Empty ÖBB Nightjet Ghost Train NJ 457 Berlin - Vienna in Deluxe Sleeping Car with Ensuite Shower

Train: ÖBB Nightjet NJ 457
From: Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Germany
From: Wien Hauptbahnhof (Vienna), Austria
Route via: Frankfurt/Oder, Rzepin (Poland), Zielona Góra, Wrocław Główny, Opole, Racibórz, Bohumín (Czech Republic), Břeclav
Through car groups:
PKP Intercity Eurocity/EuroNight/TLK 63170/63171 "Pogórze" Berlin - Przemyśl (detached in Wrocław)
PKP Intercity IC 407 "Chopin" Warsaw - Vienna (attached in Bohumín)
MAV Start EN 477 "Metropol" Berlin - Budapest (detached in Břeclav)
Travel Class: Deluxe Sleeping Car cabin
Car No: 256 Berth No: 42 (lower and upper berth)
Sleeping Car operator: ÖBB, Newrest Wagons-Lits
Price: EUR 178 (SparSchiene for one persons in a Single sleeping car cabin)
Scheduled travel time: 12 hours and 17 minutes
Departure Berlin Hauptbahnhof: 18:43 CET
Arrival Wien Hauptbahnhof: 07:00 CET
Travel season: December 2020
Occupancy: less than 10%
Train operator: Deutsche Bahn (DB Fernverkehr), PKP Intercity, České dráhy (ČD), ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG (Nightjet),
Electric Locomotive Berlin - Bohumin: PKP Intercity Husarz EU44-003 (Siemens 5 370 003)
Electric Locomotive Bohumin - Břeclav: ČD 362 (Škoda Plzeň ES 499.1)
Electric Locomotive Břeclav - Vienna: ÖBB 1116 158-7 (Siemens ES64U2)
ČD 363 (Škoda Plzeň ES 499.1) Electric Locomotive Bohumin - Berlin: PKP Intercity Husarz EU44-001 (Siemens 5 370 001)
Song: Markvard - Dawn
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[@michaszuty5035]

Anytime I see glowing egg in the window of passing train, it must be you 😀

[@sraka4479]

Greetings from Raciborz 😀

[@jamesrobinson9194]

I like the way you put "time to get up at 06:00" when you had been up at least six times during the night 😂

[@hritikseth9465]

Your. taste in Music to add at intros is amazing

[@arkapadia]

Just love the way you film ur videos. It's like watching discovery channel. I mean I have been following ur videos since a year but all the time I see your videos getting more and more professional. Keep up the good work. BtW the train was not empty. We all were there with you :)

[@sushifornico]

I am taking the night jet in march Munich to Rome - super excited and thanks for showing that compartment

[@hartmutgrothe1517]

Ich bin als Ex-Berliner, bereits mehrfach mit dem NJ 457 Berlin-Vienna und Vienna- Berlin im Schlafwagen Deluxe mit Dusche und WC im Abteil gefahren, leider durch die Pandemie wurde der NJ vor rüber gehend eingestellt, ich freue mich schon sehr auf die wieder Inbetriebnahme ende Mai 2021, da werde ich wieder diese Verbindung nutzen. Man spart praktisch 1 Nacht im Hotel in Berlin durch die Nachtfahrt. Das Betreuer Team im Nachtzug ist sehr höflich und erfüllt gerne die Wünsche der Gäste. Bevor es ins Bett geht, gibt man sein Ticket sowie die Frühstücksbestellung beim Betreuer des Schlafwagens ab und gibt bekannt wann man geweckt werden möchte bzw. das Frühstück serviert sollte. Ich war bisher mit dem Service rund um zufrieden.

[@pelle9114]

10:24 Die typischen Geräusche die einen Nachtzug für mich u.a. so reizvoll machen.

[@OpelMantaB1977]

Legend goes that the Ochrona is still looking for the glowing egg :D

[@damiankozlowski4023]

Super Film ❤️👍

[@robertomaggio6746]

Ciao from Milano. I'm a big train traveller. All your videos are the best: clears and exaustives. Very very well!!!

[@badescuandi985]

Say hello from Romania 👍 nice &interesting video s

[@europethroughmylense1903]

Good job! Hope we can travel again this year!

[@netrhyda8761]

Thanks for a great video! Sad that everything we took for granted has been basically wiped out and is being "reinvented". Truly strange times on planet Earth....

[@KrzysztofK1982]

Very nice video sad it was filmed during the pandemic which is why it’s empty. You should do it again now probably these trains will be full of people

[@michmak3829]

Security (Ochrona) is for safety, belive me there are some "wise" people out there that can rip you off and you won't notice that. Polish Railways also have their own unit called SOK (Służby Ochrony Kolei= Railway Security Service) which wear more like anti terrorist clothing.

[@scottbrettschneider9782]

Happy to have discovered your channel, i’m enjoying your videos! Best Regards from Northern Arizona!

[@damiankozlowski4023]

Awesome movie

[@lewis72]

3:12 It's fascinating to see all of these destinations on the departures board, isn't it ? I remember being at Wien Hbf back in 2015 or so and a train rolled in from Moscow on its way to Nice !!

[@jamesrobinson9194]

You were quite fortunate to see that - it wasn't daily even back then and I don't think it's running at all right now due to COVID-19

[@Alex-kr7zr]

Won't see that soon again.

[@martinchudik3589]

Very nice video 👍👍

[@impulsowa_kolejowa4812]

❤❤❤❤ Wonderful train 🚅🚅

[@andrzejmaranda3699]

doc7austin’s DreamlinerCentral: VERY INTERESTING journey!

[@lestrainsavecridan]

Very good video

[@irenazurcher6603]

Ich liebe Strecke Feldkirchen-Wien Autozug.

[@Bulkmeister123]

Another great video, and being a train buff having travelled Europe by train myself it brings back fond memories, it's such a shame to see empty carriages during this Corona period.

[@waynetaumata]

Great video, so informative and watching it felt like I was taking the train myself

[@thomasjaeger4355]

There used to be a night train from Munich via Innsbruck to Rome. This one was awesome. Now that service doesn't exist anymore. Connecting some regional capitals with each other might be a good idea to fill up these trains.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

very well presented. thank you

[@snikovsky]

Great footage!

[@anthonywarrener1881]

Thank you for a great review, and I agree with all that you say, particularly about the Ochran Goons ! Hopefully you will be able to do the trip again, once the Pandemic is under control.

[@theobrattinga500]

Great video !!

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

great video bro

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Personally I’d be quite happy with the security police on the train

[@yukiefromoz2573]

Yes, especially when it's so empty, kinda scary.

[@PlaneandTrainWindowSeat]

Good report as always.,👍

[@barvdw]

Agreed, 7 am is acceptable, but barely. Even half an hour longer would be so much more agreeable to arrive. No business meeting is going to start before 8 am at the earliest... And let's hope this Corona nightmare is soon over, or at least, most restrictions lifted for this Spring and Summer...

[@jakubadamczyk1523]

But do you think there's no probability of big delays on such a long route? Especially 2 days ago when in Germany were a big mess and in Poland tens-minute delays because of snow blizzards.

[@barvdw]

@@jakubadamczyk1523 which is why you want a night train with a lot of padding. I don't think many passengers would mind waiting say half an hour longer in Breclav, the train already has a stop of 99 min there, for decoupling the parts to Bratislava and Budapest and having some buffer. BTW, in weather like the last few days, many flights are also cancelled or heavily delayed...

[@DmitriyTitovDT]

Nice job dear friend! 👍

[@thomaselers7416]

It'll be nice when the corona-hysteria is over, and you can fully enjoy life again. Thanks for another great video

[@HenryMulder53]

Will it be possible to return to the old normal or will this be the new normal?

[@thomaselers7416]

@@HenryMulder53 It's partly up to yourself - or do you believe someone else should decide it for you? I am personally living the old normal 90% of the time every day. I'm eating out every day, supporting the local economy here, I don't wear a mask except when I travel by plane. Everything that's going on now is insane, and the only ones benefiting from it , are pharmaceutical companies selling vaccines that hasn't been tested properly, people speculating in buying up stocks too cheap and eco-fasists, who will just be happy if the entire world will be under permanent lockdown, so they can "save" the rainforest, whales or whatever they value. If you want the old normal back, don't support the "new normal" in any way.

[@HenryMulder53]

@@thomaselers7416 I 100% agree Thomas. I live like you except outdoor eating and I won’t take the vaccin either, like you said about the big companies. I’m only curious what the near future will bring us, what the gouvernments will allow us to do without a vaccinpassport.

[@thomaselers7416]

@@HenryMulder53 May I ask, which country do you live in? (I'm from Denmark, but lucky enough to live in Bangkok and Tokyo - and here in Bangkok where I am at the moment, things are normal and open, and had been so since June last year)

[@HenryMulder53]

@@thomaselers7416 I live in the Netherlands and we have a lockdown now with a curview at night

[@helilebon614]

Un train sans voyageurs c'est triste.

[@TravelALBERT]

I want to go to Poland to see my grand parents 😢 but the Corona 😡

[@thomaselers7416]

Did Poland close their borders? No, not "but the Corona", more like "but the governments..." is more accurate.

[@pega17pl]

(0:04) Weil ich gerade die schaukelnden Kleiderbpgel sehe: ein Wackeldackel sollte zur Einrichtung von Schlafwagenabteilen gehören. :D - Schöne Grüße, Heinz

[@PatFeyenoord]

Did you even sleep? Nice video.

[@daviddrabkin7142]

You need to spend more time filming the sleeper car and it’s bathroom so we can see the whole picture.

[@kevinyao5658]

Interest to see all the merging and unmerging of train from different countries. have to to open google map while watching it! Nice video and report.

[@jakubadamczyk1523]

Due to Coronavirus problem with Polish transport is if you cross country by not your own transport (car, bike or by foot), yoy've mandatory 10-day quarantine, so people avoid trains, because after going by your own transport you doesn't have to be in quarantine 😂 It's even quite popular get off train/bus before crossing a country, go by foot through border and get in - the same mean of transport if possible, or now domestic mean of transport XD

[@DanielsUKT]

Great video but it is sad to see an international sleeper service going through 4 countries with very few passengers. And also that the entire winter was spent in lockdown for most countries of Europe

[@netrhyda8761]

I'm pumped!

[@dschoene57]

So they're still doing that nearly 2 hour stop at Breclav. I rode the nighttrain several times in 2018 and the endless wait in Breclav was always a bit of a drag.

[@doc7austin]

but it is better to arrive in vienna at 7am than at 5am;

[@vintagecamerafreak]

Excellent video, brillant explanations! Unfortunately, meanwhile all nightjet trains have been withdrawn (except of two inner-Austrian lines) and it is unclear if these trains wil be re-installed again. So your presentation of the train may be a historic document!

[@doc7austin]

hopefully, the trains will come back at the end of March 2021

[@lszinhotransports9580]

Great video ! :)

[@EpicThe112]

Really excellent video and I wonder why it has to go to Poland in order to arrive at Wien Hbf from Berlin Hbf. The older route is quicker via Nahverkehr Dresden Elsterwerda-Dresden section because DB BR101 can stay until Dresden Hbf where ÖBB 1216 gets attached from Dresden Hbf to Wien Hbf via Schöna Bodenbach Prag Brünn Lundenburg Nordbahn Route. Rare situations ÖBB1216 goes all the way to Berlin Hbf.

[@xprs1257]

Fantastic video.. Watched it twice now.. Can I ask what camera do you use.. It’s stunning quality.

[@thomaswolf1771]

Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed that video. Would love to do that trip this summer. This trains being the only "hotels" open during pandemic was an eye-opener to me.But in one point I disagree with you. If you had a pleasant and relaxed journey that night it was also because of the Ochrona guys riding this train with you. In the past there were severe cases of robbery and theft in such night trains.Things got much better after they sent security in. Sad but true.

[@pega17pl]

So you played the ghost on this ghost train? - Heinz

[@thebikemike]

In the seating- compartment you can lift the seats a bit and push them to the middle to make a nearly flat bed. the cheapest way to make this journey. enormaly the ÖBB are famous for the brakefast, sorry 4 you.

[@dmisso42]

I wonder just how much longer the States will keep the trains running, as it seems that Covid has completely changed people's desire to travel! I feel sorry for the people who's job it has been to project income revenue.

[@venca2]

Those Ochrona people do look a bit scary!

[@deusvult7559]

They're just security guards...nothing more. As long as you're not smuggling dope or doing anything illegal you have nothing to worry about. In fact you should be glad they're there in this day and age.

[@schubertotto2699]

Good info. Much to gain from. Breakfast appeared to be water, small coffee, maybe Orange juice. Toast and Brötchen. No cheese or liver paste. Night wahr? Vielen Dank

[@Chetok]

I feel out of date, last time I was on a sleeper was an old CNL service 485 Lupus from München to Roma where like the couchettes your bed was the seat, only once as it was never worth the price simply to get undressed so I stayed with 4 berth couchttes. These nightjet seem a world apart but there is little mention of the bed or its comfort, can anyone elaborate please?

[@oleandersen2228]

Ochrona goons. How do you know they are goons, or is it just a perception?

[@morten3219]

i'm doing a nightjet deluxe cabin munich-milano. But i'm curious how did you get the key card? do you show your ticket at the station and get the key card before boarding, or on the train when the steward passes by? thanks for a nice video

[@Bonyk007]

Hi Alex!)

[@TravelALBERT]

Your Travel: Berlin Vienna Vienna Przymysł Przymysł Berlin...

[@doc7austin]

yes

[@Izmael1310]

Is the train going through Poland every time or this was caused by the extensive repairs on the czech side between Pardubice and Brno?

[@doc7austin]

the regular route goes via wroclaw, poland;

[@silviakeidel8187]

😱

[@mrv736]

Nice!

[@JosephCompnotta]

Love it, BUT how many times did you have to change trains? I got lost sorry

[@doc7austin]

no change at all - Berlin-Vienna is a direct train

[@JosephCompnotta]

@@doc7austin great, thanks

[@BYU1875]

Question: Is there a restaurant compartment on this train from Berlin to Vienna? Or do you need to bring your own food for dinner? We are in a Private sleeper with shower/toilet. Also in Berlin, is there a lounge to wait in before boarding? Also, do the NightJet people help with luggage and deliver to the room for you? We are on the train in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to it.

[@doc7austin]

no restaurant car; there is a limited onboard food menu (tv dinner); no lounge access

[@helilebon2383]

Ich frage mich, wie die Kosten für die Bahn-Gesellschaften gedeckt werden? Zahlen die Staaten den Ausfall an Einnahmen? Komfortable Geisterzüge durch die Nacht fahren zu lassen, kostet auch einiges: Streckengebühren, Energie, Personal. Danke für das angenehme Video. So können Eisenbahn-Freunde vom Sofa aus in Corana-Zeiten gefahrlos reisen. Thank you.

[@pietdezwart2271]

ja, das kostet. da gibts aber wenig andere möglichkeiten um kosten zu sparen, weil der zug im fahrplan aufgenommen ist. solche vereinbahrungen müssen eingehalten werden um nicht verklagt zu werden. währe der zug ein 'sonderzug', gebe es möglichkeiten, den zug einfach einzustellen.

[@doc7austin]

Der Zug wurde ja wg. Corona/geringen Auslastung ja Anfang Januar 2021 erneut eingestellt

[@pietdezwart2271]

@@doc7austin das ist richtig,. der hauptgrund ist, das grenzüberschreitend reisen wegen corona erheblich schwierig geworden ist. daher können die zuggesellschaften die vereinbarungen gar nicht einhalten und das ist gesetzlich abgesichert

[@helilebon2383]

@@pietdezwart2271 danke für die interessante Info.

[@michael7191]

Very nice video. Did you actually stay awake all night to film all the stops??

[@doc7austin]

nope; I slept most of the time; but I often woke up during the night

[@kylemore9142]

Surely a better way of serving the overnight Berlin-Wien market would be to go via Bayern and the Westbahn? Staying on German and Austrian rails would presumably be less complicated than diverting through Poland and Czech Rep. Is this the only overnight train between Berlin and Wien?

[@doc7austin]

I agree - and you can keep out the Ochrona goons by bypassing Poland

[@kylemore9142]

@@doc7austin You could leave Berlin a bit later, pick up more passengers in Leipzig around 2300 and then via Nurnberg, Passau and Linz to Wien. Seems a no-brainer to me!

[@ryanstait6525]

It goes this way due to track access charges in Germany

[@stephanweinberger]

@Kyle More the higher track access fees in Germany would make this route uneconomical. But I agree that a later departure in Berlin (or a longer stop somewhere along the route) would be preferable, so that arrival in Vienna would be 30-60 minutes later.

[@cestmoi1262]

@@stephanweinberger Maybe you get what you pay for?

[@BB-yg2qp]

Wollen Sie reisen zwischen Frankfurt am Main und Amsterdam?

[@vitlif]

Man, get some sleep!

[@martinschwehla4704]

Polish securities and service restrictions are negative feedback on Poland and Coronavirus, not on Nightjet ;-)

[@dirk42polska]

Ochrona SOK jezdzi we wszystkich pociagach IC i EC w Polsce

[@zipper_track_maps]

IC nightjet???

[@pega17pl]

Addition to negative feedback on Nightjet: Arrival at 7:00, is there any location to get a real breakfast (no Mac or such trash)? - Heinz

[@doc7austin]

yes; there are some nice bakeries present in the railway station, where are open at this early hour

[@pega17pl]

@@doc7austin - A bakery in Vienna is always a location for inner wellness. :)

[@Brapish]

What are "Ochrona Goons"? Are they hired by DB/ÖBB/PKP for this route?

[@konradkkk1450]

"Ochrona" means simply security service and they are hired by PKP IC. I diagree with an author. When I am travelling by PKP IC I feel much safer with them on board. They aren`t doing nothin bad, just helping to improve our saftey.

[@KuvDabGib]

@@konradkkk1450 That is what nazis have been saying for SS/Sa back in 30's... Cant regular police do that work as well?

[@konradkkk1450]

@@KuvDabGib Ochrona means "security service". You have security services everywhere... In shopping center, in a bank, in the muzeum, during football match. This is NOT paramilitary group, and have nothing in common with nazis! Imagine that your are going to Mall for shopping. You will see some guys who protect this place. And this is ochrona.

[@KuvDabGib]

@@konradkkk1450 Sorry, i have zero trust to private forms of security.. Too much room for all kind of abuse, they usually lack training and i wont even start about their "knowledge" of laws.

[@andrebabinetz5658]

If you are lucky you get a seat Berlin Charlottenburg to Vienna Main Station for EUR 29,-. Just buy the ticket in Time.

[@Filivpson]

I am 600 like

[@SMRTSBST]

Were u the only passenger onboard?

[@user-wk1kv7pk5u]

В Европе нужно ввести жёсткий карантин с закрытием железнодорожного сообщения.

[@porubszkipatrik]

Who is the Ochrona goons?

[@doc7austin]

ochrona = private security service

[@porubszkipatrik]

@@doc7austin Thank you. Are you going to travel to Hungary?

[@doc7austin]

no; Orban has closed the borders of Hungary

[@uncinarynin]

When it's empty like this you can save money by booking a bed in a 3-person compartment. It's unlikely you'll end up with strangers in your compartment. I took the nightjet once in 2020 (Linz to Aachen) and found myself with one other person in the compartment who however got out early in the morning so I had the compartment for myself during breakfast. What is Ochrona? Security guys who try to intimidate you and want to keep you from filming?

[@doc7austin]

yes and yes to your last question

[@pietdezwart2271]

@@doc7austin the security on polish and czech trains is there to secure the travellers and due to dataprotection, you may NOT film or make fotos of them without their consent.

[@doc7austin]

I didn't take any photos from them while they were on the train

[@pietdezwart2271]

@@doc7austin it does not make any difference. you cannot photograph persons without their consent, when the aim of the photo is to picture particular people.

[@uncinarynin]

@@pietdezwart2271 You mean the scene outside on the platform? I guess to go safe, the faces would need to be blurred out to be unrecognizable.

[@pirol0815]

12 Stunden und 17 Minuten, dass glaube ich nicht! Wer bitte macht das? Das muss in 6 Stunden zu schaffen sein sonst wird das nie was mit dem Wettbewerb zum Flieger! Schönen Gruß aus Berlin.

[@doc7austin]

Nur 6h zum Schlafen ist aber ein bisschen wenig

[@planelover4480]

Das ist ein Nachtzug… wer will denn 6 Stunden im Nachtzug sein? Da bleibt ja keine Zeit zum schlafen.

[@sick9990101]

why have you destroyed the nice video with this silly porn music?

[@doc7austin]

its just the first 3 min

[@sjefhendrickx2257]

The music does not suit the video. It should be a calm music. This way its not fun to watch. 👎🏽

[@persjofors2586]

So boring to watch without narration

[@doc7austin]

but any voice narration would overlay the natural sound of of train travelling; i know other travel vloggers prefer to talk abd talk; in my vlog i want to inform my viewers (via text) and let them enjoy the sound of travelling without voiceovers

[@persjofors2586]

@@doc7austin In my view, narration makes the video more personal and engaging. It keeps my interest for much longer. I will watch a video to the end when I feel I have a personal relationship with the Vlogger, but without narration, 9 times of 10, I watch halfway if that.

[@dannyhotowski1552]

I agree that narration would make the video much better. You can maintain the sounds of the journey and only talk about the important points. For example, you could have gone into detail why you don’t feel safe with the Ochrona on board. We are left confused as to why you made that assessment, but a small narration to explain your views would be helpful. If you feel that people will judge your accent or ability to speak English, don’t let that stop you. If you insist on captions, then can you please post full sentences in the video instead of breaking them up?

[@ballett2197]

@@doc7austin Please, no narrations! It's so perfect without! 👍

[@ballett2197]

Subtitles are fully sufficient!

[@alexevo8016]

Hi there, I have booked OBB Nightjet from Vienna to Berlin in May at Seating cariage, but I didn't chose compartment Coach 2nd class, I chose Comfort Ticket/Flex at Private compartment - exclusively for you or your group(max. 3 adults per compartment). Do you have any idea what the difference is? Is it better? It is a little more expensive than compartment Coach 2nd class(174.5 EUR for 3 seats). We are 3 persons and we want to know if we can enjoy a little rest, bearing in mind that in the normal compartment we can make the seats into beds only if we are the only ones in the compartment of 6. Thanks.