14 Hours on a Soviet/GDR Sleeper - Chisinau to Bucharest
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2024
- I stepped back in time to take a 13-hour train journey (that turned out to be an hour longer) between Chisinau, Moldova and Bucharest, Romania. The train is often said to be the last Soviet sleeper in Europe, although it was actually manufactured in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). What an epic journey this was!
Memories... used the train back in 2022, and they really upgraded it since then. Power in the compartment, and a bar was not offered. Fun thing: If you have the first or last room, someone comes in while the wheels get changed, removes the carpet, opens a hole and takes out some metal splnts to free the wheels. You can see the guy in your video too. Great experience, would go again.
"Strick internis" ~ strictly forbidden. I think it's saying do not use the toilet while in a station, because it's presumably the kind of toilet which is basically a hole in the floor.
Great vid.. when in Chisinau last week(April 20th 2024 ), visited the that lovely station, clean no litter and the fish-tanks,i`ll have to take this rail trip..well done pal
Loved the video mate, Soviet time really was something else, super interesting and nostalgic, cheers from Portugal!
Ammendorf kupé sleepers are very comfortable and I have slept much better on such carriages (pro-tip: in summer open the window) than on modern high-speed RZD carriages with air conditioning. Changing the bogies is pretty straightforward. On a journey from Bistrita to Tirgu Mures (both in Romania) in the 1980s, I could see the ground while travelling, the problem was that I was on a bus at the time. Ah, the good old days! Maybe I should head over to Moldova to remember the travels of my youth. Keep moving, my friend, because a rolling stone gathers no moss.
Hey ho! Let's go
Folklore and Rock'n'roll
Pleacă trenul! Unde esti?
Chișinău - București
The first thing I thought of when I saw this video in my recommendations
My interest peaked for this train since Trenulețul
They also switch the wheels and railway couplers, the Moldova trains uses a Soviet SA3 knuckle coupler buffers and 1,520 mm 4ft 11 and some inches almost 5ft gauge 1,524 mm Guage and central and Western Europe use buffer and screw turnbuckle couplers and 4ft 8 and a half inch wide gauge
Nice to hear the radio ID once again.
I've been on that train and good to know it's still running.
Is like step back in time 😀
Great video! 😊
Bringing back nightmares. Went on that route Aug 2023. 38C outside, more inside, the hottest place I’ve ever been. I can adamantly state, never again.
"Pretenia" means friendship.
Interesting!
Why so warm? The train is heated by coals
You should try a night in platzkart to get true experience
7:00 The loo must be kissed!
Suggest that you take your mum with you for the next trip
Aha, Eurovision train 😊
It use to be like this between Ukraine and Poland but now the Ukrainian tracks are extend to first station in Poland and that the end for Ukrainian train and passengers transfer to Polish train 😀 is much faster !
cANDIDATE TO JOIN EU!!
To R Rajan. Oh, no ! Don't get fooled! Just because a country has problems, doesn't mean something else is better! At vleast they have their nationality, and their freedom!
So what? Is the EU so select that it's too good for Moldova? And I'm saying this as an EU citizen.
Very boring video you just made fun of there poverty
Why did you use the soviet melody "My homeland is WIDE" for Moldova?:)
It used to be Soviet