Good technical descriptions of trains joining and unhitching. Before you opened the breakfast wrapping, I knew the bread would be dark. Polish bread is tasty. Especially when riding trains!
Oh yes. Good review. Wow, this train reminds me of my first international sleeping car experience in 2014 from Warsawa to Wien Wstbf with the same train: IC Chopin. Great video, thanks.
Thanks a lot for review on this route, i used to use that line Warsaw Vienna in both directions a lot in 2010s and used to love it, always in 1st class sleepers. Brings good memories back on. Greetings from Melbourne :-))
Thanks so much! I mostly travel between Warsaw and Prague (my hometown), but this time I wanted to try a PKP sleeping car, so I traveled through Vienna :-D Greetings from Prague :-)
Great review as usual, I enjoyed the train ride. I doubt I would ever spend the money for a night train. IMO prices are too expensive for a sleeper if one wants a cabin for him or herself. Some say one saves the cost of an overnight hotel. Most are coming to Europe is to see the sights and that means daylight travel. Some say one saves the cost of an overnight hotel. I have always found reasonable priced hotels, with comfortable beds usually for less than the overnight sleeper. Thanks again for taking me along.
Thanks so much! Usually the most expensive for a sleeping car is the surcharge for solo occupancy. It often depends on the location. For me, the sleeper train was more convenient than the hotel, because I needed to catch another train from Warsaw and I saved time. Thanks for watching :-)
What?? Man the local population also use Night trains & it's not only for tourists, where did you get that weird idea from? And not all people in Europe are rich like what is portrayed in media so, for them it's economical to use overnight trains.
@@AC-db4ek money is the answer. Also, last year I wanted to travel to Vienna by train from Poland and this line was not yet annouced so I had to fly with Ryanair.
Skvělé video, zajímavé vidět něco nového jako je noční spoj, snad bude více takových videí a snad budou někdy i ty lůžkové a lehátkové vozy i pohodlné :D
Mockrát díky, mám ještě připravena 2 videa z nočních vlaků a lůžko už bylo pohodlnější😀 Příští měsíc plánuji vydat ještě EN s ČD lůžkovým vozem kde jsem měl deluxe kupé s koupelnou 😎
Great review! I am happy that RegioJet will start providing service on this route, the current pricing and schedule of this EN connection is really not suitable for our times, 145 euros and 11 hours journey? Who is this addressed to and convenient for? Moreover, the schedule is unconvenient too because it does not allow to catch further morning connections coming from Warsaw and heading to Venice for example, the night train arrives in Wien too late to catch the morning Eurocity from Wien to Venice...and also arriving in Warsaw after 9am is too late for a business city, the traing should get to the destination at 8am the latest...overall, at this time, both flying or driving a car is way more convenient overall..and it's too bad!
Thanks a lot! One of the reasons I chose this route is the future possibility of comparison with RegioJet. Yes, timing of departure / arrival is not the best choice. But this time it came in handy for me to arrive in Warsaw at 9 am. :-)
Nice points but everybody has their own needs and those needs depends on particular scenarios. For ex. if you have large and heavy luggage, a train might be better suited for you. An overweight charges might bring costs in favour for a train. Airports are located on outskirts of cities while a train brings you to the centre. If you are travelling by plane and need to leave at night or late in the evening, you arrive in the middle of the night. Basically your night is ruined. While taking a sleeper train you can still have a decent rest. cheers
Díky moc! Já jel EN Slovakia část mé cesty zpět (přímý vůz z Varšavy), kdy nás v Bohumíně připojili za EN Slovakia.. jinak doufám, že budeš míz ČD WLABmz, ty jsou skvělé!
Ahoj Pete ✋✋✋ Amazing video 👍👍👍 ( as always ). Nice to see PKP IC ( sleeping car this time ). I hope You rather enjoyed this trip ( like me - od course virtually 😁😁😁). But I think tys price is rather more expensive. Most regards Pete. Have a Pleasant stay in Poland ✋✋✋
Cześć Piotrek :-) Thanks so much! PKP sleeping car was one of the cars that I was very interested in, so I'm glad I tried it. I like to try new trains and there are a lot of interesting trains in Poland, I also plan to try classic InterCity train and Pesa Dart unit :-)
Hi Pete, maybe you will go on a journey from Przemyśl to Świnoujście ;) it's only 17 hours on the train :) and then a ferry trip to Sweden ;) greetings from Świnoujście :)
Hi Paweł, about a month ago I studied this route and thought that I would try it as well, just because there is also a dining car. Greetings from Prague :-)
Thanks Pete - I rally enjoyed your first sleeper train review 👍 A shame about the hard mattress but tbh I don't sleep very well on trains anyway as the shunting at stations wakes me up. The breakfast was a bit basic but I guess you can't have a WARS restaurant car on an overnight train that leaves so late in the evening.
Thanks so much Linda! I'm so glad you enjoyed my first night train review. Mattress seemed harder, but I'm skinny (62 Kg / 181cm), so I feel it more than other people :-D Yes, shunting at stations isn't good for sleeping.. it's good to calculate with, for example, on trips to Poland is good to use the long break in Bohumín to fall asleep. WARS has great service, so it's a pity that most night trains don't have a dining car.
Perfektní video!! Jako vždy ale první noční vlak se opravdu podařil! Velmi detailní rozpis oddílu. Už se těším na příští😃👍🏻 je nočni vlaky jsou třída sama o sobě, proste nejlepší spusob cestování👍🏻 Btw, pěkný záběr Stephansdomu😁
Díky moc! Také si myslím, že na první noční vlak to nebylo nejhorší :-D Ano, docela mě mrží, že jsem neobjevil noční vlaky dřívě, často je to lepší možnost než hotel :-) Haha, no záběr Stephanshonu je nice, díky za rychlý Vienna sightseeing! No tom průchodu do vnitlobloku jsem ani nevěděl a jako intro se to velmi hodilo :-)
amazing video man, didn't feel this relaxed and satisfied in a long time, this is exactly the type of video that i love watching keep up the great work, looking forward to new videos :)
Thanks, Pete !!! A night train !!! At last !!! You missed it on your channel. I couldn't wait for you to take one. I am very happy that you share your feelings with us in this video. You are sure to make me happy !!! You film very well. You express yourself very well. I am very satisfied with your video in all respects. But the most important thing on a night train is to sleep, and you haven't slept well, it's maddening. And when I saw the price you paid at the very end ... I almost had a heart attack !!! Argh !!! All this for an astronomical sum, all these € spent on it ... it doesn't matter whether you are alone or with others, you know !!! I hope you show us a nicer night train soon. Hi.
Thanks so much! I made night trains as such a farewell to this year's travel season. I still have 2 videos from night trains ready and I plan many more for next year :-) Otherwise this coach wasn't so bad, only the mattress seemed harder, but I'm skinny (62 Kg / 181cm), so I feel it more than other people. As for the price, it is rather average, most of the price (€75) was a surcharge for solo occupancy / single room. Greetings from Prague :-)
@@PeteBrandy It's a shame that train fanatics always travel alone: why not in groups? with friends? of the family? relationships? unknown but sure people ... It would cut the price in half, you're paying too much for nothing there. All that wasted money you could buy for something else. Also think of your pleasures as shopping in stores.
Hauptbahnhof replaced Südbahnhof (south station), allowing that line to become a through station as the previous Süd, nearby, had lines from the East and West terminating at right-angles to each other. At this point, I think, Westbahnhof was a main station too, with mainline services split between Süd & West. My first visit to Vienna was end of 2013. I stayed there for a few nights to have a look round then went to catch the train to Graz to visit some friends. I asked at the hotel reception which station I needed for Graz, she informed me that it was Meidling, however, I had seen signs for Hauptbahnhof, so thought I knew better. I walked the 2 miles / 3.3 kms to Hauptbahnhof with my heavy luggage only to find a building site ! The S-Bahn was still operating though, so I caught that to Meidling then onto Graz.
My first visit to Vienna (night train from Warsaw) was in 2004.Then the trains' route ended (or started - towards the Czech Republic and Poland) at the Southern Station. A great trip and a wonderful several-day stay in Vienna, incl. Prater :)
Thanks so much! I think other trip reporters had the same experience with that mattress :-D Btw. I traveled back with a ČD sleeper car and the bed was much more comfortable there :-)
Yes, the sleeper compartment looked very modern and clean, but had no real character I felt. Also I didn't see any USB ports. But a great video review, non-the-less. Thankyou.
Thanks so much! I think these cars are in a similar condition as they were made in 2005. USB ports are usually supplemented after some complete upgrade. In total, I missed more the carpet on the floor in these cars, which are usual, for example, from in ČD sleeping cars :-)
Very enjoyable video, I think it would be great if you spoke too.. for instance I'd like to hear a bit about the stations.. the route taken (any historical context perhaps)... Why the train stops at Warszawa Gdansk and not Centralna...
Thank you! Good idea, I could add such information :-) But sometimes there is less information, because then the video would be too long. For example, information about why the train goes through Warszawa Gdanska I only had in the Warsaw to Prague video.
While the hard bed didn't bother me that much, I noticed that the ride quality on the train and in the Czech section in particularwas absolutely horrendous(I almost got thrown out of my bed multiple times), was i the only one to notice that? And also, that the coach wasn't very well noise isolated. I rode the SNCF sleeper and it was smooth and silent.
The problem with the ride quality on the train isn't in the Czech section, from Břeclav to Ostrava there is a reconstructed line with a speed of 160 km/h. The described problem is in the cross-border section from Bohumín towards Katowice, there are drops of the track caused by mining activities, it also happened to me several times that I almost got thrown out of my bed multiple times.
Video jako vždy luxusní 👌To WLAB vypadá vcelku pěkně, příjemně mě překvapila skříňka na oblečení (doufám, že něco podobného budou mít ČD v modernizovaných WLABmee z Parsu), pak je tam t, ovšem ten polský design mě tedy moc neoslovil. Osobně mi tam vadí ty strašně světlé barvy a žádné pěkné "dřevo", ty ostré rohy nebo zase ty moc zaoblené rohy oken. Mop v sprcháči jen proto, že je covid a moc náchylné na úklid, to snad nedělá ani JLV. Jinak s tou snídaní se u WARS moc nepředali 😐 Každopádně se těším na další video z paluby nočních vlaků 😀
Díky moc! Také jsem byl celkem překvapen, hlavně ta skříň je opravdu dobrá. Celkově je kupé i o něco prostornější než Standard ve WLABmz, kde jsem měl problém se vejít s kufrem i v solo provedení.. Na modernizaci WLABmee jsem zvědav, jen mě mrzí, že tam dodělají propojovací dveře mezi kupé, což je asi nejhorší věc u lůžkových vozů (už jsem měl párkrát tu čest mít vedle skupinku a to je opravdu slyšet každé slovo). Jinak co se týče snídaně, opravdu se moc nepředali, ale zas lepší než nic a já stejnak snídám jen sladkosti (JLV na cestě zpět 2 kaiserky, sýr, máslo, džem a tatranka, takže celkem podobné).
Ahoj Pete, opet skvele video, diky za nej..skoda te sprchy..pri takto dlouhe ceste by byla fajn..vzpominam kdyz jezdival primy luzkovy vagon Moskva - Cheb.. To musel byt dobry zazitek 👍
Ahoj, díky moc! Ta sprcha mi ani tak nechyběla, jedna noc se ještě dá, pokud není horko.. na cestě zpět jsem jel ČD lůžkovým a tam jsem měl kupé s koupelnou, tak mi to vynahradilo :-) Jo, to byly časy, když se ještě dala projet republika lůžkovým, myslím, že z Chebu jezdil i přímý lůžkový vůz na Slovensko.. Teď už jezdí jen EN Slovakia do Košic (+ jeden vůz do Varšavy), EN Metropol do Budapešti a jeden vůz do Curychu za jižním expresem, který ale kvůli výlukám skoro celé léto nejel.. Chtělo by to nějaký noční vlak z Prahy směr Hamburk / Brusel / Amsterdam nebo směr Frankfurt.
Hey, Didn’t you know that sleeping on a hard mattress is good for your back? Just out of curiosity, why didn’t you pick up first class? And if I may ask what’s the damage for first class?
I think the price difference was around 20 EUR. But the only difference here is that the 1st class compartment has own toilet and bathroom, but the beds are the same.
Nowdays, because of pandemic time hands dryers in public toilets in Poland are out of service. You can verify it in every commercial center or petrol station. So now I can see it also in trains. You can use only paper towels.
Good to know. I didn't know it was intentionally turned off. Yes, then I had to ask the attendant for paper towels. But 3 weeks before I traveled on PKP Pendolino and there were hand dryers in service.
Lucky you! I wish I could take this one, but it's so expensive. It's because PKP InterCity is the only carrier that has night long-distance trains, so they can have every kind of prices they want. In the next year, probably we'll have RegioJet's night train, so I hope in the next few years the prices will change. Thanks for the report.
Thanks for watching! Yes, it was quite expensive, but I calculated journey + accommodation, so then it was very comparable or maybe cheaper than with hotel in Vienna. Unfortunately, PKP Intercity had some problem with their reservation system, so I had to buy my ticket via ÖBB. But I think the prices will fall down, after RegioJet will launch the connection to Poland :-)
Thanks so much! Yes, that's sad.. otherwise, trains should start running the whole route under catenary in December. Be sure to try, these sleeping cars also run from Berlin on the route Berlin - Wroclaw - Krakow - Przemysl.
Pete, ja widzę że Ty podróżujesz pociągiem CHOPIN, który przejeżdża przez miejscowość w której mieszkam - Wodzisław Śląski. 😉 Wstąp do mnie na coffe... 😀☕🥧
For OBB lounge in Viena, for acces is mandatory to have a ticket for OBB train, or it can also be a different company? Couchette is not suitable for acces in the lounge, right?
On the ÖBB website there is "Sleeper car tickets", so I think including Nightjet couchettes. I also originally thought I didn't have access to the lounge, but then I checked my ticket where I had listed "Nightjet Partner". Otherwise, entry to the lounge is also allowed for passengers of selected partner carriers.. But better to check info on their website or ask directly in the lounge.
Lovely review really enjoyed it, just a point about the train in today’s modern times you would think that they would be Wi-fi enabled, I love sleeper trains and although basic it’s ok for second class travel, I also think that they might be getting their arm into you sometimes by charging the surcharge as the train didn’t look too crowded and you might have been the only person in the compartment anyway
Thanks so much! I think Wi-Fi is good for trains running during the day, but I don't miss Wi-Fi on sleeper trains .. and also, I have unlimited mobile data :-D This trains was almost empty, only 3 compartments were occupied.. but it is usually not known at the time of ticket purchase what the occupancy will be. For me is better to surcharge in advance than to get a roommate at the last minute :-D
Excellent video as always. How many operators do serve at this route except PKP? And is there actually a big difference in service quality between PKP and ÖBB trains?
Thanks so much! Whole route only PKP, but from Bohumín or Prague you can also take ČD sleeper. I think the main difference in service is a breakfast (ÖBB has a better choice) and also in buy-on-onboard. PKP did not even have a menu available on this journey.
Díky za zajímavé video. Ve spacím voze jsem ještě nejel, tak aspoň vidím, jak takový spací vůz vypadá uvnitř :) Jaká byla cesta, neházelo to nějak moc že by ses třeba budil? Docela mě překvapily ty celkem dlouhý stání ve stanicích.
Díky moc! Já teď přes zimu zkouším lůžkové vozy, protože stejně není venku moc světla.. U cest do Polska se vyplatí usnout v Bohumíně, kde je pauza.. Pak skoro až do Krakova to dost háže :-D Ty dlouhé pauzy jsou kvůli tomu, že se různě odpojují a spojují přímé vozy do různých destinací a navíc to vyrovná zpoždění.. my jsme např. čekali na přímý vůz z Prahy (ten jsem už taky vyzkoušel).
In scheduled train composition there are newer types of sleeping cars, such as those used on the Graz - Warsaw route, but currently one set is including older type of sleeping car with openable windows (as I saw it runs every second day).
Your first video in the sleeping car of a well-known night train to Warsaw - no worries, it's great, just the way we're used to seeing from your production, but if we compare this trip of yours with the adventure our friend Thibault had, we can say that it was almost boring and with a delay of only 20 minutes. The latter is still a joke, but the mentioned event, as you could see for yourself, is really true. Famous July 17, exactly one day after the tornado struck; can you imagine the array of feelings Thibault had when he saw in Warsaw that the train had no sleeping car. He was then told that there would be some, but only from Katowice, and then there was one longer stop on the open track, the same hard bed and a final delay of 3.5 hours. It was interesting for me to notice that you two, in two opposite directions, presented different data on the length of the road, which may have differed in those two routes, given the unusual circumstances from July: he stated 655km, and you 747km. Of course it doesn't matter, it's just cute, because otherwise it would be said that the number of km is the same. It is also interesting that the price of travel in the middle of the high season, in the summer, during July was lower than the autumn price: € 139 vs € 144.9. And after a little joke, I claim that it is good to have a night train that directly connects Warsaw with Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Such a formula cannot be simple, but since it travels mostly at night and in sleeping cars, a great deal has really been done as long as this complex train is running.
Thanks so much! I saw the video from Thibault and I must say that he had a really bad luck that day. But that can unfortunately happen. I was similarly lucky with trains to Slovakia. I'm not sure if the Thibault train had a different route, but my data is based directly on the ÖBB application and for verification I also compared with the Czech Railways application, where the data differed by only 1 km. As for the price, I understand that his ticket was cheaper because I only bought my ticket a week before departure (I was originally supposed to travel to Berlin with the ÖBB Nightjet portion).
Oh my god, 143 Euro for one people …so expansive. Last time I got a plan from Brno to Warsaw, I took IC to Ceska Trebova and then change to EN443 Warsaw portion.. only cost me 142 Euro but for 3 adults and en-suite bathroom … haha One more thing I am wondering why the terminal is Warsaw Gdansk but not via Warsaw Central?
Nope, 69,90 EUR for one person.. but I paid surcharge because I wanted to have all compartment for myself.. Btw. I also tried EN443 Warsaw portion a month ago :-) The Warszawa Gdańska stop is only temporary, as there is limited traffic at the Warszawa Centralna station due to repairs and reconstructions of the Warsaw Railway Junction.
@@PeteBrandy A little correction, in Warsaw only central railway line junction is under repairs, due to which multitude of trains had to reroute to Gdanska station. Returning to Centralna is scheduled for around April 2022.
Warszawa Gdańska is very close to the city center and almost next to the Old Town, and there is also an underground station right next to the train station. In my opinion, it is even better to come here than to the Warszawa Centralna railway station.
Thanks so much! Yes, but most of the price was a surcharge for solo occupancy.. If I only wanted a bed in a 3-bed compartment, I would pay only the basic price (and if a promo tariff is available, it is even cheaper)
@@PeteBrandy In 2007-2016, at the Warsaw station, I sold a lot of tickets for the Chopin train to and from Vienna, Budapest and Prague. You are a great traveler.
Small nitpick: Did the ticket you bought actually say "2nd class" anywhere? As far as I know, Nightjet doesn't use the 1st/2nd class terminology at all, which is good, as there are so many different "classes" of accomodation that trying to force that into some overall 1st vs 2nd class is misleading. And even if this sleeping car service isn't branded Nightjet (but "Nightjet Partner"), I assume they use the same ticketing conventions? (PKP domestic sleeping cars might be different.)
According to some traditional (pre-Nightjet) conventions, booking a sleeper compartment for solo occupancy ("single") required a 1st class ticket. Yes, the exact same compartment required a first-class ticket (for the transportation) in order for you to be able to buy a reservation for it with single occupancy. (In those days no compartments had en-suite shower and toilet.) So according to such conventions, this would have been a 1st class compartment... In those days, if you didn't book single occupancy but nobody else booked a berth in the same compartment, you got "1st class" without extra charge, with a 2nd class ticket...
Although the Nightjet partner (bought through ÖBB) was mentioned on the ticket, the Warsaw portion with PKP coaches was officially EuroNight train. Now I have checked my ticket and I have written here: "Klasse: 2". Usually is used for this type of sleeping cars distinction of travel classes Standard and Deluxe (compartment with private bathroom). Otherwise in the reservation system the selection was divided into Compartment with 1, 2 or 3-bed and Compartment deluxe with 1 or 2-bed. In the descripton of this video, I used the class designation for the 1st and 2nd class according to the WLAB10mnouz cars specification.
For domestic night trains in Poland you get sort of two-part ticket. The first part is a base 2nd class ticket, with price identical to a 2nd class seat on the same route based on the distance covered and subject to various promotions and discounts, and "additional/reservation ticket" which is a flat fare depending on a type of compartment you chose (6 bed couchette, 4/3 bed couchette, 3 bed sleeper, 2 bed sleeper, solo sleeper. Note that 3 bed couchettes are actually older "downgraded" sleeper cars, and today PKP IC offers bedsheets on couchettes, so the only difference between 3 bed sleeper and 3 bed couchette is that couchettes are not gender-separated, there is no complimentary breakfest and the sink is probably not working. And price). I don't think ensuite compartments are available on domestic trains. Also this creates a paradox, where on longest train journeys 1st class seats (yes, they can have those) may cost as much as a couchette. But Chopin is weird and uses non-standard pricing.
Good technical descriptions of trains joining and unhitching. Before you opened the breakfast wrapping, I knew the bread would be dark. Polish bread is tasty. Especially when riding trains!
Thank you :-) Yes, the bread was tasty :-)
Vienna station is fabulous! It wasn't so grand when I passed through in 2009.
I like Vienna Hfb too! :-)
@@PeteBrandy❤❤❤❤
Great video Pete 👌 Nice to see PKP again on your channel 😉
Thanks so much! I always like to travel to Poland, next time I plan to take Pesa Dart train :-)
Niceee! Maybe to Łódź Fabryczna? 😂
Yes, I like this station :-)
Oh yes. Good review.
Wow, this train reminds me of my first international sleeping car experience in 2014 from Warsawa to Wien Wstbf with the same train: IC Chopin.
Great video, thanks.
Thanks so much! For me it was first experience of PKP sleeping car :-)
Good job my friend amazing t
Thanks a lot for review on this route, i used to use that line Warsaw Vienna
in both directions a lot in 2010s and used to love it, always in
1st class sleepers. Brings good memories back on. Greetings from Melbourne :-))
Thanks so much! I mostly travel between Warsaw and Prague (my hometown), but this time I wanted to try a PKP sleeping car, so I traveled through Vienna :-D Greetings from Prague :-)
Great review as usual, I enjoyed the train ride. I doubt I would ever spend the money for a night train. IMO prices are too expensive for a sleeper if one wants a cabin for him or herself. Some say one saves the cost of an overnight hotel. Most are coming to Europe is to see the sights and that means daylight travel. Some say one saves the cost of an overnight hotel. I have always found reasonable priced hotels, with comfortable beds usually for less than the overnight sleeper. Thanks again for taking me along.
Thanks so much! Usually the most expensive for a sleeping car is the surcharge for solo occupancy. It often depends on the location. For me, the sleeper train was more convenient than the hotel, because I needed to catch another train from Warsaw and I saved time. Thanks for watching :-)
What?? Man the local population also use Night trains & it's not only for tourists, where did you get that weird idea from? And not all people in Europe are rich like what is portrayed in media so, for them it's economical to use overnight trains.
@@BlackHawkTejas funny post, got a laugh out of your reply.
@@abus3562 Just like the world got a laugh when you were born!! 👍
Got my Euronight ticket w a bunk in 3-people sleeper for 50 euros. From Krakow to Vienna.
Danke ,Dziękuje , interesujący film , czekam na BXL , juu
Those PKP coaches are incredibly quiet
Yes, they are.
@@PeteBrandy that's so depressive. Why do you think nobody use those trains? Do people prefer airplanes or buses?
@@AC-db4ek wouldnt you want a quiet sleeper
@@AC-db4ek money is the answer. Also, last year I wanted to travel to Vienna by train from Poland and this line was not yet annouced so I had to fly with Ryanair.
@@PeteBrandywe are going to
What a surprise! I travel a lot with this train on the route Kraków - Warszawa.
Nice :-) I like IC Chopin :-)
Enjoyed this very much. Like seeing the outsides and insides of the train stations too. Not a tour, but a walk through.
The first class lounge is beautifully designed and looks so comfortable.
The Lounge at Wien Hbf is great, I also like it. A good lounge is also at Berlin Hbf.
Skvělé video, zajímavé vidět něco nového jako je noční spoj, snad bude více takových videí a snad budou někdy i ty lůžkové a lehátkové vozy i pohodlné :D
Mockrát díky, mám ještě připravena 2 videa z nočních vlaků a lůžko už bylo pohodlnější😀 Příští měsíc plánuji vydat ještě EN s ČD lůžkovým vozem kde jsem měl deluxe kupé s koupelnou 😎
@@PeteBrandy Budu se těšit na EN
jaký to bude Slovakia?
@@TrainSpotter_Vrsovicak Přímý vůz ČD z Varšavy do Prahy, takže část trasy na IC Chopin, část na EN Slovakia
Great review! I am happy that RegioJet will start providing service on this route, the current pricing and schedule of this EN connection is really not suitable for our times, 145 euros and 11 hours journey? Who is this addressed to and convenient for? Moreover, the schedule is unconvenient too because it does not allow to catch further morning connections coming from Warsaw and heading to Venice for example, the night train arrives in Wien too late to catch the morning Eurocity from Wien to Venice...and also arriving in Warsaw after 9am is too late for a business city, the traing should get to the destination at 8am the latest...overall, at this time, both flying or driving a car is way more convenient overall..and it's too bad!
Thanks a lot! One of the reasons I chose this route is the future possibility of comparison with RegioJet. Yes, timing of departure / arrival is not the best choice. But this time it came in handy for me to arrive in Warsaw at 9 am. :-)
Well we gonna get to Alps and in summer to Croatia with RegioJet
You can fly for 60 euros...
Nice points but everybody has their own needs and those needs depends on particular scenarios. For ex. if you have large and heavy luggage, a train might be better suited for you. An overweight charges might bring costs in favour for a train.
Airports are located on outskirts of cities while a train brings you to the centre. If you are travelling by plane and need to leave at night or late in the evening, you arrive in the middle of the night. Basically your night is ruined. While taking a sleeper train you can still have a decent rest.
cheers
Super video! Tento víkend pojedu EuroNightem Slovakiou z Prahy do Hummeného.
Díky moc! Já jel EN Slovakia část mé cesty zpět (přímý vůz z Varšavy), kdy nás v Bohumíně připojili za EN Slovakia.. jinak doufám, že budeš míz ČD WLABmz, ty jsou skvělé!
Ahoj Pete ✋✋✋ Amazing video 👍👍👍 ( as always ). Nice to see PKP IC ( sleeping car this time ). I hope You rather enjoyed this trip ( like me - od course virtually 😁😁😁). But I think tys price is rather more expensive. Most regards Pete. Have a Pleasant stay in Poland ✋✋✋
Cześć Piotrek :-) Thanks so much! PKP sleeping car was one of the cars that I was very interested in, so I'm glad I tried it. I like to try new trains and there are a lot of interesting trains in Poland, I also plan to try classic InterCity train and Pesa Dart unit :-)
@@PeteBrandy Good luck Pete ✋✋✋
nedokoukal jsem celé ale tvoje videa jsou vždy super !!!!!!
Díky! Tak to pak doufám dokoukáš :-D
@@PeteBrandy Btw omlouvám se za mojí gramatiku...
Great video ! 👍
Thank you! :-)
@@PeteBrandy You're welcome !
Super video,určitě jedno z tvých nejlepších!Ty PKP vagóny jsou hodně hezký.
Mockrát díky! PKP vozi se mi moc líbí, i ty klasické na sezení mi přijdou fajn :-)
Świetny filmik . Dziękuje
Dziękuje :-)
Cool trip report, Pete! Definitely has its charm to travel with night trains and passing empty stations through the night. :D
Thanks so much! Yes, it's very interesting to travel overnight :-) I hope I'll take some night train from / to Budapest too :-)
Such a wealth of material!
A wonderful trip beautifully presented! PKP Intercity has great new rolling stock and locos!
Thank you so much! Yes, PKP intercity has been investing a lot in a new fleet in recent years :-)
Hi Pete, maybe you will go on a journey from Przemyśl to Świnoujście ;) it's only 17 hours on the train :) and then a ferry trip to Sweden ;) greetings from Świnoujście :)
Hi Paweł, about a month ago I studied this route and thought that I would try it as well, just because there is also a dining car. Greetings from Prague :-)
Thanks Pete - I rally enjoyed your first sleeper train review 👍 A shame about the hard mattress but tbh I don't sleep very well on trains anyway as the shunting at stations wakes me up. The breakfast was a bit basic but I guess you can't have a WARS restaurant car on an overnight train that leaves so late in the evening.
Thanks so much Linda! I'm so glad you enjoyed my first night train review. Mattress seemed harder, but I'm skinny (62 Kg / 181cm), so I feel it more than other people :-D Yes, shunting at stations isn't good for sleeping.. it's good to calculate with, for example, on trips to Poland is good to use the long break in Bohumín to fall asleep. WARS has great service, so it's a pity that most night trains don't have a dining car.
Jechałem Sobieskim i Chopinem wiele razy, fajny film.
Dziękuję :-)
As always, top in-depth review. Keep the stock rolling :)
Thanks so much! :-)
Perfektní video!! Jako vždy ale první noční vlak se opravdu podařil! Velmi detailní rozpis oddílu. Už se těším na příští😃👍🏻 je nočni vlaky jsou třída sama o sobě, proste nejlepší spusob cestování👍🏻
Btw, pěkný záběr Stephansdomu😁
Díky moc! Také si myslím, že na první noční vlak to nebylo nejhorší :-D Ano, docela mě mrží, že jsem neobjevil noční vlaky dřívě, často je to lepší možnost než hotel :-) Haha, no záběr Stephanshonu je nice, díky za rychlý Vienna sightseeing! No tom průchodu do vnitlobloku jsem ani nevěděl a jako intro se to velmi hodilo :-)
@@PeteBrandy❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Lovely informative video. Thanks for this.
Thanks so much! :-)
amazing video man, didn't feel this relaxed and satisfied in a long time, this is exactly the type of video that i love watching
keep up the great work, looking forward to new videos :)
I loved this video! Waiting for more!
Thank you so much :-)
Excellent. Donne l'envie de voyager
Thanks for watching :-)
Thanks, Pete !!! A night train !!! At last !!! You missed it on your channel. I couldn't wait for you to take one. I am very happy that you share your feelings with us in this video. You are sure to make me happy !!! You film very well. You express yourself very well. I am very satisfied with your video in all respects. But the most important thing on a night train is to sleep, and you haven't slept well, it's maddening. And when I saw the price you paid at the very end ... I almost had a heart attack !!! Argh !!! All this for an astronomical sum, all these € spent on it ... it doesn't matter whether you are alone or with others, you know !!! I hope you show us a nicer night train soon. Hi.
Thanks so much! I made night trains as such a farewell to this year's travel season. I still have 2 videos from night trains ready and I plan many more for next year :-) Otherwise this coach wasn't so bad, only the mattress seemed harder, but I'm skinny (62 Kg / 181cm), so I feel it more than other people. As for the price, it is rather average, most of the price (€75) was a surcharge for solo occupancy / single room. Greetings from Prague :-)
@@PeteBrandy It's a shame that train fanatics always travel alone: why not in groups? with friends? of the family? relationships? unknown but sure people ... It would cut the price in half, you're paying too much for nothing there.
All that wasted money you could buy for something else.
Also think of your pleasures as shopping in stores.
Hauptbahnhof replaced Südbahnhof (south station), allowing that line to become a through station as the previous Süd, nearby, had lines from the East and West terminating at right-angles to each other.
At this point, I think, Westbahnhof was a main station too, with mainline services split between Süd & West.
My first visit to Vienna was end of 2013.
I stayed there for a few nights to have a look round then went to catch the train to Graz to visit some friends.
I asked at the hotel reception which station I needed for Graz, she informed me that it was Meidling, however, I had seen signs for Hauptbahnhof, so thought I knew better.
I walked the 2 miles / 3.3 kms to Hauptbahnhof with my heavy luggage only to find a building site !
The S-Bahn was still operating though, so I caught that to Meidling then onto Graz.
My first visit to Vienna (night train from Warsaw) was in 2004.Then the trains' route ended (or started - towards the Czech Republic and Poland) at the Southern Station. A great trip and a wonderful several-day stay in Vienna, incl. Prater :)
Nice one.
Thank you :-)
Great video 😘❤️❤️❤️
Dziękuję :-)
What a wonderful train. Sorry you had to sleep on a hard bed. Pack an air mattress if you ride this train again. Thumbs up again for a great video.
Thanks so much! I think other trip reporters had the same experience with that mattress :-D Btw. I traveled back with a ČD sleeper car and the bed was much more comfortable there :-)
@@PeteBrandy exactly, I took EN443 Warsaw portion, I slept very well until being waked for breakfast
Beautiful Train Video, Beautiful Scene , Very nice.
Thank you so much!
Great job😊
Thank you! :-)
Very good video! 😍
Thanks so much! :-)
Hodně dobrý, like!
Mockrát díky! :-)
So cool video!
Thanks so much! :-)
Super! 👍😀
Thank you :-)
Yes, the sleeper compartment looked very modern and clean, but had no real character I felt. Also I didn't see any USB ports. But a great video review, non-the-less. Thankyou.
Thanks so much! I think these cars are in a similar condition as they were made in 2005. USB ports are usually supplemented after some complete upgrade. In total, I missed more the carpet on the floor in these cars, which are usual, for example, from in ČD sleeping cars :-)
13:38 the color of the water coming out lol
Very enjoyable video, I think it would be great if you spoke too.. for instance I'd like to hear a bit about the stations.. the route taken (any historical context perhaps)... Why the train stops at Warszawa Gdansk and not Centralna...
Thank you! Good idea, I could add such information :-) But sometimes there is less information, because then the video would be too long. For example, information about why the train goes through Warszawa Gdanska I only had in the Warsaw to Prague video.
Cool video
While the hard bed didn't bother me that much, I noticed that the ride quality on the train and in the Czech section in particularwas absolutely horrendous(I almost got thrown out of my bed multiple times), was i the only one to notice that?
And also, that the coach wasn't very well noise isolated. I rode the SNCF sleeper and it was smooth and silent.
The problem with the ride quality on the train isn't in the Czech section, from Břeclav to Ostrava there is a reconstructed line with a speed of 160 km/h. The described problem is in the cross-border section from Bohumín towards Katowice, there are drops of the track caused by mining activities, it also happened to me several times that I almost got thrown out of my bed multiple times.
Cool. Very good and interesting video.
Thank you! I like this wagon sypialny :-)
But what the heck is Warszawa Gdanska? Never heard of 😅
super video! :)
Thank you :-)
Un video utile ben fatto
Grazie
Grazie 😎
Nice video!
Thank you :-)
I love this review! A shower on a train looks interesting!
Thank you so much! Yes, the shower on a train is very good thing.. also some deluxe compartments are equipped with own bathroom.
yet a great sleeper! nice video
Thank you :-)
Video jako vždy luxusní 👌To WLAB vypadá vcelku pěkně, příjemně mě překvapila skříňka na oblečení (doufám, že něco podobného budou mít ČD v modernizovaných WLABmee z Parsu), pak je tam t, ovšem ten polský design mě tedy moc neoslovil. Osobně mi tam vadí ty strašně světlé barvy a žádné pěkné "dřevo", ty ostré rohy nebo zase ty moc zaoblené rohy oken. Mop v sprcháči jen proto, že je covid a moc náchylné na úklid, to snad nedělá ani JLV. Jinak s tou snídaní se u WARS moc nepředali 😐 Každopádně se těším na další video z paluby nočních vlaků 😀
Díky moc! Také jsem byl celkem překvapen, hlavně ta skříň je opravdu dobrá. Celkově je kupé i o něco prostornější než Standard ve WLABmz, kde jsem měl problém se vejít s kufrem i v solo provedení.. Na modernizaci WLABmee jsem zvědav, jen mě mrzí, že tam dodělají propojovací dveře mezi kupé, což je asi nejhorší věc u lůžkových vozů (už jsem měl párkrát tu čest mít vedle skupinku a to je opravdu slyšet každé slovo). Jinak co se týče snídaně, opravdu se moc nepředali, ale zas lepší než nic a já stejnak snídám jen sladkosti (JLV na cestě zpět 2 kaiserky, sýr, máslo, džem a tatranka, takže celkem podobné).
Great video
Thank you :-)
Ahoj Pete, opet skvele video, diky za nej..skoda te sprchy..pri takto dlouhe ceste by byla fajn..vzpominam kdyz jezdival primy luzkovy vagon Moskva - Cheb.. To musel byt dobry zazitek 👍
Ahoj, díky moc! Ta sprcha mi ani tak nechyběla, jedna noc se ještě dá, pokud není horko.. na cestě zpět jsem jel ČD lůžkovým a tam jsem měl kupé s koupelnou, tak mi to vynahradilo :-) Jo, to byly časy, když se ještě dala projet republika lůžkovým, myslím, že z Chebu jezdil i přímý lůžkový vůz na Slovensko.. Teď už jezdí jen EN Slovakia do Košic (+ jeden vůz do Varšavy), EN Metropol do Budapešti a jeden vůz do Curychu za jižním expresem, který ale kvůli výlukám skoro celé léto nejel.. Chtělo by to nějaký noční vlak z Prahy směr Hamburk / Brusel / Amsterdam nebo směr Frankfurt.
Hey, Didn’t you know that sleeping on a hard mattress is good for your back? Just out of curiosity, why didn’t you pick up first class? And if I may ask what’s the damage for first class?
I think the price difference was around 20 EUR. But the only difference here is that the 1st class compartment has own toilet and bathroom, but the beds are the same.
Greetings from Opoczno❤️
Pozdrawiam do Opoczna z Pragi :-)
Nowdays, because of pandemic time hands dryers in public toilets in Poland are out of service. You can verify it in every commercial center or petrol station. So now I can see it also in trains. You can use only paper towels.
Good to know. I didn't know it was intentionally turned off. Yes, then I had to ask the attendant for paper towels. But 3 weeks before I traveled on PKP Pendolino and there were hand dryers in service.
hello from poland!
Hello from Prague :-)
@@PeteBrandy I recommend coming to Krakow
Lucky you! I wish I could take this one, but it's so expensive. It's because PKP InterCity is the only carrier that has night long-distance trains, so they can have every kind of prices they want. In the next year, probably we'll have RegioJet's night train, so I hope in the next few years the prices will change.
Thanks for the report.
Thanks for watching! Yes, it was quite expensive, but I calculated journey + accommodation, so then it was very comparable or maybe cheaper than with hotel in Vienna. Unfortunately, PKP Intercity had some problem with their reservation system, so I had to buy my ticket via ÖBB. But I think the prices will fall down, after RegioJet will launch the connection to Poland :-)
@@PeteBrandy LOL, the prices have changed. 20% up. And also RJ won't operate the trains to Poland because of carriage shortages...
its so nice!
Thank you :-)
I think was good! All days all train what arrived in Warsaw Gdanska continue to go to east Moscow ,Kiev etc
This one terminated at Watszawa Wschodnia :-)
Nice Video! Its not nice what was happened in Hodonín...
But great report! I have to try this train too 😂
Thanks so much! Yes, that's sad.. otherwise, trains should start running the whole route under catenary in December. Be sure to try, these sleeping cars also run from Berlin on the route Berlin - Wroclaw - Krakow - Przemysl.
I would've used both mattresses, lol.
Nice one👍👍👍
Thank you :-)
12:55 it was in june 24.6.2021. I live in Hodonin so i know :D
i just rode last night from warsaw to vienna
single sleeper cabin, mattress was hard as a rock
terrible experience
Super !
Dziękuję! :-)
Interesting as for me.
Pete, ja widzę że Ty podróżujesz pociągiem CHOPIN, który przejeżdża przez miejscowość w której mieszkam - Wodzisław Śląski. 😉 Wstąp do mnie na coffe... 😀☕🥧
Wien Hbf one of my favorite stations. Was there many passangers on the train?
Mine too. My PKP coach looked empty, only 3 compartments were occupied, but Nightjet sleeping coach looked fully booked.
@@PeteBrandy Sometimes if you are lucky you don't have to pay extra for solo occupancy.
For OBB lounge in Viena, for acces is mandatory to have a ticket for OBB train, or it can also be a different company?
Couchette is not suitable for acces in the lounge, right?
On the ÖBB website there is "Sleeper car tickets", so I think including Nightjet couchettes. I also originally thought I didn't have access to the lounge, but then I checked my ticket where I had listed "Nightjet Partner". Otherwise, entry to the lounge is also allowed for passengers of selected partner carriers.. But better to check info on their website or ask directly in the lounge.
Byłem na tym dworcu w Wiedniu w 1986 obecnie nie do poznania piękny
1986, to wciąż był stary dworzec Südbahnhof, prawda?
Lovely review really enjoyed it, just a point about the train in today’s modern times you would think that they would be Wi-fi enabled, I love sleeper trains and although basic it’s ok for second class travel, I also think that they might be getting their arm into you sometimes by charging the surcharge as the train didn’t look too crowded and you might have been the only person in the compartment anyway
Thanks so much! I think Wi-Fi is good for trains running during the day, but I don't miss Wi-Fi on sleeper trains .. and also, I have unlimited mobile data :-D This trains was almost empty, only 3 compartments were occupied.. but it is usually not known at the time of ticket purchase what the occupancy will be. For me is better to surcharge in advance than to get a roommate at the last minute :-D
Czy to mozliwe zeby jadac z Wloch Florencji do Lodzi przesiadac sie 2 a nawet 3 razy?
Very interesting!
Thank you :-)
Excellent ❤️❤️👍👍🥰🥰
Thanks a lot! :-)
Excellent video as always.
How many operators do serve at this route except PKP? And is there actually a big difference in service quality between PKP and ÖBB trains?
Thanks so much! Whole route only PKP, but from Bohumín or Prague you can also take ČD sleeper. I think the main difference in service is a breakfast (ÖBB has a better choice) and also in buy-on-onboard. PKP did not even have a menu available on this journey.
Great video, isn't there a day train from Vienna to Warsaw?
Thank you :-) Yes, between Vienna and Warsaw are operated EuroCity trains EC Polonia and EC Sobieski.
@@PeteBrandy Thanks
Very nice 👍 sharing
Thank you :-)
Díky za zajímavé video. Ve spacím voze jsem ještě nejel, tak aspoň vidím, jak takový spací vůz vypadá uvnitř :) Jaká byla cesta, neházelo to nějak moc že by ses třeba budil? Docela mě překvapily ty celkem dlouhý stání ve stanicích.
Díky moc! Já teď přes zimu zkouším lůžkové vozy, protože stejně není venku moc světla.. U cest do Polska se vyplatí usnout v Bohumíně, kde je pauza.. Pak skoro až do Krakova to dost háže :-D Ty dlouhé pauzy jsou kvůli tomu, že se různě odpojují a spojují přímé vozy do různých destinací a navíc to vyrovná zpoždění.. my jsme např. čekali na přímý vůz z Prahy (ten jsem už taky vyzkoušel).
I would love to go on this trip
17:27 I took the same loc from Rzepin to Berlin
Yes, I saw in your video :-D
When I booked the Budapest to Warsaw night train the sleeper car was totally different from urs
In scheduled train composition there are newer types of sleeping cars, such as those used on the Graz - Warsaw route, but currently one set is including older type of sleeping car with openable windows (as I saw it runs every second day).
Your first video in the sleeping car of a well-known night train to Warsaw - no worries, it's great, just the way we're used to seeing from your production, but if we compare this trip of yours with the adventure our friend Thibault had, we can say that it was almost boring and with a delay of only 20 minutes. The latter is still a joke, but the mentioned event, as you could see for yourself, is really true. Famous July 17, exactly one day after the tornado struck; can you imagine the array of feelings Thibault had when he saw in Warsaw that the train had no sleeping car. He was then told that there would be some, but only from Katowice, and then there was one longer stop on the open track, the same hard bed and a final delay of 3.5 hours.
It was interesting for me to notice that you two, in two opposite directions, presented different data on the length of the road, which may have differed in those two routes, given the unusual circumstances from July: he stated 655km, and you 747km. Of course it doesn't matter, it's just cute, because otherwise it would be said that the number of km is the same. It is also interesting that the price of travel in the middle of the high season, in the summer, during July was lower than the autumn price: € 139 vs € 144.9.
And after a little joke, I claim that it is good to have a night train that directly connects Warsaw with Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Such a formula cannot be simple, but since it travels mostly at night and in sleeping cars, a great deal has really been done as long as this complex train is running.
Thanks so much! I saw the video from Thibault and I must say that he had a really bad luck that day. But that can unfortunately happen. I was similarly lucky with trains to Slovakia. I'm not sure if the Thibault train had a different route, but my data is based directly on the ÖBB application and for verification I also compared with the Czech Railways application, where the data differed by only 1 km. As for the price, I understand that his ticket was cheaper because I only bought my ticket a week before departure (I was originally supposed to travel to Berlin with the ÖBB Nightjet portion).
Oh my god, 143 Euro for one people …so expansive. Last time I got a plan from Brno to Warsaw, I took IC to Ceska Trebova and then change to EN443 Warsaw portion.. only cost me 142 Euro but for 3 adults and en-suite bathroom … haha
One more thing I am wondering why the terminal is Warsaw Gdansk but not via Warsaw Central?
Nope, 69,90 EUR for one person.. but I paid surcharge because I wanted to have all compartment for myself.. Btw. I also tried EN443 Warsaw portion a month ago :-)
The Warszawa Gdańska stop is only temporary, as there is limited traffic at the Warszawa Centralna station due to repairs and reconstructions of the Warsaw Railway Junction.
@@PeteBrandy thanks for your information 😂😂
@@PeteBrandy A little correction, in Warsaw only central railway line junction is under repairs, due to which multitude of trains had to reroute to Gdanska station. Returning to Centralna is scheduled for around April 2022.
I looked it up and if you book your ticket two weeks in advance you can get on 2nd class sleeper train for around €20.
Warszawa Gdańska is very close to the city center and almost next to the Old Town, and there is also an underground station right next to the train station. In my opinion, it is even better to come here than to the Warszawa Centralna railway station.
Id love to do this sleeper train one day Pete, it's looks pretty good! Service on a par with nightjet? Another well made video mate 👍🏻☺️
Thanks mate! The service was different from ÖBB Nightjet, on PKP portion is provided by Wars.
In the second class as it is?
If someone had a Eurail Pass, would they only have to pay the 75.00 for the room? Thanks, great video as always
I think the Eurail Pass will cover the price of the ticket equal to the price of the 2nd class (seat) and you need to pay the difference.
Are these the old "EuroNight Jan Kiepura" Cars?
Yes, originally these sleeping cars were designed for EuroNight trains "Jan Kiepura".
Looks nice, but a little expensive, no? Great video.👏👍
Thanks so much! Yes, but most of the price was a surcharge for solo occupancy.. If I only wanted a bed in a 3-bed compartment, I would pay only the basic price (and if a promo tariff is available, it is even cheaper)
super :-)
Thank you :-)
@@PeteBrandy In 2007-2016, at the Warsaw station, I sold a lot of tickets for the Chopin train to and from Vienna, Budapest and Prague. You are a great traveler.
Keren bro 👍
Thanks :-)
Small nitpick: Did the ticket you bought actually say "2nd class" anywhere? As far as I know, Nightjet doesn't use the 1st/2nd class terminology at all, which is good, as there are so many different "classes" of accomodation that trying to force that into some overall 1st vs 2nd class is misleading. And even if this sleeping car service isn't branded Nightjet (but "Nightjet Partner"), I assume they use the same ticketing conventions? (PKP domestic sleeping cars might be different.)
According to some traditional (pre-Nightjet) conventions, booking a sleeper compartment for solo occupancy ("single") required a 1st class ticket. Yes, the exact same compartment required a first-class ticket (for the transportation) in order for you to be able to buy a reservation for it with single occupancy. (In those days no compartments had en-suite shower and toilet.) So according to such conventions, this would have been a 1st class compartment...
In those days, if you didn't book single occupancy but nobody else booked a berth in the same compartment, you got "1st class" without extra charge, with a 2nd class ticket...
Although the Nightjet partner (bought through ÖBB) was mentioned on the ticket, the Warsaw portion with PKP coaches was officially EuroNight train. Now I have checked my ticket and I have written here: "Klasse: 2". Usually is used for this type of sleeping cars distinction of travel classes Standard and Deluxe (compartment with private bathroom). Otherwise in the reservation system the selection was divided into Compartment with 1, 2 or 3-bed and Compartment deluxe with 1 or 2-bed.
In the descripton of this video, I used the class designation for the 1st and 2nd class according to the WLAB10mnouz cars specification.
For domestic night trains in Poland you get sort of two-part ticket. The first part is a base 2nd class ticket, with price identical to a 2nd class seat on the same route based on the distance covered and subject to various promotions and discounts, and "additional/reservation ticket" which is a flat fare depending on a type of compartment you chose (6 bed couchette, 4/3 bed couchette, 3 bed sleeper, 2 bed sleeper, solo sleeper. Note that 3 bed couchettes are actually older "downgraded" sleeper cars, and today PKP IC offers bedsheets on couchettes, so the only difference between 3 bed sleeper and 3 bed couchette is that couchettes are not gender-separated, there is no complimentary breakfest and the sink is probably not working. And price). I don't think ensuite compartments are available on domestic trains. Also this creates a paradox, where on longest train journeys 1st class seats (yes, they can have those) may cost as much as a couchette. But Chopin is weird and uses non-standard pricing.
Few years ago it was TLK Chopin
so why is the shower forbidden?? did they tell any reasons??
I heard due to pandemic situation
This portion has as of now been extended to Graz
Yes, I traveled in 2021 when this portion started / terminated at Wien Hbf, since the 2022 timetable the route of this portion was extended to Graz.
Comfort and amenities fine. But ticket is expensive.
Yes, the ticket was quite expensive, but the price is usual in Europe.