I have really mixed feelings about Regiojet. They initially used dumping prices to destroy local competition, but also pushed others to provide services on a decent level, which really improved the travelling experience in CZ overall. Their bus service also runs faster than what would be possible if they stuck to the legal speed limit on the roads they use :D But as a customer, my only complaint about them is their selection of movies.
The delay on departure is usually because of a late arrival of a guaranteed connecting train from Ukraine. But yes, this service is plagued with emergency brakings as people seem to be really careless abot the emergency brake levers in the train, much more so than on other services. Also the *quality* of the czech rail infrastructure is not great yet, some places are getting better as big projects are going on and are planned for the future, including proper high speed rail (320 km/h) conncting Prague-Brno-Ostrava and then branching off to several destinations Brno-Vienna/Bratislava-Budapest Ostrava-Warszava and a slower northern connaction Prague-Dresden. The lack of funding in the 90s and laws regarding infrastructure construction have been really unfavourable towards the railways and we are only now begininng to play catchup. Pardubice is one of the big and complex projects on our railways, and if funding is secured, there will be a lot more happening in the coming years, with the downside of delays of course.
I took exactly that train last October after taking the PKP overnight train from Swinousce to Przemysl with two friends. I was positively surprised by Regiojet. We hat a 4 berth couchette for the three of us which made it easier as one of my friends is in a wheelchair but it was generally okay. Our departure was delayed by about one hour, but that's okay on an overnight train as it made most of it up along the way. The breakfast is a bit dry and the toilets dump right onto the track. Some were broken. Overall, the journey felt a bit cheap but that's okay as it was cheap. There are no bad trains, there are only bad prices. :) And keeping in mind that we spend less than 100 € for the three of us it was really worth it, as we arrived mostly well-rested and had some good sleep.
Tooke the Rejojet day train last year from Vienna to Prague. There too there was a flower in the bathroom which it's such a simple and yet elegant touch. Curious if others have found flowers in Rejojet bathrooms?
Your video is great and I am very happy that u enjoyed the jouney with Regiojet💛 i I have to record this route soon too! 😎 btw I am recording videos also from Regiojet - mainly the food but they are just in czech. The prices are sooooo good - everything is very cheap.
The whole route turns out to be on the old Austrian KkStb Hauptstrecke Prag Premzyl the Eastern portion was built by Galizien Carl Ludwig Bahn. If you want to see the pictures of what the whole route look like in the opening days the Austrian Federal Railways kept them in their archives.
Glad you enjoyed your journey! Unfortunately, RegioJet has been worsening their services for the last years. Since they keep their low prices, they lack the maintanance, so problems with their toilets in trains are notoriously known. It is common that only half of all toilets in whole train is working properly.
Great review! I have wondered how trains are able to cross-over into the former Soviet republics with their wider track guage, thanks for the explanation Thibault!
There is a broad-gauge line into Poland (ends north of Katowice) from Ukraine, but historically, before Russia went insane they had facilities on the borders to switch the bogies. So you'd be lifted into the air and the wheels beneath your carriage would be switched. That happened on trains like the Moscow-Nice sleeper.
Except for the mistake in the thumbnail (Polish language is a Godzilla, I know), I enjoyed both the video and my travel on a Prague-Przemyśl RegioJet. The worst thing was the one hour delay in Prague without any proper information and with no place to sit at the platform.
This service originally started as a humanitarian help train, the tickets were free and cargo coaches were being hauled at the end of the train. Today, the service is run with cooperation of the Ukranian railways and has a guaranteed connection to and from multiple Ukrainian destinations, with the benefit of buying a single ticket valid for the whole trip.
@@lucalynx99_LF uh-huh, I've been on Ukrainian Intercity+ train where this connection failed and people traveled in vestibules although it's kinda not possible since all Ukrainian trains except suburban ones have obligatory reservation
@@PerkeleKeyboardist Honestly, it doesn't even surprise me, that's the Czech quality service when things cease to magically work out. Sadly it's not limited to just our yellow trains but most other companies too, but I would say this company operates on luck and wishful thinking more than the others.
Pour les fenêtres, je sais pas. Les portes sont des « Mielich », recommandées à l’époque par l’UIC, du nom de l’ingénieur allemand qui les a conçues. D’origine allemande, comme les bourrelets en caoutchouc d’intercirculation.
You're honestly lucky it left on time - I usually take the PKP/CD from Krakow to Prague because this one is timed to meet with a train from Kyiv so understandably there are often heavy delays. I've seen up to 7 hours!
Sleeper is literally a mobile capsule-hotel with better mattresses, washing cabinet and sometimes even tiny WC/shower. Couchette is generally a regular compartment but with beds instead of seats. Today, modern operators like Regiojet use couchettes with single use beddings to upgrade them into a very simplified sleepers.
Travelling thru Przemysl is traumatising. The EU border staff are rude and abusive. They quite literally treat the passengers like a combination of cattle, and garbage.
@@Ferreira0504you're double wrong, first off the correct romanisation of the ukrainian spelling would be Kyïv. Secondly that spelling doesn't make any sense in English, hence why all academic dictionaries still follow the proper & correct spelling: Kiev.
The provision of breakfast to ALL travellers on the service has to be a good marketing tool. Well done Regiojet!!
I have really mixed feelings about Regiojet. They initially used dumping prices to destroy local competition, but also pushed others to provide services on a decent level, which really improved the travelling experience in CZ overall. Their bus service also runs faster than what would be possible if they stuck to the legal speed limit on the roads they use :D But as a customer, my only complaint about them is their selection of movies.
@@bobzeepl same strategy as FlixBus. :)
40€ for such a long ride in a Couchette with this comfort is a really good price, I would say. Great work by Regiojet!
It's amazing to visit our country🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱!!! Greetings from Kraków.
The delay on departure is usually because of a late arrival of a guaranteed connecting train from Ukraine. But yes, this service is plagued with emergency brakings as people seem to be really careless abot the emergency brake levers in the train, much more so than on other services. Also the *quality* of the czech rail infrastructure is not great yet, some places are getting better as big projects are going on and are planned for the future, including proper high speed rail (320 km/h) conncting Prague-Brno-Ostrava and then branching off to several destinations Brno-Vienna/Bratislava-Budapest Ostrava-Warszava and a slower northern connaction Prague-Dresden. The lack of funding in the 90s and laws regarding infrastructure construction have been really unfavourable towards the railways and we are only now begininng to play catchup. Pardubice is one of the big and complex projects on our railways, and if funding is secured, there will be a lot more happening in the coming years, with the downside of delays of course.
Always great to see the sleeper trains
in other countries Thank You.🤠👍
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃💨
amazing video! im happy you are in Poland again!
5:25 That way of braking seems like the emergency brake was activated.
Nice ride. Nice couchette. Can't beat the price and free breakfast. Thanks Thibault.👌💚
Beautiful Video Friend! 🚉 😊😊
I never saw these Trains! 🤓
I love that emergency brake at 5:30
I took exactly that train last October after taking the PKP overnight train from Swinousce to Przemysl with two friends. I was positively surprised by Regiojet. We hat a 4 berth couchette for the three of us which made it easier as one of my friends is in a wheelchair but it was generally okay. Our departure was delayed by about one hour, but that's okay on an overnight train as it made most of it up along the way. The breakfast is a bit dry and the toilets dump right onto the track. Some were broken. Overall, the journey felt a bit cheap but that's okay as it was cheap. There are no bad trains, there are only bad prices. :) And keeping in mind that we spend less than 100 € for the three of us it was really worth it, as we arrived mostly well-rested and had some good sleep.
Tooke the Rejojet day train last year from Vienna to Prague. There too there was a flower in the bathroom which it's such a simple and yet elegant touch. Curious if others have found flowers in Rejojet bathrooms?
Yea i found a rotten one on line R8
Great trip. That free breakfast is something.
7:10 That's the best joke of your channel, even better than the bruh when some lady had her shoes on the chair in EC Zürich-Hamburg😂😂😂😂😂😂
Both sides of the tunnel are in Prague...
The railway station in Przemyśl is very beautiful
Great to see My DPA hometown's train station at the beginning of the video.
My family comes from around Przemyśl lol, crazy to see that you actually visited that area but great vid as usual!!!
Great video.
Beautiful!
Would love to see a video on the Black Forest Railway in Germany, one of my favs :)
Very nice descent trains. It’s got that intercity feel to it. Just like the Intercity trains in the UK.
Love to see those old vlassic European coaches.
Great trip report
Wow what a lovely journey and great value for money brilliant
Nice video!!!👍
Your video is great and I am very happy that u enjoyed the jouney with Regiojet💛 i
I have to record this route soon too! 😎 btw I am recording videos also from Regiojet - mainly the food but they are just in czech. The prices are sooooo good - everything is very cheap.
You should do the Euronight 442 Slovakia!!
The whole route turns out to be on the old Austrian KkStb Hauptstrecke Prag Premzyl the Eastern portion was built by Galizien Carl Ludwig Bahn. If you want to see the pictures of what the whole route look like in the opening days the Austrian Federal Railways kept them in their archives.
Glad you enjoyed your journey! Unfortunately, RegioJet has been worsening their services for the last years. Since they keep their low prices, they lack the maintanance, so problems with their toilets in trains are notoriously known. It is common that only half of all toilets in whole train is working properly.
only in the very long rides to the see when the ride takes 20 and more hours... The toilets are not bottomless...
Please take a train to Lviv or even to Kyiv.
Great review!
I have wondered how trains are able to cross-over into the former Soviet republics with their wider track guage, thanks for the explanation Thibault!
There is a broad-gauge line into Poland (ends north of Katowice) from Ukraine, but historically, before Russia went insane they had facilities on the borders to switch the bogies. So you'd be lifted into the air and the wheels beneath your carriage would be switched. That happened on trains like the Moscow-Nice sleeper.
@@prostakuk Wow, did not know that!
Except for the mistake in the thumbnail (Polish language is a Godzilla, I know), I enjoyed both the video and my travel on a Prague-Przemyśl RegioJet. The worst thing was the one hour delay in Prague without any proper information and with no place to sit at the platform.
4:37 the announcement is in Ukrainian. They surely know their market and how to cater to it! Thumbs up!
This service originally started as a humanitarian help train, the tickets were free and cargo coaches were being hauled at the end of the train. Today, the service is run with cooperation of the Ukranian railways and has a guaranteed connection to and from multiple Ukrainian destinations, with the benefit of buying a single ticket valid for the whole trip.
@@lucalynx99_LF uh-huh, I've been on Ukrainian Intercity+ train where this connection failed and people traveled in vestibules although it's kinda not possible since all Ukrainian trains except suburban ones have obligatory reservation
@@PerkeleKeyboardist Honestly, it doesn't even surprise me, that's the Czech quality service when things cease to magically work out. Sadly it's not limited to just our yellow trains but most other companies too, but I would say this company operates on luck and wishful thinking more than the others.
@@lucalynx99_LF I think it's a common Slav thing, not just Czech :D
It’s would be great to see the overview of Przemysl- Kyiv trip by a train😉🇺🇦 in the next episodes.
On dirait vraiment les mêmes wagons que nos trains Corail. Même portes d'entrée, même fenêtres.
Pour les fenêtres, je sais pas. Les portes sont des « Mielich », recommandées à l’époque par l’UIC, du nom de l’ingénieur allemand qui les a conçues. D’origine allemande, comme les bourrelets en caoutchouc d’intercirculation.
Merci pour les explications. ça veux dire que plusieurs caisses de trains ont pu avoir ces portes là finalement. @@chefchaudard3580
Nice review maby try the Dinnertrain 😇
Could you review the japaneese Shinkansen? It’s the first high-speed rail system in the world so it would be cool to see a review on it.
🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥
You're honestly lucky it left on time - I usually take the PKP/CD from Krakow to Prague because this one is timed to meet with a train from Kyiv so understandably there are often heavy delays. I've seen up to 7 hours!
The 800 minute delay had regiojet last year
And those trains are the real reason, why there are no trains to Split. Regiojet just needed those rolling stocks to Przemyśl.
👏👏👏👏
Bom dia simplys trem bonito amarelo trem cama show
Erę is fuc.. In En57 kibel. Best PKP train ever
It's a shame that the Deutsche Bahn doesn't have sleeper trains anymore! 😢😢😢😢😢
indee...
Love your video. Can I ask do there have sleeper train from Prague to Krakow, Poland?
Good。🤗🤗🇹🇼🇹🇼
J’adore les trains de nuit mais je prend toujours seul je déteste être dans un compartiment avec d’autres
How many days/months before traveling can you start buying Regiojet tickets?
10:03
Broo, i have so much luck and i paid 2Euro for normal ticket in RegioJet Przemysl - Praha
What's the difference between a couchette and sleeper? I didn't know couchettes had beds.
Couchette is the fold-out beds in formations of 6 per compartment, sleeper is usually 3 (or even fewer) people per compartment.
Muchas Gracias😄✌@@prostakuk
Sleeper is literally a mobile capsule-hotel with better mattresses, washing cabinet and sometimes even tiny WC/shower. Couchette is generally a regular compartment but with beds instead of seats. Today, modern operators like Regiojet use couchettes with single use beddings to upgrade them into a very simplified sleepers.
Is there a reason why one of the train cars has a red roof?
Is it just a former ÖBB car and they only painted the sides?
As said in the video, ex-DB coaches.
@@heidirabenau511The DB night-coaches had white roofs iirc.
With the red roof these are the former ÖBB cars. Some were completely repainted, some had their roofs left red.
UA JET
sleeper
Budou jezdit Gdynia Praga?
KYIYV
Please make a video on Indonesian high speed train.
Об'яви українською... приємно
Man you really need to start narrating these.
Uhhh no, not required at all.
Travelling thru Przemysl is traumatising. The EU border staff are rude and abusive. They quite literally treat the passengers like a combination of cattle, and garbage.
EU has to defend itself from eastern smugglers.
@@mixererunio1757 Leaving the EU? What ya smokin?
Correct English spelling is Kiev 😁
No, it's Kyiv 🇺🇦
“Kiev” is how a Russian would say it
@@Ferreira0504you're double wrong, first off the correct romanisation of the ukrainian spelling would be Kyïv. Secondly that spelling doesn't make any sense in English, hence why all academic dictionaries still follow the proper & correct spelling: Kiev.