Slovakia to Czech Republic onboard České dráhy BEST sleeping car

[@Jezo02]

Hello :-) I'm glad you liked our service, even if "slightly" delayed one... I was the train manager / conductor for a part of your journey (Bohumín- Prague)... You also forgot to mention that we got stopped in Zábřeh na Moravě for about 30 minutes, due to a collision of a train going earlier with a person (suicide / accident). Memorable night indeed.

[@margarita8442]

Is smoking allowed on train ?

[@triko27]

@@margarita8442 No, it is strictly forbidden

[@tryexceptions1025]

What is the most beautiful city on this direction? what do you think?

[@AC1D3Z]

@@tryexceptions1025 Prague or Olomouc

[@StarSizzle]

@@margarita8442 Only smoking a PKŽ is allowed on train.

[@dylan1845]

The slight jab towards Amtrak during the delay was hilarious 😂 wonderful video Thibault as always ❤️❤️

[@ronclark9724]

Weather delays and other delays can happen anywhere with airlines, trains, and buses... It is what it is... If you are driving 300 kilometers or 200 miles, you will most likely encounter road construction delays as well...

[@Pidalin]

@@ronclark9724 But in Czechia it's standard, you always expect at least 10 minutes, if it actually goes on time, everyone is really surprised and people are running to catch the train because nobody expected it beying on time. 😀 We have maximum 160 km/h, but you spend most of they time with 0 km/h by waiting somewhere in middle of rapeseed field. 😀 Problem with our trains is that our train network is too busy and we have stations and crossings every few hundred meters, so it's not possible to put all those trains on that tracks, it's possible only theoreticaly in time tables, but not in reality. In main corridor between Prague and Moravia, there is train every few seconds and if only one train has problem, entire country is 2 hours delayed because almost all trains are somehow related to this main corridor. I just can't believe that they still didn't solve that, they are still doing some upgrades to have more capacity, but it's still worse and worse, they just have to build entire new corridor with another 2-4 tracks, there is no other solution, optimalisations work only on paper, not in reality. As a person who uses trains since childhood, I see that problem escalated when they allowed private companies riding on tracks, there is just too many trains now, you had one train on one route in the past, but now, you have like 3 trains on same route from different companies, they should never allow that.

[@gzch5524]

@@Pidalin same with thailand ,max speed 120 and some 160 but delays cuz too many stations

[@skintslots]

@@Pidalin 'Private Companies' is always the problem. Profit with minimal investement.

[@Pidalin]

@@skintslots Funny thing is that people are always complaining about our national railway company (české dráhy) and they were praising first private company, but they were using just old ČD trains, so it was even worse than national company and you can see massive improvement in last 10 years, our national company has really good long route trains, especially train which are going to other countries, you can sit in 1st class in restaurant wagon and it's reallly good. Private companies don't have restaurant wagons, I mean real restaurant in train, not some buffet or person with coffee and snickers with mobile cart.

[@terrikatz4854]

I forgot how beautiful Slovakia is.

[@tbaxmasbiz]

I absolutely loved the experience of the intensity of the storm while on the train. Excellent footage!!

[@NerdX151]

The Premium Class on LEO Express is actually pretty good for an overnight trip. It's basically like flying Business Class on a plane, complete with lie-flat seats, entertainment system etc.

[@jimholder6656]

An excellent report of a very interesting trip -- thanks for sharing! To my surprise, the Slovakian countryside is truly beautiful! And the housing in towns looked pretty nice.

[@matusmajer9219]

Im sorry but did you expect we live in desert huts? :D

[@jimholder6656]

@@matusmajer9219 No, not at all. I've never been to Slovakia, and I know very little about your lovely country. I knew that Czecho-Slovakia had lived on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain, and it along with other Eastern-bloc countries suffered greatly under harsh Soviet totalitarianism. That's about it. And no, I'm NOT a believer in "American exceptionalism." We have enormous problems here, and the rest of the world doesn't particularly like us. I'd love to take a trip to Slovakia, but at age 82 I can no longer handle lengthy land trips, only cruises! So I will simply continue watching KZbin videos about Slovakia and its TRAINS! Wishing you all the very best! P.S. -- Ice hockey fans here will always remember and honor Zdeno Chára!

[@matusmajer9219]

@@jimholder6656

[@zavaraninoveuhorky]

@@jimholder6656 It´s never late to try something new, even if that would be 1 day trip to the capital via plane it would be still worth it Take care

[@maxinlux6570]

Auto train is really cool! My wife and I took it once from Metz to Nice (when it still existed...), we also got a car wash voucher on arrival. We live in Luxembourg, the night train (with sleeper car- TEN) was later extended to Lux until SNCF, in their great and unfathomable wisdom, decided to axe the service. Dash 8/Q400 LUX-NCE ever since to go visit my mother, not the same...

[@timnewman1172]

I wish there were more auto-train options in North America, especially routes for the "snowbirds" who spend winter in the warmer southern climates, oh well, we can always dream...

[@timnewman1172]

Another great trip Thibault, I love they offer such hospitality for the price and tried to make up for the delay despite it being beyond their control!

[@bartoszbanasik2252]

I'm from Poland and just week ago I return from my vacation in New York. I had a huge pleasure ride by Amtrak to Niagara Falls and Altoona to see Horseshoe Curve. Of course our train also had a just little delay compare to yours, only 3h cause as the Amtrak attendant said, we must wait for many Norfolk Southern trains and follow very slowly behind cause they had priority as the tracks belong to them. LOVE IT! :D

[@romansvehla7352]

., v polsku mnohokrát ani vlak nepřijede. Na dotaz proč? Odpovědi zní, že čas příjezdu je jen orientační.

[@apolofeve]

The ex-DB couccette coach is actually owned WagonService, a leasing company. They kept the DB City Night Line livery but added a black band around the windows.

[@rumblethegreat]

I've been seeing your videos for the past 6 months or so I love it and wait for your new videos. Planning to binge both your channels soon

[@uryen921]

Staying in the best cabin on a train running through stormy mountains...nice~

[@abshivkumar2549]

meanwhile amtrak arrives 18 days later and does no refund

[@trainsdumaroc4125]

Merci encore une fois pour cette belle et agréable vidéo. Bonne continuation

[@noahb3700]

The CD team gave you a Tatranky wafer so this makes the trip an instant 10/10. Love love LOVE them haha

[@japanmaniamania1593]

This is a very valuable video for me as a Japanese. Thanks for the nice video.

[@zhalt123]

Thanks for the video! I live in Brno myself, but didn't know of this train before you uploaded this video. Thanks to you, I'll check it out some time later this year!

[@amtrakharry]

That was one of your best video's yet ! With a delay like that I consider that more bang for your Euro !!!😁 Amtrak or any other operator would have put you on bus...🤬🤬🤬 Keep up the great work...:):):)

[@nagarajgosukonda3381]

Hi from India. I just found your channel and thoroughly enjoyed the journey. Thanks and God bless

[@LifeGeneralist]

Very nice train ride. I'm from India and would love to go on this trip sometime

[@PouLS]

I only took one sleeping train in my life, and it really contrast with this luxury one. The one I took was a TLK train to Jelenia Góra / Žilina (the train was divided at some point). I got on in Gdańsk, a major city in the north of Poland, and left the train in Bielsko-Biała (a city in south of Poland). It wasn't very luxury because it was cheap (TLK stands for "Tanie Linie Kolejowe" - Cheap Railways). The coaches were old Slovak couchette, and I think it had a trainwide heating system because it was very hot (and it was in January!). Also the train was from Gdynia Główna station (only 20 km from where I got on), but it was already like one hour late when it arrived on my station, they said it was because of overhead wires failure.

[@francisdoss8642]

Dear Thibault, Ďakujem, (Thank you in Slovak, courtesy Lady Google...)...On my wish-list and you are fulfilling it one by one...!! Certainly, the delay worked in 'our' favour: what stunning greenery, houses, the rain (raining in Bangalore now...!!)...Keep travelling & stay Blessed my friend...Cheerio...🐎🚂🐎

[@trainlagged]

Ah, CD is a good idea to try Nightjet deluxe without paying so much then. What a bargain! Great video 😁

[@iaintaylor5585]

About the car alarms, we get that on ferries in Scotland even although drivers are told to disarm the alarm.

[@Delta-pantages]

Yoiu have a way with words that experess your emotions and make me feel more involed with the videos. Thank you for that. Incidentally, I love your logo - instantly recognisable and well designed. ❤❤

[@michaelvojkovic671]

I love Slovak lines they got amazing sleeping coaches

Hey, those DDm, thanks to the identification plate, look like registered in Austria. A-ČD means registered in Austria for operator České Dráhy, so it is propably ex OEBB.

[@janospiizas4272]

Bonjour! J'aime bien regarder ton vidéos. Merci beaucoup la qualité!

[@ici_marmotte]

I'd never have thought that you would need a sleeper to get from Slovakia to the Czech Republic respectively Prague by train. Thank you for this awesome video, and I'm wiser now when it comes to the distance between both countries! I hope you've tried some Smažený sýr, fried cheese with tartar sauce, my favourite street food in the Czech Republic and Slovakia! :)

[@CreatorPolar]

You don’t really need to take the night train, there are many day trains that run on this route which take 7-8 hours

[@allegro446]

13:21 if you listen closely the locomotive (ZSSK 757) hauling the train blew it's whistle :D There was a level crossing it was passing too shortly afterwards

[@johnmehaffey9953]

It’s important to turn the alarm off on your car before the journey some idiots didn’t do it on the overnight ferry I was on and the noise was just torture the whole night only good thing was that it ran the battery down so serves them right you are told repeatedly to turn the alarm off , back to the vid great post really enjoyed it I’m a sucker for sleeper trains

[@NatesRandomVideo]

Beautiful trip!

[@mikeedwards9306]

I really enjoy overnight travel via rail as well provided there a sleeper car. Great video and I really enjoy seeing your productions.

[@Shthophyckq]

10:31 that reminds me school trips. Firstly in Sázava line and secondly in EC Cracovia to Slezská Harta.

[@maedero05]

Nice video ! Travel without delays; fortunaly you and we see something nice of Slovakia and Czech republic !

[@hainam8614]

Nice my friend 💯😎

[@FlexxenRandomPlaces]

I recently went on a longer trip from northern Germany to the Czech Republic with the sister line. The cars were the same and besides it being slightly bumpy at times it was an awesome journey!

[@romansvehla7352]

., a co panelová dálnice v DDR a i na v NSR.

[@EvilJason85]

I once had the same event on an Euro night train with car transporter from Vienna to Hamburg. We were standing at the border the entire night because of blocked tracks due to a storm. In the end the train drove back to Vienna.

[@black_cat829]

Nice picture Slovacia very beautiful ❤️❤️

[@jonhartley]

As always a fair and honest appraisal - thank you.

[@AZqyc]

Very nice video ... fun to "share" your experiences! Very pretty countryside ... sort of glad you were delayed so better day views! [Greetings from Tucson.]

[@scottyerkes1867]

Sorry the delay was almost 8 hours causing you to miss your connection in Prague. Like you I would also select a deluxe bedroom with ensuite bathroom for an overnight journey. Thank you Thibault for posting this review.😀😀💚💚

[@RudolfKlusal]

Thank you very much for this! I am using CD trains very often but never used the sleeper car. Maybe one day ❤

[@lorenzhugener6638]

Nice video. Greetings from Switzerland! 👍🏻

[@thatzombieplace]

this is really cool one day o hope to travel there

[@luisstransport]

Great trip report

[@Humberto-F7]

Excelent service for the price ... thanks for the "extended" ride.

[@Benjamin0c]

05:07 what a vibes with sleeping car CD ans DDM 😍

[@EpicThe112]

ÖBB has them too Innsbruck Hamburg Altona Summer Time Wien Hbf to Spit/Livorno

[@denisbalboni4050]

i very like your video!😍😍 Greatings from italy

[@TomGrahamsa]

Great review. I find CD has really improved their product and service over the last several years. They have kept reasonable fares though.

[@joefromravenna]

When we lived in Czechoslovakia we would take the midnight sleeper train from Púchov to Prague. There was something about getting rocked to sleep and then waking up as the whistle blew as we entered Prague suburbs.

[@joefromravenna]

After watching the video I’m impressed with how upgraded the experience was for this traveler. The rail noise of the track clicking was absent. The fact that Žilina is now last stop in Slovakia instead of Púchov is logical. Púchov is not a regional city hub, just a local rail hub. Watching the video is hitting me with the nostalgia feels. The sleeper cab looks first class vs the 6 cot sleeper cabs we were in years ago.

[@tjittekamminga5170]

stunning quality! great trip!! would like to take this sleeper once

[@mullerman1104]

Yes some of the wlabmz are ex-DB, but the blue ones are original ČD.

[@Happymali10]

6:15 Interesting to see a German plate on the Peugeot there, apparently the service is used by people travelling from further away too. (Also I really hope the ÖBB expands nightjet-services with car hauling, Innsbruck just doesn't quite cut it for "alps")

[@jozefstafura8562]

...🔝🔝🔝 VIDEO....CZECH ❤️ AND SLOVAKIA❤️...

[@Matthew_Trainspotter]

Hello! Im from Bratislava! I was in Košice on trip last summer. :D

[@mk6022]

12:42 it's not just a waffer it is THE legendary Tatranky waffer 😊

[@torstenherbach397]

Love Ur Videos, Man!!!

[@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi]

Muito legal gostei lindo trem boa viagem simply

[@magorzatasiuda9382]

I love kaiser rolls with poppy seeds! These are healthy!

[@uncinarynin]

5:40 "These are called DDm, from what I can tell, these seem to be ex-DB": No, they are ex-ÖBB, built by Jenbacher, hence the number with A-ČD (A for Austria). They are similar to the DB DDm 915 but have a differently shaped underframe. ČD repainted them to dark blue. As for the tables: They seem to be difficult to handle for the crew, I have heard of complaints from newrest/ÖBB about this. So for the new nightjets a different solution will be found (exact details have not yet been released).

[@naruciakk]

I used it in the other direction, between Pardubice and Poprad and it's indeed pretty good

[@toddsholtis4470]

Great video even though it took you a year to bring it here on YT! haha - that is what I call a long delay!

[@fredy_fix]

Waow, very nice vidio, i am enjoy watching this vidio, i am subscribe, and say hello from indonesia 🙌🇮🇩

[@venca2]

You see to be rather keen on České dráhy, thank you for that ❤. Best regards from Prague

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

thank you

[@johnburke1317]

Very nice video 📹 👍

[@cherylsemrau7100]

Love this video.

[@ТатьянаСкобеева-ш2ы]

Очень понравилось,порадовали.

[@themoviedealers]

$74 for a sleeping accommodation is amazing!!

[@isabelbaumann4298]

Nice Slovaquia und rep Checa Bravo Danke Danke👌👌👍👍👍👍👍👌👌

[@ultramarinus2478]

Sněžník, is actually one mountain. Similar situation to Mount Everest.

[@andrewcowling5804]

I wish more people would understand that Mother Nature cant be tamed and can play havoc with our railways in the UK. when a really bad storm hits. all you hear is how badly run the railways are. no allowances for multiple trees Landing on the OLE or blocking the line. its as if they expect the damage to repair itself.

[@marianhamrak3948]

Slovakia TGV 😎👊

[@EpicThe112]

These Czech Coaches also run Zurich Hauptbahnhof to Prague via Linz Hbf Salzburg Innsbruck Hbf. If are looking for an Austrian ÖBB Motorail train Documents by ÖBB Autoreisezug there's Hamburg Innsbruck and Wien Hbf Split/Livorno Summer Time. Other motorail trains use the covered Hccrrs waggons which is the Villach Hbf Austria to Turkey Edirne Optima Express. If there's no Ddm 915 freight Sekqrs waggons CZ has Laaers560s that can run the train max speed 100-120 kmh. Early Motorail trains ÖBB DB Autoreisezug used Laaers 560s so did SNCF

[@jebise1126]

slovenia is very beautiful indeed

[@janv777]

Slovakia ≠ Slovenia 🤦‍♂️

[@jebise1126]

@@janv777 dude are you drunk?

[@janv777]

@@jebise1126 Your writing about yourself?

[@Andrewjg_89]

Europe has got the weirdest trains. Despite the ongoing war in Ukraine with Russia. As always keep up the good work 👍😄

[@MrSmith17]

What?

[@mel816]

70EUR/75USD is an amazing bargain for what is essentially a moving hotel room. As for the power outlet, packing a power strip solves that problem😄 Edit: question though: why are there passport/immigration checks at Zilina when both CZ and SK are Schengen countries? Aren't passport/immigration checks between Schengen countries supposed to be abolished?

[@toddsholtis4470]

I lived in Slovakia for almost 3 years, and I believe it is due to the fact Slovakia borders Ukraine (currently a non-EU country)...

[@MrToradragon]

I was surprised as well, it seems like something that the Slovaks do as I have never in recent weeks and months seen any checks on Czech side of the border. And I have never heard any of my friends that cross the border often, that there would be any border checks.

[@alex98764]

There's not always passport check, they only can ask you for passport. Usually they just walk through train with police dog (searching drugs etc.) and ask suspicious persons to show them their ID card. So they will just look in your passport but not give any stamp or some border procedures :)

[@romanc189]

Schengen space doesn't mean totally free moving. You still to have valid passport or at leas eu ID card (or visa from some countries). Police or customs police still can stop you and check if you have some of this valid things. Schengen space only means that you can cross border without border search and check valid passport (and tax and tolls paper for goods in car etc). I would say it's same as cross US states. For example on highway D8/A17 (Czech/Germany border) you can see every day czech and german police patrol between tunnels on Czech side. Most of time only sit in car and looking but they are there.

[@budapestkeletistationvoices]

@@MrToradragon Zilina isn't a border town. Schengen doesn't mean that member states cannot check your identity, but it only means that it isn't necessarily carried out at the border if the state concerned wishes to do so.

[@cizekmilan]

Pěkné spaní. :-)

[@hectornl8775]

Hello How wonderful to have discovered this channel. I am a fan of trains. Unfortunately in my country they have almost all been replaced by buses. But pages like this one, make me remember my trips in my youth. Congratulations and from now on I am a follower!!! Greetings from Santiago de Chile P.S. What is the brand of the cell phone you are filming with? Atte Héctor

[@SkpIanespotter]

Well even tho it was dellayed for 7 hours there probably was a reason for not putting you on the bus replacement But zssk has renovated their newer coaches It would be cool if you checked them out mostly on ic services

[@Pidalin]

8 hours late from Czechia to Slovakia, you can pass thru entire Germany and France by train in same time. 😀

[@iron_b0olt]

If trees block the track, you cannot pass them in any country :) Germany and France are no exception.

[@Pidalin]

@@iron_b0olt But trains in Czechia are not delayed because of trees (mostly), it's delayed becuase of stupid politics in last 30 years, our tracks are overused, there is too many trains and it has no capacity for that and they allowed private companies in such situation so there is even more trains and problem is 3 times worse than before. You literally stay in middle of corn field and waiting 20 minutes before "better class" trains pass around you and then your train can go, it's not because of trees. This crazy situation is here like 10 years, since they allowed private train companies. There is train every few seconds on main corridor from Prague to Brno and they let even more trains operate there, it makes no sense, it can't work.

[@abcgames4454]

@@Pidalin hey from where are you

[@xlukas93]

Btw, while you are in this region, havent you thought of reviewing Leo Express - premium class?

[@Eurofima]

Already lookin good

[@Apawcalypse_Meow]

12:35 so, if you are a Spanish speaker you can keep the cream cheese at temperatures up to 8 degrees, otherwise you'll get arrested if you keep it at temperatures above 5 degrees? (compare the left vs the right sides of the package)

[@pavelcerny9803]

Lmao, good catch

[@ВиталийБойко-з5й]

I insist you taking a walk around Cesky Tesin, marvelous border town

[@bobzeepl]

lol "OMG these Siemens cars are great, so quiet, I slept like a baby!"...... the train wasnt moving :D

[@adailham2809]

Wew rainy day vibe 🤓🤓🤓

[@subkontrabasklarinet]

In the past, the Košice-Prague connection was operated by the night trains "Cassovia" and "Excelsior", which were notorious for being cramped and for petty crime.

[@memeskycesky]

Im from Slovakia. YEEEEY :DD

[@ВиталийСачко-м2ы]

Круто!!!

[@romaneks0]

this is when the capital does not have such a nice train station as in Kosice: /

[@Backwardlooking]

‘The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry’; ‘To a Mouse’ a poem by Robert Burns!. 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Modern English from Scots dialect!.

[@lucagiovannini4234]

I noticed that in your channel you have made a lot of videos in Italy. I recommend you try the Italo train. However, yours are always good comments, so what train to take in the various states! thank you!

[@johnnorris8567]

Wondering if the van with the flashing lights had any battery left when train arrived in Prague?

[@andrewmastrandonas5123]

Two rolls lol. What a meal!

[@mel816]

The lovely continental breakfast😄

[@Nazir-WalkAroundTheCity]

🚶👍🚂 ✋ Extra, good job 👏👌 Wow nice view, I like to see new places ✌ Great movie 👍 Bravo 👋 And I have a new movie from a walk around the city 😊 Regards, DJ Janusz from Warsaw Poland ✌ 🇵🇱✋

[@AlokKumar-ws3by]

Please make the train journey to batumi to tblisi

[@samin6357]

I like your videos a lot . Can you make a video From Warsaw to Berlin?

[@selfstockage7930]

Great