14 hours on a Night Train between Czech Republic and Switzerland - Euronight Canopus

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2024

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  • @Ralphie224
    @Ralphie224 6 місяців тому +22

    those open window shots were great......you can almost feel the wind blowing in your face.........thanks

  • @michaelhall8586
    @michaelhall8586 6 місяців тому +14

    It’s beautiful seeing the contrast from how chilly it is on the outside versus how cosy it looks on the inside

  • @dragoner3211
    @dragoner3211 6 місяців тому +16

    1:05 Currently the EN50466/50465 cannot run due to broken bridge in Austria, so the sleeping cars are hauled on EC Canopus.
    It's expected to return right before Summer holidays, let's hope they will repair it on time.

  • @tomcat4178
    @tomcat4178 6 місяців тому +23

    The yellow train you observed looks like one of DB‘s track evaluation trains. Great video as always 👍🙂

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 6 місяців тому +2

      A German Dr Yellow

  • @Trains_Adventures_CZ
    @Trains_Adventures_CZ 29 днів тому +1

    Nice video and EC Canopus goes through Ústí nad Labem and I live there 😁😁😄

  • @philippenaluna2312
    @philippenaluna2312 6 місяців тому +3

    Merci beacoup, Thibault. Il voit un bon journée et pas plus cher! Fantastique!!

  • @d.i.z.04
    @d.i.z.04 6 місяців тому +12

    The RDC couchette is used here because ČD (ex-ÖBB) couchettes can only do 160 km/h, Germans require 200 km/h on this train. ČD would have enough of their own couchettes if they haven't rented two to ZSSK for the EuroNight Slovakia train.
    Also, as someone who works on these, not many colleagues, me included, like them, as they suffer from technical issues a lot

    • @martinum4
      @martinum4 6 місяців тому +2

      160 km/h is fine for me, i was sad when i heard they want to cancel the Knödelexpress from Berlin to Prague because the rolling Stock is not fast enough ;-(

    • @d.i.z.04
      @d.i.z.04 6 місяців тому +3

      @@martinum4 there should be new trains, although they fucked it up a little. No restaurant car, only smaller bistro car. And the capacity didn't increase, which is bad on such a frequently overloaded connection

  • @vlastimilmaselnik
    @vlastimilmaselnik 6 місяців тому +3

    Ahh, Canopus, took this one last year to Karlsruhe, where I switched to TGV going to Paris and then to Eurostar from Paris to London where I got early afternoon. All with pretty generous time buffers for train changes. Worst part of travelling by train from Prague to western europe is getting out of CZ to first decently connected German (or Austrian) city and this train is a great help in that. Though for London it's even better to use European Sleeper since this year.

  • @carmenhepp8505
    @carmenhepp8505 6 місяців тому +3

    I bought your Book a few days ago, and it’s really good. It helped me plan my journey to England. Thank you very much!

  • @carmenhepp8505
    @carmenhepp8505 6 місяців тому +6

    The Yellow train is indeed for Maintenance and track control. On the side it says Netz Instandhaltung which means Track Repair

  • @simonh6371
    @simonh6371 6 місяців тому +8

    Wow the breakfast pack was half Austrian! Pfanner juice, Manner Schnitten, and Kaiser rolls. Nice! Czech food is great too.

    • @druhyprogram
      @druhyprogram 6 місяців тому +2

      Kaiser rolls are very very popular in CZ and SK 😁 maybe a heritage from the old monarchy?

    • @simonh6371
      @simonh6371 6 місяців тому

      @@druhyprogram Absolutely a heritage from the old monarchy. There's a lot of cross-over in food items and recipes between all countries of the old monarchy. I lived in Austria for 4 years. Topfengulatsch is one pastry I remember being very popular there, I think Gulatsch is their spelling of kulakz (?) from Czechia (Bohemia). Other examples which are common in Austria are Gulasch, Letzko(gemuse) and lots more.
      I can get a fair few products I used to eat in Austria in a local Balkan (ex-Yugoslavian countries, not Bulgaria/Romania) which is nice. Also Polish shops stock a lot of products the same as or similar to Austrian and German equivalents. Between those and Lidl I can eat a lot of Austrian and German food (lived 7 years in Germany too).
      A Portuguese colleague at work was surprised when I said I liked Austrian food, until I explained to him that it also encompassed food from a lot of other countries, or parts of them. Poland (Silesia); Hungary; Czechia; Slovakia; Ukraine; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia; Italy. 10 countries counting Austria! The same applies to Hungarian food for example, it's also eaten in Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, and probably more countries.
      Brunch today consisted of sourdough rye from the Balkan shop, with ajvar (paprika spread common all over the Balkans); szynka or Schinken (fatty ham) from Tesco's Polish section, and Emmethaler from Lidl. With slices of tomato and raw green pepper, and paprika and aromat sprinkled on the cheese. With Austrian Rauch brand apricot juice and German Tschibo coffee, both from my local Kurdish supermarket!

  • @gallidakias
    @gallidakias 6 місяців тому +4

    Im your fan,you speak to my heart ! !
    Before many years i traveled with xSNCF sleeping car (WLB) from Thessaloniki to Athens,when Greece had night trains.
    Also,whole of my life i loved night trains with sleeping carriages, its so magical and like dream

  • @scottyerkes1867
    @scottyerkes1867 6 місяців тому +6

    Good looking accomodation. And a private couchette. I would prefer sleeping alone.
    Thanks Thibault💚👌

  • @rezaalan3991
    @rezaalan3991 6 місяців тому +3

    Great trip. It's great you have private couchette compartment. Yellow Train always associated with Maintenance Train.

  • @EElgar1857
    @EElgar1857 6 місяців тому +9

    I believe Leipzig Hbf. is the largest station in Europe, and maybe the world!
    I was there once in DDR times, and there were only two trains in the whole place: the one I rode in on, and one being washed by an elderly lady, with a mop!

    • @druhyprogram
      @druhyprogram 6 місяців тому +1

      Depends on how you define "largest". Floor area? Leipzig HBf. Number of tracks? New York Grand Central. Most passengers? Tokyo Shinjuku. Most frequent trains? London Clapham Junction.

  • @IndianGeek5589
    @IndianGeek5589 6 місяців тому +2

    Leipzig Hbf is the largest in Europe. It's so large because it was originally built as a partnership between the Prussian and Saxon State Railways. You can still see their respective coat of arms on the entrance.

  • @johnmehaffey9953
    @johnmehaffey9953 6 місяців тому +2

    Great post Thibault, I love your reports on sleeper trains and although the rain interferes with your filming I think it adds a lot of atmosphere, that seems quite inexpensive for the journey, yet another one to add to my bucket list, I’m going to need a bigger bucket guys 😊

  • @AZqyc
    @AZqyc 6 місяців тому +2

    Nice ride, thanks for sharing! [Greetings from Tucson!]

  • @GeraldCavanaugh
    @GeraldCavanaugh 6 місяців тому +5

    Leipziig Hauptbanhof has 19 platforms and a two level shopping mall in the concourse!!

  • @iCE2sKY
    @iCE2sKY 6 місяців тому +1

    Great video indeed, to travel by train is a most relaxing way of moving, especially long distances!🚋🚆🚅

  • @Martin-on2pp
    @Martin-on2pp 6 місяців тому +3

    That was a good bike storage👍🚴‍♀️🚂

  • @marcelmuller8572
    @marcelmuller8572 5 місяців тому

    Very beautiful Video. Thank you. I have often taken this Route from Prague to Zurich.
    This path is also interesting during the Day; but with a change in Dresden and Frankfurt. The Journey takes around 12 Hours. But this is definitely not a Problem for real Train Fans

  • @jannovotny6244
    @jannovotny6244 6 місяців тому +4

    I love this train, the carriages are super comfy, possibly the best I've been on in Europe, plus the selection of food on board is excellent. It is unfortunate that the tickets are almost always sold out, because ČD have so few night carriages, and they are REALLY expensive even compared to other night trains.

  • @VincenzRichter-jm3qf
    @VincenzRichter-jm3qf 6 місяців тому +3

    10:19 leipzig is also known for its "mueseumsgleis 24" where old DR locos stand and on tryck 23 is the RE6 by MRB and they use old DR units with loud brakes

    • @avmz111
      @avmz111 6 місяців тому

      RE 6 only until December 2024.

  • @luisstransport
    @luisstransport 6 місяців тому +6

    Great video

  • @SeverityOne
    @SeverityOne 6 місяців тому +4

    Yellow trains are almost always for maintenance, wherever you come in the world. Including the Netherlands, although confusingly, most trains are mostly yellow there. The Japanese, for example, have a yellow Shinkansen called Doctor Yellow.
    Rail maintenance vehicles aren't exclusively yellow; it doesn't necessarily work the other way around. But often, they are.

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 6 місяців тому

      Amtrak maintenance equipment is either orange or a lemon-lime yellow-green

  • @jameslittle4414
    @jameslittle4414 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice job once again, love these videos!

  • @amtrakharry
    @amtrakharry 6 місяців тому

    Just love your night train videos....They are some of the best ones on You Tube...:):):)

  • @devroombagchus7460
    @devroombagchus7460 6 місяців тому +2

    Merci bien! I did the Zürich Prague and back via Austria. More or less the same. Old, but good enough. My only problem is that the part of the train that does this line is quite small, so often full. I understand that via Germany, it is also full. A good thing about night trains is that there is mostly no scenery visible. So I can go to sleep without feeling guilty. 😂.

  • @Adam-ob3vs
    @Adam-ob3vs 6 місяців тому +4

    Hmm, interesting that the train left on time, but the conductor said that the train will be 25 minutes delayed 🤪

  • @kendorman6567
    @kendorman6567 6 місяців тому +2

    Another awesome train video. I had wanted to ask you have you ever had a chance to take a Night Train between Spain and Portugal

  • @OrechTV
    @OrechTV 6 місяців тому +1

    7:45 Oh .. those blue lights are so calming / cozy. For real, when you see the train go slow and with those lights , you want to sleep ^_^ . I would love to try this line that you are on as well of course :) it isn´t that expensive and Switzerland is amazing

  • @ВиталийБойко-з5й
    @ВиталийБойко-з5й 6 місяців тому +3

    Basel Badischer Bahnhof is a DB station on a Swiss soil

  • @frankrogerbuaroy1779
    @frankrogerbuaroy1779 6 місяців тому +1

    Great vlog.I love trains!

  • @robertheinrich2994
    @robertheinrich2994 6 місяців тому +4

    well, the old ones definitively have their charm. and they are built in a sturdy way.
    that's the one thing I'm not so sure about the new nightjets. how well will they age?

  • @Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi
    @Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi 6 місяців тому +3

    Boa viagem simplys de trem ai ótimo vídeo bom trem cama

  • @Lubelski83
    @Lubelski83 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice vidio,train👍🖐️

  • @jessejames2336
    @jessejames2336 6 місяців тому

    Very nice video, I used to travel from Austria to Italy in the seating compartments where you could make a bed. With a blanket it was quite comfy and very cheap compared to couchettes or sleeping cars.

  • @allebello6785
    @allebello6785 6 місяців тому +1

    Fantastico video fantastic video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @percismehta8959
    @percismehta8959 6 місяців тому

    Stations r so hi fi that they remind me off the flick - Terminator.

  • @anbrod1
    @anbrod1 6 місяців тому +2

    Did Hamburg -Basel night train in 1978.

  • @jabberwockytdi8901
    @jabberwockytdi8901 6 місяців тому

    Been to Leipzig station once just after the fall of the GDR, travelled from Bamberg, at the old border the staff and engine switched to Reichsbahn ( Ludmilla) trip down the Saale valley to Leipzig is pretty spectacular but the station was very run down in those days

  • @ceemichel
    @ceemichel 4 місяці тому

    The Canopus is the Nightjet with sections to Berlin and Dresden/Prag. The train is separated/combined in Leipzig.

  • @ringo7561
    @ringo7561 6 місяців тому +3

    That train is nice, you get a discount with a Eurail pass?

    • @bernardbouzon5499
      @bernardbouzon5499 6 місяців тому

      Yup

    • @ringo7561
      @ringo7561 6 місяців тому

      @@bernardbouzon5499 how much of a discount? And is this through OBB Nightjet? They owe me a voucher of 114.00

  • @rte_europe
    @rte_europe 6 місяців тому +2

    08:00 This are not the Twindexx Couches. This are normal Double deck Coaches from 2004

  • @marianmauritz8322
    @marianmauritz8322 6 місяців тому

    Nice Video

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 6 місяців тому +33

    I hate that most European trains keep harsh bright lights on in open seating cars all night.

    • @jannovotny6244
      @jannovotny6244 6 місяців тому +5

      If you're going to be spending the night in an open-plan seating car, the lights are the least of your problems IMHO :D

    • @samtrak1204
      @samtrak1204 6 місяців тому

      @@jannovotny6244 I only book a private cabin for myself if available but harsh bright lights should not punish passengers traveling on a budget.

    • @samtrak1204
      @samtrak1204 6 місяців тому

      @@jannovotny6244 I only book private cabins for myself when available, but harsh bright lights should not punish passengers traveling on a budget.

    • @joeterra.t
      @joeterra.t 6 місяців тому +3

      Yes, that's a real "turn off".

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 6 місяців тому +4

      Amtrak at least turns them way down

  • @fl0dego511
    @fl0dego511 6 місяців тому

    Hey,
    normally the Eurocity Part that ends in Leipzig should have a czech restaurant car, but especially last winter (probably when this was filmed) it often was missing. So you could have good czech dinner or breakfast in the opposite direction ;)

  • @NIN1.6
    @NIN1.6 6 місяців тому +2

    Soon Romania is gonna launch its brand new train, are you going to do a "review"? 😊

    • @DBBravo
      @DBBravo 6 місяців тому +1

      Which train?

    • @paulalex7664
      @paulalex7664 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@DBBravo, as a Romanian, I have to say that the Ministry of Transport purchased some new EMU trains from Poland and will use them as high-speed trains on Romania's main routes. But for now only one EMU is on Romanian soil. 29 more will come until next year I know. There will be 30 EMU-s totally. However, I don't know how fast will they go, since Romania has a very poor infrastructure, and rails are old and not well-maintained.
      And many other trains from Romania are ancient or with outdated interior, dirty and with faulty A/C.
      Despite being a Romanian, I avoid travelling in a Romanian carriage as well, and choose Hungarian ones instead since I live in Transylvania.

  • @YanikCrepeau1
    @YanikCrepeau1 6 місяців тому

    This video brings back sweet and sour memories of a trip I have done on the other side of the Iron Curtain. At that time, the communist regimes were collapsing the ones after the others and I wanted to have a glimpse of something that was in its last moments.
    The main issue was the barrage barrier. At that time, it was easier to use German or French in the Warsaw Treaty countries than English. And be my guest, I had a lot of issues at the Czechoslovakia -East Germany border when the border police decided that my visa was not valid. That night, I almost finished in jail in Dresden. The police gave me a Transit Visum and I had 24 hours to leave the DDR.
    The next day, I took the train from Dresden to Frankfut (auf main) and then, an express train to Paris. When, near Forbach, a guy in uniform ask me "Vos papiers s'il vous plaît", I started crying. "Qu'est-ce qui se passe?" asked the officer, well "C'est la première fois qu'un officier s'adresse à moi dans ma langue sans me crier après parce que je ne comprends pas l'allemand". Three days later, I took my flight back to Montréal and believe it or not, 3 months later I was, once again, in the Eastern Block, in Romania this time.
    In the mean time, I've got some German lessons from the Goete Institue and I was ready for more adventures.

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 6 місяців тому +4

    Why didnt you show us the restored interior of the classic dome in the Prague Railway Station?

    • @jannovotny6244
      @jannovotny6244 6 місяців тому +3

      Because getting the front shot means standing in the middle of a 4-lane highway 😞While beautiful, the historic building is seldom used by locals, you need to go out of your way to reach it. Most of us arrive from the rear or from the underground...

    • @samtrak1204
      @samtrak1204 6 місяців тому +2

      @@jannovotny6244 I took tons of front and interior shots of Prague Station in 2009 but I want to see more interior shots of the restored dome and cafe below.

    • @Europe-By-Train
      @Europe-By-Train 6 місяців тому +3

      @@jannovotny6244 Not necessary. You just take the lift from the main hall and you are at the bus stop with the great view.

    • @jannovotny6244
      @jannovotny6244 6 місяців тому

      While true, you're still at the side of a highway, and that bus stop isn't served by any public transit except for the Airport Express (and Flixbus). It's just completely hostile for the locals...

    • @vlastimilmaselnik
      @vlastimilmaselnik 6 місяців тому

      And locals use metro or tram, no need to go to surface unless using taxi. (ale ano, sherwood je taky hroznej humus ;) )

  • @dearseall
    @dearseall 6 місяців тому +1

    My experience is that you can't by tickets for the south track. Online is not possible and at the train station also cannot sell tickets for this train. Can somebody tell me why this could be?

  • @muchammad-Ilham
    @muchammad-Ilham 6 місяців тому +1

    2:32 Siemens vectron diesel or electric

  • @daveatlantix
    @daveatlantix 6 місяців тому +2

    Are the sleeping cars former DB stock? Before DB cancelled their service, I did Amsterdam to Munich in a private cabin with shower. Those were the days.

    • @Markus-r2b3w
      @Markus-r2b3w 6 місяців тому +1

      Yes the rdc carriages seem to be former DB!

    • @NerdX151
      @NerdX151 6 місяців тому +1

      Nope. They were built for CD by Siemens in the 2000s

  • @ferroviestazioni
    @ferroviestazioni 6 місяців тому +1

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @alexandredubie1772
    @alexandredubie1772 6 місяців тому

    The problem is that (I live in Prague), since each of those trains only one seating coach, one sleeper and one couchette coach doing the whole trip Czechia-Switzerland, in high season, they often are fully booked weeks in advance...

  • @leed206
    @leed206 6 місяців тому

    Another good video, however did have problems with English notes after the ads (1143) all blurred couldnt really read.

    • @MacGuyver85
      @MacGuyver85 6 місяців тому

      Sounds like your video quality degraded, no issue here.

  • @ringo7561
    @ringo7561 6 місяців тому +1

    Did the cart service sell beer?

  • @CalinFR
    @CalinFR 6 місяців тому

    usually, there is a restaurant car up to Leipzig. Was there one this time?

  • @percismehta8959
    @percismehta8959 6 місяців тому

    Afternoon. It's good to hv u back but at times i can't understand yr talk. Gibbish.

  • @tld8102
    @tld8102 6 місяців тому

    If your train goes through germany you can always expect there to be some sort of delay. I’m surprised your train was on time

  • @percismehta8959
    @percismehta8959 6 місяців тому

    G stands for gari, car, train or some sort of ve-hi-c-le in Gujarati n watch/clock in hindi. Also gaay (cow) or guy.

  • @tejmey
    @tejmey 6 місяців тому

    This main station prague is as big as zürich altstäten😂

  • @cleroyster2610
    @cleroyster2610 6 місяців тому +1

    With so few passengers, I suppose, how can this train be profitable 1?

    • @pernik747
      @pernik747 6 місяців тому

      I think it's a commercial product of ,,České dráhy’’, so I guess Its profitable :)

  • @fabb4i2
    @fabb4i2 6 місяців тому

    1:15 Oh, the sign is also in German?

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin 5 місяців тому

      Yes, most of train infrastructure in Czech Republic has 3 languages and German is one of them for some reason, I think it's pointless, Germans should know English in these days, I would keep just Czech and English.

  • @VincenzRichter-jm3qf
    @VincenzRichter-jm3qf 6 місяців тому

    7:55 tahts def not a twindex these coaches are with lococs like br146 (like here) or a true east german loco the br 143

  • @Shuttletrain
    @Shuttletrain 6 місяців тому

    Amid of modern with historical stations in third world countries. How do you feel when you travel in these conditions.,

  • @kevinfranck6520
    @kevinfranck6520 6 місяців тому

    I agree with the Prague Station, creepy and has a sense of old Soviet era decor., But love old city Prague otherwise, food, beer, etc.

    • @Dqtube
      @Dqtube 6 місяців тому +1

      The thing is, it was leased to an Italian company Grandi Stazioni in 2002. The company was responsible for the renovation,but failed. Therefore, the contract was terminated in 2016. Now there is a proposal for renovation, but it will take many years before anything changes.

    • @konkon3955
      @konkon3955 6 місяців тому +2

      I atcually really like Prague main train station. The problem is critical lack of maintenance if it would be clean it would be much nicer. Also the car avenue in front of the old building does not really help either. Dont really understand where do you see soviet decor the building is mainly inspired by Brittish and French postmodern architecture.

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin 5 місяців тому

      it's the same style as in western europe in those days, mostly some variations of Brussels style or brutalism

  • @MrBejkovec
    @MrBejkovec 6 місяців тому +1

    'We are departing on time!'
    Meanwhile the stewars making an announcement of being 25 minutes late on depart...and in Ústí there is '20 minutes late' on the board above the platform.
    Sure, mate.

    • @SimplyRailway
      @SimplyRailway  6 місяців тому

      My bad! From my memories we were on time. Thanks for your comment 🙌

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin 5 місяців тому

      yeah, I was also confused by that 😀

  • @adamholaj3951
    @adamholaj3951 5 місяців тому

    Aš you were getring croasants i heard you speaking czech si Čech

  •  6 місяців тому

    Czechia! Not The Czech Republic!

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 6 місяців тому +3

    Are most classic European stations stub end or through operations? What is the best way to reach you? UA-cam? Twitter? Instagram?

    • @tubegirl1013
      @tubegirl1013 6 місяців тому +4

      in capitals traditionally its all been stub end because the priority has been getting into the city rather than beyond it - this why london has like 11 termini, paris 7 and formerly 9 and madrid and berlin previously having 2 stub-end before getting converted to through-running. only real exception among major european cities to be through running from the start is if its on the way to somewhere more important, e.g. places in North Rhine Westphalia or Bristol Temple Meads. but on the whole they start as terminus stations on a line to/from the city then if deemed necessary due to train frequency it'll be converted into through running (like what's happening in stuttgart). so in answer to your first question they're stub-end until converted to throughrunning, and a significant amount are still stub-end, though notable projects like Berlin Hbf, Vienna Hbf and Madrid-Atocha's modernisation are making progress in changing this

    • @samtrak1204
      @samtrak1204 6 місяців тому +2

      @@tubegirl1013 Thank you.

  • @bernardbouzon5499
    @bernardbouzon5499 6 місяців тому +1

    y avait il la voiture restaurant lors de votre voyage ?

  • @bernardbouzon5499
    @bernardbouzon5499 6 місяців тому

    si je prends ce train au départ de Prague je profite de la voiture restaurant

  • @bernardbouzon5499
    @bernardbouzon5499 6 місяців тому

    Je crois qu'il faut une réservation même avec un pass interrail