Paris to Vienna with Nightjet - 16 hours in COACH

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Bonjour à tous!
Welcome to this new trip report, this week we are traveling with Europe's favorite when it comes to night trains... Nightjet! This time I'm traveling in coach! For train's science 😎
Enjoy!
- TRIP INFORMATION -
RECORDED IN JUNE 2022
Railroad company: Nightjet by ÖBB
Train type : Traxx and Nightjet coaches and then Taurus
From : Paris Est to Vienna Hbf
Time : Around 16 hours
Price : From 29€ in coach
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00:00 : Intro
01:17 : Paris Est and the relaunch of Paris-Vienna
02:27 : Arrival of the Nightjet
02:59 : A look from the outside
04:08 : An unusual engine
05:09 : Ready to board
05:51 : Boarding coach!
06:22 : Seat... Compartment check
07:24 : Departure from Paris
07:38 : A smooth ride across Eastern France
08:21 : Mid roll ads
08:43 : The mighty "Ligne 1"
10:13 : Nancy
10:35 : Strasbourg, last stop in France
10:52 : Good morning from Germany 🇩🇪
11:00 : How we sleep
11:22 : Passau, last stop in Germany
11:44 : Good morning Austria 🇦🇹
11:56 : Free coffee
12:07 : Stop in Wels and Westbahn
13:43 : Walkthrough of the train
16:33 : Rear view
16:59 : Arrival in Vienna
17:10 : Conclusion
17:40 : Outro

Пікірлер: 291

@Alex_Bert_ Жыл бұрын

We need more trains like this in Europe, long-distance, non high-speed, that serve big and medium centres in the Continent, and sometimes overnight!

@chrislumpgod Жыл бұрын

well, high-speed nighttrains would actually be dope in my opinion. Its better than a 15 hour train ride. (exxept you're a train enthusiast ofc, but yk some people might use this route for business travelling...)

@5mnz7fg Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@basstrip73 Жыл бұрын

Like it used to be before the era of cutbacks and privatization. Look at timetables from the 80s and 90s - sure there was no high-speed back then (fastest was 160-200km/h) but the continental train network was far more comprehensive than it is now and every national operator ran extensive night train services. For that to happen again there would need to be a major political shift and the EU would have to give up its policy of enforced privatization and permanent austerity.

@Alex_Bert_ Жыл бұрын

@@chrislumpgod I think that a high-speed night train would be good for some routes. A Nightstar brand was programmed in the 1990s for trains under the Channel. But in my opinion you could also make classic night trains go faster; I think you can cut some hours on this train between Paris and Strasbourg.

@peldar_ Жыл бұрын

That would be a EC train, (for example Interlaken-Hamburg, loco hauled with SBB EC coaches). But i agree we need more of those again. There was even once a connection Basel-Bruxelles through France and Luxembourg:')

@guillaumedarbin2433 Жыл бұрын

Finally somebody that have the guts to review the seat on Nightjet! Awesome video!

@sgt.eclair Жыл бұрын

An Austrian, a Brazilian, and a Frenchman walk into a train car..

@sanchitpriyadarshi257 5 ай бұрын

14:46 "We're on the sleeping car now, where a random dude appeared to be in an yoga session ", That was crazy wholesome! Cause I'm one of those trying to figure out and improvising on my yoga schedules while traveling.

@sirrliv Жыл бұрын

Another win for Nightjet! It's wonderful to see such an enthusiastic resurgence of night trains throughout Europe, and to see them so popular, particularly amongst young people. It really puts paid to myths that people don't want to travel on old fashioned trains anymore. The only thing Nightjet are still missing that would make their service truly perfect is to include a restaurant car on their trains. I understand that higher classes of travel get small complementary snacks and some drink service, and I get that during the worst of COVID group dining was a very bad idea. But with COVID on the ebb (or at least becoming a grimly accepted fact of life), it seems like a big hole not to offer food service to all passengers who can afford it, both from a passenger satisfaction point of view (16 hours is a long time to suffer if you did not think to pack snacks or drinks before boarding) and a missed opportunity for Nightjet to generate some ancillary revenue through food sales, not to mention the prestige if they can rise to ICE levels of cuisine. Also, a luggage van or combination luggage/coach car might not go amiss during the peak vacation seasons as people travel with more and larger luggage that may start to fill up a compartment fast.

@Reens-Rails Жыл бұрын

Wow, cant believe you did this. I took this route in dec. 21. in sleeper deluxe with my son. Was the best Nightjet-experience we ever had! But this long distance in coach? Respect! 😁

@barbnowak6707 Жыл бұрын

Love you video like all other! Happy travels!!

@jonclassical5710 Жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC RIDE. thanks for this vlog!!!!

@denizsezer7848 Жыл бұрын

Was fun travelling with you! Hope your trip was enjoyable all the way to Turkey! Looking forward to the other videos 👍🏻

@fraserblain3335 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting review, finally someone reviewing the seating carriage! Would definitely try reserving the entire compartment, which NightJet allows you to do, even for one person. Still a lot cheaper than a standard or deluxe room or reserving a couchette room for yourself

@PrekiFromPoland Жыл бұрын

And if you reserve whole compartment for yourself, you can unfold seats to make a makeshift sleeper.

@bobmmann3917 Жыл бұрын

Love it! Old school European train travel. Nicely done.

@scottyerkes1867 Жыл бұрын

Great report of the Night jet Paris to Vienna. Glad only 3 were in the compartment. Gave you the opportunity to share stories. Thank you Thibault for presenting this video.😀💚

@alanyearsley9731 Жыл бұрын

If travelling in a seated coach it is advisable for at least one person in your compartment to be awake during the stop at Strasbourg and to stay alert for any thieves who might try to take advantage of the long stop. It's also best to keep your valuables in places where thieves can't so easily get at them and make a quick getaway, preferably keeping as many such items as possible on your person.

@elnendecalapona Жыл бұрын

Very good advice! Thanks!

@ronylouis0 Жыл бұрын

you can lock the door

@cdtj1265 2 ай бұрын

Not in the seating car

@AndrewG1989 Жыл бұрын

16 hours going through Europe is probably the best railway journey ever for anyone wanting to do a long rail journey in Europe and starting from France.

@user-xi9ym7nr1m Жыл бұрын

Thank you for video! It's super!

@frankrogerbuaroy1779 Жыл бұрын

A very informative and good vlog! Thanks!

@timnewman1172 Жыл бұрын

Hello Thibault, thanks again for sharing this! I have often wondered why our North American rail services do not adopt accomodations like this, or "couchette" seating for overnight or long distance trains. To me, an affordable alternative to roomette service would be welcome by passengers...

@senorsoupe Жыл бұрын

VIA rail has berths on "The Canadian" and I believe the "Ocean" as well. Amtrak doesn't have them unfortunately. On the subject of overnight trains, we could use more of them on this side of the pond, for example reinstating the Toronto-Chicago sleeper (or even the Montreal-Windsor) sleeper would be fantastic. We need more trains over here in general

@Adumzzinthehouse Жыл бұрын

Love your trip reports!

@ChrisH-1952 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting report and your positive take on what looks like a potentially uncomfortable journey is a pleasure to watch.

@iliketrains1971 Жыл бұрын

Excellent 👌👍

@phronsiekeys Жыл бұрын

What fun. I am surprised that for a long overnight journey there is not even a cafe car to go to for coach passengers. Glad that fellow gave you coffee!

@manmeetsinghmahajan6183 Жыл бұрын

Amazing.

@jp120789 Жыл бұрын

12:55 this is another night train, running as IC94/95 from Warnemünde. They go in Vienna for maintenance. Formerly Westbahn rolling stock.

@EpicThe112 Жыл бұрын

That train from Warnemünde starts out from Dresden Hbf via Elsterwerda as an Intercity then Warnemünde Rostock Wien Intercity

@luisstransport Жыл бұрын

Great trip report

@chunlam8101 7 ай бұрын

Man this brings back memories from June 2006 when I took a couchette from Wien to Paris. It was a long ride but comfortable and enjoyable seeing the countryside.

@trainsbreath6517 Жыл бұрын

Super❤

@funkyhetzer6624 Жыл бұрын

I personally tried the seat car on the route Vienna-Frankfurt. I was as you, pleasantly surprised by how comfortable it was! Great video as always!

@sollte1239 Жыл бұрын

I did it too. We were 5 people in one compartment. It was ok but not something I would do again. But as far as I know you can book now one compartment for yourself....

@Inkling777 Жыл бұрын

When I traveled Europe on a Eurail pass years ago, we had similar compartments. On night trip, when four or so had arrived, filling it up with the seats down, we'd typically close the door and pull the curtains. It was off-season, so that worked fine unless the train was French with a strike happening. Then even sitting room was at a premium. At those times I was lucky be able to sit on the floor.

@buzzukfiftythree Жыл бұрын

Great video as always, thanks Thibault. I think it's the deluxe cabin for me! I've only ever once travelled on an overnight train; in 1985 on a service from Basel to Calais Maritime, leaving Basel at 0130 a.m. Travelled in an ordinary SNCF compartment on my own for most of the journey. Took my shoes off and put my feet up on the opposite seat, but was told off by the train conductor. Then straight from the train at Calais on to the boat (the Chantilly). A long and tiring journey, especially as I wasn't feeling well and had cut short my Swiss holiday.

@samuelcoeli5937 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for reviewing the seat accommodation! I’m planning to travel from Padua to Munich soon and I booked a seat on the nightjet but online it seems like no one did a proper review!

@stekra3159 Жыл бұрын

Thes cotches make me so nostagic of travlng scheing in the early 2000s

@silenthunteruk Жыл бұрын

Nice fact: the 468/469 numbers used by this train were the ones used by the Orient Express in its final years as a regular train. It ended in 2009 just as Strausborg-Vienna

@roymillwater8651 Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for that great (for me unconfortable) Journey to Vienna! Maybe, i previously the first class or sleep car for a long trip like that and pay a little bit more! Thanks a lot!

@200sx16v Жыл бұрын

1:38 "19h a bit early in my opinion" 17:00 "10h12 a late in my opinion" You have to make a decision bro, you can't have both ;-)

@maxart3392 Жыл бұрын

I think he made his point. With a loco capable of 160km/h and shorter stops it would easily shave off 2 hours of travel time - or even more.

@johnburke1317 Жыл бұрын

Nice video 📹

@hansklinkhammer402 Жыл бұрын

Sehr schöner Bericht

@christophe77700 Жыл бұрын

Merci pour cette super video. Dans la grande tradition des trains de nuit, le train marque quelques longs arrêts. Perso, ça m'a toujours permis d’approfondir le sommeil et puis ça évite d'arriver trop tôt à destination. L'arrêt, c'est toujours du voyage pour le passager qui dort.

@fmitterb Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Vienna :-)

@_twenty20 Жыл бұрын

You were lucky that there were only 2 other people with you. Everytime i traveled in the coach there eere at least 4 people. Tomorrow i will travel back home from Bologna in a couchette, and I can't wait to get some sleep unlike the ride down here in coach class 😅

@JoeyLovesTrains Жыл бұрын

It’s so interesting seeing the difference between coach class in Europe and coach class in America. In the US, it’s not nearly as cramped, however, it can get noisy if there’s a lot of people, vs in Europe is more split up

@nirobai Жыл бұрын

If you don't want to risk to get stuck in a full compartment with strangers you can book a private compartment from 100€ (for up to three passengers). Of course there are only a few of these available but you can sleep quite well if you have the "bed of seats" for yourself or share it with people you know, and it's cheaper than couchette or sleeping car.

@stephanweinberger Жыл бұрын

That's an excellent option for young couples or families (children under 6 years old don't count towards the 3-passenger limit).

@alice-chan5564 Жыл бұрын

That's the option I chose for my next nighjet train from Rome to Wien. I'm travelling with my husband and my daughter. I've read so many bad reviews and I'm quite scared by them. We'll see 🤞🏻

@pascalnemecek1502 Жыл бұрын

C'est encore une très bonne vidéo de voyage ferroviaire de nuit 🌃. Prendre le train c'est déjà une évasion. Je vois que le train c'est bien amélioré. Sympa le nighjet OBB 🇦🇹. Je devais le prendre pour Wien, mais enfin de compte je pars par un Paris Francfort et München et Wien. Merci pour le partage 👏👍🤩📽️👋

@marie-francoisebarillot2658 Жыл бұрын

Il semble que ce train direct n’existe plus. Trainline et SNCF Connect ne proposent que des voyages avec plusieurs changements !

@ChristianLehrer Жыл бұрын

Book early as NightJet is really popular. Was pricing a trip from Rome to Muenchen for May and already a couple weeks ago the sleepers sold out, prices in coach and coachette rose. Booked a Couchette, but would have taken coach if that was all that was left. The Coachette was still over a $100. less than flying and is one less night in a hotel. Great video! Thank you, Merci!

@mikeedwards9306 Жыл бұрын

Looking like a good way to travel at night

@haufe012 Жыл бұрын

Thats the thing that i love if you travel long distances by train: You are meet very interesting people, have discussions or even play board or card games with them. i travelled from kassel to munich via ICE some years ago. A friend was coming from münster via train, we had a nice dinner in kassel. the ICE was late due work on the tracks and the high speed line had a partial maintenance so the ICE was routed via standard line. we startetd at 21:30 in kassel and arrived arround 01:30 in munich. but it was a awesome ride. we were discussing coups and revolutions of a forum based rpg that we play both for 4 hours straight and the best: after fulda we had the whole coach for us alone. It was a very nice despite the delay. at all it was a half night-train ride :P

@rezaalan3991 Жыл бұрын

Great trip. And also it was great when you met other nationalities at same compartment. Overall trip at coach class isn't bad at all if in your compartment maximum only three persons.

@CristianButtazzoni Жыл бұрын

I ised that trick just travelling from Vienna to Italy... we almost forgot to wake up!

@karmesindryade Жыл бұрын

ÖBB does it right. Next year I want to make a Europe round trip with all NJ/EN trains available in all different classes. That will be fun...

@NerdX151 Жыл бұрын

3:53 I believe Paris-Berlin did have a direct night train up until the pandemic, operated by RZD.

@antonyagapov-strizhakov7959 Жыл бұрын

That’s true

@s125ish Жыл бұрын

Was there also an euronight dB train too

@chrislumpgod Жыл бұрын

yeah but it went further to moscow and idk if the paris - berlin part was overnight

@silverparis21 Жыл бұрын

Hey Simply Railway! I was just wondering - when will you release a review on the American commuter VRE? I'd like to see your point of view on the commuter that goes right by my house every day lol. Also, your trip reports are very good, keep up the good work!

@GrumpyL5 Жыл бұрын

That was interesting, and thanks for the seat trick tip! It would be good if OBB had a buffet car or some means of obtaining food and drink - even if it was just a dispensing machine.

@EvilJason85 Жыл бұрын

When I recommend you that trip I was not expecting you to take the coach. I hope there is still this service offered next year because I will be in France for a festival and I will go via Paris.

@markoobid2005 Жыл бұрын

Definitely the service will be next year too, maybe even expanded to daily. Depends on how fast the ÖBB will get their new Nightjet units, which are meant to replace these classic coaches on Italian routes, so they could be used on Paris and Bruxelles route, for example. From December 2023 the Berlin to Paris/Bruxelles route is supposed to start, too.

@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi Жыл бұрын

Boa viagem simply paris a 🇻🇳 wisth mightjet 16 hours in coach adorei trem 🚉 lindo

@Neuzahnstein Жыл бұрын

1. Currently is the beginning of a major expension of the Westbahn (Main Line) between Wels and Linz. 2. Coaches are in the regular service of ÖBB, which means if you bought a ticket from regional planning comssions you can use the train. Very important at late departures from Vienna, because a lot of drunk People will use it.

@jungi001 9 ай бұрын

I remember when I was a highschool student in Austria and we went on a school trip to Vienna in this wagons it was possible to lay all the seats flat to have one big bed. We had a party with loud music and dancing. Of course the teachers came over to cuss us hahaha Also some years ago I traveled with these from Vienna to Krakow over night with my brother. Luckily we found a cabin for our own so it was quite comfortable. It took about 9 hours if I am not mistaken

@tariklyacoubi8197 Жыл бұрын

I wish I knew this trick when I did Rome to Venice by night !

@ericleuthold Жыл бұрын

The coach cars are most likely Eurofima Waggons, formerly used in the Eurocity trains, probably even now. I remember them from 30 years ago. Still perfectly comfortable.

@markoobid2005 Жыл бұрын

They are the same, just with a Nightjet livery. Many of them are used in EC trains even in this livery, it's quite normal to see a Nightjet seat coach in Slovenia :)

@wanderfulstops8488 3 ай бұрын

Your videos provide a brief insight about the train along with journey time and amenities. Very nice video. It would be really great if you could make a video on Paris to Vienna in first class . 🙂

@vigoedwinpandika1545 Жыл бұрын

I love trains 👍👍🗿

@uncinarynin Жыл бұрын

You were lucky to have a half-empty compartment, often the nightjet seating cars are booked out, or almost. I sometimes use the nightjet Graz - Zürich on the section Graz - Leoben and for that short section I don't reserve, I'm often in a compartment with five others. If you can occupy two seats and convert them to a "bed", you will notice they don't fold completely flat: Both ends are still higher than the middle. If you lie on your back that's awkward so you will need something to put under your knees, a cushion or piece of clothing. Some nightjets have converted ex-first class cars with only nine compartments (Bmz 29-91.5), those really allow you to stretch out! Otherwise you might have to fold yourself if you are tall. And good luck finding sleep in a small room with five strangers (might work if you all know each other well, or for a young family travelling on a budget).

@ethancampbell6076 Жыл бұрын

2:33 I’m super excited of BR 185 borrowed from DB or MRCE one of the two.

@kurzzug160 Жыл бұрын

9:26 6 hours? More like 4:45 h, even with all the restrictions the NJ has in France. Theoretically, the coaches could do 200 km/h and run on the LGV (as they do in Austria or Germany) and the journey time could go down to 3 hours, but because there is no suitable locomotive, the train will be stuck on the old line with 140 km/h max speed. 13:00 You passed another night train! The IC 95 goes daily from Warnemünde/Berlin to Wien for maintenance reasons.

@Ch0cotube Жыл бұрын

Yes but the lgv between Paris and Strasbourg is very saturated so they only let trains run between 300-320 km/h on it

@justsamoo3480 Жыл бұрын

I think LGV lines are specifically designed to be HSR, whereas lines in Germany are specifically designed to be mix traffic, with few exceptions. Oh also those “HSR” lines in Austria and Germany are usually just old mainlines that were upgraded. Besides LGV est is extremely busy so I think that they wouldn’t let such a slow train congest the line

@dezzmotion4475 Жыл бұрын

Warte mal... Der IC 95 fährt als normaler IC2 über Nacht? Kann man da überhaupt schlafen?

@kurzzug160 Жыл бұрын

@@dezzmotion4475 Die Frage ist individuell zu beantworten :). Aber ja, man kann in dem Zug von der Ostsee nach Wien fahren und im IC 94 zurück.

@kurzzug160 Жыл бұрын

@@justsamoo3480 The Austrian LGV in the video you just watched (Linz-Wien) was newly constructed for 200-250 km/h to add two new tracks to the Westbahn. Freight trains run on both the old and the new line, depending on where they fit. Also don't pretend that the LGV Est is extremely busy or that SNCF runs a lot of trains in general. Between 7:30 and 8:30 a maximum of 5 TGV arrive at Paris Est, while 1 daily service runs to Paris CDG and 1 seasonal service goes to Massy TGV. In the evening, no trains run from Paris after 21:00 (monday-thursday, saturday) or 22:00 (friday, sunday). With a little adjustment to the TGV timetables, it shouldn't be difficult to fit a 200 km/h train in there as it could be overtaken at any station on the LGV. However, as I understand it, getting a locomotive approved in France is not easy (especially for 200 km/h), so that's probably the bigger obstacle.

@ericleuthold Жыл бұрын

Even when one travels in coach class you can buy snacks, hot meals, drinks from the "Schaffner" in the sleeping car, maybe also in the couchette car.

@green. Жыл бұрын

the unbeatable *seat* recline of öbb nightjets/ics/ecs lol

@automatix5 Жыл бұрын

4:32 The 185 is also mainly used for freight trains in Germany. DB has the 146 and 147 TRAXX for passenger trains here. 11:21 The good old 111 :)

@heybenjii5544 Жыл бұрын

Also 101 is for passenger travel

@automatix5 Жыл бұрын

@@heybenjii5544 101 is not a TRAXX and they will be phased out in the next few years because DB wants to get rid of the old ICs. Several 101 have already been scrapped.

@heybenjii5544 Жыл бұрын

@@automatix5 Yeah but till all IC 1 wagons are gone it will be a while, and also many Nightjet, IC and EC trains from other countries run on 101s

@EpicThe112 Жыл бұрын

DB Baureihe 101 Intercity and Sleeper Train Duty. There is also the 182 Regional Freight Intercity and Sleeper trains. Had the 1116 broken down a 182 or DB BR101 will be sent out of Munchen Laim Rbf or Mannheim Rbf to run the EN468/469 to Wien Hbf from Karlsruhe. 16:38 LZB Cables are visible inside the Drivers cab at this point is AFB On PZB LZB ETCS On EVM120 Off Integra Signum Off Sifa On. On the 185.5 Behind the driver are brake modes pantograph lights PZB LZB Sifa switches while the KVB Switch is on the engine room where the battery on off switch is located so is the banking comms. Learnt that by Playing Train Sim world 2 Riesa-Dresden

@heybenjii5544 Жыл бұрын

@@EpicThe112 Arent the 182s all based in Berlin?

@baseballfan99 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I rode the on old CNL train from Duisburg to Vienna in a double sleeper back in 2006. Shame this train does not have a bar/restaurant for such a long journey as it was loverly riding down the Rhine Valley with the large windows to look out of whilst having very nice food and drink. You certainly cannot beat the price but I would not fancy having 6 people in that compartment and trying to sleep. Riding in coach on Amtrak is much more comfortable unless you hit lucky with no one sat opposite you. Sleeper berths in Europe are generally much cheaper than in the US (even when the free food is taken into account on Amtrak) so I would probably stump up for one but the late arrival is not so good if you had a sleeper and thus has no seat when you woke up. Again Amtrak solves that issue with the bed becoming a seat in the day time. I remember the old day train from Vienna to Paris vv with its very smart deep red carriages, that was a joy to ride and had the name “The Mozart”. I have a big US trip in Feb/March riding 3 long distance trains so this wets the appetite still further.

@stephanweinberger Жыл бұрын

ÖBB had to cut costs somewhere to make their night trains profitable. Hauling along a whole restaurant car plus staff simply doesn't work when it's going to be empty for most of the journey. But you can order a small selection of warm dishes from the sleeping car attendants (even if you are travelling in coach), which they then reheat just like it would be done in the restaurant car (i.e. same quality - which is actually quite good on ÖBB trains: they don't use microwaves but steamers, and the dishes are prepared fresh earlier the same day).

@baseballfan99 Жыл бұрын

@@stephanweinberger I assumed it would be cost cutting. When Amtrak used steam heating it was pretty good to be fair certainly better than the current microwave offering East of the Mississippi.

@silenthunteruk Жыл бұрын

@@stephanweinberger That was the case in CIWL days too. Only attach a catering vehicle for the day portions.

@stephanweinberger Жыл бұрын

@@silenthunteruk Then you'd have extra shunting and staff that has to stay overnight somewhere (unless you hire staff that happens to live near that intermediate stop, which would be an HR nightmare). Again: ÖBB is only able to run these trains because they cut costs as much as possible, without compromising quality too much - cost was the main reason why almost everybody else stopped operating night trains in the first place. Sure, a dining car would add to the experience, but having the same meals served in your compartment isn't too bad either.

@silenthunteruk Жыл бұрын

@@stephanweinberger The Munich-Budapest EuroNight service adds a dining car at Salzburg when the vehicles for other destinations are taken off.

@AlexDahl Жыл бұрын

Feels like for a service this long at 16 hours, they really need to offer some sort of dining car for meals. I can't imagine getting by that long only on coffee lol.

@bourriquet1826 Ай бұрын

hey! id love to use nightjet to come back to france soon (vienna - paris) but i have a very oversized luggage (doestn fit under seats or on the racks above). dyou think it could still be possible in some way? its the only affordable option ive got at the moment. thanks a lot for this tour and video, most detailed ive found!!

@PrekiFromPoland Жыл бұрын

Here's a tip. Make sure that none of these seats are reserved (could be hard on a train like this) and then unfold them all. You can set up a makeshift sleeper that way, while putting your luggage underneath unfolded seats. Czech Railways bought these cars second hand from Austria and I tried this trick in several trains there, works like a charm, and no one from the train crew bothered us :)

@WhatashameMaryJane Жыл бұрын

How do you make sure of that?

@PrekiFromPoland Жыл бұрын

You see those little cases left to the compartment doors? There should be little piececes of paper with routes, on which a given seat is reserved to a traveller. If these are empty, you're free to do what I wrote in the comment above. The Czechs and Hungarians do care about such little pieces of information, unlike our train crews, who totally don't.

@WhatashameMaryJane Жыл бұрын

@@PrekiFromPoland Thanks for answering. I checked them as I boarded the train (I did Berlin-Wien last night) but they were all empty. I was all alone for the first hours but spent the night with other three people. Unfortunately I had a person sitting in front of me so I couldn’t lay down all night 😪 But I loved those 15 hours of train ride nonetheless. I look forward to do it again!

@BatakGemblung Жыл бұрын

14:49 LOL!!!! look at his face

@5mnz7fg Жыл бұрын

How I miss those compartment couches with their spacious seats and gang ways to make a stroll... They were standard in Germany and all over Europe in long distance trains up to the introduction of high speed EMUs.

@markoobid2005 Жыл бұрын

They aren't good at capacity. Such a car has only 66 seats, while the open space ones have 80. And it's quite bad to be seated in compartments, to be fair. Airplane-like seating is the best.

@arnoldhau1 Жыл бұрын

I hated them. The seats are good and everything but compartments no thank you

@5mnz7fg Жыл бұрын

@@markoobid2005 Not at all. I feel much more comfortable and more private (even with fellow passengers) in a more or less spacious compartment than in a stuffed "airline style" coach. But yes, a coach filled up like a sardine can is much more economical.

@damcoentertainment3956 Жыл бұрын

@@5mnz7fg Well, the best is a mix of both.

@5mnz7fg Жыл бұрын

@@damcoentertainment3956 The best - and I would say almost ideal - mix was indeed the old Interregio coach of DB with its combination of classical compartements and open space: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interregio_%28Deutschland%29#/media/Datei:13-04-29-intercity-17.jpg www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/inneneinrichtung-eines-interregio-wagen--107225.jpg Those coaches are used now bx Flixtrain but refurbished in a very economical but also very cramped airline style: i.pinimg.com/originals/b9/8d/d2/b98dd29044ec6fce43151508319e847f.jpg

@elegant_travelling Жыл бұрын

Hi Thibault, as a rail expert, is there a reason why the sleeper cars are placed in the middle? Like, are they subject to less "shaking" for example? Or is it simply a matter of convenience? (or is it completely random?? 😅)

@TheBebMeister Жыл бұрын

For me the Munich to Salzburg leg of the journey has to be done during the day. It is a real miss to do this line in the dark.

@Frazv Жыл бұрын

one day, we'll see a Kyiv to Vienna Nightjet. Can't wait for that

@silenthunteruk Жыл бұрын

There is a UZ sleeping car. Still running despite the war.

@DaMkunk Жыл бұрын

Detour via Passau? Best regards from Rosenheim, the third scheduled stop in Germany ;)

@TerminatorMaxBGof33 Жыл бұрын

On veut une vidéo sur le Paris Nice ! 😀😴🌛

@bwolper Жыл бұрын

I really thought it was going to be a lot worse than it was. It was good you had room to stretch out.

@295g295 8 ай бұрын

With a Eurail-Pass bought in USA, is this OBB Night-jet an included service?

@adityaw91 Жыл бұрын

Such a great review, I’m intending to take nightjet for the first time from Amsterdam to Zürich, in DB app they sell first class but didn’t see first class seat here, that makes me curious, and that couch looks comfortable when only 3 person in one saloon I book my ticket with 6 berth couchette, I hope there will be less than 3 person in the cabin

@SimplyRailway Жыл бұрын

You might be lucky and have few people in your cabin. If you spot empty compartment, always ask the conductor if you can switch to an empty one :)

@olytitor Жыл бұрын

Hello. This is a good video. What camera did you use. Thanks!

@lorenzgasztner4662 Жыл бұрын

13:00 in the blue jacket that's me.

@SimplyRailway Жыл бұрын

No way !!!

@RyanE49 Жыл бұрын

I would like you to try the renovated SJ x2000 in Sweden in a future video. The train goes by snabbtåg 429

@michaelbruchas6663 Жыл бұрын

I presume that you packed food and drink for this trip. Liked you bumming coffee from the other class car!

@transport_spotter_iberia Жыл бұрын

Good trip in nightjet. You need to go to portugal to see portuguese trains🇵🇹

@kobichief Жыл бұрын

Those seats in normal Mode are absolute hell, I can't sit on them.. On some German IC you can get them with the old Interregion Bistro car. But if you activate Bed-Mode on a Day-Train, hue hue hue people will look confused :D. Only sad thing with nightjet is the Sleeping Cars are booked out so far in advance these days.

@mysakus Жыл бұрын

This could be a nice way to get to London from Prague :-o Always thought about the northern way but if you get to Paris you're basicaly done... Changing to Linz and go all the way to Paris sounds great. And for the price...!

@mikeschumacher Жыл бұрын

Seat 61 has a bunch of itineraries. London-Prague is easier with London-Paris-Zurich and then taking the direct Zurich-Prague sleeper. That sleeper might be compartment-only though.

@mysakus Жыл бұрын

yeah, I was thinking earlier even about route thourgh Amsterdam... But even though Prague-Zurich sleeper is as cheap as about 100 euro when bought at Czech Railways, it's still more... BUT not sure why the reviewed train disapeard from schedule sometime during September? I tried DB and OBB shops and it's just not awailable connection after this Summer (maybe just yet)

@mikeschumacher Жыл бұрын

@@mysakus Check with ÖBB regarding schedules. There could be track work canceling trains. As for the additional expense of a compartment over a seat, I've found that the older I get the more I appreciate a good night's sleep - which can be worth any reasonable price. While on the Empire Builder I met a guy who was going in coach for two nights. He was on my connecting train (the Lake Shore Limited) for the second night, and he ended up paying $280 on the spot for a roomette because the first 24 hours in coach seats were that miserable.

@odiliusrailfans Жыл бұрын

try to assess the comfort of Luxury class trains in Indonesia, there is 1 famous train namely Argo Bromo Anggrek from Jakarta to Surabaya only 8 hours 10 minutes. or maybe you can also try the Commuter line (Suburban train) in the Jakarta area

@stanstantalent.5605 Жыл бұрын

I've sat through a 14 hour international flight so this doesn't seem that bad to me lol.

@Brapish Жыл бұрын

Just wondering if you heard the announcement for the train in the station? Was it in French and German? Maybe even English too?

@AeZothesh Жыл бұрын

2:38 ( the men in the train with opened doors ) Is it allowed to smoke in commuter trains or any train ?????? please calrify ?

@Leon-kf2tx Жыл бұрын

öbb and db has the best trains in europe

@ericleuthold Жыл бұрын

Was a bit surprised SNCF used a Traxx loc with max 140km/h, rather slow in France. Some Traxx locos are capable of 160km/h as well.

@markoobid2005 Жыл бұрын

These are the only ones which can haul passenger trains over the border between DE and FR. I guess those of 160 km/h have no French signalling.

@kamrupexpress Жыл бұрын

Wonderful...India is a land of night trains but we need to go faster

@arishadyowicaksono3105 Жыл бұрын

Where did you buy the ticket? Which website?

@hectorchapelier5677 Жыл бұрын

Salut, j'avais une question : sur quelle(s) plateforme(s) réserves-tu tes billets de train ? Merci et continues, j'adore tes vidéos !

@sollte1239 Жыл бұрын

I would book it at the website from ÖBB (the Austrian train company that operates the trains).

@bernardbouzon5499 Жыл бұрын

On aurait l'année prochaine un nightjet bi tranche à 14 voitures 😯

@joachimdaniel2139 Жыл бұрын

Fuhr der Zug nicht über Salzburg?

@clifftanch Жыл бұрын

For students traveling, will a Eurail Pass get u onto this train?

@sakthigold6734 Жыл бұрын

Vienna to Paris how much cost for ticket

@petercharnley7138 Жыл бұрын

What a lovely journey. Could I just ask, was the price you paid in June (€29) an introductory price, as I've looked on the Nightjet website & their prices are nearer to €100 now ?

@IamFD Жыл бұрын

It‘s a „Sparschiene“ price…. You need to book in advance and there are only a limited number of tickets at that price per train.

@petercharnley7138 Жыл бұрын

@@IamFD Ahhh, I see Marcel. Thank You for the information mate. I appreciate that. Have a lovely weekend 👍