Great report. I personally LOVE Railjets trains. Actually CD will put into operations another 10 Railjet style trains (5 coaches per train) in next months for lines Prague - Pilsen - Cheb and Prague - Ústí nad Labem - Cheb. Also between 2023 - 2025 another 20 Railjet style trains (9 coaches per train) should be put into operation for lines Prague - Berlin/Hamburg and Prague - Bratislava/Budapest. Greetings from Brno ;)
Let me just correct you. the trains running between Prague and Cheb will be known as the InterJet. These cars were originally intended to operate as regular RailJets, but they ended up assigned to these less important routes for a reason I can't remember.
@@wimex9062 They were actually intended for the Prague - Budapest (Metropolitan) line, but they were reassigned, most likely due to the 9-car sets being better suited for that route. The problem with the 5-car sets was that they would need additional cars added to every trainset due to insufficient capacity. Also, they didn't include a restaurant car, which would have to be added to the end of the train, making people from 2nd class walk through the first class area to get there. Honestly, I have no idea why they thought a 5-car trainset without a restaurant car would be suitable for the Metropolitan route.
Thank you, nonstop eurotrip! With you, as with Dylan, your videos breathe life. Your videos are alive. It is a real pleasure to follow you in your wanderings everywhere, to see the beauty of trains and stations everywhere. A big thank you to you.
Brno is definitely worth a visit! And I absolutely love traveling with ČD. I prefer the pendolinos or EuroCity trains over the railjets though. Or the old-school Rychlík trains with openable windows, they are so much fun! :D Edit: I prefer ČD’s blue livery over ÖBB’s red one, but I do like both. :)
@@oldrixs Well, I don’t live in the Czech Republic, but I have my grandma there. And I like to do trips in the Czech Republic to various regions and cities. I have been to Brno only once and I think it is pretty and worth a visit and definitely want to go there again! However, if I have to decide, I‘m still on Team Prague, lol. :P
A nice memory of the time when Railjet Prague - Vienna was still run along the main corridor through Pardubice. Now, due to track repairs and the diverse route through the Vysočina, the journey time is almost an hour longer (and will be almost all the next year)
Do you know when this changes back? I'm going in August this year. would much rather get a train than a flixbus but the extra 1-2 hours on train is annoying Thanks :)
Die tolle rote Farbgebung (livery) des Railjets der ÖBB gefällt mir noch besser als die blaue der CD. Aber der Komfort innen ist der gleiche. Beides Top-Züge, wohl die besten von einer Lokomotive gezogenen in West- und Mittel-Europa. Ein Hoch auf die ÖBB und die CD...... Danke für dein Video.
Nicht mehr Mensch! - Die beste sind jetzt die neuste innerstatliche InterJets bei ČD seit 12/2021- ruclips.net/video/fCzqevKzlZ0/видео.html Und seit 12/2023 werden die neuste interstatliche ComfortJets gelifert. Alles geht nach dem "Plan 2030" - wenn wird ganze Flotte umgetauscht. Gruss aus Praha (Prag/Prága/Prague)
CityElefant (electric) RegioShark (diesel) RegioPanter (electric) RegioSpider (diesel) RegioMouse (diesel) Sysel = Ground Squirrel passenger carrige bellow you can have detailed english description with photos from Czech Railways web site www.cd.cz/en/nase-vlaky/regionalni-vlak-cd/regiopanter/-27532/ or take look at my detailed description of almost all trains aged 1-10 years of age belloow including inside videos: ČD has a "2030 program" - until when it plans to change the vast majority of its fleet… News 12/2021: InterJet ruclips.net/video/fCzqevKzlZ0/видео.html RegioPanter "3.0" ruclips.net/video/FtJL34h7aMg/видео.html PushPull for MS County ruclips.net/video/CEhynBxzcSY/видео.html News 01/2022 - ČD took over the first 2 RegioPanters for the South Bohemian region - will be delivered in total in 06/2022 During 2022 and 2023 - during this year, new regional trains for RegioJet will finally run on some regional lines in the Ústí nad Labem region - in the green color of the region www.railjournal.com/fleet/pesa-elf-and-stadler-kiss-begin-testing-at-velim/ - the first deliveries from a total of 37 RegioPanters "Moravia" for lines 2 and 3 from Brno to the South Moravian Region will take place this year ruclips.net/video/p1IdPtI1j-Q/видео.html - During 2023, 182 wagons will be delivered under the new ComfortJet designation - speed 230 km / h zdopravy.cz/comfortjet-ceske-drahy-maji-nazev-pro-nove-vlaky-na-230-km-h-vyroba-zacne-behem-pololeti-103821/ from 20224 new generation of RegioSharks (2.0) www.railjournal.com/fleet/czech-railways-orders-more-dmus-from-pesa/ ----- RailJet ruclips.net/video/Dwce0A3d3p0/видео.html Pendolino ruclips.net/video/N3Ov2jAhwqA/видео.html RegioShark 1.0 ruclips.net/video/zp8nmceQb90/видео.html RegioSpider ruclips.net/video/U5OxGxKzfd8/видео.html RegioSprinter ----- New locomotives Traxx MS3 for Czech Railways ruclips.net/video/_UbWiYmWV_k/видео.html Traxx MS3 for RegioJet - still without stickers ruclips.net/video/d6i4wBT6l4w/видео.html ------- LeoExpress Flirty ruclips.net/video/xQsxtmvdiMA/видео.html -new Sirius units from CRRC - already 2 years in the approval process (obviously don't want to give it to them) ruclips.net/video/d3FayxqvMk4/видео.html - LeoEspress Tenders regional units ruclips.net/video/LHWWp0gOBhg/видео.html ------------ foreign overhauls on Czech dormitories RegioSprinter AŽD on the "Švstková dráha" - line U10 ruclips.net/video/E-913U5DvD4/видео.html RegioSprinter from GW Train Regio at Pošumavské lokálky ruclips.net/video/sY5gvyhUH4g/видео.html ČD - Stadler GTW ruclips.net/video/M1ieC7CgpFw/видео.html ruclips.net/video/MQz-KTaL41M/видео.html
Yes - I loved Prague. It has a wonderful tradition of Ultra-Violate Light illuminated Pantomime Theatres. They were very cool. Also, the traditional Czech restaurant food is the epitome of comforting gravy covered meat stews with those big fluffy bread loaf dumplings - just big saucy plates of braises that a child would eat in some fantasy grandma's cottage kitchen (along with the obligatory stein of child's beer). Wow, what a menu - they have veal in a dark French wine sauce stewed with bacon, pearl onions, wild mushrooms and potato dumplings to sop it all up. Czech food is so rich and comforting on a rainy day. And it's the perfect thing to drip on a shirt. Ah - you got street-food. Cech Republic is so green. I was there in winter.
10:40 you'll find that the Standard Class seats are comfortable, as they're the same seat design as used on GWR's HSTs, although the seats were more comfortable when they were First Great Western.
Great video!!! And indeed that canopy looks magnificent and I hope that food was delicious by the looks of it, i think that food tasted really good. Vienna is definitely a beautiful city and a city worth visiting.
Yes, Brno is really an underrated university city and there is so much to do. For a Praguer like me it's always surprising to see how nice the streets are and that it doesn't really lack behind Prague that much. It's a compact version of Prague basically. There are also hilly terraces and nice landscapes around, a zoo, good public transport aaand the historical center of the city... without tourists :)
I think Brno is probably more worthy to visit than Vienna. :-) I've been to Vienna this year and I was very disapointed, our Czech and Bohemian cities look actually better.
I took this train last week from Vienna to Prague. Even in Economy, it was absolutely amazing. Spacious, comfy, excellent and cheap dining car. Bargain at €14.30!!!!
Thank you for a great review. I really like the RailJet trains, having travelled in several OBB ones between Munich and Salzburg/Vienna. I've not yet travelled in a Czech one, but from your review they do look good.
What you get right - in my not so humble opinion. No 'wannabe a TV presenter' (who are all rubbish, can't talk to camera, and either have a monotone voice or one which wanders from bass to falsetto). Easy to read descriptions of both what we can see plus a bit of history. (Just to prove I read these, your 'cook hook' would prove interesting.) No excessive use of !!!!. (which is irritating on some other sites) Good camera work. All of your reports give a very fair appraisal of the journey taken, and includes accessibility, food/drink available, and some outstanding scenery. Great idea to add a glimpse of the attractions of your destination. What don't I like? Nothing ! I love it all - and you are the best. Got to go now to find a cook to hang from that hook !
I can't believe I missed this one !! Sorry ! I am here now & watching after Dylan's report / review !! Great that you guys are supporting each other !! 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🚈💞
I made part of this trip in June 1982: from Prague to Brno, and return. Things were very different then. Praha hl. N. was nothing like as developed as the station you used, though the art-deco hall was there, of course. I arrived at the station in very good time, but alas my train was 8 hours late - this was one of those soviet block trains that travelled vast distances: from Berlin via Dresden to Prague, then on to Brno, Bratislava, Budapest and, I believe following the Danube to the Black Sea. I was about to return to my wandering round Prague when I saw that a previous train was so much delayed it was running about 30 mins ahead of my planned train. So I got to Brno more or less as planned. The ride was comfortable enough, and there were two classes of travel: ordinary (which I had to use) and what my tour guide called 'Representative Class'; this was restricted to people using it "as representatives of the Czechoslovakian people". Just as, in Prague, the garden of Prague castle was known as the 'Representative' garden of the president. I flew home on a Czechoslovak state airlines flight. As we boarded, the famous tennis player just in front of me, Hana Mandlikova, turned left into the Representative Class seats at the front, I turned right into the back of the plane. The seats there were not quite wooden benches. I did enjoy Brno: some nice churches and bars, famous, of course, for the experiments on peas carried out in the Jesuit monastery by Fr Gregor Mendel, which marked the beginning of genetics as an academic study. I love your channel. Thank you: I'm too old to go train riding now, but your vlogs keep me happy.
Very useful and thorough review as always. The trains look excellent...with one exception from my point of view. Nearly all the 1st Class seating in unidirectional and I would rather travel in 2nd facing forward than at speed backwards. I would only choose that 1st Class option going from Vienna (as long as the trains are always formed in the same way). It's good to be forewarned about what could turn out to be a big disappointment.
I enjoyed this video. I was on a tour several years ago and my wife and I travelled to Budapest, Vienna, and Prague. The trip was done on a motor coach. The trip was OK until we went from Vienna to Prague. From Vienna to Prague, via Telc, we travelled by motor coach and the roads were very winding. I made a vow back then that if I ever went from Vienna to Prague I would travel by train. That is because the winding roads gave me a small sense of motion sickness. when we finally arrived in Prague it took me a few minutes to feel better. If I took the train I would not have had such problems. I look forward to visiting Vienna and Prague sometime in the future, and possibly visiting Bratislava as well. I would highly recommend the train because I do not suffer motion sickness problems on the train the way that I do on the road. I also want to experience rail travel in Europe, which I understand is very good.
About ten years ago I took the train from Zurich to Milan. Fantastic views as the train winds its way through the Alps! Don't recall who the operator was, I think it was the EuroStar.
I might be moving to Brno, excited to take this service maybe even every weekend to see my best friend in Vienna! There's a ticket valid to Vienna and back that brings the cost of one way to just €8 in second class!
Nice one mate! Standard class looks perfectly good there, comfortable and clean. I think I’d choose that having seen this video and then gone to eat breakfast in the restaurant car just for a bit of a change of scenery. Looked quite a comprehensive menu too. Another one to add to the list! Cheers 👍
@@LetsMakeaTrip Hi there ! That's fantastic !! How are holiday cheers & decorations & everything in U.K.? How are you guys dealing with covid restrictions ? Stay warm & stay safe ! Thank you so much for your reply ! 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈🚈💞
Please allow me to share a travel memory. I took a train from Vienna to Prague in the late 1990's. I don't even remember the Vienna train station but I clearly remember the Prague station (which was nothing like in your video) because I stopped at some kind of baggage check or ticket counter in a very old building, maybe I was buying a metro, bus or taxi ticket (can't remember) but there was only one, early 30's woman behind the counter and two rather sordid types sitting on an adjacent concrete wall next to her who seemed to be chewing the fat with her. It was an absolutely beautiful train ride from Vienna; I had a snack and two beers. The day was lovely. Crossing into the Czech Republic, the border guards came onto the train, looked me over and didn't even ask for my passport. SO, whatever business I was transacting at that counter, I walked away from and 10-15 seconds I hear, "Mister! Mister!' I turn around and I had left my wallet on top of the counter which held all my credit cards and quite a bit of cash. If they had stolen it, my trip would have been absolutely ruined. Thank God, for their honesty. And follow up: I totally fell in love with Prague, met a huge number of fascinating people but haven't had the opportunity to go back since then. I lived in Europe from 2018 - 2020, got booted due to Covid because I have U.S. citizenship but moving back in April. Looking forward to seeing that magical city again!
Depending on when and which train you order tickets for, it can sometimes be really cheap to travel in Business class (which here oddly is above First class) with even better seats and service at your seat. I went Vienna-Prague-Vienna in Business class for just 85€ (make sure to check both the ÖBB and ČD sites for prices, as they sometimes differ!).
Great video! That's what we should have more of, modern intercity trains (with restaurant cars!), these sets look perfect. Cannot wait to ride them when I get the chance! (also 14:33 hehe i took your joke)
Wow ! River Danube !! This was totally different from Dylan's !! Both in different routs . Both were very very good reports/ reviews !! Good job !! 👏 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🚈🌲💕💞
I'm studying in Brno now. It is underrared city and lots of people are making joked about this city (they're saying it's just a village in the curve on the way from Prague to Vienna). If you visit it first time, it's better to be with someone, who knows the city. I haven't had a guide when I was there first time and I really thought it's just a bigger village. I've experienced second class in both railjets. Traveling comfort is the same but the Czech ones look better to me
I absolutely LOVE videos like this, I am doing the same trip in the next few weeks so I appreciate your video. Help a brother out, do you recommend OBB, Regiojet or Eurorail from Prague-Vienna? I am a solo traveler and want comfort, dont want to be bombarded by dense carts and loud passengers. Thanks :)
I like your captions and not audio like your friend DTR. I also like the pictures you post at the end of the nice scenes of the destination city. Keep up the great work.
Brno is pleasant yet hardly an essential see if you're strapped for time. Their local beer Starobrno (sp?) is likely pleasant but not a serious rival to Gambrinus, Staropramen, or Radagast.
NIce video, but I don't bewleive that it would take another 3.5 h to reach Graz. Many years ago (long before Railjet) the travel time was around 2.40. As to he delay, was it filmed before or after some kind of tornado damaged the catenary between Brno and Břeclav? After that event the trains were hauled by diesel for some time.
on these european trains, how do you know at which stop could you go out to stretch your legs? Do they make an announcement or have you got to chance it?
When sticking the gopro out a side window for the dramatic forward side shot, do you ever worry about it , or you, being hit by trackside stuff, never mind oncoming traffic?
I don't know if anyone will see this, but I don't know where to go to ask for help/info. This is our first trip (and my only) to Europe. We bought a Eurorail pass. I used one day for us to travel from London to Paris. We have travel to an airport in England (London), but not any transportation from that airport to Paris. Using one of the days is supposed to be non-refundable. So any suggestions on what I can do? Any suggestions on how I can get to Paris with our used tickets? If we can't get to Paris from London we could possibly take a plane, but we already paid almost $1500 for our passes and we can't give them away. Any help would be very, very much appreciated. Thank you, Elizabeth
Now that I've also watched Dylan's review of the Czech Pendolino (how many countries even operate these trains?! Sometimes it feels like every second trip report I watch starts in Wien Hbf or features some Pendolino 😂), I'm a bit curious about the categories (if there are any) of these trains. Are they in the same train category, or does CD* not differentiate between their long distance trains like DB does? *sorry, I don't have the character on my phone's keyboard 🤪
Raijlets operating between Prague and Wien/Graz are Eurocity train cathegory. No mandatory seating reservation. Pendolinos operating between Prague - Ostrava/Košice are Supercity train cathegory with mandatory reservation so in general they tend to be little bit more expensive, but depending on time and day you travel. Interestingly two pairs of Pendolinos continue from Prague via Pilsen to Cheb as Intercity cathegory without the need for reservation. New Railjet desing trains that will be put into operations next year between Prague and Cheb will be fast train and express cathegory. Basically the long distance cathegories do not mean much for CD. When traveling with fast train (R = rychlík), you are more likely do encounter old carriages and there will be no dining car/bistro in the set, but for other cathegories (Intercity, Eurocity, Supercity, Express) the difference is not so big, usually the difference is whether a whole dining car is present or just bistro and how often the train stops.
I've watched a good many of these plus travel experience that says that the 1st class "lounge" is rarely anything worthwhile except for a free cup of coffee. So why bother, except perhaps if you need to spend some time in a quieter place for work or for something personal.
@@NonstopEurotrip they used to teach a summer school, we had 2 Kids from Brno live with our family when they were teenagers and when they grew up they invited my parents to run this summer school in their home town
In the small bathroom some of your shots need a wider angle lens-- maybe the one you have is not wide enough I don't know but the result is not pleasant.@@NonstopEurotrip
Nice video but... When the background is light the text is hardly readable even when pausing the video. Impossible to enjoy both the footage and reading all the texts. No prescription for this channel.
@@NonstopEurotrip I have no intention to do that. Your way of mixing good filming with text is a huge mistake as I see it. You force the eyes of the viewer to take in two totally different messages. It doesn't work. Try a university course about the human senses, their advantages and their short comings. Your mix is not pedagogic either. Run the texts, or the video, not both. Other Y-tubers use speech and film. That highly enjoyable. The eyes absorbs the film and the ears takes in the audible message. Perfect for the human information handling "design".
Does the train have quiet zones? Brno does seem nice by all accounts. It's seems to be a smaller Prague, but without all the scams. Also children have no business being in first class. They should be banned from all first class and business class offerings.
I have watched several of your videos and always skip the toilet tour. We all know what it looks like and I personally feel it’s time to go beyond it for this purpose only it a 👎👎
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Great report. I personally LOVE Railjets trains. Actually CD will put into operations another 10 Railjet style trains (5 coaches per train) in next months for lines Prague - Pilsen - Cheb and Prague - Ústí nad Labem - Cheb. Also between 2023 - 2025 another 20 Railjet style trains (9 coaches per train) should be put into operation for lines Prague - Berlin/Hamburg and Prague - Bratislava/Budapest.
Greetings from Brno ;)
Interesting, won’t be many normal loco hauled services left
@@s125ish Railjets are loco-hauled.
Let me just correct you. the trains running between Prague and Cheb will be known as the InterJet. These cars were originally intended to operate as regular RailJets, but they ended up assigned to these less important routes for a reason I can't remember.
@@wimex9062 They were actually intended for the Prague - Budapest (Metropolitan) line, but they were reassigned, most likely due to the 9-car sets being better suited for that route.
The problem with the 5-car sets was that they would need additional cars added to every trainset due to insufficient capacity. Also, they didn't include a restaurant car, which would have to be added to the end of the train, making people from 2nd class walk through the first class area to get there.
Honestly, I have no idea why they thought a 5-car trainset without a restaurant car would be suitable for the Metropolitan route.
@Aviator Deny Thats just wording. Its the same unit comming from Siemens Viago Comfort concept with only minor differences
Thank you, nonstop eurotrip! With you, as with Dylan, your videos breathe life. Your videos are alive. It is a real pleasure to follow you in your wanderings everywhere, to see the beauty of trains and stations everywhere. A big thank you to you.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Louis ☺️
Brno is definitely worth a visit!
And I absolutely love traveling with ČD. I prefer the pendolinos or EuroCity trains over the railjets though. Or the old-school Rychlík trains with openable windows, they are so much fun! :D
Edit: I prefer ČD’s blue livery over ÖBB’s red one, but I do like both. :)
I prefer ČD's too 😄 And I'm yet to try the SCP! 🇨🇿😀
@@NonstopEurotrip Everyone prefers the blue livery except for Austrians of course. 😂 But Their Nightjet livery is even nicer.
Thanks :) A lot of people from the Czech Republic don't like our city 🤷♂
@@oldrixs Well, I don’t live in the Czech Republic, but I have my grandma there. And I like to do trips in the Czech Republic to various regions and cities. I have been to Brno only once and I think it is pretty and worth a visit and definitely want to go there again!
However, if I have to decide, I‘m still on Team Prague, lol. :P
@@sxflyer5410 i understand 😅
A nice memory of the time when Railjet Prague - Vienna was still run along the main corridor through Pardubice. Now, due to track repairs and the diverse route through the Vysočina, the journey time is almost an hour longer (and will be almost all the next year)
Yeah I remember you said they're diverted at the moment! Thanks Pete, must watch your ICE 4 video soon 😄
Do you know when this changes back?
I'm going in August this year.
would much rather get a train than a flixbus but the extra 1-2 hours on train is annoying
Thanks :)
@@tatyboy1337 All trains will return to the main corridor via Česká Třebová in July 2023
Die tolle rote Farbgebung (livery) des Railjets der ÖBB gefällt mir noch besser als die blaue der CD. Aber der Komfort innen ist der gleiche. Beides Top-Züge, wohl die besten von einer Lokomotive gezogenen in West- und Mittel-Europa. Ein Hoch auf die ÖBB und die CD...... Danke für dein Video.
Ich stimme vollkommen zu!
Nicht mehr Mensch! - Die beste sind jetzt die neuste innerstatliche InterJets bei ČD seit 12/2021- ruclips.net/video/fCzqevKzlZ0/видео.html
Und seit 12/2023 werden die neuste interstatliche ComfortJets gelifert.
Alles geht nach dem "Plan 2030" - wenn wird ganze Flotte umgetauscht. Gruss aus Praha (Prag/Prága/Prague)
I find it really funny (maybe even useful too) that ČD's regional trains are named after animals (elephant, shark, panther)
They also have spider and mouse😂
we love our "ZOO" trains
Completely agree 😀
CityElefant (electric)
RegioShark (diesel)
RegioPanter (electric)
RegioSpider (diesel)
RegioMouse (diesel)
Sysel = Ground Squirrel passenger carrige
bellow you can have detailed english description with photos from Czech Railways web site www.cd.cz/en/nase-vlaky/regionalni-vlak-cd/regiopanter/-27532/
or take look at my detailed description of almost all trains aged 1-10 years of age belloow including inside videos:
ČD has a "2030 program" - until when it plans to change the vast majority of its fleet…
News 12/2021:
InterJet
ruclips.net/video/fCzqevKzlZ0/видео.html
RegioPanter "3.0"
ruclips.net/video/FtJL34h7aMg/видео.html
PushPull for MS County
ruclips.net/video/CEhynBxzcSY/видео.html
News 01/2022
- ČD took over the first 2 RegioPanters for the South Bohemian region - will be delivered in total in 06/2022
During 2022 and 2023
- during this year, new regional trains for RegioJet will finally run on some regional lines in the Ústí nad Labem region - in the green color of the region
www.railjournal.com/fleet/pesa-elf-and-stadler-kiss-begin-testing-at-velim/
- the first deliveries from a total of 37 RegioPanters "Moravia" for lines 2 and 3 from Brno to the South Moravian Region will take place this year
ruclips.net/video/p1IdPtI1j-Q/видео.html
- During 2023, 182 wagons will be delivered under the new ComfortJet designation - speed 230 km / h
zdopravy.cz/comfortjet-ceske-drahy-maji-nazev-pro-nove-vlaky-na-230-km-h-vyroba-zacne-behem-pololeti-103821/
from 20224
new generation of RegioSharks (2.0)
www.railjournal.com/fleet/czech-railways-orders-more-dmus-from-pesa/
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RailJet
ruclips.net/video/Dwce0A3d3p0/видео.html
Pendolino
ruclips.net/video/N3Ov2jAhwqA/видео.html
RegioShark 1.0
ruclips.net/video/zp8nmceQb90/видео.html
RegioSpider
ruclips.net/video/U5OxGxKzfd8/видео.html
RegioSprinter
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New locomotives
Traxx MS3 for Czech Railways
ruclips.net/video/_UbWiYmWV_k/видео.html
Traxx MS3 for RegioJet - still without stickers
ruclips.net/video/d6i4wBT6l4w/видео.html
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LeoExpress Flirty
ruclips.net/video/xQsxtmvdiMA/видео.html
-new Sirius units from CRRC - already 2 years in the approval process (obviously don't want to give it to them)
ruclips.net/video/d3FayxqvMk4/видео.html
- LeoEspress Tenders regional units
ruclips.net/video/LHWWp0gOBhg/видео.html
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foreign overhauls on Czech dormitories
RegioSprinter AŽD on the "Švstková dráha" - line U10
ruclips.net/video/E-913U5DvD4/видео.html
RegioSprinter from GW Train Regio at Pošumavské lokálky
ruclips.net/video/sY5gvyhUH4g/видео.html
ČD - Stadler GTW
ruclips.net/video/M1ieC7CgpFw/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/MQz-KTaL41M/видео.html
Yes - I loved Prague. It has a wonderful tradition of Ultra-Violate Light illuminated Pantomime Theatres. They were very cool. Also, the traditional Czech restaurant food is the epitome of comforting gravy covered meat stews with those big fluffy bread loaf dumplings - just big saucy plates of braises that a child would eat in some fantasy grandma's cottage kitchen (along with the obligatory stein of child's beer). Wow, what a menu - they have veal in a dark French wine sauce stewed with bacon, pearl onions, wild mushrooms and potato dumplings to sop it all up. Czech food is so rich and comforting on a rainy day. And it's the perfect thing to drip on a shirt.
Ah - you got street-food.
Cech Republic is so green. I was there in winter.
I also LOVE Prague!!! 😍
10:40 you'll find that the Standard Class seats are comfortable, as they're the same seat design as used on GWR's HSTs, although the seats were more comfortable when they were First Great Western.
These are much nicer seats 🙂
I’m really impressed with Czech railways they seem to treat the passengers as people and not cash cows
Absolutely John! 😄
Lol. 💜🥁🐉🎤🚈🎶💞
Great video!!! And indeed that canopy looks magnificent and I hope that food was delicious by the looks of it, i think that food tasted really good. Vienna is definitely a beautiful city and a city worth visiting.
Thanks Rahill 😁 Czech dining cars are definitely up there with the best, such as Polish and Slovakian 👍🏻🇨🇿 And yes Vienna is 😍😍😍
Yes, Brno is really an underrated university city and there is so much to do. For a Praguer like me it's always surprising to see how nice the streets are and that it doesn't really lack behind Prague that much. It's a compact version of Prague basically. There are also hilly terraces and nice landscapes around, a zoo, good public transport aaand the historical center of the city... without tourists :)
I'll definitely put it on my to-do list 😀
Becouse im from Prague and in Czech we hate Brno and they hate us so i dont like that city
@@extrakubik4123 Whoa ! Why hate !!? Hate is such a strong word ! What's going on between you guys ?💜🥁🐉🎤💞
Old traditions bruh
I think Brno is probably more worthy to visit than Vienna. :-) I've been to Vienna this year and I was very disapointed, our Czech and Bohemian cities look actually better.
I took this train last week from Vienna to Prague. Even in Economy, it was absolutely amazing. Spacious, comfy, excellent and cheap dining car. Bargain at €14.30!!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for a great review. I really like the RailJet trains, having travelled in several OBB ones between Munich and Salzburg/Vienna. I've not yet travelled in a Czech one, but from your review they do look good.
They are as good as ÖBB Anthony, certainly in First Class 😎👍🏻
What you get right - in my not so humble opinion. No 'wannabe a TV presenter' (who are all rubbish, can't talk to camera, and either have a monotone voice or one which wanders from bass to falsetto). Easy to read descriptions of both what we can see plus a bit of history. (Just to prove I read these, your 'cook hook' would prove interesting.) No excessive use of !!!!. (which is irritating on some other sites) Good camera work. All of your reports give a very fair appraisal of the journey taken, and includes accessibility, food/drink available, and some outstanding scenery. Great idea to add a glimpse of the attractions of your destination. What don't I like? Nothing ! I love it all - and you are the best. Got to go now to find a cook to hang from that hook !
So who is the wannabe tv presenter?
@@s125ish They know who they are - if they are honest enough to admit it
@@jonhartley I have no clue,
My mate Dylan 😀
Thank you Jon, I agree with you lol and I actually had a coat hoot before in a previous video too 😂
I can't believe I missed this one !! Sorry ! I am here now & watching after Dylan's report / review !! Great that you guys are supporting each other !! 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🚈💞
It's great to have a friend like Dylan 🙂
I made part of this trip in June 1982: from Prague to Brno, and return. Things were very different then. Praha hl. N. was nothing like as developed as the station you used, though the art-deco hall was there, of course. I arrived at the station in very good time, but alas my train was 8 hours late - this was one of those soviet block trains that travelled vast distances: from Berlin via Dresden to Prague, then on to Brno, Bratislava, Budapest and, I believe following the Danube to the Black Sea. I was about to return to my wandering round Prague when I saw that a previous train was so much delayed it was running about 30 mins ahead of my planned train. So I got to Brno more or less as planned.
The ride was comfortable enough, and there were two classes of travel: ordinary (which I had to use) and what my tour guide called 'Representative Class'; this was restricted to people using it "as representatives of the Czechoslovakian people". Just as, in Prague, the garden of Prague castle was known as the 'Representative' garden of the president. I flew home on a Czechoslovak state airlines flight. As we boarded, the famous tennis player just in front of me, Hana Mandlikova, turned left into the Representative Class seats at the front, I turned right into the back of the plane. The seats there were not quite wooden benches.
I did enjoy Brno: some nice churches and bars, famous, of course, for the experiments on peas carried out in the Jesuit monastery by Fr Gregor Mendel, which marked the beginning of genetics as an academic study.
I love your channel. Thank you: I'm too old to go train riding now, but your vlogs keep me happy.
Thanks for sharing my friend 😊
I enjoy watching these vidio's this is the only way I get to see these contry's I,m watching fro Melbourne Victoria Australia
Very useful and thorough review as always. The trains look excellent...with one exception from my point of view. Nearly all the 1st Class seating in unidirectional and I would rather travel in 2nd facing forward than at speed backwards. I would only choose that 1st Class option going from Vienna (as long as the trains are always formed in the same way). It's good to be forewarned about what could turn out to be a big disappointment.
I'm glad you found it helpful 😊
Beautiful train smooth running well maintained cleanliness
I enjoyed this video. I was on a tour several years ago and my wife and I travelled to Budapest, Vienna, and Prague. The trip was done on a motor coach. The trip was OK until we went from Vienna to Prague. From Vienna to Prague, via Telc, we travelled by motor coach and the roads were very winding. I made a vow back then that if I ever went from Vienna to Prague I would travel by train. That is because the winding roads gave me a small sense of motion sickness. when we finally arrived in Prague it took me a few minutes to feel better. If I took the train I would not have had such problems. I look forward to visiting Vienna and Prague sometime in the future, and possibly visiting Bratislava as well. I would highly recommend the train because I do not suffer motion sickness problems on the train the way that I do on the road. I also want to experience rail travel in Europe, which I understand is very good.
You definitely should, I'm sure you'll love it! 😎
Thanks for the report! Brno is definitely worth visiting - weekend is just enough!
I will definitely try this year 🙂
What a great trip. I think Railjet is the best loco hauled train.
Definitely stop 3 😄
Nice job and yes Brno is worth a visit. I travel the trains in Cz every year and always a good experience.
Good to know!
Great video, thanks! Correction concerning the onward trip from Vienna to Graz. Travel time is 2 hrs 35 mins :-)
Thank you 🙏🏻
About ten years ago I took the train from Zurich to Milan. Fantastic views as the train winds its way through the Alps! Don't recall who the operator was, I think it was the EuroStar.
Transalpine probably then. The services are now shared between SBB and Trenitala
YOu should definetly visit Brno, i will await you with a beer ;) i recomend summer or late spring.
I always travel for free beer lol 🍺
I might be moving to Brno, excited to take this service maybe even every weekend to see my best friend in Vienna! There's a ticket valid to Vienna and back that brings the cost of one way to just €8 in second class!
Sounds great!
Nice one mate! Standard class looks perfectly good there, comfortable and clean. I think I’d choose that having seen this video and then gone to eat breakfast in the restaurant car just for a bit of a change of scenery. Looked quite a comprehensive menu too. Another one to add to the list! Cheers 👍
Thanks Mark, glad you enjoyed it! Catch you soon 🍻
Hey ! Lol. How are you ? I am glad to see you here ! I am subbed to yours & nonstop eurotrip & Dylan's travel reports ,all 3 channels ! Lol.👍💜🥁🐉🎤🚈✈🎶🌲💞
@@spark_6710 hi, yep we’re a great bunch over here - always up to something between us all 😊
@@LetsMakeaTrip Hi there ! That's fantastic !! How are holiday cheers & decorations & everything in U.K.? How are you guys dealing with covid restrictions ? Stay warm & stay safe ! Thank you so much for your reply ! 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈🚈💞
@@spark_6710 not too many restrictions (yet) but can’t wait to get away again tbh!
Please allow me to share a travel memory. I took a train from Vienna to Prague in the late 1990's. I don't even remember the Vienna train station but I clearly remember the Prague station (which was nothing like in your video) because I stopped at some kind of baggage check or ticket counter in a very old building, maybe I was buying a metro, bus or taxi ticket (can't remember) but there was only one, early 30's woman behind the counter and two rather sordid types sitting on an adjacent concrete wall next to her who seemed to be chewing the fat with her. It was an absolutely beautiful train ride from Vienna; I had a snack and two beers. The day was lovely. Crossing into the Czech Republic, the border guards came onto the train, looked me over and didn't even ask for my passport. SO, whatever business I was transacting at that counter, I walked away from and 10-15 seconds I hear, "Mister! Mister!' I turn around and I had left my wallet on top of the counter which held all my credit cards and quite a bit of cash. If they had stolen it, my trip would have been absolutely ruined. Thank God, for their honesty. And follow up: I totally fell in love with Prague, met a huge number of fascinating people but haven't had the opportunity to go back since then. I lived in Europe from 2018 - 2020, got booted due to Covid because I have U.S. citizenship but moving back in April. Looking forward to seeing that magical city again!
Wow what a great experience, thanks for sharing 😊
Depending on when and which train you order tickets for, it can sometimes be really cheap to travel in Business class (which here oddly is above First class) with even better seats and service at your seat.
I went Vienna-Prague-Vienna in Business class for just 85€ (make sure to check both the ÖBB and ČD sites for prices, as they sometimes differ!).
Very interesting, thanks! 🙏🏻
"Czech out" his video :). Nice one.
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Super video! Nice train ride! Good work! Thumbs Up
All the best from Romania
Andrew
Thank you Andrew ☺️
Thank you Andrew! 🙏🏻
Lovely trip. Everything looked just great.
I love these trains Lynne 🤩
I did this trip in 2016 in 2nd class and was thoroughly impressed.
They're excellent trains ☺️
@@NonstopEurotrip agreed! I’ve taken their first class from Prague to Dresden as well. The only way to do those trips!
Great video again, thanks for what you do!! I may do Czech Republic on my next rail adventure
Excellent 😊
Great video! That's what we should have more of, modern intercity trains (with restaurant cars!), these sets look perfect. Cannot wait to ride them when I get the chance!
(also 14:33 hehe i took your joke)
Thanks dude, they are absolutely great, I'm sure you'll find one on your trip next year 🤞🏻😄 Joke theif 😉
You were too lucky my friend to be in Praha and Vienna . I hope to walk along through of tow vies
Both beautiful cities 😍
Wow ! River Danube !! This was totally different from Dylan's !! Both in different routs . Both were very very good reports/ reviews !! Good job !! 👏 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🚈🌲💕💞
Thats very kind , thank you 😊
I'm studying in Brno now. It is underrared city and lots of people are making joked about this city (they're saying it's just a village in the curve on the way from Prague to Vienna). If you visit it first time, it's better to be with someone, who knows the city. I haven't had a guide when I was there first time and I really thought it's just a bigger village.
I've experienced second class in both railjets. Traveling comfort is the same but the Czech ones look better to me
I will be paying a visit next time ☺️
I absolutely LOVE videos like this, I am doing the same trip in the next few weeks so I appreciate your video. Help a brother out, do you recommend OBB, Regiojet or Eurorail from Prague-Vienna? I am a solo traveler and want comfort, dont want to be bombarded by dense carts and loud passengers. Thanks :)
Definitely the CD Railjet
Great review Max! First class is worth the cost which doesn't seem too expensive. Thanks for sharing😀😀♥️♥️
I agree Scott 😊
@@NonstopEurotrip Oh yes!!!
Enjoyed the video! What was the maximum speed observed onboard the train?
It's around 200 on this route
That was nice that you showed menu !! 👌
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I like your captions and not audio like your friend DTR. I also like the pictures you post at the end of the nice scenes of the destination city. Keep up the great work.
Thank you Steve, it's much appreciated 👍🏻😄
So, you pay an extra tenner for at seat service and an extra plug socket. Works for me. Nice trip. Not often you see a car parked on the platform...
I know i thought that too Mark 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip A new park & ride scheme perhaps... 🤣🤣
Brno is pleasant yet hardly an essential see if you're strapped for time. Their local beer Starobrno (sp?) is likely pleasant but not a serious rival to Gambrinus, Staropramen, or Radagast.
Thank you ☺️
NIce video, but I don't bewleive that it would take another 3.5 h to reach Graz. Many years ago (long before Railjet) the travel time was around 2.40. As to he delay, was it filmed before or after some kind of tornado damaged the catenary between Brno and Břeclav? After that event the trains were hauled by diesel for some time.
This was before the diesel haulage thing lol. And yes sorry I believe it's 2.5 hours 👍🏻
on these european trains, how do you know at which stop could you go out to stretch your legs? Do they make an announcement or have you got to chance it?
The departure times are shown on the information screens, so if you arrive 5 mins before that, then you have time!
Brno is very significant for you Poms. The BREN Gun. BR for Bruno, EN for Enfield. 🙂
Interesting!!! 😄
Like Dylans reports much better, because he's explain and tell.
Most people don't 😉
Great video - as always. Thanks!
Thank you Taranjeet 👍🏻
Great video man! Are you maybe happen to know is there border controls in train during COVID pandemic?
I'm honestly not sure, sorry!
I'm a train and I approve this video :O !
Thanks train! 🚆
aaaah, again my country :D. Thank you for the review :D
You're welcome 😄🇨🇿
Another fantastic trip report.
Thanks! 😀
When sticking the gopro out a side window for the dramatic forward side shot, do you ever worry about it , or you, being hit by trackside stuff, never mind oncoming traffic?
Sometimes! But I have a strap round my hand and am very careful!
Been on this exact train several times. Biz class ( not first) is the only way to go
Much better on ÖBB tho
thanks for your review!!!
You're very welcome 😁
Thank you very much for the video are you from Czech Republic
UK! 🇬🇧
Did you purchase the tickets online ahead of time or can you just go to the train terminal and buy them same day?
You can do either. But I booked online as it's cheaper and guarantees you a seat
@@NonstopEurotrip Thanks for the reply and info! Much appreciated.
Awesome video as always. Never heard of CD Railjet.
Now you have 😁
@@NonstopEurotrip Yep
Great video !!
Thanks ☺️
Was there a car parked on the platform? Interesting!!
Yes 😂
Excellent sharing 😊☺️☺️
Thanks! 😄
I don't know if anyone will see this, but I don't know where to go to ask for help/info. This is our first trip (and my only) to Europe. We bought a Eurorail pass. I used one day for us to travel from London to Paris. We have travel to an airport in England (London), but not any transportation from that airport to Paris. Using one of the days is supposed to be non-refundable. So any suggestions on what I can do? Any suggestions on how I can get to Paris with our used tickets? If we can't get to Paris from London we could possibly take a plane, but we already paid almost $1500 for our passes and we can't give them away. Any help would be very, very much appreciated. Thank you, Elizabeth
www.eurail.com/en/help
You can contact them here. They have a live chat or messaging function.
Now that I've also watched Dylan's review of the Czech Pendolino (how many countries even operate these trains?! Sometimes it feels like every second trip report I watch starts in Wien Hbf or features some Pendolino 😂), I'm a bit curious about the categories (if there are any) of these trains.
Are they in the same train category, or does CD* not differentiate between their long distance trains like DB does?
*sorry, I don't have the character on my phone's keyboard 🤪
Raijlets operating between Prague and Wien/Graz are Eurocity train cathegory. No mandatory seating reservation.
Pendolinos operating between Prague - Ostrava/Košice are Supercity train cathegory with mandatory reservation so in general they tend to be little bit more expensive, but depending on time and day you travel.
Interestingly two pairs of Pendolinos continue from Prague via Pilsen to Cheb as Intercity cathegory without the need for reservation.
New Railjet desing trains that will be put into operations next year between Prague and Cheb will be fast train and express cathegory.
Basically the long distance cathegories do not mean much for CD. When traveling with fast train (R = rychlík), you are more likely do encounter old carriages and there will be no dining car/bistro in the set, but for other cathegories (Intercity, Eurocity, Supercity, Express) the difference is not so big, usually the difference is whether a whole dining car is present or just bistro and how often the train stops.
What he said 🤣
A collaboration, you say? Have a double-thumbs-up, then!
Ah thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
Wonderful
Brno is worth a visit, kinda lot different from Prague, still good and pretty. :3
I will definitely be exploring next time 😊
Hi! How did you get this price for first class? i can only find 21.9€ in second class
I just booked through the CD website a few weeks in advance. Prices may have risen since filming in 2021
I've watched a good many of these plus travel experience that says that the 1st class "lounge" is rarely anything worthwhile except for a free cup of coffee. So why bother, except perhaps if you need to spend some time in a quieter place for work or for something personal.
Yes I usually go to work for an hour or two
I prefer more ÖBB, because they have Economy (2nd Class) with quiet zone/ First (1st Class) quiet zone
I agree, I prefer the layout of ÖBB 😀
@@NonstopEurotrip that's good. 😁😁
@@NonstopEurotrip I never travelled with ÖBB, but I think it can be good.
ahh! the CD Happy Hour!
The BEST!
a bit short trip, no time to eat the whole menu!
😂😂😂
Czechs: Oh my god...the ČD is sooo expensive, just take Regiojet!
NE: It's an excellent value!
Wages are lower
If you think that ČD is to expensive please you never traveled with the German DB
😂😂😂
@@spolonatv898 Or Barcelona to Paris TGV
Both beautiful countries!
Absolutely 🤗
Very nice video! ........ Like ........
Greetings!
Thank you 🙏🏻
@@NonstopEurotrip OK!
The main question is how to buy the tickets?
Kindly help plz
Cd.cz
Awesome Journey
Thank you 🙏🏻
My parents used to go to Brno every summer
Any particular reason? 🤷🏻♂️
@@NonstopEurotrip they used to teach a summer school, we had 2 Kids from Brno live with our family when they were teenagers and when they grew up they invited my parents to run this summer school in their home town
@@matthewharty6531 I see! Cool 😎🇨🇿
great trip!
Thanks! 👍🏻
Nice one.
😊😊😊
Waw nice video friend
Salam dari Jakarta indonesia 🇮🇩
Thank you so much 😀
Cool!😎👍
😎😎😎
Awesome 👍👍👍
Thank you 🙏🏻
Excellent
Thank you 🙏🏻
You Are lucky Its ale cleaned And stocked normal trains (not railjet Is badder)
I'm quite lucky 🤣
I travil with regiojet cuz i live in Wien Hbf
Europes longest river is the Volga..
Civilized Europe
yes haha, since the video was before the official invasion i still commented@@NonstopEurotrip
You only hear me screaming bus bus when I see the seats called first class. Also someone teach this RUclips fellow what a wide angle lens is.
I have a wide angle lens
In the small bathroom some of your shots need a wider angle lens-- maybe the one you have is not wide enough I don't know but the result is not pleasant.@@NonstopEurotrip
Why are boomers always rude?
12:34 Idk
16:51 Video's score: 8.3
Thanks Pedro 😊
In the US, I'm sorry to say we have nothing in comparison. MAYBE President Biden"s infrastructure bills will help!
Amtrak has already ordered the same cars that are in the Railjet trains, I think they are undergoing testing now.
No, they won't xD
Hopefully 👍🏻🙏🏻
Nice video but...
When the background is light the text is hardly readable even when pausing the video.
Impossible to enjoy both the footage and reading all the texts.
No prescription for this channel.
Aww I really wish you would prescribe 😭
@@NonstopEurotrip I have no intention to do that. Your way of mixing good filming with text is a huge mistake as I see it. You force the eyes of the viewer to take in two totally different messages. It doesn't work.
Try a university course about the human senses, their advantages and their short comings. Your mix is not pedagogic either. Run the texts, or the video, not both.
Other Y-tubers use speech and film. That highly enjoyable. The eyes absorbs the film and the ears takes in the audible message. Perfect for the human information handling "design".
Does the train have quiet zones?
Brno does seem nice by all accounts. It's seems to be a smaller Prague, but without all the scams.
Also children have no business being in first class. They should be banned from all first class and business class offerings.
There is qite zóně, albeit not so well marked as in the ÖBB railjets
Bit harsh 🤣
@@NonstopEurotrip Not harsh enough, I think. 😜 I remember when I was a hyperactive child. I wouldn't wish to be anywhere near child me.
Bruh I miss the old announcment voice, the new one is so bad in my opinion. :(
This is the one we are taking in April if Putin hasn't invaded
He won't
You thank your friend, but you don't give his/her name!
They didn't want to be named ☺️
12:08 Brno has about 900 000 inhabitants not 380 000
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brno
I have watched several of your videos and always skip the toilet tour. We all know what it looks like and I personally feel it’s time to go beyond it for this purpose only it a 👎👎
It's the highlight for some 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip - 😂 Okay