Inaugural run of EUROPEAN SLEEPER - Europe’s latest night train company
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- Hallo!
Finally! @europeansleeper1156 launched their first night trains between Berlin and Brussels, it's something I was looking forward since its inception back in 2020. As a big fan of night trains, I'm so excited for this service but was it any good ?
Enjoy :)
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RECORDED IN MAY 2023
Railway company: European Sleeper
Train type: Traxx, AB30 and Bcvmz
From: Berlin Hbf to Brussels Midi
Time: 10h31
Price: details in the video
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00:00 : Intro
01:27 : Press event in Lichtenberg
02:00 : Arrival of the train
02:41 : A single engine!
03:00 : A brother from another mother
03:06 : Different accomodations
03:49 : Boarding
04:22 : Departure !
04:40 : #FensterAuf
05:09 : Deviation
05:41 : Howdy Train Viking
05:58 : First commercial stop in Berlin
06:52 : Spotted departure
07:32 : Compartment tour
08:31 : Leaving Berlin
08:52 : Top notch staff
09:38 : Open window at 140 km/h
10:01: Couchette review
10:30 : Waking up in Amsterdam
11:44 : Breakfast
12:39 : Mid roll ads
13:12 : Rotterdam
14:45 : Rivers crossing
15:22 : I'm already pleased
15:54 : Roosendaal
16:05 : Belgium border
16:17 : Walkthrough
19:53 : Toilets Time
20:24 : Antwerp
21:30 : Oh hi HSTs
22:32 : Approaching Brussels
23:35 : Arrival/thoughts
24:15 : Outro
15:54 Very sorry, it's Roosendaal not Rozendaal... 🥺
Roosendaal aside, there’s actually also a town called ‘Rozendaal’. It is located next to the city of Arnhem and one of the smallest and most prosperous municipalities of the Netherlands. But without a railway connection, so not that prosperous 😁
Thanks for this trip report! Really enjoyed it! I have a trip coming up to Berlin in October in the sleeper car. I really like this first glimpse of what to expect! 👍🏽
@@Srananbloke That's why, I looked up on Google and it showed me straight up Rozendaal.
@@Srananbloke velp station is only 2km away from rozendaal, so it kindoff has a railway connection.
Bit of a silly mistake as you can see the station signs in the video, but at least you realised you made a error ;)
its good to see my home city get mentioned in a video and in a comment by the owner ;))
It feels weird having a simply railway upload not on a Friday 😅
It's great to see that sleeper trains have a revival in Europe. I hope for many more lines to come in the future.
Sleeper trains have never disappeared from Europe. They had just been phased out and abandoned in *Western* Europe but Westerners invariably believe that Europe is limited to Western Europe.
same, and hopefully a few more car sleepers will pop up as well. As you still have the freedom of having your own car. With all the positives of sleeper trains.
@@majy1735Yeah mate, western europe is part of it.
But when talking sbout european tourism. Literally no-one means aby country more east than Prague
@@RobertDoornbosF1 First, it's completely preposterous and false to claim that no tourist goes further East than Prague. I am a living example and proof of the contrary and hundreds of thousands of people do the same as me. Just don't take your personal narrow-mindedness for everyone's case. Second, your claim that "Western Europe is part of Europe" is just incredibly stupid. Of course is it but it's a tautology and above all it's just not the point. The point is that Europe is (much) larger than just Western Europe.
For short, go to Hell with your crap!
And I hope that they will use new, modern choaches🫠
Still very proud to have serviced you and the first ride of this train as a traffic controller from Roosendaal to your most favourite station!
Thanks Thibault for the "extra" episode... it is great to see that a more conventional service can sucessfully share space with other high-speed trains and be accomodating to the traveling public...
Also, I wish that there were trains like this in North America... Amtrak Superliners seem to be the only overnight accomodation, more conventional equipment like this would just make sense for the shorter overnight routes.
Looks an interesting proposition! It's good to see night services returning to European tracks. I've enjoyed a few overnight journeys on my occasional forays to Germany, including the now vanished Talgos that ran between Frankfurt am Main Hbf/München Hbf and Berlin Charlottenburg.
You may be in luck yet. DB recently signed an order for ICE-L railsets built by Talgo. So far, they've received a couple as far as I know and are undergoing testing. However, knowing that the Talgo sets already have the compatibility for gauge change using Talgo's RD VGA, it's possible you might see multi-day sleepers from Madrid to Berlin via Paris, Brussels-Midi, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Hamburg in the future.
It's frustrating a bit at how the price of couchettes and sleepers will be an obstacle to many people. If you can choose between an 1 hr flight for €30 and a 10 hour journey in a seat for €70, it will still make people choose flying.
Because I wouldn't do 10 hour trip in a seat!
I wish more sleepers would do what Vy is doing, which is lie flat seats. Much more affordable than a couchette with 5 other strangers.
@@techtutorvideos Yeah, discussing US railway in the same context as Euro railway is like discussing US healthcare in the same context as Euro one. Apples and pears. It doesn't compare.
Hopefully Brightline brings some competition.
I once took the öbb nightjet from Innsbruck Austria to Brussels Belgium, I usually drive that route but had one too many speeding tickets on the autobahn in Germany so i wanted to try this. The price was unbelievable, 30 euros one way in a seat compartment, 13 hours! Well, it was very comfortable and I was even able to push my seat forward to meet the seat facing me and was able to sleep very well. Too bad they stopped that route, will have to drive again next time.
Oooh I WANT to sleep in one of those 1950s coaches - don’t change it before I get there!!! 😹
1:42 love the sound of the Berlin S-Bahn. So iconic.
16:15 the catanary switches at the border yes, but the voltage has already switched just after roosendaal. It was done so that belgian trains can run a small bit into the netherlands without needing to be bicurrent or have other safety measures (3kv trains can drive at 1,5kv at lesser power, and they are limited to 40km/h, because of not having the dutch security sysem). Because of that they switch voltage and security system just after Roosendaal, so that the belgian trains can get some speed.
Nice train and a nice price too. I used to stand at the open windows for hours when i was younger - until i was totaly freezing :-) Hopefully they will bring a sleeper Berlin to Oslo one day.
What a terrific surprise! Thanks for uploading this bonus video for us😊
Train travels are so mind relaxing that I use your videos as a anti-stress! Thank you!
Another great report! Thank you! Exciting to have another sleeper route.
It was lovely to bump into you the other day, editing this video! 😊 We were the two Australians travelling with a Eurail pass. Thanks again for all your work. We love watching your videos 😊
And as always, a very good video. I love watching yours, they are very calm and I love the atmosphere, the passion you put in...the work behind, not only for the editing but for the filmaking, seems huge.
Continue like that, even if I don't know much about the different train that exists, your videos always gives me the dose of knowledge for a day 😁
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Well done!! You have a great voice!! Love the changes.
Great trip report and you met Train Viking... so cool!!!
Amazing report!! I am very excited about this train company as well. This is what we needed for ages. And the dream seems to come true! 😍
Beautiful.. Absolutely loved it
Greetings from Fort Worth/Dallas, TX. Great review as always, Thibault. And thanks for sneaking in this extra trip. I have never been to Europe but would love to make it there one day. It is on my "bucket list" of things to do. If I have lived over there I think I might be just like you, just getting on a train and going somewhere different each time.
Congratulations for "European Sleeper"! I hope for more routes & newer rolling stock! 👍🙂
Great video! 😊
great jurney and train, like always!!
Wow, that was a long train....great video as always
Great to see this. If the service extends to Prague in time for my trip next year, I'll be a happy camper!
Absolutely loved it
Amazing video, keep it up!
Brilliant to see a new enterprise and I hope it’s successful, I’m a massive fan of overnight sleeper trains and from humble beginnings it can grow into a popular route, superb post
Glad Europe is starting more night trains. I would chose sleeping accommodations for me only. Inaugural runs usually have a minor problem but disappear quickly.
Thank you Thibault for a nice review💋😀
It's great to see night sleeper trains again !! In the 60s I did use Night Trains quite often (Couchette only, could not afford Sleeper, and Flying was expencive too.) But it was a good way to travel, and did save one day's Holiday !!!
Great idea. As I travel from Edinburgh/Scotland to Wrocław/ Poland i can use that sleeper now. Travel by train be 💚 green
Thibault this was another great video! From other reports I learned that your train was diverted via Bremen Hbf but apparently you were sound asleep then:))) Greetings from Groningen (NL) Hans
thanks for the coverage. hope to try it someday.
Thibault, your enthusiasm is contagious!
Thank you, Thibault! I’m very excited about this new route.
I must admit, I LOL’d and nearly spilled my morning coffee at the shot of the phone charging cable!!!😂
Thank you it seem like it was a great and restful trip. Glad Europe is bringing sleepers back.
Sleeper trains have never disappeared from Europe. They had just been phased out and abandoned in *Western* Europe but Westerners invariably believe that Europe is limited to Western Europe.
Great trip, finally another brand new sleeper train company in Europe.
Gesellschaft für Fahrzeugtechnik and Train Rental International being best buddies again I see :D
Nice report. Great to see another new service start - but I think that wheel flat would have kept me awake all night! lol
Looks like a very useful service (and YAY more night trains).
Thanks for showing this epic journey to Brussels ( I am from Brugge Belgium). Once I did a journey, Brugge- Brussels- Aachen-Frankfurt-Dresden! It was changing of trains so many times, and delays! Would like to travel to Berlin this year with the Night train
Great Video of the Nite Sleeper
I’d love to see an Amtrak superliner in Europe. Also a night train that ran from Trondheim, Norway all the way to the southern end of Italy.
Superliners are massive. Do they fit in the tunnels or platforms of Europe?
@@johncarl5505 , I think in some countries but not all. I think they would in Sweden because they have quite a few double deck commuter trains in Sweden. Their tunnels are quite high because of the freight trains carry a lot of stacked forestry products.
Very good service! I am somewhat dissapointed to hear wheel flats in an inaugural journey though.
I'm pleased to finally have a night train in Antwerp. Last year I went to Berlin by Flixbus, but next time I'll definitely try out this train! :D
Sticking your head out of the train in the Brussels tunnel looked very scary ':o
I’m so glad this train exists, it’s going to help me out crossing Belgium to Berlin without flying and without wasting a day . When the Barcelona train becomes a reality it’ll open everything up even more
i was in Brussels in that day y'all arrived shame i missed that train i really wanted to see it and also wave a little hello to you 😅 but didn't have time to be wandering around Brussels-Midi, ooh well maybe next time, i also adore Antwerpen-Central it's simply 🤌🤌 also Brussel-Central i just how retro it is and the tunnel platforms feel so refreshing it has like nice air currents.
Awesome video! Too bad my hometown of Haarlem wasn’t included in the video. It was great seeing that train rolling through our old station.
It was nice to see part of the journey through the Netherlands. My dad's home town was Enschede. I remember traveling to Rotterdam by train on a family trip in 1971.
Ça a l’air génial
Super!!!
Greeting from antwerp central i live there in antwerp and i have amazing footage of the train im proud they did it bringing a night train back they should keep on going 😃😃👌👌👍
I would love to have a ride with my kids,hoping for a great ad memorable experience.Thanks for starting such project.
Let's gooooo! we all needed this train. and as a czech i am very hapy there will be a night service straight from prague to belgium and the netherlands
And with the Barcelona service, it could potentially extend into Spain.
@@iamthestig1 currently the 6 hour tgv from paris to Barcelona is not good enough 😂
Those Traxx 186s are pretty powerful. They're mostly used to haul some freight trains!
A special Tuesday video!! How fortunate we are. 😁
I started my journey back home to germany at the station of Antwerp. Beatiful as you said.
Great video!
I can't help but notice the clacking in the beginning! Love the look tho
Old school ahah
Way better to have a train that's useful than one that's nice to look at & too expensive for many to ride...
Great review! It looks like an excellent budget option for travelers, particularly if you consider that, as a tourist, you'd have to get a hotel for the night anyway. It would have been nice if they'd given the couchette coaches a fresh coat of paint, or even a wash, before their debut.
Nice video
Thanks again for a great video! Watching it, I came across the website of back-on-tracks, where I found an astonishing map of nighttrains in Europe. The nighttrain is not just reviving on our continent, it is alive and kicking. We only have to bring it up to be a good adult.
We'll just have to wait untill the traincompanies of four major countries get the same idea: France, Spain and Italy (only domestic routes) and Germany that refuses to exploit nighttrains whatsoever and askes for high fees to let one from another country pass. Hopefully Europe's Green Deal will persuade or even force them to start thinking differently.
4:26 Such a shame seeing the VT 18 on the side track with the paint peeling off. I really hope this beautiful train gets to carry railfans again someday....
They're actually restoring one of the units right now!
Very nice
Historically, there were loads of sleepers in the west. I remember when the they busted the sleeper "Jack Barsky" in 97.
Great to see the sleepers finally coming back!
Nice job on the report! I wish in the future they can link Brussels with Barcelona and hopefully use the old Estació de França as a terminus for night trains... It's very sad to see the use it's being given today.
The revival of European sleeper trains is exciting. More and more people are using them!
I remember taking the Berlin-Paris night train long time ago. It was 4 years after the wall fell, and it was a former East Bloc train. Pretty creaky!
I love the sleeper trains
Me alegra ver los vagones de siempre y una forma de viajar cómoda y tranquila.
We need to get to a point where this is a short 3 hour train, and the sleeper goes much further. But not a bad start!
Excellent trip report remember Germany and Austria have the same voltage and signalling system that's why you can find an Austrian ÖBB Baureihe 1016-1216 run services in Germany
super cool. Seems it has some bike rack on wagon 10. Nonetheless I have not seen bike reservations as an option on the website...
J’aime les vidéos de ce canal. Tu est très mignon. 😉 Et tu te parles anglais très bien. 👍
Nice train, nice video. Many flat tyres on the train.
right?! most of the carriages went super smooth when the train left Gesundbrunnen but some wheels 9:31 went "whackwhackwhack" also on the one he was traveling on. I wouldn't be nostalgic about stuff like this but rather concerned about maintenance regimen with private operators.
I'm glad you finally got out of your basement!
I look forward to more night trains in Europe. More travelers might be willing to take them rather than rely on airplanes. Who wants to look at clouds? Great job, Thibault. Nice to run into Train Viking.
It can't compete on price with airlines
The fares for the night trains will have to be a lot less expensive and the accommodations much better. After 2-3 years of covid terrorizing by governments, masking , social distancing, lock downs, how many people are willing to crowd in with 5 strangers in a car that doesn't even have AC.
If you are going to be stuffed into a sardine can you might as well get it over quick and at lower cost.
1965 called and they want their train back.
4:36 - look in the background - I can't wait to see this train back in service. Sure, the ÖBB Nightjet is the leader when it comes to nighttrain service, but they're not the only ones any more. I'm glad night trains are coming back.
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I love this start of a new franchise!
(Uh, you need to crank down the outside wind noise in some of the shots…☹️)
Love it! More trains not planes indeed. If only we could get with that program here in the US.
Lol, maybe one day :)
Aaaaaah Antwerp my home i hope you do more in belgium
Hello!
Europe does have the best and wonderful trains. Including countries that you have visited or went to. 😊
In case you are wondering why a Cargo locomotive is hauling this train is a cargo locomotive.
DB class 186 is a Bombardier Traxx F140 MS with certifications for Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands (DABNL) and comes with the needed Belgian and Dutch Electical Systems.
It is great to see the night trains back in Europe. You know what would even be greater. Sleeping versions of AVE/Thalys/ICE. From Malaga ( Spain ) to Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, A ) Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam e.g. B) Strassbourg towards Berlin or Hamburg. Large, large distances while sleeping. 😴😴🤤💤
Sleeper trains have never disappeared from Europe. They had just been phased out and abandoned in *Western* Europe but Westerners invariably believe that Europe is limited to Western Europe.
"Invited along with the press.... " Dude - you *are* the rail press. 🙌
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5:42 doc7austin is on the ride too.
7:14 Thibaaaaaaaaaault
14:31 I can see The Dreamliner doc7austin from here.
Toilets time mmmm I love this part . I'm so happy to see this video
👍 grüsse aus berlin
Great train, but badly needs new rolling stock, fast. The AB30's are nearly as old as my father... and i already complain about the french Corails which are "only" as old as me :D
Public authorities should also find a way to lower these prices... because for cheaper I can take ICE/ICE between Brussels and Berlin, and it's pretty fast (when DB doesn't run into trouble, which I admit is becoming a rare thing)
Hopefully there's a restaurant car in the near future. Would be nice to have.
Booked a journey on this one for october, but sad I cannot board in Hannover which means I have to go east first to catch a train going west...
Was that the VT 18.16 dmu in Lichtenberg station? Can you do a trip report on that trains 😍
Its always standing on the station in belguim called denderleeuw. It will stand there always when not driving.
13:45 Correction, Rotterdam hasn't had an international night train connection for years. There has been an hourly domestic night service to Amsterdam and Utrecht since the 1970s
I would love to see Renfe turn the Torre del Oro between Cadiz and Barcelona into a night train.
There are night trains in Italy, from north to south and back….
16:02, uhh, you said this at Essen while the switch to 2kv was already just after Roosendaal lol
I took the train a few times, but they were still struggling with getting everything working. Lots of not-working bathrooms etc. My main issue though is that there is no (good?) way to track the train online (and it is not really integrated into the other rail companies' info systems). So knowing if it's running late, changed tracks, or you missed it because your connecting train had a massive delay is something that needs to be improved before I take it again. Otherwise a good idea I supported.
Are those stainless steel cars related to Budd-built classics that are still running on the "Canadian"??
Via Rail in Canada is so slow, a night train seems like it would be a great move.
Please review some trains in Japan. I would to hear your thoughts on the Sunrise Izumo and Seto along with the revamped Gran Class on many northern Shinkansen routes