Trust me, my friend, the crew on that train treat all people in the same bad way. It is not important if you are Romanian or foreigner. They are simply unpleasant to everybody. Good video.
@@borisfargo1290 The salaries are not great. Romania is not a rich country. They make about 900-1000 Euro netto each month. Plus some benefits of course. The job is hard because the railways are old and the speed is not high...so it's boring.
@@BlueLineofthesky Yesterday I went to Constanța with the cfr ir 1881 . The problem was at buying the tickets since there was an old nag at the ticket office , but the rest of the staff was greate and I had a great time on board. Probably, that's because M800 is Romanias best railway.
I was glad to see that you presented in a good image your journey with the Romanian train. We in Romania are not satisfied because we always know that it can be much better .. including the time when we could arrive. We still have to "fix" some political problems and notions.
I emigrated from germany to romania. I know the eastern european railways. But, to be honest: You wont be able to "fix" these things, they are ankered slightly too deep and most romanians slightly dont care.
@@Jan_Berlucchi Yes! Because of corruption. I'm pretty sure you had to deal with this problem here too. I must say that another reason for our "good looking" trains condition is made by our population. Some of them are so rude, they love to ruin something that they don't own. Not all of them, of course. Eastern Europe is quite for his corruption.
@@Robert21432 it's been only 30 years of capitalism for the beautiful cfr to be in the despicable and destitute state it is. Do you really think that someone can fix it? I don't think so
Wow, so nice. Romania and Hungary are two of the most exciting and “exotic” countries in Europe, to my taste. Thanks for taking us on this journey between Bucharest and Budapest, through the region of Transylvania. Have been in Budapest and Hungary, now a journey like yours would be something to continue with.
You must know that, the trains staff are the same also with romanians. This is their way to work... We need really improvement to the quality of services, staff, rolling stock etc.
If you don't appreciate the old, you will never appreciate the new. Having said that, the train has good bones, but I do think for a car that has been refurbished, that rest room/toilet could have been refurbished better. Ask the folks doing home flips, they spend the most refurbishing the kitchens and bath rooms.... Better bathroom fixtures and better flooring will do wonders even to a old house...
@@ronclark9724 It's not apreciation of the style. In the winter there are around -15degrese celsius INSIDE and over 35 in the summer. I'm actually surprised of how clean the sleeping train was in this video. Also, I'm allowed to bash and roast it because despite my name, I'm actually romanian.
My mother arrived here from Switzerland in March 1938 and my grandmother / aunt from Vienna in February 1938. I forgot to visit when I was in Bucharest. Great to see the station. Many people in Bucharest then spoke French; the 2nd language. It is also close to Italian.
Hmm, I’m Romanian and I’m not sure if they can really tell which seats are taken. I mean the ladies at the cash register when you buy the ticket can definitely tell that cause they see all available seats, but i don’t know if the train conductor can do so too. They dont have any digital software or checking tickets and keeping evidence. If you board the train and have a ticket for the seat you’re on then they will verify the ticket and thats it.
Yes the ladies at the stations can see it, but only till 24h before the train leaves. On the day the train leaves she cannot see which seats are taken and she cannot even chose which one to sell to you .I was told about this in 3 different stations: Oradea, Cluj-Napoca and Targu-Mures so I think it should be true.
@@tamasmolnar9951 maybe this is for international trains . I bought a few tickets from bucharest to bacau 24h before and i always look at their display and it shows the seats and we can choose.
Tamás Molnár romania’s railway system is lacking a lot of things due to corruption. Digital softwares would be one. Not to mention the lack of competition among train companies. There are many areas which are poorly serviced by the railway system, the average age of one locomotive is 40 years old, we’ve got some new wagons recently but that’s all about it. Some routes have delays all the time - and I’m talking about hours’ worth of delays. Not to mention that many Romanians are not very law abiding and don’t pick up the trash they leave behind or sometimes they even attempt to smoke on trains (which are all smoke free in Romania). I’ve encountered people smoking on the corridos and inside the bathroom. Probably the cleaning personnel is also a little lazy and refuses to do their job properly cause they are not punished in any way.
Savoir Faire They can tell, the conductor of the sleeping car has a sheet of paper with which seats in the sleeping car are taken. I once got up on a sleeping car by accident and the conductor kept asking me why I didn’t board 2 stations before (I had a regular 2nd class ticket and he thought I was somebody who didn’t board the train). The conductors in 2nd class definitely don’t have something like that tho
MUIE CFE. TRENUL MEU A INTARZIAT 3 ORE PT CA S-A STRICAT. DUPA 3 ORE A VENIT UN ALT TREN IN CARE A TREBUIT SA STAU IN PICIOARE PE HOLUL VAGONULUI PANA IN BUCURESTI ADICA 324.km
A pity you didn't travel in sleeping car. The CFR AVA 200 sleepers are really good, and they are Romanian own-built (Astra Arad). About these couchette cars: they originally had no air conditioning at all. This "original" version is still in traffic in Hungary and Slovakia (owned by Wagon Service Slovakia). CFR coaches were modernized in CFR works Bucharest Grivita, and now have the AC system added.
One can see from the button design that they are added afterwards :D These types of pushbuttons were not developed back then, you can even see the old temperature sensor next to it.
Yes, it is an old German coach. This type has been delivered first in 1967 as Bctüm 256 by LHB (Linke-Hofmann-Busch) with 3 preference compartments (3-berth-compartment wich could opened with another preference compartment to form a much bigger compartment than usual) in the middle, 4 normal 6-berth-compartments on one end and 3 normal 6-berth-compartments on the other end. The "t" in the designation indicates the usage in what was called "Turnusverkehr" (hence the "t"), which meant it was used by travel agencies. In 1976, the designation was changed to Bctm 256. The coaches later got a makeover by AW (Ausbesserungswerk, repair centre) Münster and AW Krefeld-Oppum with central ventilation, sockets for razors in the washing rooms, new colours inside and carpets. Delivery took place from 1981 to 1983 as Bctmh 257. There were no Bctm 256 left. Bogies used were Minden-Deutz 33 (with block brakes) and Minden-Deutz 36 (with disc brakes). Maximum speed was 140 kph (MD 33) or 160 kph (MD 36). Empty weight was 38,9 t (Bctm 256) and 40 t (Bctmh 257). The coaches were equipped with 2 WC rooms, 3 washing rooms and 1 guard compartment, which contained a 150 l fridge. The coaches fully complied to the UIC Standards. They were in service at DB (Deutsche Bundesbahn) until dec. 31th 1993, then from jan. 1st 1994 at DB (Deutsche Bahn AG) until end of DB night train operations 2016.
He is German, in Germany they make everything including the trains, he was an employee in the industry most probably.. To bad Romania is using 30 year old trains, stuff Germany don't need no more.... we buy ... they instead have the lastest technology, because their economy isn't garbage.
@@themaninthehighcastle7242 I mean as long as the stuff works, is comfortable and sticks to the schedule then the matter of it being new or not shouldn't be the issue. Especially if the price is right. Sure you can pride yourself on a modern train but if that modern train barely even works then what's the point.
Great answer my friend! What's made by a German never dies, or die hard...is an old saying Those, and others, were DONATED! This is how our railways company survive for years! Thank you for your answer.
Thanks for the video! We lived in Romania in 2012 and 2013 (and came back a bit in 2014), but sadly never took the train. Henri Coandă has become a really nice airport. I hope they can do the same someday with Gara de Nord.
Your reports are fantastic! :) Unfortunately, CFR (national railway company) still has a lot of work to do on the quality of services. In Romania, the crew is not like in Central/Western Europe. They just check the tickets. They do not ask passengers if they need anything or if they had a pleasant trip. Most of them do not speak English (or other foreign language). There are no voice announcements, restaurant wagons are very rare. There are no offers included in the ticket price: for example, a bottle of water and a sandwich for those who have a 1st class ticket or sleeping car ticket, etc. Why? Marketing is zero ... And people are not encouraged to travel by train (travel takes longer than the bus, for example). Things start moving, but very slowly. Despite these, I prefer to travel by train :) Anyway, the fact that you are traveling alone (as I see from your reports) encourages me to do the same. Congratulations! Best regards from Romania! :)
I have met with some delightful staff on the Budapest-Bucaresti run, but they are usually Hungarian. I feel sure that CFR will embrace customer service at some point in the future, as the railways of Romania are an amazing asset and should be a national tourist asset. Beautiful Romania will get there eventually.
A spus ca staff-ul l-a tratat urat. Fix cum te-ai astepta de la CFR sau de la orice institutie de stat unde se cred zei si nu au competitie care sa-i forteze sa-si imbunatateasca comportamentul.
@@Bavanai Sau poate omul respectiv a avut o zi proasta si nu stia nici engleza.. inceteaza sa fii asa hater, 'fix cum te-ai astepta de la CFR sau orice.. etc' .. fii matur
These cars were built from 1967 as Bctüm 256 for DB and Touropa in West Germany. They are 27.5 m long (so among the longest passenger cars worldwide) and have three "Vorzugsabteile" (preferential compartments) in the middle. Originally those compartments could be divided into two 3-berth compartments, hence the two narrow windows side by side. They were used primarily in seasonal touristic trains. During the years they were modernized a few times, some were sold to CFR and I think the air conditioning system is new, they also got skirts and a new air intake for the air conditioner. Good if it works well. According to the inscription the first class compartments are on one end but they are actually in the middle (where the ride is quietest). These compartments are more spacious and only sold for up to four passengers by CFR. As they are now more than fifty years old, they certainly appear a bit old-fashioned ... Internationally they are also used to Wien Hbf and that's where I see them sometimes. CFR isn't a "nightjet-partner" of ÖBB (I guess the service level isn't up to the same standard) so the nightly train Wien - Bucuresti isn't very well known. Your car might be the oldest of the train (the bar-bistro car was rebuilt from an older type too, I don't know much about it). And the ride is very long because the lines don't allow high speeds (the same is true for all of the Balkan railways, no high or "higher" speed in sight anywhere).
You really made me want to travel by train when it seemed like a burden before watching this (especially since I live in Romania, and 2nd class for shorter rides is waay worse). I started saving up money for me and my girlfriend, and I hope in the summer we will have a nice trip, because it seems very cute and cozy. Very nice video! Thanks a lot!
i love the jingle its so strange but unique. when i visit my family thats the most exiting thing about the entire trip i am always hyped to hear this sound
6:52 - You are not yet in Transilvania, the border station between Wallachia and Trasilvania was Predeal when Transilvania was part of the Habsburg Empire. At km. 113 you're aproaching Comarnic, which was in Wallachia for always. 7:24 - He doesn't know because, eventually, the directors of CFR Călători realized that some conductors used to sell the remaining beds without issuing a ticket (and then locking the car and go to sleep). So they were left out of it and now they are not informed in advance about what beds are sold... this also menas you can buy a sleeping or couchette car ticket from the ticket office up to 5 minutes before the trains departure from that station, not with max. 60 minutes before the train departs the starting point.
Av Ra nu e acelasi lucru deoarece valahia era numele uneia dintre tarile romanesti acum sute de ani . In zilele noastre regiunea unde se afla valahia se numeste Tara Romaneasca ( oltenia muntenia .. )
They have the same iconic 2-pane folding doors as the Corail coaches, painted in a similar very distinctive orange on the inside. That's what immediately made me think they were Corails.
What a long train journey from Bucharest to Budapest ! From where I live (Warsaw, Poland) it takes just under 6 hours to get to Berlin and around 7 h to Vienna.
Finally a restaurant coach! A few years ago there weren’t any and some coaches were by MÁV (Hungarian Railways). Awesome video and thanks for doing my idea.
Next time when you come to Romania I recommend you to use the Astra Trans Carpatica private trains from Bucharest to Arad, similar cars, but newly built, extremely modern and the prices are similar with the CFR ones.
Thanks for a glimpse into the rail connection Bucharest to Budapest. I hope to be in Romania in 2021 on a tour that ends in Bucharest. I have been considering a stopover in Budapest or Barcelona before flying home. I haven't traveled by train much and this might be fun.
Oh the bliss of being able to open a window ans tick your head out. The older HSTs in Britain had vestibule windows like that. Very handy on a stuffy day
I really enjoyed your 'first person camera' portrayal of this journey. I felt like I was there. I think the concept of no presenter in shot, no voice just subtitles with smileys works really well, a welcome change from some jolly, self-obsessed TV personality hogging the shot all the time. I once did this journey from Bucharest to Budapest myself. The Romanian train was quite old with frilly curtains like out of a Dracula movie. The announcement tone at Budapest Keleti Palyaudvar was also amusing. Some time you must do the exciting 8 minute journey from Stockport to Manchester and back, my regular trip!
6:20-Is not really so train friendly.The main problem is that the trains go too sloooow.With a modern train the travel would take 4-5 hours instead of 16 hours!!
Infrastructure in the process of being updated too,speed updated from extremely slow to average haha. But due to rail works there are diversions on secondary routers hence why it takes forever. Saying that, would not be great to arrive at 2.00 am in Budapest haha so timming works OK to arrive in the morning. Can have a decent night sleep if you are OK with train motion.
Bulgarian trains are poorer and older, but they are faster than this romanian track. Bucharest-Deva 428 km for 9 hours. Sofia-Shumen 435 km for 5:45 hours. Big difference!
I went to Mangalia around September last year. I never really traveled by train much except for my summers in Italy and the trains there generally left a good impression. Started north-east heading towards south-east, no announcer for the trains or any electronic signs signaling which train comes and where it goes. Inside the trains I had to always look on Google Maps to know where I should switch trains because there wasn't any announcer inside either. Only one train ended up being really bad, as in it smelled so fucking bad you couldn't breathe, but I managed to move in another wagon. Edit: Talking about CFR Calatori.
I think staff vary like anywhere in the world. I took this train but going the other way from Budapest to Bucharest and was in a sleeper and had no issues at all, in fact the conductor was brewing coffee next morning as we were going through the Bucegi Mountains toward Predeal and Sinaia and he invited me for a cup of fresh coffee. Had a good chat, his English was okay and my Romanian at the time a few years ago was bad, now much better. So I had no issues and since then I take CFR trains every year multiple times all over Romania, including the Prietenia to Moldova. Yes some conductors bit direct but not all. In terms of the stock, not all look pretty particularly outside, but inside most are comfortable; you are lucky though to get good AC!!...some IR trains in summer with no AC are like ovens!...nice vid though.
I took the opposite route but stepping off at Brasov, they even gave us tasty bread and tea for breakfast. But a long wait at Episcopia for passport control at midnighr too.
I think he didn't know indeed, he couldn't have checked anywhere to see if there is another reservation to tell you. People usually don't buy train tickets online in Romania. Loved your video! 😁
The couchette you take is 2nd class. The sleeping car is 1st class. I know becouse I’ve just finish my trip to Budapest with the same train. It was a nice experience altought it was quite expensive (around 340 euro for me and my wife on sleeping car, 1st class). We didn’t have a restaurant car, but we make that trip in 14 hours.
There is also a train that does the journey in daylight, taking only 14 hours. What was bad is that there was no restaurant car, nor food wagon, no way at all to get food or drink during the journey. What was charming is that at every small station that the train went through (without stopping) in Romania, the Station Master was out on the platform to greet the train as we went past.
I'm terribly sorry that my people weren't nice to you, I feel ashamed to be honest, I hope that this has changed in the meantime. I would encourage you to give Romania another try in the future and please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you need and advice or help on how to travel through my country ❤️
Glad to see you in Romania, sorry for your problems with romanian staff, oh well, they are not racist or anything like that. Trust me, i am romanian and still have this kind of problems, some of them (most of them , i ques) are just having problems in customer area. We are learning to behave . Again Thank You for your beautiful review.
6:17 yeah, a very "train friendly" country, that time CFR had so many railcars with non-functioning AC and sometimes trains we're very crowded, like they didn't add enough railcars to the train or they didn't buy enough of them, the speed limits were too low and sometimes when raining water would've flood some of their railcars cus of bad doors, but nowdays things are getting better
snazia yes,our language is like french,italian and a little little russian and hungarian with pure latin and old Dacian language at the same time.This happend cause we were like occupied by almost every empire,Roman Empire,Bizantine Empire,Austria-Hungary,Ottoman empire,Russian empire,Soviet Union.Basically we were that kid in school that had to pay bullies money if they didnt wanna get invaded and sometimes the kid that would stick with the strongest to achieve his objectives.
I've done this trip twice and really loved it. The first was a very old (but well maintained) Italian sleeper. Ime Central/Eastern Europe conductors usually don't know how many sleeper/couchettes have been sold so to the extent they understood your question it made no sense to them. For what it's worth I find service in Romania is very good for the region (especially if you make any effort to say a few words in Romanian). I love Hungary but the service tends to be much more brusque....
Yep, there are 1 and 2 couchette cars, produced by Veb Waggonbau Görlitz (Germany) and upgraded in Bucharest Grivita. They have a maximum speed of 140 km / h and have the right of international traffic. You've booked for a really good coach. We also have, but sleeper not couchette, WLABmee 71-31 series sleeping cars which are not air-conditioned (not all choaches) and that's not good in the Summer. That stage with the ladder, I've never seen anything like this, but it's Romania with many surprises, so ... 😂😂 You didn't shoot the Budapest Keleti train station a bit :( , it's more beautiful than Bucharest North. Great trip report! BIG Like! 😁
I am bulgarian, living in Germany and I travel with this train every year twice and I like it. It is very slow, but is away better than the bulgarian trains. The stuff was never freindly, but for me is this nothing new. Everywhere in east Europe is the stuff not friendly.
I love traveling with our Romanian trains, so peaceful, not having to pay attention to the road like when you`re driving. My husband and I would love to see more Eastern European countries. Maybe one day we`ll hop in a train to go to Bulgaria or Hungary. Love Eastern Europe, our hearts beat the same!
Great train journey, which I have often made, using the first class sleeper. Usually the food and wine in the restaurant car is excellent; only sorry the staff were so rude to you. I tend to find the Hungarian crews are friendlier than the Romanian crews for some reason.
An interesting ride is the Bucharest to Kishinev, Moldova, Prietenia. The train uses Moldovan railway Ammendorf type cars built in the GDR for the Soviet Union. The Prietenia has both 4 berth second class cars and a 2 berth first class car. There is even a snack bar of sorts. At the Romanian - Moldovan border there's a gauge change on the Moldovan side. All the cars are positioned on jacks that lift the cars and the European gauge bogies are switched for Russian gauge bogies. The trains power also becomes a Moldovan diesel loco built in the Soviet Union. It's a very interesting ride I've done many times between my two favorite countries.
Not so many years ago I was staying in Bulgaria, resort Golden Sands..nearest city Varna, a short cab drive away. We wanted to catch the train to Sofia- around 200 miles away (a bit over 320 kilometers or so) then we checked and saw the journey took over 8 hours! Yikes...even with British Rail (well, Virgin Trains nowadays) that would be the same from Manchester near me to London which takes just over 2 hours ..didn't go in the end, although now I wished I did..thanks for the ride, all the best from the UK
Varna to Sofia are 580 km for 7 hours. This is much faster than this romanian train. Bucharest-Curtici (on the hungarian border) 650 km for 12 hours!!!
@@yogiaol thanks for the reply... we've been twice to Bulgaria and hope to go again when things are different... beautiful country and the friendliest people I've come across in Europe (and I've been to many European countries) ..regards my friend and take care
Haven't used the train to/frm Romania for a long time. But it seems to have slowed down a bit. Video states that Bucuresti Nord to Budapest (presumable Keleti) takes > 16hrs? In the early 1970's I regularly used the Orient Express (Paris - Bucuresti) and the Wiener Walzer (Bucuresti - Vienna) between Vienna and Brasov. That was also 16+ hrs. At that time the border checks A/H + H/RO took more than 1hr each. From/to Curtici pulled by an actual steam locomotive. But at least the sleeper cars were still Vagon Lits..Even with french steward.
Yup, it has slowed down. Track reconstruction in Romania is what's mainly at fault. Sighisoara - Curtici is essentially one long, continuous work-site; with Deva - Arad being worked single-track, with 50 km/h max speed, through sidings, as the main tracks are rebuilt (including new bridges and tunnels). Work on Constanta - Predeal - Sighisoara - Curtici been ongoing (at immense cost) for almost 15 years now, with some sections finished, but with at least 10+ years to go until work is complete.
Der Liegewagen hier scheint aus der damaligen Touropa-Scharnow Flotte zu sein. Die mittleren drei Abteile waren Vorzugsabteile mit zwei kleineren Fenster.
@@gaelleimmigrata5431 don't know romanian but I guess you mentioned the time zone difference... but then a 30 a mins delay; given that both romanian and hungarian railways were involved is kind of a miracle anyways
Serios? Cand am fost cu trenul intre ilva mica si nasaud a oprit in feldru ca ajungea mult prea devreme in nasaud daca nu oprea, mi s-a mai întâmplat o data intre sighisoara si brasov, a oprit in Augustin ca daca nu ajungea cu 30-40 de min mai devreme.
Nice to know, I'm planing a trip to Budapest for this year and I was thinking about going by road, but if the fares are ok, an offline buffer of movies and junk food will make this a great trip, as I never went on longer trips than Bucharest-Cluj-Napoca by train.
i love oldschool trains like that one so much! i never sleep when i travel with that kind of train. i had 2,3, 4 up to 10-12 hours rides and i only walked away from the window to grab a sandwich or go to toilet.nonstop window :)))). love it.The problem with the train staff is that they are in big part old people that didn't learn english.In Romania before the 90's they learned russian and sometimes french.also some work 12+ hours shifts up to 24 and even if they wont do lifting or anything phisicial, many hours add up for anyone.so don't worry,if you find one that is unpolite, he is like that with anyone not just foreigners :) .the real big problems with romanian train travel is that they don't have employees to keep clean and repair interior furniture/windows/toilets and second is that rails are very old so the speed is quite low,under 80km/h. but the low speed part i like, if i could afford i would travel each weekend for 10-20 hours to random places just for the ride:).
@@user-mi4yc7pr3x Did you just compare a small ex communist eastern european balkanic third world country with the United States of America ? Funny man.
@# you can see the growth as the hotels are full. Streets are filled with new expensive cars. Minimum wage is 1000 euro in Bucharest. You cannot compare Alabama Indiana with Romania
There is also a public toilet in the basement, which is quite some experience. But the rest of the station is rather pretty and there is much to see, if you like trains and everything around. Trains leaving to the black sea crowded with Holiday makers, lots of staff waving and whistling to get the trains stoped at the right spot encourage delayed people to move faster etc. Some trains start with open doors. There is even a kind of train museum nearby.
Shout-out from Germany to all Romanian friends who commented objectivily and friendly below this video, I really liked it!
I'm Romanian, So, We're Cool Dude!
Trust me, my friend, the crew on that train treat all people in the same bad way. It is not important if you are Romanian or foreigner. They are simply unpleasant to everybody. Good video.
Blue Line I’ve met some really great staff too tho
@@sophieblue6289 I was not so lucky :)
Their probably on €4/ hour and it’s boiling hot and 12 hour shifts
@@borisfargo1290 The salaries are not great. Romania is not a rich country. They make about 900-1000 Euro netto each month. Plus some benefits of course. The job is hard because the railways are old and the speed is not high...so it's boring.
@@BlueLineofthesky Yesterday I went to Constanța with the cfr ir 1881 . The problem was at buying the tickets since there was an old nag at the ticket office , but the rest of the staff was greate and I had a great time on board. Probably, that's because M800 is Romanias best railway.
I was glad to see that you presented in a good image your journey with the Romanian train. We in Romania are not satisfied because we always know that it can be much better .. including the time when we could arrive. We still have to "fix" some political problems and notions.
I emigrated from germany to romania. I know the eastern european railways. But, to be honest: You wont be able to "fix" these things, they are ankered slightly too deep and most romanians slightly dont care.
@@Jan_Berlucchi Yes! Because of corruption. I'm pretty sure you had to deal with this problem here too. I must say that another reason for our "good looking" trains condition is made by our population. Some of them are so rude, they love to ruin something that they don't own. Not all of them, of course. Eastern Europe is quite for his corruption.
@@Robert21432 it's been only 30 years of capitalism for the beautiful cfr to be in the despicable and destitute state it is. Do you really think that someone can fix it? I don't think so
Run a Merc/BMW SUV and you'll traverse the country in no time. You may end up impaled or beheaded, but no worries. . .
Jan Berlucchi at least romanian trains, unlike the german ones, tend to arrive on time
5:35 The Hyperion train (EMU) of romanian private operator Softrans! SUPER VIDEO! 👍
The wagons realy look like old german ones. Amazing to see after so long time and a amazing video. Thank you.
Wow, so nice. Romania and Hungary are two of the most exciting and “exotic” countries in Europe, to my taste. Thanks for taking us on this journey between Bucharest and Budapest, through the region of Transylvania. Have been in Budapest and Hungary, now a journey like yours would be something to continue with.
You must know that, the trains staff are the same also with romanians. This is their way to work... We need really improvement to the quality of services, staff, rolling stock etc.
Xddd the other trains in romania are dogshit
Asery not really...
Agree. He wasn't rude with you because you're a foreigner. He just doesn't care about providing a good service.
@@EquuleusPictor they are underpaid...
Repair
03:38 " Wooden style, quite old school but I like this feeling"
Said no romanian ever
I liked it as a kid! (21 now and I still like how it looks)
If you don't appreciate the old, you will never appreciate the new. Having said that, the train has good bones, but I do think for a car that has been refurbished, that rest room/toilet could have been refurbished better. Ask the folks doing home flips, they spend the most refurbishing the kitchens and bath rooms.... Better bathroom fixtures and better flooring will do wonders even to a old house...
@@ronclark9724 It's not apreciation of the style. In the winter there are around -15degrese celsius INSIDE and over 35 in the summer. I'm actually surprised of how clean the sleeping train was in this video.
Also, I'm allowed to bash and roast it because despite my name, I'm actually romanian.
I love Romania...Greetings from Armenia......
Why you love romania?
10x salute di Romania :*
They not love Armenia poor boy, they are balkan gipsies.
My mother arrived here from Switzerland in March 1938 and my grandmother / aunt from Vienna in February 1938. I forgot to visit when I was in Bucharest. Great to see the station. Many people in Bucharest then spoke French; the 2nd language. It is also close to Italian.
Greetings from Tennessee USA the most beautiful country Romania ....cu dor.... God bless Romania and United States of America
Hmm, I’m Romanian and I’m not sure if they can really tell which seats are taken. I mean the ladies at the cash register when you buy the ticket can definitely tell that cause they see all available seats, but i don’t know if the train conductor can do so too. They dont have any digital software or checking tickets and keeping evidence. If you board the train and have a ticket for the seat you’re on then they will verify the ticket and thats it.
Yes the ladies at the stations can see it, but only till 24h before the train leaves. On the day the train leaves she cannot see which seats are taken and she cannot even chose which one to sell to you .I was told about this in 3 different stations: Oradea, Cluj-Napoca and Targu-Mures so I think it should be true.
@@tamasmolnar9951 maybe this is for international trains . I bought a few tickets from bucharest to bacau 24h before and i always look at their display and it shows the seats and we can choose.
Tamás Molnár romania’s railway system is lacking a lot of things due to corruption. Digital softwares would be one. Not to mention the lack of competition among train companies. There are many areas which are poorly serviced by the railway system, the average age of one locomotive is 40 years old, we’ve got some new wagons recently but that’s all about it. Some routes have delays all the time - and I’m talking about hours’ worth of delays. Not to mention that many Romanians are not very law abiding and don’t pick up the trash they leave behind or sometimes they even attempt to smoke on trains (which are all smoke free in Romania). I’ve encountered people smoking on the corridos and inside the bathroom. Probably the cleaning personnel is also a little lazy and refuses to do their job properly cause they are not punished in any way.
Savoir Faire They can tell, the conductor of the sleeping car has a sheet of paper with which seats in the sleeping car are taken. I once got up on a sleeping car by accident and the conductor kept asking me why I didn’t board 2 stations before (I had a regular 2nd class ticket and he thought I was somebody who didn’t board the train). The conductors in 2nd class definitely don’t have something like that tho
MUIE CFE.
TRENUL MEU A INTARZIAT 3 ORE PT CA S-A STRICAT.
DUPA 3 ORE A VENIT UN ALT TREN IN CARE A TREBUIT SA STAU IN PICIOARE PE HOLUL VAGONULUI PANA IN BUCURESTI ADICA 324.km
A pity you didn't travel in sleeping car. The CFR AVA 200 sleepers are really good, and they are Romanian own-built (Astra Arad).
About these couchette cars: they originally had no air conditioning at all. This "original" version is still in traffic in Hungary and Slovakia (owned by Wagon Service Slovakia). CFR coaches were modernized in CFR works Bucharest Grivita, and now have the AC system added.
One can see from the button design that they are added afterwards :D These types of pushbuttons were not developed back then, you can even see the old temperature sensor next to it.
They are now bought from WSS by MAV and all will be updated and refurbished. :)
Romanian built trains are low budget generally lacking everything you want on a train.
Yes, it is an old German coach. This type has been delivered first in 1967 as Bctüm 256 by LHB (Linke-Hofmann-Busch) with 3 preference compartments (3-berth-compartment wich could opened with another preference compartment to form a much bigger compartment than usual) in the middle, 4 normal 6-berth-compartments on one end and 3 normal 6-berth-compartments on the other end. The "t" in the designation indicates the usage in what was called "Turnusverkehr" (hence the "t"), which meant it was used by travel agencies.
In 1976, the designation was changed to Bctm 256.
The coaches later got a makeover by AW (Ausbesserungswerk, repair centre) Münster and AW Krefeld-Oppum with central ventilation, sockets for razors in the washing rooms, new colours inside and carpets. Delivery took place from 1981 to 1983 as Bctmh 257. There were no Bctm 256 left.
Bogies used were Minden-Deutz 33 (with block brakes) and Minden-Deutz 36 (with disc brakes). Maximum speed was 140 kph (MD 33) or 160 kph (MD 36). Empty weight was 38,9 t (Bctm 256) and 40 t (Bctmh 257). The coaches were equipped with 2 WC rooms, 3 washing rooms and 1 guard compartment, which contained a 150 l fridge. The coaches fully complied to the UIC Standards.
They were in service at DB (Deutsche Bundesbahn) until dec. 31th 1993, then from jan. 1st 1994 at DB (Deutsche Bahn AG) until end of DB night train operations 2016.
Damn you know your facts
He is German, in Germany they make everything including the trains, he was an employee in the industry most probably.. To bad Romania is using 30 year old trains, stuff Germany don't need no more.... we buy ... they instead have the lastest technology, because their economy isn't garbage.
@@themaninthehighcastle7242 Just a railfan. And our latest technology sucks in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Cheers!
@@themaninthehighcastle7242 I mean as long as the stuff works, is comfortable and sticks to the schedule then the matter of it being new or not shouldn't be the issue. Especially if the price is right. Sure you can pride yourself on a modern train but if that modern train barely even works then what's the point.
Great answer my friend! What's made by a German never dies, or die hard...is an old saying
Those, and others, were DONATED! This is how our railways company survive for years! Thank you for your answer.
Ok, finally I'm passing across all Europe with train...together with you.
Thanks and greetings from Macedonia 🇲🇰
Thanks for the video! We lived in Romania in 2012 and 2013 (and came back a bit in 2014), but sadly never took the train.
Henri Coandă has become a really nice airport. I hope they can do the same someday with Gara de Nord.
Your reports are fantastic! :) Unfortunately, CFR (national railway company) still has a lot of work to do on the quality of services. In Romania, the crew is not like in Central/Western Europe. They just check the tickets. They do not ask passengers if they need anything or if they had a pleasant trip. Most of them do not speak English (or other foreign language). There are no voice announcements, restaurant wagons are very rare. There are no offers included in the ticket price: for example, a bottle of water and a sandwich for those who have a 1st class ticket or sleeping car ticket, etc. Why? Marketing is zero ... And people are not encouraged to travel by train (travel takes longer than the bus, for example). Things start moving, but very slowly.
Despite these, I prefer to travel by train
:)
Anyway, the fact that you are traveling alone (as I see from your reports) encourages me to do the same. Congratulations!
Best regards from Romania!
:)
Restaurant wagons??In Romania this is just a dream!!
Maestrul Gamer I go often by train through the country, the restaurant wagon is quite common during the seasonal period over long distances
I have met with some delightful staff on the Budapest-Bucaresti run, but they are usually Hungarian. I feel sure that CFR will embrace customer service at some point in the future, as the railways of Romania are an amazing asset and should be a national tourist asset. Beautiful Romania will get there eventually.
I had a different experience on the Bucaresti-Budapest (from Brasov) route. The conductor helped me post a card after I forgot to do so.
INSFARSIT CINEVA CARE SPUNE CA CFR-UL NU E CHIAR ASA DE RAU!!! :)))
Adv :)))
Pentru ca a mers cu un tren ce mergea spre ungaria, dar doamne feri sa te sui in cel care vine/merge spre iasi...
A spus ca staff-ul l-a tratat urat. Fix cum te-ai astepta de la CFR sau de la orice institutie de stat unde se cred zei si nu au competitie care sa-i forteze sa-si imbunatateasca comportamentul.
@@Bavanai Sau poate omul respectiv a avut o zi proasta si nu stia nici engleza.. inceteaza sa fii asa hater, 'fix cum te-ai astepta de la CFR sau orice.. etc' .. fii matur
In sfarsit
These cars were built from 1967 as Bctüm 256 for DB and Touropa in West Germany. They are 27.5 m long (so among the longest passenger cars worldwide) and have three "Vorzugsabteile" (preferential compartments) in the middle. Originally those compartments could be divided into two 3-berth compartments, hence the two narrow windows side by side. They were used primarily in seasonal touristic trains.
During the years they were modernized a few times, some were sold to CFR and I think the air conditioning system is new, they also got skirts and a new air intake for the air conditioner. Good if it works well. According to the inscription the first class compartments are on one end but they are actually in the middle (where the ride is quietest). These compartments are more spacious and only sold for up to four passengers by CFR.
As they are now more than fifty years old, they certainly appear a bit old-fashioned ... Internationally they are also used to Wien Hbf and that's where I see them sometimes.
CFR isn't a "nightjet-partner" of ÖBB (I guess the service level isn't up to the same standard) so the nightly train Wien - Bucuresti isn't very well known.
Your car might be the oldest of the train (the bar-bistro car was rebuilt from an older type too, I don't know much about it).
And the ride is very long because the lines don't allow high speeds (the same is true for all of the Balkan railways, no high or "higher" speed in sight anywhere).
How do you know all of this ?
You really made me want to travel by train when it seemed like a burden before watching this (especially since I live in Romania, and 2nd class for shorter rides is waay worse). I started saving up money for me and my girlfriend, and I hope in the summer we will have a nice trip, because it seems very cute and cozy. Very nice video! Thanks a lot!
i love the jingle its so strange but unique. when i visit my family thats the most exiting thing about the entire trip i am always hyped to hear this sound
th-cam.com/video/qJN2KgY6AL0/w-d-xo.html the jingle
Like this? th-cam.com/video/m7ZnfPH44zw/w-d-xo.html
Enjoy the "jingles"!
There’s a different folk song in every main station
6:52 - You are not yet in Transilvania, the border station between Wallachia and Trasilvania was Predeal when Transilvania was part of the Habsburg Empire. At km. 113 you're aproaching Comarnic, which was in Wallachia for always.
7:24 - He doesn't know because, eventually, the directors of CFR Călători realized that some conductors used to sell the remaining beds without issuing a ticket (and then locking the car and go to sleep). So they were left out of it and now they are not informed in advance about what beds are sold... this also menas you can buy a sleeping or couchette car ticket from the ticket office up to 5 minutes before the trains departure from that station, not with max. 60 minutes before the train departs the starting point.
I think it is a great thing, seeing the corruption in this country. And yes, you are quite right with the locations and history of them, cheers :D
transportromania dude, walahia nu mai exista de sute de ani , se spune Tara romaneasca 🙃
@@razvanbudea5097 Dude ,that's the same thing
adica valahia ce e aia?
Av Ra nu e acelasi lucru deoarece valahia era numele uneia dintre tarile romanesti acum sute de ani . In zilele noastre regiunea unde se afla valahia se numeste Tara Romaneasca ( oltenia muntenia .. )
Good Video..! greetings from India 🇮🇳
Seat coaches are Astra Arad AVA200, licenced from De Dietrich (now Alstom). That is why they look like SNCF Corail coaches...
They have the same iconic 2-pane folding doors as the Corail coaches, painted in a similar very distinctive orange on the inside. That's what immediately made me think they were Corails.
What a long train journey from Bucharest to Budapest ! From where I live (Warsaw, Poland) it takes just under 6 hours to get to Berlin and around 7 h to Vienna.
Finally a restaurant coach! A few years ago there weren’t any and some coaches were by MÁV (Hungarian Railways). Awesome video and thanks for doing my idea.
Next time when you come to Romania I recommend you to use the Astra Trans Carpatica private trains from Bucharest to Arad, similar cars, but newly built, extremely modern and the prices are similar with the CFR ones.
I agree. Too bad they don't have more trains.
Thanks for a glimpse into the rail connection Bucharest to Budapest. I hope to be in Romania in 2021 on a tour that ends in Bucharest. I have been considering a stopover in Budapest or Barcelona before flying home. I haven't traveled by train much and this might be fun.
Oh the bliss of being able to open a window ans tick your head out. The older HSTs in Britain had vestibule windows like that. Very handy on a stuffy day
I really enjoyed your 'first person camera' portrayal of this journey. I felt like I was there. I think the concept of no presenter in shot, no voice just subtitles with smileys works really well, a welcome change from some jolly, self-obsessed TV personality hogging the shot all the time. I once did this journey from Bucharest to Budapest myself. The Romanian train was quite old with frilly curtains like out of a Dracula movie. The announcement tone at Budapest Keleti Palyaudvar was also amusing. Some time you must do the exciting 8 minute journey from Stockport to Manchester and back, my regular trip!
6:20-Is not really so train friendly.The main problem is that the trains go too sloooow.With a modern train the travel would take 4-5 hours instead of 16 hours!!
Bucharest - Brasov is really fast tho!
After that, the railway is very poor and a lot of stops. Really gotta improve it
It's not the train but the infrastructure.
Infrastructure in the process of being updated too,speed updated from extremely slow to average haha. But due to rail works there are diversions on secondary routers hence why it takes forever. Saying that, would not be great to arrive at 2.00 am in Budapest haha so timming works OK to arrive in the morning. Can have a decent night sleep if you are OK with train motion.
It's because of the infrastructure.
Bulgarian trains are poorer and older, but they are faster than this romanian track. Bucharest-Deva 428 km for 9 hours. Sofia-Shumen 435 km for 5:45 hours. Big difference!
Central Europe is famous for its customer service ! But the train was nice and clean. Shower is a great plus
The strange jingle in Gara de Nord station is actually from an old song "Glasul Rotilor de Tren" (the voice of the train wheels)
À very good travel, the " Wagon de dormit" are old- school but nice and beautiful...
I went to Mangalia around September last year. I never really traveled by train much except for my summers in Italy and the trains there generally left a good impression. Started north-east heading towards south-east, no announcer for the trains or any electronic signs signaling which train comes and where it goes. Inside the trains I had to always look on Google Maps to know where I should switch trains because there wasn't any announcer inside either. Only one train ended up being really bad, as in it smelled so fucking bad you couldn't breathe, but I managed to move in another wagon.
Edit: Talking about CFR Calatori.
I think staff vary like anywhere in the world. I took this train but going the other way from Budapest to Bucharest and was in a sleeper and had no issues at all, in fact the conductor was brewing coffee next morning as we were going through the Bucegi Mountains toward Predeal and Sinaia and he invited me for a cup of fresh coffee. Had a good chat, his English was okay and my Romanian at the time a few years ago was bad, now much better. So I had no issues and since then I take CFR trains every year multiple times all over Romania, including the Prietenia to Moldova. Yes some conductors bit direct but not all. In terms of the stock, not all look pretty particularly outside, but inside most are comfortable; you are lucky though to get good AC!!...some IR trains in summer with no AC are like ovens!...nice vid though.
I took the opposite route but stepping off at Brasov, they even gave us tasty bread and tea for breakfast. But a long wait at Episcopia for passport control at midnighr too.
I enjoy that you're not speaking, because reading is much more relaxing. Nice video!
that funny jingle is called "the voice of the train wheels" :)
Love Romania, such a beautiful country...
I agree
I agree, thank you so much for your kind words!
Not really. Their “beauty” arrived from Hungary…
I think he didn't know indeed, he couldn't have checked anywhere to see if there is another reservation to tell you. People usually don't buy train tickets online in Romania. Loved your video! 😁
The couchette you take is 2nd class. The sleeping car is 1st class. I know becouse I’ve just finish my trip to Budapest with the same train. It was a nice experience altought it was quite expensive (around 340 euro for me and my wife on sleeping car, 1st class). We didn’t have a restaurant car, but we make that trip in 14 hours.
There is also a train that does the journey in daylight, taking only 14 hours. What was bad is that there was no restaurant car, nor food wagon, no way at all to get food or drink during the journey. What was charming is that at every small station that the train went through (without stopping) in Romania, the Station Master was out on the platform to greet the train as we went past.
Sorry to hear about the Staff. Im glad you had a good trip tho :)
Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ahead.
I'm terribly sorry that my people weren't nice to you, I feel ashamed to be honest, I hope that this has changed in the meantime. I would encourage you to give Romania another try in the future and please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you need and advice or help on how to travel through my country ❤️
Glad to see you in Romania, sorry for your problems with romanian staff, oh well, they are not racist or anything like that. Trust me, i am romanian and still have this kind of problems, some of them (most of them , i ques) are just having problems in customer area. We are learning to behave . Again Thank You for your beautiful review.
6:17 yeah, a very "train friendly" country, that time CFR had so many railcars with non-functioning AC and sometimes trains we're very crowded, like they didn't add enough railcars to the train or they didn't buy enough of them, the speed limits were too low and sometimes when raining water would've flood some of their railcars cus of bad doors, but nowdays things are getting better
nah bruv,the staff is always like that,even with their compatriots
Salut Teodor 🖐
You In Romania?
you are right, its an old German sleeping car/couchette. Cushion is new, but WC is very original -_even the toilet brush_ ;))
romanian is indeed similar to french, 75% lexical simillarity, both languages are latin
snazia yes,our language is like french,italian and a little little russian and hungarian with pure latin and old Dacian language at the same time.This happend cause we were like occupied by almost every empire,Roman Empire,Bizantine Empire,Austria-Hungary,Ottoman empire,Russian empire,Soviet Union.Basically we were that kid in school that had to pay bullies money if they didnt wanna get invaded and sometimes the kid that would stick with the strongest to achieve his objectives.
M0tte0 theR0manian sunt si eu din romania...
Looks more Italian than French to me. But as you say much is Latin. The Romans were everywhere!
kdk I am Not latino
@@user-kx3hq4ey2y nothing russian
Beautiful journey!
Love your trip reports , would love to see you in some of them !!!
I've done this trip twice and really loved it. The first was a very old (but well maintained) Italian sleeper.
Ime Central/Eastern Europe conductors usually don't know how many sleeper/couchettes have been sold so to the extent they understood your question it made no sense to them.
For what it's worth I find service in Romania is very good for the region (especially if you make any effort to say a few words in Romanian). I love Hungary but the service tends to be much more brusque....
J’ai bien profité
Merci pour cette vidéo Thibault , continue comme ça 😉🙂 !
Beautiful Video 😍😍😍.... Lovely places 💗
Yep, there are 1 and 2 couchette cars, produced by Veb Waggonbau Görlitz (Germany) and upgraded in Bucharest Grivita. They have a maximum speed of 140 km / h and have the right of international traffic.
You've booked for a really good coach. We also have, but sleeper not couchette, WLABmee 71-31 series sleeping cars which are not air-conditioned (not all choaches) and that's not good in the Summer. That stage with the ladder, I've never seen anything like this, but it's Romania with many surprises, so ... 😂😂 You didn't shoot the Budapest Keleti train station a bit :( , it's more beautiful than Bucharest North.
Great trip report! BIG Like! 😁
When those were built, it was East Germany. That type is very common across the whole former Soviet bloc.
En traversant la Transylvanie, tu aurais pu avoir autre chose qu'une vielle dame comme compagnon de route. Tu l'as échappé belle ! :-p
I am bulgarian, living in Germany and I travel with this train every year twice and I like it. It is very slow, but is away better than the bulgarian trains. The stuff was never freindly, but for me is this nothing new. Everywhere in east Europe is the stuff not friendly.
Merci encore une fois pour ce trip report.
I done the same ride last summer. Despite paying for a 1st class couchette, the showers were not working. Had to wait until Wien for that.
I love traveling with our Romanian trains, so peaceful, not having to pay attention to the road like when you`re driving. My husband and I would love to see more Eastern European countries. Maybe one day we`ll hop in a train to go to Bulgaria or Hungary. Love Eastern Europe, our hearts beat the same!
I dont usually like and comment, but i really enjoyed this video. Would love more!
Funny how TH-cam suggested this video AFTER my trip on the train (from Brasov) just a week ago...
Good ride! Thanks for sharing.
Their coaches/train cars were actually made by them a long time ago and now they no longer make their own trains but they still refurbish them.
I subscribed this is awesome! As an Aviation Geek in Romania seeing this was awesome!
Alex C it is called aviation GEEK
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Great train journey, which I have often made, using the first class sleeper. Usually the food and wine in the restaurant car is excellent; only sorry the staff were so rude to you. I tend to find the Hungarian crews are friendlier than the Romanian crews for some reason.
I'm a train and I approve this video!
An interesting ride is the Bucharest to Kishinev, Moldova, Prietenia. The train uses Moldovan railway Ammendorf type cars built in the GDR for the Soviet Union. The Prietenia has both 4 berth second class cars and a 2 berth first class car. There is even a snack bar of sorts. At the Romanian - Moldovan border there's a gauge change on the Moldovan side. All the cars are positioned on jacks that lift the cars and the European gauge bogies are switched for Russian gauge bogies. The trains power also becomes a Moldovan diesel loco built in the Soviet Union. It's a very interesting ride I've done many times between my two favorite countries.
Not so many years ago I was staying in Bulgaria, resort Golden Sands..nearest city Varna, a short cab drive away. We wanted to catch the train to Sofia- around 200 miles away (a bit over 320 kilometers or so) then we checked and saw the journey took over 8 hours! Yikes...even with British Rail (well, Virgin Trains nowadays) that would be the same from Manchester near me to London which takes just over 2 hours ..didn't go in the end, although now I wished I did..thanks for the ride, all the best from the UK
Varna to Sofia are 580 km for 7 hours. This is much faster than this romanian train. Bucharest-Curtici (on the hungarian border) 650 km for 12 hours!!!
@@yogiaol thanks for the reply... we've been twice to Bulgaria and hope to go again when things are different... beautiful country and the friendliest people I've come across in Europe (and I've been to many European countries) ..regards my friend and take care
Haven't used the train to/frm Romania for a long time. But it seems to have slowed down a bit. Video states that Bucuresti Nord to Budapest (presumable Keleti) takes > 16hrs? In the early 1970's I regularly used the Orient Express (Paris - Bucuresti) and the Wiener Walzer (Bucuresti - Vienna) between Vienna and Brasov. That was also 16+ hrs. At that time the border checks A/H + H/RO took more than 1hr each. From/to Curtici pulled by an actual steam locomotive. But at least the sleeper cars were still Vagon Lits..Even with french steward.
Yup, it has slowed down. Track reconstruction in Romania is what's mainly at fault. Sighisoara - Curtici is essentially one long, continuous work-site; with Deva - Arad being worked single-track, with 50 km/h max speed, through sidings, as the main tracks are rebuilt (including new bridges and tunnels). Work on Constanta - Predeal - Sighisoara - Curtici been ongoing (at immense cost) for almost 15 years now, with some sections finished, but with at least 10+ years to go until work is complete.
Thank you for the share; I love trains. The bathroom is a bit gross with rusty bolts and the toilet brush on the floor.
Good sight!it looks like you'd need a monocular telescope to see that departure board!
I would love to go on this train. You didn't eat in the restaurant car?
Der Liegewagen hier scheint aus der damaligen Touropa-Scharnow Flotte zu sein.
Die mittleren drei Abteile waren Vorzugsabteile mit zwei kleineren Fenster.
The train was 30 minutes early? Lol its usually 30 minutes late
@A M *30 hours late!
Ungaria are o ora avans fata de Romania, poate a fost in intarziere jumate de ora😁
@@gaelleimmigrata5431 don't know romanian but I guess you mentioned the time zone difference... but then a 30 a mins delay; given that both romanian and hungarian railways were involved is kind of a miracle anyways
Serios? Cand am fost cu trenul intre ilva mica si nasaud a oprit in feldru ca ajungea mult prea devreme in nasaud daca nu oprea, mi s-a mai întâmplat o data intre sighisoara si brasov, a oprit in Augustin ca daca nu ajungea cu 30-40 de min mai devreme.
Nice station! As hungarian, i can say this is way better than the Budapest stations!
Very nice trip report as always Thibault
Nice video, those coaches have the same livery as British MK3 coaches used to in BR times
That fresh rolling stock(the yellow EMU) is an EMU made in Romania named Hyperion.
Nice to know, I'm planing a trip to Budapest for this year and I was thinking about going by road, but if the fares are ok, an offline buffer of movies and junk food will make this a great trip, as I never went on longer trips than Bucharest-Cluj-Napoca by train.
i love oldschool trains like that one so much! i never sleep when i travel with that kind of train. i had 2,3, 4 up to 10-12 hours rides and i only walked away from the window to grab a sandwich or go to toilet.nonstop window :)))). love it.The problem with the train staff is that they are in big part old people that didn't learn english.In Romania before the 90's they learned russian and sometimes french.also some work 12+ hours shifts up to 24 and even if they wont do lifting or anything phisicial, many hours add up for anyone.so don't worry,if you find one that is unpolite, he is like that with anyone not just foreigners :) .the real big problems with romanian train travel is that they don't have employees to keep clean and repair interior furniture/windows/toilets and second is that rails are very old so the speed is quite low,under 80km/h. but the low speed part i like, if i could afford i would travel each weekend for 10-20 hours to random places just for the ride:).
Another great video
Another great video 👍🏻
Atv hirado
9:50 very clean toilet? Have you seen the toilet brush?
The coach reminded me of the Belgian AM96, I know its not those, but they look similar
You should try out the Kálmán Imre EC from Budapest-Keleti to München Hbf
Welcome to Romania set ur watch a century ago.
Except it's richer than some US states
@@user-mi4yc7pr3x Did you just compare a small ex communist eastern european balkanic third world country with the United States of America ? Funny man.
@@themaninthehighcastle7242 it has the biggest growth in Europe
the man in the high castle You compare Romania with Central Africa. You are funny as well
@# you can see the growth as the hotels are full. Streets are filled with new expensive cars. Minimum wage is 1000 euro in Bucharest. You cannot compare Alabama Indiana with Romania
Nice vlog!
They may not have many shops, but they have an amusement arcade, I'm pleased to see.
There is also a public toilet in the basement, which is quite some experience. But the rest of the station is rather pretty and there is much to see, if you like trains and everything around. Trains leaving to the black sea crowded with Holiday makers, lots of staff waving and whistling to get the trains stoped at the right spot encourage delayed people to move faster etc. Some trains start with open doors. There is even a kind of train museum nearby.
Cool video! I hope someday I'll manage to visit some foreign countries. Cheers from Poland! :)
Nice vid!
Soon the nighttrain from Brussels tot Vienna will start operating! Maybe it's nice to review it?
Very good views
Omg i love this kind of vids will defenetly watch more 😊
Well made trip report. Trains in Romania have a very low average speed.
Nice countries, nice train journey 👍🏻❤️
On Some British Train Carriages You Can Still Open The Windows And Hang Out Of It Like A Dog It Includes The MK2 And MK3
I was expecting the worst.:) Ma asteptam la ce i mai rau
Great Trip Report