Railjet from Innsbruck to Villach - Part 2: Through the Alps from Schwarzach St Veit to Villach
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- I'm travelling through Austria from Innsbruck to Villach. And this is Part 2, where the ÖBB RailJet takes us south across/through the Austrian Alps to Villach.
The Tauernbahn proves to be another gem of a ride. The railjet's comfort combined with fantastic views from the train window is really a match made in heaven.
Join me!
Departure: Schwarzach - St Veit, Austria
Destination: Villach, Austria
Distance: 115 km / 71 miles
Duration: 1 hr 32 mins
Average speed: 75 km/h 46 mph
Example cost, adult single:
Standard class: €47,40 / £40.00
1st Class: €24,30 / £20.50
I was travelling with an Interrail Global Pass. No reservation was required and there were no supplements to pay on this route.
Date of Travel: May 2024
Operator: ÖBB Railjet
Motive power: Class 1116 Taurus electric locomotive with Railjet coaching stock
Manufacturer: Seimens
Entered service: 2000 onwards
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An absolute pleasure to watch part 2. I was once again blown away by the scenery and the engineering required to build such a railway.
@@Timstravels01 me too. Such a fun ride. I'm so pleased to have got the chance to ride it.
View out my window is a buttercup filled park. Stunning.
Yes they are so lovely. I was so lucky to travel at the time of year with such lovely weather.
What a beautiful part of the route to villach
Yes indeed 👍
Thanks Johnny for a stunning second part. Always a pleasure watching your vlogs.
Thanks very much, and thanks too for for watching along 👍
A very nice Monday surprise Johnny. Thanks.
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching along 👍
Very Scenic! "Sound of Music Territory!
Haha. Yes i suppose so 😁
Continuing to Ljubljana on Friday.
I Like to your excellent presentation. I am waiting on India is my country for your next videos
Thank you 👍
Just inject this route into my veins! 🤣🤣🤣 Looking forward to the Slovenian leg .... Ljubljana, Kamnik, Triglav and the rest of Slovenia were among my favourite parts of my recent jaunt around central Europe. Cheers!
Yes the FLIRT ride is coming up on Friday!
Great Video Johnny
Cheers Paul 👍
Brilliant video and excellent scenery!! Hope all is well, take care
Doing good, thanks Peter. Thanks for the kind words. Off on that FLIRT next week.
Cracking video!
Thanks so much! And thanks to you for coming along 👍
Nice trip, great scenery, hope you got the connection. Totally agree your comments about UK train information - last week we were out and about between Attenborough and Welshpool and 3 of the 5 5 trains had duff information about the train set up - and one train manager that made us walk up the platform because we were standing by the first class carriage! Waiting for XC Customer Service to respond on this!
Yes, i made the connection and that ride will be out on Friday.
Sorry to hear that you were messed about. Sometimes the changes are unavoidable, but it is really difficult for those with reduced mobility, for sure.
Thanks for watching 👍
“…for someone like me that enjoys very long train rides though beautiful countryside.” Pretty much describes all of us watching your channel. 🙂 Thank you again for taking us along another another wonderful adventure.
Yes, I suppose you are right!
Thanks for coming along 👍
Just as stunning as Friday`s part 1, thanks for another uplifting journey report :) Don`t you think those glorious vistas would also look wonderful with some nice crisp snow? Hint, hint!
There is talk of Mark and i reconvening in the area in January '25 😉
Best wishes to you 👍
Those maps of where the trains stop are useful
as long as they don't announce a rearrangement of the Wagenreihungen
Köln Hbf is famous for that.
We have to order a Hublift for my partner's wheel chair
and a DB person to operate it.
In Köln Hbf it is not unusual to
change platform and change ends LOL
I call it the Kölner Übung (Cologne exercise regime)!
In the UK do they bother?
I was in Preston and I asked where first class was likely to be.
The guy said it was fifty fifty which end so you were best off waiting in the middle LOL
I can imagine Köln to be tricky. There's a lot of trains getting re-platformed I have heard from other travellers
Tbf on the UK, there is often train configuration information on the platform indicator, and i generally find it to be correct (but not always)
I usually go with the adage "1st class at the London end" - that certainly remains the case on the GWR mainlines.
Level boarding is really the desire so you and your partner can be far more independent, without the need for further assistance.
For all their faults, at least those New Generation RailJets do have level boarding, which is a vast improvement for many.
Best wishes to you and your partner 👍
Very many thanks Johnny for yet another excellent video! And the presentation of your videos is just getting better and better! Please keep on posting a map of the journey you are about to undertake! I did not need a map for this section of your journey, but I will certainly need one for the run through Slovenia, a country i have never visited!
I have changed my presentation (hopefully for the better) as the channel has grown, but i think the clear route map is important to help give some context for the journey, so i have no plans to change or remove that section.
Shooting through the glass is definitely improved now i have my lens shade, so the reflections are reduced/ removed.
@@JohnnyHooverTravels I have been watching your channel only for a few months. The improvement in the quality of your videos is VERY MARKED. When I started watching your channel, I wondered 'Will I be watching in six months time?' Now I am asking. 'Are Johnny's videos better than those of his friend Mark? Are they better than those from Steve Marsh and Scott Manson?''
Anothef great trip relort Johnny. Keep it going enjoy. Just also look up irish railway modeller . MK IV refurbished Dublin to Cork.
@@terryosullivan2620 thanks! And i will check that out 👍
@@terryosullivan2620 thanks! And i will check that out 👍
Regarding the EC163/164 trains Graz to Zurich, it is magnificent Alpine scenery almost the whole way. But this is one of the few trains in German-speaking Europe where i would advise that a seat reservation is absolutely essential 365-days-a-year and in both classes. I have first hand experience of how busy this train gets!
Thanks for the advice Roger 👍
And, of course, thanks for watching too 👍
@@JohnnyHooverTravelsI am also a pretty frequent EC164 traveller in various parts of the route. There is a change at Selzthal into the 1120 Selzthal - Linz which is a super scenic run notably in its initial stage. A real gem to me is also to take EC164 to Stainach Irdning for the brief connection into R4409 the 1140 Stainach Irdning - Attnang Puchheim via Hallstatt and Bad Ischl. Both are loco hauled trains and sitting on the left initially gives a lovely view through the mountains and the large lake at Hallstadt. Swap sides then to the right through to Attnang Puchheim as the other lake views later on are just stunning. Not that I am biased you understand…..
@@simonpilk thanks. I've added that to my list 👍
How much does the government pay the land owner/farmers to not grow crops but just make the farms look nice?
@@rickolson-51 haha! Maybe the farms do just look that way 🤷♂️
Thanks for watching 👍
Most is dairy farming
So only crop they do would be corn as feeding stock for cows during winter