this was!

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@smallworld-4445 29 күн бұрын

Memories... used the train back in 2022, and they really upgraded it since then. Power in the compartment, and a bar was not offered. Fun thing: If you have the first or last room, someone comes in while the wheels get changed, removes the carpet, opens a hole and takes out some metal splnts to free the wheels. You can see the guy in your video too. Great experience, would go again.

@jdu7729 Ай бұрын

Hey ho! Let's go Folklore and Rock'n'roll Pleacă trenul! Unde esti? Chișinău - București

@shwabb1 16 күн бұрын

The first thing I thought of when I saw this video in my recommendations

@flymode5320 Ай бұрын

Loved the video mate, Soviet time really was something else, super interesting and nostalgic, cheers from Portugal!

@mickclayton1485 25 күн бұрын

Nice to hear the radio ID once again.

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

Glad to see a comment from someone who remembers it!

@boweandrew3 Ай бұрын

They also switch the wheels and railway couplers, the Moldova trains uses a Soviet SA3 knuckle coupler buffers and 1,520 mm 4ft 11 and some inches almost 5ft gauge 1,524 mm Guage and central and Western Europe use buffer and screw turnbuckle couplers and 4ft 8 and a half inch wide gauge

@annelisegray4862 Ай бұрын

My interest peaked for this train since Trenulețul

@andysm1964 Ай бұрын

Great vid.. when in Chisinau last week(April 20th 2024 ), visited the that lovely station, clean no litter and the fish-tanks,i`ll have to take this rail trip..well done pal

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

Ah yeah, I should have focused more on those fish tanks. You were there just about six weeks after me.

@andysm1964 11 сағат бұрын

@@RevolutionaryRoads1984 lol first time i`d seen fish tanks at a rail station ..yes this April just gone

@LostieTrekieTechie Ай бұрын

"Strick internis" ~ strictly forbidden. I think it's saying do not use the toilet while in a station, because it's presumably the kind of toilet which is basically a hole in the floor.

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

Happy to have this mystery finally solved!

@kevanhubbard9673 26 күн бұрын

I've been on that train and good to know it's still running.

@PrestonLPR 28 күн бұрын

Ammendorf kupé sleepers are very comfortable and I have slept much better on such carriages (pro-tip: in summer open the window) than on modern high-speed RZD carriages with air conditioning. Changing the bogies is pretty straightforward. On a journey from Bistrita to Tirgu Mures (both in Romania) in the 1980s, I could see the ground while travelling, the problem was that I was on a bus at the time. Ah, the good old days! Maybe I should head over to Moldova to remember the travels of my youth. Keep moving, my friend, because a rolling stone gathers no moss.

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I agree, they are remarkably comfortable.

@EA00000 Ай бұрын

Is like step back in time 😀

@realdragoleo Ай бұрын

Great video! 😊

@tonyhay8946 28 күн бұрын

Bringing back nightmares. Went on that route Aug 2023. 38C outside, more inside, the hottest place I’ve ever been. I can adamantly state, never again.

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

Yikes. I made sure to take this journey in March, given how many videos I had seen online about suffering passengers over the summer months. I feel for you!

@jetblackjoy Ай бұрын

You should try a night in platzkart to get true experience

@valentinchiriac9117 8 күн бұрын

"Pretenia" means friendship.

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

Yes indeed. I knew that, but I suppose I didn't say so during the video. :) Thanks for watching!

@willhovell9019 11 күн бұрын

Suggest that you take your mum with you for the next trip

@abbevogler2619 19 күн бұрын

7:00 The loo must be kissed!

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

Good Lord, noooooooo. ;)

@victors4333 21 күн бұрын

Interesting!

@matof1428 25 күн бұрын

Aha, Eurovision train 😊

@BaboSorany 28 күн бұрын

Why so warm? The train is heated by coals

@EA00000 Ай бұрын

It use to be like this between Ukraine and Poland but now the Ukrainian tracks are extend to first station in Poland and that the end for Ukrainian train and passengers transfer to Polish train 😀 is much faster !

@rrajan5476 Ай бұрын

cANDIDATE TO JOIN EU!!

@nygelmiller5293 16 күн бұрын

To R Rajan. Oh, no ! Don't get fooled! Just because a country has problems, doesn't mean something else is better! At vleast they have their nationality, and their freedom!

@RaduRadonys 11 күн бұрын

So what? Is the EU so select that it's too good for Moldova? And I'm saying this as an EU citizen.

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

I address this in another video about Chisinau. Have a look!

@user-me8qr9eo4k 16 күн бұрын

Very boring video you just made fun of there poverty

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

I never did that, though I have to wonder if you actually finished the video if you thought it was boring from the beginning. I think I made pretty clear that this train was a remarkable experience despite being an 'old school' ride to Bucharest. Honestly, it was significantly better than riding an Amtrak train in my native country (the United States). If I wanted to make fun of terrible infrastructure, I didn't need to look further than the U.S.

@vovixs.567 29 күн бұрын

Why did you use the soviet melody "My homeland is WIDE" for Moldova?:)

@spannaspinna 22 күн бұрын

It used to be Soviet

@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Күн бұрын

I use the old Radio Moscow interval signal for all of my videos from the former USSR, just as I use the Radio Berlin International interval signal for my videos from the former East Germany.