I took a luxury train across a CLOSED border railway!

[@benneal3897]

So £850 but this train is literally only the first quarter of the experience?? What a bargain!

[@carpat_productions]

400k HUF is like an average monthly payment here or a bit higher, so in hungarian standards it is pretty high

[@helenjudd1]

You should consider checking the 2025 price. It's considerably more than £850.

[@crowmob-yo6ry]

Who needs to charter a private jet when you can book a private charter train like this one?

[@Jebbis]

I was wondering how much it would cost to purchase your own locomotive and like 3-4 rail cars, and then just lease time on the line.

[@enisra_bowman]

before the private jet, the private railcar was the means of transportation for that sector and i think you still can do it and couple your wagon at the end of a train, but well, good luck trying

[@andybushi6418]

Eastern European sleeper trains are such a vibe

[@RussianSevereWeatherVideos]

It's a really great vibe at that. I would invite everyone to partake in it :)

[@tomwalton6425]

The train named “Dacia” runs from Bucharest to Vienna Daily

[@RussianSevereWeatherVideos]

@@tomwalton6425 Great, but what should we do with that information?

[@RUOKH]

Not a fan of these hyped-up tourist trains, however on this occasion I think it was a superb, interesting and unusual journey, with good on-board facilities. But did you forget the obligatory 'toilet visit' ? Thanks for sharing this video; the price of £850 in extremely reasonable.

[@marvellousmeatball123]

19:00 Ahhh I just love that evening mood of the landscape passing during the sunset after a long day of train travel, somehow happy to arrive but sad the journey is over... Great to see you posting regularly again! And congrats to being sponsered, absolutely deserved that!

[@piervail]

Thanks!

[@kingallstar64]

I love how the CRS logo looks like the Pennsylvania Railroad Logo. I would love to ride these trains someday.

[@ChrisGBusby]

:ast time I used that station was WAY back in 1983 taking a train to Athens (that arrived 8 hours late). It was a bad Soviet era sleeper carriage, no working toilets and, of course, the only other country was Yugoslavia! Armed guards, very dodgy "customs" with bribes etc etc. Great fun :) It was then that you realised a $1 note was a small fortune. We got a wonderful loaf of bread from a platform seller and gave them $1 - keep the change (cost was about 2 cents) and they were overwhelmed :)

[@RussianSevereWeatherVideos]

Such an interesting and lovely story!

[@ice401557]

Well done with pronuncing Hungarian town names, you did quite well, our language is not an easy one for foreigners! 🙂 It is worth mentioning that the car you were travelling by was actually the design of the Austrian railways, not Hungarian as they used to be ÖBB passenger coaches. You could ride them even in the late 2000's, maybe early 2010's too.

[@miklosrez3032]

Until 2013 there was a daily scheduled train connection from Budapest Déli Station to Sarajevo. I went with it. 2 carriages of the IC Train till Pécs were hauled further through Croatia to Sarajevo. Pity, that this connection does not exist any more. Abandoned was by the lack of interest of the croatian railways.

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

I'll join you in thanking the Continental Classic Express in inviting you. What they've done is allow us to see their incredible journey and the countryside, the crews, and how organising something so complex can be made to look straightforwards.

[@rezaalan3991]

What a great trip. Definitely rare train into unexpected country. It's rare to see somebody covered train trip inside Bosnia and Herzegovina, thankfully you did it. That intercity train from Budapest into Budapest remind me about some of Intercity Loop Line Train, covering 1-2 province in my country, and that trip is much longer than Budapest one. The first Intercity Loop Line Train completed it's journey around 10 hours and others even nearly 13 hours. And for ticketing it's bit unique, because the first one is considered as Local Train, meanwhile the remaining is considered as Intercity Train. Plenty of locomotive changing train can give you opportunity to met some unique locomotive species. Can't wait for another train trip in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[@BillinHungary]

Props to you for correctly pronouncing Budapest. In the Hungarian language the "s" is pronounced similar to the "sh" sound in English 😃

[@berkhofduvedec]

We in Holland say Boedapest, the oe sounds like mooh what a cow says

[@ay9989]

I live in Sarajevo and can see trains passing by from my building, I have never seen this one hope I can catch it one day!

[@mihailcioinica]

Didn't know this train exists, now i want a trip with it lol Thanks for the video!

[@Mergatroid]

I thought it was interesting to see that their logo is just the Pennsylvania Railroad logo but with "CCS" instead of "PRR"

[@senorsoupe]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that.

[@georgesavino3305]

I thought the logo looked familiar.

[@Nate-sq9vd]

Yeah noticed it to

[@swisspeach67]

The PRR logo symbolizes a keystone, because Pennsylvania is the keystone state. I have no clue, why CCS stole the shape

[@budapestkeletistationvoices]

​@@georgesavino3305the loko in the thumbnail is a ČSD Class S 499.0

[@EpicThe112]

If you are wondering where is the mileage zero for the Railway lines in Bosnia it's either Budapest Keleti or Wien Hbf basically a legacy of the old austro-hungarian rule in Bosnia

[@looseycanon]

Never believe, that Sarajevo is a compact city. I walked the length of it... It's narrow, but looooong!

[@RWBHere]

Thanks for sharing this special journey. Worth every penny, considering the number, and high quality, of the 'extras'.

[@OneDullMan]

This looks like an absollutely wonderful.way to travel. Thanks for highlightimg this one - now where is my Bucket List?

[@freibert]

Thank you so much for taking us with you on this amazing journey!

[@markvogel5872]

Pennsylvania Railroad keystone logo. Nice! Also the gold pin stripes and the tuscan red paint scheme as well!

[@railfanmartin]

Hey there! Great video, like always! I'm glad you travelled here on the Budapest-Pécs, Pécs-Beli Manastír line! I travel on these lines daily. :) Greetings from the hungarian border station, Magyarbóly! 🙂

[@deviprasadmahapatra6817]

I feel blessed to watch another video of Superalbs! Great video, SuperAlbs! But am waiting for another sleeper train video...

[@normanmcleod7169]

Dream trip you lucky lad. Thanks for sharing!

[@AttilaK0326]

Such a wholesome video, loved it! And Kudos for all the Hungarian pronunciation and also for the many accurate facts ;) I’m from Pécs and live in Budapest so I travelled that part of the journey like a zillion times but never really thought of it as the first leg of a longer one haha Usually even those ca. 3 hours seem dreadfully long to me 😅

[@dirkeisinger4355]

nice ride. let.s hope there are more trains on that route in the future

[@rustinpieces]

What a great journey! And with all the things you mentioned included, not that expensive actually. Thanks for the ride!

[@johnwalters1806]

You missed that two statues bookending the window on Keleti Station are James Watt and George Stephenson.

[@martinc.720]

He also missed that Andrei was the last employee out of the station when they finished building it. I mean, there is no way anyone can mention every little detail about a place.

[@ivanxy996]

WAAA MÁV, BUDAPEST, what the heck is good and modern railway infrastructure? Hajrá Lázár, csak így tovább!

[@budapestkeletistationvoices]

Continental Railway Solution. Ők csinálják a Regiojet vontatását is

[@The_Robert.Fletcher]

What a wonderful train journey. Someone needs to help those countries with the rail network.

[@jgodfrey546]

Most informative! Never heard of this service!

[@PakaBubi]

Your Hungarian pronunciation is very good. Well done.

[@kebman]

One of the most epic train rides I've ever taken was the train from Salzburg, Austria to Ljubiana, Yugoslavia (!) and then onto Split. This was just before the war, and the mood in the country was _anything_ but good. I still remember that really desperate vibe. And crazy inflation had already set in. When we changed 1000 NOK we got several _bags_ of dinar bills back.

[@PennCentral13]

8:47 not only that but the engines are painted in the distinctive scheme of the Milwaukee Road.

[@rohlicek3884]

9:09 fun fact these railbuses are czech too

[@gulaschkarauski1384]

This type of traveling is dream to watch... and is it your first sponsored ?

[@JoaoPessoa86]

"soon" seems almost threatening

[@japanesetrainandtravel6168]

Great video! Did Continental Railway Solutions use the Old Pennsylvania Railroad logo for its own logo?

[@SCRguy-k3d]

love these vids keep them up!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

“American-looking design” hey, buddy: the ones it replaced were exactly that too! and to boot they went “short hood forward” unlike the second one!

[@iainfoxell8543]

Wow 😲. Great train journey.

[@alancobbin]

Very enjoyable,cheers fella 👍

[@Del-Lebo]

Pullman car!?!!! Yes please!!!!!!!!!!!!! So excited!!!!

[@carpat_productions]

I am very glad to see you in front of Keleti Pályaudvar. Hope you will make more videos about Hungary and MÁV! 😊

[@Mmann69]

Well that Schlieren car was used at regional trains in Austria before being decommissioned.

[@michaelsmith9590]

As an older person, the brand marque or logo of Continental Classic Express looks very familiar, exclusive of its lettering: the historic "Keystone" design, red in colour with its outline in gold of the Pennsylvania Railroad of the USA. The coverings atop the seating is also memorable. The familiar sound of the GM Electro-motive diesel causes me to observe that it is remarkable that profit is left for the trip sponsor after several locomotive changes. Such a process of multiple power-changes would not have been economically feasible on the former Pennsylvania rail network. With a couple of tweaks such as a multi-lingual menu, EFGH (English, French, German, Hungarian), rail track with a better ride, and a destination to connect with a higher-speed international service, it is quite possible that this tourist operation may well become very popular.

[@stuartparks8094]

Looks great. Must have been a struggle. And £850 is a pretty decent price for all that. You said the dining car was from a TEE, do you know where were the other carriages from?

[@ice401557]

They are former Austrian coaches built by SGP and Jenbacher Werke under licence of the Swiss Schlieren factory, hence the nickname "Schlierenwagen".

[@lastationproductions]

Train looked amazing

[@istvan-moni]

Your Hungarian pronunciation is almost perfect. 👍

[@chriswade7470]

The coaches look like old DB intercity coaches ( from the days when West German IC trains were 1st class only)

[@bahnspotterEU]

They are in fact either old Swiss EWIs or old ÖBB Schlierenwagen (which are just a license-built version of the EWIs). These coaches usually only ran in semi-fast or regional trains, so it‘s kinda weird they‘ve been used as a base for a luxury service.

[@tomwalton6425]

They are old Austrian commuter carriages

[@Letsgobyland]

Wow for the price😮😅

[@aniketghorai8386]

Ahh the best part 16:05 🌟

[@iany2448]

This looks like a fancy trip.

[@geraldpartan3256]

Thanks for this video! I would wish You such journeys in nice company. These carriages obviously were bought from ÖBB, where they served as 1st class cars in long distance trains between the seventies and the nineties. Very similar seats (in a 2+1 layout!) were even used for 2nd class in the legendary ÖBB 4010 EMUs. Compared to this we have a massive decay in travel comfort nowadays with the cramped and claustrophobic layout esp. in 2nd class.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

I did a train about 15 years ago from Zagreb to Sarajevo.On that one you got to ride HZ,Bosnian Serb and Bosnian Federation Railways although if i recall correctly all of the rolling stock apart from the locomotives was provided by HZ.

[@kebman]

Oh man I really love baklava. If you ever go to Istanbul, try the pistachio *Güllüoğlu* baklava. A friendly Turk brought this as a gift to me in Norway, and it was heaven to taste!

[@CaseysTrains]

Not even 18 seconds in and I'm greated with a PRR Keystone....Pennsylvania is stalking me lol.

[@walterfillingham]

Well worth the money, would love to do this 😊

[@plonss]

Let's hope that we will see soon a regular direct train on this route. It is so sad that Bosnia is completely cut off from the rest of the European network

[@OneShotBruh]

To get some contrast to this great service, I recommend you to take a look at the (in)famous Croatian Osijek-Split summer line :)

[@igorsiuda8108]

So, in case of diesel locomotive, our Visegrad Group's cooperation is here!

[@technickplayer]

Hello, only one small thing - the PKP CARGO International a. s. is not in fact polish, but czech company (It is daughter company of PKP CARGO S. A, which is the polish one).

[@kebman]

Ah the tōmæto såuce! :D Love your dialect!

[@martinc.720]

How's your dialect in languages you don't speak?

[@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi]

Boa tarde boa viagem de trem ai muito lindo trem de luxo mesmo

[@studiosnotneus8853]

12:12 Do i see a Swedish locomotive? Very nice video! 😁

[@markoobid2005]

Yes, these locomotives are derived from ASEA Rb, having been built under license in Rade Končar factory in Zagreb (now Croatia) for whole Yugoslavia except Slovenia, who has different electric system.

[@studiosnotneus8853]

@markoobid2005 Nice

[@senorsoupe]

I am distracted by the fact that this company's logo is a copy of the Pennsylvania Railroad logo I am such a nerd

[@youlikepototos]

the tiny railbuses are made (or were made) in czechoslovakia.

[@kebman]

Omg 1000 bucks, erm... That's my budged for a full on West Coast Swing WSDC event lol! Gonna have to think about it........ xD

[@maxart3392]

Did you also ride the Bosnian Talgo?

[@namechangedawyep]

nice

[@Bodie-zf3sk]

I just got here!

[@trainsdestinations3960]

As bad as Bosnia is, at least there the rail lines are electrified, unlike here in the US.

[@martinc.720]

Always funny when an American says "as bad as this other country is".

[@_aidid]

After longing for many days, it is a pleasure to watch your train journeys, especially in Central Asia. Thanks for treating us with this video 💟

[@RussianSevereWeatherVideos]

When did Hungary become Central Asia?!

[@_aidid]

@@RussianSevereWeatherVideos It was my mistake. I prefer his videos in Central Asia

[@DaveWraptastic]

10:46 Dresszinggel? Is the Hungarian word for dressing made up by Snoop Dogg? 😂

[@jackmillar2857]

well worth that price imo

[@zerberus500]

GREAT video! 😍 Was this trip this summer and where/how i can book this?

[@Laldinqadir]

good to see you again thank you very much.

[@piervail]

Looks like I'm being in an old James Bond movie. )

[@guidodj8456]

so what was closed since you passed it????

[@AguadillaCGN]

0:14 hungarian train with car from germany (sequence before) and the car with open door is from austria haha

[@marioluxrodriguez5048]

How did the Talgo end up there ?! 20:30

[@michaelsmith9590]

Talgo trains assembled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA were auctioned off at pennies on-the-dollar after its State Governor refused to honor a contract to pay for these new trains. Predictably, the Talgo company sued the State which had to pay millions of dollars in reparations. Having won the bid, the Province of Lagos, Nigeria now operates these trains on its commuter rail service.

[@paulthiel5145]

​@@michaelsmith9590Which is very interesting, but no answer at all on how these trains ended up in the Balkans instead of West Africa 😂

[@marioluxrodriguez5048]

@@paulthiel5145 exactly

[@bishfire]

The Prices on their website are double the ones you mentioned in the video!!!

[@SuperalbsTravels]

If you are referring to the Bosnia tour in 2025, that is one day longer than the trip shown in the video, and includes stays in nicer hotels.

[@charlesjw2]

Very attractive. Maybe one day

[@schildersbedrijfj.nijdam6925]

bring this train to the Netherlands!

[@tonys1636]

Still think Saphos do things better in the UK, at least using beautifully restored steam or diesel locomotives and the carriages have had the bogies changed to allow modern mainline running speeds to be used where needed to fit in with normal services. All restored locomotives have to be capable of 100mph running if required. Most excursions do have a modern diesel hanging off the rear just in case or to provide additional electric power if more than one kitchen car and shunting at terminus to allow the train to be turned around for return journey whilst the hauling loco gets serviced. Only Kingswear on the river Dart Estuary still has a working turntable (manually turned) on the National Network for the loco otherwise a journey around a reversing loop used.

[@paulthiel5145]

Great! And this is relevant to this specific Balkan journey in what way exactly? 🤔😄

[@Zuuu40]

Great video but was there WiFi on board

[@Mirz-ei6tg]

is it me or the CRS logo inspired from PRR(Pennsylvania RailRoad)?

[@BengtHansves]

441 built on ASEA License "Rb"

[@Davidstrains2056]

Is it me or does their logo look simillar to the Pennsylvania railroad?

[@tomwalton6425]

Someone else also noted it

[@martinc.720]

Everyone leaves a comment about this, so I guess it's true.

[@Fraslet]

Man, I really want soup now.

[@groorg3430]

God Damn, what a beauty of a Railway Station, i wish we would have this in Vienna, not that grey S-Bahn Station on Steroids as a main Railway Station

[@lordrindfleisch1584]

Why do all these old electric locomotives look like the Swedish RC types? Is there some kind of license involved, or did all the train manufacturers just go for the same vibe back in the day?

[@fussyboy2000]

Looks like you got 2 740s, not just one.

[@ross1701]

+1 "betwixt"👌

[@utareangara5529]

red sky in the morning sailors warning

[@bitsoftheworld2128]

This looks a lot like someone converted Austria "Lange Schlieren" cars

[@AndrasSzigeti1977]

those arent kurze schlieren wagen. not long. the exterior is just painted to different coulurs, out of the 20 hat has benn build 15 is Still in operation. we jut Changed the carpet on the floor, and the moqet. nothing else

[@bitsoftheworld2128]

@@AndrasSzigeti1977 Ah, thanks for the clarification! Good work!

[@nelaserdareviccinderellast8475]

MY COUNTRY BOSNIA!!!

[@Firefly414]

What a dump of a place 😂😂😂 Superlabs will not be going back any time soon

[@disi7292]

​@@Firefly414 says from someone never left his project or village in the middle of nowhere, but somehow got ahold of the internet an talk sh*t of places neved been to.🤦‍♀️

[@martinc.720]

Change your pills, dude. All they said was basically "That's where I'm from".

[@doc7austin]

looking forward to part 2 of your railway journey through bosnia; CRS also operated the Regiojet train to Croatia in Hungary;

[@user-eg8pv2om7j]

No toilet reviews this time ?