Cab Ride Skopje - Veles (Railways of North Macedonia) train driver's view in 4K

[@RunVirtual5]

Seeing a new flag always sparks my curiosity! Macedonia 🇲🇰 Excited to discover the surprises this video has in store for us!

[@RailRelaxation]

@RunVirtual5 I am sure there will be something interesting in it for you.... And thanks for visiting.

[@viktormkdrailfan]

It was really nice to see! Been travelling on this line my whole life and it's kind of special to me. Thanks for sharing. Greeting from city of Veles

[@RailRelaxation]

@viktormkdrailfan My pleasure! I am glad that you liked it.

[@Mako2401]

Thank you for showing the railways from my country Macedonia. Cheers !

[@RailRelaxation]

@kishorbhaimakwana5287 You are very welcome. Enjoy the ride!

[@cordialifetecchie]

This is the second time that I see a video about Macedonia. The first time was in a A documentary from the sixties of Italian TV

[@RailRelaxation]

@cordialifetecchie Interesting. It was the first time that I travelled on railways in Macedonia.

[@cordialifetecchie]

@@RailRelaxationAh!

[@PavleAndonovski]

my country my beautiful country , 300 sunny days per year , all relation please Skopje- Gevgelija i will be very happy to see this , i live further in this relation

[@RailRelaxation]

@user-ld5mq4fm2y There is a continuation to Gevgelija too. It will be published in the next few weeks. I wish you a nice Sunday!

[@PavleAndonovski]

thanks

[@wladislaw79]

Ah David the Macedonian! No that was Alexander the Great! Finally the Balkans too! This is the territory of a great KZbinr called Dulevoz and he does all the cabrides in the Balkans, especially in Serbia. I saw that you also made the video in Bulgaria almost up to Gotse Delcev, then I'll watch it. Wild landscape on Skopje-Veles, the ancient Titov Veles! You can see a huge difference between the Slovenian and Macedonian lines, yet they were part of the same state, Yugoslavia. This line represents the main backbone not only of Macedonia but of much of the Balkans. I saw that they abolished international connections! What a pity! It would have been nice to do a Cabride from Belgrade to Thessaloniki! Even in parts, as you know how to do! We are satisfied! However the rolling stock is all new! Both in Croatia, and in Slovenia, Serbia and also in Macedonia. Perhaps with the future entry into the EU, there could be greater investments on the line, perhaps even a doubling of the tracks. Congratulations David! You made all Macedonians happy today! Finally a new flag strikes newly on Rail Relaxation Channel. Now, every 2 days i control your channel, seeing updates and after i sign all the ones to see. Great!

[@RailRelaxation]

@wladislaw79 Thank you Wladislav, it would be great if I could do it from Belgrade to Thessaloniki. It is a pity that there are no connections. It used to be a great line and I imagine that very busy one. I am planning one day to do the journey as it was on the Famous Orient Express. I wish you a nice day.

[@brankoavakumovic888]

"Tamo gdje vječno sunce sja, tamo je Makedonija ..." Bravo! Samo tako naprijed. Sve 5.

[@RailRelaxation]

@brankoavakumovic888 😊

[@pranowobaris94]

Amazing journey

[@RailRelaxation]

@pranowobaris94 Yes it was. Thanks.

[@folditullner9464]

Thank you! Beautiful landscape!

[@RailRelaxation]

@folditullner9464 Thank you too!

[@CFRTrainSpotter]

Oh, Macedonia! I wonder if you intend to cover all the currently active railways in here. Sadly its the same story as with most ex-Yugoslavian countries in regards to the infrastructure: after the dissolution it fell into disrepair, despire it being an important line. This can be seen with the overgrown or removed tracks (where the trackbed is still in place), rusty rails, derelict signals and overhead lines, broken level crossings, etc... :(

[@RailRelaxation]

@CFRTrainSpotter I have some more footages from Macedonia. It is a shame that there are no connections between those ex-Yugoslavian countries any more. In the old times you could get all the way to Istanbul. I will try to organise to go back in the summer and film some more lines over there.

[@CFRTrainSpotter]

it is a big shame yes, and one of the drawbacks of the fall of Yugoslavia (no matter who you support) - more border checks and lack of investment in infrastructure leading to fewer international service. even around 20 years ago it was possible to go from Skopje to Ljubljana (and in the summer there would be a couchette going from Thessaloniki to Vienna), but now? i cant see any international connections to Macedonia on vagonweb. its the same story with Bosnia and Herzegovina... and quite frankly i cant see a solution to all of this even with the promotion of rail transport :(

[@oijgg3p]

Love from Serbia 🇷🇸

[@RailRelaxation]

@oijgg3p Greetings back to Serbia.

[@hamster0815p]

Pozdravljeni, še enkrat najlepša hvala za zanimivo vožnjo v šoferski kabini po meni nepoznanem območju. Vožnja in pokrajina sta spet zelo lepa. Hvala za vaše odlično delo. Želim vam lepo nedeljo in vse najboljše v Ljubljano iz Falkenberga.

[@RailRelaxation]

@hamster0815p Hvala vam za vašo podporo. Tudi vam želim lep sončno nedeljo!

[@hamster0815p]

@@RailRelaxation Z veseljem podpiram vaš kanal v znak zahvale za vaše delo. Veliko pozdravov nazaj!

[@RailRelaxation]

@hamster0815p Hvala.

[@philippefoubert1956]

Contrairement à certains commentaires, je trouve la voie et son assiette en assez bon état, la caténaire également. Pour la signalisation et les passages à niveau, c'est moins évident ! Belle balade à vitesse de train touristique, dommage pour 1 ligne à vocation internationale. Amitiés de Belgique 🤗

[@RailRelaxation]

@philippefoubert1956 merci. Thank you for your comment.

[@marcosantonio1006]

Eu, assistir Rail Relaxation em:24/02/2024, ás 12:34 minutos, Sábado, com o sol forte! Aqui no estado de Pernambuco -Brazil. Hoje, vou conhecer, pela câmera de Rail Relaxation, a Macedônia. Boa viajem a todos!

[@RailRelaxation]

@marcosantonio1006 Hoje conheceu a Macedonia, primeira vez mostrada aqui no canal. Tenha um bom dia!

[@boordbijter]

Thks for the nice trip!

[@RailRelaxation]

@boordbijter My pleasure!

[@7502251]

Thank you for this video! And the rest of route from Veles to Bitola will be recorded too? It's a very beautiful route!

[@RailRelaxation]

@7502251 Yes, it was recorded too and will be available soon.

[@DavideZerillo]

Grazie per aver pubblicato questa linea; bella, complimenti! Buongiorno. Ciao.

[@RailRelaxation]

@DavideZerillo Gracie. Buona giornata anche a te!

[@DavideZerillo]

@@RailRelaxation Di niente, figurati. Buona giornata anche a te!

[@tomabacic5777]

Very interesting video; thank you @Rail Relaxation ;)

[@RailRelaxation]

@tomabacic5777 Thank you!

[@lz1clr806]

super video..........

[@RailRelaxation]

Thank you so much 😀

[@montgomeryscott1656]

Very interesting. I saw some old-Austrian signals. But only little traffic, not a single return movement. - Sehr interessant. Ich habe ein paar altösterreischische Signale entdeckt. Was mir auffällt: wenig Bahnverkehr, kein einziger Gegenzug.

[@RailRelaxation]

@montgomeryscott1656 There is not a lot of rail traffic in Macedonia these days.

[@medoswalks]

Lijepo presenečenje...hvala! 🙂 Nekdaj se je moglo do Atene...

[@RailRelaxation]

@medoswalks Da. Bilo bi lepo, če bi se ponovno dalo.

[@JoshHodginsTrains]

Excellent ❤❤

[@RailRelaxation]

@JoshHodginsTrains Thanks.

[@JoshHodginsTrains]

​@RailRelaxation the best channel greetings from Manchester

[@RailRelaxation]

@@JoshHodginsTrains Thank you. Greetings back from Ljubljana.

[@Aleco780]

This is the first video on the channel about the Macedonian railway, if I'm not mistaken

[@RailRelaxation]

@Aleco780 You are right.

[@Sacto1654]

I'm actually a little surprised this route is electrified. Usually, routes like this in much of Europe use diesel powered trains.

[@chrisgeorgiou8680]

These are the country's largest cities, and this is their mainline.

[@CFRTrainSpotter]

well this line would have gotten electrified at some point sooner or later, in the communist era this was part of the Thessaloniki to Belgrade corridor that was used by lots of international services. i think this happened around the late 1970s/early 1980s when the new station in Skopje opened...

[@trainsinmacedonia5172]

This is the main line connecting Greece to Europe

[@ВиталийЦеликов-о4н]

Thank you for the interesting video, will there be more videos from the Balkan Countries?

[@RailRelaxation]

@user-sj3xz6vx3h There will be just a few.

[@ZvonimirZelenika]

Just Balkans doesn't look that nice in winter (especially if there is no snow). Probably it would be good to repeat in spring when all is green 😉

[@RailRelaxation]

@ZvonimirZelenika I agree. Will try to do that.

[@filippomorabito9103]

I love your video ❤

[@RailRelaxation]

@filippomorabito9103 I am glad for that.

[@alexandrpoznukhov4395]

Thank you for the video. I am surprised by the distance between Skopje and Veles - 50 km.. Is this accurate??

[@RailRelaxation]

@alexandrpoznukhov4395 Yes, it is. It is 240 km all the way to Thessaloniki.

[@martinjaba9803]

Спасибо за Северную Македонию! Ждем весь Балканский полуостров

[@RailRelaxation]

@martinjaba9803 I will go back in the summer to film more around there.

[@Giovanni_Inter_20]

Ma che bello! Quando torni in Italia?😊

[@RailRelaxation]

@Giovanni_Inter_19 I plan to do so in a couple of months...

[@Giovanni_Inter_20]

@@RailRelaxation Thank you very much ❤️

[@NicolasChiribelo]

Just five minutes into the journey and I'm surprised to see... catenary still remaining over a removed track. I guess they don't steal copper over there?

[@RailRelaxation]

@NicolasChiribelo 😁

[@pakharmanto2104]

Mantabz min...👍👍👍🙏

[@pranowobaris94]

Nice videos

[@RailRelaxation]

@pranowobaris94 Thanks.

[@pranowobaris94]

@@RailRelaxation very good

[@user-fmadmax]

Il materiale rotabile merci fermo presso la stazione di Veles deve aver conosciuto tempi decisamente migliori...

[@RailRelaxation]

@user-fe5ht2mk2o Yes...

[@이윤성-o7b]

스코페-브란예-리스토바츠-니슈 구간을 보여주실수는 없나요? 언젠가는 세르비아 남쪽의 철도 풍경을 보고 싶습니다.

[@RailRelaxation]

@user-lk3fj6ew5p Probably I will go to Serbia again this year.

[@momaivkovic4393]

38:39

[@raleighsheffield841]

What was the cause of the interruption of through service between Thessaloniki and Belgrade in 2011? Poor infrastructure? I assume today any freight traffic between Thessaloniki and central Europe now moves via Sophia, Bulgaria?

[@RailRelaxation]

@raleighsheffield841 I am not sure, but it seems that all the international trains to Greece were interrupted. I don't know about the freight trains...

[@مؤيدعيسى-ف3ش]

Good ❤ اللهم صل على محمد وال محمد ❤

[@RailRelaxation]

@user-np7se4cs6t Thanks.

[@martinmachiels]

Hi, you mentioned "to liKe Thessaloniki and Skopje with Belgrade (etc.)". I think that should be "to liNk Thessalonike and Skopje with Belgrade (etc.)".

[@RailRelaxation]

@martinmachiels Thank you for that. I did not see that one. Just corrected it.

[@martinmachiels]

@@RailRelaxationYou're welcome!

[@berkhofduvedec]

I was thinking about visiting MK after I visit Greece this summer. But there are no trains running from GR to MK or BG or MK to BG. Anybody having any tips?

[@RailRelaxation]

@berkhofduvedec It is difficult. I don't know Macedonia very well, but I recommend that you to take a bus. There are buses from Skopje to Thessaloniki. I do not know about Bulgaria.

[@АндрейАбдулин-ч8г]

👏👏👏😊👍

[@RailRelaxation]

@user-pn7br5jn7b Thank you. Enjoy the ride!

[@TomRut.404]

👍🏻🚄

[@RailRelaxation]

@TomRut.404 Thanks.

[@manfred100]

The train passing a lot of red signals! I hope the train is allowed to do that!

[@jdm3779]

CRRC 🇲🇰🇨🇳👌🏻

[@wolfgangfuchs1243]

Keine anderen Züge auf der gesamten Strecke!

[@RailRelaxation]

@wolfgangfuchs1243 There is not a lot of traffic on that line.

[@crazyfroggie6546]

Pretty country, but i dont know how you know where the stations are

[@CFRTrainSpotter]

my guess is that he's in contact with the drivers and the railways in such cases. that, or they look at OpenRailwayMap (which seems less probable though)

[@RailRelaxation]

@crazyfroggie6546 You can see them. 😊

[@darkojanic7047]

Mogli ste i lepše da ovo snimite, kao da vam nije ni stalo do turističke interesantnosti. Samo tupni kamericu i nek se samo snima. Nijednog živopisnog komentara za sat vremena kao da snimatelj i nezna ništo jer mu je prvi put.

[@ZvonimirZelenika]

Južnije od Velesa je zanimljivije, kroz Demir Kapiju. No nije lako naći informacije o prugama u Makedoniji - informacije na Wikipediji, open street/railway mapu, network statementu, tehničkoj enciklopediji i općenito na Internetu su vrlo loše i nepotpune. Doduše ispada da i službeno tuneli nemaju nazive.

[@jelicz1]

need more speed 200km

[@RailRelaxation]

@jelicz1 🙂

[@TamasKiss-bv9hz]

❤💛👍👍👍❤🤍💚

[@RailRelaxation]

@TamasKiss-bv9hz Thanks.

[@turpijacmozga6081]

Javi se kada budeš dolazio u Beograd.

[@RailRelaxation]

@turpijacmozga6081 šaljite mi email, pa vam javim kada čem biti tamo. Nađete ga na kanalu /about.

[@KinolognaDom]

Ну и дыра. Грязь и мусор к гигантских количествах. Самая грязная стран из показанных в этом канале.👎👎👎

[@ВиталийКукушкин-е6ч]

🚅🤭📺🤩💞

[@RailRelaxation]

@user-jw6ps2lf9o Thank you.