Trip Report Berlin to Moscow by Strizh train (Silk road part 2 Netherlands to China by train)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2019
- Welcome to another trip report. Video 2 out of 9 on my way to and in China along the Silk-Road.
In this video I'll be travelling on a Talgo sleeper train from Berlin Ostbahnhof in Germany via Poland and Belarus to Moscow Beloruskaja in Russia.
CORRECTION: The train can be booked 60 days in advance, not 45 like I mentioned in the video. Most national trains of the RZD can be booked 45 days in advance. (when this train is fully booked, there are many alternatives as well).
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Loving this series so far, it's fascinating the concept of such a long journey entirely on the iron tracks. Something that not everyone is strong enough to experience
Thank you for the great video, I hope we can all start traveling again soon! Buen Camino!
Excellent commentary and editing. Thanks a lot!
Actually this was my second video only, so it has improver a lot over time. Can't wait to travel again and make some (less exkting than this) video's.
Outstanding! Thank you for taking us on this journey.
I saw the inside of Talgo for the first time.Thank you.
Love from India... Lovely route. Will make sure will accommodate our self on this train ride.
Would love to take that train ride ! Take care and best wishes from The Netherlands
с Москвы до Нижнего всегда на стриже езжу.
Marvelous trip! 🚂🚃🚃🚃
Thank you very much for sharing such an amazing journey.
Train Talgo. = Tren articulado Goicoechea Oriol. The names of spanish Designers . Trenes españoles por Europa. Fantástic quality.
spain and kazakhstan*
очень интересно, спасибо
Great video
Helemaal top!
Nice Trip Video! Fantastic👍👍👍
Thank you :)
I sometimes envy tall men. But this feeling turns into compassion once I see how they struggle sitting in the plane or train seat not knowing what to do with their long legs.
Great journey.
Lovely, enjoyed the tour with you, regards from Quetta.
Can you please share fare details....
When standard trains ran Between Moscow and Berlin (DDR), they terminated at the Berlin Lichtenberg to accomodate the larger Russian coaches and sleepers.
Ismo Leppänen And the Stadtbahn stations didn’t have the capacity to have the overnight trains to stay a long time like Lichtenberg does.
Wow...Amazing video..I want to travel it one day..
okay thank you and good luck with your work
Thanks !!❤☑️🚥
What a wonderful train n journey!
Thanks 👍 bharat 🇮🇳 desh 🚩
Big Thumbs 👍🌷
Simply superb
Very nice video
Just found your Chanel love your content watching some videos on the big tv love it
Thank you :)
@@Trainvikingwe’re the next trip off too or do I have to wait and find out 🙈
Nice trip.
Enjoy ur journey.##India
Interesting.
Nice
I'm your new Subscriber really nice Channel
Thank you :)
I think that this kind of travel is not possible anymore! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 The COVID pandemic and later Putin's aggression of Ukraine stopped these wonderful services. These are the good old times we, as railfans are missing so much!
So true. Would be great if it's possible again. Now there are only loosers and no winners with the current situation.
@@Trainvikingя из России, и мне очень жаль, что больше нет возможности ездить на поездах в Европу. Я никогда не был в Евросоюз, и сейчас просто мечтаю возвращении поезда Стриж Москва - Берлин, а так же Аллегро Санкт-Петербург - Хельсинки. Это было бы очень здорово, но увы, вряд ли это снова случится. Надеюсь, что наши страны начнут дружить вновь .🇷🇺🤝🇪🇺🤝🇺🇦
A few years ago on holiday in Berlin as I always get the local weekly travel for bus and rail my wife and I took the Sbahn that encircles the city and can thoroughly recommend it for anyone wanting to see parts of the city not on the tourist map , hopping off and on when and where you just felt like
Nice spanish train. VIVA ESPAÑA!
Perfect ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Well that was a very interesting video clip about "NOTHING"
Heel mooi! Greetings from Berlin
the great Train Journey Berlin to Moscow
Hey you have the same intro soundtrack as Theme Park Crazy^^
Also: Greetings from Berlin^^
Haha, it's just a royalty free sound from the youtube music library. Greetings back from The Hague.
Nice one. And lovely music. May I know the name of the track please? Thanks and good luck. Cheers!
my dreams also hope to journey same route
Привет из России! Было интересно наблюдать за вашим путешествием!
Езжу на поезде "Стриж" из Москвы в Нижний Новгород. Удобно. Но из Берлина в Москву на сидячих местах это я думаю тяжело.
Там купейные
Hello, nice travel! Are the sleeping cars compartments accessible by people on wheelchair?
Yes they do have some compartments for people in a wheelchair, unfortunately I couldn't film in there.
WOW!!! Is a very good information!!! Many thanks! :)
How can I book those tickets, and what are the costs? Because NS International does not provide ticket services to that destination.
Do you have the link to getting tickets for this train?
hey @trainviking weet je toevallig of de trein nu nog rijd in verband met het coronavirus?
When the Russian and German kid have a partner social studies project on transportation.
???
theres one thing im missing and thats the traveltime at the different rides
Hello, your link from Moscow to Samara is the same as the one from Berlin to Moscow. Kindly update.
Thank you for letting me know :).
I updated this. You can also find all video's when you look at my channel but the links should be okay when I give this of course.
Geregeld met de ICE trein naar Berlijn gereisd, krijg er meteen weer zin in !
Nice trip report going between Berlin to Moscow on that modern train Yh there should be more than one charging outlet in a 4 berth sleeper because if some people want to charge there devices at the same time it would cause arguments but anyway Moscow on Russia is the start of many very long distance rail journeys like Paris to Moscow express (transeurope) or Moscow to vladivostok (transsibérian) I've heard there's also trains from moscow to China not sure about North Korea
Hey, yeah there's a train to Vladivostok, that has once per week a North Korean car attached to it. So it's nit via China as i mention in the video (or did i said this in another video?). Next time I'm going to Russia by train I'll try to take the Paris - Moscow train (although this train is cheaper and fits better into my budget).
@@Trainviking Paris Moscow train goes through Germany Poland and Belarus would be an interesting trip
@@Trainviking Ницца-Москва есть такой поезд
Nice - Moscow train
Like from Russia
Journey across the Eurasia continent, the world island.
Does the route still exist? I haven't seen it...
Nice report. BTW I was told it was illegal for a non-Russian or Belarus to take train, motorcycle or car across their border since 2011. How did you do it?
I know there are some official limitations. But I also know that they make an exception when you take a train that comes from Western Europe (in this case the EU) to Russia. I'm not allowed to take for example a train from Minsk to St. Petersburg (what would make more sense if you're planning to go to St. Petersburg) or to travel on a train that starts in Belarus but this is fine. This is a kind of complicated to explain and rules may change as well by the day (als depending on what kind of passport you have).
@@Trainviking Thanks. I made the trip from Ireland to Moscow about 10 years ago on a motorcycle with a Belarus transit visa and Russian visa, now I'd like to repeat trip by train and go a bit further. Will make a route decision closer to time.Enjoyed your vlogs essential details, good English
So nice! I'm planning to go to Ireland by train and ferry as well (I'm planning too much I have to say). When I'm lucky I might have videos for your entire journey (more or less).
One little question: when crossing the Polish-Belarusian border, will your passport get stamped at both sides, or just on the Belarusian side? (I once crossed the Croatian-Slovenian border and I did not even get stamped at either side, even holding a Chinese passport with Spanish residence card.)
Okay this is a very interesting question and also political (I don't know if it's political when you're Chinese by the way). Officially all border crossings between Belarus and Russia over land are not allowed for European Union residents due to the sanctions against Russia, Russia does this back to be annoying to us. However, they tolerate it when you have a visa for Russia and Belarus and your train journey starts or ends in the European Union (since there are trains from all over the European Union to Russia). All trains from the European Union will cross the same border between Belarus and Russia so this means this is the only border where they tolerate it when you cross it. I never heard people got denied because of crossing this border the way I told you. However when you want to go by train from Belarus to St. Petersburg, you need to travel to Moscow first and otherwise it should be to Tallin and than you can cross the border from Estonia to Russia.
When I go back to your question. The passports where checked at both sides of the border. When you enter the European Union over land they will check everything really well but when you leave the E.U. it's pretty easy in general, they just check your identity to see if you're not a criminal. Croatia and Slovenia used to be one country of course so maybe they just work together, it's both e.u. but Croatia is no Schengen I guess.
@@Trainviking Thanks a lot to your thorough answer, I am only asking because I am curious about collecting border check stamps lol. Exactly because Croatia is not inside Schengen area, so sometimes passports will get stamped, but the curious thing is that I entered Croatia from Hungary, where I got stamped at both sides, but when I got back from Croatia to Slovenia, no stamps. Maybe it just depends on the local authorities.
@@Trainviking Due to the so-called Chinese-Russian friendship, I guess things will get smoother lol. Maybe I should check some information on websites of Consulates for further research. Thanks again and wish you all the best!
I don't have a stamp for Russia indeed.
Do you need a separate visa for Belarus of your just traveling through?
If your country is not on the visa-free list, then yes, you will need a Belarus transit visa for this journey.
Сколько идет и сколько стоит?
Sehr schöner Film gut erklärt hat Spaß gemacht ein Abo von mir
👍🙂
Better train than these my mom took back in the 70s.
What are the visa requirements to take the train?
This really depends on your nationality. I needed a Visa for both Belarus and Russia for this trip.
People say it is impossible for foreigners to travel via land from Belarus to Russia. Is it the case for you? How did you do it?
Yeah on paper that's true. But in reality it's fine as lohg as you travel by train that comes from the European Union. Once or twice per year when there's a conflict with a specific county, the Russians can deny acces to one or two passengers, more symbolic. When you travel to St. Petersburg for example you must as a western european always travel via Moscow.
Stations in Russia are very Beautiful❤
There are many beautiful railway stations indeed.
почему, я! я, не вижу других комментариев от Русских!? 👍
The Finnish railways have the same 1520 mm as the Russian railways, because was a Grand Duchy of the Imperial Russia.
I know, I did this a little too fast (only my second video, edeting takes so much time, I was happy when I finished it)
Trainviking I thought Finland is 1524mm?
@@Trainviking I want to see this complete video, please!
Pretty same: Russia has 1520 mm, but Finland - 1524 mm 😉✌️
@@erik_griswold Yeah: Finland has 1524 mm gauge and Russia - 1520 mm. But both can use the same cars/locomotives, as Allegro rapid train between Saint Petersburg and Helsinki 🙂
THANKS FOR VIDEO....JITEN PATEL INDIA jzpatelut..
how must it cost
Single journey ?
Moscow to Berlin
no it doesnt need new wheels on border to russia, because guage in belarus is the same.
The gauge changes from the standard 1435 to Soviet 1520 mm in Brest at the Poland to Belarus border. The Strizh train, which is actually Spanish Talgo 9, employs a patented Spanish technology to quickly move and fix wheels from one gauge to another without changing the bogeys.
How and where did you go through Russian passport control?
At this moment, it's not possible. However, back then, I didn't go through Russian pasport control, only in Belarus. Officially, that's not allowed for Westerners, but they basically allow everyone with a Western European pasport to go to Russia by any train that started in the E.U.
Only occasionally, they pick out some passengers to provocative for political reasons (and on paper, they have the right to do so).
Even now, with the entire political situation, I think it would be great to see this service relaunched again. It's an important transportation method for people visiting family for example.
@@TrainvikingNormally you need an extra transit-visa for Belarus.
Moskva? Not Moskau?
Please write me!I have 4 Koffer Bagage,
I don't like the use of such a wide angle lens, makes everything look dreadful.
How you much Ticket Form Berlin-Moscow??!
Prices depend on the accommodation, I think I've laid around € 150,-
I've heard that you can't cross the border from Belarus to Russia by train if you're not Russian/Belarussian. Is this true?
On paper yes, in reality not. But they only allow you to this when you're in a train that started in the E.U.
@@Trainviking What should you do to be allowed to do that? I wanted to take this route for quite a while, but I'm worried that I might get into trouble.
Also, you wrote that the train has to start in the EU. Does it mean that a trip in the opposite direction is impossible?
@@MB-ny6is pretty sure you can just do it
The Russian tracks are broader than European Tracks to halt invading armies and their supplies from West..This was the Tsars idea
How come you were allowed to cross the Belarusian-Russian border as a westerner?
They just allow you. Every westerner can do this. Only on paper they don't allow you to do this but in reality it's fine (as long as your in a train that started in western Europe)
@@Trainviking Hmm. But I imagine that I still need a Russian visa.
@@ethankellogg8087 absolutely. Both for Russia and Belarus
I wonder if there is enough demand to run Moscow Minsk Berlin Hannover Amsterdam the Border Station being Emmerich Am Rhein like the EN447 Jan Kipura Amsterdam Utrecht Arnhem Oberhausen Duisburg Bochum dortmund Hannover Helmstedt Marienborn Berlin Moscow Minsk via Warsaw Frankfurt Am Oder. Otherwise use the shortcut which is the Heneglo Bad Bentheim Osnabrück railway line bypassing the Duisburg Oberhausen-Arnhem Utrecht Amsterdam railway line if RZD Belarusian railways PKP Poland NS Netherlands Deutsche Bahn Germany wanted an Amsterdam to Moscow Talgo train. At Moscow there is a connection is available to Moscow Vladivostok train with Coaches to Pyongyang via Tumangan Khasan North Korea Russia border station. Also the Strizh is useful provided one has to go to Hong Kong from Berlin by changing trains at Moscow and Beijing from Berlin and Amsterdam.
Wtf is your question?
Average speed for this 1800km distance 80 km/h (covered in 23 hrs) is a shame. Certainly several things need to be improved / upgraded. Certainly, the technology exists to have this train cover this distance at only 12hrs or less. The luxurious train could still be used for a night time scheduling between Berlin and Moscow in both directions. For exampe, the night time sleeper train leaving either Berlin or Moscow at 21:00 hrs to arrive in the morning 12 hrs later. Daytime scheduling with regular EC type trains leaving either Berlin or Moscow at 6:00am arriving in the other city in the early evening.
Kudos for eliminating the bogie exchange rituals, but please fix the average speed.
I understand what you mean, however this is also the experience of traveling. It doesn't need to be fast all the time. For a sleeper train on this distance it would be nice though to see it arriving a bit earlier at the day.
Somehow I think in the future, when there will be high-speed sleeper trains, there might be some great developments on this topic. For example, Amsterdam - Malaga, this is for 95% on high-speed lines and would provide a great connection (let's make it commercial more realistic and lets say Paris - Malaga).
Tomorrow go by this train from Berlin to Moscow. Hope compartments aren’t too tiny. Have heard many bad reviews on this train. Seems like Spanish manufacturer Talgo knows few about long distance journeys. Russian Siemens cars are much better.
I've heard some great stories as well on the Siemens cars in Russia. And talgo is pretty good. It depends a bit on the route as well. For example talgo high speed trains are really nice (I did a trip report on this as well, will be online soon). Enjoy your ride!
Hi Matvey and Trainviking!. Could you show me some of this reports. I feel curiosity for compare both cars, but I can not find anything.
@@ReBemolMayor You can find lot's of video's on my channel.
The other Talgo trains I have video's on:
Astana - Almaty (almost the same as this route): ua-cam.com/video/8wJh5SYE34E/v-deo.html
Lisbon - Hendaye (oldest one): ua-cam.com/video/0k8HtxPEAwA/v-deo.html
Sevilla - Madrid (no sleeper train, it's a high-speed train): ua-cam.com/video/LqFvoJe1f70/v-deo.html
3:23 (info for me)
23 hours!!, people could take a plane it's not like they can't afford it.
I already wrote a comment, saw a typo but I deleted it, instead of hitting the edit button...
Planes are faster indeed, take in consideration, you need to go from the city centre to the airport, through customs, do your luggage, so the plain will cost more time than might look. Despites that, this will safe a night in a hotel. Apart from that the environmental impact by plane is a lot more than when you travel by train. Planes are really damaging to.the environment.
And when it comes to costs, if depends on your nationality, but since I also needed a visum for Belarus, I think the plane would be cheaper after all for people with a European Union passport.
Just you are not a train fan 😉
Can an EU citizen cross Belarus-Russia border on this train?
This is a very grey area. You can but officially its not allowed. However, they let you do this.
BERLIN DEIN GESICHT HAT SOMMERSPROSSEN
HILDEGARD KNEF
'Strizh' in Russian is pronounced like 'strish'
Voiced consonnant in the end, like French 'j', rather than voiceless 'sh'.
@@as_spb9948 No, it's voiceless 'sh' like in 'тишь', 'видишь', 'лишь'. Voiced consonants are pronounced like their voiceless counterparts at the end of words.
Deutsche Bahn still haven’t managed to properly name “Zürich HB” instead of just “Zürich.” Typical Berlin ignorance.
this reminds me of smt that happend 80 years ago 💀💀💀
Das Video auf Deutsch geht nicht war nur Scheiße Englisch
Dann lern Englisch
変な声で、「とっとと出てけ」とか言うの、止めて。
Titel en ondertitteling in het Nederlands en je bent een Nederlander en je praat in het Engels. Kon je het niet omgekeerd doen? Laat lekker de niet-Nederlands sprekende Engels lezen... jammer echt
Voor die 4% van m'n kijkers uit Nederland?
Helemaal super!
great stuff slow down and give more info on the food!