Lithuania's CRAZY Overhauled Soviet Train Carriages (Incredible New 1st Class)

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2024

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  • @erikcarlsson2518
    @erikcarlsson2518 Місяць тому +91

    The first class seats are the same as in first class of the refurbished X2000 in Sweden. Quite comfortable and nice to see them elsewhere too.

    • @DS.J
      @DS.J Місяць тому +12

      Indeed! I googled for "refurbished X2000" and the seats are pretty much identical. Oh well, it's good to see that LTG are taking inspirations from the right examples.

    •  Місяць тому

      They are not the same. They are quite similar though.

  • @andressorin1205
    @andressorin1205 Місяць тому +108

    The waste box reads “Mixed waste” in Lithuanian. The English translation is… funny! They probably meant “household” when they wrote “domestic”.

    • @ktipuss
      @ktipuss Місяць тому +11

      Not at all mistranslated. "Domestic waste" is common on waste bins, to distinguish from "commercial waste". Some authorities can fine commercial outlets that put their rubbish in bins meant for domestic rubbish.

    • @gerohubner5101
      @gerohubner5101 25 днів тому +4

      That's exactly what in means in English. 'Domestic' in this case means 'household' and not 'national' (as opposed to 'international').

  • @michaelbruchas6663
    @michaelbruchas6663 Місяць тому +6

    Nice trip report. Am 2nd generation Lithuanian (Scot/Irish) in Chicago. My grandparents came separately from there before 1910.
    Grandpa was a Vilnius “city kid”. Grandma was a rich farmer’s daughter - but unsure from where.

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому

      Thanks, Michael! I hope you enjoyed this trip to your not-so-distant family’s home country!

  • @JaNieWie
    @JaNieWie Місяць тому +48

    0:44 this portal is for Lublin, Poland, just so people would know.

    • @janariviik2634
      @janariviik2634 Місяць тому +13

      Someone in Lublin flipped me off when I was in Vilnius last summer 😢

    • @HenBald
      @HenBald Місяць тому +3

      Lublin, Dublin and New York ;)

    • @mikuoctoling
      @mikuoctoling 22 дні тому +1

      ​@@HenBaldwell used to, because of obivious reasons

  • @TrainspotterFromLithuania
    @TrainspotterFromLithuania Місяць тому +39

    To correct you:
    1. The ticket posts (the booths) are now not working anymore, and you can buy tickets on board of the train, or the ticket machine.
    2. the siemens locomotives aren't LTG LINK, they are owned by LTG CARGO and LTG LINK rents them for "Klasika" trains (the ones with passenger coaches)
    but starting from 2026, they will be removed forever because of the new STADLER trains, as well as the old good soviet DR1'Am/mv's
    Nevertheless, very interesting and nice video! Greetings from Lithuania :)

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +2

      Thank you! Greetings from Denmark

    • @DS.J
      @DS.J Місяць тому +2

      Why are you so sure that they will be gone "forever"? Classic carriages are alive and kickin on Vilnius-Klaipėda route (as demonstrated by this video!) despite Pesa 730 having been introduced on this route since 2014. ER20s will be in use for a long time to come and there is no reason why they shouldn't be hauling those passenger carriages.

  • @gianluigirupel7957
    @gianluigirupel7957 20 днів тому +2

    Very clean station

  • @KiprasGavenas
    @KiprasGavenas Місяць тому +10

    Love Lithuania from Lithuania

  • @TRAVEL.HIGHLIGHTS
    @TRAVEL.HIGHLIGHTS 27 днів тому +9

    Wow... What a great Train experience... We never travel to Lithuanian but now we are motivated to visit this country and try this Train Well Done... Great Video

  • @johnalder6028
    @johnalder6028 Місяць тому +14

    Beautiful grand station, the train looked cozy. Good presentation. 👌

  • @DJTKarlsson
    @DJTKarlsson Місяць тому +4

    Well made video Simon! I travelled with this in January this year from Klaipeda to Vilnius (and back). Very pleasant! Way more nice intact and cleaned then the Öresund trains back home :)
    Hope your stay in Lithuania was fine!
    Let me know if you ever in Klaipeda again, a beer is on me ;)

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed it! It is indeed much better than Öresundståg, but hopefully we'll soon see SJ refurbished X2000 cross the bridge into Denmark that has the same seats in first :D

  • @ggreg2258
    @ggreg2258 Місяць тому +3

    I agree; beautiful station.

  • @DS.J
    @DS.J Місяць тому +18

    Great to see you in Lithuania. I took this refurbished carriage recently and really loved the comfortable seats. Unfortunately, it seems that they're not planning any more carriages to be refurbished like this. I really wish they did, because this is soooo much better than the Pesa 730 DMUs which also have "1st class". Refurbishment was done in Latvia.
    As for "quiet zone" stickers, they put them on very recently in all trains and did it, I suspect, not least due to multiple complaints by me about noisy passengers who are often very inconsiderate to other passengers even in quiet zone (talking on the phone, listening to music/videos on a loudspeaker etc.). So LTG put those stickers on in a somewhat annoying but very noticeable location so that people actually notice it. The train attendant also informed every passenger that 1st class is quiet zone which I had never seen before.
    Also, it does seem that seats are identical to refurbished Swedish X2000 trains, like actually identical. Pretty cool.

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +3

      Yeah, I much prefer this to the Pesa 730, but I was surprised they even bothered to refurbish these, considering they will likely be gone again in about 2 years - unless they are planning to use them for some other kind of service

    • @DS.J
      @DS.J Місяць тому +1

      @@Simon-Andersen It's a bit of a curious mystery to me too. We can only guess what they're going to do with this refurbished carriage. DMUs like Pesa 730 and shittier 630 will be used on non-electrified routes that can't be served by Stadler battery EMUs. There won't be many of such routes. Perhaps just Vilnius-Turmantas (and on to Daugavpils if it gets resumed) And Vilnius-Mockava where it then continues to Krakow on a PKP train. In theory they could use loco-hauled trains on these routes (and I wish they would!) but somehow I doubt this will happenn. Anyway, I hope they manage to keep it in use one way or another. Really liked this interior.

    • @ltu42
      @ltu42 Місяць тому +3

      @@Simon-Andersen My theory is this carriage is a test or demonstration of the interior materials and design for the upcoming Stadler Flirt fleet.

    • @GordonIsFreeman
      @GordonIsFreeman 22 дні тому

      who told you we're not refurbishing other carts? We are it's in reconstruction state. Just need money flow nothing is happening right now like this. You are looking at lithuania like its ruzziaa. Damn the video maker and the commenter - wish you learn something. WE Lithuanians was never ruzzians and never wil be. We are great fucking Lithuanians, and it's a big difference from ruzzians. We are not in any way are ruzzians. We are Lithuanians. ruzzia is ruzzia. Lithuania is Lithuania. FUCK RUZZIA.

    • @DS.J
      @DS.J 22 дні тому +1

      @@GordonIsFreeman Sorry, I don't think I understand what you're trying to say. What on earth are you talking about?

  • @NormanAllen-ps9ju
    @NormanAllen-ps9ju 23 дні тому +1

    Very nice ,informative , and well done ! I would have liked a look at the menu .

  • @jmcortade8161
    @jmcortade8161 Місяць тому +6

    Wasn't expecting a video on lithuanian railways

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +3

      Yeah, I much prefer this to the Pesa 730, but I was surprised they even bothered to refurbish these, considering they will likely be gone again in about 2 years - unless they are planning to use them for some other kind of service

    • @jmcortade8161
      @jmcortade8161 Місяць тому +2

      @@Simon-Andersen I think the same. That's really a waste refurbishing those, knowing they are going to get scrapped in a few years. Unless they're going to keep them for future routes but we never know.
      Also, what I don't really like about Lithuanian Railways, is how trains take way longer between Klaipeda and Vilnius than cars. It only takes 2h57 by car, and 4h by train. Such a shame.

  • @mariadelmarjimenezarroyo
    @mariadelmarjimenezarroyo Місяць тому +6

    Excellent video thanks. Sorry for disturbing saying the same in each video Simon

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +1

      No worries Maria im glad you like my videos :D

  • @NickBurman
    @NickBurman Місяць тому +7

    Trenitalia did a similar conversion some time ago by taking former "Grand Comfort" compartment coaches and turning them into open plan 1st class vehicles for use on "Frecciabianca" trains. They share the same seat spacing issues with the LG conversions...

    • @falco3471
      @falco3471 Місяць тому +1

      sadly that project did not go so well

  • @capitanulcacaoernesto8215
    @capitanulcacaoernesto8215 22 дні тому +2

    4:04 is that a statue of Tony Soprano 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Letsgobyland
    @Letsgobyland Місяць тому +3

    i took this one but old version and it was really good! its good you can still find some older trains!

  • @robertheinrich2994
    @robertheinrich2994 Місяць тому +2

    this is a surprisingly nice train. for obvious reasons, there are still some features lacking, but it was an impressive attempt to do something with these old cars.

  • @ExplorebyRail
    @ExplorebyRail Місяць тому +4

    wow, they really made something out of those carriages!

  • @Powell2023
    @Powell2023 5 днів тому

    I got the train from Vilnius to Kaunas and was surprised at how nice the train was

  • @grizeldiSLO
    @grizeldiSLO Місяць тому +8

    That's one funny looking ER20, I didn't know they also made EuroRunners with Vectron's facemask.

    • @railfanlt
      @railfanlt Місяць тому +3

      Wrong. Vectrons family introduced in 2010. These ER20CF built in 2007.

    • @ignaloidas
      @ignaloidas Місяць тому +4

      It's technically ER20CF, it got quite a few changes from a regular EuroRunner, including that they have 6 axles instead of usual 4. Pretty sure they're unique to Lithuania.

    • @railfanlt
      @railfanlt Місяць тому +1

      @@ignaloidas yes, specially built for Lithuania 44 units in summary.

  • @michaelbruchas6663
    @michaelbruchas6663 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @naglislaurinaitis7301
    @naglislaurinaitis7301 23 дні тому +1

    Fun fact: the train bridge in jonava was renovated not long ago.

  • @vernongoodey5096
    @vernongoodey5096 Місяць тому +2

    Much better than when I took this train with a TEP70 locomotive and shared a compartment with a violent drunk trying to talk to me in the local lingo and me only speaking English 😂 Thank god I’m half Viking half Anglo Saxon

  • @arteeyq
    @arteeyq Місяць тому +2

    I've ridden these in the 90s and early 2000s when they were still very soviet-like. Few things that stood out back then were: loud noise, poor temperature, and the smell from lead locomotive - the latter I reckon is no longer a thing with these modern replacements. Judging from the video sound inside is pretty tame, and seeing people with their coats off suggests temperature is regulated now as well. Probably a niche thing to bring up since these qualities are normalized, but the overhaul is admirable considering the rough bare-metal carriage is once was. The ride does look a little shaky, hard to tell from the video how it compares to other modern carriages. Overall great overview!

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  26 днів тому +1

      Thank you! Its definitely much nicer now and almost as good as something much newer :D

    • @ExodentalCADAcademyofNorth
      @ExodentalCADAcademyofNorth 24 дні тому +1

      I was also riding old school train from Vilnius to Plungė (North East from Klaipėda) in 1980s and as a kid I was amazed why I could see rails from in wagon toilet 😁That's bonkers!
      In 2000s I took train from Kaunas to Vilnius and got again soviet train with very old carriage on wooden bench and with gaping and leaking roof over my head. Temperature was mildly higher than outside.
      Now what you are showing is astonishing upgrade from those utilitarian Soviet cars to sort of Eastern Pullman's 😅

  • @petrkan8792
    @petrkan8792 Місяць тому +10

    4:02 is that a giant statue of Tony Soprano ?

    • @DS.J
      @DS.J Місяць тому +6

      It is indeed.

    • @petrkan8792
      @petrkan8792 Місяць тому

      @@DS.J Any idea what is 10 meter tall statue of Tony Soprano doing in Lithuania's train station ?

    • @ignaloidas
      @ignaloidas Місяць тому +6

      @@petrkan8792 There's a bar there, and they thought it'd be fun to have a 10 meter tall statue of Tony Soprano.

    • @petrkan8792
      @petrkan8792 Місяць тому +1

      @@ignaloidas ou, thats cool

    • @sabakag
      @sabakag Місяць тому +3

      ​@@petrkan8792 I read that there was some competition for the artists. And one of them made this statue for some reason. After the competition was over the bar probably bought it.

  • @dainiusm5436
    @dainiusm5436 Місяць тому +3

    Lithuania 👍

  • @blk-00000
    @blk-00000 Місяць тому

    Interesting, the new seats are the same used in the renovated swedish X2, love these seats

  • @one_under_all
    @one_under_all Місяць тому +1

    3:44 those seats are the same as SJs refurbished “new” x2000

  • @mratp123
    @mratp123 Місяць тому +3

    Rail Baltica is not only a connection between the Baltics, but also with the European rail network. Please mention it when speaking about the project, otherwise it's not that grandiose at all😊😅

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +1

      I will remember next time for my future lithuania videos!

    • @edmundas919
      @edmundas919 Місяць тому +1

      It's only connection with standard gauge rails. Right now Baltics use wider (Russian) gauge rails, so you need to switch trains at Polish-Lithuanian border. For passengers it's nothing to jump from one train to another, but for cargo train to reload all cargo to another railcars costs time and money, so Rail Baltica is kind of big deal.

  • @per-olamjomark7452
    @per-olamjomark7452 Місяць тому

    The armchairs look very much like the ones in the refurbished Swedish X2000 carriages. Even the buttons are the same.

  • @gurralurra
    @gurralurra Місяць тому +1

    Giirl those are the exact same seats as on the refurbished x2000 trains in sweden, also it would be such a waste if they took these nice trains out of service

  • @rogerpetersson9624
    @rogerpetersson9624 Місяць тому +2

    Hi Simon it looks like the same footchairs that are in the rebuilt sj X2000? You always have very nice movies.

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому

      It is the same chairs, still haven't had luck and gotten one of the new X2000 yet.

  • @DodoGTA
    @DodoGTA Місяць тому +5

    0:48 That city is actually Lublin in Poland
    1:45 I mean I brought a wrapper of a Gotina chocolate bar from Latvia to Lithuania (which could be considered international trash) but the Lithuanian translation means "mixed waste" (just like another commenter mentioned)
    1:53 I can see the escalator is blocked off (which wasn't the case when I visited the station during the renovation)
    1:58 When I last visited another Lithuanian railway station, the ticket office wasn't open (so in that case the options were the (broken) ticket machine which only accepts cards or buying from the conductor directly which might not work for reservation-required trains and adds an extra 3€ fee if the ticket office is actually open; the "Perlas" terminals inside supermarkets or even dedicated places can also be used for buying tickets but I haven't tried that option yet)
    2:20 The Vilnius railway station had a different announcement system with older screens and a different voice (this was replaced with an unified one that's present in more railway stations including my station)
    2:26 Right now those train services terminate in Kena (outside of the international platforms) instead (those platforms are still used as a technical stop for the RZD services from Kaliningrad but of course no passengers can board or get off there)
    Also there were services to Kyiv, St. Petersburg and Moscow from this station before COVID
    3:20 Those modernized 1st-class carriages are definitely a new addition (I think previously this carriage would be a 4-berth kupe one)
    3:31 I think only the 730ML trains have proper level boarding (and maybe the EJ575)
    7:40 I never saw this pole before (maybe it's electrification-related?)
    7:45 This is also the point where you change to the Riga train if you're traveling from Klaipėda
    8:36 I think the new Stadler FLIRT trains will also have vending machines (and the 730ML/EJ575 trains previously had dedicated coffee vending machine areas but those were removed)
    9:03 I wasn't allowed to go through the carriages before (I was at the carriage shown in 9:17)
    9:17 This was actually sold as the 1st class carriage before (now they're packing more people there)

  • @protogen_1414
    @protogen_1414 Місяць тому +1

    that's a pre-Series Vectron

  • @aviano72
    @aviano72 Місяць тому +1

    Great job with the refurbishment
    Domestic Waste ? I feel it's a bit of lost in translation

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому

      Yeah for sure, something went wrong when they translated it :P

  • @ernisj.8087
    @ernisj.8087 21 день тому +4

    The term "post soviet, former soviet" it starts to iritate. Just like visiting USA and calling it "post British Empyre country" or Germany "former nazzi country" or. Any other..whatever ..former country.😊

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  15 днів тому +1

      It's not a reference to Lithuania as a country, which is very much not Soviet! It's about the design of the train carriages themselves. These big, bulky carriages are commonly referred to as Soviet carriages because they were built and popularized in the Soviet Union and continue to be produced in countries like Ukraine and Russia. The ones here in Lithuania were actually built in Russia after the fall of the Union :-)

  • @vladimiradoshev5310
    @vladimiradoshev5310 Місяць тому

    Cool, interesting. Are there sleeping berths on the train? Because you showed them briefly but didn't go into details

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +2

      Yes, but since they are always in day mode because they only run in day trains, I wish there was an empty compartment so I could have shown them properly.

  • @MantasJ-g7j
    @MantasJ-g7j 19 днів тому

    !!
    No ticket office anymore! Just tickets machinese & online.

  • @coliukedo
    @coliukedo 21 день тому

    anyway, there are no such long journeys in Lithuania that we would have trains with closed compartments, it takes just 4 hours to cross Lithuania

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  15 днів тому

      They do, however! The compartment car at 9:44 is a kupe sleeper in day mode. These were used on longer trains to Moscow before, but those no longer run :D

  • @avigdonable
    @avigdonable Місяць тому +5

    These refurbished coaches could be used by an open-access train service providers like Flixtrain once the competitors are allowed in LT. Vilnius-Klaipeda is one of a few profitable routes. P.S. domestic waste hehehe

    • @Kletterhaus
      @Kletterhaus Місяць тому +2

      Yes and because it's profitable Lithuania should not give it to some random foreign operator. The state should use the profit to subsidize non-profit lines.

    • @ignaloidas
      @ignaloidas Місяць тому

      Open acess operators are allowed, but nobody wants to enter. It's quite hard to do so when the gauge is different, operators would essentially need new trains because there isn't anything that you can get locally(all baltic passanger railways kinda lack trainsets), and bringing something from outside means extensive rebuilds for gauge change.

  • @redcub7895
    @redcub7895 Місяць тому

    Some of this carriages was made in 2000s in Tver, and another part was built at KVZ in Ukraine; There is no carriages, that was built in Soviet Union

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +3

      It’s a reference to the style of carriages that were popularized during Soviet times and spread across the entire former union :-) - I’m well aware that many of them were built afterwards but continue to use a similar exterior and interior design, albeit a bit more modern. That context is however a bit long for a video title :D

  • @runoflife87
    @runoflife87 Місяць тому +1

    Hmm, I think those are not Soviet carriages and not all of them were actually used on night routes. Soviet railway had plenty of day-time trains using similar carriages.

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +1

      They are mostly built by Tver in Russia, but yes, after the fall of the Union. "Soviet" is a reference to the general style and layout, which is very similar to almost every hauled carriage currently operating in the former Union.

  • @TheosTrainsWalesOfficial
    @TheosTrainsWalesOfficial Місяць тому

    "From Lithuania with love".

  • @ilyakasnacheev
    @ilyakasnacheev 28 днів тому

    > 5:40 A really nice day in Lithuania
    Meanwhile on screen: typical crappy, depressive Eastern European weather.

  • @16jan1986
    @16jan1986 Місяць тому +1

    It is a shame that kupe cars are out of fashion as my son, who is a bit of a train fanatic handle modern large compartment trains very poorly......and this is the reason we are stuk travelling by car

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому

      There’s still at least one on every carriage on these old hauled trains, but yeah, most travelers prefer the open ones now

  • @TheWai20050623
    @TheWai20050623 23 дні тому

    but not new model

  • @cehaem2
    @cehaem2 Місяць тому +3

    Lithuania is far too small for platkartnyj bunks.

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому

      They still have sleepers tho and there was plenty of platkartnyj on the services from Vilnius to Russia, but yeah makes not sense for domsetics :D

  • @quadroff
    @quadroff Місяць тому +1

    Such a shame there are no more trains to Minsk from Vilnius and vice versa. They were the most convenient way to cross the european border when traveling from Minsk in my opinion

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +1

      I hope they come back once the situation hopefully comes to a good ending

  • @Ghfvhvfg
    @Ghfvhvfg Місяць тому +1

    if it wasnt for the situation this would feel home in russia and the baltics

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому

      Yeah if only this whole situation could be de-escalated and some form of peace could be found.

  • @grodnoregion-04
    @grodnoregion-04 3 дні тому

    вагоны старые и АМЕНДОРСКИЕ😆😅🤣😂

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  3 дні тому

      Would be funny if the video is also a heavily delayed trip :P

  • @sergejskubraks2454
    @sergejskubraks2454 Місяць тому +1

    Soviet carriages best in the world much better than so called European sleeper

  • @matveypavlov495
    @matveypavlov495 Місяць тому

    Is Lithuania too poor to buy 2-3 new trains? The country is small, they don't need more. Instead of it they repair 50 year old cars

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  Місяць тому +13

      Did you even watch the video 😆 It's mentioned that these trains will be replaced from 2026 by a order of factory new Stadler Flirt trains

    • @crabLT
      @crabLT Місяць тому +11

      @@Simon-Andersen Just russians hating on Lithuania, nothing new here.

    • @UMORIEGA
      @UMORIEGA 21 день тому +1

      Katzap didn't bother to watch video or do any research on Lithuanian railways at all?