Austria's FANTASTIC Double Decker Sleeper Train / Vienna to Zürich with ÖBB Nightjet
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Hello and welcome back to Austria, for another sleeper train review on the channel!
Today we will be taking the ÖBB Nightjet service between Vienna and Zürich. This is one of only 2 Nightjet routes that use double decker sleeper cars, and I'll be in a private room tonight, so I hope you enjoy the video!
Date of Filming: 24 to 25/2/22
Camera: GoPro Hero 10 Black
Operator: ÖBB (Austrian Railways)
Departure: Vienna, Austria
Arrival: Zürich, Switzerland
Cost: €159.90 Solo occupancy, standard sleeper (£136.18, $163.87)
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Used to work on these trains as a conductor. The staff all hated these double decker wagons and the Vienna-Zürich-Hamburg route. Best wagons were the old German sleeper carriages with blue upholstery. Excellent design, and loved by passengers and staff alike. They were only used on the routes to Milan, Venice and Rome.
Please spare a small tip for your wagon attendants if you can. It's a tough job, especially in summer, and the company doesn't treat the workers very well.
I always do 🙂
I like this night train. Last time I even had a compartment all to myself with my own shower and toilet. I found that very practical, because I prefer to sleep showered.
That's so sad to hear the company doesn't treat the wagon attendance well you guys do such a service
I always wonder why they do not consult people like you before designing such things. People who are using it every day should be asked.
@@krollpeter They actually have with their new sleeper coaches!
What a great thing, to watch this video and to recognize the Vienna Central train station with all it's amenities. We took a night train from Vienna to Venice and it was an adventure for our child. I love my Vienna.
Me too ☺️
Greetings from Vienna ❤️
Your videos are like a friend telling us the experience. This one is really cool as they always are.
Ah thanks my friend 😀
As someone who usually travels with a wheelchair I really appreciate that you mention options for step-free access in your trip reports. Keep up the good work and thank you for providing information that most people don’t think about but that is really important to those of us who need it.
Thank you! I will always try to include as much accessibility information as possible ☺️
I am in the same situation I been trying to find out about travelling to Europe as a disabled person and with my carer
I arrived earlier than the notification.
I think Renfe needs to take notes on ÖBB brand new Nightjet to operate routes on Spain & Portugal and recover Overnight trains like the Madrid-Lisbon, Madrid-Galicia, Barcelona-Galicia/Asturias or the most convenient of all, Hendaye-Lisbon
*Video's score: A perfect & round 10*
Also south-north, like sevilla-santiago following the vía de la plata through León, or Málaga-Basque Country through Madrid
@@alberto1311 The Málaga-Basque Country Overnight Train Service existed once, but the Santiago-Seville Overnight Train Service needs to pass through Madrid.
But, if you're interested in knowing all Trenhotel Services, here you have the whole list:
National routes:
Trenhotel Rías Bajas: Madrid - Vigo - Pontevedra
Trenhotel Atlántico: Madrid - A Coruña - Ferrol
Trenhotel Alhambra: Barcelona - Granada
Trenhotel Antonio Gaudí: Madrid - Barcelona
Trenhotel Antonio Machado: Barcelona - Cádiz
Trenhotel Gibralfaro: Barcelona - Málaga
Trenhotel Asturias / Pío Baroja: Barcelona - Gijón
Trenhotel Rías Gallegas: Madrid - A Coruña
Trenhotel Rosalía de Castro (Irregular Service): A Coruña - Santiago de Compostela - Barcelona
International Routes:
Trenhotel Pau Casals: Barcelona - Zurich
Trenhotel Salvador Dalí: Barcelona - Milan
Trenhotel Joan Miró: Barcelona - Paris
Trenhotel Francisco de Goya: Madrid - Paris (In 1992, this Trenhotel service begun in Seville due to the 1992 Universal Exposition)
Trenhotel de los Alpes: Madrid - Bourg St. Maurice
@@pedrorubiotejero_aka_prt Permítame responderle en español: muchas gracias por la información. Es verdad que la ruta que yo mencionaba necesitaría pasar por Madrid. Respecto a los Trenhoteles, ¿sabe dónde conseguir más información y poder reservar plazas? La web de Renfe los tiene marginados. ¿Solo se puede comprar billetes de Trenhotel en las estaciones? Un saludo.
Thank you Pedro ☺️
These double decker are old City Night Line coaches that have been taken over by ÖBB. I traveled in one of the deluxe compartments and I was disappointed. It seems that there was only a paint job on the outside done. Inside the shower could not be used as water was floating in the basin amongst some dust flakes... No power socket in the compartment other than in the bathroom. Apart from that the service was good but they have to step up a notch when it comes to the maintenance of the compartments.
Yeah agree, a refurb is in order!
Thanks for giving this information.
I’m thinking of taking sleeper train from Zurich to Vienna. But I’m gonna take another route after reading this.
7:58 Some wrong currency conversion.
Once, many years ago when the City Night Line still existed, I saw one of those in Utrecht, the Netherlands. While the train drove off before I could take it all in, it was a complete riot of different carriages. I managed to get a confirmed spotting of a similar consist, and it had Swiss, Austrian, German, Czech and Hungarian carriages, in all sorts of colours, and both single and double deck. Took me years to collect them as models, and the WRmbz will require some rebuilding of an ARkimbz.
It's good to see that ÖBB picked up where the other European operators all but gave up on night trains.
Absolutely, they're the best 👌🏻🙂
And I believe they are making money with it!
It's really fascinating how ÖBB took a dying product and made a valuable product out of it!
I went on the city nightline from Basel to Amsterdam and had one of the upstairs rooms, fantastic, great bed a bathroom , table and two chairs, small bottle of wine , breakfast brought to me . great trip, AND what happened to City night line 🥲🥲
This trip report is absolutely amazing and I am quite impressed by this Nightjet service and 15:57 😍 that view is mesmerising along with breakfast its undoubtedly cherry on the cake and tbh this private compartment definitely stands out and don’t know why but I always find sleeper train videos fascinating and looking forward to watch more sleeper train videos not only from Europe but from all over the world.
Thank you friend ☺️ Sleepers are my favourite to edit too, and this one was pretty special 🤩
honestly, it is not much difference than the same sleeping cars of the 70s, 80s or 90s. sometimes I wonder if there is any general culture or knowledge more that 5 years ago at the actual people of Terra...
I never travel in these
No esperes los de Argentina 😅
For me, these bring back train travel in the 30s, through the 50s!!
Great trip. Unbelievable, from departing 40 minutes late into arriving at final destination 5 minutes late. The window blind is bit annoying, but at least it can be opened. Next I think you should try another Double deck sleeper outside Europe like Superliner or Sunrise Express.
Maybe one day... Asia first 😀
We did have 2+ hours as a planned stop so they should have caught up lol. Ironically last time I was on the Venice portion of the train, we were on time and the Swiss section was late meeting us. Ironic 🤣
Also nice to ride is finnish double deck nighttrains! Smoothest ride I ever had.
Slack time
NightJet Deluxe are the only one who can be called "deluxe"! With that nice cabin including panoramic windows, ensuite shower and nice sitting area is so good! I traveled already with this double deck cars as they were called CityNightLine. Love it!
Me too! I was sad they were fully booked!
Very nice journey those who traveled
In January I was travelling from Brussels to Vienna by this night sleeper train (deluxe cabin) and I will go again and this time with return to Brussels.
I did this trip, not just to Zurich but all the way to Basel. But during the day and it was amazing. Not sure why anyone would want to do this durinf the night since the whole trip is beautiful.
I've done it many times in the day and have you see the hotel prices in Zurich 🤣
When I was stationed in Germany, the one thing I loved about the trains is that they would announce in German and English. How very nice and accommodating, In the US we would never think of doing that.
I like your new showing of the route. Intermediate cities before were very small and now prominently displayed. Kudos to you
Glad you like it Steve, I'd been wanting to make the maps clearer for a while, thanks 🙏🏻
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Glad you found emthe video helpful!!!
Having grown up in British Columbia I have an affinity for mountains. I really do appreciate the time given to viewing the Alps considering this is an overnight train trip. Also, thank you for the English subtitles and time taken to film, edit, and upload.
Glad you enjoyed the video 😁
Ich lebte 6 Monate in Wien mit meiner Freundin, (for one full semester) während ich 1996 ein Semester an der Wirtschaftsuniversität studierte. Sowohl vor als auch nach diesem Semester und während unserer Schulferien reisen wir mit dem Zug durch ganz Mittel- und Osteuropa und fahren mehr als ein paar Mal von diesem Hauptbahnhof ab. (Both before and after that semester and during our school breaks we travel all over central and eastern Europe by train, departing more than a few times from this main train station.) Wien war ein großartiger Knotenpunkt für Reisen in alle Richtungen, nach Osten, Westen, Norden und Süden. (Vienna was a great hub for traveling in all directions, east, west, north, and south). (This West Train station always reminded me of a journey.) Dieser Westbahnhof hat mich immer an eine Reise erinnert. (In fact we went on the exact same journey that you are going on now. It was fantastic). Tatsächlich haben wir genau die gleiche Reise unternommen, die Sie jetzt gehen. Es war fantastisch.
Danke, dass Sie meine guten Erinnerungen zurückgebracht haben. Thank you for bringing back my good memories.
Sounds like some lovely trips! 😌
I love Manner(the wafers) whenever I go to Vienna to see family I will always try to get some as they're so nice!
I know right, they're free in the lounge 🤤 I usually fill my bag and then find some crushed at the bottom of it weeks later 😅
@@NonstopEurotrip What about the 7Days croissants? I've had a few of them on night train journeys too 😄
i did this route many years back in 1990. Not on a double decker TRAIN though! Lovely and best scenic route. I did it from Geneva to Vienna and back!
Thank you for a great review. It was a shame about the broken blind, and very untypical of OBB ! I’ve not used the NightJet service on the Wien to Zurich route, as I prefer the daytime RailJet trains which are excellent, and you can see all the wonderful scenery !
Yeah absolutely 😊 I agree the day trains are spectacular, but that doesn't help to make a Nightjet review 😂 thank you Anthony 🙏🏻
My cousin regularly uses the Nighjet between Zurich and Vienna Couchette class
Excellent 😊
We took the Nightjet from Venice to Vienna several years ago around Christmas. It was perfect for our schedule. Our couch was much older. We enjoyed. Glad we did it. But honestly we did not sleep great. This new car looks like we would be more comfortable. I am certainly open it doing again despite our first experience.
The Venice Vienna coaches are more comfortable in my opinion...I've done a video of that too ☺️
@@NonstopEurotrip Great to know! I will go find that video.
Very much enjoy your videos. Not su
That is very elaborate👍 Plus England rail ticket now has a discount😮
Hopefully soon will try nightjet from Vienna as I live in Zürich, or maybe to Hamburg as well , looks so tempting
Definitely worth it 🤠
Last Thursday I travelled from Innsbruck to Amsterdam in a deluxe sleeper. A superb journey with excellent breakfast and very efficient staff. Unfortunately the train left Innsbruck 10 minutes late due to awaiting a connecting train (there is a lot of infrastructure work currently on the Arlberg route) and, having lost it's paths, it arrived in Amsterdam 135 minutes late (very inconvenient for anyone trying to connect to a Eurostar service) This delay seems not to be a rarity on this route as 2 weeks earlier I observed the same train arriving in Amsterdam 100 minutes late. I do not think the delay was down to OeBB - more likely DB. It's a shame that London is not connected to the Nightjet network but I cannot see that happening at anytime in the future - we have a Government intent on restricting travel for anyone but the elite!
Oh wow what a mess 🤣
What time were you allowed to check in to board the train in Innsbruck?
In my oppinion those sleeping coches are very tight. So unless you are travelling in a solo cabin, is not very good. And on the other hand, the prices for solo cabin it is quite expansive in my oppinion.
The food and other things are good on Nightjet.
I agree to a certain extent. If travelling alone they are quite cosy ☺️
In June 1990, I was a backpacker with my camera and "Let's Go Europe" on a night train from Zurich to Vienna.
The stations and the train were small but nice.😊
Soy de Argentina, estos videos de viajes en tren son la envidia para nosotros que no tenemos trenes decentes para viajes largos.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
The SBB panorama coaches where driving on the Amsterdam Basel/Zurich route when I was little. Must have been about 25/30 years ago.
Ah, amazing coaches 😀
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I am so excited to experiencing this kind of travel:). We are going the same route in March 2024. Thanks for sharing this video. Cheers!
Hope you enjoy it!
The cabins are very similar to the ones that where used by the CNL (City Night Line) earlier. I really loved to travel by CNL before this service was canceled.
Same coaches 😀
Super video! Nice train ride! Good work! Thumbs Up
All the best from Dublin
Andrew
Glad you enjoyed it Andrew ☺️
I have taken this train on the exact same route in the exact same kind of cabin in one of those double decker wagons with a friend back in 2019. It was an overall horrible experience for both of us. That cabin is sooo extremely small and claustrophobic when two persons are occupying it. The top bed, which is retracted in this video but was folded out on our trip since we were two, hangs so low that you can barley sit on the other, lower bed because when you do, the top bed is slamming right into your neck, making it very uncomfortable to sit on the lower bed. You kinda have too sit in a very awkward position. We tried to retract the top bed ourselves so we can at least sit in a human way until it's time for bed but it's literally impossible to retract the top bed without the assistance of the attendant. We asked him if he could retract the bed for the time being so we can normally sit, but he told us that it's a lot of work to do so (and as we learned later on, it is a lot of work) and that he doesn't see the point in doing so because he would've had to fold it back out in a couple of ours anyway when we go to sleep. But he offered us to stay in his cabin (the attendants have their own cabin but with regular seats instead of beds) until we go to sleep and this kinda saved our experience since we were now at least able to sit in a normal position until bed time. There's also zero room for luggage in the cabin. You have some kind of a locker were you have enough space to put handbags into it, but that's it. There wasn't any space underneath the bottom bed because some supporting metal structure is there to hold the bed, that makes it impossible to store anything underneath the bed. So we somehow cramped my suitcase underneath the unnecessary sink and my friends smaller travel-bag at the end of my bed (yes i had to sleep mit less space on my bed because i had to share it with a travel-bag). We could've left my friends travel-bag on the floor but since the cabin was so small there wasn't much floor left. We certainly would've stepped on it every time we enter our cabin or when we get out of our beds. Yes, you read that correctly: Two suitcase are enough to cover most of the floor-area, that isn't occupied by the bottom bed. That's how ridiculously small the cabin is.
Now the positives: The beds are pretty comfortable and the attendant was very friendly and truly concerned about our comfort and he did let us use his cabin so we have it comfortable until bed time. In the morning he retracted that top bed so we can normally sit and eat our breakfast and this is where we learned that retracting that top bed really isn't an easy move. It requires many steps and quit a bit of time. So we weren't mad at him for denying our request to retract the bed before.
Price: If you're travelling with a friend, it costs 150€/Person. For that super small and claustrophobic cabin, this is definitely overpriced. That tiny breakfast in the morning, that will leave a grown man hungry for sure, doesn't make up for that major inconvenience. I guess it's much nicer if you're occupying a cabin by yourself and the top bed is retracted, however you have to buy two tickets than to make sure you don't end up sharing your tiny cabin with some stranger. So 300€ just to have this tiny cabin on your own. That's too much as well.
My advice: Just by a normal Ticket and save your money. It's not worth the price at all.
We had very different experiences 😆
I just love those Viennese bread rolls with ham and cheese. Happy memories with friends in Germany.
😍😍😍
This room is nicer than expected. I actually like the little staircase, it kinda like a secret room. You can eat and wash up right afterwards. Should you choose to do so. Just awesome!!!
Yeah they're really cosy for one. A bit cramped for two tho!
Doing this trip on Friday night. Really excited about it.😊
Hope you enjoy it!
@@NonstopEurotrip Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this video. Comparing the Central Stations between Zurick and Vienna, Vienna´s is outstanding! A very nice experience!
You're welcome 🙂
I often take this train in both directions as I live in Western Austria and my business leads me to Vienna several times. For me it‘s a good possibility to avoid hotel accommodation and save time. I enter the train in the evening and in the next morning I leave it well rested and ready to work…
That really is the main point of sleepers imo
Thank you for showing the beautiful Vienna Tran station. I love the journey.
You're welcome 😁
Super Video! Daumen hoch! Liebe Grüsse
Excellent video and loved the way you left the written notes about the details of the incidentals of prices and information about lifts stairs and escalators long enough to read them 😊😊🎉🎉
Thank you again
Glad you liked it! 😁
I travelled on these coaches when they were brand new in 1997. I tried both the Standard room, the Deluxe room and the Familly room (the one with 4 beds). As many others have said, the Standard rooms are way too small. A single suitcase can easily take up most of the floor space in the room. I couldn't see it clearly on the video, but these coaches originally had storage space for luggage underneath the stairs of each compartment, but I think they were dropped later on due to theft. The familly room was slightly better. It is situated right over the bogie, so it's a little bit noisy compared to the other compartments. It's pretty much a couchette room, but with sleeping car service. The deluxe room however is AMAZING. Hands down the best sleeper compartment you can get in the EU. It was a real shame you didn't get to book one.
Yeah I was disappointed too! Next time 🙂
I disagree. I think the deluxe on the other European double-decker sleeper - the VR Finnish Railways is better (that's not saying the NJ isn't very good though). Where the NJ is better is that breakfast is inluded whereas on the VR service it's not (It's my only complaint about the VR service which at least does have a proper restaurant car - and served fantastic Swedish meatballs too!)
I agree about the space situation. I made a few times Zurich-Hamburg and Zurich-Vienna with NJ (former CNL). Travelling alone is OK with the Standard room. But I would never order a Standard room again for a couple.
First it is somehow claustrophobic (if you are keen to that) and 2nd, you have no chance to store luggage for a 2-3 week stay for 2 persons into that tiny compartment. It was completely unconfortable for two. Will give a try to the Luxury room for 2 next time, to check the situation regarding the luggage.
A great train journey. Train was fully equipped with all the necessities onboard. The train departed 40 minutes late and reached at the destination only 5 minutes late.
Yep 😁
Its very great trip and usefull information.
As we planning going to Vienna and the other cities plus Hungary this coming Dec .
Hope to see your next video :) 👍👌🏻
Its reali help.
Thanks so much
Well having gone directly from Thibault's Simply Railways video showing his journey from Edirne to Villach, yours is a pleasant change and one which I would consider taking myself. I also like the idea that you didn't endanger yourself by using Thibault's decapitation video technique. I guess you were prevented from doing so because the windows couldn't open.
Haha yeah I did try and get my camera out my my hands are too big. Although yesterday I was on a Malaysian train where the doors were open the whole way 😂😂😂
Breakfast looked good and fresh
It was!
The major downside to the Vienna train station is that it has zero air circulation and gets incredibly stuffy in summer. It also is overheated in winter.
I never found it that bad tbh
This was an excellent night train trip from Vienna to Zurich. In 2018, I took a train ride round trip between Zurich and Vienna. The first train from Zurich to Kitzbuhel, Austria and the second train from Kitzbuhel to Vienna. The return rail trip was from Vienna and Bludenz, Austria. Due to track construction, I had to ride a bus from Innsbruck to Bludenz. I resumed the rail journey from Bludenz to Sargans, Schweiz to Zurich HB
Ah sounds like a good adventure 😊
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes it was enjoyable . LOL!
Thank you so much for sharing. I wantedto remined myself how the Viennas trainstation looked like i just needed to visit your page here. Much appreciated..
Glad I could be of assistance 😃
Eine komfortable nächtliche Verbindung zwischen zwei der schönsten Bahnhöfe in Europa: Wien Hauptbahnhof und Zürich Hauptbahnhof. Auch zwei schöne Städte, wobei Zürich leider etwas teuer ist. Das Schlafwagen-Abteil mit eigenem WC ist echt komfortable. Frage: Wurde die große Verspätung (Wien) aufgeholt ? Kam der NightJet (einigermaßen) pünktlich in der schweizer Finanzmetropole an ? Ja, ich lese gerade: 5 Minuten Verspätung ist okay. Danke für das sehr informative Video. Das Wetter war der Jahreszeit entsprechend. Thank you for sharing this nice video ? Ein Hoch auf die Nachtzüge. Vivent les trains de nuit. I love the night trains.
Excellent video review! I do miss that part of the world, being stationed in Friedberg and Heidelberg for the US Army. Would love to get back over there someday and do some traveling with JUST my wife...no kids this time lol
Well make it happen 😂 but seriously, it's very special 🙂
Génial vidéo ferroviaire, c'est vraiment agréable à regarder. C'est sûrement un train comme ceci en France pour les trains de nuit qu'il faudrait. Ça donne envie d'y venir prendre le train pour une belle nuit 🌃📽️🤩🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭🚅👍👍👍🙋
Meilleures salutations amicales de Normandie Pascal 👋
Merci beaucoup 🙏🏻
Great review of Night Jet. Accommodations looked comfy.
Thanks Max😀😀💚💚
Thanks Scott ☺️
Amazing 🤩 ❤
Thanks 🤗
Hey, great video, but I do have one question: Why does the price for one bed in a 6-bed couchette vary that much between different currencies? As you wrote it, it costs 69,90€, but $161,19. That seems a bit odd to me...
Typo, sorry 😜
@@NonstopEurotrip Oh, okay. No worries haha
When you think about cargo-trains, they have sometimes 40 coaches. a lot of ppl can potentially be transported overnight.
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Thanks very much 🙏🏻
man you just gotta love austria
Absolutely 🤗
Like the Metternich
Someone has arrived
With red colour being life
The scenery is sooooooo beautiful from Salzburg on to Innsbruck and Zürich that I would NEVER travel on a night train. I want to see the beautiful Alpine scenery during the daytime all the way. :) I have done this trip several times but always daytime.
I've done both, many times.
I obviously LOVE your videos. They not only teach me a lot about European train travel, but I feel like I can "escape" for just a little bit while I start my Friday. I hope you don't mind if I point out one tiny mistake you made. You posted the same UK Pound and US Dollar conversion twice; once for the cost of the standard sleeper, (solo use I believe), and again for the six bed couchette. I honestly don't think that €69.90 actually converts to £135.97 or $161.19. Like I said; a tiny mistake, and again, I hope you don't mind I pointed it out.
Thanks 🙏🏻 I'd like to say it was a deliberate mistake but I'd be lying 😂 Hopefully some more people will point it out too and I'll get more comments ☺️
@@NonstopEurotrip Oh you are welcome...I am happy to help!! Well if you would like; I do have one more comment to make; this time about the price itself. I've pointed it out on other channels' comments as well. To an American, especially one living in an expensive state like CT. The price for the solo sleeper accommodation you described is actually quite reasonable. To give you an example; Boston, MA. to Washington DC. is a similar distance as your Vienna to Zurich. To purchase a first class day ticket on the Acela Express can cost $350.00, ( €342.13/ £291.94). This does give you free food, but obviously no sleeper to lay your head down and it is about a 6.5 hour ride. There ARE sleeper trains from Boston to Washington, and those cost $555.00, (€542.26/£460.93) just for the roomette, (For some reason the website would not allow me to switch to a bedroom instead of a roomette, but those WOULD be a LOT more expensive. As you may know; the two big differences between the Amtrak roomette and the bedroom are 1)Much more space, and 2) The roomette does not have a private bathroom, but depending on whether it is a Superliner or a Viewliner, then there ARE showers and shared bathrooms either down the stairs, (Superliner), or down the hall, (Viewliner). The bedroom will have one, and again there are free meals in the dining car, but not in the café area which would be down the stairs in the viewing car. (Please note: In the US, with Amtrak travel, tipping is part of the culture, and is appreciated for the Red Cap that may help you get on or off the train, for the room attendant, and for the dining car wait staff even if you are not paying extra otherwise for the meal. I usually give $5 to each redcap that helps me, and $5/night to the room attendant. I do the normal "restaurant percentage" for the wait staff... 10% if only barely ok, 15% if decent but underwhelming, 20% if above average, and 22-25% of the dinner cost if exceptional.)
@@teresavandal4973 thanks for the information, I may come and try Amtrak one day ☺️ Tipping is one thing I will NEVER get my head around, we just don't do it!
Travel is a joyful thing
Interesting as always.
Thanks 🙏🏻
Very cool trip 👍in the 80's I've done the same from Zurich via Vienna to Budapest and back, this twice. Was great in a 3 bed sleeper with the family. As I'm from Zurich I visited a friend in Linz, 7h+ and back. Was great too. Soon will be buzzing through Europe with a Interrail ticket. No big idea to where but that will be. My most and best travel on train was in Kazakstan from Almaty to Astana (in 2018, now the city is called Nur-Sultan). The trip was about 15h+ in a deluxe cabin from free coffee, tea, own shower and toilet with tv and wifi. And the warmest temp as arrived at 6:30am in January was -32 ;)
Wow what an adventure 🙂
Maybe some of the trains in the UK could do with a “Private Room”. Especially on Avanti West Coast, LNER, GWR, Crosscountry and other operators lol
It would be great but LNER and Avanti don't operate sleeper trains. GWR's Night Rivera trains do have private rooms however, as do the Caledonian Sleeper trains from London to Scotland.
Dreams, dreams 😅
Thoughts so
@@intercity234 I've taken a number of night trains in Europe, US, and Asia and the single compartment on the Cornish Night Riviera was one of my favs.
@@yasukiwi will have to give it a try 😁
Coke in glass bottles, the best.
Thanks for the informative video! I was on a German train back in the 1970's but I was in coach. Although much older, I prefer the setup in the cabins on the Canadian sleeper trains.
Sorry you didn't get a high level deluxe sleeper. I had booked this spacious room from Berlin to Zurich in 2019 but had to cancel at the last minute due to emergency medical issue that popped up. That first class deluxe sleeper is what dreams are made of so I hope I can ride it one day before it is too late.
Yeah I was upset too, but it was more than double the price 😂
Great video! It is a shame the us is 50 years behind in rail service, and doesn't want to advance. The acela a joke for high speed service.
Thanks Paul 🙏🏻
at 7:07 the beat matches the cities the train travels through. Found that amazing
I'd love to say it was on purpose 😂
3:11 that looks so well stocked. I visited the OBB lounge back on 29th July and there was ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Some cheese and ham sandwiches and warm orange juice/warm water - i guess the fridge had broke? I coudlnt read the sign
Oh no, how terrible!
i booked a private compartment in the Salzburg-Paris nightjet in 2 months and i cant wait as its gonna be my first time sleeping in a train !
Excellent ☺️👌🏻
Like that there was two pillows. Even hotels often only give one these days! Was it fairly quiet?
I agree 🙏🏻 It was fully booked in sleepers!
Zurich has changed a lot since 1973 LOL
I wouldn't know 😂
For better or worse?
@@jaygupta1477 both
Liked your travel video very much. Some sugestons. Let your comments in the video linger on for a few seconds more to help read them fully, Choose solid fonts,
I'll try!
Fun video! My son and his girlfriend took the train from Vienna to Salzburg this past Summer, so it was nice to "travel along" with him!
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Very nice journey those traveled
Glad you liked it ☺️
The standard sleeper is not recommended if you are travelling with anything bigger than a small rucksack. Very poorly designed and thought through. I travelled on one recently with a friend and it was very cramped. Not enough room for two people to stand up at the same time.
True yeah. I found it cosy travelling alone although there is space under the bottom bed for suitcases 🙂
That is very elaborate👍 Plus England rail ticket now has a discount😮
I have a rather large nutsack, so I assume it would be uncomfortable?
Oha, those old double deck sleeping cars are still in the train? I drove in them to Kobenhavn 20 years ago and then they were not new...
🙃🙃🙃
I have mixed feelings about this wagon and particularly the cabin you chose.
I also got the chance to travel in the exact same kind of cabin, with my wife, last year, early december and as nice as it looks, it was super tight. Not to mention we were going to visit the Alps so we had puffy jackets hung on the door which took even more space. Personally I wouldn't recommend the sleeper wagon for the route to Zurich, unless one finds available seats in the Deluxe.
Thankfully, I didn't have any technical issues in the cabin, as you had, but unfortunately I didn't have a relaxing sleep.
I'm a fan of speed, I enjoy speed and I haven't measured but surely that train goes 160+ up until St. Polten (the least). At this speed the cabin became loud and especially the braking system is quite intrusive. I mean I fell off the bed 3 times!
You mentioned you started your journey with a 40 minute delay and by Zurich it got reduced to 5. Did you manage to get a goodnight sleep?
Also the breakfast, apart for the buns which were godly, felt kinda cheap :s
I'm sorry, but especially for claustrophobes, disabled and probably overweight, I wouldn't recommend it. I won't step into a Nightjet sleeper at least until the new coaches arrive.
Otherwise I'd have to thank you for the video. I didn't know you get lounge access with a sleeper ticket... Do you just go to the lounge or scan the ticket or show it to an OBB employee?
Also the 2 hour stop in Salzburg... the train plays musical coaches? What is that? :) I didn't know anything about it, still can't make much what it means, can you expand more, please? What did you mean by it/does it mean? :)
Cheers!
Here's my take of the train and cabin:
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I do agree, to a certain extent. It's fine for 1 person. I slept really well, but then I always do on trains! At Salzburg, the Venice portion of the train is disconnected, and the Prague and Budapest portions are connected, as seen at the end of the video! You just go to the lounge, show your ticket and everything is free, up to 3 hours before travel 👍🏻
Bravo aux ÖBB d'avoir restauré les voyages en train et spécialement avec Nightjet.😊
Absolutely 🤗
En fait les Nightjet existent depuis longtemps ici en Autriche. Les plus utilisés sont Zürich vers Vienne, Graz et Villach. Ces 3 trains circulent toutes les nuits et sont toujours quasi pleins !
Et de Feldkirch (frontière avec la Suisse), ils sont couplés à l'Auto-train. Souvent je mettais la moto dessus pour aller jusqu'à la frontière et rentrer par la route pour le weekend.
Mais les tarifs ont malheureusement beaucoup grimpé en quelques années, dommage 😬
Great Video! And thank you so very much for your kind words about Vienna Main Station and the Nightjet Train,really appreciate them!. Kindest Regards from Vienna,Wolfgang -)
You're very welcome! I mean every word 🙏🏻
Lovely stuff! I’ve wanted to try this double decker for ages - your video persuaded me to book it!
Good to hear 😁👍🏻
Beautiful video! In my own travels to Europe many years ago, I loved the train rides, and always the windows at the back as the train pulled away, shedding a tear or two, because I never knew when I would be back, since I live far away from Europe, and trips are expensive, especially now. And the best views were (and I think still are) those of the Austrian Alps, and the beautiful countryside scenery of northern Switzerland and southern Germany... Thank you for your wonderful videos!
Ah hopefully you can come back one day 🙂
Thanks for sharing. I’d in QBB from city to VIE airport. Train cabins were cool but I wasn’t aware of the change of cabin at central. Good thing I sensed the Austrian announcement & confirmed with a cabin assistant.
I still like the QBB cabins!
That's a short trip 😄
@@NonstopEurotrip very indeed
Train will be faster and has more scenery on the way🥹 aned with discount the price will be affordable as well😂
stunning vieuw those mountains. Loved the trip
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Toujours de grande qualité les trains chez les Autrichiens ou les Suisses
Awesome
I took all types of the NJ, except the deluxe sleeper! It was always super great and mostly loved the night in the standard sleeper. I was worried to see that you’ve got not a nightjet towel.
Me too 🤣
Just fantastic, superb, awesome, overwhelming, mind blowing n refreshing. 🙂😊🥰.
Glad you liked it 😊
Thank you for the video
You're welcome 😁
In Oct. 2022, I've travelled with the NightJet on the Amsterdam/Innsbruck line but disembarked in Munich at 7:15am local time. It was a good value and comfortable. The car attendant, however, forgot to provide breakfast and wake-up time with enough notice, as we arrived much earlier than scheduled (very unusual), so we scrambled a bit, but otherwise I would use NightJet again.
Thanks for sharing!
Super good
I Love Austria🇦🇹
Same 😃
Not sure if Austria works like that, but here in the Czech Republic if a train has delay on the departing station it means you are waiting for an incoming train. Usually a connection or a single track.
The train was late from the sidings and there are about 8 tracks into Wien Hbf 😅
@@NonstopEurotrip Then maybe one of the carriages broke and they had to replace?
@@dustojnikhummer maybe!
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Nice Video
LG from Vienna
The cabins really are very small and only suitable for someone travelling with a small suitcase. I travelled Zurich to Vienna on the service a few years ago,as part of a lengthy trip round Europe and fortunately the conductor let us use an unoccupied cabin to store our luggage.
Oh no... What will I do with my huge luggage...
Very nice & informative
One thing. As you say usually the double-decker is on the Vienna-Zurich route or Zurich-Hamburg. However when I travelled from South-west Germany on Christmas night 2018 even though I wanted to especially go on the double-decker coach, and my destination was Hamburg, for some reason it was on the Zurich-Berlin NJ consist rather than the NJ to Hamburg! So had to do a "detour" to Berlin instead of going straight to Hamburg! (hey, still cool to take a night train into Berlin Hbf!)
So my advice if you especially want to travel on the double-decker NJ into/from Germany - just be careful to check with OBB first to make sure which route it's on, on a particular evening.
Oh dear what a mess 😂
At 18:53 Im guessing these cars with the SBB panorama car is EC 163 for Graz, the TransAlpin. Departs at 840. Hope to be on it in early October.
Or EC8 to Hamburg?
@@NonstopEurotrip might be but would it include the OBB restaurant and first class coach?
@@raleighsheffield841 no, only SBB coaches. it's EC 163 to Graz. but EC 8 would be perfect for a Trip Report on the Panorama Coach