Amsterdam to Vienna on a PRIVATE compartement with Nightjet

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Goedemiddag folks,
I'm back in Europe! Special video with my brother Benjamin onboard the new Nightjet service between Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Vienna (Austria)
Enjoy :)
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RECORDED IN JULY 2021
Railroad company: ÖBB Nightjet
Train type : Siemens Vectron and diverses coaches
From : Amsterdam to Vienna
Time : 14h17
Price : 299€ - 352$ (for two passengers)
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00:00 : Intro
1:32 : Amsterdam Centraal
3:56 : Arrival of the Nightjet
6:56 : Departure
8:11 : Couchette compartment review
11:07 : Landscape and trains in the Netherlands
17:48 : Nighty Night
18:01 : Waking up in Austria
18:59 : Walkthrough of the train
22:06 : Breakfast
23:43 : Arrival in Vienna
25:41 : Conclusion

Пікірлер: 584

@marco23p 2 жыл бұрын

200 km/h with a 14-car train. That's the power of these modern electric locomotives. I like it.

@olasola1013 2 жыл бұрын

Compared to the oldest steam locomotives that could barely pull 2 small passenger carriages at 45 KM/H

@massimopalomba5009 2 жыл бұрын

6400 kW, 8300 HP. 👍

@karlosbricks2413 2 жыл бұрын

@@olasola1013 Well, 14 carriages probably is doable at 150 km/h with a powerful express steam loco.

@olasola1013 2 жыл бұрын

@@karlosbricks2413 Yeah but like the 1850’s had probably most of the slowest locomotives you could think of

@ronnie9187 2 жыл бұрын

Still 14 hours for 1200 km is an average of 85 km/h..

@tostyjoost 2 жыл бұрын

i have to say,I just came across this video and I saw the beautiful way you appreciate big and small things in life. you really inspired me thank you.

@driptasankarlahiri5656 2 жыл бұрын

Europe missed you Thibault, glad to have you back. As an Indian with a lot of train enthusiasm, especially the European ones, I used to thoroughly enjoy your reviews. Now that I live in France, and actually got to ride TGVs & TERs, my excitement for your videos is even more. Keep up the good work mate. ❤️

@DavidChapmanAZ 2 жыл бұрын

Brings back memories of crazy European weekend rail adventure I did back in 1987. Amsterdam- Koln - Hamburg - Munich - Innsbruck - Vienna - Venice - Milan - Geneva - Paris - Brussels - Amsterdam ( all between Friday 4p and Monday 8a)

@narayanbartula1853 2 жыл бұрын

I guess you were just switching trains and didn't to do much sightseeing. Do you care to tell something about your experience?

@trainlagged 2 жыл бұрын

OBB nailed it with their Nightjet. Difficult to make it better. Also, having young people on board shows night trains are in fact popular today! :)

@amesavis 2 жыл бұрын

or are they there for the crime and mischief?

@hwileyiii 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, great for thieves

@Kaden303 2 жыл бұрын

I hear the new rolling stock will make it better though.

@vrkoven 2 жыл бұрын

Way back in 1971 I took a night train from Milan to Amsterdam. I think it was a couchette, but the compartment was configured so that the seats pulled together to make sleeping surfaces, so that several people could sleep on what became a wall-to-wall mattress. Quite the adventure! Plus, in those days, you had to stop at every border for a passport check. Not too much sleeping going on. It looks like things are much more civilized now.

@Kullioking 2 жыл бұрын

This sounds like the coach cars on the nightjet. There there are 6 seats in it and you can make 3 beads out of them.

@rthelionheart 2 жыл бұрын

Awww, the good old days are missed though.

@gijsmul6652 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kullioking Is that what they call the seat car in the video? so it is actually possible to sleep there as long as it is not too busy

@joe1999_1 2 жыл бұрын

I think they occasionally are still checking some passports/ ID card (you can travel with just your ID card in the EU)

@lordsleepyhead 2 жыл бұрын

Hurrah for Schengen!

@klamertjes 2 жыл бұрын

Great, thorough review. Took the trip myself with our family of five. LOVED IT. It's such a comfortable way to travel and wake up in a different country. A few days later we travelled onwards on the Vienna-Venice line, same great experience. Though a little less peaceful because it's a shorter trip. So none of the evening bliss, and breakfast is a packed lunch to enjoy on the Venitian canal banks. Unfortunately, a fellow passenger on that last leg was also robbed. Only downside I would say is that the bunks are extremely hard, to the point where my wife and I's sleep was very intermitted. We asked for extra pillows on the second leg, which helped a little bit. But even though the back was killing me in the morning, I still enjoyed it immensely. The staff on the train is extremely friendly! I would recommend to anyone even mildly considering it (I would just see about extra padding if your back no longer has the elasticity of youth :) )

@chiragganguly 2 жыл бұрын

#simplyrailway it was shocking to hear about your wallet getting stolen onboard a premium European overnight train. This goes to show that these sort of things happen in all countries. The video coverage was exceptional as it always is. Thanks for making this and even covering the bad bits like the theft and the delays. Unbiased transparent filming which is what we look forward to.

@Mandenga100 2 жыл бұрын

yes me too!

@RUOKH 2 жыл бұрын

Another excellent review and thank you for presenting the journey in such a professional (as always) manner. Sorry about the 'wallet incident' which although costly and unfortunate to you, is a good note of caution to other travellers. The NightJet service and network is really superb and always up to OBB standard. The only thing missing for me is a Restaurant Car for a convivial meal with fellow diners, and a glass of Vino-Collapso before bed. Bon nuit. 🤓

@OnkelPHMagee 2 жыл бұрын

The scenery reminded me of how badly I need another trip to Europe. :-D

@Ozymandias1 2 жыл бұрын

Me too. And I live in the Netherlands.

@OnkelPHMagee 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ozymandias1 I've become good at embarrassing myself as an American tourist on Deutsche Bahn.

@jurriaanthemmen 2 жыл бұрын

If you think Matzleinsdorf is interesting, then next time stay awake until Frankfurt am Main Hbf. As a kid, I was mesmerized by the sheer endless number of tracks, signals and locomotives there. Even by night it's a treat for any railfan.

@xxrockraiderxx 2 жыл бұрын

So I live in Britain and thought to myself that I'd like a proper holiday come November (the month I was born in) and looked up the prices after I found out about the route from Brussels to Vienna. The result was £125 each way just for myself. £24 down to London, £50 to Brussels, £51to Vienna via Couchette. So if you do book enough in advance you can get the cost of the trip down quite a bit. Really though it'll be best to wait until next year when Nightjet introduce their new carriages, which firstly look really nice and secondly seem to make better use of the space, making them feel more roomy even if they are technically the same size. Also it seems the new coaches will be level boarding to help with disabled access. Honestly once they are in and working them it'll be so nice. Now if only we can get sleeper trains through the channel tunnel, London to the south of France(Toulouse, Montpellier, Marseille), or even further come the completion of the rail connection between France and Spain, meaning a London to Barcelona trip wouldn't be out of the question. And in todays world where people can do a lot of work via the internet, getting to places in a short amount of time for business reasons don't really apply much more. So hopefully we can have a full modal shift to trains for all trips throughout Europe that aren't to islands or exceedingly difficult places to get to otherwise.

@flp322 2 жыл бұрын

The Channel Tunnel is difficult because of its security requirements for trains. DB had plans for ICE's to London at some point but ended up scrapping those.

@ordinaryorca9334 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I saw an article about it, in the summer there are eurostar trains frol marseille to london, but the stations on those lines don't get serviced by british trains often, so there's no place for borderchecks, so everyone and their lugage needs to dissembark at lille europe, imagine doing that eaely in the morning... otherwise it would be great

@EpicThe112 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct but you're going to run across into a problem it's the electric locomotive having duplicated electric systems which is a requirement for the channel tunnel therefore it must resemble a Class 92. If this were to happen Class 92 London St Pancras to Calais-Fréthun where the SNCB HLE18 runs Calais-Fréthun Lille Mourscron Brussels Midi Liège Aachen however if ÖBB1293 173-200 was assigned Then locomotive swap Liège Gullemins HLE18 to ÖBB1293 173-200

@petergilbert72 2 жыл бұрын

But new Nightjet carriages are to be deployed on ÖBB’s routes to Italy. You have to wait some more years for the Netherlands and Germany routes to get them. In the meantime ÖBB are going to refurbish these ex-DB carriages.

@JasperJanssen 2 жыл бұрын

@@flp322 I don’t thInk you really need to integrate that line. You can just transfer over in Paris or Brussels, and that should do thE trick fine. That said, a true Orient Express London to Istanbul would be fun.

@lucabaldrighi3159 2 жыл бұрын

can't wait to get on another NightJet as soon as possible, they're great!

@AlbertPool1995 2 жыл бұрын

Some more detail about the engines: the NS Vectron does Amsterdam-Cologne and then takes the Nightjet in the other direction back to NL. At Cologne, the train is joined to the part from Brussels, which has an ÖBB loco on it (from Aachen on, where the loco change with the Belgian railways takes place). Then the parts to Innsbruck and Vienna are split and joint at Nürnberg. Here the ÖBB loco continues to Vienna, while the DB loco from Hamburg takes the Innsbruck part of the train to Munich, where the train reverses and is taken to Innsbruck by another ÖBB loco. So you should have had only one change of loco in Cologne although the carriages were rearranged in Nürnberg.

@alanduffell9191 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are brilliant, such good travel videos.

@loreleilawson5296 2 жыл бұрын

You look so happy to be reunited with Benjamin! Great report💕

@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 2 жыл бұрын

And to be back in civilisation.

@surimenon9260 2 жыл бұрын

Alway Brilliant Presentation.. Thank you very much for your Time.. ❤️

@heiderichvladimir7341 2 жыл бұрын

Regarding the engine: They change them when the trains meet up - so the same train that goes to Amsterdam meets with the one that goes to Vienna, and the NS locomotive gets switched with the OBB one so both engines don't go further than 500 km away from their own country. This is the reason why, and in any case if OBB is not giving the Taurus, the locomotive that changes is "local" in a radius of 500 km. That way the NS Vectron does a back and forth with the NJ all the time. Economy and streamlined sustainability. Omg the stealing in night trains still happen...what the fuck :))) I thought this was in the past...AND EVEN IN GOOD ECONOMY AREA OF THE CONTINENT AS WELL...

@nanderv 2 жыл бұрын

Partly, but it's also caused by the fact that the Austrian tauruses cannot go into the Netherlands (no 1500V support). To be able to run the whole way with a single engine, they'd need a second Netherlands-compatible locomotive. Right now they have two, one of which is a spare.

@heiderichvladimir7341 2 жыл бұрын

@@nanderv Yes but it doesn't matter what OBB has or not, the NS has the capacity to get to Vienna, and so why the loco change? At the first glance, it would appear right to just weld the locomotive to the train on all runs, but that's not what happens :)) A Vectron could do both runs without a change, but it s about the return journey which has to be cut short for regional depot reasons

@Pauluzzs 2 жыл бұрын

@@heiderichvladimir7341 NS doesn't have enough of them to reliably run both directions each night.

@stephanweinberger 2 жыл бұрын

@@heiderichvladimir7341 As the trains are rearranged/recombined two times with the parts from Brussels and Hamburg and losing the part to Innsbruck they have to uncouple the locos anyways. I guess they even use the Taurus/Vectron locos for shunting in the process (as additional shunting locos would drive up cost). The ÖBB Taurus could be the one coming from Hamburg.

@EpicThe112 2 жыл бұрын

@@nanderv ÖBB1293 173-200 have 1.5kv DC ATB EG NG TBL Memor II Infrabel Belgium 3kv DC in addition to 25kv 50hz former Czechoslovakia Eastern Europe Germany Austria 1.95m pantographs Sifa PZB LZB 15kv 16.7hz ETCS. The Taurus locomotive should be the Aachen Hbf Wien Trip or EN490 Hamburg Wien Hbf with Laaers 560s. Aachen Hbf is 15kv 16.7hz 3kv DC Belgium voltage change

@benmaxwell4633 11 ай бұрын

Great to "travell"with you and Benjamin once again I commented on your trip to ski country.previously.. Thanks to both of you for inviting me. This must be so much fun for you.

@juaneduardopezzente1764 2 жыл бұрын

Bellos paisajes, bellos lugares. Gracias por ese viaje, desde Argentina 🇦🇷

@monyanitamely1337 2 жыл бұрын

i really loved amsterdam

@candacelubin3813 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you again for your excellent production and attention to detail. I feel as though I had made this trip with you by my side.

@pedrito77 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely train and trip!

@Bulkmeister123 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you guys on a NightJet service again especially now that the Netherlands and Belgium have been added to the network. With some more strategic planning and considering how travelling by train might look in the future, the Austrian railways are on a winner here. A combination of connecting some of Europe's major cities at a reasonable cost structure and a decent departure/arrival schedule will see these trains always booked out and in very high demand even more so when the world opens up to travel again hopefully in the not to distant future. As a seasoned Europe train traveller I always used these services as much as I could. Excellent channel, keep up the good work and look forward to many more reviews especially in some counties that you've yet to explore.

@felixniederhauser7799 2 жыл бұрын

Over the past 7 decades, I did visit every single country in Europe. Most by Car,however,some by train and boat. Lived 10 years on the Balkan plus 6 year on the Balkan Capital, Vienna. :-)

@40zerozero 2 жыл бұрын

sorry but you are geographically wrong

@felixniederhauser7799 2 жыл бұрын

@@40zerozero Correct me if I am qrong. Allways willing to learn. :-)

@bradirby2355 2 жыл бұрын

My first experience with train travel was from Amsterdam central. What an awesome station. Nice trip for you brothers. Peace.

@michaelmacdonell4834 2 жыл бұрын

You are sooo lucky! Great work, guys.

@pop-esum5125 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this as most of australia is locked down- lovely to see this wonderful train!

@jge123 2 жыл бұрын

Try asking North Korea for help they are moderate compared to your government.

@valeriebassett3107 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about the wallet incident. Great video! Thank you for sharing your train reviews and filming.

@tytn9978 2 жыл бұрын

i see enough to want to do this trip some day, soon! Thank You for sharing your experience. Of the few interesting cities I have travelled to so far, Venice, Aachen, and Amsterdam are my top three!

@medicalmusic1895 2 жыл бұрын

I’m in…

@Teddini 2 жыл бұрын

What's amazing to me about nightjet is that while all the other train services think it's not worth it, they make it worth. And not only do they make it work in the small Austrian and close border region market but all across European countries. And then they still offer regional brands on board. Rauch, red bull, voslauer, etc. Think about the logistics!

@Lovely_AngeeeL 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video 🙏

@guillaumedarbin2433 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, slick train

@jbplanesandtrains7761 2 жыл бұрын

Been expecting this😍

@naostravel4727 2 жыл бұрын

🇳🇱 WELCOME TO AUSTRIA!! 🇦🇹😊

@ThruAWiderLens 2 жыл бұрын

5:20 Nice pic of you and your brother!!!

@Profmhd 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Miliana Algeria

@anhhuisman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your enthousiasm in the nice videos you make. They are also very informative!!!

@renefriebel5383 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. My wife and I wants to travel with the nightjet too, thanks your video. It looks a nice and convience way to travel because we lives in the Netherlands, Nijmegen.

@shabbirocks123 2 жыл бұрын

2:48 💕 your lines specially diversity & connectivity about European train very true

@theobrattinga500 2 жыл бұрын

Great video !!

@SandraWuerthner 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Austria :) I life in a small town near Vienna. I have my wallet always under my clothes - andy my stuff is locked in the suitcase. I can only sleep on the lower bed. Before Covid, I booked always a bed in the couchette - always the mixed one - I meet very nice people - most of them are men. I never booked a women only room, because the most women use a lot of perfume and i hat this kind of smell. . Nice trip report.

@megacola1996 2 жыл бұрын

There might be a few reasons why they are switching engines along the way. 1, an NS driver is needed to drive the locomotive, meaning that train needs to be switched at the border to a german (DB) locomotive with a german driver. 2, NS might not be permitted to cross the border do to specific aproovels of the trains and the one who drives them. 3, the locomotive itself does not run on the same current as the railway supports, though that the Siemens vectron runs on both 25kv and 15kv, so that should not be a problem.

@JackieRompana 2 жыл бұрын

Cool and relaxing video :)

@jamesallardice4645 2 жыл бұрын

Again great video makes me want to go train hopping once again james From Scotland

@siamliberi 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for sharing !!! Will go myself hopefully soon :-)

@jessefaber9104 2 жыл бұрын

The new refurbished virm you saw at eindhoven is actually refurbished from a newer generation, at the moment of writing there are only 2 sets refurbished of this generation. It has way better seats and usb-ports in comparison to the refurbished virm you reviewed. So would be cool if you can make a vid about it in the future

@Zoldergamer 2 жыл бұрын

i do actually prefer the first set of refurbished virmm trains because they have standing toilets

@jessefaber9104 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zoldergamer yeah iknow but the seats in the newer refurbished generation are way better and i rather charge my phone than having to use an urinal

@SpotterCrazyperson 2 жыл бұрын

They are very good compared to the VIRM trains. I like VIRM too though

@SpotterCrazyperson 2 жыл бұрын

The nightjet train looks very good!

@SpotterCrazyperson 2 жыл бұрын

These VIRMm trains are the renovated ones. 14:10

@juxbertrand 2 жыл бұрын

Vive les trains couchettes, partout et à travers toute l'Europe. Merci.

@omarhamid3638 2 жыл бұрын

So sad that somebody would rob on a train like this!! The service and train itself looks amazing and very very smooth. Even the food and drinks looked nice even if they were average fare. Great job guys and fantastic to have you back in Europe. Welcome home 😊👋👍

@markwarwick2920 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how quiet the couchette cars are. After all the rattles of Amtrak that would be a bonus. Shame about the wallet, but a good tip now for travellers like me.

@HBC101TVStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Malaysian trains are very rattly like Amtrak trains. Luckily they got rid of the problem in the electric trains.

@uncinarynin 2 жыл бұрын

The locomotives used on this train: NS Vectron MS from Amsterdam to Köln West SNCB 18 from Brussels to Aachen ÖBB 1116 from Aachen via Köln West (taking over from the NS Vectron) and Nürnberg to Wien 1116 from Hamburg via Nürnberg to Innsbruck The coach sections: Amsterdam to Wien Amsterdam to Innsbruck Brussels to Wien Hamburg to Innsbruck Hamburg to Wien In Köln West the Belgian section (when it runs, not every day of the week) is combined with the train from Amsterdam. In Nürnberg the trains from Brussels/Amsterdam and Hamburg are split up and recombined to run to Innsbruck and Wien.

@Ksandur 2 жыл бұрын

Mon amis, love the english 🤌😎 Great video once more!

@Martin-on2pp 2 жыл бұрын

You saw a 1300. The 1304 and 1315 are owned by foundations (Fairtrains and werkgroep loc 1501) who preserve old trains. Like a museum. But they also rent out the locomotives now and than. They also need money...

@AndrewG1989 2 жыл бұрын

Trains in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland and across Europe have been serving European countries for decades and centuries. When the railways were first built in Europe. Connection every country and city. Even connecting the UK when the Channel Tunnel rail line was built.

@amtrakharry 2 жыл бұрын

That was a great trip report. Sorry about the loss of your wallet. I really like where you showed the "train consist" excellent... Happy that the service is that popular already...:):):)

@pega17pl 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the plague of the previously already known gangs of thieves on the night trains is back. While on the night trains a part of the gang mostly steal from passengers in seat compartments, others check every door of the sleeping compartments and wherever an opportunity arises they steal anything that is not nailed down. Thefts are also increasingly reported on the day trains. As soon as the train stops in a station, the thieves grab some piece of luggage from the shelf and disappear from the train. Sorry you became a victim, Heinz

@olasola1013 2 жыл бұрын

If you're sitting where you face somebody else, alone, with a table, I recommend not putting your luggage for 1 person up on the shelves, and rather under the table where it's a bit safer and takes more time for the thief to grab it.

@nick_yeah 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the person or people without tickets

@ronnie9187 2 жыл бұрын

It is a reason why I hesitate to take a nightrains. You can never leave your luggage behind if you like for example to use the restaurant or go to the toilet. I never understand why there isn't a seperat wagon for luggage like you have in airplanes or ability to lock your sleeping cabin. Together with visibable security personal and cameras would make it more interesting and saver. I interrailed a lot in the eighties and ninethies and I am now in an age that a romantic train drive with wine and dine city trips, would be very attractive. You see so much more with the train compared to the airplane.

@olasola1013 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronnie9187 I can't even travel internationally by train cause there won't be any trains running to/from my neighbouring country this summer, and no way I’m randomly going to Denmark

@JCSol 2 жыл бұрын

THIS is the very reason I stopped taking night trains in Europe. Thieves are always on these trains, and in the end, the cost of flying is cheaper and way safer.

@thomashartmann9174 2 жыл бұрын

11:38 my city, haha. Nice video man!

@Mandenga100 2 жыл бұрын

next month I am heading to Germany to try the night jet. so happy with this video. it gives a good vision on what you can expect. I am going to see if I can upgrade to a private cabin.

@jge123 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for using night jet, we are so sorry all your belongings were stolen, please come back again!

@deanfbs5235 2 жыл бұрын

A few years back, I had to opt from Amsterdam to Vienna either by train ro by Euro-Line Bus. It selected bus as it was cheaper (99 Euro) when compared with train that cost 150 Euro. But bus took 18 hours

@yogoboomy8230 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive

@georgehorvath83 2 жыл бұрын

I used to ride this train (well, the predecessor, Donauwaltzer EuroNight) in the late 1990s. It seems that sometimes the wheel IS reinvented.

@pritamkoli 2 жыл бұрын

Five star coverage

@DE-bs9cf 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice vid. First one i saw from this channel and i'm definitely subscribing! I would like to see an overview of all the station where this train stops. As a general feedback for this channel it would be nice if you can always include an overview of the stops station in the vid or in the description.

@michaelbruchas6663 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy seeing you on camera! Want to ride NightJet - some day…

@polinast5617 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best

@ianhenderson4560 2 жыл бұрын

You’re making me miss European night trains from over here in the UK ;-( Hopefully will be back soon!

@buzzukfiftythree 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks. Robbery on night trains is clearly still a problem. Happens on day trains too but far less. A few years ago while on an organised rail tour to Italy, there were gangs of thieves on the platform at Milano Centrale trying to steal our luggage from the racks by the doors of each carriage. We had to stand guard over the luggage until the train left for Basel. I'm not sure my back would be able to cope with the couchettes - look so hard. I think I'd have to pay extra for the better compartments (as you wanted to).

@noob.168 2 жыл бұрын

Robbery: taking property unlawfully from a person or place BY FORCE or THREAT OF FORCE

@markoobid2005 2 жыл бұрын

The Taurus actually hauled your train already from Köln West, to where it arrived from Aachen with the Brussels portion of the Nightjet. The NS Vectron only hauls until that stop, and waits there for a return train to the Netherlands. The Vienna - Paris service will be launched in December, and there will be a new Amsterdam - Zürich train with the rented RDC sleeping cars as well.

@RealConstructor 2 жыл бұрын

We do have night service trains in The Netherlands, but only nationally, not internationally. Only during covid (more than a year) they were canceled. They just started again in June. This video brought back memories of my holidays by train to Switzerland (about fl. 650, transfer in Basel, Brig and Visp), Austria (about fl.400, transfer in Jenbach) and France (about fl.550, transfer in Paris including a metro trip from Gare du Nord to Gare Montparnasse, and a transfer at Angoulême) in the 20th century. I used to take the train because it was easier and cheaper than flying. And I live close to Schiphol Airport. But with the budget carriers nowadays, the train often loses on price (not on quality). But God was it a long journey every time, international trains were so slow back then. Waits at the German border at Emmerich often took more than half an hour. At Roosendaal near the border with Belgium also. They had to change locomotives, which took an enormous amount of time. But that is mostly not the case anymore. Good to know that the €150 per person for this trip comes close to an airline ticket, including the transfer from the airport to the city. Most major train stations are located in the city center and you hardly need a transfer to your hotel if you book it close to the station. So this is a competitive price. The improvement is great.

@petermolloy6142 2 жыл бұрын

I thought that the Netherlands used the Euro as currency. Why are you quoting prices in Dutch guilders?

@RealConstructor 2 жыл бұрын

@@petermolloy6142 Very simple reason. I remembered the train journeys I took in the past. I literally wrote: this video brought back memories of my holidays by train … I bought the tickets in the time we still had the Dutch Guilder.

@jzakary1 2 жыл бұрын

This is crazy. I'm flying to Amsterdam next month, and i was just now debating, if i should go visit some friends in Vienna. :)

@justnoone1911 2 жыл бұрын

I arrived early to catch this video :D

@KCSRailstudios 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, sorry to hear about the robbery. That must’ve ruined the trip. Great video nonetheless!

@mstrmren 2 жыл бұрын

Robbery? They weren’t threatened or attacked

@evanmcdonald8057 2 жыл бұрын

@@mstrmren what happened was he robbed or attacked?

@mstrmren 2 жыл бұрын

@@evanmcdonald8057 No, someone stole his wallet

@KCSRailstudios 2 жыл бұрын

@@evanmcdonald8057 Around the 18 minute mark he explains.

@KCSRailstudios 2 жыл бұрын

@@mstrmren No, but If i were traveling from country to country and my wallet was stolen I’d be stressed out and worried for the rest of the trip for sure.

@januarstojanovic2922 2 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for the special train from Stockholm to Athens

@vijayakrishnannair 6 ай бұрын

Nice 👍

@dearseall 2 жыл бұрын

I did not travel outside Austria on a bunk bed so far, but IN Austria, your bed is made ready for you.

@ThomasHalways 2 жыл бұрын

Attendant should warn about the ongoing theft. We traveled 2018 Budapest-Munich via Wien on the Hungarian (Malev I think) sleeper train and the attendant warned everybody to lock the doors and not open to anyone but him.

@Ronaldogiri 2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@silenthunteruk 2 жыл бұрын

Went on this service to Munich in a sleeper. In my case, the carriage lost most of its power for a while - same NS Vectron in fact - until they shut the engine down and restarted it. We also arrived 75 minutes late and I am currently waiting for my compensation from ÖBB. It wasn't too bad otherwise. Nice breakfast.

@annlander 2 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear about your wallet but thank you for the video. Fab journey. Next year I hope to do St. Pancras - Amsterdam (Eurostar) then Amsterdam - Vienna (nightjet). 😃

@rolandharmer6402 2 жыл бұрын

Great report and great to see the night trains coming back! The romance of rail. Sorry about the wallet. Perhaps the police should leave a few lying around with tracker devices?

@timosha21 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a tram and I approve this video ;) :D

@Jack-D-Ripper 2 жыл бұрын

I love Vienna Hbf and took a train from there to Ulm Hbf, first class of course, where I changed to a local train, bound for Basel. The ŐBB train was clean, very comfortable, and modern; it alerted you to where you were, the next stopping station and one which platform you would arrive. Mainland European trains are the best! German, Austin and Swiss are fabulous.

@lc9245 11 ай бұрын

Vienna becoming the centre for night train caused quite a funny conundrum for tourism planning. I was juggling travelling 4 hours on a fast train or travelling 2-3 hours to Vienna then swap to sleeping train and wake up the next day with the Eurail pass. The fast train option might sound better, but because you sleep on the train you can save on hotel fees. Not to mention cities at night for older tourists don't offer much options as it is more dangerous, it might get cold and places they like to go like parks, monuments and museums are all closed. That being said, older tourists also might not sleep well on night trains.

@111672balernabz2010 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, as you stated Amsterdam /Brussels have been off the overnight European sleeper network for ages, since obb(night jet) branding took over in 2016 from DB, Sbb its really made a success of the concept of sleeper travel through most of Europe, seen alot of there operations in Austria, travelled plenty of times on their railjet services brilliant, andut would be interesting to see a connection through to Paris via strasbourg prehaps??, sncf has really run down it's over nite sleeper trains to almost nothing,tgv's are there main stay.

@Megachaingun 2 жыл бұрын

California should really have a nightjet-like service from SF to LA. We already have Chargers/Venture trainsets being built in the state. We just need to get Siemens to put beds into them. The hard part would be negotiating with Union Pacific to get more track rights.

@oheokharis9896 2 жыл бұрын

Amazingly

@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi 2 жыл бұрын

Boa viagem ai simply lindo tren está ção do trem show boa manhã ai

@TreinspotterTobian 2 жыл бұрын

Super! Grüße aus Holland

@nomadicashish303 2 жыл бұрын

Love from India 👍

@rusmoscow1971 2 жыл бұрын

Прекрасный репортаж!

@tomasnieuwenhuizen5335 2 жыл бұрын

Ah damn you were in my home town! Would be nice to meet a fellow train enthusiast

@pakroomitrains 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice ❤️❤️❤️🥇🥇🥇👍👍👍 awesome 👍👍

@bukovic1971 2 жыл бұрын

Rumors say that trains also run on the dayligth.

@sbose64 2 жыл бұрын

such a professional railroad video. almost as good as travelling onboard. siemens vectron is a locomotive wonder. but what was stunning is the theft inside european trains that pull its prestige down so much.

@Rodoeht12345 2 жыл бұрын

You should try the new Snälltåget night train service that runs Stockholm-Malmö-Copenhagen-Hamburg-Berlin some day. They also have day and night trains within Sweden aswell.

@LofthouseCLOUD 2 жыл бұрын

hahhaha the youngins in the backround finishing the joint :D

@detreinreiziger 2 жыл бұрын

Nice trip report, but very sad being robbed. Hope you got your wallet very soon. About the train’s route: at your moment of recording, the train was diverted on a few parts of the journey. The usual route after Utrecht Centraal is via Arnhem, Düsseldorf, Cologne and Bonn. Due to engineering works on that route, the train is diverted via ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Eindhoven and Venlo. All in all: another perfect trip report👍💯🚂

@blaythierry8722 Жыл бұрын

😀😀🥰🥰🥰💥💥💥💥👍👍👍👍NICE VIDEO !

@AnnabelSmyth 2 жыл бұрын

So sorry you were robbed. When we did Cologne-Innsbruck on the NightJet back in January 2020, the sleeping compartments locked automatically so you had to take the keycard with you when you went to the loo. We just missed out on travelling on the inaugural NightJet service from Innsbruck to Brussels (if only we'd known!); I gather the service was suspended because of the pandemic, so I'm really glad to see it's back. If we are ever allowed to leave the country again (or any other country will let us in!), which seems problematical, I'd love to do that trip!