I took Kazakhstan's BRUTAL 63 hour CROSS-COUNTRY Train!

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Join me on the intense 63-hour cross-country train ride through Kazakhstan! Where we look at the cramped platzkart compartments, stunning landscapes, and unexpected challenges! In this video we see the raw beauty of Kazakhstan and endurance required for this epic journey.
Train type: 2x TEP33A 1x KZ4AT + Various coaches
Route: Mangystau to Semey via Tobol Almaty Pavlodar
Train: 37T
Distance: 3172 km
Journey time: 62h45m
Average speed: 51km/h
Price: 48 euros

[@donhenchel7425]

You do a terrific videos Mr. Anderson! The footage is intimate and your narration is informative and very easy to enjoy.

[@pjltopfca]

This is a great video. The longer journey the better for me. I did 6 days on the Trans Siberian in 1986 from Moscow to Khabarovsk. That was in the days when it was the Soviet Union. Loved every minute of it.

[@pashazzubuntu]

The best thing about this train is that it takes you from dry Caspian climate all the way to Siberia. Semey is a city heavily populated by Russians and they call it Semipalatinsk. It's in actual forest-ish Siberia, and you can take a night train from here to Novosibirsk which actually will bring you there in like 12 hours.

[@interestingtv_]

This is a Kazakh city not Russian

[@pashazzubuntu]

@@interestingtv_ of course it’s been populated by Russians primarily though and located near Russian border

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

Странно это слышать, я думала на севере их много, а не в Семее.По крайней мере Семей у меня ассоциируется, как целом Восточный Казахстан нашими казахскими писателями(хоть есть и в другой части Казахстана писатели), и моими предками.

[@gameguru1488]

@@pashazzubuntu nawadays Semey is not so heavily populated by russians. There are less russians in Semey than in Almaty.

[@sorencito3907]

Very interesting. I did not even know there were such trains in Kazakstan. I am going to do that one day. Thanks a lot.

[@Rheilffordd]

A lot of these carriages remind me of the Chinese Long Distance sleeper trains, very similar in bedding configuration between classes. I really enjoyed this, and all your other videos as well, taking train rides off the beaten mainstream European lines, nicely done! 😁

[@Simon-Andersen]

Yeah it's a similar setup to a lot of the classic Chinese trains

[@natraj_j]

Nice video. Watching your channel for the first time.

[@Kulla1berg]

Nice video I have a dream travel from coast to coast in Canada I think that trip takes longer time but it is more like a train adventure

[@notactuallymyrealname]

I loved this video, and at the same time I'm very sure I am not built for such a long train journey. 😂 I'd be curious to see how much of a difference a dining car would make, though. Thanks for taking us along on a beautiful trip!

[@Simon-Andersen]

I think the dining car would definitely help break up the journey! Might have to do a really long trip again to test out that theory

[@saintyboy73]

I'd definitely do it , looks a great journey

[@mrhot6shot]

Well, Amtrak on the California Zephyr Chicago to San Francisco is two days and seven hours and it will host you more that $200.00. Or on Via rail from Toronto to Vancouver BC is 95 hours. A lot of people ride both. You can't even get a true transcontinental train in America any more. The Sunset Limited used to go from Jacksonville FL to Los Angeles. When Hurricane Katrina hit it wiped out the track and service between JAX and NO. Now the train goes from New Orleans to Los Angeles.

[@chrispwds]

Useful one. I am Planning to travel in May from Astana to Aktau. Not much info about this route and trains. Thanks again for sharing. In India we used to travel in such long distance trains. It will be fun to travel in 3rd class and we can interact with local people ..

[@Simon-Andersen]

Have a great trip, it was a lot of fun even in second class we had plenty of interactions with the people in our neighbour cabins!

[@duffajfka]

13:44 Degelen is the station serving the city of Kurchatov, the centre of Semipalatinsk Polygon, the place where Soviet nuclear bombs were developed and tested. I took this train one year ago in the opposite direction from Degelen to Sputnik. Great time.

[@Simon-Andersen]

Thank you! It's a interesting train though a lot of cool places!

[@johnlang4198]

I have ridden the Indian Pacific in both directions. 68 hours each way, but the long servicing stops were broken up with off-train excursions at reasonable prices.

[@drdewott9154]

It looks neat but for a train trip that long you'd probably need more stuff onboard the train itself. Of course at least one dining car, maybe even multiple if for nothing else some variation and better capacity. Of course working internet access, and maybe some cars with other less conventional ammenities like an arcade or a small gym or just some commonspace. Amtrak kinda manages to make something of a commonspace with the lounge cars on their long distance services with a small cafe downstairs for light snacks.

[@skt1731]

Breaking journeys in middle is well advised. Would be great to experience the city tours. How about the mighty train rides coast-to-coast through Australia, USA, Canada and of course Russia.

[@Simon-Andersen]

I am not particularly interested in the Australian and Canadian ones, as they seem mostly tourist-oriented. I prefer something that genuinely exists to transport people, if you know what I mean. The Trans-Siberian or a proper long Amtrak train should definitely happen at some point.

[@RussianSevereWeatherVideos]

That looks like a lovely, long journey. If you wish to experience the longest of them all in top-line comfort I invite you to travel on an SV car on the Trans-Siberian railroad all the way from Moscow to Vladivostok. Would be a journey of a lifetime for sure!

[@JuhaVnt]

Great video again mate! Seems Latvians have sold their ex Riga - Moscow waggons to KZ. At least it looks like so 2:43 😎

[@Simon-Andersen]

That's because they are! I also made a video on those kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqjGpYSDnLxgbMk

[@ericdanielski4802]

Nice video.

[@vintagetriplex3728]

I would rather spend 13 hours on a train then on a bus.

[@johannessamuelsson6578]

True. I wouldn't even ride a bus for four hours really.

[@Simon-Andersen]

Same!

[@johannessamuelsson6578]

Yeah, through-running a sleeper train over more than two days doesn't make much sense, that's why Amtrak break up many trans-continental services in Chicago. Kazhak Railways could probably do a similar thing with a hub in Astana. ÖBB could theoretically run a through train from Hamburg to Rome, but it makes more sense for them to run two separate routes out of Vienna.

[@BengtHansves]

Klasse "Kupej" ;-)

[@samtrak1204]

I rode Trans-Mongolian/Siberian trains from Beijing to Moscow/St. Petersburg with touring stops along the way. I would have gone crazy if I had ridden one slow train all the way.

[@doc7austin]

Did you have a chance to swim in the Caspian Sea ?

[@Simon-Andersen]

No unfortunately not

[@themumorialio858okk4aa]

I got off the same train you were on 3 hours ago

[@love_clap]

проедь на поезде Москва - Владивосток. Он в пути 7 дней

[@Ekatrans]

Класс

[@LittleWaffle]

This video was really cool! Thanks for the discovery

[@Simon-Andersen]

I need to explore more of the Belgian rail scene, its an intresting mix between really old stuff and very new stuff. If you haven't notcied already you can see train compositions on the SNCB app now, so that makes it easier to avoid the trains you dislike and catch the ones you like :D - Thanks for watching im glad you like the videos

[@marshalbagramyan_14]

they never told us he was with 2 other youtubers

[@ringo7561]

Did you fly back out of there?

[@Simon-Andersen]

No I caught this train kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqjGpYSDnLxgbMk

[@elya31630]

During USSR time Moscow were planning to withdraw Northern Qazaqstan and join it to Russian Federation. That's why Northern part has modern infrastructure compared to other side of Qazaqstan.

[@sanzhar6399]

But it's still Kazakhstan

[@shk439]

Are you spaghetti road? The voice is so similar

[@Simon-Andersen]

No but we are both Danish so the accent is similar :-)

[@elya31630]

This carriage is Ukrainian made, which is I love

[@iankemp1131]

Average speed roughly 30 mph.

[@EverydayInUa]

Ukrainian transformer coaches

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

You're probably used to European distances, or maybe you're not happy with the speed

[@Simon-Andersen]

For sure, still had a good time tho!