THE BEST CONNECTION BETWEEN 2 EU CAPITALS / GYSEV REX REVIEW FROM BRATISLAVA TO VIENNA
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Hello and welcome to another international video on the channel!
Today we will be taking one of the most frequent and convenient trains between 2 EU capital cities. Bratislava and Vienna and served by 2 different train lines, and multiple daily connections. This is the electrified line, and in my opinion, the best one... enjoy the video!
Date of Filming: 5/9/21
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Operator: GySEV
Departure: Bratislava Petržalka, Slovakia
Arrival: Vienna, Austria
Cost: First Class €16.00 (£13.58, $16.06)
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GySEV is the last bit of railway remaining from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is an Interesting type of Railway between 2 countries (Austria and Hungary) It has a very pleasing look. In Hungary we call them GySEV but in Austria they known as Raaberbahn (Raab is a city in Hungary. In Hungarian name its Győr. so its like. "Győr Railway") GySEV is a short name for "Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút Zrt." in the Austrian side it is "Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn AG." before 2008 it is called ROeE. Their premier locomotive is the Siemens Eurosprinter or Taurus and the Siemens Vectron (Which is MÁV's Next Locomotive, Going to replace the estimated 1/3 of MÁV's 431/432/433 units.)
Interesting thanks 😊
Gysev also operates a few 5047 & 5147, but they do got very rare lately..
@@Matt-sz5podon’t they run on the Bratislava-Hegyeshalom line?
I've seen these trains, but never been on one, so thanks for the review. Good to see the train is well used.
nice train. it feels like cross between a low floor tram and an interurban DMU. That being said this in Australia would be suburban length journey so you would be lucky to even have a toilet on board.
Very nice train ! Thanks for sharing. Enjoyable ride along.
Thanks. Allways nice to see ther is space for bikes 👍
Great video !!
Very nice colourful trains. The journey is also very comfortable. Sad to see the escalators not working.
Enjoyed the video , my wife and I had actually booked to go to Bratislava in December 2020 , via Vienna and was going to use this route , but of course covid put an end to it . Keep up the good work 😃👏
Thanks Steve ✌🏻
Love the exterior colors. Interior green looks great. Fast acceleration.
Thanks Max for a nice review😀💚
Not bad are they Scott ☺️
@@NonstopEurotrip True.
Nice Train video.. 👍 Inspiring to take this Train Journey in future.
Hi there! I commented this about 25 hours before the video was released, so this video travelled in time exclusively for me and just to comment this at about 12:15 PM of Thursday, the 25th August 2022
Thanks Pedro the time traveller 🙏🏻
@@NonstopEurotrip can u talk i blind and deaf
oh, and another benefit of this route for a train fan is that it passes around Vienna's (and possibly Austria's) biggest freight sorting yards aka Kledering, which has also some sidings full of passenger locos and trains... a real joy to see... in case you want to see Kledering in action, there is a service 72A I believe from Simmering train station to Hasenleiten, and from there it is a short walk to the overpass over the sorting station :) you're welcome :D
Video’s Score: 8/10 I agree with your opinion about the livery it simply is eye-catching. Pretty standard trip but it’s between two amazing destinations.
100% agree
That’s a proper inter city service, nice post
Excellent video!👍
Thank you very much!
Great video. I love them
I do too
Great to shared this very informative Connection between to EU capitals its amazing indeed
So cool I will take it when I ll go to Wien ! So comfy way
Excelent ❤👍
Not sure that I like the livery, but ‘eye-catching and unique?’ Can’t argue with that!
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Great video! I live in Petržalka, only a few minutes by foot from the station, so whenever I go to Vienna, this service is an obvious choice.
And as an added benefit, I get to avoid our horrendous central station xD
Haha it's not that bad, it has character!
Thanks for the detailed view of the train. Can't say I like all those seats with no window at all, too much of that on new trains, but it's only an hour journey.
Great trip. It was great when your trip departing not from Main Station. The train color scheme remind me about Jamaican Flag. Next I hope in future, please make a challenge in this route, comparing between bus trip and train trip.
When I'm back there, maybe 🙂🇯🇲
Great video! I like that you explain which trains you pass, saves me having to look it up lol.
I’ve been on the diesel train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava main station, but not this route. I like that the Gysev sets have the green theme inside as well.
On this route, how do you know if your train will be ÖBB or Gysev?
Thanks Thom! I used Vagonweb to check the train number, but I think it's pot luck, especially as VW is no longer updated lol
What a smart looking regional train - thanks for reviewing it. The price for the 2 competng services I think is the same as EUR 16. Does this operator also do the day return special for EUR 16 , with free public transport in Bratislava thrown in?
I think it's like €20 now Linda, but yeah, it's the same ticket ☺️
I mean the train goes every hour from Bratislava Petrzalka, every hour from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica (if you miss one just take line 93 from one to another train station - takes 10-15 minutes), there's like 60-70 different bus lines a day, city line 901 going to Hainburg where you can get a train to Vienna and even a boat between cities (Twin City Liner).
Yeah you can hardly find better connection between 2 capital cities, and most of the cities in general :)
Absolutely yes 😀
If you liked it so much maybe you should also try the connection Wien Hbf to Bratislava hl. st. with the REX 8.
It also leaves from the same station but stops at the main station in Bratislava. Its also a more normal Push-Pull set with 3 Cityshuttle coaches, 2 ZSSK Slovak coaches and a ÖBB 2016 (Eurorunner20). It still runs diesel locos as of now but the line will get electrification so might have to be quick before they maybe change out the coaches.
As a bonus it runs on the longest straight piece of rail in all of Austria. Its about 30km of straight track between Hirschstetten and Breitensee bei Marchegg. ^^
I have. But everyone makes a video on that route
@@NonstopEurotrip True. I mean another Idea you could try is the Mariazellerbahn. Most of the Videos about that are either german or documentations about it. While it is only 1 Line from St.Pölten to Mariazell it is pretty interesting and it does also have 2 trains running first class services daily if thats something interesting for you or the viewers. ^^
There’s a slim chance of the current rolling stock being replaced anytime soon because Slovakia seemingly forgot there are wires waiting at marchegg so the cross border bridge is still unelectrifed
you can also buy a return ticket plus one day kernzone ticket included for 19,80€... for that price, you can choose between either of those REX services, plus use the full potential of Vienna transport network for the whole day :) ... great price
Those seat colours - my eyes, my eyes!
They're nice 😉
@@NonstopEurotrip we'll have to agree to disagree there!
@@eastwestdividetrains 😅✌🏻
At the end of your very nice video you write 'Or train now continues on to Deutschkreutz, an Austrian town on the border with Hungary.' That's correct, but you should also mention that to get there the train has to cross Hungarian territory for about 15 kilometers via the city of Sopron.
I can amend that the northern line to Bratislava main station is upgraded at the moment. Until next year the line will be without level crossings, will become selectively a double track line and will be electrified. So it can be expected that the northern line then will also get modern rolling stock.
Nice video, nice train. I'm not a lover of that shade of green though. It looked like you were on the District & Circle Lines. However, it was great to see no graffiti.
Agree, they were in excellent condition 👌🏻
2:33- I'm a fan of these trains too, and want to see them be used here in North America (specifically here in Southern Ontario [Toronto] with GO Transit.)
That'd be good! 🤓
Nice train I like the livery and train journeys are cheaper in Europe than the UK
Yes, true
I think the Amsterdam-Schiphol-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Brussels IC route is also one of the best cross-border connections between two EU capitals. Every hour a train leaves without reservation. This IC train runs on the high-speed rail and is therefore not slower than the Thalys and Eurostar, which are more expensive and require reservation.
the IC is a hour slower then Thalys 160km/h vs 300 it will get faster in a few years when the Intercity New Generation trains arrive but those will still be limited to 200km/h. still a great service though
This is 2/3 trains an hour on 2 routes
That interior looks way better anything that MAV has to offer unfortunately.
I'm especially envy of that big table.
I've found the MAV's or GYSEV's Stadler Flirts more comfortable, than this train. There isn't table though.
i prefer going by boat sadly Lod doesn't operate the hydrofoils anymore, now you can only go by Twin City LIner. But this train seems nicer then expected.
Been waiting for this one! Do you think it’s worth me making a first train ride in Poland 🇵🇱 video? I’ve got all the footage just need to edit it
You should!
@@NonstopEurotrip I’ll give it a go then! Thanks man
Nice! Does this service share any of the route taken by fhe ÖBB/ZSSK loco hauled services, or are they entirely more northerly...?
Only the last bit into Wien Hbf
@@NonstopEurotrip Thx!
That seat livery is a little Star Trek-ish :)
😂
I never knew this line existed, as I always would have traveled with OBB
Can shallow cup holder really keep coffee from spilling or is it a mere decoration?
It just keeps it from moving.
Was the subtitle at 3:00 Minutes a mistake? Looks like it?! - Personally I don't think green and yellow mix very well though, so the ÖBB livery it is for me for these beautiful Desiro MLs
Deliberate mistake 🙈
Würden Sie zwischen beiden Städten eher diese Route oder jene über Marchegg empfehlen?
Both are good tbh!
Recently travelled on the ÖBB version of this train. They are very comfortable and efficient but are sadly replacing the classic Austrian push-pull loco hauled trains. 😩
They're more for regional services, where those loco-hauled trains were very old
@@NonstopEurotrip very true, but I always enjoyed a trip on those old trains. I recommend the route between Salzburg Hbf and Wörgl Hbf via Zell am See, great scenery and you may even find a classic train still running!
Hi
Very Nice videos but i Think you Now and then love the ganers to fast
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3:00 - the wrong subtext states that the train arriving is a DB Class 411 which made me laugh😅
Deliberate mistake 🙈🤓
not so different than the desiros here in Belgium. just...greener. the second toilet is a nice touch.
Central european. Poland, hungary, slovakia, czechia. Sometimes austria. Eastrrn europe, romania, ukraine, byelorus, russia to the urals and caspian. Omho
I've taken this one a couple times and the legroom for the airline style seats is awful. The footrest just takes away too much space and makes for even less space. Also, it still doesn't make sense to me why they use those nicer trains on the route to Petrzalka and the old ones to Bratislava main station. Should switch it around imo.
The leg room definitely looked quite bad. Not nice for those of us with longer legs!
However, these new trains cannot go to Bratislava main station, as there's a section of non-electrified track on the way from Vienna to that station. Therefore, they have to use old train cars with diesel locomotives for that route instead.
Indeed. The other line is not fully electrified
The footrest can be pushed up against the bottom of the seat. That might help.
@@wasmic5z so its basically hourly on the diesel CityShuttle carriages from Hlavna and hourly on these new Desiro from Petrzalka to Vienna
@@aselwyn1 plus a railjet every couple hours
I wish there was a nonstop connection. They're two capital cities after all.
There is, two
Hola. Que tiempo tardo en unir a las dos capitales? 🤔
All the information is in the video
Toilets... a normal one and an accessible one. Which is which...depends on where you sit/ $hit.
I didn't get that ICE-T bit. Was that a mistake in the subtitles? And if you're in Belgium, you *don't* like Desiro's ;) They have no tables, terrible first class and run intercity services.
Yeah it was a mistake 🙈
I‘m traveling to Vienna next week and now I‘m tempted to make a daytrip to Bratislava.
ÖBB offers a discounted return ticket called „Bratislava-Ticket“ (what a surprise!) for 16€ which includes a daypass for public transport in Bratislava.
How do I get from Petrzalka to downtown? Is it easy and convenient? Or is it better to take the diesel train to the main station?
There's buses/trams from right outside both stations and they're both a similar distance from the centre of Bratislava
Getting from Petržalka station to the city centre takes like 15 minutes by bus.
The easiest way would be to take bus number 80, from right in front of the station.
Or you could take bus number 91, which leaves from a stop which you'll get to when you go through the underpass from the station.
Taking 80 means less walking, taking 91 means less stops, up to you :)
Is it me or is the train like the exact same train like in Belgium? In Belgium there's the same train
I believe they have some, yes
Is there a more direct train between Bratislava and Vienna?
Don’t think so, how much more direkt does it have to be? It’s faster than getting from one end of Vienna to the other.
This is direct.
@@NonstopEurotrip Thee route doesn't look like the shortest distance on your map.
@@samtrak1204 there used to be a more direct train track through Wolfsthal (Where the S7 train from Vienna nowadays ends, only a few kms from Bratislava), from the late 19th century till the end of the WW2, which got discontinued after the war because of the Iron curtain, mostly. Nowadays you have to use two of the other connections, since there are about 6 kms of tracks missing in this shortest link.
Great video, can you ride these trains with a Eurail Pass? Thanks
It is possible to use them with an Eurail Ticket.
@@davidhofler3879 thanks
Yes!
the desiros in belgium are terrible seats are rockhard legroom is ok i geuss kinda loud when going at 160 kph
Take the "Oebb Vorteilscard" for Euro 66 a year ,...and you pay only the half price for every trip with the ÖBB and also the train in the Video... the hole time....and on your birthday you drive free. 🤩👍
Great value!
colors like the Reading Railroad.
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I thought it was one of those green cityjets lol
Kind of it 🤣
@@NonstopEurotrip lol
€16 for a 74 km route is a very high cost for a regional service (a for a train in general without dinamic pricing!)
This means that the yield is 21.6 cent€/km, very lucrative and, in my opinion, too much!
Moreover, this route faces high competition from the long distance bus companies, offering good quality of buses (still not as good as this train of course), same travel time and dinamic pricing starting from JUST €1 and rarely going over €10.
Need to work on that in my opinion (as I can see in the video and reading some comments also the load factor of the train is showing some poor volumes unfortunately)
Or the hydrofoil 🛥️
That is true on the surface, however, the more sensible trip Wien Hbf - Bratislava hl. st. via Marchegg only costs 11€. Standard regional tickets are also a bit of a tourist trap in Austria since you can get a railcard for 66€/year (19€/year if you're under 26) that reduces prices by about 50%. For this trip you would only pay 9,60€ or 6,30€ respectively.
And also if not using ÖBB, then from the Slovak railways ticket offices or online, you can buy an Euregio Wien return ticket for 14 €, which is valid for any return connection between Bratislava and Vienna via both Marchegg and Petržalka on a given day (if bought online) or for a period of 14 days! (if bough in a ticket office), giving you a price of 7€ per journey with very high flexibility, from my experience much much better than the bus connections, which are the best only if you want to get to the Vienna airport imo. (and a bit of a hidden tip, if the printed ticket does not get checked and marked by the train conductor, it retains its validity, although there are cheap weekly and monthly tickets for that also, so as it was said above, locals usually are able to get a better deal than a tourist)
Seems a bit odd to go to the effort of making access to the train step free but then have a load of steps inside the train.
The accessible/ disabled sections are step free
Too short to be that special. In the distant past one of the Wien tramlines went all the way to Bratislava.
Nmbs uses those train to for their Sbahn
Hi. I also prefer the Slovakian livery over the Austrian one, but I'm not convinced how well it works inside the train. I liked the rate of flow of the water into the sink in the toilet - so many trains have only a bare trickle. I'm not sure whether you mentioned the speed at which this train travelled the route to Wien.
It's Hungarian 😉 max speed is 160kmh
Does this train tilt? 😅
Nope!
@@NonstopEurotrip Don't look at 3:00 🐸
Sncb has the same train but boy it sucks
Ich wünsche das die dostos hätte
Empty I see, not rammed with people and luggage in the aisles. Why empty? Not my experience of railjet.
Off peak midweek train. And it's not a railjet
The European Union has only one capital - Brussels.
Actually it has 27.
@@NonstopEurotrip Brussels is the metropolitan capital. And other cities are the capitals of the regions. Just like in the USA there are state capitals and there is Washington.
@@volh1volh195 nope, because the EU isn't a country.
@@volh1volh195 Just asking: Are you dumb or just uneducated?
persze magyarba meg nem jön be :(
Megáll Sopronban is...
@@balazspetho5636 tényleg? a videóban nincs sopron
12:26 That train does not run on 4 D-cell batteries. It uses electricity and lots of it. Electricity is mostly produced using coal, oil or gas--- all fossil fuels. Occupancy: 10%. I wonder how many KWs per person that 41 mile ride required. Your "green" bubble is not as large as you think. It does get way larger as occupancy increases.
As soon as the train crosses the austrian border, it's using solely energy from renewable sources. Austrian Railways even own nine hydro electric dams with which it supplies 95% of all electricity needed to all trains that run in Austria. And for the remaining 5% they buy energy from other electricity operators (only renewable sources as well of course) ... So what you're saying is, at least for Austria and partly trains in germany, plain wrong.
@@rolmaxify According to the internet (for what it's worth) 70% of electricity in Austria is from "rewewable" sources. Does that mean it is ok to squander it on a train with 10% occupancy? Would it not have a greater benefit if used to deminish use on the remaining 30%????
@@cestmoi1262 Yes, it is okay. The only reason why trains are popular in the first place is the fact that you can get to most places very easily almost hourly. It‘s a no brainer to use the train, simply because you can get almost everywhere, including small villages, and with a high frequency schedule.
And guess what people would start to use in case trainservices in general were not convenient: They would buy cars instead. And a lot of them. Because the number of people who didn‘t buy cars in the first place due to great trains is in the hundredthousands in Austria.
And apart from that: You‘ll find very little trains with such a low occupancy. Almost every train will be much more busy at some parts of its journey
A large coal or gas plant can achieve an efficiency of over 40%, a modern diesel train only 25 to 35%.
Stationary generators are just inherently more efficient and cleaner than mobile ones.
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I hate toilet tours!
Was a quick one...
And others don't, so thank you for your sharing 🤷
Mee too, but you can skip ahead...
I actually used the train from the Wien HBF to the Bratislava hl.st and as far as I know it is fully electric and also cheaper. but maybe I got something mixed up
It's diesel, and the same price.