Dinner was an absolute bargain on that train, considering Amtrak is currently charging $6.50 for a beer, and most long-distance trains in the Eastern U. S. have not had full meal service restored yet. From what I have seen from trip reports like this, PKP does a really great passenger service job, especially for a length of trip that in most Western European countries would only rate a snack bar or just vending machines.
And we here in Poland tend to say WARS is overpriced. There is also a saying here that in €/£/$ countries the the number on the price remains the same, it is just in a different currency (which automatically makes it 4-5 times more expensive)
@@bartoszkrawczyk3946 I understand. I've been to Poland to "do" the Wolsztyn Experience running steam-powered passenger trains, in late 2008. I enjoyed the hospitality of the people and found visiting Poznan briefly around the train station to be very interesting. The food in the country was very good, and generally very reasonably priced.
Nice trip and report. About coach lights going out in border. Yes, Poland and Germany are using different catenary voltage (3kVDC and 15kV 16,7Hz AC). But power supply of lights, air conditioning and sockets should be covered by coach battery and DC-AC inverter. Similar changes of catenary voltage (between 3kVDC and 25kVAC) are happen in my native country - Slovakia - close to city of Púchov. For passenger voltage change is detectable in some cases by AC noise only (turned off for a while and turn on back). So it means to be coach battery issue. Next possiblity is locomotive issue, it is necessary to stop the train and disconnect loomotive from catenary to change power supply voltage (in Slovakia, voltage change on multisystem trains is possible during riding only)
In Poland coaches are powered by 400V power lines from the locomotive and indeed most of the vital devices for the coach are powered from the batteries, but not air conditioning and in many case main lights. As you can see the onyl lights which are lit on are the ambient blue LED stripes. ;)
The train stops not only to change voltages (the Siemens Eurosprinter locomotives are perfectly capable of switching the voltage system on the run), but also, and mostly, to switch between the safety systems (PKP's SHP and German LZB).
@@psoras LZB isn't used on Majority of the conventional lines in Germany its PZB if you're inside the EU44 ÖBB1216 family from left to right you have PZB Befehl 40 circle Frei Middle Wascham Right side. Learnt those from Train Sim World. The only way for the EU44 to use Pzb Befehl 40 if Frankfurt Am Oder Hbf has a Reduced Signal New board. You are wondering which Railway simulator has a EU44 cab it's simrail which is what PKP Polish Railways uses. Is a competitor to the British Train Sim World
Hello from Poland! Very cool to hear you enjoyed traveling here. It's sad to read that compartments go extinct in different countries. I love them. I often travel between Cracow and Wasraw and I made a lot of friends in them. Seeing 6 sits in 2nd class isn't something exceptional, but some are still 8 sitters. I like traveling in them because it is very easy to socialize. Even though sometimes someone can make your journey unbearable by eating fucking eggs and garlic inside, great expriences occur too. Once I was traveling entire 3 hours journey with 4 (1 year younger) girls having a silent party. Once I was traveling with a philosopher who wanted to offer me money for writing.
I've heard Polish foods are great 👍😋I had eaten some a long time ago as a kid ! But now ,I am a vegetarian, so not too sure if they have many selections for me to eat ,but some I know ! I'd love to travel to Poland someday ! I really loved this train ,clean & pretty !👍 💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💞
When in Poland vist any place with name BAR MLECZNY (milk bar). Contrary to its name they serve all kinds of delicious Polish food (with or without meat) at value price. I recommend it very much so. The idea came up in the Communist era. In my opionion these cheap clean diners with delicious home like food were the best invention of the Polish Communist Party;) "Milk bars" are still popular today.
Just a note, while indeed both 2nd and 1st class compartments have 6 seats on these trains, the 1st class offer somewhat more legroom as there are 9 compartments per car vs 11 in the second, while overall car lenght stays the same. Also, 1st class seats recline, 2nd class don't(in compartment ,cars that is). And finally you get a free appetizer in 1st class.
Interesting, although I definitely want a different seat config in 1st to make it worthwhile as it's more the number of people I have to share the compartment with that bothers me.
@@DylansTravelReports Yeah, the first class at PKP barely differs from the 2nd class. Probably only in EIP (Pendolino) there is a visible difference. There are just few routes with open-spaced 1st class classic cars (in EMUs there is usually open-space only). You mostly pay for the slightly bigger room, seat recline and "better type" of co-passengers 🤣
It actually used to differ some time ago - an "expected standard" was that 2nd class had 8 seats per compartment (in addition to having more compartments in a car like mentioned before) while 1st class had 6. 1st class usually also had EU sockets for powering your devices. It seems like PKP is moving out of this though, at least for higher tier providers like InterCity/EuroCity - good move tbh! 8-seat compartments are very crammed (it's less of 8 separate seats, more like 2 4-people sofas with little to no armrests). Cheaper PKP providers (ex. TLK) might still go for 8-seat 2nd class and 6-seat 1st class though, as they often use older non-modernized cars.
That was a relaxing trip. That orange sunset in Poznan was really nice after a dreary grey day. Dinner looked great - real food and not a packet of biscuits. The Poles and Czechs seem to be able to keep a dinner service where most of thee rest are only small prepackaged snacks.
I am following your channel for a while and I've watched plenty of your videos. Poland - I have to say I wasn't expecting you to go there. I'm actually surprised with how well PKP have done. Kudos! :) (yes, I'm Polish).
Thanks, Dylan! Thanks to you, we travel all over Europe and it's super cool for those who can't afford the trip. You have enjoyed well and I am enjoying with you. We all benefit from your wanderings. Even the beginning where you got the wrong seat and almost took the wrong train, lol! A little fun doesn't hurt. Thank you very much to you, it would have distressed me to stay cut off in the dark all of a sudden like that for ten minutes. You have shown everything very well. Thanks again Dylan! Currently, sorry for my late comments. I have health concerns.
Insane leg space as if for real in 2nd class standards. Nice to see food after ages post pandemic era. Only regret is wish we can see your vlogs more when your vlogs thanks to your marvelous crafted vlogs. Keep up the good work more power to you.
Hi Dylan! As always, thanks for that video :D Great trip report :D I would like to mention that situation with "Husarz" locomotives in Poland is quite tought. EU44 (ES64U4-D) locomotives are certified for 160 km/h in Poland due to no ERTMS/ETCS devices (except one locomotive with Baseline 2 devices - that can be used in under ETCS L2 supervision but BL2 devices have less functionalities than Baseline 3.) and for now there are not any successful bids for equipping those locomotives with ETCS devices. Whats more, it is only possible to achieve 160 km/h where two drivers are in the cabin. If there would be one driver, the maximum operating speed would be limited to 130 km/h. Something about situtaion with coach lights from 14:30. That train crosses the Poland - Germany border over the Oder River (in Polish "rzeka Odra") and after that it continious the trip under 3 kV DC volatage supply system to the Frankfurt (Oder) station where in the middle of the station track there is a weave of catenary supply lines of two systems. In that point the driver has to drop down the DC pantographs, let the locomotive move by its momentum and after specific sign he has to rise the AC pantographs. In many cases it requires cutting off the power supply to the most demanding devices, such as air conditioning or lighting, which are powered using the 400V voltage from the locomotive. But that moment takes no more than approx 2 minutes. Have a great day, regards :D
You translated Ostkreuz as „East Cross“ which is technically true but in this case one could translate it as “Eastern Junction” because that where you have the line from East to west which is crossing the ring line that also crosses Südkreuz Westkreuz and Nordkreuz respectively (last one being called Gesundbrunnen for historic reasons though) 😎 Nice vid! Greetings from 🇩🇪
Hi S7. I like your comment. I take it that you're a rigorous person! I've never been to Berlin unfortunately. But perhaps I'll try to figure the capital out a bit via maps. Regards.
Great video! This route is one of the routes I'd like to try someday. Otherwise, I think that the coach you traveled is the best on the whole train. Last year I took the PKP EuroCity Polonia to Vienna, but I took a 1st class compartment coach, the only difference between 1st and 2nd class is the space between the seats (1st class has 9 compartments, 2nd class has 11 compartments). So next time I'll take the same coach like you :-D
The 2nd Class open saloon carriage belongs to the PKP IC 159A type and there is a long story why they have such great legroom. Overall generally accepted in long distance trains in Europe standards of comfort result in around 88 or 80 seats of 2nd Class of 26,4m open saloon carriage and 54 seats of 1st Class of 26,4m open saloon. 88 or 80 (often baggage racks are at ends so depending if they are present or not it's the 8 seat difference) 2nd in 2+2 configuration match with 11 big windows and 54 1st in 2+1 configuration match 9 big windows as legroom is bigger in 1st class. The manufacturer of earliest 26,4m carriages in Poland (HCP, now renamed FPS, Fabryka Pojazdów Szynowych) first made 1st class 152A series per the 54 seats, 9 window specification. Later they made 2nd class 154A series which due to cost cutting had some significant flaws. Simply put to spend less money on R&D they used 9 window body same as in 152A but in the interior they installed 80 seats with typical 2nd class legroom. The result was that seats and windows weren't aligned, sitting on selected seats all you will see is the wall between windows, no outside view. When many years later the next generation of carriages was ordered by PKP Intercity, they said to the manufacturer that while 1st Class successor just needs a little more modern interior and that's it (the result is 158A class), in case of 2nd Class open saloon they must do something better than the botched attempt of 154A class. So the manufacturer still prefering to save money decided that instead of adjusting windows to existing seat layout, it will be more cost effective to go for opposite approach of adjusting seats to existing 9 window layout. The result is the 159A class seen on the video, a hybrid of huge 1st Class legroom with 2+2 layout typical of 2nd Class, with total number of seats being 72. So such very indirect design decisions resulted in what is considered the best 2nd Class open saloon carriage of PKP IC.
Another great video. I really enjoy your videos- it allows everybody the opportunity to see other parts of thee world, in depth reviews of the trains and stations. I also appreciate the fact that there is no loud, obnoxious music that other bloggers seem to add to their otherwise nice videos. Your videography skills are also first class. Thanks for doing these.
Worth pointing out: Poznań Główny is the busiest station in the country with the largest number of platforms and due to numbering traditions (platform/track is fine, worse is numbering the platforms if the station building is in the middle) and complicated layout the most confusing in the country. Really easy to get lost or spend too much time walking around while your connection departs
I am pretty sure, that Warszawa Zachodnia (at least before site works) was 100% the busiest station in Poland. SKM + WKD + KM + IC = ~ 1000 trains / day
That's the most people that I've seen on the train with you since I began watching your vids, about three months ago. Often, you seem to have the car pretty much all to yourself...which I certainly would love.
Have done that journey a couple of times both in a first class compartment. The first time (2018) myself and friend shared with a young student. Conversation was about Brexit and NHS! Second time (2019) was with my significant other and the compartment was full. This gave a feeling of being cramped and not half as pleasant.
That was a great trip report!!! The train looked awesome. As you said the compartments are not great if you are traveling by yourself. Also thank you for showing us what the dining car was like and your meal looked great...:):):)
Hi, thanks for visiting poland, im glad you liked trip as in like 2014-15 our railway was in ruins, trains were old and were very often lat even 5 hours
Very pleasant travel experience for you on this service. Love the mood lighting and overall presentation of the interior of this train. The best part though was the generous sized offering for your dinner. Must have a crumbed piggy chop or schnizel myself this week. I'll pass on the cabbage though - not the best for my digesting processor - I'll have steamed brussel sprouts, pumpkin, cabbage and potatoes. Stay safe and well and I look forward to next week's offering. Cheers.
great trip between warsaw and berlin those coaches look very modern and the dining car service must have been really good but the best is the views the gradual transition from sunset to total darkness. the weirdest part was the blackout on the train wonder why that happened
I love this trip ! And this train !! What a nice ,pretty train ! Those blue seats looking very comfy !! The 1st & 2nd class rooms are great for a family or bunches of friends to sit together to trip !! And the dining room's seats are red & clean !! What a beautiful pink grapefruit sunset sky !! 😍😍 A bit melancholy in it ,too ! Gorgeous !! I didn't know you didn't need to get checked for your passport there ! That's strange as it's a different country !! I didn't know that you were a Polish !! I was impressed that everybody wearing masks on that train !! Thank you so much for this video ! I really enjoyed watching this one !!! 👍👍💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💖💞
I really prefer the old style compartment coaches. They offer broader seats, usually more legroom, and a nicer atmosphere for long distance traveling. Unfortunately, they are a dying species due to economical reasons. In airline style configurated coaches they can cram onsiberably more people. Annother disadvantage of the modern air line style rows is that there are always seats with limited access to the window.
Thank you for a great review ! I liked the ambience of the train too, though I have not used the service you report on. The OBB RailJet services use the same type of loco, and have excellent carriages, as you have reported on previously. I guess which loco hauled train is better is down to personal preference !
Hi, I spent thousands of hours traveling across Poland. In the past there was much more marked difference in comfort between 1st class and 2nd. Nowadays the main reason to upgrade to 1st class is to avoid some more problematic types of people and there is usually less people in 1st class even if 2nd class is completely full. I choose 1st class when I need peace and quiet and 2nd class when I feel like getting to know people.
Ironically, the guy who was sat next to me was arguing with everyone and anyone 😅 He tried to say something to me but stopped when he realised I don't speak German.
you must've gotten really lucky with your train, as i traveled on this train in august of 2022 and first the train was 1hr late from the depot, then at poznań główny we waited another hour for a loco change (first we were pulled by an ep09, which was then switched for the husarz) and we also had border checks in frankfurt (most likely they were looking for ukrainian immigrants)
For 140$ You can travel as much as you can on a 5 day period (there are 7 & 9 day time windows too) in Finland during the summer. It includes a trip in economy class, but you can upgrade it cheaply.
Ich beantworte mal in Deutsch. Ja du hast richtig gelegen mit der Vermutung der unterschiedlichen Stromsysteme zwi. PL & D. Kurz nach Überquerung der Oderbrücke kommt der Zug zum stehen. In dem Moment wird die Stromverbindung gekappt. Die Lok schaltet vom Polnischen Stromnetz ins Deutsche um. Nach kurzer Zeit geht es dann immer gleich weiter mit der Fahrt.
Hello Dylan, when you got into the car I was reminded of the earlier ÖBB carriages (e.g. the Vienna-Oostende-Express), which were approved for express train speeds (160 km / h), were also comfortable in 2nd class (seats, legroom) and run quietly. Seams co-working of PKP and ÖBB brings back the "Austrian style" (e.g. comfort, service) to East Europe railways making a railway trip to real journey. - Greetings to all fans of journeys insteed trips, Heinz
The most beautiful railway line in Poland is line Hel-Władysławowo. On this line train drives 3 mater from the beach. Maybe you later go this train line
That was good,the food was very good value,everything seemed to be of high sevice.and a great price. It does seem that here in the uk we are trying,very slowly to catch up with other countries regarding value for money etc.
I'm not sure about that specific route but we have a lot of projects currently under way and many planned to begin soon. The biggest one would be the construction of a new huge airport right in the heart of Poland planned for 2023-2030+. (Let's skip the part where we talk if it's necessary and smart to build it) With that there is a plan to create 10 main rail "spokes" to connect every region to the airport. They plan to create: 670km of fast railway >250km/h 740km of main tracks 200-250 190km of connecting tracks around 160km/h. If you want to check it out you can search for CPK.
I had that kind of legroom in a bus once (i know its super rare. I was at the very very back on a pretty much brand new Prevost H3-45) and i was rather short (about 5’4-ish) and could barely even reach the footrest 😂😂
I will always prefer compartments, even if travelling alone. I find them much more cozy and they give me the good old times travelling feel, but sadly they are almost extinct here in Germany.
Hey, thanks for another great video! From your previous videos it looks like you're from Scotland. I used to live in Edinburgh for 15 years. I loved the train journeys across the Firth of Forth on the way to Dundee or St. Andrews from Edinburgh. Especially in the morning when the partial mist was covering the Firth. Can I ask what was your most favourite train journey and why?
I like the looks of the Siemens locomotives and this one is nice too; great shot btw. But what about the engine ? at 4:35 it looks more stylized than ours. The rear window is definitely the best view. Food looked good and price was fair; how was the Polish lager ? Ticket price was about half what the same trip would cost in Canada even with discounts available to some. If you ever do another trip in Poland I would go for a tour of the station at Skierniewice.
I'm surprised that foreign tourist, especially from Western Europe, praises Polish railway. Polish passangers have worse opinion about it in general. But the fact is that our national operator PKP Intercity sends the best cars and locos on international routes.
Finally a 2nd class seat with plenty of legroom. For me it's an important issue. (I'm 2m tall). I really liked the reasonable price in food. Definitely a choice 😉
Your videos are inspiring as I will retire in Dec 2022 and plan to travel all over Europe till I can't anymore.I went twice in 2019 and loved it. Have you known of anyone riding a night train every night for 1 month and can it be done ? Been researching trains to see if I can do it to save money while I travel, maybe with a eurail global pass.Thanks.
The joys of Polish train stations, the confusion... and the never ending refurbishments... plus the McDonald's advertisements everywhere (I swear the railways have to have a brand deal with them as they are the only fastfood chain in 90% main train stations). I love Polish trains, the stations, not so much ;)
Those 2nd class seats are better than some of the UK's 1st class seats :p
Dinner was an absolute bargain on that train, considering Amtrak is currently charging $6.50 for a beer, and most long-distance trains in the Eastern U. S. have not had full meal service restored yet. From what I have seen from trip reports like this, PKP does a really great passenger service job, especially for a length of trip that in most Western European countries would only rate a snack bar or just vending machines.
And we here in Poland tend to say WARS is overpriced. There is also a saying here that in €/£/$ countries the the number on the price remains the same, it is just in a different currency (which automatically makes it 4-5 times more expensive)
@@bartoszkrawczyk3946 I understand. I've been to Poland to "do" the Wolsztyn Experience running steam-powered passenger trains, in late 2008. I enjoyed the hospitality of the people and found visiting Poznan briefly around the train station to be very interesting. The food in the country was very good, and generally very reasonably priced.
@@paulw.woodring7304 Hope we see you in Poland again Paul 👍
All the beers I had on Amtrak were for free (at least that’s the case for sleeper passengers) :D
Nice trip and report.
About coach lights going out in border. Yes, Poland and Germany are using different catenary voltage (3kVDC and 15kV 16,7Hz AC). But power supply of lights, air conditioning and sockets should be covered by coach battery and DC-AC inverter. Similar changes of catenary voltage (between 3kVDC and 25kVAC) are happen in my native country - Slovakia - close to city of Púchov. For passenger voltage change is detectable in some cases by AC noise only (turned off for a while and turn on back). So it means to be coach battery issue.
Next possiblity is locomotive issue, it is necessary to stop the train and disconnect loomotive from catenary to change power supply voltage (in Slovakia, voltage change on multisystem trains is possible during riding only)
In Poland coaches are powered by 400V power lines from the locomotive and indeed most of the vital devices for the coach are powered from the batteries, but not air conditioning and in many case main lights. As you can see the onyl lights which are lit on are the ambient blue LED stripes. ;)
The train stops not only to change voltages (the Siemens Eurosprinter locomotives are perfectly capable of switching the voltage system on the run), but also, and mostly, to switch between the safety systems (PKP's SHP and German LZB).
@@psoras LZB isn't used on Majority of the conventional lines in Germany its PZB if you're inside the EU44 ÖBB1216 family from left to right you have PZB Befehl 40 circle Frei Middle Wascham Right side. Learnt those from Train Sim World. The only way for the EU44 to use Pzb Befehl 40 if Frankfurt Am Oder Hbf has a Reduced Signal New board. You are wondering which Railway simulator has a EU44 cab it's simrail which is what PKP Polish Railways uses. Is a competitor to the British Train Sim World
Hello from Poland! Very cool to hear you enjoyed traveling here.
It's sad to read that compartments go extinct in different countries. I love them. I often travel between Cracow and Wasraw and I made a lot of friends in them. Seeing 6 sits in 2nd class isn't something exceptional, but some are still 8 sitters.
I like traveling in them because it is very easy to socialize. Even though sometimes someone can make your journey unbearable by eating fucking eggs and garlic inside, great expriences occur too. Once I was traveling entire 3 hours journey with 4 (1 year younger) girls having a silent party. Once I was traveling with a philosopher who wanted to offer me money for writing.
Thank you for the great video, Dylan! The pork chop with potatoes and cabbage looks delicious
Loco hauled train with excellent carriage stock and a restaurant car with Yakkity and cheap meals and beer by the pint? It doesn’t get any better!
Man, that meal sure looks delicious, and so the Beer..!! And it doesn´t really sound too expensive. Cool ride..!
I've heard Polish foods are great 👍😋I had eaten some a long time ago as a kid ! But now ,I am a vegetarian, so not too sure if they have many selections for me to eat ,but some I know !
I'd love to travel to Poland someday !
I really loved this train ,clean & pretty !👍 💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💞
When in Poland vist any place with name BAR MLECZNY (milk bar). Contrary to its name they serve all kinds of delicious Polish food (with or without meat) at value price. I recommend it very much so. The idea came up in the Communist era. In my opionion these cheap clean diners with delicious home like food were the best invention of the Polish Communist Party;) "Milk bars" are still popular today.
Just a note, while indeed both 2nd and 1st class compartments have 6 seats on these trains, the 1st class offer somewhat more legroom as there are 9 compartments per car vs 11 in the second, while overall car lenght stays the same. Also, 1st class seats recline, 2nd class don't(in compartment ,cars that is). And finally you get a free appetizer in 1st class.
Interesting, although I definitely want a different seat config in 1st to make it worthwhile as it's more the number of people I have to share the compartment with that bothers me.
@@DylansTravelReports Yeah, the first class at PKP barely differs from the 2nd class. Probably only in EIP (Pendolino) there is a visible difference. There are just few routes with open-spaced 1st class classic cars (in EMUs there is usually open-space only). You mostly pay for the slightly bigger room, seat recline and "better type" of co-passengers 🤣
It actually used to differ some time ago - an "expected standard" was that 2nd class had 8 seats per compartment (in addition to having more compartments in a car like mentioned before) while 1st class had 6. 1st class usually also had EU sockets for powering your devices. It seems like PKP is moving out of this though, at least for higher tier providers like InterCity/EuroCity - good move tbh! 8-seat compartments are very crammed (it's less of 8 separate seats, more like 2 4-people sofas with little to no armrests). Cheaper PKP providers (ex. TLK) might still go for 8-seat 2nd class and 6-seat 1st class though, as they often use older non-modernized cars.
That was a relaxing trip. That orange sunset in Poznan was really nice after a dreary grey day. Dinner looked great - real food and not a packet of biscuits. The Poles and Czechs seem to be able to keep a dinner service where most of thee rest are only small prepackaged snacks.
I am following your channel for a while and I've watched plenty of your videos. Poland - I have to say I wasn't expecting you to go there. I'm actually surprised with how well PKP have done. Kudos! :) (yes, I'm Polish).
Im happy that you enjoyed Polish Railways, especially in WARS Car! I lovee Pork chop with patatoes too!
Thanks, Dylan! Thanks to you, we travel all over Europe and it's super cool for those who can't afford the trip. You have enjoyed well and I am enjoying with you. We all benefit from your wanderings. Even the beginning where you got the wrong seat and almost took the wrong train, lol! A little fun doesn't hurt. Thank you very much to you, it would have distressed me to stay cut off in the dark all of a sudden like that for ten minutes. You have shown everything very well. Thanks again Dylan! Currently, sorry for my late comments. I have health concerns.
Glad you enjoyed! Hope you are keeping well.
Now I'm trapped in quarantine hotel and that Polish pork chop is driving me crazy. Thanks for your trip reports!
I feel your pain to an extent as I'm currently in 10 days quarantine at home 😭
Insane leg space as if for real in 2nd class standards. Nice to see food after ages post pandemic era. Only regret is wish we can see your vlogs more when your vlogs thanks to your marvelous crafted vlogs. Keep up the good work more power to you.
Hi Dylan!
As always, thanks for that video :D Great trip report :D
I would like to mention that situation with "Husarz" locomotives in Poland is quite tought.
EU44 (ES64U4-D) locomotives are certified for 160 km/h in Poland due to no ERTMS/ETCS devices (except one locomotive with Baseline 2 devices - that can be used in under ETCS L2 supervision but BL2 devices have less functionalities than Baseline 3.) and for now there are not any successful bids for equipping those locomotives with ETCS devices.
Whats more, it is only possible to achieve 160 km/h where two drivers are in the cabin. If there would be one driver, the maximum operating speed would be limited to 130 km/h.
Something about situtaion with coach lights from 14:30. That train crosses the Poland - Germany border over the Oder River (in Polish "rzeka Odra") and after that it continious the trip under 3 kV DC volatage supply system to the Frankfurt (Oder) station where in the middle of the station track there is a weave of catenary supply lines of two systems. In that point the driver has to drop down the DC pantographs, let the locomotive move by its momentum and after specific sign he has to rise the AC pantographs. In many cases it requires cutting off the power supply to the most demanding devices, such as air conditioning or lighting, which are powered using the 400V voltage from the locomotive. But that moment takes no more than approx 2 minutes.
Have a great day, regards :D
Thanks for the info!
You translated Ostkreuz as „East Cross“ which is technically true but in this case one could translate it as “Eastern Junction” because that where you have the line from East to west which is crossing the ring line that also crosses Südkreuz Westkreuz and Nordkreuz respectively (last one being called Gesundbrunnen for historic reasons though) 😎
Nice vid! Greetings from 🇩🇪
Hi S7. I like your comment. I take it that you're a rigorous person! I've never been to Berlin unfortunately. But perhaps I'll try to figure the capital out a bit via maps. Regards.
@@roderickcampbell2105 S7 does display the stereotypical rigour of both the railfan and the Teutonic at the same time!
Your cutlery placement upon finishing dining was, of course, perfect. Meticulous and professional in everything you do. Cheers!
I am often a solo traveller and absolutely love compartments. Unfortunately they no longer exist in the U.K. Enjoyed the video.
They do exist in Australia but are so $$$
Great video! This route is one of the routes I'd like to try someday. Otherwise, I think that the coach you traveled is the best on the whole train. Last year I took the PKP EuroCity Polonia to Vienna, but I took a 1st class compartment coach, the only difference between 1st and 2nd class is the space between the seats (1st class has 9 compartments, 2nd class has 11 compartments). So next time I'll take the same coach like you :-D
Thanks Pete! I agree, I think it's the best coach on the train too. I've been in way worse 1st Class seats than those 2nd Class seats!
The 2nd Class open saloon carriage belongs to the PKP IC 159A type and there is a long story why they have such great legroom. Overall generally accepted in long distance trains in Europe standards of comfort result in around 88 or 80 seats of 2nd Class of 26,4m open saloon carriage and 54 seats of 1st Class of 26,4m open saloon. 88 or 80 (often baggage racks are at ends so depending if they are present or not it's the 8 seat difference) 2nd in 2+2 configuration match with 11 big windows and 54 1st in 2+1 configuration match 9 big windows as legroom is bigger in 1st class. The manufacturer of earliest 26,4m carriages in Poland (HCP, now renamed FPS, Fabryka Pojazdów Szynowych) first made 1st class 152A series per the 54 seats, 9 window specification. Later they made 2nd class 154A series which due to cost cutting had some significant flaws. Simply put to spend less money on R&D they used 9 window body same as in 152A but in the interior they installed 80 seats with typical 2nd class legroom. The result was that seats and windows weren't aligned, sitting on selected seats all you will see is the wall between windows, no outside view. When many years later the next generation of carriages was ordered by PKP Intercity, they said to the manufacturer that while 1st Class successor just needs a little more modern interior and that's it (the result is 158A class), in case of 2nd Class open saloon they must do something better than the botched attempt of 154A class. So the manufacturer still prefering to save money decided that instead of adjusting windows to existing seat layout, it will be more cost effective to go for opposite approach of adjusting seats to existing 9 window layout. The result is the 159A class seen on the video, a hybrid of huge 1st Class legroom with 2+2 layout typical of 2nd Class, with total number of seats being 72. So such very indirect design decisions resulted in what is considered the best 2nd Class open saloon carriage of PKP IC.
Another great video. I really enjoy your videos- it allows everybody the opportunity to see other parts of thee world, in depth reviews of the trains and stations. I also appreciate the fact that there is no loud, obnoxious music that other bloggers seem to add to their otherwise nice videos. Your videography skills are also first class. Thanks for doing these.
Thanks!
Hi, Dylan, an excellent video, I enjoy watching it. Thank you for taking us with you to your trip to Poland. All the best for you.
Worth pointing out: Poznań Główny is the busiest station in the country with the largest number of platforms and due to numbering traditions (platform/track is fine, worse is numbering the platforms if the station building is in the middle) and complicated layout the most confusing in the country. Really easy to get lost or spend too much time walking around while your connection departs
I am pretty sure, that Warszawa Zachodnia (at least before site works) was 100% the busiest station in Poland. SKM + WKD + KM + IC = ~ 1000 trains / day
Dylan you should do some escorted train journeys over the continent. I'd definitely book
My favorite train to take in Poland!
That's the most people that I've seen on the train with you since I began watching your vids, about three months ago. Often, you seem to have the car pretty much all to yourself...which I certainly would love.
Super!! Gives me motivation for my trip to Poland with PKP 🥰
What a great train and journey it is wonderfull to still see loco hauled trains and a restaurant car just great.👍👍🇦🇺
Have done that journey a couple of times both in a first class compartment. The first time (2018) myself and friend shared with a young student. Conversation was about Brexit and NHS! Second time (2019) was with my significant other and the compartment was full. This gave a feeling of being cramped and not half as pleasant.
Dylan, I love your train trips. I’m a railway kid, thank you so much
Thanks 😁
That was a great trip report!!! The train looked awesome. As you said the compartments are not great if you are traveling by yourself.
Also thank you for showing us what the dining car was like and your meal looked great...:):):)
Thanks 😁
Hi, thanks for visiting poland, im glad you liked trip as in like 2014-15 our railway was in ruins, trains were old and were very often lat even 5 hours
Nice looking train, and good trip report. Regarding you sitting in the wrong seat, better a wrong seat than on the wrong train. Thanks for the ride.
Very true 😅
Nice train. I'd definitely would book this ride. The beer looked really good.
Very pleasant travel experience for you on this service. Love the mood lighting and overall presentation of the interior of this train. The best part though was the generous sized offering for your dinner. Must have a crumbed piggy chop or schnizel myself this week. I'll pass on the cabbage though - not the best for my digesting processor - I'll have steamed brussel sprouts, pumpkin, cabbage and potatoes.
Stay safe and well and I look forward to next week's offering. Cheers.
great trip between warsaw and berlin those coaches look very modern and the dining car service must have been really good but the best is the views the gradual transition from sunset to total darkness. the weirdest part was the blackout on the train wonder why that happened
Voltage change from 3kV DC to 16kV AC at the border bridge over the Oder river.
Another cracking video Dylan.
I love this trip ! And this train !! What a nice ,pretty train ! Those blue seats looking very comfy !! The 1st & 2nd class rooms are great for a family or bunches of friends to sit together to trip !! And the dining room's seats are red & clean !!
What a beautiful pink grapefruit sunset sky !! 😍😍 A bit melancholy in it ,too ! Gorgeous !!
I didn't know you didn't need to get checked for your passport there ! That's strange as it's a different country !! I didn't know that you were a Polish !!
I was impressed that everybody wearing masks on that train !!
Thank you so much for this video !
I really enjoyed watching this one !!! 👍👍💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💖💞
Learned so much from your travel . Thanks and looking forward for my travel there in Europe this Fall. Thanks again
You have missed to record my born City between Kutno and Poznan. Great train. beer, food, video. cheers.
What a superb 2nd class coach!
I really prefer the old style compartment coaches. They offer broader seats, usually more legroom, and a nicer atmosphere for long distance traveling. Unfortunately, they are a dying species due to economical reasons. In airline style configurated coaches they can cram onsiberably more people. Annother disadvantage of the modern air line style rows is that there are always seats with limited access to the window.
Thank you for a great review ! I liked the ambience of the train too, though I have not used the service you report on. The OBB RailJet services use the same type of loco, and have excellent carriages, as you have reported on previously. I guess which loco hauled train is better is down to personal preference !
A nice video I hope you enjoyed your journey to Berlin.
Nice announcement as well. Lovely station and amazing trains. Very nice.
very interesting coverage :)
Hi, I spent thousands of hours traveling across Poland. In the past there was much more marked difference in comfort between 1st class and 2nd. Nowadays the main reason to upgrade to 1st class is to avoid some more problematic types of people and there is usually less people in 1st class even if 2nd class is completely full. I choose 1st class when I need peace and quiet and 2nd class when I feel like getting to know people.
Seems like a great trip. Also a bargain at $34. For such a crowded train it was exceptionally quiet. Must have been some very polite fellow travelers.
That's because we Poles are very well-mannered people😀
@@crysdili świetny!
Ironically, the guy who was sat next to me was arguing with everyone and anyone 😅 He tried to say something to me but stopped when he realised I don't speak German.
@@DylansTravelReports Oh wow!! 😂😂
Thank you for another adventure
First time on this route was September 1966 ; very different times and grim to say the least.
Love watching your blog in travelling
great video like others one on channel 😁 greetings from poland 🇵🇱
you must've gotten really lucky with your train, as i traveled on this train in august of 2022 and first the train was 1hr late from the depot, then at poznań główny we waited another hour for a loco change (first we were pulled by an ep09, which was then switched for the husarz) and we also had border checks in frankfurt (most likely they were looking for ukrainian immigrants)
Wow beer and cabbage what a combination Dylan🤣
Excellent Dylan, thank you...
For 140$ You can travel as much as you can on a 5 day period (there are 7 & 9 day time windows too) in Finland during the summer. It includes a trip in economy class, but you can upgrade it cheaply.
Nice!
hey mate interesting trip and sceenery even though it wasa dull day it still looked nice enjoy cheers take care
Nice restaurant car - food looked fab...
Wow, it's the nice Diner ! 👍
I love the Diner.😍
But, there few Diner in Japan. 😭
As always a very informative video
Ich beantworte mal in Deutsch. Ja du hast richtig gelegen mit der Vermutung der unterschiedlichen Stromsysteme zwi. PL & D. Kurz nach Überquerung der Oderbrücke kommt der Zug zum stehen. In dem Moment wird die Stromverbindung gekappt. Die Lok schaltet vom Polnischen Stromnetz ins Deutsche um. Nach kurzer Zeit geht es dann immer gleich weiter mit der Fahrt.
Das wusste ich nicht :) Danke Sandro!
I'll be making this trip the other side during my Interrail ride through Europe!
Very nice video !! Thank you ! 😉
I love these city and the country and these my dream country and city as well 🙌🙌🙌
All your videos are very nice, I wish you to once again take a trip on underwater tunnel route on Eurostar once again. 😎
10:48 - a 1st Class compartments is wider than a 2nd Class compartment. so You have much more legroom.
amazing video dylan mate i do love these foreign trains you should try one of the intercity pendolino type trains its the red colour ones
Hello Dylan, when you got into the car I was reminded of the earlier ÖBB carriages (e.g. the Vienna-Oostende-Express), which were approved for express train speeds (160 km / h), were also comfortable in 2nd class (seats, legroom) and run quietly.
Seams co-working of PKP and ÖBB brings back the "Austrian style" (e.g. comfort, service) to East Europe railways making a railway trip to real journey. - Greetings to all fans of journeys insteed trips, Heinz
I was travelling with that train many times and first class car was the last one every time so it's kind of weird to watch :D
Nice one👌
The interesting thing about the Polish rail network is the amount of different variations of so called Fast Trains.
The most beautiful railway line in Poland is line Hel-Władysławowo. On this line train drives 3 mater from the beach. Maybe you later go this train line
Wow, youre back travelling on yhis pandemic. Good luck
Amazing This train 👌😍The German IC cars are not so fine ❗
I know this isn't you usual beat but if ever in Paris I would like to see your take and tips on using the Metro and city bus system.
The lights going out has nothing to do with different voltages. It's so that the passengers can change into their evening wear.
That was good,the food was very good value,everything seemed to be of high sevice.and a great price.
It does seem that here in the uk we are trying,very slowly to catch up with other countries regarding value for money etc.
9:27 I see heavy refurbishment works on the tracks. Is that part of a bigger polish railway plan?
I'm not sure about that specific route but we have a lot of projects currently under way and many planned to begin soon. The biggest one would be the construction of a new huge airport right in the heart of Poland planned for 2023-2030+. (Let's skip the part where we talk if it's necessary and smart to build it) With that there is a plan to create 10 main rail "spokes" to connect every region to the airport. They plan to create:
670km of fast railway >250km/h
740km of main tracks 200-250
190km of connecting tracks around 160km/h.
If you want to check it out you can search for CPK.
As Husarz is a multisystem loco, it's possible to black the entire set out due to delayed switching, that's not a malfunction though)
great trip, I have done it recently the opposite way
That train front reminds me of the space 1999 space ship lol
It totally does!!
@@DJL78 It does? I must have another look.
I had that kind of legroom in a bus once (i know its super rare. I was at the very very back on a pretty much brand new Prevost H3-45) and i was rather short (about 5’4-ish) and could barely even reach the footrest 😂😂
@Dylan's Travel Reports what is happening at 8:40, 9:57, 11:07, 11:30 and 12:13 because i hear the train horning there
I was wondering the same
Probably just sounding the horn for a crossing.
In Poland train drivers are obligated to use horns near every crossing.
Nice one
Can you review the Cambrian coast line from Birmingham international to Pwllheli if you haven’t already ?
Maybe at some point!
Great video !!
W WARSIE smakowalo ?
HUH no way, i think youve been in my city, ive even saw the same loco youve been hauled by
I will always prefer compartments, even if travelling alone. I find them much more cozy and they give me the good old times travelling feel, but sadly they are almost extinct here in Germany.
Such a monotonous line isn't it. I did the sleeper from Koln to Warsawa in the snow. I very highly recommend the X2000 from Stockholm to Copenhagen.
Hey, thanks for another great video! From your previous videos it looks like you're from Scotland. I used to live in Edinburgh for 15 years. I loved the train journeys across the Firth of Forth on the way to Dundee or St. Andrews from Edinburgh. Especially in the morning when the partial mist was covering the Firth. Can I ask what was your most favourite train journey and why?
I was under the same impression !! I thought he was Scots ! Lol. 💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💞
I'm afraid to say I am English (from Yorkshire) but I lived in Inverness until recently. Idk how to narrow down to just one favourite.
I like the looks of the Siemens locomotives and this one is nice too; great shot btw. But what about the engine ? at 4:35 it looks more stylized than ours. The rear window is definitely the best view. Food looked good and price was fair; how was the Polish lager ? Ticket price was about half what the same trip would cost in Canada even with discounts available to some. If you ever do another trip in Poland I would go for a tour of the station at Skierniewice.
@Steve 100 a film from Skierniewice Railway Station: th-cam.com/video/aUWjjEbDP5w/w-d-xo.html
@@psed7294 Thank you . Excellent !
Lager was nice!
There’s sure some good sensory on that 6.5 hour train ride.
I'm surprised that foreign tourist, especially from Western Europe, praises Polish railway. Polish passangers have worse opinion about it in general.
But the fact is that our national operator PKP Intercity sends the best cars and locos on international routes.
Polish passengers like to moan about everything. When in Poland they moan about the Polish railways. When abroad they moan about the local railways.
Finally a 2nd class seat with plenty of legroom. For me it's an important issue. (I'm 2m tall). I really liked the reasonable price in food. Definitely a choice 😉
You'll certainly have no issues with these seats!
Did this Poznan to Warsaw last month. WARS restaurant cars are brilliant quality and value. Have you any plans for Lesno to Wolsztyn steam train?
Maybe at some point!
Your videos are inspiring as I will retire in Dec 2022 and plan to travel all over Europe till I can't anymore.I went twice in 2019 and loved it. Have you known of anyone riding a night train every night for 1 month and can it be done ? Been researching trains to see if I can do it to save money while I travel, maybe with a eurail global pass.Thanks.
I'm sure it can be done. Europe has tons of night trains with more being added in the near future.
@@DylansTravelReports thanks for the reply. I'll be waiting for more of your videos.Stay safe.
Just a side note: Warszawa Zachodnia is now undergoing a general refurb, and it will stop being so scarily ugly
Thank goodness as that is a grim station 😅
Definitely a most impressive train. Impeccably clean, and efficient. What was the date of travel?
31 august 2020
@@markpazdniakou4954 thank you
The joys of Polish train stations, the confusion... and the never ending refurbishments... plus the McDonald's advertisements everywhere (I swear the railways have to have a brand deal with them as they are the only fastfood chain in 90% main train stations). I love Polish trains, the stations, not so much ;)
Nice vedio . Thanks