Inaugural Journey of new Orient Express Train: ÖBB Nightjet Vienna - Paris in Deluxe Sleeping Car

[@plonss]

Excellent ! Now I hope for opening of the second part of the classic Orient Express - Vienna - Istanbul. Might happen if the new railway from Istanbul to the Bulgarian border will be ready.

[@spasnikolov1238]

The route from Budapest to Belgrade is also under reconstruction, which is supposed to last 3 years more. Another important section is Dimitrovgrad - Nis, which is the only section on the Istanbul - Vienna route, that isn't electrified...

[@Neuzahnstein]

I would say for that train a luxury train would be as well nice like Japans once or several others (like the Gahn, The Pacific and Marajaja)

[@JO-nh6mo]

@@spasnikolov1238 Do you know maybe the new driving time between Budapest and Belgrade when renovation?/ reconstruction (all new??) will be finished?

[@spasnikolov1238]

@@JO-nh6mo It is supposed to be around 3-3,5h, which means Belgrade - Vienna for 6 h. I think a night train Vienna - Sofia like the one to Paris will be absolutely possible!

[@chrislumpgod]

Or maybe the extra coaches, which would go to london or calais

[@honeychasers]

You have inspired my wife and me for planning our honeymoon, as we live in Vienna and we (especially her) love trains! Thank you for your excellent video.

[@stephanweinberger]

@14:08 usually it's not microwaved in ÖBB trains nowadays, but heated in a steam cooker (which obviously prevents the food from becoming dry). Also the meals are actually prepared fresh every day, so the overall quality is actually quite good. @15:04 they probably have enough cars currently, due less demand because of Covid. Or it's the first results of the current refurbishment program (which is done in parallel to the acquisition of new stock).

[@uncinarynin]

Still nice what they can prepare, considering the tiny little office compartment in the sleeping cars.

[@jovada]

I doubt they have enough cars available. The new NJ service from Brussels used to have both Vienna and Innsbruck as destination. However, after the first EU-wide lockdown, only the Brussels-Vienna line came back. When I asked ÖBB why, they said they needed the cars for the new Amsterdam-Vienna service. So I'm still hoping Brussels-Innsbruck will return one day, because it didn't survive for a very long time.

[@markoobid2005]

@@jovada it's because originally, the whole Vienna/Innsbruck - Düsseldorf train was rerouted 3x weekly to Brussels. But now it's prolonged daily to Amsterdam, and the Brussels cars are separate train from Köln on, being direct cars from Vienna. The Innsbruck - Brussels won't return, as the Vienna - Brussels cars will join the Vienna - Paris train later on (I think in 2024).

[@EpicThe112]

@@markoobid2005 If that want to be the case you need this train to run Main Spessart Bahn in both directions. Brussels Aachen Wien Hbf gets to Würzburg at 02:41 Meaning it has to leave Asschaffenburg Hbf at 02:01 via 02:21 Lohr station for the Connector line. To reach Paris from Asschaffenburg Hbf Separation needs to happen at Frankfurt am Süd so that a MRCE BR185.5 runs Frankfurt Am Süd to Forbach or Metz for BB15000 Forbach/Metz-Paris Est. What could have been done was Qualify the ÖBB1216 Austria Germany Italy Slovenia equipped version to run 25kv SNCF using the 3kv DC 1.45m Copper strip under 25kv SNCF. You actually see this on France to Italy high speed trains where the 25kv 50hz SNCF Pantographs is wired to run Italian 3kv DC while the ETR1000 1.95m Pantographs is wired for SNCF 1.5kv DC and ÖBB DB 15kv AC.

[@transitguy]

Great documentary of this inaugural trip. I particularly liked your intro. Hope the nj service between Vienna and Paris will be a success!

[@lindavainomae3489]

Always great news when another sleeper service returns! Thanks for taking us on the inaugural service.

[@jgodfrey546]

Great coverage of the revival of another portion of the old Direct Orient Express route.

[@harri2626]

Great to see this new service. How things have changed from just a few years ago. Now, all we need are proper dining cars on these sleeper services to make them really special and attractive. To those who question the economics of this, I suggest a "global" fare which includes the meals so giving a guaranteed income for the dining car.

[@TripsonBudget]

8:22 and 10:49 🥰 Vienna Hbf is lovely for a trainspotter for night trains. Amazing video, starting from the topic and ending up with how you record it and videoediting. Amazing job. Congratulations for your hard work, because is not easy and takes lots of time to create such qualitative content. I appreciate.

[@fakerating]

Great video! Russian Railways also operated a weekly train from Moscow to Nice, via Berlin. Maybe one day they will come back. I took it, and it had a Polish restaurant car which was quite good. Thanks for making this video.

[@divox9pqr]

Great video. Yes, it will be very exciting when the Vienna to Istanbul link is established.

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

The Orient Express will never die and is back and better than ever.

[@peterhonig4954]

(As always!!) A very nice and very informative video. I very much like the way you produce your trainrelated video's. Big compliments.

[@s.t.8898]

VIELEN LIEBEN DANK...FRIEDEN und FREIHEIT...

[@111672balernabz2010]

A superb video,obb night jet certainly have taken on a big job of running most of Central Europe's sleeper market since dB pulled out in 2016,Vienna-Brussels, Amsterdam now running also..

[@EpicThe112]

Looking at the train formation it's done this way Amsterdam section gets the NS BR193 Koln Dusseldorf Duisburg Oberhausen Arnhem Utrecht Amsterdam because the OBB 1116 1016 if not available a DB BR182 does the Aachen Koln Frankfurt Am Main Aschaffenburg Lohr Wurzburg Nuremberg Regensburg Passau Linz Wien Hbf trip

[@kerryman69]

Excellent video . I can’t wait to go on train journeys around Europe again !

[@hennyschreiber3631]

Wunderbar wieder ein tolles Video Wünsche frohes Fest und alles gute für 2022🤗🍀

[@caroledowney6908]

Trains are always on time! So nice!

[@andrzejmaranda3699]

doc7austin’s DreamlinerCentral: AWESOME trip!

[@agustingalan2287]

Thanks. Also seen your Fuerteventura tríp. One of muy favourite island.

[@venca2]

The ÖBB are the best. But they should provide you with a free ticket incl. VIP handling for all the good publicity they get thanks to your wonderfull videos, dear Doc7Austin 😉.

[@anindyamitra2681]

I am from India🇮🇳 like your train rides

[@richardschnaitl1924]

Splended video about this train ! Thank you so much for this documentation !

[@uncinarynin]

Good we have people who skip their night's sleep to film all through the night so I don't have to stay awake. After all I paid for a good bed and I need my sleep ... And I don't think that stopping too often in the middle of the night makes much sense. What do you do when you arrive or depart at Stuttgart or Ulm at 2 or 3 in the night? Some are fine with those times but those are in the minority.

[@dezzmotion4475]

I've been waiting for this video! Thank you very much

[@newsnowadirondacksredux360]

One must order goulash when in Budapest. It’s like white sausage in Munich or fish and chips in London.

[@NishantKumar-ny4yo]

I am from India and I love your content very much 💙💙🙏🙏

[@austinfox7000]

I love your videos so much, Thanks a lot!

[@louislamonte334]

Excellent video! I would LOVE to take this train one day soon!!

[@nacekozo]

There used to be through couchettes (maybe also sleeper?) from Budapest to Paris, I travelled on it in 1988. In those days the French used the oldest couchette cars that they had on this train, and the seats were all made of vinyl, so it wasn't the most comfortable of journeys :)

[@naostravel4727]

14:10 Oh, that's me!! (on the platform)😂

[@mirceahirjau622]

Greetings from Romania! :-) I like the video presentation! Very good work from you! :-)

[@DeBergoff]

What is remarkable about all of your films is that the narrative does not interfere with the reception of the film. You can enjoy the journey, admire the views, and at the same time learn interesting things about the passing towns. The most important thing for me is the silence of the narrator. It allows you to listen to the rattle of the train wheels, the wind blowing outside the window, the sound of people on the platforms, the sound of cutlery in a restaurant on the train. In many other KZbin videos, people talk and talk, but they are also showing something interesting at the same time. Here you can focus 100% on the content of the film, it is as if I traveled with the narrator, as if I was sitting, eating and admiring the views outside the window. Currently, I am after watching the expedition Wladywostok - Moscow - Helsinki. Now I am going with you to Kazakhstan. The best of the new year and more movies like that. Rail travel fan :)

[@Neuzahnstein]

I think only the seat coaches are subsidized, because in Austria even distance trains can be accessed by regional tickets. I was filming that train in Wels (uploaded to an other channel).

[@sandrinebaum1744]

Thank you for the video, Mister Djebbari took the Nightjet from Wien to Paris

[@doc7austin]

but how could he then wave good bye to the train at vienna main station?

[@sandrinebaum1744]

@@doc7austin it wasn’t Djebbari on the platform, please don’t write a fake 🙏thanks

[@simonbaker6962]

I used to stay at the Danubius Galere Hotel whenever I was in Hungary on business. My favourite hotel ever!

[@andrewyoung749]

great hotel, gentile decline lol. closed now to be turned into a luxury affair i think shame used to get one of those rooms with an enormous terrace on the river for peanuts, sure you wont after the refurb lol

[@PifflePrattle]

I once spent an entire weekend stuffed in the space at the end of the carriage (apart from a short time when the train was so crowded three of us were temporarily squeezed into the toilet) with a dozen others. Taking it in turns to sit down. Very cosmopolitan mix including Irish, Canadian and English. All the way from Paris to Athens. That was the orient express in its autumn years hauling backpackers and migrant workers between Greece/Turkey and Paris. It was only twelve hours late.

[@nacekozo]

This used to be the only way of getting around, unless you were made of money. In 1973, when I was 4, my dad was working in Thessaloniki and we had to get the train back to the UK - in those days this involved one change in Cologne to catch the boat train to Ostend. Luckily we had couchette berths all the way. However the train was so late that the timetable changed from the summer to the winter timetable while we were on it, and it meant that the boat train no longer existed, at least not at the time we were supposed to get it, and we had to spend the night in the station hostel for down-and-outs. Being German, this was spotlessly clean and run by a fierce woman with big hair in a white coat - I can still recall it clearly as it was an unforgettable experience.

[@Boti880524]

Happy New Year! Always excelent video 😃 Cheers from Budapest 😃

[@trai12vie55]

Beautiful video ! At 29:33 the station called Château-Thierry* not Chateaux-Thierry 😝 I complete some informations, The SNCF operate this train from Karlsruhe to Paris-Est with the Traxx and a French train driver of Sarreguemines (city of the residence of trains drivers operates some regional trains of many lines from Sarreguemines station and the international relations trains between France and Germany).

[@helilebon2383]

Pourriez-vous, SVP, redire vos informations supplémentaires en Francais. Sarreguemines est une petite ville lorraine à la frontière France-Allemagne. Je ne comprends pas sa 'relation' avec ce train de nuit. Merci.

[@trai12vie55]

@@helilebon2383 Ce sont des conducteurs SNCF de Sarreguemines qui assurent le train de Karlsruhe à Paris-Est avec la Traxx. Sarreguemines est la résidence des conducteurs qui assurent des TER au départ de Sarreguemines vers Strasbourg etc.. mais aussi en Allemagne vers Offenburg etc.. ET le Nighjet.

[@helilebon614]

@@trai12vie55 Merci pour vos informations précieuses. C'est bien d'avoir ici des amateurs du rail qui ont du savoir 'insider' (mot anglais).

[@Hadubrand1965]

This is a nice service, even though there is only a small number of "deluxe" sleeper cabins available. Sadly, this requires booking months in advance to stand even a small chance of getting berths in either couchette or sleeper cabins.

[@tjittekamminga5170]

great railway nighttrip!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

very informative and good to view. thank you

[@helilebon614]

Da Sie fast ständig gefilmt haben, können Sie nicht viel geschlafen haben. Dieses Los haben viele Bahn-Fans, wenn sie mit Nachtzügen fahren. Daher besonderen Dank für Ihre Mühe. Merci pour la peine que vous avez prise.

[@grahamrobertson2995]

Can't wait to take this train. So much better than flying

[@javi2696]

Excelente reportaje. ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@wernerdanler2742]

I remember my mother taking me somewhere in Germany, when I was 5 or 6, on a train that was the old style with the compartments, not sleepers, and it had a steam locomotive. I have always loved riding trains since then. I'll be long dead if I live to be 100 before we get decent rail service in this country!

[@some-online-dude]

Fun fact, the "Newrest Wagons-Lits" subsidiary of Newrest is what's left of the CIWL, the famous "Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits", which operated a lot of night trains, including the original Orient Express, in the early 20th century.

[@christophsaviation2045]

35:04 Bongchur ah tuss! I love the accent.

[@Hadubrand1965]

Regarding the comment at 15:03 "How did ÖBB manage to source the additional sleepers". My - as of yet - unproven suspicion is that in that night several travellers on other schedule services were informed (upon arrival at their trains) that for some unforeseen technical problems, the sleeper was not available that night - and they had to accept being rebooked to normal seating cars or - if they were luck - couchettes....

[@christophsaviation2045]

Or they could just not sell as many sleeper tickets as on other days. I mean the inaugural journey of a new route is not a surprise event coming up with a two weeks notice.

[@gpan62]

More like the Central Europe Express 😉

[@timosha21]

Choo choo! Happy New Year! I'm a train and I approve this video! :D

[@jaspervlogt3843]

Honestly, i suspect that the hard brake and the technical stop in Augsburg are related. This usually happens due to suicide. Someone jumped before teh train. Its sad but sadly happens often.

[@doc7austin]

if that were the case, we would have stopped there for 3-4 hours

[@f-btsc9944]

Another awesome video :D

[@nohandle62]

The only resemblance to the classic Orient Express is that they were both trains. 🙄

[@unfound23]

Yeah, the magic is gone. The flair of our time is just crappy recycling plastics and tasteless, sterile designs. Most trains look like a dentist waiting room rather than a glamorous Hotel.

[@dadodydo]

That's right. The real cars of the Orient Express are from the 1920s, absolute luxury cars.

[@doc7austin]

Which exact train are you referring to?

[@aquarius4953]

Don’t confuse with The Venice Simplon Orient Express from Paris Est. The Hercule Poirot’s train. The one that went to Istanbul.

[@mbclev]

What is being built at 5:25 when the train crosses the Danube? (It looks like a new stadium.)

[@tolgacetin3906]

23:19 Ah hell nah i taught his a** is gone. Btw nice Video. I Hope so much for the stop in Munich.

[@gab_v250]

23:09 I didn't know SNCF acquired TRAXX locomotives, I always thought it used its own locos from Alstom.

[@Neuzahnstein]

TRAXX are Alstom locos.

[@doc7austin]

Alstom recently acquired Bombardier Transportation

[@uncinarynin]

It's rented from MRCE because SNCF needed multi-system locomotives that could also operate in Germany, and there is no ÖBB locomotive equipped to go to France.

[@gab_v250]

@@uncinarynin isn't there the bb37000?

[@uncinarynin]

@@gab_v250 Right, also for 140 km/h. Not sure if they are equipped for passenger trains.

[@Trainspotting_Trips]

Interesting and enjoyable video! Keep up the good work! How well do you sleep on Night trains and how much do you sleep at all? It seems like you are filming every stop :-) Greeting from Switzerland!

[@1976LeOn]

In the past, the orient express Vienna-Paris distance traveled this route faster than now the nightjet. On the French section, 160 km/h traveled between Strasbourg-Paris was only 4 hours 3 minutes at the going time. it would be nice to have a locomotive that can drive at speeds higher than 140 km/h

[@doc7austin]

ok; apart from the LGV Est, is there any rail line between Strasbourg and Paris that supports speeds of more than 140km/h?

[@1976LeOn]

When I was traveling between Győr and Paris, I wrote down the arrival and departure details of the train. The train was late to Nancy station. But when he arrived in Paris he was punctual. The distance was 353 km, the train did in 2:33 minutes.Average speed was 138 km/h!The train hauled ,with BB 15000.

[@sandrinebaum1744]

@@doc7austin yes,but the loco have vmax 140

[@1976LeOn]

I just targeted it with another locomotor to go faster

[@EAFSQ9]

but isn't DB about to start rolling out ECx Talgo sets in 2023?

[@jonhartley]

very interesting. It would be good to see what facilities are on offer for the less agile and wheelchair users.

[@markoobid2005]

There is a special compartment for disabled in one of the couchette cars.

[@Niggolaars]

17:20 oh, these checks are not performed that randomly. The probability of a border control in Salzburg is very high.

[@gaxnemo6833]

You are gravely mistaken. The cordoned off area is for the Plebs! (Also, it serves as a warning to other travellers to stay away in order to not ruin an otherwise perfect journey.)

[@petefoti1041]

Did you sleep? I was disappointed not seeing more of the inside train

[@PradeYT]

Just a little less gold than in the real one :)

[@doc7austin]

the real orient express is the emirates a380 paris - dubai in first class

[@ursodermatt8809]

ahhh, yes, Vienna is the new orient

[@JO-nh6mo]

just go for a walk there and you know it))

[@ursodermatt8809]

@@JO-nh6mo i can go to any city and then know it

[@MarceloBenoit-trenes]

The original Orient Express of 1883 was Paris-Wien.

[@markoobid2005]

@@MarceloBenoit-trenes no, it was Paris - Istanbul via Wien. But the last Orient Express before cancellation in 2007 was Paris - Wien.

[@ursodermatt8809]

@@MarceloBenoit-trenes first of all vienna is not in the orient. second the orient express went to istanbul. some routes went via vienna though. your statement is somewhat misleading at the least.

[@barbaralcharles]

The room was nice but I was disappointed. When one thinks of Orient Express one imagines a luxurious accommodation. And Doc, you had semolina with cherries. I'm jealous.

[@erichthecat6032]

Freilassing 😉 Arrival Paris 😉 Lainzer Tunnel is in western Vienna

[@ionutcatrina2657]

😍😍😍🚂🚂🚂🚂

[@gpan62]

I've been on 3 night trains, all couchettes. First, 1988 Greek night train, Thessaloniki to Athens (no air con, windows open...hot when stopped, smokey when moving...very little sleep). The second time 2005 with students from Canada, (school trip) Rome to Paris. The third time, also with students from Canada, 2009, Paris to Florence. I think both times it was run by an Italian company (trenitalia?). No one came to take down the bunks and fit the sheets, as they were supposed to. Disappointing. I'd try it again if I had a private room though.

[@hendrik4484]

I watched some Videos of your Nighttrain-journeys so far and was wondering where you got the little egg-lamp from? I like that lamp a lot and would love to have such a lamp for my journeys.

[@markoobid2005]

Actually, two sleeping cars are scheduled to be on this train, not one. The consist of first train was completely mixed up because of those VIP cars. Thank you for mentioning the real birthplace of Comfortline sleeping cars, built in Maribor, Slovenia :) About the Newrest Wagons Lits: this company is a direct successor of Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits (CIWL) and has always serviced the Austrian night trains. So it wasn't due to the wages. Are you sure that the shunting of Berlin portion will happen in Karlsruhe? I think it would be more to the north (Mannheim? Frankfurt?) as there will be Vienna/Berlin - Brussels train, too.

[@EpicThe112]

That would require the Wien Hbf to Aachen Hbf Brussels Midi via Schnellfahrstrecke Köln-Aachen Nightjet stop running via Main Spessart Bahn Frankfurt Am Main Süd Aschaffenburg-Lohr section.

[@Bubi.021]

Very nice video! ..... Like .... 😀👍🖐

[@Eurobazz]

Very nice video. Why do you insert an apostrophe in the word "lots"? There's never a case where this should be done. I will say though that I prefer subtitles and occasional background music to commentary and on-screen appearances.

[@johnpatrick4810]

It is lots, not lot's!

[@samtrak1204]

Railjet exteriors surely could use a bath. If Budapest is initial terminal the trains should be clean after running through the car wash. That power car reminds me of all the dirty Amtrak trains and windows that I always complained about when I was conductor.

[@carthtc3429]

Why the 140 loco? The line Paris-Strasbourg is mostly 160... Not that it would make such a change but it could cut some 10-15 minutes...

[@manmeetsinghmahajan6183]

Nice one.

[@controversatul]

Can u tell me the diference between sleeping car and couchette? In România we say "cușetă" or "vagon de dormit"(sleeping car).

[@spasnikolov1238]

In a sleeping car there are only 3 beds( not 6) and a small sink, also the beds are more comfortable than in a couchette. Also in the Austrian Nightjets the breakfast in a sleeping cabin is bigger than in a couchette. In a sleeping car cabins are either male or female, while in couchette they are mixed.

[@uncinarynin]

Sleeping car has 3-berth compartments with wash basin (economy) or private bathrooms (deluxe). Couchette has up to six berths per compartment, though currently only four of them are booked, and no welcome package in the evening, a simpler breakfast, no shower in the car.

[@bwegtUnterwegs]

21:01 That is Bietigheim-Bissingen, not Bietingen-Bissingen :)

[@samtrak1204]

I like your comments especially the one about OBB's exploiting train crews by outsourcing to low wage contractors.

[@sedlcanky]

Great Video. Oh Yeah :"Well, I asumme that Mr.Djebarri will be flying back to Paris". For EU-Politician Green Deal, for us, ordinary people Green Kill....😁

[@JBS319]

Did you not sleep at all on that trip? From the video you seemed to be up filming all night

[@doc7austin]

i slept a bit between strasbourg and paris

[@cherylsemrau4375]

I would love to go on both trains. Amenities?

[@bobduvar]

The relationship between France & Germany : I love you.... i don't too !!! lol.....

[@jgodfrey546]

You may wish to correct the arrival station in the notes...

[@stupidvoiceofreason]

6:37 or even both MAV & УЗ from their respective countries

[@ВиталийБойко-з5й]

The latter has promised a link to Berlin, but it stayed a word unfulfilled, unfortunately

[@justinstojanoski-pearson6184]

This is nothing like the orient express at all. New or old. Thank you and good bye!

[@HB-ji8lh]

Get ready to spend $10000 for a round trip on a real orient express then. Jackas*

[@MarceloBenoit-trenes]

The original 1883 Orient Express was Paris-Wien, so...

[@markoobid2005]

@@HB-ji8lh and what is a "real" Orient Express?

[@HB-ji8lh]

@@markoobid2005 real one is the one from London to Istanbul

[@markoobid2005]

@@HB-ji8lh wrong on many levels! 1. Orient Express never started in London, but in Paris. 2. "Get ready to spend $10000" on what? VSOE? That isn't a real Orient Express by far! As many times written, the "real" Orient Express ceased in 2009 as ÖBB Euronight train from Vienna to Strasbourg.

[@herrhunatter8023]

Vienna - Paris: By train: 14:02 hrs By plane: 2:00 hrs

[@uncinarynin]

plus time to get to the airport, plus time you have to be at the airport in advance, plus time to get from the other airport to your destination. And you still have to sleep somewhere. Considering the carbon footprint it's not justified to fly distances you can cover by train in one day or night.

[@herrhunatter8023]

@@uncinarynin plus time to get to the train station, plus time you have to be at the train station in advance, plus time time to get from the other train station to your destination.

[@uncinarynin]

@@herrhunatter8023 railway stations are usually closer to city centres and trains also serve places along the way. for me in Leoben it would be quite a journey to get to the nearest airport, then I can also take the train all the way to the destination

[@BrickTemplar]

And the prices are jacked up in comparison to the airfare. In addition, you need to burn coal to get electricity, so it's all greenwashing.

[@uncinarynin]

@@BrickTemplar Actually that depends where the train is going. When the nightjet Wien - Berlin was routed via Poland its CO2 footprint got worse because Poland has a higher share of coal in energy generation. Between Austria and Switzerland it's pretty good on the other hand. Always depends on the local energy mix.

[@andrewjohnston1963]

How much space is there in the sleeping compartment for 2 pairs of skis? I plan to use this service next winter to go skiing with my wife from London via Paris to Salzburg... Great video thanks!

[@doc7austin]

Are you allowed to transit through France as an UK citizen?

[@BrickTemplar]

@@doc7austin he said next winter, not this :)

[@doc7austin]

next winter -> France will close it's border to the UK due to the rapid spread of the Sigma variant

[@richardestes4259]

What about the eastern orient express Bankok to Singapore?

[@doc7austin]

that train (bangkok-singapore) has not been running for a long time

[@malbecmikegrey996]

Interested in your station scenes in Budapest: on my only visit to Budapest, in 2007, I noticed signs everywhere in Nyugati station that photography was banned! Have MAV had a rethink, or did you have a special arrangement?

[@johansilwouden3403]

Ah, that is probably why these poor railway workers were shouting at me while I was taking pictures there in 2001....😂 Did not understand a word of it, since I am not Hungarian!

[@helilebon2383]

Mme le Ministre Autrichien du Trafic parle bien Francais. Mes compliments, Mme Gewessler. Frau Verkehrsministerin Gewessler spricht gut Französisch. Alle Achtung. Leider fuhr sie nicht mit nach Paris. Sie hätte dort noch einige Sätze auf Französisch sagen können mit ihrem sehr guten "Schulfranzösisch".

[@doc7austin]

vermutlich gab es kein freies Abteil mehr für Frau Gewessler :-)

[@rakhipurnimadasgupta1389]

Definitely not orient express. just a an overnight train with some extras which you are paying for. Dinner should be included since the ticket price is high. Enjoyed the video

[@doc7austin]

That train was called Orient Express until 2007 by ÖBB

[@trischulte]

What is pax?

[@georgebattrick2365]

telex slang for passengers

[@ejr5480]

Whole trip is in the rail yard!

[@josdt6063]

In Austrian´s trains there are three classes. Business class, then first and then economy class. That´s their order for the railjet.

[@arnoldhau1]

Well that is railjet only and business is just like an upgrade to first class. Generally ÖBB only has first and second class. In some regional services only second class.

[@josdt6063]

@@arnoldhau1That’s like in germany. There are second and first class and in some regional trains also only second class. In italy there’s the frecciarossa and it’s executive class is different from the others and not only an upgrade. So the frecciarossa has four classes. At their frecciargento, there a three different classes.

[@arnoldhau1]

@@josdt6063 Yes. Generally, ÖBB and DB do a lot of things in a similar fashion, so if you know one, it will be quite easy to use the services of the other.

[@josdt6063]

@@arnoldhau1 Yeah I live in northern bavaria and here we have some fast regional trains that have a first class and some slow regional trains with more stops that has no first class.

[@EpicThe112]

Your train does use Schnellfahrstrecke Stuttgart Mannheim Stuttgart Ulm München via Augsburg Railway München Salzburg and the final portion being the Austrian Westbahn Salzburg Wien after leaving Salzburg Hbf you would have seen freight trains leave Verschiebebahnhof Salzburg Gnigl for Hungary via Wien Kledering. Nightjet takes 30-45 minutes to reach München Ost from Augsburg Hbf due to it using the fast tracks on Hauptstrecke München-Augsburg. There is a reason to why MRCE BR185.5 has 4 pantographs to do with these pantograph strips 1.45m France Switzerland 1.8m Denmark Norway Sweden and 1.95m pantographs 15kv 16.7hz Deutsche Bahn Netze ÖBB Infra learnt this from playing Train Sim World 2 including the discussed forum routes Hagen Wuppertal & Riesa-Dresden. MAV Budapest Paris coach would have travelled to Wien Hbf on a separate train Budapest Wien then attached to the Paris Nightjet at Wien Hbf

[@doc7austin]

we travelled from stuttgart to karlsruhe via bietigheim-bissingen and pforzheim

[@helilebon614]

Le NightJet n'emprunte pas la Schnellfahrstrecke Stuttgart - Bruchsal (- Mannheim) mais la ligne classique via Pforzheim. Entre Munich et Augsbourg il pourrait rouler partiellement à 230 km/h. Mais il le fait certainement pas. Les voitures sont limitées à 200 km/h. La locomotive Taurus le pourrait...

[@odess4sd4d]

Would a Chicago - New York night train on the Broadway Limited route be feasible? 908 miles / 1460 km. With very limited stops it seems like it could be within reach. The three day per week schedule makes sense.

[@barvdw]

Was the route not partially closed? Pennsylvania lost quite a few railroads... Just my opinion, but I think they should focus on the Lake Shore Limited, get that upgraded first.

[@odess4sd4d]

@@barvdw It might make sense to add a faster night train service on top of the LSL. For it to be attractive it may need to be down in the 12 to 14 hour range which is not going to be feasible without omitting local service that the LSL handles. A century ago an overnight train that left at 2pm was probably a lot more reasonable than it would be now.

[@barvdw]

@@odess4sd4d true, but u wasn't really speaking of the LSL in its current form, there should be more trains on this route anyway, a frequency of 1/day (or less for e.g. the Cardinal or Texas Eagle...) is just not enough. Then, a second night train with fewer stops could be interesting, but also just different hours, so a stopover isn't as damning.

[@nw5835]

I'm confused, I haven't watched the video yet, it says in the description Vienna to Paris, then further down it says dep' Vienna 1940 arr Berlin 0942, any explanation please.

[@doc7austin]

just a typo