Hidden First Class Diesel Train Prague - Vienna via Tábor
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2024
- Train: České dráhy Rychlík R 321
Brand Name: Silva Nortica
From: Praha hl.n., Prague, Czech Republic
To: Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, Vienna, Austria
Route via: Benešov u Prahy, Tábor, Veselí nad Lužnicí, České Velenice, Gmünd, Tulln an der Donau
Coverage part 1: Prague - České Velenice
Train operator: ČD České dráhy, ÖBB Personenverkehr AG
Travel Class: First Class
Scheduled Departure Time from Praha hl.n.: 07h46 cet
Scheduled Arrival Time in Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof: 12h54 cet
Scheduled Travel time (Prague - Vienna): 5 hours and 8 minutes
Railway distance via Gmünd: 349 km
Travel season: December 2023
Ticket bought on: cd.cz/eshop
Occupancy rate on train: around 5%
First Class car registration: CZ - ČD 61 54 19 - 70 015 - 3 Aee 140
Maximum speed: 160 km/h
Configuration: 9 compartments with a total of 54 seats
Electric locomotive (Praha - Veselí nad Lužnicí): ČD 362 110 - 9
Built by: Škoda Plzeň, delivered to ČSD in 1988
Diesel locomotive (Veselí nad Lužnicí - České Velenice): ČD 754 040 - 4
Built by: ČKD, delivered to ČSD in 1979
00:00 Preview Summary
02:26 Praha hl.n.
04:02 First Class car
06:01 Praha - Benešov
10:11 Voltage change from 3 kV to 25 kV
13:08 Stopover in Tábor
17:46 ČD 362 Electric Locomotive
21:39 ČD 754 Diesel Locomotive
25:01 Open Windows
28:19 České Velenice
This is one of the best trains in Austria :)
yes; very very cheap? because some sort of commuter train fare applies for this long-distance train product
When you hear the famous Pershing/Eso melody as the intro, you know that it's about to be good :)
The best electric locomotive sound EVER!
yes, it is; thats why you hear that sound multiple times in my video
Over 50 years since I travelled in coaches like yours. Love the unique Czech aesthetic of the diesel. Good that Skoda still produces locomotives. 👍🏻🏴
most of these rail cars were built in gdr (east germany)
@@doc7austin actually the second class compartment cars on this train (first three on the direct one to Vienna) are all ex-ÖBB. You can easily recognize them by the shape, the seats and double folding tray tables under the windows, and usually also by the door system.
@markoobid2005 those cars are very comfortable - much better than second class aboard the CD/ÖBB Railjet
Great image quality and I love the style of your videos! This is a nice discovery!
you are welcome ! more czech railways content is coming up.
Glad to hear there's a Part 2! I used to travel the Austrian part of this line regularly when I lived there. Sadly the tiny branch line from Schwarzenau no longer runs 😢
yes, i will publish part 2 (ceske velenice - vienna) in around 8 days
Oh, amazing video of this train called Silva Nortica! Thank you. This train/service was crowded during Summer. I guess that it's not that popular during the winter time. The extension to Vienna is an initiative of the Wardviertel region in Austria to promote tourism and cross-country movement of tourists, it was not meant as an end to end (Prague-Vienna) alternative to the main corridor but it works and I personally love this route. It goes through Třeboň and Gmünd, my favorite towns.
Oki, is there anything special to see in trebon ?
@@doc7austin It's a tiny spa town with very nice historical center. Very similar to Tabor, just in a smaller scale. There are many ponds and lakes around the city so there are many walk and bike paths. Very similar description would fit Gmünd. It's great to compare these cities in one day to see the similarities between Austria/Czechia.
20:50 the coach you're showing here is an ex-ÖBB Eurofima Z1 Bmz61, built in 1977, sold to ČD in 2014.
yes, those ex-ÖBB cars is super comfy
The Diesel Locomotives have a special feature that is interesting. They look like the minions.
yes, the class 754 is a nice classic diesel locomotive
Your channel is a classic 👌
thank you
Unfortunately, 1st class is declassified in Austria because the train is not declared as a long-distance train there 🤨.
but both the first and second class cars were almost empty; plenty space to stretch out
This is amazing ❤love compartments and this nice loco hauled consists.
yes; I will take this train again
excellent video
I like your philosophy sir...and find your videos elegantly reflect the actual journey.....a viewer from SW Montana in the Rocky mountains....when Amtrak....if ....the new extensions are realized and the North Coast Limited is added to our existing Northern route The Empire Builder....I would say come and ride the rails.... that line runs about 5 miles south of me.....its a beautiful ride i did it as kid...teen in the late seventies to Butte MT on the weekends from Bozeman to go the movies......good times still to be had in the seventies on american passenger rail....
great video, merry christmas Doc 😊
I'm surprised you missed Tábor-Bechyně branch line, which departs from small platform on the street in front the train station. It was first electrified line here and it's only line czech republic using 1500V DC. There also possible to see interesting rolling stock.
well, I didn't spend enough time to research Tabor before coming there
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
From time to time I use this train between Prague and Třeboň and I would not call it empty. But it might be quite seasonal and also my preferred one is the morning one (7:46 from Prague).
Nice
Yes, I love dashing through the snow on a fast smooth riding train.
yes; the snow and open window made this the perfect setting
Have you covered the Praha Zurich sleeper train. It's a fun one as the one through carriage keeps getting shunted from train to train.
there is a video on my channel about the prague-leipzig-zürich sleeper train.
@@doc7austin That's not the one that you see in this video.
Love the czech content!
yes, czech republic is still a railway paradise
The ideal locomotive for the entire route is a DB Baureihe 102 CD Baureihe 380 that way it can run 15kv 16.7hz AC 25kv 50hz and 3kv DC. Note that the kilometer zero in Prague Central Station isn't set there but Vienna Central Station the Legacy Austria-Hungary KkStb. IC531 if running longer it would have a Zürich Hauptbahnhof Feldkirch Bludenz Innsbruck Hbf via the Arlbergbahn. Which will require it to have the CD Baureihe 380 trailing behind the Taurus locomotives 182 183 1016-1216 locos for the Steep section between Bludenz & Innsbruck Hbf
but i find the legacy CD Class 362 locos much more cooler than the new skoda class 380
Thanks again for the great video. The dutch "koploper" trainset has the same traction sound.
yes; i like these more classic older trains
Great to see real rail travel as opposed to high speed business travel/food etc.
yes, the silva nortica train in my eyes is a secret - a very nice secret
22:39 it must be EC Jížní express because it have bistro coach wich is taken when the whole jurney is 500+ Km (310+ miles) wich is only (some) EC services
hmmm, it could be; its difficult for mento find out what exact train that was
@@doc7austin it's ok but that's central european rail rule (maybe just Czechs and slvaks), but there is one explonation and that's SC junits (pendolino, train class 680)
Great video, Veselí nad Lužnicí - České Velenice is my local track :)
oki; when will see electrification on that line?
@@doc7austin probably never, because the electrification was planned on 2022/23
I took this train from Praha to Wien. To come back home from my Interrail journey
It was a great and cheap way to travel.
I took the train in the morning R321
Surely, it is a difference between Railjet and this Service.
Some compartment wagons are former ÖBB carriges
16:19 one of my favorite locomotive in czech republic
If tried also the night train Service (21:25 ) and it was very good
I love this train for travel in Austria because this is the only way where you can use for no Supplement 1st class with a 2nd Class Ticket. :)
yes; this train is the best option between prague and vienna -> albeit that train takes one hour longer than the railjet
in Poland it has a 754 series diesel locomotive, called Nurek (diver)
yes, the 754 were running to Hel
That not loco name "Potápěčské brejle". The correct name is "Brejlovec". 🙂 This is the person who wears glasses. it is colloquial Czech.
ou... yes; well, i havent found that term brejlovec, while editing this video
The only unelectrified section of the ride is Českè Velenice - Veselì nad Luznici, 60 😮
yes, this is exactly mentioned in the video, as well
Ah the ESO sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 362 loco
yes, I love that sound
The R and Ex trains are ordered by ministry of transportation. So the government pays for them.
that explains it; probably the gmünd-vienna section is financed by the länder in austria ?
@@doc7austinyes, it is.
@@doc7austin yes, as the train is labelled as REX (RegionalExpress) in Austria and so it's integrated into regional transport.
That's why you cannot buy first class ticket to Vienna - REX trains have second class only.
@markoobid2005 oki; good to know
When I was Amtrak Conductor I brought Windex to work with me to clean always dirty windows.. I couldn't wash all the windows on my train but at least my window was clean.
but its not possible to reach the outside rear window to clean it
Open the door. @@doc7austin
Thankfully, we don't live in USA where conductor has to clean windows. 😀
What is the difference between first and second class on those trains? Both feature 6 seats per cabin. Is the cabin bigger n first class?
It is possible that this train is full on the return journey which would justify it running empty to get to Vienna to pickup passengers.
first class compartments are slightly larger than the second class seating compartments
27:00 mostly called "Brejlovec"
yes, i was not able to find out the czech pet name for the class 754 loco
Is the bathtub in addition to a shower?
nope; one has to take a shower in this bathtub
Which hotel in Tabor please?
hotel palcat, tabor
@@doc7austin thank you very much!
27:15 in Polish - Nurek
yes, yes; do the nureks still run to Hel ?
@@doc7austin yes, in the summertime
@Visalcon i should come back to the Hel Peninsula
Hey Doc7austin dreamliner central Happy Holiday stay Healthy And celebration Beautiful Comes in the Good year 2024 Happy New year 31.12 🎉Dezember
sure; see you in 2024
4:55 you were NOT all by yourself on this train as we can hear...
hahaa; this was a special CD ticket inspector, who was speaking so loud
@@doc7austin well... i can hear a child also - was it his child or yours? :D
👍👍👍❤🤍💚
Comment on rejoînt Vienne en train depuis Prague,, ou l'on voit bien la différence de niveaux de vie.... et il y a encore des sections de parcours non électrifiées et à une seule voie... c'est dire !!! Mais d'après les indications de fréquentation, il y a de quoi se poser des questions sur la rentabilité de la ligne !
the main line between prague and vienna runs via brno and breclav; that line is double-track and electrified all the way
These old non air conditioned carriages are horrible
but m my car had an air conditioning system; and I assume it will work during summer-time
CD uses old but fully revamped carriages that in each compartment have dedicated controls for light and temperature (with AC). I always had a good experience while riding them in winter and summer.
yes; i liked these cars as well
you are welcome !