I was slightly wrong about the cost of a bike reservation! Whilst a journey within Slovenia or there to/from Italy costs €1.50 or €3 for an e-bike, if you travel to Croatia, this costs €5 instead.
@@DomingoDeSantaClara There's nothing to skew here, it was a one time only experience with the festivities so you can't really review that. The train is, so to speak, brand new, a FLIRT with pretty much standard commuter interior. He got invited for the festivities of a new route opening and this is what we got in the video.
@@erik_griswold I was going to write the same and I did not notice any hesitation. Also one cannot blame him, as it would have been rude to refuse the local drink and a shot of this particular product can be seen as somewhat medicinal ;)
@@michaelkores6860 And man from experience I know as he said this can be pretty strong! And you don't refuse local custom of it being offered. Once i was on the CFM train Chisinau-Moscow in 2015 going to Kyiv, and I was walking the hallway where the long and strong arm of the Train manager literally pulled me into his compartment and offered some home-made plum brandy (think it's called palinka there} in return for giving him some English conversation practice. Of course I was careful to partake with food - roast chicken, cheese, and some ukrainian sausage I bought from a babushka at a station stop, and I thought i was doing fine until the 6th or 7th shot when it hit me. I got pretty pissed, and with my compartment open I could've had my belongings including passport easily stolen (thankfully train was pretty empty). I was indebted to the junior conductor for keeping an eye on my stuff and also making make sure I didn't fall on my face getting down to the platform at Kyiv at 3am in the morning! At least being pissed on Palinka seemed to help border patrol go well with entering Ukraine (I seem to remember being laughed at by the female border patrol officer!)
Although I am not Slovenian, I must say your pronunciation sounds extremely good. A far cry from the butchering of foreign words often heard in travel videos.
@@SuperalbsTravels I can confirm that his pronunciation was very good. I was going to comment on it but I saw your comment first. I was particularly impressed with how he said Slovenske železnice at the end. 👏👏
His pronounciation of German words is also very good. It's very unusal that native English speakers pronounce foreign words and names correctly. They don't even try.
In Western Europe, you might get a firm handshake from a man in a suit and a croissant on a train launch. In Slovenia, you get the full entertainment company, copious amounts of food and a babushka offering you some spirits. If that's not balkan enough, I don't know what is😂
thank you so much for showing the world this piece of world. I live in Trieste and it's a shame that Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, despite being so close, are basically not connected at all. But finally something is seemingly changing.
I love these videos so much. Aside from having a little liking to trains, the videos calm me so much for some reason. Your voice has always been so chill and relaxing to me, sometimes I just listen to the video without watching it and do gaming, and later I do the same but watch it too!
Hearing international train and then 97km 2 hours long ride is kinda funny for me because in my area just city suburban trains are 2-3 hours to the farthest points. Btw, congrats on train company sponsorship, hoping it would develop for more partnerships and exclusive content!
Wow, that was a successfull launch of this new connection! Congratulations to the Slovenian train operator and all connected areas involved. I think they did well to invite you (and undoubtedly some of your fellow itinerary reviewers) to make the train known to the rest of us, and to make everyone share in the happiness for its arrival. Something to be glad about indeed!
Speaking of regional trains crossing three countries, I would recommend the RE18 from Aachen via Maastricht to Liège. Though this have been delayed many times due to various reasons, like a lack of trains and staffs and even signalling systems, and FLOODING around the border crossing between the Netherlands and Belgium this time. Riding this train during normal operation could also be an adventure, mainly because of the only but critical single-track section around Eygelshoven. If you manage to pay a visit on that train I would really appreciate it.
Do you have a rating between the trains? Siemens, Stadler, Alstom, Pesa, etc? Would be curious as to what is more comfortable, full of features, quieter, etc
Gotta say, that was a great review about an even better event and ride on this new train! Makes me really happy to see that public train operators put that much effort into gaining publicity :)
@@SuperalbsTravels I’m an amateur historian, we *used* to have a world beater. Unfortunately we dumped trains for flashy new cars with no regard for long term consequences
Wow! It's great you tried it. Now that you're in Rijeka, have you tried taking the train to Zagreb? There is a slow train that stops at every station and there is a fast train that runs on friday and sunday only.
I was in Trieste 5 years ago and it was sad to see the old tram line rotting away. Back then I had hoped that service would continue someday. Sad to see that 5 years later it still hasn't happened.
They are now conducting some final tests - at long last - and hopefully the tram will come back into service in the not too distant future (fingers crossed...).
As a Slovene, and a train enthusiast as-well, i must say it is absolutely Amazing seeing you cover Two of our trains already❤ Now, i Highly recommend you take the the train that goes from Ljubljana, to Nova Gorica, through Jesenice. That train will take you by Lake Bled, and also Lake Bohinj will be visible. In my personal opinion, the best route scenery wise, in our country. 🤜🤛
What a great video. I am planning to do a cycling trip in slovenia in fall and am listening to slovenian polka at work. This just fit right in … Yes please
As an Italian I'm glad to see our connection to Slovenia and Croatia improve. I hope that this will only continue in the future (although politics and our difficult past as always will get in the way, that's why it can get difficult to improve connectivity 2:10 😬)
I heard there were plans for a Venice-Lubiana train (operated probably by ETR 700 ex-Fyra trains). Would like to see a Venice-Zagreb train, or the return of the Venice-Budapest Eurocity...
Nice vid as always. Haha I also bought the same bag and got a t-shirt and quick dry towel, and a coffee mug from an associated shop that sells SZ stuff at the main stations and also the Railway Museum in Ljubljana when there in Oct last year. Grem z vlakom! I hope once all the big track works are done, these will also run on another Slovenia-Croatia cross border route, Ljubljana-Pula, which is also a gem with some great scenery esp up on the ridgeline going down the Istrian Peninsula, and Pula is well worthwhile for a visit. It's a shame none of the rail youtubers have ventured on this route (though the past few years there's been extensive rail upgrading works on the Slovenian side of the border as i encountered last year). I have also "crossed"this path, or the part from Italy heading towards Ljubljana and onto Zagreb/Belgrade/Budapest back in 2009 when I took a seat on the Casanova Euronight night train that used to run from Venice. It would be so cool if that international night train was re-established. I agree that if they were going to use the Flirts for regional and international routes of 1.5hrs +, then they should've been fitted with seat back tables. That"s pretty poor by today's standards. However like you on the plus side, when I took these flirts on domestic services last year, I found them pretty comfortable.
It's intersting how different these FLIRT units are from the ones I'm used to from northern germany - apart from the noise level, as most regular nordbahn riders will be able to testify
@@SuperalbsTravels Not if you haven't done a video on them (if so, could you provide a link?) I have however ridden on the small battery powered units they operate on the german east coast, those are lovely but very similar to the west coast ones interior wise
I had to chuckle a bit at the constant loud accordeon music in the background and the alcohol, they really went for the true typical Slovenian experience :D Also, the "opera" music was Croatian music, which is also very popular at parties in Slovenia.
I wish such exuberant commencement ceremonies like this existed in North America. Our new trains don't even seem to get any form of rope-cutting anymore...
Hey man, long time viewer here. Your videos are the best ones which describe and inform us about these railways. I would like to do the same thing as you when i grow up. I have a series idea for you. You can do the same thing with metros. Like paris and london
Thanks a lot, great to hear you enjoy! I probably won't be doing metro journeys anytime soon, as there are already so many other mainline trains I still need to try. But hey, if I find an interesting one, then maybe I will make an exception. :)
Stadler FLIRT trains manufactured in town of Siedlce in eastern Poland are very modern and reliable trains. They are very common on all major routes in Poland.
This is not the only train that runs in 3 different countries. There is also the 3 countries train (drielandentrein in Dutch) which starts at Aachen in Germany, goes via Heerlen and Maastricht in the Netherlands and goes to Liege in Belgium ;).
Would you be able to a review on the intercity or sleeper service here next? Your pendolino review video was great and that driver wasn't lying when he said that he didn't know how long your train was going to be there! 😅
The managing director of Slovenske Željeznice, the operating train company, is named Dušan Mes, not "Lord Jesus". Generally speaking, 'Lords' of any kind do not play a major role in controlling and dominating regional activities and offerings in the Eastern Mediterranean region, and they never did.
@SuperalbsTravels it was actually Croatian Music that guy sang.And it is more like Chanson,only performed by Opera Singer. But you are really good in Knowing lot of countries,and saying local words on right way,wich is really hard to see from any viewer.you are natural talent for languages it seems.
You should do a reportage about the new day train between Belgrade > Bar. It just started to operate on the line few days ago. It's one of the new Stadler FLIRT trains recently delivered.
@@SuperalbsTravels Norway literally just bought same new trains from Stadler (FLIRT).. it is "just" equipped with sleeping cabins.. which i agree with you.. for destination like this (very long and very far) is necessary.
Hi from Slovenia. Nice video! Well done. I was on a similar trip from Ljubljana to Rijeka on a international train last summer. Sadly you did not have nice views along the way, because the view from Sapjane to Rijeka can really be spectacular. Have you traveled from Divaca to Koper? If not do it in next two years, or there will be an alternative tunnel track drastically reducing travel time and much less interesting. Check also Divaca - Pula connection, I think that it is the last year with retro variant (zelenec), next year there will be Stadler in service.
I really like Slovenia and SZ. Trains are cheap and they really care about passengers e.g. making sure changing trains works. These new trains also run internationally to Graz and to the borders of Croatia (Dobova and Metlika) as well as to Koper. Sadly they don't run this one to/from Trieste station which would have been absolutely fantastic. Seeing the SZ-fleet approved for Croatia in the future they can hopefully run those to Zagreb as well. For now there seem to border checks going in the opposite direction from Croatio to Slovenia even without loco change.
I've seen those trains running thru croatia at least a year ago or more even, on rail fans video clips, they were running homologation trials on croatian rails to be able to run there, always asked in the comments what for it's done, but nobody gave an answer, and now a year or two more probably later, there's a line in operation, can't understand what took them so long..
You should do a video of the new train between Belgrade>Bar and how the overall experience changed. It just started to go there few days ago. It's the newest Stadler FLIRT
@@SuperalbsTravels Depends how you look at it. Compared to second class on the old train.. this one is MUCH better.. because it has air con.. it's new.. more comfy seats.. and there will not be allowed smoking 100% inside which many people complained about... what it is missing is sleeping cabins.. i REALLY hope this is just temporary solution until they completely renovate the line Belgrade>Bar. I think that the night train to Bar is still the old one though.
Omg, another dumb serbian, nope, in fact italy and croatia signed a treaty, before croatia entered schengen, some year earlier during the preparations, treaty about eternal non changing of the border lines between our countries, in other words they give up on istria forever, we give up on trieste forever, and in that treaty we also split entire adriatic in half on our two respective exclusive economic zones, just our two countries. Anyways you don't have nor will ever get such a treaty with hungary, and they already have vojvodina by realestate they bought and their political party there, in the first crisus that happen it will only be formalised finally, and kosovo, well that's long time gone already - but nice try serb, from the new year electronic visas if you wanna enter civilisation, think about that for a change.
In the past, that journey would not have been an international one since the whole area of the line this train travelled were Italian territory (even Rijeka itself was Italian and still has the headquarters of the Italian Minority institutions in Croatia). Indeed for €8.00 it is quite a bargain for an international train. Sadly, it will be long before they even consider to extend this service to Trieste since those trains are not equipped with the right voltage required to travel into Italy and indeed it is faster to teavel from Villa Opicina to Trieste by bus due to the long loop that trains need to get to enter into the city as a result of its landscape
You should join the inaugural Arriva RE18 tri-country journey departing Liège at 07:08 hrs. on Sunday, 30 June taking you to Aachen via Maastricht. The Maastricht/Aachen section has been operating since January 2019. The Stadler FLIRTs have three voltages capability; 3kV DC in BE, 1.5kV DC in NL and 15kV AC in DE. The units each have two pantographs, one for the DC voltages and the other for AC. The new rolling stock will replace the sad looking NMBS/SNCB cars between Liège and Maastricht. The only downside is that for the short term the Dutch OV Chipkaart cannot be used on the journey through to Liège.
True. Unfortunately years of bad behaviour towards slovenians before WWI caused that Slovenians turned away. Maybe someday will be re-united. If not, we can be 'just' neighbours.
Very nice video! A very unique one as well! Do you know if this train is available on Interrail? Btw, imagine if this line used pendolinos! We could see a Slovenian Pendolino and an Italian one coupled
It is valid with Interrail as far as I know, as it is just a regular train. No seat reservation or payment needed. Slovenian Pendolinos used to run through Villa Opicina in the past, by the way, and continued to Venice... Service details: www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=S%C5%BD&kategorie=EC&cislo=50&nazev=Casanova&rok=2004 www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=TI&kategorie=EC&cislo=51&nazev=Casanova&rok=2004 Some pictures: www.railfaneurope.net/pix/si/electric/emu/310/001-002/Venezia/
Slovenian pendolinos are single system, so they could do the Italy and Slovenia part of the trip (as they share the same electrification system), but not the Croatian part. That said, given there's only 3 of them, I doubt they would use them for a non Ljubljana Maribor route.
Too bad the train doesn't continue to Trieste Centrale or maybe Udine/Venice in italy, having to take a bus to Villa Opicina will be a great detriment to passenger numbers, hopefully it's just due to the very long process of certification of new traction units in italy...
Indeed, this type of train is actually not authorised for Italy, and is only allowed to Villa Opicina under special authorisation. Hopefully they can get the paperwork through quickly! 😁
I was wondering why I kept thinking for 2 and a half minutes that this looks like a blue giruno, because it basically seems the little brother of it. :D
If you like trains going between three countries, from the end of this month there should be a train between Liège (Belgium), Maastricht and Heerlen (Netherlands) and Aachen (Germany). Although it's an existing train that is extended to Belgium, so this Slovenian will remain Europe's newest international train for some more time.
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I was slightly wrong about the cost of a bike reservation! Whilst a journey within Slovenia or there to/from Italy costs €1.50 or €3 for an e-bike, if you travel to Croatia, this costs €5 instead.
Still very reasonable. I wish renfe would add bike spots to the regional and local trains in Spain
Thanks. Apart from the weather, that must have been a memorable journey!
Look at you getting sponsorships from train operators. Congrats
Thanks! 😇
It's really cool watching people grow like that
I don't see it as a positive as it can skew reviews.
@DomingoDeSantaClara as long as it is clearly stated that video is sponsored, I see no problem.
@@DomingoDeSantaClara There's nothing to skew here, it was a one time only experience with the festivities so you can't really review that. The train is, so to speak, brand new, a FLIRT with pretty much standard commuter interior. He got invited for the festivities of a new route opening and this is what we got in the video.
9:50 "I was hesitant". but we can actually hear "yes please" in the vid xD
Shhhh 😂😂😂
It’s 9am somewhere.
@@erik_griswold I was going to write the same and I did not notice any hesitation. Also one cannot blame him, as it would have been rude to refuse the local drink and a shot of this particular product can be seen as somewhat medicinal ;)
@@michaelkores6860 And man from experience I know as he said this can be pretty strong! And you don't refuse local custom of it being offered. Once i was on the CFM train Chisinau-Moscow in 2015 going to Kyiv, and I was walking the hallway where the long and strong arm of the Train manager literally pulled me into his compartment and offered some home-made plum brandy (think it's called palinka there} in return for giving him some English conversation practice. Of course I was careful to partake with food - roast chicken, cheese, and some ukrainian sausage I bought from a babushka at a station stop, and I thought i was doing fine until the 6th or 7th shot when it hit me.
I got pretty pissed, and with my compartment open I could've had my belongings including passport easily stolen (thankfully train was pretty empty). I was indebted to the junior conductor for keeping an eye on my stuff and also making make sure I didn't fall on my face getting down to the platform at Kyiv at 3am in the morning! At least being pissed on Palinka seemed to help border patrol go well with entering Ukraine (I seem to remember being laughed at by the female border patrol officer!)
Yeah, I noticed that too that he said "Yes Please" even before the lady reached him 😂
"I was hesitent"
"YES PLEASE 😃"
Oops, you caught me out! 😂😂😂
A train company as a sponsor? Now THAT'S a feat.
Thanks! 😅
Although I am not Slovenian, I must say your pronunciation sounds extremely good. A far cry from the butchering of foreign words often heard in travel videos.
Hey, thank you! :)
@@SuperalbsTravels I can confirm that his pronunciation was very good. I was going to comment on it but I saw your comment first. I was particularly impressed with how he said Slovenske železnice at the end. 👏👏
Thank you! 😁
His pronounciation of German words is also very good. It's very unusal that native English speakers pronounce foreign words and names correctly. They don't even try.
In Western Europe, you might get a firm handshake from a man in a suit and a croissant on a train launch. In Slovenia, you get the full entertainment company, copious amounts of food and a babushka offering you some spirits. If that's not balkan enough, I don't know what is😂
thank you so much for showing the world this piece of world. I live in Trieste and it's a shame that Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, despite being so close, are basically not connected at all. But finally something is seemingly changing.
Aw man, that is one cool pen!
It really is!
I was given one by a Burlesque club in London in the 1970's, it featured a female dancer that shed her clothes when tilted.
I love these videos so much. Aside from having a little liking to trains, the videos calm me so much for some reason. Your voice has always been so chill and relaxing to me, sometimes I just listen to the video without watching it and do gaming, and later I do the same but watch it too!
Glad to hear it, and thanks for watching! :)
The most wholesome train vid ever 😃
Hahahaha, such a great vibe! 😍
Hearing international train and then 97km 2 hours long ride is kinda funny for me because in my area just city suburban trains are 2-3 hours to the farthest points. Btw, congrats on train company sponsorship, hoping it would develop for more partnerships and exclusive content!
Thank you very much! We'll have to see what happens... 😁
The local festivities were really cool to see! Its grest to see countries becoming better connected by rail across Europe and beyond.
For sure, it was a great trip. :)
I love Stadler's trains so much, happy to see them spread in another region
They are all over the world, even in 4 continents! 😎
@@SuperalbsTravels Yup, we love our Stadlers here in Russia. They are quite fun to ride!
@@SuperalbsTravels I hope to see them in the Asia-Pacific as well. Stadler trains are quite rare here.
Oh boy, I am so jealous. These intro rides with all the free snacks and shots are the best, you're one lucky guy.
I love how you make a real effort to pronounce the local names correctly.
9:54 Hesitant? That "yes, please" came pretty quick 😄
Haha you caught me out! 😂
Glad you enjoyed. :)
Wow, that was a successfull launch of this new connection! Congratulations to the Slovenian train operator and all connected areas involved. I think they did well to invite you (and undoubtedly some of your fellow itinerary reviewers) to make the train known to the rest of us, and to make everyone share in the happiness for its arrival. Something to be glad about indeed!
Speaking of regional trains crossing three countries, I would recommend the RE18 from Aachen via Maastricht to Liège. Though this have been delayed many times due to various reasons, like a lack of trains and staffs and even signalling systems, and FLOODING around the border crossing between the Netherlands and Belgium this time. Riding this train during normal operation could also be an adventure, mainly because of the only but critical single-track section around Eygelshoven. If you manage to pay a visit on that train I would really appreciate it.
At last! Maybe I'll check that out! :)
I’ve travelled on trains throughout the world for years, and I’ve never seen a train environment so lively before!
That is because it was the first service which often include some extras like live music and food and drinks
You should try riding any train out of a British city on a Saturday night! 😂😂😂
Do you have a rating between the trains? Siemens, Stadler, Alstom, Pesa, etc? Would be curious as to what is more comfortable, full of features, quieter, etc
If you want lively, then you ought to ride a suburban Slav, or Balkan train out in the boondocks :D
@@RussianSevereWeatherVideos 😂😂😂
Gotta say, that was a great review about an even better event and ride on this new train! Makes me really happy to see that public train operators put that much effort into gaining publicity :)
Thanks! I agree it was a great event. :)
I like your style, commentary, and enthusiasm. Alot better than some other youtube travelers. Best regards from Croatia.
A beautiful blue train! I really want that paper model train and the lanyard!! 😂😂
Yeah isn't it awesome! :)
really makes me wish we had similar equipment and ran these types of routes here in the states
I wish US rail was better too, it could have such a great network...
@@SuperalbsTravels I’m an amateur historian, we *used* to have a world beater. Unfortunately we dumped trains for flashy new cars with no regard for long term consequences
Stadler now has a factory in Salt Lake City. It won't be longe before you can see a similar train somewhere, hopefully.
It's great to see more international trains being introduced!
Wow! It's great you tried it. Now that you're in Rijeka, have you tried taking the train to Zagreb? There is a slow train that stops at every station and there is a fast train that runs on friday and sunday only.
Nope, I've not done that route before. Thanks for the idea, though! :)
Oh alright. 👍 No problem.
Looks like an incredibly fun journey! What a way to introduce a new train and service!
Yep, really enjoyed it! 😂
Excellent presentation, as always with you. 👌 9:00
Congrats on getting sponsored by tran company!
Thanks! :)
A nice rainy wonderful beautiful trip across Europe 😊. Well done Superlabs travels.😊
Many thanks! :)
@SuperalbsTravels Your always welcome. Can wait for next trip videos.
I was in Trieste 5 years ago and it was sad to see the old tram line rotting away. Back then I had hoped that service would continue someday. Sad to see that 5 years later it still hasn't happened.
They are now conducting some final tests - at long last - and hopefully the tram will come back into service in the not too distant future (fingers crossed...).
The snacks,drinks & freebies certainly made the journey well worth it. I have never seen anything like that on a train before.
As a Slovene, and a train enthusiast as-well, i must say it is absolutely Amazing seeing you cover Two of our trains already❤
Now, i Highly recommend you take the the train that goes from Ljubljana, to Nova Gorica, through Jesenice. That train will take you by Lake Bled, and also Lake Bohinj will be visible. In my personal opinion, the best route scenery wise, in our country. 🤜🤛
Looks like something I must investigate soon! The Military History Museum is very good, by the way!
Good to know, I'll pay a visit next time I am there. :)
Really looks like the FLIRT class 755 trains (these stadlers serve in Trennord with the route Brescia - Parma)
because they're both Stadler FLIRTs
Same type of train, with a few adjustments to fit local needs. 😁
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Congratulations on getting sponsorship from train operators :)
Nice video! I like the festivities of this special occasion.
Me too! Was a really fun trip. :)
Look at ya! Getting sponsored by operators, it's great seeing you grow
What a great video. I am planning to do a cycling trip in slovenia in fall and am listening to slovenian polka at work. This just fit right in … Yes please
Excellent, sounds like a great trip!
I envy you on this trip with locals playing music and all, plus at Amtrak speeds you get to enjoy the scenery. TY. Like your videos. I'm subscribed.
Thank you very much, great to have you on-board! 😅
7:41 this train is actually the polish EN57 unit exported to Slovenia and Croatia, they're called the Gomulkas there
Yep, now all withdrawn unfortunately...
As an Italian I'm glad to see our connection to Slovenia and Croatia improve.
I hope that this will only continue in the future (although politics and our difficult past as always will get in the way, that's why it can get difficult to improve connectivity 2:10 😬)
I heard there were plans for a Venice-Lubiana train (operated probably by ETR 700 ex-Fyra trains).
Would like to see a Venice-Zagreb train, or the return of the Venice-Budapest Eurocity...
Nice vid as always. Haha I also bought the same bag and got a t-shirt and quick dry towel, and a coffee mug from an associated shop that sells SZ stuff at the main stations and also the Railway Museum in Ljubljana when there in Oct last year. Grem z vlakom!
I hope once all the big track works are done, these will also run on another Slovenia-Croatia cross border route, Ljubljana-Pula, which is also a gem with some great scenery esp up on the ridgeline going down the Istrian Peninsula, and Pula is well worthwhile for a visit. It's a shame none of the rail youtubers have ventured on this route (though the past few years there's been extensive rail upgrading works on the Slovenian side of the border as i encountered last year).
I have also "crossed"this path, or the part from Italy heading towards Ljubljana and onto Zagreb/Belgrade/Budapest back in 2009 when I took a seat on the Casanova Euronight night train that used to run from Venice. It would be so cool if that international night train was re-established.
I agree that if they were going to use the Flirts for regional and international routes of 1.5hrs +, then they should've been fitted with seat back tables. That"s pretty poor by today's standards. However like you on the plus side, when I took these flirts on domestic services last year, I found them pretty comfortable.
Awesome, not seen that shop before. I should visit it. :)
Thanks, I cant wait to get into this 👍🙏train
Very nice video. Good that your tried the brandy.
I basically had to, right? 😀
@@SuperalbsTravels yes indeed. 👍👍
I absolutely enjoyed this video! If only the weather was better...!
Looks really cool! 🎉
It sure was! 😁
Great trip. Another trip of SZ, this time on different route with different vibes, the onboard entertainment and local specialities is great.
It was a very different journey, but I loved it! :)
Looks like a fun train ride.
It was one I really enjoyed! :)
It's intersting how different these FLIRT units are from the ones I'm used to from northern germany - apart from the noise level, as most regular nordbahn riders will be able to testify
It's a very flexible design, have you seen the FLIRTs they use in Belarus and Azerbaijan?
@@SuperalbsTravels Not if you haven't done a video on them (if so, could you provide a link?) I have however ridden on the small battery powered units they operate on the german east coast, those are lovely but very similar to the west coast ones interior wise
@@wteff8586 A few pictures of a Ukrainian one here: instagram.com/p/CTE3QcGoltG/?igsh=cDJ5dDJncmxyYzF1
10:00 - good thing you were having a full stomach at this point, haha, since plum liquor is indeed a strong one
It really is! 💀
Great experience
I had to chuckle a bit at the constant loud accordeon music in the background and the alcohol, they really went for the true typical Slovenian experience :D Also, the "opera" music was Croatian music, which is also very popular at parties in Slovenia.
Thanks! It was a really fun experience. :)
I wish such exuberant commencement ceremonies like this existed in North America. Our new trains don't even seem to get any form of rope-cutting anymore...
Hey man, long time viewer here. Your videos are the best ones which describe and inform us about these railways. I would like to do the same thing as you when i grow up. I have a series idea for you. You can do the same thing with metros. Like paris and london
Thanks a lot, great to hear you enjoy! I probably won't be doing metro journeys anytime soon, as there are already so many other mainline trains I still need to try. But hey, if I find an interesting one, then maybe I will make an exception. :)
That was a interesting trip but a wonderful journey, great video
Thank you! 😁
I love Slivovice! The snacks look also fantastic, but they need coffee!
5:09 I see they took a hint from Moldova's 2022 Eurovision entry ❤
Hahaha yesss! 😍
Stadler FLIRT trains manufactured in town of Siedlce in eastern Poland are very modern and reliable trains. They are very common on all major routes in Poland.
Hopefully, they will raise the platforms on this route so that travelers with wheelchairs can use this accessible train without any obstacles.
That would be another great step (if you pardon the pun)!
I took the train from Villa Opicina to ljubljana in 2016, where I changed trains to get to Zagreb. The scenery is exceptionally pretty.
I've done that too, it's a great trip! :)
Nice video!😊
Thanks! 😊
9:49 I would love this train service man
Exactly the wake-up I didn't need! 😂
Great video!
This is not the only train that runs in 3 different countries. There is also the 3 countries train (drielandentrein in Dutch) which starts at Aachen in Germany, goes via Heerlen and Maastricht in the Netherlands and goes to Liege in Belgium ;).
I know, I have even caught trains that travel through six countries! 😁
Would you be able to a review on the intercity or sleeper service here next? Your pendolino review video was great and that driver wasn't lying when he said that he didn't know how long your train was going to be there! 😅
Where is "here"? 😁
@@SuperalbsTravels here in Finland 🤪
@@JaniTrains Ah yes, I've filmed both. They'll be out in the future sometime! :)
I am impressed by the pronunciations of Slovenian stations.
Source: A Slovenian
Thank you very much! :)
Now i want to see a review on the older red trains that sometimes appear
Thank you Lord Jesus what a beautiful route and train. Slovenia and Croatia are so blessed with it.
For sure, some beautiful places! :)
The managing director of Slovenske Željeznice, the operating train company, is named Dušan Mes, not "Lord Jesus".
Generally speaking, 'Lords' of any kind do not play a major role in controlling and dominating regional activities and offerings in the Eastern Mediterranean region, and they never did.
@SuperalbsTravels it was actually Croatian Music that guy sang.And it is more like Chanson,only performed by Opera Singer. But you are really good in Knowing lot of countries,and saying local words on right way,wich is really hard to see from any viewer.you are natural talent for languages it seems.
Thank you so much! 😁
You should do a reportage about the new day train between Belgrade > Bar.
It just started to operate on the line few days ago.
It's one of the new Stadler FLIRT trains recently delivered.
No thank you, it looks horrible. I don't want to spend 10hr on some miserable commuter train. It should be loco-hauled! 😒
@@SuperalbsTravels Norway literally just bought same new trains from Stadler (FLIRT).. it is "just" equipped with sleeping cabins.. which i agree with you.. for destination like this (very long and very far) is necessary.
Hi from Slovenia. Nice video! Well done. I was on a similar trip from Ljubljana to Rijeka on a international train last summer. Sadly you did not have nice views along the way, because the view from Sapjane to Rijeka can really be spectacular. Have you traveled from Divaca to Koper? If not do it in next two years, or there will be an alternative tunnel track drastically reducing travel time and much less interesting. Check also Divaca - Pula connection, I think that it is the last year with retro variant (zelenec), next year there will be Stadler in service.
Never been to Koper sadly, hope to do so soon before that line opens! :)
Also I want to try the green train. :)
@@SuperalbsTravels Yes you better get on the Type 711 before it also disappears soon.
Brilliant!
Thank you! :)
Wow 🤩
I really like Slovenia and SZ. Trains are cheap and they really care about passengers e.g. making sure changing trains works. These new trains also run internationally to Graz and to the borders of Croatia (Dobova and Metlika) as well as to Koper. Sadly they don't run this one to/from Trieste station which would have been absolutely fantastic. Seeing the SZ-fleet approved for Croatia in the future they can hopefully run those to Zagreb as well. For now there seem to border checks going in the opposite direction from Croatio to Slovenia even without loco change.
Agreed, Slovenia is a place I need to explore some more!
I've seen those trains running thru croatia at least a year ago or more even, on rail fans video clips, they were running homologation trials on croatian rails to be able to run there, always asked in the comments what for it's done, but nobody gave an answer, and now a year or two more probably later, there's a line in operation, can't understand what took them so long..
You should do a video of the new train between Belgrade>Bar and how the overall experience changed.
It just started to go there few days ago.
It's the newest Stadler FLIRT
It is so much worse... 😭
@@SuperalbsTravels Depends how you look at it.
Compared to second class on the old train.. this one is MUCH better.. because it has air con.. it's new.. more comfy seats.. and there will not be allowed smoking 100% inside which many people complained about...
what it is missing is sleeping cabins..
i REALLY hope this is just temporary solution until they completely renovate the line Belgrade>Bar.
I think that the night train to Bar is still the old one though.
One step closer to Istria joining Italy.
Omg, another dumb serbian, nope, in fact italy and croatia signed a treaty, before croatia entered schengen, some year earlier during the preparations, treaty about eternal non changing of the border lines between our countries, in other words they give up on istria forever, we give up on trieste forever, and in that treaty we also split entire adriatic in half on our two respective exclusive economic zones, just our two countries.
Anyways you don't have nor will ever get such a treaty with hungary, and they already have vojvodina by realestate they bought and their political party there, in the first crisus that happen it will only be formalised finally, and kosovo, well that's long time gone already - but nice try serb, from the new year electronic visas if you wanna enter civilisation, think about that for a change.
In the past, that journey would not have been an international one since the whole area of the line this train travelled were Italian territory (even Rijeka itself was Italian and still has the headquarters of the Italian Minority institutions in Croatia).
Indeed for €8.00 it is quite a bargain for an international train. Sadly, it will be long before they even consider to extend this service to Trieste since those trains are not equipped with the right voltage required to travel into Italy and indeed it is faster to teavel from Villa Opicina to Trieste by bus due to the long loop that trains need to get to enter into the city as a result of its landscape
Interesting how much borders have changed throughout history!
You should join the inaugural Arriva RE18 tri-country journey departing Liège at 07:08 hrs. on Sunday, 30 June taking you to Aachen via Maastricht. The Maastricht/Aachen section has been operating since January 2019. The Stadler FLIRTs have three voltages capability; 3kV DC in BE, 1.5kV DC in NL and 15kV AC in DE. The units each have two pantographs, one for the DC voltages and the other for AC. The new rolling stock will replace the sad looking NMBS/SNCB cars between Liège and Maastricht. The only downside is that for the short term the Dutch OV Chipkaart cannot be used on the journey through to Liège.
Interesting, I probably won't make that launch, but I'll have to think about coming back and checking it out another time.
Love from Australia
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The Balkans really need faster and more trains.
I agree 100%!
A little bit more than a hundred years ago the entire region belonged to Austria. I think the station in Villa Opicina was built in these times.
True. Unfortunately years of bad behaviour towards slovenians before WWI caused that Slovenians turned away. Maybe someday will be re-united. If not, we can be 'just' neighbours.
Hey I love your videos!! Do you think you’ll film the trip in December when the high speed Novi Sad-Subotica line opens? Thank you
You should try the fairly new Riga-Vilnius international train that started operating in December 2023
I'd love to get back to the Baltics some time. Hopefully soon.
7:41 ex PKP Class EN57
nice
The interior looks ver similar to the Arriva trains in The Netherlands
Do you reckon this is the most useful train in the world for intercity trains?
Very nice video! A very unique one as well! Do you know if this train is available on Interrail?
Btw, imagine if this line used pendolinos! We could see a Slovenian Pendolino and an Italian one coupled
Top 10 anime crossovers?
I'm pretty sure something would randomy explode if you connected the two :D
It is valid with Interrail as far as I know, as it is just a regular train. No seat reservation or payment needed.
Slovenian Pendolinos used to run through Villa Opicina in the past, by the way, and continued to Venice...
Service details:
www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=S%C5%BD&kategorie=EC&cislo=50&nazev=Casanova&rok=2004
www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=TI&kategorie=EC&cislo=51&nazev=Casanova&rok=2004
Some pictures:
www.railfaneurope.net/pix/si/electric/emu/310/001-002/Venezia/
Slovenian pendolinos are single system, so they could do the Italy and Slovenia part of the trip (as they share the same electrification system), but not the Croatian part.
That said, given there's only 3 of them, I doubt they would use them for a non Ljubljana Maribor route.
@@SuperalbsTravels Oh, thats very cool!
@@grizeldiSLO Yea thats true, it isn't meant to be realistic
The legroom was probably like that because *you were in a priority seat* .
Very cool merch.
For sure, one for the collection. 😁
Oh my god Super Albs has uploaded
Woah, a comment from the legendary Howard of the UA-cam channel HSTHoward. 😲😲😲😲
@@SuperalbsTravels ❤️
Too bad the train doesn't continue to Trieste Centrale or maybe Udine/Venice in italy, having to take a bus to Villa Opicina will be a great detriment to passenger numbers, hopefully it's just due to the very long process of certification of new traction units in italy...
Indeed, this type of train is actually not authorised for Italy, and is only allowed to Villa Opicina under special authorisation. Hopefully they can get the paperwork through quickly! 😁
This train almost looks like greater angelia train, the train which runs from london Liverpool street to Norwich.
Both made by Stadler of Switzerland
Yep, same manufacturer and design!
€8. Makes me wanna hear Rim Tim Tagi Dim in an accordion.
Sadly they don't have the entertainment on normal service trains! 😂😂😂
That is NOT bad weather.
It certainly isn't good weather! :)
Can you please review the Östgötatrafiken Östgötapenden, it would make my year
Not sure, I'll have to look into it. :)
9:55 It's Drink O'clock somewhere in the world 🌎🍻😄
Exactly! 😂
I was wondering why I kept thinking for 2 and a half minutes that this looks like a blue giruno, because it basically seems the little brother of it. :D
More like a blue Mika or Traverso! It's the newest version of the Stadler Flirt 4
@@markusstudeli2997 sure but the Traverso and the Mika have a big color difference on their liveries so I didn’t think of them when seeing the front.
😂😂😂😂
Put it in your agenda, June the 30th the 3 country train from Aachen to Liege, via Maastricht will finally start
Thanks for the informations. :)
If Arriva is going to ride that day @@SuperalbsTravels
@@marcogeurts9881 true 😂
@@SuperalbsTravels i mean it is Arriva in The Netherlands and they ride but sometimes it is with delay or not
7:37 EN57❤It's a shame it's so neglected though.
Yeah, hopefully they restore it for preservation now. :)
Kibel ❤
€8 is incredible value
It sure is!
If you like trains going between three countries, from the end of this month there should be a train between Liège (Belgium), Maastricht and Heerlen (Netherlands) and Aachen (Germany). Although it's an existing train that is extended to Belgium, so this Slovenian will remain Europe's newest international train for some more time.
Nice one, maybe I will try it out some time! :)