TRIP REPORT | EuroNight sleeper Budapest to Berlin | MÁV START | EN476 Metropol
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2024
- I took Hungarian sleeper train from Budapest to Berlin, operated by MÁV START. This train connecting 5 countries and consists of coaches of 4 carriers. The carriage I traveled in was manufactured by CAF Zaragoza.
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DETAILS:
Railway company: MÁV START
Train number: EN476 / Nj456 / EN40476
Category: EuroNight
Route: Budapest - Berlin
Duration: 14h11m
Class: Sleeping car (single compartment)
Coach / Berth: 257 / 52
Date: October 2022
Train type: Loco hauled train
Train composition:
Locomotive: ČD Class 380 / ČD class 362 / PKP Class EU44
Coaches: Budapest - Berlin portion: 1x WLABmz (sleeping car), 1x Bcmz (couchette), 1x Bmz (2nd class compartments)
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0:00 Intro and the station
1:55 Train preview
5:41 Boarding
6:02 Compartment tour
10:21 Departure
11:36 Train tour
14:35 Bratislava
15:09 Břeclav Train composition change
17:20 Poland
18:04 Brakfast
18:30 Germany
20:12 Summary of journey
21:50 Berlin Hbf
22:16 Train departure from Berlin Hbf
"Welcome to Berlin!" - and then the scream of the decelerating S-Bahn train. Priceless! :D
I like the sounds at Berlin Hbf :-)
Yess, finally a review of MAV-START famous CAF sleeping cars! I just love the interior design, and the modernized interior looks really fantastic. I'm glad you wrote they are comfortable - on the photos the beds look thin, and I was afraid it's as bad as PKP sleeping car. I plan to take the Metropol to Berlin next summer, hopefully they won't change the sleeping car type to a DWA one (ex-WSBA) which I already travelled on.
And hopefully the shower service reinstates. I see MAV stepped up their game regarding breakfast - it's now of Nightjet quality. Pity that the other things aren't.
Btw the first car after the locomotive in Budapest is a really special one - the unique PKP Newag 134Ac couchette car, which sadly didn't get to the serial production and remained as a prototype. Just a pity you didn't do a walkthrough of Warszaw portion too and showed us that car from inside.
I also hoped before the trip that this CAF sleeping car would run on my train :-) The mattress was certainly softer than in the PKP sleeping cars. The breakfast was really well thought out. The other amenities, I think, were not provided due to the laziness of the car attendant, which became apparent only a moment after the passengers boarded the car.
Btw. I usually only walk through the part of the train that is my portion.. I didn't go to check the PKP portion because I'm still planning a trip from Warsaw to Budapest by PKP sleeping car.. So I'll hope that this special type of couchette will go again..
@@PeteBrandy okay regarding the PKP walkthrough video. But I guess you did you walke the whole train in length to check it out. So you've seen all the coaches
do you have any hints on the bed dimensions?
I love the fact that all MAV's newly refurbished cars include carpeting. Nice one!
I am missing the openable windows in the sleeper cars, like in the old 1970's, 1980's WLAB cars. When you in a summer morning pull down the window to the half and enjoy the landscape with fresh air. Don't need a air conditioner with that closed windows, that makes it stifling in the interior.
I absolutely agree. I think that the air conditioning is not so necessary for sleeping cars that travel mostly at night. I also prefer to be able to open the window :-)
Yes! I wanted to see you do Euronight train trip reports! Awesome video!
Thank you so much! :-)
Great video Pete, thank you!
Thanks so much for watching! :-)
Yes I enjoyed the video. Thank you for posting it.
Thank you so much! :-)
Super super 😊😊😊😊
Nice video thanks for sharing
Had a nice trip between Zurich and Linz on one of these 😊
Yes, these sleeping cars are also operated on this route :-)
Awesome video! Loved how I could hear the train and you allowed enough time read the subtitles. Also loved how you’ve showed everything. When I traveled to Munich by MAV Start, the compartment behind the mirror was full of goodies!!! Chocolate, orange juice, two diff kinds of water, there was soap, u name it! Was shocked that it was empty on your trip!
I also found it strange! I did EN463 from Munich to Budapest in July and there was plenty behind the mirror as you say.
@@simonpilk I also find it strange how someone writes a cool comment in response and YT doesn’t alert me 😂 anyway. I’m glad that a “stuffed mirror” is the norm, not this lack of service. I was also surprised how the sleeper carriage wasn’t closed off from other carriages and how there was no staff at the door. Had that all on my way to MUC. Strange.
Thank you :-) I was also surprised, because amenity kits and at least a bottle of water are provided in sleeping cars. I additionally asked the attendant if any amenity kit is provided and she said no. Overall, I felt that nothing was functional during my trip, including the service, when the car attendant was hidden in the service compartment almost the whole way.
Thanks for sharing. I have recently travelled to Prague on the same train with Czech Railways and I was really impressed with my solo compartment and the qualty of service. Looking forwad to your next trip report.
Thanks so much! I'm glad that you enjoyed your journey, now there are renovated WLABmee sleeping cars in operation, they are nice. Greetings from Prague :-)
Ein sehr sehr schönes Video auch mal hilfreich 👍👍sehr schön sind die modernen Wagen besser als bei uns in Deutschland, coole Linienführung und der Preis ist top.
Danke dir 👍👍
Vielen Dank! :-)
Wow great video 😊👍
Thanks so much! :-)
Úžasné video!! S přesvědčením řeknu že jsem ještě neviděl lepší video o nočních vlacích 😃
Všechno máš bezvadné popsané!
Bylo vidět že jsi si to užil!
Škoda že ta sprcha nefungovala…
Mockrát díky! Cesta byla opravdu fajn, měl jsem i štěstí, že vedlejší kupé bylo volné, tak byla i klidná cesta :-) Ta sprcha mě také mrzí, ale tak trochu se s tím musí počítat, protože jsem se s tím setkal třeba i u PKP..
thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching :-)
Amazing report, mate! I was always wondering how this quite long route and service is like. :D
Thanks so much! I am very happy that I managed to travel in this sleeping car, it was on my wishlist for a longer time :-)
Nyugati is the most important station, and the busiest.
Skvělý video!
Dzijekuje :-)
Super Film
Thank you :-)
A very nice video! I've read somewhere that this is the only train in the world that crosses five countries on the way (there may be one small exception somewhere). I took the train in August. I was in a couchette car in a 6-bed compartment, which was much more cramped and the breakfast offer was much more modest, with just coffee (or another drink) and a cookie. There was very little space for baggage. It is a good idea to lock the door well during the trip. The train stops for a long time at two stations where it gets split in the middle of the night. Just before departure from Bohumin, a guy in a hoodie tried to enter our compartment, but he didn't manage to get inside (the lock looked much more flimsy than the one in your compartment, but it served its function). He managed to get inside another compartment, where apparently a passenger had left the compartment a moment earlier to go to the bathroom and left the door unlocked. I heard some shouting, so fortunately the passengers there were not asleep. I heard such stories about this train earlier. Of course, it is a good idea to always lock the door, but this train may be more prone to theft because of the very long stops late at night.
Thanks for watching! Yes, you need to lock yourself in well, something similar happened to me in a Polish sleeper car when we had a longer stop in Břeclav. But PKP sleeping cars even have 3 locks on the doors. In some companies, the attendant also locks the entire car. I still carry a strap with me, which I use to secure the door handle, for example, to the ladder :-D
If you think 150 Euros is a lot you should see U.S. sleeping car fares. They have become exorbitant.
I think this price was good considering the distance and single occupancy of the compartment.
150 for a sleeper car is a good deal for a private sleeper car.
Veľmi dobré Video! :)
Díky moc :-)
Skvělý video, za chvíli projezdíš celý břeclavsko-bohumínský nočněvlakový chuchvalec.
Díky moc! No z toho uzlu mám už krom asi 2 vlaků všechny :-D
Very nice, like.
Thank you so much! :-)
Super film pozdrawiam serdecznie Józef
Dziękuję :-) Greetings :-)
Pěkný vůz celkem
Ano, ty CAF vozy jsou celkem povedené :-)
I'm always happy to see your videos made in Hungary, because I'm Hungarian. Máv and Utasellátó put a lot of emphasis on night trains, but I think there are very few of them and they are expensive. Although I can't see the price-value ratio, unfortunately I have not YET traveled on a similar train.
That makes me happy :-) Yes, it is now possible to meet MÁV sleeping cars on 3 all-season routes (to Munich, Zurich, Berlin) and in the summer to Split. Otherwise, they are on the middle range in terms of price (similar to PKP or ČD and cheaper than ÖBB Nightjet trains).
PKP is cheaper than MÁV. I regularly take Budapest-Warsaw route (on a monthly basis) and I pay 50 EUR for one way including reservation in a sleeping car. MÁV gave the same route for 78 EUR without reservation.
I couldn't find anywhere on TH-cam a tour of the Bcmz couchettes from MAV. It's a pity nobody made a short clip with these, I wish I could see how they look on the inside. The comfort of the mattress, is there carpeting inside, lights, interior design
Check out the Vagonweb, in photogallery section there are photos of the interior.. Unfortunately, as there is not possible to book a whole compartment, nobody is interested in to travel in MAV couchette for a video 😀
Hey man! Surprisingly here is another full "Yes" list, and the first loco-haul train service to mark all "Yes" 😄 That's truly a great trip but not cheap for me as it cost 140+ Euros, considering the exchange rate between MYR to EUR nowadays. 😖 By the way, that's a great review presented! Since borders are opening up gradually, considering to make rail trip reviews outside Europe? Keep up for more upcoming reviews as your reviews are my sleeping pills nowadays 😴😁
Thank you man! Yes, full "Yes" rate, but the evaluation of night trains is a little different from the classic ones, where I have different criteria. I think that the price is appropriate for a route over 1000 km long and also for the fact that I had the entire compartment for myself. I'd really like to look outside of Europe, maybe something will come out next year :-)
€149 is rather a lot, OK, but not too much for a sleeper (an upgrade from a mere couchette) and solo occupancy on top of that. At the end of the day, the price is decent for what it offers.
Unfortunately, the original EN 476/EN 477 no longer exists. This train always went to Berlin via Bratislava, Prague and Dresden. Nevertheless, again a fine video and nice that there is still such a connection.
Yes, but unfortunately ÖBB chose a cheaper route via Wroclaw for the Nightjet trains, so the through cars from Budapest now run connected with this train. But for me it was more interesting to travel via Wroclaw, because I travel the route Prague - Dresden - Berlin often.
I was travelling with a predecessor of that.. Some months before the fall of the Berlin Wall... I was travelling from Budapest Keleti to Leipzig, I can really remember that we were waiting for almost 2 hours in Prague. Backwards from Dresden to Keleti 2 weeks later. I was 11 or so.
Výborné video, jak je již zvykem od Tebe.👍
Jsem si kouknul maďarskou VODku, ty 2 Bc 59-80 jsou tam řazeny z oběhu depa Keleti pu.😎
Jenom jsem zvědav, kolik lidí to využíva, já ještě pamatuji i Gošu 1/2 a DWA 2třídu zde. Noční cestování asi již upadá... (jak lze vidět i na nekvalitě za 150€, což je drahá a absurdní cena ...😝)
Ďekuju za sdílení. Ahoj.
Díky moc! S tím Keleti to sedí, kolem poledne jsem přijel na Keleti a viděl jsem tam odstavenou celou soupravu a na Nyugati přistavili vlak až někdy hodinu před odjezdem. Jinak cena mi přijde vzhledem k vzdálenosti spíše na střední úrovni za Single compartment. Porovnával jsem ceny PKP a ÖBB Nightjet a oba byly dražší (nejvíce vycházel Nightjet).
I loved your video. We are planning to take the train in october from budapest to wroclaw but still no tickets! How far in advance do they go on sale? thanks
Thanks you :-) I bought my ticket a week in advance only, but I checked MÁV website (carrier) and the tickets are already available for October dates.
It would have been interesting to mention that the Nyugati Station was built by Gustave Eiffel's company and was completed in 1877, 12 years before the completion of the Eiffel Tower!
hi Pete, Thanks for this great video really well done! I will be taking this train in september to go from Budapest to Berlin and i have booked my seat in a couchette in second class 6 Berth seater (D6) compartment. May i ask if free breakfast is also offered for this type of seats? I would also like to ask you if in the stations where the train stops longer for interchanges it is possible to get off the train to stretch my legs and maybe visit the station! A thousand thanks ❤
Hi, thank you. I think in couchettes there is no breakfast included. At the longer stop, I recommend to ask the car attendant about to leave the train, because at these stops there is also shunting, so your train may be on sidings or az another platform after your return.. also your compartment will then be unlocked before you return
@@PeteBrandy thank you for the answer!!
Fakt povedený Noční vlak
To je, a spousta zajímavých vozů..
@@PeteBrandy a hlavně rakouské A Maďarské i České 👌👌👌
@@PeteBrandy je ? ani náhodou, sadni do kupé a uvidíš....či sa tam vobec dostaneš, na sedadlaá ch spí niekto atd....!
I would see this train from my Intercity Hotel overlooking Berlin station platforms, but I could never get a good shot of the electric motor and cool blue and coaches as it arrived or departed.
Surprised to see MAV using old Bcm carriages for the Breclav section. It used to be the more modern Bmz.
Looks like Bc carriages have been running on this train for the past few months. Half a year ago I took the same train to Prague and the Budapest - Břeclav portion consisted of Bmz/Bpmz carriages.
And I got my ticket from Budapest to Wrocław! 😊😊 I will travel at 4th of January. After I get off in Wrocław, I will take the PKP IC 6504 to Poznan. Can't wait it!
It sounds as a nice trip you have planned. I also plan to take the same train again, but in PKP sleeping car to Warsaw :-)
@@PeteBrandy Wow, thats great! I took that train already at October 2019 in double sleeper with my ex-wife. Im courious, how is it changed since than.
Hi Pete! I have question. I wiill start my journey from Zielona Gora (train from Berlin), to Budapest in July. I wonder if there will be information on my ticket, which car do I need exaclty enter to not be split and send to other directioon? :D
Hi, do you plan to travel in a seating car or another car? If you also buy a seat reservation with the ticket, the car number and the seat number (for seating car) will definitely be shown there, sleeper and couchette cars always have this indicated. If you go from Zielona Góra to Budapest, only MÁV-START coaches run this route, so if you board a Hungarian (MÁV-START) coach, you shouldn't go anywhere else :-D
@@PeteBrandy Hi Pete! I have choosed sleeper car due the fact that I will be travel alone I think it is much safer solution for me. I want buy ticket at OBB site. Can you shortly tell me about safety during trip? Thank you in advance!
@@Librax0 .Hi. The sleeping car is a good choice. In the case of a sleeper car, the car number and berth are always written on the ticket. For sleeping cars, you can choose Triple (you share the cabin with up to 2 other passengers), Double (shared with another person) or Single (you have the entire cabin to yourself), I personally recommend Single cabin. As for safety, the cabins of MÁV carriages can only be locked from the inside, so if you go to the toilet, for example, it is better to take a small backpack with valuables and documents with you. I still carry a lockable cable with which I secure a locked suitcase, for example, to the ladder in the cabin.
Hi i am a new traveller, i need to travel from budapest to jermany, which train station i have to book the ticket and how much is ticket price & the duration
How much was it?
Despite being recently modernized this CAF car looks worn out in a number of places ...
As I said in the comment to another video, on the line Budapest - Zürich they are using this and Görlitz-built sleeping-cars ex LG, ex Wagonservice, of a similar age (also modernized). I wonder how they actually compare. Wagonservice converted one compartment to a shower, perhaps that one actually works.
I think on the day of my journey, a Görlitz sleeping car went to Zurich. The same sleeping cars also operates ZSSK. I already had the opportunity to try the ZSSKs Görlitz sleeping car, but I find the CAF cars a bit better. But it would be interesting to try it at MÁV sometime.
@@PeteBrandy wagonservice modernized them with colored compartment doors and a shower compartment but the sleeping compartments seem to be the same as before. Staff like them better because the attendant has an own compartment with a bed.
Ahoj Pete. Nice Railway Station but I prefer Keleti than this one. Fantastic trip report ( as always ). Greetings 😊😊😊
Cześć Piotrek! Thanks so much! I also like Keleti more. I arrived to Kelt in the same day :-) Greetings :-)
Sadly Keleti is under some renovation, so not all functionalities can be used and the "inner" part is not able to enter to.
Price?
No bar car?
Pěkná a hlavně dlouhá cesta přes několik států. Štěstí, že už není na každé hranici celní kontrola :) Jak se spalo a jak dlouho trvají ty změny složení soupravy? Někdy musím taky vyzkoušet spací vůz, zatím jsem neměl příležitost. Díky za video ;)
Díky za shlédnutí :-) Jinak změny řazení jsou v Břeclavi (pauza 46 minut), Bohumíně (hodinu) a ještě je 27 minut ve Wroclawi. Ten posun trvá kratší dobu, ale je tam nějaká rezerva kvůli vyrovnání zpoždění. Jinak se spalo celkem dobře, měl jsem z jedné strany služební oddíl a z druhé strany bylo volné kupé, takže byl i klid.
14:18 Die Schilder sind gesichert 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Did you buy the ticket on the Mav Start mobile application? Because when i select Budapest - Berlin, it doesn't let me buy for any date.
I bought a ticket through the MAV START website, the international connections didn't work for in the mobile application.. But the ticket was subsequently saved in the mobile application then
you have to select International tickets at the top menu
Great video, I enjoyed it. Just arrived from Warsaw with CD into Prague. CD is far better than Austrian Rail or PKP. PKP crams 6 people in 1st class into one compartment. Don't like that. By the way do you know where I might be able to buy a CD rail souvenir? I have a friend that is also a train nut and I try and bring him something when I travel the rails.
Thanks so much! ČD sleeping cars are great. If you want to buy a ČD rail souvenir, you can find some directly at their cash desks at major railway stations.
@@PeteBrandy Thanks, will take a look.
11:36 what's in here? Attentand compartment? Why didn't you show that?
Yes, something like an attendant's compartment, but it's more like a kitchen, where the attendant has groceries, a coffee machine, etc. The attendant's compartment is opposite, next to the shower room.
Ale už někdy jeď Slovakií a Zemplínou, a pokus se jet prvním nočníkem Praha-Zurich přes Oustí. Zkus taky normální trasu přes Budějice.
Slovakií jsem jel zrovna den před před tímto vlakem z Prahy do Košic :-D
Why are 2 coaches going to Brêclav? It is not even on my Oxford Atlas and Wikipedia says it has a population of 24,000.
The reason is that Břeclav is an important railway junction of 4 lines in the direction of Prague, Bratislava / Budapest, Vienna, Poland. So Břeclav is also a transfer point between international trains going from/to different directions.
...and, complementing Pete, there are also cities as Vác, Szob, Štúrovo, Nové Zámky, Bratislava and Kúty (this stretch is covering the area of 1 mio. inhabitants...) their citizens travelling from/to 10pm 8h nightshifts, this is the last fast connection and there are hubs as Nové Zámky and Bratislava as well.
I frequently used to travel this train in the morning from Bratislava to Nové Zámky for physician/doctor appointments leaving my 12h nightshift an hour earlier...
Pěkné! Jen jsi akorát missnul ten nový rekord lůžkáč do Prahy no.
Díky! To nevadí, protože v tomto směru z Budapešti už jsem jel.. a ty nerekonstruované už jsou jen poslední dva, takže si to reko WLABmee můžu dát někdy v zimě, to by mohly jezdit i na Košice nebo Varšavu, protože budou asi potřebovat více WLABmz na trasu do Curychu přes Leipzig
@@PeteBrandy Tak to jo. Taky bych někdy zkusil lůžkový vlak ale nevím kam bych jel a nemám na to money
Hele natoč trip report Čelákovice - Praha Masarykovo nádraží nebo opačně
To bych mohl, díky za námět :-)
150 euros is expensive for night train. I know it's a long distance, but still.
I think this price was OK for a long distance (in compare with Nightjet).