Corona Intercity Train in Sleeping Car - part 1: Budapest - Border Hungary/Romania

[@tamasvarga2487]

Hi! I was the loco driver from Debrecen to Valea Lui Mihai, on the 418 174 🚂 I hope you enjoyed this ride with us! 😊 The video is amazing! Taking this train to Brasov is absolutely on my bucket list.

[@miklosgabor6637]

To where? Taking to Brassó/Kronstadt? What is brasov or something else? Where is it?

[@tamasvarga2487]

@@miklosgabor6637 Debrecen-Érmihályfalva között :)

[@stefanv9660]

Budapest and Brasov, two of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Greetings from Satu Mare.

[@robirocks1209]

Very nice video! :) Unfortunately they weren't the new sleepers and couchettes, but they were nice too! Appreciate all your videos. Keep it up.

[@robirocks1209]

23:14 That is the most annoying thing about the older cars, and the no AC.

[@doc7austin]

but this train is famous for its retro/vintage cars; so newer sleeping cars would not be appreciated for most ones; and how do you power the AC for the non-electrified segments ?

[@CalinFR]

​@@doc7austin Its unbelievable that you think there is no AC if there is no electric engine to haul the train. How old are you? Last year, Corona (except the one sleeping car) had full refurbished cars with AC along the whole route

[@doc7austin]

How do you power the AC during a loco change ?

[@CalinFR]

@@doc7austin you said about the non-electrified segments. During loco change, 20-30 mins, ofc there's no AC

[@SlovakianLynx]

No way man! Yesterday evening I've returned from Budapest - Valea lui Mihai - Miercurea Ciuc - Sighetu Marmatiei - Solotvyno - Mukachevo - Budapest trip (I've took Harghita and Latorca trains) and today I see, that you uploaded this! Unbelievable!

[@doc7austin]

yes, that was a quick upload from my side.

[@SlovakianLynx]

Why couldn't you film the locomotive change, btw? I did it in brought daylight and nobody said a word.

[@yu_li_yan]

Corona is the Latin name of Brașov. German speakers call it Kronstadt. 👍

[@doc7austin]

yes, i have noticed it only after finishing the video: brasov = corona

[@lammebahner9634]

Thanks for this perfect trip report! We have already booked the same sleep cabin to Brasov in the End of October.....i will guess it will be cooler then. Also my wife now knows what she expected 😊. We are looking forward the the 2. Part. Greetings from Hildesheim in Germany!

[@kevinellis8869]

Good to see another trip from you, looking forward to Part 2. Heat and insects are above the call of duty!

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

Hoping to visit Romania in 2025 so this video is very helpful. Thanks! Looking forward to part 2.

[@emilkarpo]

Doc thank goodness Doc you did this so we don't have to. But a late Fall or Spring ride would be nice, and Brasov is a great city.

[@jfmezei]

The sounds of train/tracks as you leave is so amazing. It hasn't been since the 1980s that I was able to have such sounds with open windows in Canada. Back when we have transcontinental trains, VIA tolerated we spend time in vestibules with the half door (window) opened on top. And our old commuter trains had permanently opened doors (no staff to close/open doors every few minutes betwene stops). Now, it is all air conditioned with automated doors and last I heard VIA no longer tolerates people standing in vestibules. On some of your videos, the wind ruins the sounds but on this video, you captured it so well.

[@doc7austin]

it seems if hold my camera outside, but keep the mic inside the train, the sound is much better; yes, the corona is the way we have travelled 40 years ago

[@minimoocher822]

Another beautifully crafted video report Doc - I could almost feel the heat! Deep down, I suspect you weren't TOO upset having to spend two hours having a meal in the air-conditioned dining car..... looking forward to Part 2.

[@doc7austin]

hahah, yes you are right; the AC was magic

[@grzegorzmadela1599]

Beautiful movie. I love the Hungarian railway atmosphere

[@doc7austin]

+ the romanian railway vibes are also not bad

[@Travel-by-Train]

Night train are our favorite especially vintage one.... 🏖 Happy Summer

[@doc7austin]

thank you

[@szkristof1909]

Awesome video, bravo :D Greetings from Hungary

[@doc7austin]

thanks for the feedback !

[@rail_away]

Great video! Love the Corona ❤

[@doc7austin]

yes, Corona Intercity

[@HungaryMatee]

Amazing video!

[@sellier-bellot22]

Slow dinner service ??? LOL😄 enough time to enjoy ! The journey was quite an experience .

[@doc7austin]

3 hours - thats looong in my eyes

[@andykay1980]

amazing video, loved the sounds as well as visuals!

[@doc7austin]

thanks !

[@Romek_S]

Here in Poland we also have this Bautzen-made sleeping/couchette cars :) Looks like they were popular in all eastern block :)

[@doc7austin]

however, i think all of these bautzen cars in poland were thoroughly modernized, also with aircon in recent decades

[@LucasTheElectrostar]

​@@doc7austinSome non-AC Bautzen sleeping cars similar to the one you were travelling in this video are still in-service with PKP.

[@doc7austin]

and with pkp ic - they also have no AC ?

[@LucasTheElectrostar]

​@@doc7austincorrect

[@dusty.7792]

I can't believe we missed each other, I was travelling home on IC 379 ON THAT EXACT DAY! Very nice video btw!

[@doc7austin]

the körös intercity to arad ?

[@dusty.7792]

@@doc7austin yes! I'm matching up the timelines, I am like 99% sure we walked past each other at least lol

[@doc7austin]

@dusty.7792 one week ago ?

[@dusty.7792]

@@doc7austin yep, the day when the whole 120a line shat itself. The 11th to be exact. I could actually see the passenger who sat in front of me get on😂

[@bahnkolejvlaky1419]

​@@dusty.7792 I can still top it, we even filmed each other🙂

[@TripsonBudget]

A journey I want to do as well. Thank you for a video of the actual journey. Greetings!

[@doc7austin]

yes, but i'd recommend not to travel on that train during a heatwave.

[@CalinFR]

@@TripsonBudget would be nice to bring back the train reviews too

[@rusmoscow1971]

Очень красивая и атмосфЭрная серия!

[@PalcsiAndrei]

Really nice documentation!! I hope part II will contain the section Valea lui Mihai- Dej- Saratel- Deda too! I would really like to see loco change in Dej. 🎉

[@doc7austin]

sunrise video on the dej-deda section will be part of part 2

[@jfmezei]

Hungarian dumplings = nokedli. That plate brought back memories from when I was youngt and my mom prepared them (my dad was Hungarian).

[@doc7austin]

yes, it was tasty; but its still only convenience food

[@pietrovecchio8497]

grazie grazie ed ancora grazie per l'impegno a favore del trasporto ferroviario

[@thijsvo6835]

Wow, I guess this is as close as it gets to the true Transsiberian in Europe. A true hidden gem! Btw, the Railjet at 8:18 may be a lot faster, look cooler and have airconditioning. But you're able to open the windows so you're still winning.

[@doc7austin]

yes, the corona is unique and one of the last surviving classical night train with a dining car in europe

[@lemonbleach2593]

The Dining coach you seen on the Adria intercity is from hungary's private company called Máv Rail Tours and they use it because Máv Start has no other international dining coach so they borrow it.. its the same company but MRT has the Nostalgic coaches and trains/Fancy ones. The dining coach goes on stuff like MRT's Semmering Express

[@doc7austin]

sure; thanks for the info !

[@pietrovecchio8497]

il dolce è squisito !!

[@mullerreindberg]

Mersi,from Oradea (Romania)🤣🤣🤣

[@doc7austin]

greetings back

[@MarkusGeheim]

Perfect Soundtrack for this ride would be the 90's hit "Corona - Rhythm of the Night"

[@doc7austin]

yes, the klacking of the wheels is the music used in this video.

[@MarkusGeheim]

@@doc7austin That's definitely something for oldschool-industrial fans 😃perhaps "Einstürzende Neubauten" will do a trip on this and recording a new album while on board.

[@mihaimoldovan5232]

Welcome to Romania ;-)

[@doc7austin]

yes, from brasov i have continued to bucuresti and constanta

[@spasnikolov1238]

According to vagonweb Mav has 6+9=15 airconditoned sleeping cars. Why can't they manage to put a modern sleeping car also on this train? 2 for Berlin 2 for Stuttgart 2 for Zürich 4 for Split 2 for Brasov makes 12 + 3 reserve...

[@doc7austin]

i think most of them are broken;

[@CalinFR]

2 hours for a three course meal with nowhere else to go seems decent. Where you in a hurry?

[@doc7austin]

well, for the first hour i was told no food could be ordered at all

[@jasonswaglord1498]

Usually depending on crew you can only order food 30 minutes to 1 hour after the train departed. On hungarian trains atleast. They prepare some things fresh and also review the stock and the carriage if everything is fine and in good condition. Lecsó with the pork cutlet for example isnt prepacked they make that onboard. But not all foods. Some come in prepacked pouches. I had a thorough talk with one of the crew when i was on a journey to Hamburg. But tbh hungarian dining cars are very nice compared to other countries and theyre reasonably priced.

[@mcsv]

At 14:03 you captured a lightning in a cloud before the sun touching horizon?

[@doc7austin]

really, i need to check my video again

[@B10Flipster]

Reisen wie zu meiner Kindheit... Sehr schön, danke für das Video! Ich finde das Essen an Bord jedoch verhältnismäßig teuer. Für Westeuropäer zwar durchaus bezahlbar, aber wie sieht das für die Einheimischen aus? Es kostet in Forint umgerechnet ein halbes Vermögen, wenn man den Durchschnittsverdienst pro Jahr in Ungarn dafür ansetzt (Stand 20.07.24: 1€ = 390 Forint).

[@MarkusGeheim]

Hab ich mir auch so gedacht.

[@CalinFR]

Utaselatto just hiked up the prices last year for all of the items between 10 and 100%. Some dishes are still pretty affordable. Doc Austin picked up the most expensive though

[@doc7austin]

deshalb war der speisewagen auch nur mäßig besetzt.

[@berkhofduvedec]

Did this part in 2022 until Valea lui Minhai and then to Oradea. The line to Cluj is getting modernized

[@doc7austin]

yes, thats why the corona is currently retouted north of cluj and oradea

[@leinadatinsoc]

Corona refers to the latin name of Brasov, in German Kronstadt :)

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Close to midnight and still 30 degrees centigrade my wife might like that type of warmth but not for me I’m afraid, ac coach please

[@doc7austin]

yes, so better avoid this train in the summer-time

[@adamsmith275]

19:45 ...what do you mean by... (Gr)?...

[@xyberabt8290]

gr = grenz (border in german)

[@doc7austin]

(gr) = Grenze (in German -> border)

[@calinmarian98]

I am sorry for any incoveniences CFR will cause you. Infrastructure is way behind.

[@doc7austin]

it is okay, some railway lines in romania are better maintained than in hungary

[@bujdososzekely]

@@doc7austin , american tourist experience on romanian train CFR . kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJrVaGeEnLqEgpI

[@spittaler]

Hi, which site or which medium do you use for the maps where you present the trip's route?

[@varkonyitibor4409]

Opentopomap

[@lukasdomin3548]

Ich fahre mit Corona in Juny und👌

[@marcinklimas2670]

64 1264, not 641 264. In RO system is xx yyyy.

[@doc7austin]

uh, good to know; i will keep this in mind in part 2

[@musakerim4088]

The two most beautiful countries in the world Romania and Hungary 🇷🇴 Te iubesc ❤ szeretlek 🇭🇺

[@doc7austin]

haha, yes i agree.

[@barbaralcharles]

If the train is flooding because of a heat storm they might consider closing the windows.

[@doc7austin]

but then it is getting too hot in the car

[@CalinFR]

What is convenience food?

[@doc7austin]

food that is precooked and just reheated onboard

[@Lightningradu81]

The name CORONA comes from the austrohungarian name of Brasov Kronnstadt (the Crown City)

[@doc7austin]

ok, and what does Brasso mean ?

[@Lightningradu81]

@@doc7austin its the name of the city...i dont know where it comes from but in comunist times was called Stalin City ...its one of the most beautiful cities in Europe by the way

[@AndreiIvanescuOficial]

​@@doc7austinBrasoo is the name in Hungarian language today

[@frunzaverde1]

​@@doc7austinBrasov/Brassó most likely comes from Barsa, which is the name of the plain the town is in, and the name of the river flowing through the plain, just to the west of the city, and was the name used by the Romanians and Hungarians, mostly living outside the city gates. Corona/Kronstadt was the name of the Transylvanian Saxon fortress and the market town, mostly used by the Germans living inside the town walls and by the officialdom in Vienna and Budapest. Both names have recorded usage since the Middle Ages.

[@doc7austin]

@frunzaverde1 so it was a former german town (siebenbürgen)

[@rusmoscow1971]

17:19 - Чудовищно узко!

[@TamasKiss-bv9hz]

❤🤍💚💯💯💯

[@miklosgabor6637]

Romania didn't join to Schengen.

[@doc7austin]

it did; but schengen only applies to air and ship traffic

[@ombagi1386]

But the Schengen Visa for non-EU citizens is also valid in Romania even when entering by land, isn't it?

[@doc7austin]

@ombagi1386 that depends on your citizenship; Romania allows many third-country citizen with valid schengen visa to enter romania - but not for all

[@kessas.489]

Corona... 🤭

[@doc7austin]

coronavirus )

[@marvsslu]

Oh that's ridiculous for 2024 ...

[@doc7austin]

why is that ? no aircon ?

[@svetlanastefanovich7297]

IDs like in Hungary WAHT In 2024 I WANTS GO ING HUNGARY BUT THERE ORBAN GOADS I AM HIM NO LOVES I HAVE NOTHING POLISH PASSPORT I AM BYE WAIT. PASSPORT WILL 2025 THING IS NO COMMING WHAT TO WINTER WAIT YES. WHEN LIVE IN HUNGARY OR POLAND VERY BAD THIS IS NO NORMAL TELL WAHT ORBAN IS NO NORMALS HE MADS HE MUST MAD HOUSE.

[@Collateralcoffee]

No spoken comment, poorly done.

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

Some people prefer videos without a voiceover (just as some prefer to have them) … neither means a video is poorly done. 🤷

[@MarkusGeheim]

I hate videos with endless and stupid blahblahblahblah

[@JudeMoneymaker]

It's well done. These type of travel channels, dominating in East Asia are the best

[@LucasTheElectrostar]

​@@FromtheWindowSeatAgreed, I'm not the biggest fan of commentary trip reports.

[@doc7austin]

@lucastheelectrostar9176 What other format do you prefer ?

[@iCE2sKY]

A very nice video indeed! To travel by train is best! 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@doc7austin]

part 2 will be released next week

[@iCE2sKY]

@@doc7austin I`ll be watching it!

[@petervan7372]

Heat wave with high temperature over 30 without ac, mosquitoes, disgusting food over 35 euro, delays look like hell

[@bernardbouzon5499]

The v43 are still active 😮

[@budapestkeletistationvoices]

they are very active