Going to Ukraine by Train: 20 Hours in a Ukrainian Sleeping Car

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @olgafehetsyn2134
    @olgafehetsyn2134 2 месяца назад +209

    Thank you for showing Ukraine to the world! Our railway works really heroically during the war.

    • @Vasiliy-ch1dp
      @Vasiliy-ch1dp 2 месяца назад +17

      Угледар уже не ваш😅

    • @maloffpaul
      @maloffpaul 2 месяца назад

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dpа навіщо він вам?

    • @ZigZakBlog
      @ZigZakBlog 2 месяца назад +18

      because your railway was build in ussr

    • @vladimiradoshev5310
      @vladimiradoshev5310 2 месяца назад

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dp скоро и Крым, и Донбасс будут освобождены

    • @artemik
      @artemik 2 месяца назад +18

      ​@@Vasiliy-ch1dpговорит житель страны с дырявыми границами, царь которого начал войну в Украине что бы ее не было в России))))))

  • @erwinmeeuwenoord6015
    @erwinmeeuwenoord6015 2 месяца назад +5

    Merci! Worth some extra support 😊

  • @HenryMulder53
    @HenryMulder53 2 месяца назад +32

    Congratulations with your Innotrain award.

  • @MrSzalonnaOriginal
    @MrSzalonnaOriginal 2 месяца назад +25

    I've been wanting this video for 4 years! Thanks so much!

  • @davidwebb4904
    @davidwebb4904 2 месяца назад +157

    Fun fact. You can get a train as close as five miles from the actual Russian border. North of Sumy.

    • @CharlieBarbarossa
      @CharlieBarbarossa 2 месяца назад +15

      Yeah, I did that. Kyiv to Kharkiv line. That's close to where they went into Russia by surprise.

    • @oskarsrode2167
      @oskarsrode2167 2 месяца назад +25

      @@davidwebb4904You mean New Ukraine? 🤭

    • @TheOlgaSasha
      @TheOlgaSasha 2 месяца назад +21

      Sumy are 30 km from the border. But Ukraine entered into Kursk region for defending Sumy. So in fact the front line is 60km from railway near Sudzha town in Kursk region in russia. The speed line Kyiv - Poltava - Kharkiv is far from the border. But second (alternative) line Kyiv - Sumy - Kharkiv is in 7 km from the border with russia near Vorozhba junction station. Vorozhba station is often shelled by russian artillery and drones, so most of passenger trains go to Kharkiv through Poltava. The trains to Kharkiv through Sumy are often late because of danger of shelling.😢

    • @davidwebb4904
      @davidwebb4904 2 месяца назад +1

      @@TheOlgaSasha In the west they would charge extra for this, with it being a “thrill ride”.

    • @TheOlgaSasha
      @TheOlgaSasha 2 месяца назад +19

      @@davidwebb4904 In Ukraine railways play a great role during war, so trains did not stop even in hardest times of shelling Kyiv in 2022. Of course, trains are not allowed to go if it is danger. But danger in Ukraine is everywhere, because russia launches supersound balistic missiles to different cities of Ukraine almost every day (you have not more than 3 min to hide in shelter).

  • @itepk0522
    @itepk0522 Месяц назад +4

    Amazing video! I think you are the first one to document this journey with good quality footage.

  • @tomasbergstrom3695
    @tomasbergstrom3695 2 месяца назад +8

    Thank you for this video. It makes me remember the trip we did in 1986. Budapest to Kiev with a four day stopover in Ushgorod. Just a few months after Chernobyl, so we were the only tourists. The cars seem to be a updated and renovated version of the ones then.

  • @daanlagerwaard3657
    @daanlagerwaard3657 2 месяца назад +6

    A great video! You are definitely right about meeting new people, my girlfriend and I were travelling from the Netherlands to Turkey by train and on the train from Bucharest to Sofia we met a lovely couple in our compartment that we chatted with the whole journey! We stayed in touch and are meeting up with them soon, truly a great memory and friendship!

  • @unaby_unaby
    @unaby_unaby 2 месяца назад +56

    Welcome to Kyiv, I'm glad you've enjoyed by our country and the railway. Thanks for this beautiful journey! ♥

    • @Vasiliy-ch1dp
      @Vasiliy-ch1dp 2 месяца назад +2

      Хохлище))Киев - русский город

    • @Cairol58
      @Cairol58 2 месяца назад

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dp A wish from a Russian Kremlin bot! 👿 They're here too, of course! 😂
      Given the low combat capability of the Russian army, it will take at least 20 years to get to Kiev anyway. And Ukrainians, who are allies of the whole world, will not allow that! And Russia has long since ceased to be a world power, a laughing stock at best .... 😂 .
      Пожелание от русского кремлевского бота! 👿 Они тоже здесь, конечно же! 😂
      Учитывая низкую боеспособность российской армии, до Киева в любом случае придется идти не менее 20 лет. А украинцы, которые являются союзниками всего мира, этого не допустят! А Россия уже давно перестала быть мировой державой, в лучшем случае посмешищем... 😂 .

    • @martinlaun5655
      @martinlaun5655 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Vasiliy-ch1dpVasiliy - huylo.

    • @vovadodon4090
      @vovadodon4090 2 месяца назад +6

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dpвипий пігулку, хворе)

    • @moonangel56
      @moonangel56 2 месяца назад +5

      ​@@Vasiliy-ch1dpКієв Українськи а ви навіть і не мрійте

  • @druhyprogram
    @druhyprogram 2 месяца назад +51

    There is also a third point to enter Ukraine, although a bit more complicated. The Slovak railways run two pairs of trains between Košice in Slovakia and Mukachevo in Ukraine. They run on 1435 mm all the way to Mukachevo, which has a 1435 mm track. Less time is spent on border, but you have to change in Ukraine to their domestic fast train if you want to get further inland, like to Kyiv.

    • @pancropp
      @pancropp 2 месяца назад +2

      It goes both ways actually! There’s also a Russian guage track going to Kosice

    • @204wras
      @204wras 2 месяца назад +5

      ​@@pancroppbut it is freight only line to U. S. Steel

    • @Andrij_Kozak
      @Andrij_Kozak 2 месяца назад +2

      Best connection is from Przemysl !

    • @alph5230
      @alph5230 2 месяца назад +2

      RegioJet also runs a train there, to Chop

  • @EverydayInUa
    @EverydayInUa 2 месяца назад +35

    Cool to see you in Ukraine! Always Welcome!!!

  • @slava6071
    @slava6071 2 месяца назад +14

    Дякую автору відео за те, що показав як працює наша залізниця. Дякую залізничникам за їх незламність і постійну роботу, яка дає надію на рух далі і зʼєднує нас з усім світом🇺🇦❤

    • @ИванКен-ш2ю
      @ИванКен-ш2ю Месяц назад +1

      Дякуй шо вы дэбилы. Сначала граф дьякула, некст князь потужность))) дякует он😂😂😂

  • @Keikdv
    @Keikdv 2 месяца назад +14

    I joined a tour of the broad gauge system in Hungary because of the freight. The MAV does have broad gauge locomotives but no carriges. So the Ukrainian railways send out 2 sleepingcars. We did the daytour inside those coaches and loved it. We went with them back to Chop so we could see (3 hours) how the trains move there. We went back in MAV-coaches on the standard tracks that run into Chop. Would love to do the sleeping car train to Kyviv some day.

  • @oleglesnoy9171
    @oleglesnoy9171 2 месяца назад +38

    Welcome to Ukraine 🇺🇦and thank you for showing Ukrainian Railway

    • @Vasiliy-ch1dp
      @Vasiliy-ch1dp 2 месяца назад +5

      Спасибо, мы придем. С уважением, лейтенант ВС РФ

    • @oleglesnoy9171
      @oleglesnoy9171 2 месяца назад

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dp нагадую особисто для лейтенанта болотяної армії, всі, хто проходить в Україну з боліт повинен мати при собі чорний пакет для зручного транспортування назад, на болота! В іншому випадку ваші кістки розтягають тварини а все інше стане гарним добривом для української землі. росіян (читайте рабів) до раю не пускають! ☝️

    • @maloffpaul
      @maloffpaul 2 месяца назад

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dprus nazi

    • @Botanizls
      @Botanizls 2 месяца назад

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dp максимум куди ти прийдеш, це на свій вуличний сортір

    • @vovadodon4090
      @vovadodon4090 2 месяца назад

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dpя зичу тобі якнайшвидше повернутись традиційним рускім методом - в пакеті)

  • @PerkeleKeyboardist
    @PerkeleKeyboardist 2 месяца назад +55

    There's two direct connections to Kyiv (and beyond actually) but the most convenient and fast is from Warsaw to Kyiv with a cross-platform transfer from Polish IC to Ukrainian train in Chełm. Did this a couple of times, sometimes with huge loads of baggage, going once more in a couple of weeks.

    • @Andrij_Kozak
      @Andrij_Kozak 2 месяца назад +2

      Przemyśl to Kyiv is much faster and direct connection.

    • @c701338
      @c701338 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Andrij_Kozak not if you travel from Warsaw

    • @tomwalton6425
      @tomwalton6425 2 месяца назад +1

      Vienna is more accessible. Why would anyone travel from Warsaw?

    • @Andrij_Kozak
      @Andrij_Kozak 2 месяца назад +2

      @@tomwalton6425 because its much closer to Kyiv than Vienna

    • @PerkeleKeyboardist
      @PerkeleKeyboardist 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Andrij_KozakPrzemyśl is convenient on paper, but the border control there is chaotic, lots of trains are up to 5 hors late, and connections are way too long of a way to anywhere.

  • @fixthetempo7276
    @fixthetempo7276 Месяц назад +7

    всё по класике и стакан гранёный в подстаканнике)) Староват вагончик, но еще походит. А вот толчок уже надо ставить современный. Странно что вообще с таким туалетом по европе разрешили ездить. Грета тунберг негодуэ.

  • @AVyn0
    @AVyn0 2 месяца назад +7

    Amazing video🙌 Hope to see more content with the Ukrainian Railways

  • @canadagood
    @canadagood 2 месяца назад +30

    I appreciate your comment about meeting people on trains. I have seen so many RUclips videos where someone has taken a one or two day journey by ferry or bus or train and apparently managed to never speak to another human being.
    Half of the joy of travel is meeting and conversing with strangers.

    • @andy99ish
      @andy99ish 2 месяца назад +2

      As there is no "I could not agree more" button here, let me tell that I could not agree more.

  • @Deathellos
    @Deathellos 2 месяца назад +79

    Why are trains in Ukraine almost never late, unlike in Europe? Well, there are several reasons for this, and they primarily concern the organization of traffic not only in Ukraine, but also in other post-Soviet states.
    One of the reasons was indicated by the author, namely the lack of trees near the main lines. A fallen tree does not threaten the delay of trains.
    Another reason is the preparation of schedules. In Europe, there are "fast schedules", according to which trains travel as quickly as possible, without the right to make a mistake, and there are many of these trains. If one is delayed somewhere for some reason, subsequent problems will only mount according to the domino principle. In addition, there are many connecting routes, constant coupling and uncoupling of cars. And in Germany, for example, there is a practice of waiting for a late train with another train so that the transfer is not interrupted. In post-Soviet countries, schedules are drawn up in advance and, often, with a large lead time. The schedules are far from the fastest, but if a delay occurs, it is possible to easily fix it. There are not many trains, there are minimal changes of carriages, unlike in Europe, and even fewer agreed transfers. And the trains there do not wait for those running late, but depart on schedule no matter what.

    • @davidwebb4904
      @davidwebb4904 2 месяца назад +12

      @@Deathellos They pad the schedules, also theres so little traffic….. many city pairs only have a handful of trans a day.

    • @kgmakogon
      @kgmakogon 2 месяца назад +11

      In fact, there is quite a lot of traffic, cargo and passenger, long-distance and regional. And, as you said, this punctuality derives from the ex-Soviet system of railway construction and management. In Soviet times, the railways were constructed or rebuilt with 50 m (150 ft) free space from the rail to the forest or other objects. This strip of land along the railway was and even now is in possession of the railway administration, be it Russia or Ukraine or any other country in the ex-USSR, except for railways in cities, stations etc. So, no fallen trees and less possibility of disrupting accidents.

    • @davidwebb4904
      @davidwebb4904 2 месяца назад +4

      @@kgmakogon “Quite a lot of traffic”, is relative. In London, a train passing by every two minutes is normal. In Ukraine, four trains a day, is “a lot of traffic”.

    • @kgmakogon
      @kgmakogon 2 месяца назад +1

      @@davidwebb4904 a lot of cargo trains

    • @osasunaitor
      @osasunaitor 2 месяца назад +4

      ​@@davidwebb4904 man, in Spain many lines see less than 5 passenger trains per day in each direction, and they still manage to be late most of the time. So the frequency of trains cannot be the reason. Ukrainians are doing something else right

  • @Happymali10
    @Happymali10 2 месяца назад +23

    The hole in the bathroom floor is probably an emergency drain in case someone clogs the sink. It did look (at a glance) as if they had enclosed toilet-systems at least.

    • @maloffpaul
      @maloffpaul 2 месяца назад +3

      And for cleaning. To wash the floor

  • @vovadodon4090
    @vovadodon4090 2 месяца назад +4

    Thank you so much for such an amazing video! Also, UZ have many other more modern and comfortable trains to travel with🙌

  • @TetianaCh-ina
    @TetianaCh-ina Месяц назад +1

    О, дуже дякуємо! Супер класно! ❤

  • @KNG2971
    @KNG2971 Месяц назад +14

    Знакомые вагончики уз! Неоднократно приходилось ездить! Всегда в них было душевно!!! Спасибо что показали миру! Да и пусть поскорее будет все хорошо на этой святой земле!

    • @ИванКен-ш2ю
      @ИванКен-ш2ю Месяц назад +14

      Все для этого делаем🇷🇺

    • @joana_alegria
      @joana_alegria Месяц назад +2

      B​@@ИванКен-ш2юOccupant!

    • @KNG2971
      @KNG2971 Месяц назад +2

      @@ИванКен-ш2ю не дождётесь!

  • @peterdowden7694
    @peterdowden7694 2 месяца назад +4

    Using RUclips closed captions made it very easy to read, thanks Thibault

  • @Updoctor1
    @Updoctor1 2 месяца назад +2

    I love the cabin... Everything seems so comfortable

  • @michaelhall8586
    @michaelhall8586 2 месяца назад +6

    I’m hoping for more peaceful times soon for lots of reasons but also so I can visit and show my support

  • @johnmehaffey9953
    @johnmehaffey9953 2 месяца назад +34

    Great to see a country trying its best to be normal and safe for travellers, great post thibault 😊

  • @nemaks77
    @nemaks77 26 дней назад +3

    Это вагон WLAB габарита РИЦ (старый добрый Амендорф постройки ГДР конца семидесятых/начала восьмидесятых годов) после капремонта. В девяностых годах я постоянно работал на таких вагонах из Москвы на направлениях: Будапешт, Загреб, Белград, Вена, Афины, Салоники, Рим, Венеция... Сегодня вагоны Амендорф после капремонта обретают новую жизнь, как РИЦ так и купейные и эксплуатируются во всех республиках бывшего СССР.

  • @luludufuret4585
    @luludufuret4585 2 месяца назад +20

    Bien cher Thibault, merci bien de tout cœur d'avoir eu le grand courage de render visite à ce pays tant aimé.
    Lulu, Paris 16eme

  • @rezaalan3991
    @rezaalan3991 2 месяца назад +1

    Great trip. The boogie changing facilities is definitely unique.

  • @conceyullena
    @conceyullena 2 месяца назад +5

    Beatiuful video ,greetings from Asturias 🚂👍🔔

  • @Vadimus76
    @Vadimus76 2 месяца назад +7

    Дуже цікаво )) Welcome to Ukraine ))

    • @kentmg7571
      @kentmg7571 2 месяца назад +2

      Гимно какое то.

    • @moonangel56
      @moonangel56 2 месяца назад

      ​@@kentmg7571сказав бот кремля

  • @danielgorski4202
    @danielgorski4202 2 месяца назад +8

    Very very solid video. It's really nice to see some progress in your channel. What's next? Maybe it is time to Baltic countries?

  • @scottyerkes1867
    @scottyerkes1867 2 месяца назад +10

    Interesting train ride into a war torn country. Accomodations looked comfy and clean. Thanks Thibault for sharing with us.😀👍👌

    • @sergejskubraks2454
      @sergejskubraks2454 2 месяца назад +2

      there is a lot of tourism as ukrie women going freely back for hairsdressiders, nails etc after collecting socials welfare on European tax payer expense

    • @osasunaitor
      @osasunaitor 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@sergejskubraks2454 okay Latvian russki

    • @petroleontyev9114
      @petroleontyev9114 23 дня назад

      ​@sergejskubraks2454 Your comment is completely inappropriate here! No one should care about someone’s intention to go somewhere and for what purpose. Before expressing your thoughts, you should think twice so as not to look like an eccentric!

    • @sergejskubraks2454
      @sergejskubraks2454 23 дня назад

      @@petroleontyev9114 give me a favour, get lost will you 🙂

  • @andywillis2650
    @andywillis2650 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video, glad you enjoyed it

  • @genpsi
    @genpsi 21 день назад

    Дякую автору !

  • @james23p
    @james23p 2 месяца назад +11

    I miss your commentary and insight but still great videos

    • @zactrale
      @zactrale 2 месяца назад +5

      You should switch on the subtitles.

    • @Fragenzeichenplatte
      @Fragenzeichenplatte 2 месяца назад

      Imagine watching the whole video without subtitles. It even says right at the beginning to turn it on.

  • @benduncan4027
    @benduncan4027 2 месяца назад +9

    It’s so weird to be watching your video but understand what everyone else is talking about around you.

    • @flopunkt3665
      @flopunkt3665 2 месяца назад

      So? What are they talking about? 😜

    • @ЮрійЛозовенко
      @ЮрійЛозовенко 2 месяца назад

      @@flopunkt3665 managing to find their own compartments... at the beginning (in Budapest).

  • @slava6071
    @slava6071 2 месяца назад +7

    Wow! I wait this video so much! Cool, thanks for that. Please ❤ this comment that author of this video will see it😊😊😊😊❤

  • @cipdamboianu5139
    @cipdamboianu5139 2 месяца назад +6

    Did the Moscow - Kiev - Bucharest back in 1991, still Soviet Union! 27 hours of fun. In 2 compartments was one family (and luggage), emigrating to Israel. Hope one day to be able to do the Bucharest - Moscow again…

    • @TheOlgaSasha
      @TheOlgaSasha 2 месяца назад

      Kyiv - Moscow line is closed for at least 50 years. All railway bridges on the border were destroyed in 2022 and it will take years to build new ones even if the war ends today.

    • @Deathellos
      @Deathellos 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@TheOlgaSasha50 years?

    • @vovixs.567
      @vovixs.567 2 месяца назад +2

      Why moscow? Nothing to do there among orcs.
      Come visit Kyiv or Kharkiv when it's peace. We definitely need a train Kyiv - Bucharest - Sofia / Varna or Istanbul if possible (there was one in the 90s), with a carriage from Kharkiv as quite many people from there now live in Romania. But russia... it would be better if there was Ocean of Dreams instead.

    • @kentmg7571
      @kentmg7571 2 месяца назад +4

      @@vovixs.567 Вам нужен поезд Киев - Магадан, мы уже собираем вагоны.

    • @nikishved
      @nikishved 2 месяца назад +6

      ​@@vovixs.567yes-yes, keep on writing "Russia" or "Moscow" or "Russian" etc with lowercase letters - this remains one of the fewest ways to demonstrate the world around that you are from Ukraine. Otherwise you can be hardly determined as no real peculiarities or differences from Russian... Nothing own: no language, no culture, no country.

  • @prostakuk
    @prostakuk 2 месяца назад +1

    Damn, my man, this was one of your best.

  • @josephr9551
    @josephr9551 2 месяца назад +8

    I did not expect you visiting Ukraine but thank you for doing so. I would love to see more Ukrainian content. Glory to Ukraine and glory to its heroes!

  • @rymlianynkyivskyi
    @rymlianynkyivskyi Месяц назад +2

    Nice journey!
    10:18 : During this stop in Lviv, a locomotive was replaced: from D.C. 3 kilovolts to A.C. 25 kilovolts 😎.

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 2 месяца назад +7

    Riding these overnight sleeper trains look really exciting especially
    here in the Ukrainian countryside thank you.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇦

  • @DukeOfVladivostok
    @DukeOfVladivostok 2 месяца назад +3

    Very good video! Let me clarify a bit - the carriage you were travelling in is specifically for international transport, the other carriages are used in the country itself

  • @Eva1983ize
    @Eva1983ize 2 месяца назад +1

    Nagyon jó lett a film.

  • @simonstadin
    @simonstadin 2 месяца назад +9

    I travelled to Ukraine this summer, though by bus from Moldova. On the Ukrainian side of the border they did ask a few questions about my visit, but my answers were apparently satisfactory. I wonder if it had been any different had I taken the train. I enjoyed my stay in Kyiv, and I would love to return to Ukraine one of these days!

    • @vladlen251
      @vladlen251 2 месяца назад

      Welcome)

    • @НиколайИванов-н
      @НиколайИванов-н Месяц назад

      So you go to Ukraine, and there is a war there, doesn't it seem strange to you? Not a single bridge, not a single border crossing has been destroyed, Ukraine has electricity, gas, water, internet. If Russia had waged a war there as it should, you would hardly have gone there! Kyiv would have been like Gaza.

  • @jean-pierrelebon3946
    @jean-pierrelebon3946 2 месяца назад +10

    Merci pour ce fantastique reportage ferroviaire 👍👍👍👍 ... il fallait oser le faire malgré toutes les incertitudes actuelles ... bravo pour votre chaîne ... (en admirant au passage, sans polémiquer, le courage de cette nation qui se bat pour garder son indépendance ... 👏 ).

  • @tammo100
    @tammo100 2 месяца назад +18

    The Ukrainian commuter trains have almost exactly the same color scheme as the Dutch commuter trains (sprinters)

    • @ob_dowboosh
      @ob_dowboosh 2 месяца назад +3

      Old color scheme is gray with light blue, new color scheme is white-yellow-blue

    • @osasunaitor
      @osasunaitor 2 месяца назад

      True, I hadn't noticed! Maybe they looked to the Netherlands when they modernised those trainsets, trying to find a modern and up to date colour scheme

    • @basdavids
      @basdavids Месяц назад +2

      The Hungarian one at 2:04 also has a similar scheme

  • @PaulCashman
    @PaulCashman 2 месяца назад +3

    Looking at 12:32 -- "back in the day," toilets on Amtrak used to dump directly onto the tracks, and you could see down onto the trackbed just like in this video. A sign in the restroom used to say "Please do not flush toilet while train is stopped at station." (So I waited until we began rolling and weren't stopped at the platform. :) )

    • @iamthestig1
      @iamthestig1 2 месяца назад +2

      They still do in Britain...

    • @charlieinla
      @charlieinla 2 месяца назад +2

      Hungary as well....80% of rolling stock is 40 yrs old

  • @theobrattinga500
    @theobrattinga500 2 месяца назад +3

    Great video.

  • @buzzukfiftythree
    @buzzukfiftythree 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for doing this journey for us, so I don’t have to!

  • @yann.thiele8336
    @yann.thiele8336 2 месяца назад +1

    About the Boogie changing Bit: it would make the Service a Lot faster/less noisy/complicated If those Cars Had Automatic gauge switching boogies. There are some existing in Switzerland (i Believe) that can Change from narrow to Standart Gauge and back

  • @pietrovecchio8497
    @pietrovecchio8497 18 дней назад

    grazie per questo video come interesse per il martoriato popolo ucraino

    • @GAMEBOX-j5i
      @GAMEBOX-j5i 2 дня назад

      😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

  • @maloffpaul
    @maloffpaul 2 месяца назад +3

    Thanks for showing Ukraine 🇺🇦

    • @MultiBifidok
      @MultiBifidok 27 дней назад

      Meanwhile Ukraine 12:28 😂
      Как вас с такими унитазами в Европу пустили, немытые?

  • @EpicThe112
    @EpicThe112 2 месяца назад +3

    If you are wondering how they this in the opposite direction away from Ukraine towards Austria you might find one of the carriages having stretchers because this train is a lifeblood for Ukraine since there are no Medical evacuation aeroplanes since the Russian military controls the skies over Ukraine. 2:54 MAV V47 also known as DB Baureihe MRCE Dispolok Baureihe 182🇩🇪 ÖBB Baureihe 1016/1116🇦🇹. The Logical solution for this train is actually making it variable gauge one of them would be a combination Guards/Parcel carriage. Which will be used to carry MREs made in the UK/France/USA via Rammstein Flugplatz to the Ukrainian front. For chop to Kyiv there might be situations where the electric loco is towed behind a Diesel locomotive due to the fact that the substations for 3kv DC and 25kv 50hz are subjected to attacks by the Russian Air Force

  • @Eurobazz
    @Eurobazz Месяц назад

    Great video. I'm re-subscribing to your videos now I know you use sub-titles and no commentary. Thanks!

  • @gsadfaw1223
    @gsadfaw1223 2 месяца назад +2

    Please go to the black sea coast on train from Kiev to Dnipro and then from Dnipro to Odessa, or on Ukrainian speed trains! that will be really cool!!!👍

    • @vladlen251
      @vladlen251 2 месяца назад

      Kyiv is not Kiev(moscovian variant). Please, use new variant = Kyiv

    • @JoeBrandon
      @JoeBrandon 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@vladlen251не, все правильно. Киев, кыив у себя на селе говори

  • @NormanAllen-ps9ju
    @NormanAllen-ps9ju 2 месяца назад +3

    Very interesting trip ti Kiev ! I would love to be a patrion, but am unwilling to put my credit card out there on the either !

  • @СтепанПетрик-и6э
    @СтепанПетрик-и6э 7 дней назад

    das ist doch meine liebe Heimatstadt Kiew🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @aniinnrchoque1861
    @aniinnrchoque1861 Месяц назад +1

    How did you book that train? I tried everything under the sun but it was impossible to book that train online within months/weeks/days of travel. I was forced to resort to using a bus.
    I fear that you can only book that train via ticket offices, by phone or by having "connections".
    In all it left a bad aftertaste.

    • @ob_dowboosh
      @ob_dowboosh Месяц назад

      Better book trains from Przemysl (aka Peremyshl)

    • @aniinnrchoque1861
      @aniinnrchoque1861 Месяц назад

      @@ob_dowboosh I always do. I should have clarified that I mean Hungary and Elvira and the same route out as in the video to Budapesht. Slovakia and Poland have always worked out flawlessly by train.

  • @KOLEJ22DrogaPrzygody
    @KOLEJ22DrogaPrzygody 2 месяца назад +1

    Hello nice video , like .

  • @davidwebb4904
    @davidwebb4904 2 месяца назад +12

    Been there done that, and more, three times over the last two years. Off there yet again next week.

  • @tonysrailwayadventure2729
    @tonysrailwayadventure2729 2 месяца назад +1

    great video I'm going to try and go to Ukraine on my channel

  • @AydinAydin8434
    @AydinAydin8434 26 дней назад +1

    Ohaaaa budapeşte ve kiev arası 1171 km mi ?

  • @rolandbol7350
    @rolandbol7350 4 дня назад

    I took a night train from Berlin to Kyiv in 1994. At that time, it passed through Belarus which demanded an extra $70 for a transit visum. The Terespol-Brest border and gauge change started just after midnight, and the Ukrainian border check was at 5AM, so I didn't get much sleep either. I returned on a train to Krakow via Przemysl.

  • @louiscy
    @louiscy 2 месяца назад +2

    Is it possible to get travel insurance ? I always wanted to go to kyiv.

    • @Deplorable_Garbage
      @Deplorable_Garbage 2 месяца назад +1

      I bet they wouldn't

    • @davidwebb4904
      @davidwebb4904 2 месяца назад +3

      Medical in Ukraine is top quality and very affordable. No need for insurance.

    • @ed4m0223
      @ed4m0223 2 месяца назад +1

      За готівку будуть лікувати всіх, якщо зможуть звісно.

    • @louiscy
      @louiscy 2 месяца назад

      @@davidwebb4904 Thank you.

    • @masterman1502
      @masterman1502 2 месяца назад

      @@davidwebb4904 as an international tourist, insurance is required

  • @billyfran1
    @billyfran1 2 месяца назад +1

    Any meals? Showers?

  • @ob_dowboosh
    @ob_dowboosh 2 месяца назад +1

    I'd like to see the video of the renewed Ukrainian commuter train. The best route to try them is the Kyiv City Express (Kyiv Urban Rail) or Kyiv Circular line.

  • @silenthunteruk
    @silenthunteruk 2 месяца назад

    A quick heads-up if you wish to do this now; normal travel insurance may not cover the trip, especially if your foreign ministry has advised against going there.

  • @myst_ng
    @myst_ng 2 месяца назад +44

    Courageous Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

    • @Mimi-q6z9h
      @Mimi-q6z9h 2 месяца назад +7

      Rubbish territory

    • @Tatrin
      @Tatrin 2 месяца назад

      @@Mimi-q6z9h бот лахтинский

    • @slaveholder-y7j
      @slaveholder-y7j Месяц назад +1

      Malorossija

    • @Tatrin
      @Tatrin Месяц назад

      @@slaveholder-y7j бот лахтинский

  • @rustyshackleford9115
    @rustyshackleford9115 2 месяца назад

    Isn't there a dining car or cafe? What do you eat??

  • @mihaim1032
    @mihaim1032 2 месяца назад +2

    Can you also make a video in which you can take the UZ train from Chisinau(Kishinev) to Kyiv?

  • @TRAVEL.HIGHLIGHTS
    @TRAVEL.HIGHLIGHTS 2 месяца назад

    😊 It's magic to travel by Train. You feel asleep in one country and then you wake up in another country... Amazing

  • @2rion
    @2rion Месяц назад +3

    Реально гравитационный туалет?

  • @Andrij_Kozak
    @Andrij_Kozak 2 месяца назад

    Did you go from Kyiv to Przemysl back ?

  • @JudeMoneymaker
    @JudeMoneymaker 2 месяца назад +1

    Ukraine is like Central European countries 30 years ago. Biggest challenge on overnight trains is preventing being robbed.

  • @ukraniankozak179
    @ukraniankozak179 2 месяца назад

    always wanted to ride on this train maybe someday!

  • @jonclassical2024
    @jonclassical2024 2 месяца назад +3

    Loved this post, the last time I was in Budapest, the train station was ungoing massive renovations, stunning building never the less! I wondered when you said you were sharing the compartment, what happens if its a female. Very brave of you to travel all the way to Kyiv...I think I could do Lviv.... Slava Ukraini !

  • @TSZSpotter
    @TSZSpotter 2 месяца назад +5

    Very nice video report about your train journey from Hungary to Ukraine. I watched it from start to finish. I was once in Hungary taking the night train Chopin from Krakow Główny, but I was going to Nyugati station. I have to admit that in Budapest they have very beautiful architecture of the train station buildings. I don't want to sound stupid and strange but... you didn't have any fears/concerns about going to Ukraine, to a country where there is currently a war? Fear in the sense that some missile made in Russia could hit your train in your carriage. Thank you in advance for your answer.

    • @davidwebb4904
      @davidwebb4904 2 месяца назад +2

      Ive been three times in the last two years. Last year, I went as far as Kharkiv, Izyum and Sloviansk. A mere 20 minutes from where TV says is actual war stuff happening. I saw nothing I heard nothing. Its absolutely fine. Much safer than London. Off to Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Kramatorsk next week. Possible side trip to Sumy if I have time.

  • @matiuikh
    @matiuikh Месяц назад +5

    Thank you to the author for showing the work of Ukrainian railway workers during the war. Russian missiles attempt to disrupt normal transportation operations and kill transport workers. In the first days of the war, millions of Ukrainians used Ukrainian railways to relocate to safer places. In sleeping cars like the one shown by the author, sometimes more than a hundred passengers would fit together with their pets - cats and dogs.

  •  2 месяца назад +2

    7:41 He said: Most ment oda... otthagyta nála.... Hát de nem kezelted le?.... Nem dehogyis! Hát mit kezeljek le?
    He has just arrived there.... he left (something) by someone.. But have you checked it?... No, not at all! What should I check then? :DD

  • @MichalLesna
    @MichalLesna 2 месяца назад

    Bez problemu na granicy z Ukrainą ?Gdzie można kupić bilet na taki pociąg ?

  • @mh_dot_fm
    @mh_dot_fm 2 месяца назад +1

    Did full Kyiv - Vienna two way back in 2017. 25 hours total. Hungarian border guys were quite bad honestly

    • @nemaks77
      @nemaks77 26 дней назад

      Насколько я помню: в Вену вагон шел через Словакию (Чоп-Кошице-Братислава-Мархегг), в Венгрию он не заезжал, венгерских погранцов там быть не могло...

    • @mh_dot_fm
      @mh_dot_fm 25 дней назад

      @nemaks77 No, it did. Also good luck assuming someone will answer you in your language on international resource

  • @cherylsemrau7100
    @cherylsemrau7100 2 месяца назад +3

    Interesting that you would go to Ukraine during a war.

    • @sergejskubraks2454
      @sergejskubraks2454 2 месяца назад +1

      there is a lot of tourism as ukrie women going freely back for hairsdressiders, nails etc after collecting socials welfare on European tax payer expense

    • @TheOlgaSasha
      @TheOlgaSasha 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@sergejskubraks2454Those women escaped from war, not from poorness.

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 2 месяца назад +3

    Glad the grand station was not destroyed by Russian bombings. Sad so many young lives have been lost😢

  • @didisinclair3605
    @didisinclair3605 2 месяца назад +6

    ❤❤❤ UKRAINE ❤❤❤

    • @Mimi-q6z9h
      @Mimi-q6z9h 2 месяца назад +4

      Rubbish territory

    • @Tatrin
      @Tatrin 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Mimi-q6z9h бот лахтинский

    • @vovixs.567
      @vovixs.567 2 месяца назад

      @@Mimi-q6z9h rubbish is you

    • @nsbioy
      @nsbioy 2 месяца назад

      @@Mimi-q6z9h Because of a lot of Russian rotting rubbish meat.

  • @antonywilder2104
    @antonywilder2104 2 месяца назад

    How much did it cost?

  • @nelchnelch
    @nelchnelch 2 месяца назад +2

    Old Rits , made in Gorlitz in DDR :-)

  • @REDARROW_A_Personal
    @REDARROW_A_Personal 6 дней назад

    First Simply Railways Video on a train into a country at war defending itself.

  • @a_smirnoff17
    @a_smirnoff17 Месяц назад +7

    Да уж… Украинские поезда- зрелище очень печальное. Я в 2017 ехал из Хабаровска в Комсомольск-на-Амуре на поезде, в богом забытый городишке, вот там поезд вообще класс был, как космический корабль

    • @ob_dowboosh
      @ob_dowboosh Месяц назад

      Норм поезд, ты ещё не был на Балканах, а особенно в Албании, вот там-то действительно жесть.

    • @nemaks77
      @nemaks77 26 дней назад

      В Албании железные дороги остановились насовсем несколько лет назад. Их там больше не существует😢

  • @ViacheslavSalakhov
    @ViacheslavSalakhov 2 месяца назад +1

    Дякую за відео, нажаль, дуже коротко, сподіваюся на більш детальне знайомство з нашою залізничною. інфраструктурою.

  • @erik25233
    @erik25233 2 месяца назад +6

    Any idea why the train sells out in 20 minutes? Because war-torn families are (re)connecting through this lifeline with Europe. I would have second thoughts about taking this train out of railway-curiosity and/or 'adventurous' travel.

    • @EpicThe112
      @EpicThe112 2 месяца назад

      @erik25233 you are correct also consider this politicians from Western Europe use the same train as him because you cannot fly in or out of Ukraine. They will ask ukrainians see if there is a carriage for the bodyguards they have. On the westbound Direction the more is added

    • @Andrij_Kozak
      @Andrij_Kozak 2 месяца назад +2

      Then do Przemyśl-Kyiv with Intercity+ train. You have a lot of time to buy tickets.

    • @EpicThe112
      @EpicThe112 2 месяца назад

      @@Andrij_Kozak you are correct for that one it's the one that is heavily used by people like Joe Biden Anthony blinken to Kyiv.

  • @chriskartal
    @chriskartal 2 месяца назад

    Where is it safe to travel in Ukraine right now? kiev,lviv or Mukachevo ?

  • @terrikatz4854
    @terrikatz4854 2 месяца назад

    Is it mandatory that you are awake at the border? Do guards pass through the train or must you leave the train? Do you surrender your passport to the train attendant in Budapest or do you hold on to your passport for your whole journey?

    • @Deathellos
      @Deathellos 2 месяца назад

      Of course, it is necessary. Border guards identify your identity, they need to check you personally. Moreover, if the country is under martial law.
      And the passport should not be given to anyone except the competent authorities. Train conductors are not the people to whom passports should be handed over, passports should always be with you.

    • @ob_dowboosh
      @ob_dowboosh 2 месяца назад

      Honestly, I'd schedule the train that way, that the border procedure occurs at the daytime.

    • @ij9165
      @ij9165 2 месяца назад

      When we travel from USSR to GDR via Poland in 1980s , we had to leave train for 3 hours in Brest. It was a border station before USSR/Poland border. Meanwhile they changed the wheel pairs (as like as author showed here), but the passengers had two options - to get off outside for 3 hours or to remain in the train all the time. The train leaved for wheel pair change somewhere out of the station then got back to another platform which had narrowed track.

  • @ЛеонидФилиппов-ш8щ
    @ЛеонидФилиппов-ш8щ Месяц назад +1

    Желаю всем мира и добра

  • @НадеждаСпиридонова-в5з

    Это что лучший вариант в Украине... И что штучном варианте.... Народ спрашивает почитая комментарии где купить билет на такой поезд.....

    • @ob_dowboosh
      @ob_dowboosh Месяц назад

      Ну этот поезд без пересадок идёт, у него вагоны узкие. А поездов, которые идут в Украину без пересадок, мало. С Перемышля, что возле границы с Украиной, есть и более современная электричка производства Кореи.

  • @Backwardlooking
    @Backwardlooking 2 месяца назад +3

    👍🏻🇫🇷✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @ТатьянаДроботова-ю1д
    @ТатьянаДроботова-ю1д Месяц назад +2

    Хорошее видео,в Украине есть двухэтажные поезда?

    • @ob_dowboosh
      @ob_dowboosh Месяц назад

      Есть 2 электрички чешского производства 2-этажные.

  • @tetrider4898
    @tetrider4898 2 месяца назад +1

    Welcome to Ukraine!