Surviving a Train Ride FROM HELL! 🔥 Belgrade to Podgorica 2024 vlog 🚅

In this vlog, I take you on a wild ride on the train from Serbia to Montenegro! (Well: Belgrade to Podgorica!). Buckle up, because this journey wasn't exactly smooth sailing (or should I say, smooth railing?). This is a tell-all, honest experience about what it's REALLY like to travel by train in the Balkans in 2024. There might be some unexpected delays, some interesting characters, and maybe even some... let's just say, memorable moments. But hey, that's all part of the adventure, right? So come along with me as I navigate the (sometimes chaotic) world of Balkan train travel, and see if I manage to survive the trip (spoiler alert: I do!). Along the way, I'll share some tips and tricks for anyone planning their own train journey in Serbia and Montenegro. So whether you're looking for a laugh, a bit of travel advice, or just a glimpse into what it's like to travel by train in this beautiful part of the world, join me for the ride!
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Srbija Voz
Belgrade to Bar
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[@s34nTravels]

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[@tramways_1435]

Pity about the bad experience. In southern Europe people smoke a lot more than in northern Europe. A few days ago we took the rather modern (CAF) train from Podgorica to Bijelo Polje, up and down. A stunning experience, friendly crew, no smokers. Wonderful trainride.

[@izil1fe]

Yeah... to all the foreigners who want to take this train.. MAKE SURE to not buy just the basic tickets for 25e, but rather to book an actual sleeping compartment. IT IS WELL WORTH the money. You will have your own place, peace, window.. nice comfy bed.. clean toilet with working water etc.. But yeah.. once this raliway line gets the renovation it deservers.. hopefully soon.. and gets new everything replaced from tracks to the trains themselves.. it will be one epic journey for sure. It is an engineering marvel. It has the highest train bridge in the whole of Europe. It has amazing scenery along the way.. You cross hundreds of bridges... hundreds of tunnels.. and you end up at the Adriatic coast. Best way to take this train route is to go from Belgrade > Bar with the evening train and to book yourself an actual sleeping cabin. (total cost is around 70e per person) If you book just the basic ticket (25e) you will not get your bed.. and you will stay in the same place where these guys did.. and it's not pleasant.. (even on new trains you dont want to spend 10+hrs in a normal seat.. by the time you arrive at your destination you will be tired.. sleepless and with backpain + neckpain)

[@s34nTravels]

We live and learn! 👏😅 It's a long trip this year, so we had to keep the costs manageable. For those that are in a position to do that, for sure, I'm sure it's a better experience. I just hate being woken up multiple times by border patrol if im in a comfy bed haha!

[@ThrottleAddiction]

Ooohhh... that's deceptively rough! No water and critical maintenance issues - I bet that's not on the tourist brochure!

[@s34nTravels]

I don't think they have a tourist brochure! One and done!! 😆💯👌 We survived at least!

[@sxflyer5410]

I’m very sorry about this experience. In general I would avoid any overnight train in the seater carriage, that’s always yuckie even in western Europe. the beds in the sleeper car are like 20-30€ extra and are very comfy! Definitely worth the price difference. While the toilets there are outdated too, water was indeed flowing in the sinks. Comfy bed and amazing scenery really made this train the favorite one I ever took in Europe!

[@s34nTravels]

I would have loved to take a sleeper, but it was a lot lot more than 20-30eur. We were quoted almost 100. Nice to hear that you get what you pay for though, that's refreshing!

[@tanja_tajci_tomic9058]

Sto se tice voza uzasan je u planu je u budućnosti nov voz kao i modernizacije pruge. Zato ima voz Bg i Novi Sad. Imate brzi voz kao i regionalni. Oni su najnoviji, moderni. Ima toalet, vodu, net, uticnice za punjace, net, ne pusi se u tim vozovima. Ove godine bice i za Suboticu isto brzi voz. A od sledeće godine povezujemo se sa Madjarskom. Takodje u planu je Bg i Nis brzi voz, pa povezivanje sa Makedonijom i sve do Grcke.

[@s34nTravels]

То би било сјајно! Путовање смо започели у Пољској, а возовима се ишли све до Будимпеште. Али после тога смо морали да пређемо на аутобусе. Ако надограде возове, то би било невероватно! Мислим да би то био велики напредак! То би такође отворило град за више туризма и ако би влада поново уложила новац, град би имао много користи! Грчкој (па, Атини) је потребан сав новац који може добити одмах!

[@tanja_tajci_tomic9058]

@@s34nTravels Da, apsolutno se slažem. Inace Madjarska strana kasnice par meseci. Imali su problema oko novca. Ali dobro procice i to, raduje me sto ce do Subotice biti ove godine. Do Nisa tek za dve godine a zatim i do Makedonije. Postoji mogućnost i sa Bugarskom ali videćemo. Kad se povezemo sa Makedonijom i Grčkom verovatno će biti u planu i Turska. Inace predlazem vam da se provozate brzim vozom Soko. Koji ide do Novog Sada. Da vidi te sami voz, a i uslugu. Takav ce biti i do Budimpeste. 😊

[@Ahil982]

Dude did you just eat plazma with ajvar? Thats like putting ketchup on pizza in italy, only times 50

[@s34nTravels]

Maybe 😆😆😂😂😂

[@djordjejovanic3432]

I hope you enjoyed the view

[@s34nTravels]

👌👌🔝🔝💯 I was too tired to enjoy it, but at least the pictures look good 😂

[@IronAki]

I am very sorry for your bad experience, I will try to speak to the personel in charge of the fast train about the hand washing water problem, there should be at least 1 person in each carriage to supervise the passengers and stand at the door when at the station to help passengers to enter/exit, it is very unprofessional, there should be no smoking in the carriages, but there is no one to enforce the ban, the electronic doors sometimes close by themselves and sometimes there is a malfunction and the computer that controls them has to be restarted , the summer train has a planned departure from the Novi Sad to Bijela Reka and it will be a new Stadler train, and from Bijela Reka to the bar a Montenegro electric train will go .Just tell me which day you started trip ?

[@s34nTravels]

Do you work for the company? I reached out to the business via all their social platforms or emails, and no response. Nothing! Zip! Nada!

[@IronAki]

@@s34nTravels i don't,but i know bunch of people in SrbijaVoz .

[@IronAki]

@@s34nTravels i don't work, but I know bunch of people in Serbian Railway company.

[@s34nvideos]

@@IronAki ohh I see. I hope the new train will be better, but the problems usually start with the workers. Nobody seemed to care when I told them about the problems we had on board. It's hard to fix something like that

[@IronAki]

@@s34nvideos i know ,even when they have 8 hrs to check everything, sometimes slips out but usually is everything in order .New stadler flirt train will have ac and snacks and 2 fully working toliets and will start from Novi Sad in 8:20 with stops in Belgrade and arrive in Bijela Rijeka at 20h .

[@roscodabosco81]

Ah give over, the drama 😅 I feel sorry for the lad who had to listen to you for 9 hours

[@s34nTravels]

Give it lad eh och aye me laddo

[@AlexM-t6h]

Not all trains are bad. Check out the new fast train from Belgrade to Novi Sad and vice versa.

[@s34nTravels]

It didn't exist when I filmed this video, but it's worth a try! I've rode over 100 trains, this takes bottom... for now! haha!

[@horsehollerer]

Sorry you had such a bad experience. You missed some of the world's best scenery. The Montenegro section of the journey is stunning. Podgorica and Budva are the two worst places to go in Montenegro imho. Everywhere else is wonderful! Cheers.

[@s34nTravels]

Thank you! :) I didn't manage to stay in Podgorica, as we went straight on to Budva, but I had a really good time running through the mountains during my time in Budva! Amazing views and an amazing experience! I ended up a bit lost and re-surfacing near Kotor! As for the town, I didn't enjoy Budva itself too much though! Hopefully I can visit again and see more places, thank you!

[@horsehollerer]

@@s34nTravels Sounds great. Yeah I spent 8 days driving around it (plus one train trip and two boat trips lol) last year. Kotor Bay, Durmitor National Park and Lovcen NP in particular are ridiculous. Cheers.

[@luisbautista8369]

Was that the second class or.1st class

[@s34nTravels]

I think it was the case of: Do you want a room (yes/no), this is the no room option!

[@mrlight5629]

Reminds me of British Rail in the 70's, except you didn't breakdown.

[@s34nTravels]

I would take British rail in the 70s over a 120 pound return ticket from Nottingham to London hahaha! any day of the week! Even Tuesday!

[@fasteddylove-muffin6415]

Never a good sign when a passenger train is tagged with graffiti.

[@s34nTravels]

@@fasteddylove-muffin6415 I know right?! 😅💯

[@herbertmuller6114]

Dann bleib zuhause !

[@s34nTravels]

That's what DPRK says when they lock you up and beat you for not bowing to a statue of their former leader 😆

[@nikolan7480]

Ne znam kakvu uslugu ocekujete za 24e. For 24e this is it.

[@s34nTravels]

In the UK, we can take a bus with a toilet for 10 hours for around 10-20 euro On that bus, we don't have people smoking. We have AC. We have a toilet. We have running water. It's that weird logic of saying: "Well it's cheap, so f*** you.". It honestly makes no sense at all. Imagine having a flight to America where the floor was missing, but it was 50 cents.... Yeah, it's cheap, so shut up... Yeah but the floor is missing lol. Draw a line right above human rights is usually the way, no?

[@slobodanvinulovic4001]

For 24 EUR it is more than overpaid.

[@nikolamarkovic3714]

Druže, teško da ima ovakve pljačke lokalnih domorodaca, kao u Srbiji