Train Bucharest - Istanbul Halkali in Empty CFR Sleeping Car
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2017
- Riding Train 461 "Bosfor" from Bucuresti Nord to Istanbul Halkali;
Train travels via Videle, Giurgiu Nord, Danube Friendship Bridge, Ruse, Gorna Oryahovica, Dimitrovgrad, Edirne and Cerkezköy;
It passes the border between Bulgaria and Turkey at Svilengrad and Kapikule;
Train is operated jointly by Romanian Caile Ferate Române, Bulgarian State Railways BDZ and Turkish State Railways;
Total journey takes 18 hours and 4 minutes;
Through cars Bucharest - Halkali are attached to train 461 "Romania" between Bucuresti and Gorna Oryahovica;
At Dimitrovgrad the cars are attached the train 493 "Balkan", going all the way to Halkali;
I was the sole passenger in the Sleeping Car and got a assigned a deluxe sleeper cabin with an ensuite shower and toilet;
Sleeping Car WLABmee is operated by CFR Calatori from Romania;
Registration of this modernized DWA car is 61 53 71-70 019-1;
A seperate TCDD couchette car is also operating between Bucharest and Halkali;
A bus replacement service takes passengers from Halkali to Istanbul Sirkeci Station;
A TCDD E68000 (E 68 014) electric locomotive by Hyundai Rotem carried the train between Kapikule and Halkali;
İstanbul - Sofya Ekspresi
Bükreş - Halkalı
Bosfor Ekspresi
Разписание "Босфор" Букурещ - Халкали
Разписание "Балкан" - София - Халкали
24:47 The feeling and the sound of the old tracks is fantastic...
My compliments for the train ride with original sound.
35:07- Tarnovo. My town. I love Tarnovo. ❤
Brawo ! Świetnie udokumentoana relacji podróży koleją !
From Ukraine with love!
Lovely countries, nice video!
Thanks
I*m happy you enjoy the trip and cause you like our national rail transport CFR.All the best from Romania :)
you make me laughing about RO...
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So beautiful! Thank you so much for the video!
Great vídeo! Greetings from Spain!
Another awesome video. Beautiful scenery. Well done, sir.
I enjoyed your video :) Keep it up!
I will watch the Video tonight!Awesome Channel Dude.I am Greek and i am coming from the Tri-Border Area in Greek Thrace. So i have been to Svilengrad and also to Edirne and Istanbul. Man during the first 2 minutes of your Video,watching Eastern Trakya gives me Goosebumps for Historical reasons.
Wow the trainsystem in Turkey looks really modern compared to the other 2 Countries.
The pool at the end is nice :)
This is an excellent job, thank you so much !, I really enjoyed your video.
Looks like you are absolutely alone in the whole train.
Hello to Romania from the Slavic lands to the West! Nice nature. I want to buy a danube cruise badly.
Romanian is not slavic...we are in the est but we are not slavic!!!Latini!!
Bulgaria is slavic though
@@silviubogdan2024 I know that. I said I was from West of Romania, not from Romania.
Some vids you can take you eyes off and not really pay attention to, BUT yours are outstanding!!!!! Keep your eyes glued to the screen as not to miss anything. Sure hope your site takes off big, good luck,
At 31:42 it's like you've gone back to 1998 with those cars...
Felicitări Prietene 👏👏
🇹🇷I LOVE 💝TCDD💝 🇹🇷 Excellent Video👍💯
Amazing rail work...Big like from Romania...Thumbs UP!!!!
ah, my town Istanbul....I was in Turkey in the late 1950s :) ah, Ceaucascue's old palace in Bucharest - nice to see it used. Glad Istanbul Sirkeci Station is still there.
Thanks god it is still there. But not in use any more.
They are renovating it hence trains have to terminate at Halkali
The route is so beautiful
I´m from Bulgaria, nice country and video :-)
@yogiaol do you know about the connections from Sofia to Istanbul? Is it entirely by train? Or also partially by bus? I'm doing this trip in two weeks :)
There is a train connesction from Sofia to Istanbul-Halkali station. Halkali station is in west part of Istanbul. rail.cc/en/night-train/sofia-istanbul-d-493/309
+yogiaol yes, this is the Sofia - Istanbul train in my video
great video !!
Nicely done!
Great document, thank you! For someone can be strange to buy private room in sleeper for not sleep but making video all night long. But the result is fantastic, you help many people to create journey like that. For me only lack of anything about border controls - is still in Kapikule necessary to go to station building with documents etc?
Those trains are much more than just economic way of travel, they are some symbol of relationships between all those countries. Even if this was last year of realise sleeping car by CFR, still TCDD carry this connection by sending (half june to half october) 1 (yes, one!) couchette car to Bucharest. I'm affraid that new timetable (in 2020 start from Buc.Nord at 11:00 - night train...) can kill this route, but specially Turks believe that finish of great railway modernization in Istanbul together with ready new tracks in Bulgaria can keep it alive. I hope so ;)
Bellissimo video
there was 1 asian food stall nearby the bucharest train station. the guys are myammar who cooks super delicious malaysian & korean food. even they speak good malay!! i was sooo surprised to meet them and taste the nasi goreng kampung they cooked well! after 1 months not touching rice! what an experience. u guys should try! i just went there last months.
What is the name of that food stall?
@@dederuhiyat1450 blessing asian.
Its walking distance from north centrul gara de nord station.
And is halal
@@izlainihashimlyne6032 thanks,
Nice summer days.
The train speed in Romania and Bulgaria is just staggering ..!;)
But Turkey looks like a quite high developed country,almost like a Western country,very nice!
That's due to locomotive changeover
sure buddy 🤣🤣
Thanks for the info
Nice
Greetings from romania and the uk
0:53 That lighting is epic
Hello Big Like Tis Video Love Railway. Alex From Romania Cosntanta Bleak Sea
Alexandru sava , eu sunt din Mangalia Jud. Constanța.
Să-ți spun ceva. Ministerul transporturilor vrea ca toate trenurile internaționale să circule pânã la Constanța , ca să aducă turiști străini cu trenul la mare. =D =D =D. De aceea se modernizează coridorul IV de la Curtici până la noi in Constanța. =D =D =D =D
This video. Constantsa Black Sea. Nu te supăra de întrebare: ce vârstă ai?
@@emdiesel63 analfabetule! Incultule!
Once there were express trains with sleepers/couchettes running weekly from Munich to Istanbul(1985)...those trains were killed of by low cost airlines between Western Europe and Turkey...what you travelled on is marginal trains on thin routes...
and bus..İstanbul-Munchen
As low cost airlines struggle and costs and convenience get worse, such services might come back into regular use.
flying shorter routes is becoming more and more a hazzle (airports way outside of cities, taxi mafia at airport, security circus, high fees for baggage check in etc etc etc)
Nice video.
Awww shame to see this so empty, I went on it back in 2013 and it was great fun with some lovely scenery. But we were in an old turkish coach with no air conditioning in the middle of summer, not this one.
Cars changed since then...
Uzak Ufuklar ah good, are they more modern now?
James Lobont 👌
The CFR coaches do have air conditioning, but the windows can be opened.
Good video, like
You must have an exclusive experience with this trip! :)
I'm from Romania, Nice video!
O pula, săracilor 🤪
Nice video! I'll do an interrail trip through east europe soon and I'm looking forward to it.
I have one question. Can you tell me the name of the song in the beginning? I like this song! :D
Thank you!
real nice
Nagyon jó videó Gratulálok! Magyarországról.
Big Like!
You can stay in the car while they are shunting in the summer, in the winter, they are separate trains.
Can I use parts of this video for my video in which I will read aloud a poem?
i like your video
That is very nice. Good movie.
I'm really looking forward to travel between Switzerland to my heart city Istanbul by train once it resumes operations
Love to do this too
Ah so that’s why the legendary BALKAN isn’t on any timetables
WLABmee built in the 1990s refurbished in the 2000s
smooth
Wow nice... can i know please what camera do you used for this video? Thanks indeed🎈
Thanks for video. Amazing...))
How much time is journey from Bucharest to Instanbul?
Hardly saw any human beings inside the train or at the stations except for the final bus transfer. How long can they afford to keep the system going? I wonder - BTW a map along side would have been useful with stations marked?
It's a shame that they don't go all the way to Istanbul and stop at Halkali. Who wants to take the train just to end up stuck in traffic in a bus?
Have trains returned to Istanbul Sirkeci or was the stop at Haklali made permanent? As of 2021, Google satellite still shows tracks going to the station.
Also, was there a restaurant car on the train? Did you bring snacks on board for journey, or buy from stations along the route during stops?
Also, I know this is far back, but was the bridge over the danube between Romania and Bulgaria electrified? The track on the Romanian side doesn't seem to be heavily used. Yet, Google Street view of the bridge shows a LOT of truck traffic. As a main route between Europe and Turkey (and eventually China), I would have expected the rail lines to be of much higher quality and capacity.
Last stop is at Halkalı in İstanbul. To go to the center of Istanbul (such as Sirkeci), you can take "Marmaray" (will start from the same station, different rail)" which is an inner city suburb train.
Nowadays, Halkali - Kapikule restoration has started. Turkish part of Bucureşti Nord - Istanbul Halkalı will break for next years.
Re-opening day? Maybe 2119.
It takes 45 minutes by plane, almost 20 hours by train. What's strange is that the service from Sofia, which is further away, takes just 12 hours.
Great video !!! Always enjoy your train trips. Looks like and amazing trip. Was there any food service on the train?
Thank you...:):):)
no food service at all; you'll need to buy some food beforehand and take it onboard; the train stops for 90 minutes in Gorna, but I didn't see any open restaurant or supermarket around it
Thank you! Great video! The picture quality was excellent! What kind of camera were you using???
+amtrakharry just a normal iPhone
Why does the train not terminate at Sirkeci? Would be such a great experience to arrive in that beautiful station in the center. I hate bus transfers.
Because of renovation, it will restart from/to Sirkeci...
Interesting.And what price was for the ticket?
It look's like this trains is not very popular for travellers of for usual people if it's so empty.
I've paid EUR 106,60 for the ticket including a double sleeper reservation; the tickets were issued by German Railways, hence, there is a the non-discounted fare; Romanian Railways CFR sells the same for only EUR 73
I'll be doing this trip as well, but from Sofia to Istanbul. I can't wait for uy
pro tip: do not take the connecting coach if you are going to Florya. There is BN1 which stops in there.
why nobody else on train?
This is such a wonderful video. I am going to take this trip in early Dec 2018. I understand I will have to break the trip at Ruse and then take the through train to Halkali, am I right? So just D461 from Bucharest to Ruse and the through train from Ruse to Halkali right? Again thank you so much for this video.
I believe you'll have to chage a little more often, but still be in bed at a decent hour in Dimitrovgrad. Could you tell your experiences?
The TCDD TVS2000 coaches look very modern even though they are from 1993
This sleeper train which year services?
Здравствуйте! Подскажите, сейчас ходит этот поезд из Стамбула в Бухарест? Спасибо за видео
it was expensive ?
have you traveled in South America particularly Andes ? Please try that .
Çok güzel video
What was the price?
Great video! What's the name of the soundtrack in the beginning? Thanks!
its on youtube: qatar airways inaugural to auckland
I found it, thanks! :)
As a remark, for the first 2 hours the train travels 70 km in 2 hours on a mostly non-electrified line. This is Romania !
The best part is to experience the train trip of past years- at a slower pace- if you have the time.
You r not giving displayed information in this video,why?
D Daniel dacă mai erau si călători în el te mai credeam...
in 55:o2 same diesel locomotie used yellow-turkey,gray-romania,red-bulgaria
yellow one is electric locomotive. turkish diesel locomotive is de 24 000 class and colored red.
hey in halkali have you passport kontroll ??
+Halise Kis Turkish Passport control (entry and exit immigration) happens in Kapikule
8:34 that's looks like a former SNCF FRET locomotive
BB 15000
I have tried the Bosfors express several times in 2012, 2013 & 2014. The connections between Instanbul Sirkeci (train station) and Halkali is by a bus. I had to endure many hours of travel in a bus while paying for a train 'Boshors train' (2012, 2013, 2014). All of the Bosphors train express departing at 10pm from Sirkeci station (Istanbul) is a bus and not a train. Very disappointing.
Yeah, but it should be somewhere this year the line is restored. And taking a bus from Halkalı is already more reasonable than from Çerkezköy, as they've done, too. At a certain moment, because of engineering in Bulgaria, you had to take a bus there, too. Buy a sleeper ticket, travelling in said sleeper between Bucharest an Gorna Oryahovica and having to take a bus transfer to Dimitrovgrad, again some hours of train to the border where you're ordered to get off in the middle of the night, boarding again, but not for too long, because still in the middle of the night, you have to transfer to a bus again in Çerkezköy...
Now there is a fast train (Marmaray) route with lesser stops between Halkalı-Gebze(far Anatolian Side) passes through under the Bosporus.
This must be a state funded line, as no one rides this train, what a shame.
How much did it cost?
A gdzie jakiś bufet? Tyle godzin bez posiłku? NIE JADĘ!
How much is the ticket for one person??? Bucarest-Istanbul
Dear, if I travel from Istanbul to Bucharest,Do i need to have Bulgarian visa?I have only schengen visa
hey you guys,Andreea Giambrone she is right.voi habar nu aveti despre ce vorbiti.Un maratonist pensionat,i-ar fii dat 4 ore avans trenului si fara prea mare efort,ar fi ajuns cu doua ore inainte.voi habar nu aveti cum sunt trenurile in Europa.Cel putin in Italia si Franta,merg ca la zidul mortii.La fel de adevarat este si faptul ca sunt bine intretinute,atat trenurile cat si terasamentele.Are dreptate Andreea,nici in 3050,n-o sa fie Romania in Europa,asta daca nu va baga gringos la inaintare,impotriva rusilor.Dar nu mi-e frica.Romanii au mana buna.I-au tradat ei pe nemti si uite ce s-au ales.Frunte ninsa,mana intinsa.
How much fare?
Was the bus transfer from Halkal to Sikreci included in price?
+Cyclopek yes it was
doc7austin how did you like the bus trip? I'm taking almost the same route as u did but from Sofia to Istanbul.
+Marcos Domingos the bus trip was not nice; full, small bus with no air conditioning
That bus should at least have windows that are opened
Train At 5:05 Bucharet To Constanta Beach Black Sea
what was the cost
That is sad if you were the only passenger, it means obviously that that service will soon be cancelled.
It's quite popular in the height of Summer, with lots of youngsters wit Interrail passes taking this train, but this train is not running in Winter because of that.
Has anyone asked you for your passport while you were waiting in Kapikule??
Is there anyone who maybe checks the train every now and then,?? i'd really like to know
thank you so much for your help...
+SyBoys you need to get out of the train at Kapikule to get your passport checked by Turkish immigration; shortly before the train leaves, border guards will come through the train and check the entry stamps
That border check is brutal, having to get up in the middle of the night... And the return journey is hardly better. Why don't they leave a little earlier, as to have the border check at a decent hour? Also too bad the train doesn't go to Sirkeci anymore...
There are upgrades for commuter rail between Halkalı and Kazlıçeşme. This train will again come to İstanbul proper later.
+Erkin i miss the old 8000 series trains of the Istanbul Commuter Railway, it used to be a nice easy minibus ride from Avcilar to Kucukcekmece, then a pleasant train ride into Sirkeci watching the kids hanging out the doors of the carriages, and the random people comming onboard selling random goods like torches, tissues, matches that you can relight over and over again.
Ahh i miss those days so much, every time i watch an old Yesilcam film with those trains in the movie, it brings a tear to my eye.
> easy minibus ride from Avcilar to Kucukcekmece
this is replaced by a crowded BRT trip.
> the kids hanging out the doors of the carriages
impossible with E23000 and E32000 trainsets.
This year is turning point for railway in Turkey, the Marmaray project will complete by the end of this year, which means the train from Europe will terminate in Sirkeci again and off course from Sirkeci, you can catch up to Pendik station with Marmaray on Asian side of Istanbul and riding the Turkish high speed train to Ankara, from there you can have a great experience by riding the doğu ekspres train to Kars, and then you can transfer to a train ride from Kars, to Tbilisi in Georgia, and then to Baku in Azerbaijan. I hope you can do my suggestion, good luck.
Will the line between Halkali and Sirkeci be operational by the end of this year? I am asking, because I failed to notice any construction on that line; the line looked being in despaired conditions
doc7austin Halkalı is in Küçükçekmece, the engineering process in this area is started in November 2017, you can see the video of the construction on UA-cam, there are several videos showing the engineering process. Currently they're working on track laying and targeted to complete on August this year, then signaling and electrification process on September and test run would be take place on November or December this year, it would be open to public in December or at least before spring 2019.
doc7austin the Haydarpaşa station also in restoration process for high speed train station in Istanbul, and the Marmaray tunnel under the Bosphorus soon Will not only for the Marmaray train, but freight train also will use this tunnel, but perhaps the high speed train will never use this tunnel, because the TCDD (Turkish state railway company) stated that high speed train will be go to Europe through the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge to the 3rd airport of Istanbul and then to Halkalı, after that, perhaps they can start the high speed train throughout Europe. Because we know Turkey, Russia and Findland are the only country in Eastern Europe that have high speed train
Does this Train connection still exist?
no; that train has been cancelled
The best part of the vid is the Turkish part.. I am from Patagonia.. :)
Sorry but you are selfish :)
That was a waste of time - got a 3 second glimple of the sleeping car. WOW.
No passport control ať Bulgaria?
giurgiu and ruse so memories , i was there in komunist regime 16 times by our car...... thnak you for this video
Ceascescus folly that Palace...
Locomotive At 6:00 GM65 class
That locomotive is from Electroputere
PACAT CA NU ESTE EKECTRIFICATA LINIA BUCURESTI - GIURGIU
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