Indeed! I googled for "refurbished X2000" and the seats are pretty much identical. Oh well, it's good to see that LTG are taking inspirations from the right examples.
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They are not the same. They are quite similar though.
Not at all mistranslated. "Domestic waste" is common on waste bins, to distinguish from "commercial waste". Some authorities can fine commercial outlets that put their rubbish in bins meant for domestic rubbish.
Nice trip report. Am 2nd generation Lithuanian (Scot/Irish) in Chicago. My grandparents came separately from there before 1910. Grandpa was a Vilnius “city kid”. Grandma was a rich farmer’s daughter - but unsure from where.
To correct you: 1. The ticket posts (the booths) are now not working anymore, and you can buy tickets on board of the train, or the ticket machine. 2. the siemens locomotives aren't LTG LINK, they are owned by LTG CARGO and LTG LINK rents them for "Klasika" trains (the ones with passenger coaches) but starting from 2026, they will be removed forever because of the new STADLER trains, as well as the old good soviet DR1'Am/mv's Nevertheless, very interesting and nice video! Greetings from Lithuania :)
Why are you so sure that they will be gone "forever"? Classic carriages are alive and kickin on Vilnius-Klaipėda route (as demonstrated by this video!) despite Pesa 730 having been introduced on this route since 2014. ER20s will be in use for a long time to come and there is no reason why they shouldn't be hauling those passenger carriages.
Wow... What a great Train experience... We never travel to Lithuanian but now we are motivated to visit this country and try this Train Well Done... Great Video
Great to see you in Lithuania. I took this refurbished carriage recently and really loved the comfortable seats. Unfortunately, it seems that they're not planning any more carriages to be refurbished like this. I really wish they did, because this is soooo much better than the Pesa 730 DMUs which also have "1st class". Refurbishment was done in Latvia. As for "quiet zone" stickers, they put them on very recently in all trains and did it, I suspect, not least due to multiple complaints by me about noisy passengers who are often very inconsiderate to other passengers even in quiet zone (talking on the phone, listening to music/videos on a loudspeaker etc.). So LTG put those stickers on in a somewhat annoying but very noticeable location so that people actually notice it. The train attendant also informed every passenger that 1st class is quiet zone which I had never seen before. Also, it does seem that seats are identical to refurbished Swedish X2000 trains, like actually identical. Pretty cool.
Yeah, I much prefer this to the Pesa 730, but I was surprised they even bothered to refurbish these, considering they will likely be gone again in about 2 years - unless they are planning to use them for some other kind of service
@@Simon-Andersen It's a bit of a curious mystery to me too. We can only guess what they're going to do with this refurbished carriage. DMUs like Pesa 730 and shittier 630 will be used on non-electrified routes that can't be served by Stadler battery EMUs. There won't be many of such routes. Perhaps just Vilnius-Turmantas (and on to Daugavpils if it gets resumed) And Vilnius-Mockava where it then continues to Krakow on a PKP train. In theory they could use loco-hauled trains on these routes (and I wish they would!) but somehow I doubt this will happenn. Anyway, I hope they manage to keep it in use one way or another. Really liked this interior.
who told you we're not refurbishing other carts? We are it's in reconstruction state. Just need money flow nothing is happening right now like this. You are looking at lithuania like its ruzziaa. Damn the video maker and the commenter - wish you learn something. WE Lithuanians was never ruzzians and never wil be. We are great fucking Lithuanians, and it's a big difference from ruzzians. We are not in any way are ruzzians. We are Lithuanians. ruzzia is ruzzia. Lithuania is Lithuania. FUCK RUZZIA.
Yeah, I much prefer this to the Pesa 730, but I was surprised they even bothered to refurbish these, considering they will likely be gone again in about 2 years - unless they are planning to use them for some other kind of service
@@Simon-Andersen I think the same. That's really a waste refurbishing those, knowing they are going to get scrapped in a few years. Unless they're going to keep them for future routes but we never know. Also, what I don't really like about Lithuanian Railways, is how trains take way longer between Klaipeda and Vilnius than cars. It only takes 2h57 by car, and 4h by train. Such a shame.
Well made video Simon! I travelled with this in January this year from Klaipeda to Vilnius (and back). Very pleasant! Way more nice intact and cleaned then the Öresund trains back home :) Hope your stay in Lithuania was fine! Let me know if you ever in Klaipeda again, a beer is on me ;)
Glad you enjoyed it! It is indeed much better than Öresundståg, but hopefully we'll soon see SJ refurbished X2000 cross the bridge into Denmark that has the same seats in first :D
this is a surprisingly nice train. for obvious reasons, there are still some features lacking, but it was an impressive attempt to do something with these old cars.
Trenitalia did a similar conversion some time ago by taking former "Grand Comfort" compartment coaches and turning them into open plan 1st class vehicles for use on "Frecciabianca" trains. They share the same seat spacing issues with the LG conversions...
It's technically ER20CF, it got quite a few changes from a regular EuroRunner, including that they have 6 axles instead of usual 4. Pretty sure they're unique to Lithuania.
Much better than when I took this train with a TEP70 locomotive and shared a compartment with a violent drunk trying to talk to me in the local lingo and me only speaking English 😂 Thank god I’m half Viking half Anglo Saxon
I've ridden these in the 90s and early 2000s when they were still very soviet-like. Few things that stood out back then were: loud noise, poor temperature, and the smell from lead locomotive - the latter I reckon is no longer a thing with these modern replacements. Judging from the video sound inside is pretty tame, and seeing people with their coats off suggests temperature is regulated now as well. Probably a niche thing to bring up since these qualities are normalized, but the overhaul is admirable considering the rough bare-metal carriage is once was. The ride does look a little shaky, hard to tell from the video how it compares to other modern carriages. Overall great overview!
I was also riding old school train from Vilnius to Plungė (North East from Klaipėda) in 1980s and as a kid I was amazed why I could see rails from in wagon toilet 😁That's bonkers! In 2000s I took train from Kaunas to Vilnius and got again soviet train with very old carriage on wooden bench and with gaping and leaking roof over my head. Temperature was mildly higher than outside. Now what you are showing is astonishing upgrade from those utilitarian Soviet cars to sort of Eastern Pullman's 😅
@@petrkan8792 I read that there was some competition for the artists. And one of them made this statue for some reason. After the competition was over the bar probably bought it.
0:48 That city is actually Lublin in Poland 1:45 I mean I brought a wrapper of a Gotina chocolate bar from Latvia to Lithuania (which could be considered international trash) but the Lithuanian translation means "mixed waste" (just like another commenter mentioned) 1:53 I can see the escalator is blocked off (which wasn't the case when I visited the station during the renovation) 1:58 When I last visited another Lithuanian railway station, the ticket office wasn't open (so in that case the options were the (broken) ticket machine which only accepts cards or buying from the conductor directly which might not work for reservation-required trains and adds an extra 3€ fee if the ticket office is actually open; the "Perlas" terminals inside supermarkets or even dedicated places can also be used for buying tickets but I haven't tried that option yet) 2:20 The Vilnius railway station had a different announcement system with older screens and a different voice (this was replaced with an unified one that's present in more railway stations including my station) 2:26 Right now those train services terminate in Kena (outside of the international platforms) instead (those platforms are still used as a technical stop for the RZD services from Kaliningrad but of course no passengers can board or get off there) Also there were services to Kyiv, St. Petersburg and Moscow from this station before COVID 3:20 Those modernized 1st-class carriages are definitely a new addition (I think previously this carriage would be a 4-berth kupe one) 3:31 I think only the 730ML trains have proper level boarding (and maybe the EJ575) 7:40 I never saw this pole before (maybe it's electrification-related?) 7:45 This is also the point where you change to the Riga train if you're traveling from Klaipėda 8:36 I think the new Stadler FLIRT trains will also have vending machines (and the 730ML/EJ575 trains previously had dedicated coffee vending machine areas but those were removed) 9:03 I wasn't allowed to go through the carriages before (I was at the carriage shown in 9:17) 9:17 This was actually sold as the 1st class carriage before (now they're packing more people there)
this train should long ago scrapped or changed to locomotive, basicaly majority trains are modern ones, but this line has not electrified which they already done, try vilnius kaunas train will be modern no steps on air cushion 2 stores.they transfer many of these in cargo or locomotive type.this train already will be removed basically train got retrofited and got longer period of use, they cant get rid off as its gov comp. same reason you see trolibus in vilnius those old boxes they simply dont brake and city has pile of parts.slowly decresing number as simply all that old stuff build to last for ages with trains easier as its diesel so they can say tu cut emmisions, but trolibus they are fully electric 40 years still rolling
The term "post soviet, former soviet" it starts to iritate. Just like visiting USA and calling it "post British Empyre country" or Germany "former nazzi country" or. Any other..whatever ..former country.😊
It's not a reference to Lithuania as a country, which is very much not Soviet! It's about the design of the train carriages themselves. These big, bulky carriages are commonly referred to as Soviet carriages because they were built and popularized in the Soviet Union and continue to be produced in countries like Ukraine and Russia. The ones here in Lithuania were actually built in Russia after the fall of the Union :-)
Rail Baltica is not only a connection between the Baltics, but also with the European rail network. Please mention it when speaking about the project, otherwise it's not that grandiose at all😊😅
It's only connection with standard gauge rails. Right now Baltics use wider (Russian) gauge rails, so you need to switch trains at Polish-Lithuanian border. For passengers it's nothing to jump from one train to another, but for cargo train to reload all cargo to another railcars costs time and money, so Rail Baltica is kind of big deal.
Giirl those are the exact same seats as on the refurbished x2000 trains in sweden, also it would be such a waste if they took these nice trains out of service
Yes, but since they are always in day mode because they only run in day trains, I wish there was an empty compartment so I could have shown them properly.
These refurbished coaches could be used by an open-access train service providers like Flixtrain once the competitors are allowed in LT. Vilnius-Klaipeda is one of a few profitable routes. P.S. domestic waste hehehe
Yes and because it's profitable Lithuania should not give it to some random foreign operator. The state should use the profit to subsidize non-profit lines.
Open acess operators are allowed, but nobody wants to enter. It's quite hard to do so when the gauge is different, operators would essentially need new trains because there isn't anything that you can get locally(all baltic passanger railways kinda lack trainsets), and bringing something from outside means extensive rebuilds for gauge change.
Hmm, I think those are not Soviet carriages and not all of them were actually used on night routes. Soviet railway had plenty of day-time trains using similar carriages.
They are mostly built by Tver in Russia, but yes, after the fall of the Union. "Soviet" is a reference to the general style and layout, which is very similar to almost every hauled carriage currently operating in the former Union.
They do, however! The compartment car at 9:44 is a kupe sleeper in day mode. These were used on longer trains to Moscow before, but those no longer run :D
It’s a reference to the style of carriages that were popularized during Soviet times and spread across the entire former union :-) - I’m well aware that many of them were built afterwards but continue to use a similar exterior and interior design, albeit a bit more modern. That context is however a bit long for a video title :D
It is a shame that kupe cars are out of fashion as my son, who is a bit of a train fanatic handle modern large compartment trains very poorly......and this is the reason we are stuk travelling by car
Such a shame there are no more trains to Minsk from Vilnius and vice versa. They were the most convenient way to cross the european border when traveling from Minsk in my opinion
The first class seats are the same as in first class of the refurbished X2000 in Sweden. Quite comfortable and nice to see them elsewhere too.
Indeed! I googled for "refurbished X2000" and the seats are pretty much identical. Oh well, it's good to see that LTG are taking inspirations from the right examples.
They are not the same. They are quite similar though.
The waste box reads “Mixed waste” in Lithuanian. The English translation is… funny! They probably meant “household” when they wrote “domestic”.
Not at all mistranslated. "Domestic waste" is common on waste bins, to distinguish from "commercial waste". Some authorities can fine commercial outlets that put their rubbish in bins meant for domestic rubbish.
That's exactly what in means in English. 'Domestic' in this case means 'household' and not 'national' (as opposed to 'international').
Nice trip report. Am 2nd generation Lithuanian (Scot/Irish) in Chicago. My grandparents came separately from there before 1910.
Grandpa was a Vilnius “city kid”. Grandma was a rich farmer’s daughter - but unsure from where.
Thanks, Michael! I hope you enjoyed this trip to your not-so-distant family’s home country!
0:44 this portal is for Lublin, Poland, just so people would know.
Someone in Lublin flipped me off when I was in Vilnius last summer 😢
Lublin, Dublin and New York ;)
@@HenBaldwell used to, because of obivious reasons
@@janariviik2634damn bro, unlucky.
Love Lithuania from Lithuania
Nice little shout out to Siauliai.
To correct you:
1. The ticket posts (the booths) are now not working anymore, and you can buy tickets on board of the train, or the ticket machine.
2. the siemens locomotives aren't LTG LINK, they are owned by LTG CARGO and LTG LINK rents them for "Klasika" trains (the ones with passenger coaches)
but starting from 2026, they will be removed forever because of the new STADLER trains, as well as the old good soviet DR1'Am/mv's
Nevertheless, very interesting and nice video! Greetings from Lithuania :)
Thank you! Greetings from Denmark
Why are you so sure that they will be gone "forever"? Classic carriages are alive and kickin on Vilnius-Klaipėda route (as demonstrated by this video!) despite Pesa 730 having been introduced on this route since 2014. ER20s will be in use for a long time to come and there is no reason why they shouldn't be hauling those passenger carriages.
Wow... What a great Train experience... We never travel to Lithuanian but now we are motivated to visit this country and try this Train Well Done... Great Video
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful grand station, the train looked cozy. Good presentation. 👌
Great to see you in Lithuania. I took this refurbished carriage recently and really loved the comfortable seats. Unfortunately, it seems that they're not planning any more carriages to be refurbished like this. I really wish they did, because this is soooo much better than the Pesa 730 DMUs which also have "1st class". Refurbishment was done in Latvia.
As for "quiet zone" stickers, they put them on very recently in all trains and did it, I suspect, not least due to multiple complaints by me about noisy passengers who are often very inconsiderate to other passengers even in quiet zone (talking on the phone, listening to music/videos on a loudspeaker etc.). So LTG put those stickers on in a somewhat annoying but very noticeable location so that people actually notice it. The train attendant also informed every passenger that 1st class is quiet zone which I had never seen before.
Also, it does seem that seats are identical to refurbished Swedish X2000 trains, like actually identical. Pretty cool.
Yeah, I much prefer this to the Pesa 730, but I was surprised they even bothered to refurbish these, considering they will likely be gone again in about 2 years - unless they are planning to use them for some other kind of service
@@Simon-Andersen It's a bit of a curious mystery to me too. We can only guess what they're going to do with this refurbished carriage. DMUs like Pesa 730 and shittier 630 will be used on non-electrified routes that can't be served by Stadler battery EMUs. There won't be many of such routes. Perhaps just Vilnius-Turmantas (and on to Daugavpils if it gets resumed) And Vilnius-Mockava where it then continues to Krakow on a PKP train. In theory they could use loco-hauled trains on these routes (and I wish they would!) but somehow I doubt this will happenn. Anyway, I hope they manage to keep it in use one way or another. Really liked this interior.
@@Simon-Andersen My theory is this carriage is a test or demonstration of the interior materials and design for the upcoming Stadler Flirt fleet.
who told you we're not refurbishing other carts? We are it's in reconstruction state. Just need money flow nothing is happening right now like this. You are looking at lithuania like its ruzziaa. Damn the video maker and the commenter - wish you learn something. WE Lithuanians was never ruzzians and never wil be. We are great fucking Lithuanians, and it's a big difference from ruzzians. We are not in any way are ruzzians. We are Lithuanians. ruzzia is ruzzia. Lithuania is Lithuania. FUCK RUZZIA.
@@GordonIsFreeman Sorry, I don't think I understand what you're trying to say. What on earth are you talking about?
Thanks!
Wasn't expecting a video on lithuanian railways
Yeah, I much prefer this to the Pesa 730, but I was surprised they even bothered to refurbish these, considering they will likely be gone again in about 2 years - unless they are planning to use them for some other kind of service
@@Simon-Andersen I think the same. That's really a waste refurbishing those, knowing they are going to get scrapped in a few years. Unless they're going to keep them for future routes but we never know.
Also, what I don't really like about Lithuanian Railways, is how trains take way longer between Klaipeda and Vilnius than cars. It only takes 2h57 by car, and 4h by train. Such a shame.
Well made video Simon! I travelled with this in January this year from Klaipeda to Vilnius (and back). Very pleasant! Way more nice intact and cleaned then the Öresund trains back home :)
Hope your stay in Lithuania was fine!
Let me know if you ever in Klaipeda again, a beer is on me ;)
Glad you enjoyed it! It is indeed much better than Öresundståg, but hopefully we'll soon see SJ refurbished X2000 cross the bridge into Denmark that has the same seats in first :D
Excellent video thanks. Sorry for disturbing saying the same in each video Simon
No worries Maria im glad you like my videos :D
I agree; beautiful station.
this is a surprisingly nice train. for obvious reasons, there are still some features lacking, but it was an impressive attempt to do something with these old cars.
Excatly, very impressive!
Very nice ,informative , and well done ! I would have liked a look at the menu .
Very clean station
Trenitalia did a similar conversion some time ago by taking former "Grand Comfort" compartment coaches and turning them into open plan 1st class vehicles for use on "Frecciabianca" trains. They share the same seat spacing issues with the LG conversions...
sadly that project did not go so well
That's one funny looking ER20, I didn't know they also made EuroRunners with Vectron's facemask.
Wrong. Vectrons family introduced in 2010. These ER20CF built in 2007.
It's technically ER20CF, it got quite a few changes from a regular EuroRunner, including that they have 6 axles instead of usual 4. Pretty sure they're unique to Lithuania.
@@ignaloidas yes, specially built for Lithuania 44 units in summary.
wow, they really made something out of those carriages!
i took this one but old version and it was really good! its good you can still find some older trains!
Much better than when I took this train with a TEP70 locomotive and shared a compartment with a violent drunk trying to talk to me in the local lingo and me only speaking English 😂 Thank god I’m half Viking half Anglo Saxon
Fun fact: the train bridge in jonava was renovated not long ago.
I got the train from Vilnius to Kaunas and was surprised at how nice the train was
I've ridden these in the 90s and early 2000s when they were still very soviet-like. Few things that stood out back then were: loud noise, poor temperature, and the smell from lead locomotive - the latter I reckon is no longer a thing with these modern replacements. Judging from the video sound inside is pretty tame, and seeing people with their coats off suggests temperature is regulated now as well. Probably a niche thing to bring up since these qualities are normalized, but the overhaul is admirable considering the rough bare-metal carriage is once was. The ride does look a little shaky, hard to tell from the video how it compares to other modern carriages. Overall great overview!
Thank you! Its definitely much nicer now and almost as good as something much newer :D
I was also riding old school train from Vilnius to Plungė (North East from Klaipėda) in 1980s and as a kid I was amazed why I could see rails from in wagon toilet 😁That's bonkers!
In 2000s I took train from Kaunas to Vilnius and got again soviet train with very old carriage on wooden bench and with gaping and leaking roof over my head. Temperature was mildly higher than outside.
Now what you are showing is astonishing upgrade from those utilitarian Soviet cars to sort of Eastern Pullman's 😅
4:02 is that a giant statue of Tony Soprano ?
It is indeed.
@@DS.J Any idea what is 10 meter tall statue of Tony Soprano doing in Lithuania's train station ?
@@petrkan8792 There's a bar there, and they thought it'd be fun to have a 10 meter tall statue of Tony Soprano.
@@ignaloidas ou, thats cool
@@petrkan8792 I read that there was some competition for the artists. And one of them made this statue for some reason. After the competition was over the bar probably bought it.
4:04 is that a statue of Tony Soprano 🤣🤣🤣
Yes it is 😀
Lithuania 👍
3:44 those seats are the same as SJs refurbished “new” x2000
0:48 That city is actually Lublin in Poland
1:45 I mean I brought a wrapper of a Gotina chocolate bar from Latvia to Lithuania (which could be considered international trash) but the Lithuanian translation means "mixed waste" (just like another commenter mentioned)
1:53 I can see the escalator is blocked off (which wasn't the case when I visited the station during the renovation)
1:58 When I last visited another Lithuanian railway station, the ticket office wasn't open (so in that case the options were the (broken) ticket machine which only accepts cards or buying from the conductor directly which might not work for reservation-required trains and adds an extra 3€ fee if the ticket office is actually open; the "Perlas" terminals inside supermarkets or even dedicated places can also be used for buying tickets but I haven't tried that option yet)
2:20 The Vilnius railway station had a different announcement system with older screens and a different voice (this was replaced with an unified one that's present in more railway stations including my station)
2:26 Right now those train services terminate in Kena (outside of the international platforms) instead (those platforms are still used as a technical stop for the RZD services from Kaliningrad but of course no passengers can board or get off there)
Also there were services to Kyiv, St. Petersburg and Moscow from this station before COVID
3:20 Those modernized 1st-class carriages are definitely a new addition (I think previously this carriage would be a 4-berth kupe one)
3:31 I think only the 730ML trains have proper level boarding (and maybe the EJ575)
7:40 I never saw this pole before (maybe it's electrification-related?)
7:45 This is also the point where you change to the Riga train if you're traveling from Klaipėda
8:36 I think the new Stadler FLIRT trains will also have vending machines (and the 730ML/EJ575 trains previously had dedicated coffee vending machine areas but those were removed)
9:03 I wasn't allowed to go through the carriages before (I was at the carriage shown in 9:17)
9:17 This was actually sold as the 1st class carriage before (now they're packing more people there)
Interesting, the new seats are the same used in the renovated swedish X2, love these seats
this train should long ago scrapped or changed to locomotive, basicaly majority trains are modern ones, but this line has not electrified which they already done, try vilnius kaunas train will be modern no steps on air cushion 2 stores.they transfer many of these in cargo or locomotive type.this train already will be removed basically train got retrofited and got longer period of use, they cant get rid off as its gov comp. same reason you see trolibus in vilnius those old boxes they simply dont brake and city has pile of parts.slowly decresing number as simply all that old stuff build to last for ages with trains easier as its diesel so they can say tu cut emmisions, but trolibus they are fully electric 40 years still rolling
The term "post soviet, former soviet" it starts to iritate. Just like visiting USA and calling it "post British Empyre country" or Germany "former nazzi country" or. Any other..whatever ..former country.😊
It's not a reference to Lithuania as a country, which is very much not Soviet! It's about the design of the train carriages themselves. These big, bulky carriages are commonly referred to as Soviet carriages because they were built and popularized in the Soviet Union and continue to be produced in countries like Ukraine and Russia. The ones here in Lithuania were actually built in Russia after the fall of the Union :-)
Cant wait to ride the Warsaw-Tallin train.
Rail Baltica is not only a connection between the Baltics, but also with the European rail network. Please mention it when speaking about the project, otherwise it's not that grandiose at all😊😅
I will remember next time for my future lithuania videos!
It's only connection with standard gauge rails. Right now Baltics use wider (Russian) gauge rails, so you need to switch trains at Polish-Lithuanian border. For passengers it's nothing to jump from one train to another, but for cargo train to reload all cargo to another railcars costs time and money, so Rail Baltica is kind of big deal.
Hi Simon it looks like the same footchairs that are in the rebuilt sj X2000? You always have very nice movies.
It is the same chairs, still haven't had luck and gotten one of the new X2000 yet.
The armchairs look very much like the ones in the refurbished Swedish X2000 carriages. Even the buttons are the same.
They are the same :D
Great job with the refurbishment
Domestic Waste ? I feel it's a bit of lost in translation
Yeah for sure, something went wrong when they translated it :P
Giirl those are the exact same seats as on the refurbished x2000 trains in sweden, also it would be such a waste if they took these nice trains out of service
that's a pre-Series Vectron
Eurorunner as they are called
Cool, interesting. Are there sleeping berths on the train? Because you showed them briefly but didn't go into details
Yes, but since they are always in day mode because they only run in day trains, I wish there was an empty compartment so I could have shown them properly.
These refurbished coaches could be used by an open-access train service providers like Flixtrain once the competitors are allowed in LT. Vilnius-Klaipeda is one of a few profitable routes. P.S. domestic waste hehehe
Yes and because it's profitable Lithuania should not give it to some random foreign operator. The state should use the profit to subsidize non-profit lines.
Open acess operators are allowed, but nobody wants to enter. It's quite hard to do so when the gauge is different, operators would essentially need new trains because there isn't anything that you can get locally(all baltic passanger railways kinda lack trainsets), and bringing something from outside means extensive rebuilds for gauge change.
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No ticket office anymore! Just tickets machinese & online.
Hmm, I think those are not Soviet carriages and not all of them were actually used on night routes. Soviet railway had plenty of day-time trains using similar carriages.
They are mostly built by Tver in Russia, but yes, after the fall of the Union. "Soviet" is a reference to the general style and layout, which is very similar to almost every hauled carriage currently operating in the former Union.
anyway, there are no such long journeys in Lithuania that we would have trains with closed compartments, it takes just 4 hours to cross Lithuania
They do, however! The compartment car at 9:44 is a kupe sleeper in day mode. These were used on longer trains to Moscow before, but those no longer run :D
Some of this carriages was made in 2000s in Tver, and another part was built at KVZ in Ukraine; There is no carriages, that was built in Soviet Union
It’s a reference to the style of carriages that were popularized during Soviet times and spread across the entire former union :-) - I’m well aware that many of them were built afterwards but continue to use a similar exterior and interior design, albeit a bit more modern. That context is however a bit long for a video title :D
It is a shame that kupe cars are out of fashion as my son, who is a bit of a train fanatic handle modern large compartment trains very poorly......and this is the reason we are stuk travelling by car
There’s still at least one on every carriage on these old hauled trains, but yeah, most travelers prefer the open ones now
> 5:40 A really nice day in Lithuania
Meanwhile on screen: typical crappy, depressive Eastern European weather.
but not new model
"From Lithuania with love".
Lithuania is far too small for platkartnyj bunks.
They still have sleepers tho and there was plenty of platkartnyj on the services from Vilnius to Russia, but yeah makes not sense for domsetics :D
Such a shame there are no more trains to Minsk from Vilnius and vice versa. They were the most convenient way to cross the european border when traveling from Minsk in my opinion
I hope they come back once the situation hopefully comes to a good ending
if it wasnt for the situation this would feel home in russia and the baltics
Yeah if only this whole situation could be de-escalated and some form of peace could be found.
вагоны старые и АМЕНДОРСКИЕ😆😅🤣😂
Would be funny if the video is also a heavily delayed trip :P
Soviet carriages best in the world much better than so called European sleeper
Is Lithuania too poor to buy 2-3 new trains? The country is small, they don't need more. Instead of it they repair 50 year old cars
Did you even watch the video 😆 It's mentioned that these trains will be replaced from 2026 by a order of factory new Stadler Flirt trains
@@Simon-Andersen Just russians hating on Lithuania, nothing new here.
Katzap didn't bother to watch video or do any research on Lithuanian railways at all?