Paris to Vienna with Nightjet - 16 hours in COACH

[@sanchitpriyadarshi257]

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.

[@guillaumedarbin2433]

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

[@sirrliv]

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]

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! 😁

[@chunlam8101]

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.

[@sgt.eclair]

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

[@Andrewjg_89]

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.

[@fraserblain3335]

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]

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

[@denizsezer7848]

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

[@jp120789]

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

[@EpicThe112]

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

[@bmqww223]

btw alstom prima is better or traxxx?

[@barbnowak6707]

Love you video like all other! Happy travels!!

[@timnewman1172]

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]

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

[@phronsiekeys]

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!

[@kurzzug160]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@kurzzug160]

@@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]

@@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.

[@scottyerkes1867]

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.😀💚

[@bobmmann3917]

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

[@alanyearsley9731]

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]

Very good advice! Thanks!

[@ronylouis0]

you can lock the door

[@cdtj1265]

Not in the seating car

[@NerdX151]

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

[@antonyagapov-strizhakov7959]

That’s true

[@s125ish]

Was there also an euronight dB train too

[@chrislumpgod]

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

[@jonclassical5710]

FANTASTIC RIDE. thanks for this vlog!!!!

[@automatix5]

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]

Also 101 is for passenger travel

[@automatix5]

@@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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@ChrisH-1952]

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

[@roymillwater8651]

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!

[@stekra3159]

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

[@ChristianLehrer]

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!

[@silenthunteruk]

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

[@_twenty20]

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 😅

[@pascalnemecek1502]

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]

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

[@ЕгорЛогинов-ч7ы]

Thank you for video! It's super!

[@funkyhetzer6624]

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]

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....

[@uncinarynin]

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).

[@nirobai]

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]

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]

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 🤞🏻

[@wanderfulstops8488]

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 . 🙂

[@samuelcoeli5937]

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!

[@jungi001]

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

[@hansklinkhammer402]

Sehr schöner Bericht

[@buzzukfiftythree]

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.

[@trainsbreath6517]

Super❤

[@karmesindryade]

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...

[@Inkling777]

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.

[@iliketrains1971]

Excellent 👌👍

[@baseballfan99]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@stephanweinberger]

@@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]

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

[@elegant_travelling]

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?? 😅)

[@haufe012]

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

[@ericleuthold]

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]

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 :)

[@DaMkunk]

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

[@christophe77700]

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.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

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

[@200sx16v]

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]

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.

[@fmitterb]

Greetings from Vienna :-)

[@GrumpyL5]

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.

[@AeZothesh]

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

[@frankrogerbuaroy1779]

A very informative and good vlog! Thanks!

[@EvilJason85]

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]

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.

[@5mnz7fg]

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]

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]

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

[@5mnz7fg]

@@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]

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

[@5mnz7fg]

@@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

[@manmeetsinghmahajan6183]

Amazing.

[@ethancampbell6076]

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

[@295g295]

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

[@mikeedwards9306]

Looking like a good way to travel at night

[@Brapish]

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

[@CristianButtazzoni]

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

[@silverparis21]

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!

[@tariklyacoubi8197]

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

[@PrekiFromPoland]

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]

How do you make sure of that?

[@PrekiFromPoland]

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]

@@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!

[@bourriquet1826]

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!!

[@renfelectrotrenes]

Great review. Sadly in my country Spain we dont have Nightjet services or sleeping trains, Renfe is only interested in high speed trains and our wider railway gauge doesnt allow any international connections and operators like this one. We are literally getting more isolated.

[@morienpause2363]

What happened to Trenhotel? I thought they will restart service after covid

[@renfelectrotrenes]

@@morienpause2363 They wont Renfe is not interested in sleeping trains.

[@morienpause2363]

@@renfelectrotrenes 😥

[@AL5520]

It has nothing to do with the gauge. The Trenhotel service was phased out because it lost a lot of money (in the last year of operation -2019- the Galicia-Barcrlona line lost lost 17 million Euros). One of the first to go was the service to Paris (that was great) so you can see that the gauge was not the problem (they have the Talgo Trenhotel that can chnage gauge). Before the pandemic only a handful of routs remained including the only direct train connection with Portugal (that also use the Iberian gauge). One can only hope that the renewed success of night trains around europe will cause them to reconsider but don't get your hopes up. The mayors of Salamanca and Lisbon that tried to bring back the Madrid Lisbon line lost all hope.

[@renfelectrotrenes]

@@AL5520 Only Renfe has gauge changing Talgos and they are not interested in sleeping trains. Private operators and OBB nightjet dont have Talgos, so they cannot operate trains from Spain to France and other countries of Europe except Portugal and they have not presence in Spain and Portugal.

[@rezaalan3991]

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.

[@Neuzahnstein]

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.

[@Adumzzinthehouse]

Love your trip reports!

[@adityaw91]

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]

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 :)

[@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi]

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

[@TerminatorMaxBGof33]

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

[@transport_spotter_iberia]

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

[@michaelbruchas6663]

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

[@luisstransport]

Great trip report

[@TrenesdePere]

This is the future of train transportation all across Europe! There're plans for a Nightjet between Barcelona and Vienna starting in 2025, possibly in the new station of Barcelona-La Sagrera.

[@ericleuthold]

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.

[@Frazv]

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

[@silenthunteruk]

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

[@olytitor]

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

[@Leon-kf2tx]

öbb and db has the best trains in europe

[@PaulCashman]

If there isn't a "Toilet Time" segment in the review, is it REALLY a Simply Railway review? :) Also, is there no dining service on the train (!) or is that reserved only for sleeper accommodations?

[@markoobid2005]

Only for sleeper and couchette. Served in the compartments.

[@stephanweinberger]

@@markoobid2005 although you should be able to order as a coach passenger as well. They just wont bring it to your seat.

[@vigoedwinpandika1545]

I love trains 👍👍🗿

[@arishadyowicaksono3105]

Where did you buy the ticket? Which website?

[@johnburke1317]

Nice video 📹

[@AlexDahl]

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.

[@LeonidAndronov]

Good, but losing 6 hours between Paris and Strasbourg is a bit ridiculous. I hope in the future they will buy rolling stock capable of taking the high-speed line. It does not even need to go 320 km/h like the TGVs, 230 km/h would be ok.

[@clifftanch]

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

[@TheBebMeister]

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.

[@irishinusa1615]

Hi 👋 is there a daytime train direct from Paris too Vienna or vice versa? Excited to see the overnight run finally up and running. With limited time in Europe. We want to see the scenery

[@uncinarynin]

Not directly. In the past there was the EC Mozart. Nowadays you have to change twice. Check fahrplan.oebb.at/ Example connections: Wien Westbahnhof 8:10 - Westbahn 962 - 12:13 München Hbf München Hbf 12:27 - ICE 596 - 14:45 Stuttgart Hbf Stuttgart Hbf 14:53 - TGV 9592 - 18:05 Paris Est Paris Est 9:06 - TGV 9589 - 11:52 Karlsruhe Hbf Karlsruhe Hbf 12:06 - IC 2265 - 15:12 München Hbf München Hbf 15:29 - RJX 69 - 19:30 Wien Hbf Whether you take ÖBB railjet (on the west line trains called rjx = railjet xpress have fewer stops) or Westbahn also depends where in Wien you want to depart or arrive. ÖBB uses Hauptbahnhof which is south-east of the centre. Westbahn uses Westbahnhof which is west of the centre. I think there should be a better connection with only one change. But running TGV all the way to München apparently isn't worth it for SNCF (there's only one such train pair and it doesn't have a useful connection to Wien).

[@elgoog-the-third]

@@uncinarynin There almost is a better connection via Zurich. Zurich has a direct TGV to Paris running five times a day (taking four hours), but unfortunately, the only direct daytime train from Vienna to Zurich starts at 15:30 and takes a whopping 8 hours...

[@uncinarynin]

@@elgoog-the-third The Arlberg line is a landscape marvel in itself but it's not fast. As for the south German east-west connection, Salzburg-München-Stuttgart-Karlsruhe ... they are working on it in a number of places but it'll be years until that gets considerably faster. Some time could be saved by only stopping at München Ost and avoiding the slow way into Hauptbahnhof and back out but I guess the connections there are too important for trains from Austria to avoid that station.

[@irishinusa1615]

@@uncinarynin excellent information Thank you 😊

[@irishinusa1615]

@@elgoog-the-third perfect 🥰 thank you 😊

[@hectorchapelier5677]

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

[@sollte1239]

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

[@kpdowd4221]

At the 4:27 mark we can see markings for the CDG Express. Maybe a short video on that? Up and running in 2025?

[@kobichief]

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.

[@stephanweinberger]

@13:00 that's IC95, which is actually also an overnight service, and one of the longest as well: from Rostock via Berlin - Leipzig - Nürnberg - Passau to Vienna. Even a bit longer than Vienna - Paris IIRC. It may seem a bit weird to use a normal IC train on such a run. The reason is purely logistical: DB does not have proper maintenance facilities for the Stadler KISS trains they bought from Westbahn, so they are still serviced in Vienna (West) together with Westbahn's new rolling stock. There is a weekly or so rotation of German double deck IC trains on that line. And instead of running empty, DB decided to earn some money with them - which gives us IC94 (Vienna - Warnemünde) and IC95 (Rostock - Vienna).

[@markoobid2005]

And from December 2022, there will be another night IC train because of this: IC train Stuttgart - Vienna. Because the ex-Westbahn trains will be running on Stuttgart - Zürich line, too. Quite absurd that these won't be serviced in Switzerland where they were built, anyway.

[@stephanweinberger]

@@markoobid2005 I guess Westbahn already had a contract with ÖBB Technical Services which was still running when they sold the trains. So instead of negotiating a new deal DB just took it over with the trainsets.

[@markmark35]

How did you get your ticket so cheap?

[@green.]

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

[@ericleuthold]

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]

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.

[@joachimdaniel2139]

Fuhr der Zug nicht über Salzburg?

[@sakthigold6734]

Vienna to Paris how much cost for ticket

[@petercharnley7138]

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]

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]

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

[@bwolper]

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

[@odiliusrailfans]

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