1:51 This is a special historical line T1 operated by KŽC Doprava, which runs every Saturday and Sunday.14:59 These trains do not currently go to the main station. The bridge over the Vltava between the main station and Smichov is in a terrible state, so as few trains as possible cross it. Line S65, on which this train used to run, is therefore temporarily shortened and runs only to Prague-Smíchov. If you want to ride the 810 series train (RegioMouse), you have to go to Smíchov and take line S65 (not S6) to Rudná, or go to Zadní Třebaň (by line S7, CityElefant trains, destination Karlštejn/Beroun) and line S76 to Lochovice. These are the closest lines to Prague where this train runs.
Hey, is this info still valid? I’m arriving in Prague on the 29th and staying in Anděl for a week, would love to spot and ride on the mouse! Checked the timetables but I’m confused about the rolling stock.
I love little random adventures like this. I can also imagine Rudná locals being like 'what's that guy doing with a GoPro, must be a lost tourist'. The best adventures are when you are slightly lost :)
Yeah, now imagine one of the locals of Rudná going on UA-cam on a Sunday afternoon to check Scott's new upload. Looking forward to a cool video about an exciting place, perhaps getting a travel tip even, what could possibly go wrong? ..Scott's in Rudná u Prahy 😅
We once wanted to visit Unhošť and decided to go by train. We ended up finding the hard way that getting from the Unhošť train station to the city of Unhošť as a pedestrian was highly unsafe. We ended up taking a big detour by walking to Pletený Újezd (where the local's really were staring at us weirdly thinking which sane outsider would ever visit their tiny town) and then walking alongside the less frequent road to Unhošť. It was a loooong walk overall. 😅
Rudná and Nučice local here, this is literally my daily commute to school, I would be very surprised to see someone with a selfie stick in my village XD
I think that if you told that driver, that you are railway enthusiast and ask him if he had few minutes, he would let you take a picture and enjoy that vehicle. Of course it depends on his mood and knowledge of English. 😄
I live in Rudná u Prahy and you did pronounce it like a local actually 😁 That's so cool! Imagine going for groceries and running into Scott in here, that'd be random.. lol The old train you talked about is the class M 262 from the 1950s and it operates on weekends only and between Prague main train station and the Zličín stop, doesn't go as far as Rudná ;)
That "ugly" locomotive is a very popular workhorse. It's nickname is "brejlovec". Brejle in Czech means eye glasses - because it looks like it's wearing glasses. The small train was designed basically as a bus on rails and is meant to run service on local lines where not many people take the train. In some parts of the country they're still quite common. If you go east from Prague to Nymburk, those trains are still quite common and run on the local routes, especially in off peak hours like the evenings. From Nymburk north runs a line where everything is still mechanical including the signals and switches. Everything is run by station masters in every small srstion, and all without modern signals. You should check that out before it's all gone.
@@liskacek1 Track 061 From Nymburk to Jičín. From about Křinec to Kopidlno is still all mechanical. In fact in Rožďalovice still has manual crossing gates that someone at the station needs to crank. There are more mechanical gates neat Ledečky. Just north of Křinec there is a booth where someone permanently sits to man the switches and mechanical signals for the turn-off to track 062. On the weekends from April 1st to October 28th there is a speacial train trat runs from Prague Main St. to Jičín in the morning and back in the afternoon. It's called the "Český Ráj" or "Bohemian Paradise". It's worth checking it out.
Let me explain, my train loving friend. In Czechia, we have a bit of a tradition of runing historical trains during summer. I'm not entirely sure about Central Bohemian region, but Posázavský Pacifik runs historical trains (ending in Dobříš and Čerčany, very beautiful single track rail. Track is very important for the Tramp movement, from where the name came.), even steam sometimes. Around Jindřichův Hradec, there are two narrow gauge railways, that have hit a bit of a hard times recently, but, I believe it was this season, they returned to schedule on one of these routes. These Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy (Jindřichův Hradec local railways) run regular steam trains over the Summer on their Southbound route and used to run them on the Northbound, the last time I was there. In South Moravia, we have annual event called Pálavský Okruh, which is a round about train ride, that takes whole day in a part historical, part touristic light-ish rail cars, towed by a steam engine from Brno to Lednice and back. The route leaves East heading for Moravský Krumlov, and comes to Lednice essentially from the West and returns home along another route, taking the faster corridor home. Speaking of Lednice, there is a historical motor car train going there in the summer, but the route is otherwise unused.
Pro tip: if you wanna travel around Prague by trains, you can use any public transport ticket you buy in Prague. It is valid on every S and some R trains.
There are a number of heritage railcars and heritage locomotive hauled trains around Praha at weekends operated by KZC, timetables and details on their website.
Well, you did ride one of the railcars ... sort of. The Regionova you took to Rudná u Prahy, 814 032, was rebuilt from railcar 810 258 and a trailer. I've travelled over all of Czechia's rail network, and most of the little branch lines are/were worked with these 4-wheel contraptions. I wasn't so much chasing them as being plagued by them!
810s and 814s are to us what the the 140-144 Pacers are to Brits. You hate them when you need to ride them daily, you are glad when they leave service, you love them when they only run on a few lines as a novelty.
Me and my Brother visited Prague back in 2007 for a week and spent the majority of that time on the various stations, taking photos and videos. I never had any issues and all staff i spoke to were friendly and very welcoming
If you want to ride the little railcar, then I would recommend going to the "Praha-Jinonice" station. You can get there from the Jinonice metro station. It's also close to "Walterovo náměstí" where you can find a Billa supermarket, a pub for a quick beer and a coffee shop for your coffee. 😁 From my personal experience the small railcars definitely appear there at 8:45 in the direction of Smichov and at 18:10 and 19:10 in the direction of Hostivice (it's a nice scenic route through the forest). The other option is to be at the Hostivice train station at around 8:20 and then wait for sets of 4 trains to stop there out of which 2 will be the small railcars. All of the 4 trains will leave by 8:31. If you manage to be at Hostivice this early in the morning, then I recommend taking the train towards Jinonice, which is again the scenic route and which tends to look very nice in the morning. 😊 (All of the above times specified are for workdays, I have no idea about the weekends.)
I love the oriental express train it's absolutely fantastic I sometimes in my own railway station just sit and watch the trains pass its lovely, love this adventure Scott well done
It's a splendid little railcar. Hungarian railways have a lot of these too. The original Skoda engine and Praga transmission were switched out early on though because they weren't too good. The ones still running have MAN engines and Voith transmission if I remember correctly.
I got the Regio Mouse whilst travelling around Czechia a couple of weeks ago. If you take the train from Karlovy Vary to Loket then you change at Chodov and they had this for Chodov to Loket (about 20 minutes each way).
Sir Nick Winton & 2 Kindertransport kids statue at 15:00 and 15:39 there's one of him sitting down reading a paper at my local station Maidenhead Berkshire (he lived here after the war) - a great man. A good video 👍
Obviously the problem was that Scott wasn’t at cruising altitude? It’s great to see how a journey turns out even if unsuccessful. It’s not all coffee & cake. Well done Scott, looking forward to next week’s instalment.
I know a route where these railcars are guaranteed. It's the S23 between Neratovice and Čelákovice. It's not too far from Prague (a 30 minute train ride). It's currently partially replaced by buses, but the railcars still run between Neratovice and Brandýs.
The first elephant went into service back in 2000, so long before google translate. The idea behind the name was something like, that it resembles an elephant (due to it having two decks) and city as it was intended to serve area around Prague.
Nickname Elephant came lately, like around 2010 when ČD stared to give names to various EMUs and DMUs, original nicknames were Iceberg (ledovec) (due to it was big - two deck and original livery was white) or ešus (food carrying 3part aluminium "device") - similarity - it is 3 railcars - motor, intermediate and steering car, and its body panels are made from aluminium.
I drove a railcar once (many years ago) between the German border town of Furth im Wald and Domazlice. That was nice little trip. I think those railcars still operate today.
I'm really enjoying watching your videos especially riding on the trains the railcars there in Prague may not be perfect but they still look good enough to ride at least it's better than walking. another great video and until your next one thank you.☕🫡🇬🇧
Have you tried the Danish Hornbæk Line. This runs from Helsingør to Gilleleje. From Hamlet's castle to a lovely sea side village. The line is one of Denmark's little regional services. In July and August they also run stream trains. While in the area why not check out Denmark's little know treasure - second hand shops, they are the best I have ever seen. My favourite is just south of Malov station.
Scott- Google Translate might be your friend when you’re scoping out these places: ‘Hello, I’m a Scottish train enthusiast and I’m admiring the look of this rail car! Would it be alright to have a look around for a minute?’ ….worth a try 🤔👍
You tried so hard, Scott, my heart goes out to you. It was interesting seeing that suburban town and the various trains coming and going. I share your fascination with the Venice-Simplon Orient Express and came across it at various stations on the European rail network; Paris and Venice were the only places I can recall. But I'm sure there were multiple sightings and more than two stations. Can't remember, chalk it up to age... Chuck in Northern New England
Those collection lockers are all over the place here in France now. Really practical, especially if your are in holiday and don't want to miss a delivery or need to order something to keep the kids busy.
Hi Scott, love the Video To answer your Question on Arriva in the UK, Yes they do Run Trains in the UK and I’m sure they are the 5th biggest bus company behind Stagecoach, First Bus, Go-Ahead and National Express. As of recent, Arriva do Serve Buses in Scotland, but only in Keslo in the Boarders And Trains they own CrossCountry and Grand Central 👍🏻
Ha! This reminds me of my obsession with a certain ÖBB railcar. Spotted it at Wien Hbf the other year and spent considerable time researching it and the routes it serves. This June I indeed managed to catch a ride with it - albeit only one short intra-Vienna segment (it was covered by my day ticket and I didn't really have much time to dilly dally), but still did it! Boy did that make me happy.
@Planes, Trains, Everything The Arriva train you took is a refurbished former Deutsche Bahn class 628 ... In Germany they´re nicknamed "Sanddüne" (sand dune) because of their poor acceleration "acceleration like a sand dune" ... and the Regio Nova you went on to Rudna actually consists of a rebuilt Railcar (ex class 810) and a trailer.
You've an ex DB class 628 from Praha to Smichov. Years ago it was not diffilcult to get a clas 810 railcar, on every rural line you seen them. By the way, class 814 is an rebuildt 810 + 010! I love your video's, keep making them! By the way2, Czech rep. is very railway-enthousiast friendly, you can always ask the railwaystaff.
Arriva buses are still very much a thing in the UK. I should know, as drive for them in the West Midlands. Arriva's sister company Cross Country trains run under the DB brand, who are the parent company. However, DB has now been sold to Isquared (an American consortium) but changes Day to Day have been a working progress
No, Cross Country is still under Arriva, and it was Arriva that was sold to Isquared, not the entire DB group. I get the confusion - there was DB Regio UK which ran Chiltern, which became part of Arriva when they were bought by DB in 2010. So DB are still owned by the German government and sold Arriva.
These 810s aren't as common as they used to be, they're getting slowly replaced so they remain on the least important routes. These routes usually have very low ridership, low service frequency and run on old winding single-tracked railways and are usually the first routes that get shut down. Howewer there are some consistent places where you get to ride the 810, like the route from Chodov to Loket. Not really close to Prague, but the trip is well worth it as Loket is one of the most beautiful castles in the country. You get to ride a "rare" train and have a great day visiting the castle. You could also go to a historical rail event. They are quite common in Czechia during the summer and you can see a lot of historical vehicles. For example there was such an event in Kořenov recently on 28.9.2024 where you could ride a original 810 among other historical rail cars like the 820. Or a year back in Liberec, the tram depot had an open-doors day and a 810 was ferrying people from the rail station to the depot and back. (Though it was extremely crowded.) Btw none of these events focused on the 810, it's just usual that these show up to any event like that. We are a country of rail, these events happen very often so it's quite easy to get to experience the vehicle you want if you know where to look. Most often these events happen in larger stations in the depot.
These trains will be replaced soon. These are like 50 years old, most of them already renovated several times in different time periords, so you can see them with many designs from 80s to early 2010s. I kind of like these trains, sometimes it started burning in middle or your ride, but you always finished your ride, that's really not a thing with modern trains. One of the replacement of these trains should be polish RegioFox unit, but they had a lot of problems from the beggining, like too much noise inside and other problems, I hope they fixed at least something, but it's 21st century, so probably not, they will just inform us that it's not a mistake, it's just feature and we should love it. 😀 Czech train system is right before collaps, that's why there are buses everywhere instead of trains, railways are too bussy, one incident and whole country is off because you don't have any bypass routes when everything is already too bussy like train every 2 minutes like on main corridor from Prague to Brno. And construction of new corridor (fast trains) is blocked by villagers who don't want it because it's not for their cars. Ticket machines for public transportation are next to metro enterance. I don't understand why they don't put some of them even more close to trains where a lot of people these days use prague integrated transport tickets, because it's mostly cheaper than classic train ticket from place A to place B. Especially when you need to travel a lot for a whole day, you can buy 24 hours ticket for whole PID zone system for 24 eur and that works for pretty much whole central Bohemian region. Automatised baggage lockers are scam, it's operated by some international company and it's extremely overpriced, there are still normal lockers with people who serve you at Prague train station, it's in one of tunnels that lead from main hall to platforms, I recommend to find it and don't use machines. A lot of cities have station far from center, because when they originally designed rails around 1900, they just decided that they don't care about these people and they will prefer more straight rails instead of going to every center and back, it's the same problem in Kutná Hora, pretty important UNESCO city, but when you want to go to the center by train, you have to switch to another local train, because main train station is very far from center. You should try some other Prague train stations to find a "little railcar," maybe in Vršovice you would be more lucky. Or go to Kolín or Nymburk or some other cities close to Prague where these trains are still operating. One last hint: they often send these trains as the last train around midnight. 🙂
uhm... I'm pretty sure, the CityElefant name for those EMUs predate's Google Translate... :D Anyway, we also call them Ešus (Eshus), because they come in three pieces and are from alluminium, just like a set of camping pots you eat out of.
Maximum points for effort. If it is of any consolation to you I visited the heritage railway line on the Isle of Wight a couple of weeks ago, and at their main depot they are restoring an aged diesel rail car. Still a year or two to go before completion but I think it will be well worth the wait.
That little railcar is going to Rudná u Prahy via Zličín (the other train line than you choose). It used to run from Hlavní nádraží but that old railway bridge accross river Vlitava between Hlavní nádraží and Smíchov is now in pretty bad shape so the line was shortened to Smíchov to keep less traffic out of that bridge. Also these little Class 810 railcars used to be everywhere in former Czechoslovakia, but these were partly scraped and partly converted to those RegioNova trains you travelled with to Rudná. So basically you catched your train, just really modernized one.
If you want to be sure to catch these little railcars, you can try the S76 line between Zadní Třebaň and Lochovice as those are the only railcars operating there. There is also another curiosity on that line and that is the Liteň station, where the train needs to change direction to continue along the line. There are only a few stations like that in the Czech Republic. You can get to Zadní Třebaň in about 40 minutes from Prague main station by S7 line going to Beroun.
I had friends visit last weekend. One mentioned that Kozel brewery does a journey on a tiny train with a good beer at the end of it but that they didn’t have time to take it. “Just wait one moment” said I and the next day we took the semmering train to Zlicin then had a great beer at a nearby pub.
I know those railcars well - I rode them from Chocen to Litomysl in the late 1980’s to see my then girlfriend now wife. I once did Portrush, N. Ireland (I was a student at Uni of Ulster Coleraine) to Litomysl by train and ferry. My Dad worked for BR so most if not all of it was free on an assortment of FIP tickets 😂 Good times…
Arriva sold its Scottish bus operations to McGills in 2012 but still operate buses in North East England, Merseyside, West Yorkshire, North Wales, Midlands and in London & the South East of England. They operate the London Overground, Chiltern Railways and Cross Country rail Franchises, as well as the Grand Central open access operator. They also operate buses trains and ferries on the European mainland. Arriva is based in Sunderland and was until June 2024 owned by Deuche Bahn when it was acquired by I Squared Capital.
There are two lines from Prague to Rudná. You just took one of them, but these railcars runs on the 2nd one (via Hostivice, every 1-2 hours depending on the day and daytime). Since last december both of them starts at Praha-Smíchov due to the reconstruction of the station.
I think it was in 2019 when I went to the Czech Republic. I went to a place called Slùknov. There was a part of the branch between the German border and Slúknov where they operated with railcar in red livery. I don’t know if thats still the same
@@raybrown2197 Arriva bus wise still operate in London, Luton, Milton Keynes, Essex, Colchester, Kent and Surrey, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Newcastle and Durham, Liverpool, North Wales and Yorkshire. Rail wise, Arriva in the UK operate Chiltern Railways, Crosscountry, Grand Central, and the London Overground
Actually one half of that train (called Regio Nova) you've taken from Smichov to Rudná, the one with high floor and engine inside, was build on basis (mainly chasiss) of the 'Regio Mouse'. The low floor half was build from regular wagon that were used with it, those might be even rarer to spot these days around Prague. Anyway the ride of the Regio Mouse is pretty rough, it's basically bus on wheels, with automatic transmission etc. - comparing to UK I'd say it's pretty similar to Pacers, the difference is just that not that much bus parts (apart from the engine and transmission) were used :)
Hello Scott, there's a brand new CD ComfortJet EuroCity train now in service between Prague and Berlin for you to sample. I realise it's a route you previously travelled.
If you like tiny rail transportation cars, I am quite sure you are familiar with Glasgow's subway. I was there recently (I am from New Jersey in the USA) and found their subway system to be like a cute toy. It is useful to get around, a subway station south of the river had a good park-ride car lot (I was driving a rental car).
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It's a bit ironic that that little railcar actually also goes to Rudna u Prahy, just by different track(122). It goes through Pražský Semmering than to Hostivice than to Rudna u Prahy.
Just take Arriva train to Neratovice (about 30 mins ride) and there you can take the railcar you like in two different directions - Brandys nad Labem/Celakovice or Kralupy nad Vltavou.
Tip! Go upp to and around Mlada Boleslav and catch a random "Motorova" going "somewhere" E.g Liberec and visit the Jested Tower. The "Blixt Gordon" tower ! . There is a small railway station just outside the Skoda Museum ! Continue om to Ceska Lipa and Doksy !
Most of your videos include buying a coffee, pastry etc early on. Here's a silly suggestion: Have breakfast at the hotel before setting off on the day's adventure.😊
15:38 Nicholas Winton memorial. He rescued over 600 Jewish children on the ever of WWII. He's the subject of the film One Life released earlier this year in which he was portrayed by Anthony Hopkins. They were scouting locations for the film when the first train of refugees from Ukraine arrived. His story remained unknown until he appeared on That's Life in the 80s. A video of him being reunited with some of those he saved is here: ua-cam.com/video/6_nFuJAF5F0/v-deo.html
There is also a statue of Sir Nicholas Winton sitting on a seat at Maidenhead Station near his home. I sometimes sit with him remembering his bravery in achieving what he did.
1:51 This is a special historical line T1 operated by KŽC Doprava, which runs every Saturday and Sunday.14:59 These trains do not currently go to the main station. The bridge over the Vltava between the main station and Smichov is in a terrible state, so as few trains as possible cross it. Line S65, on which this train used to run, is therefore temporarily shortened and runs only to Prague-Smíchov. If you want to ride the 810 series train (RegioMouse), you have to go to Smíchov and take line S65 (not S6) to Rudná, or go to Zadní Třebaň (by line S7, CityElefant trains, destination Karlštejn/Beroun) and line S76 to Lochovice. These are the closest lines to Prague where this train runs.
When S65 still run to main I used it to get to work from Řepy, actually like 10 minutes faster then tram, good times 😂
Or in the other direction, he can go up to Neratovice or Kralupy nad Vltavou and there are a looooot of trains lead by M152.
Hey, is this info still valid? I’m arriving in Prague on the 29th and staying in Anděl for a week, would love to spot and ride on the mouse! Checked the timetables but I’m confused about the rolling stock.
@ Yes, it is still valid. ČD 810 trains are still on S65 line. They are running every hour in each direction, on weekend every 2 hours.
I love little random adventures like this. I can also imagine Rudná locals being like 'what's that guy doing with a GoPro, must be a lost tourist'. The best adventures are when you are slightly lost :)
Yeah, now imagine one of the locals of Rudná going on UA-cam on a Sunday afternoon to check Scott's new upload. Looking forward to a cool video about an exciting place, perhaps getting a travel tip even, what could possibly go wrong? ..Scott's in Rudná u Prahy 😅
We once wanted to visit Unhošť and decided to go by train. We ended up finding the hard way that getting from the Unhošť train station to the city of Unhošť as a pedestrian was highly unsafe. We ended up taking a big detour by walking to Pletený Újezd (where the local's really were staring at us weirdly thinking which sane outsider would ever visit their tiny town) and then walking alongside the less frequent road to Unhošť. It was a loooong walk overall. 😅
Rudná and Nučice local here, this is literally my daily commute to school, I would be very surprised to see someone with a selfie stick in my village XD
I think that if you told that driver, that you are railway enthusiast and ask him if he had few minutes, he would let you take a picture and enjoy that vehicle. Of course it depends on his mood and knowledge of English. 😄
You definitely should just ask. It really depends..., but chances are good :)
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The driver was most likely pissed off because he had to endure service on that horrible torture device.
I live in Rudná u Prahy and you did pronounce it like a local actually 😁 That's so cool! Imagine going for groceries and running into Scott in here, that'd be random.. lol The old train you talked about is the class M 262 from the 1950s and it operates on weekends only and between Prague main train station and the Zličín stop, doesn't go as far as Rudná ;)
This is very good information ❤
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Had only you mentioned this to Scott before he went 🤣
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That "ugly" locomotive is a very popular workhorse. It's nickname is "brejlovec". Brejle in Czech means eye glasses - because it looks like it's wearing glasses.
The small train was designed basically as a bus on rails and is meant to run service on local lines where not many people take the train. In some parts of the country they're still quite common. If you go east from Prague to Nymburk, those trains are still quite common and run on the local routes, especially in off peak hours like the evenings. From Nymburk north runs a line where everything is still mechanical including the signals and switches. Everything is run by station masters in every small srstion, and all without modern signals. You should check that out before it's all gone.
Your railway is changing too fast. I missed Havirov and Ostrava vitkovice before they got rebuilt.
In Poland she is rare, but we call it "Diver", because its window reminds diving googles ;)
Which line does still have mechanical devices? From my brief maps/panorama research, I did not manage to find anything in the area.
@@liskacek1 Track 061 From Nymburk to Jičín. From about Křinec to Kopidlno is still all mechanical. In fact in Rožďalovice still has manual crossing gates that someone at the station needs to crank. There are more mechanical gates neat Ledečky. Just north of Křinec there is a booth where someone permanently sits to man the switches and mechanical signals for the turn-off to track 062. On the weekends from April 1st to October 28th there is a speacial train trat runs from Prague Main St. to Jičín in the morning and back in the afternoon. It's called the "Český Ráj" or "Bohemian Paradise". It's worth checking it out.
@@liskacek1 Actually, now that I think about it, the train goes all the way past Jičín to Turnov. The train number is Sp1531 and Sp1532 coming back.
Let me explain, my train loving friend. In Czechia, we have a bit of a tradition of runing historical trains during summer. I'm not entirely sure about Central Bohemian region, but Posázavský Pacifik runs historical trains (ending in Dobříš and Čerčany, very beautiful single track rail. Track is very important for the Tramp movement, from where the name came.), even steam sometimes. Around Jindřichův Hradec, there are two narrow gauge railways, that have hit a bit of a hard times recently, but, I believe it was this season, they returned to schedule on one of these routes. These Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy (Jindřichův Hradec local railways) run regular steam trains over the Summer on their Southbound route and used to run them on the Northbound, the last time I was there. In South Moravia, we have annual event called Pálavský Okruh, which is a round about train ride, that takes whole day in a part historical, part touristic light-ish rail cars, towed by a steam engine from Brno to Lednice and back. The route leaves East heading for Moravský Krumlov, and comes to Lednice essentially from the West and returns home along another route, taking the faster corridor home. Speaking of Lednice, there is a historical motor car train going there in the summer, but the route is otherwise unused.
Pro tip: if you wanna travel around Prague by trains, you can use any public transport ticket you buy in Prague. It is valid on every S and some R trains.
There are a number of heritage railcars and heritage locomotive hauled trains around Praha at weekends operated by KZC, timetables and details on their website.
Well, you did ride one of the railcars ... sort of. The Regionova you took to Rudná u Prahy, 814 032, was rebuilt from railcar 810 258 and a trailer. I've travelled over all of Czechia's rail network, and most of the little branch lines are/were worked with these 4-wheel contraptions. I wasn't so much chasing them as being plagued by them!
810s and 814s are to us what the the 140-144 Pacers are to Brits. You hate them when you need to ride them daily, you are glad when they leave service, you love them when they only run on a few lines as a novelty.
I love the fact I'm not the only one being into the M152 rail busses 🚂♥
Me and my Brother visited Prague back in 2007 for a week and spent the majority of that time on the various stations, taking photos and videos. I never had any issues and all staff i spoke to were friendly and very welcoming
10/10 for determination 😊
If you want to ride the little railcar, then I would recommend going to the "Praha-Jinonice" station. You can get there from the Jinonice metro station. It's also close to "Walterovo náměstí" where you can find a Billa supermarket, a pub for a quick beer and a coffee shop for your coffee. 😁
From my personal experience the small railcars definitely appear there at 8:45 in the direction of Smichov and at 18:10 and 19:10 in the direction of Hostivice (it's a nice scenic route through the forest).
The other option is to be at the Hostivice train station at around 8:20 and then wait for sets of 4 trains to stop there out of which 2 will be the small railcars. All of the 4 trains will leave by 8:31. If you manage to be at Hostivice this early in the morning, then I recommend taking the train towards Jinonice, which is again the scenic route and which tends to look very nice in the morning. 😊 (All of the above times specified are for workdays, I have no idea about the weekends.)
I love the oriental express train it's absolutely fantastic I sometimes in my own railway station just sit and watch the trains pass its lovely, love this adventure Scott well done
The train you caught from Praha Smichov to Rudny U Prahy was originally 2 of the little railcars
Modernised & converted to a single 2 car train,
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It's a splendid little railcar. Hungarian railways have a lot of these too. The original Skoda engine and Praga transmission were switched out early on though because they weren't too good. The ones still running have MAN engines and Voith transmission if I remember correctly.
Very enjoyable to watch you comment and see these beautiful european trains. Well done.
I got the Regio Mouse whilst travelling around Czechia a couple of weeks ago. If you take the train from Karlovy Vary to Loket then you change at Chodov and they had this for Chodov to Loket (about 20 minutes each way).
These are the types of adventures I like watching. I also like watching all the other types of adventures too 😉
I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Valencia.
Sir Nick Winton & 2 Kindertransport kids statue at 15:00 and 15:39 there's one of him sitting down reading a paper at my local station Maidenhead Berkshire (he lived here after the war) - a great man. A good video 👍
Thanks for pointing this out.
The Regionova, the author rode, is in fact a refurbished 810 motor-coach, he was hunting. :)
UA-camr from Czhechia goes to Crewe to catch one of those cute little class 153 dogboxes. Comes away when all that is there is a pretty decent 170😊
Obviously the problem was that Scott wasn’t at cruising altitude? It’s great to see how a journey turns out even if unsuccessful. It’s not all coffee & cake. Well done Scott, looking forward to next week’s instalment.
Really nice film.wonderful vintage like train worth chasing.thanks for sharing with me and all your viewers
14:06 it's name is regio mouse lol 😂how cute 🥰
Brilliantl video again Scott
I know a route where these railcars are guaranteed. It's the S23 between Neratovice and Čelákovice.
It's not too far from Prague (a 30 minute train ride). It's currently partially replaced by buses, but the railcars still run between Neratovice and Brandýs.
I hated that train. 😂
Love the more random places and you touring them. More of these please. Vert interesting posy.
Hi Scott, i loved this episode! enjoy Prague!
Arriva used to have a train company in the UK. They also used to operate a bus company in Paisley for 15 years them McGills Buses took over it.
Thank you for the trip🖐🇺🇸
The first elephant went into service back in 2000, so long before google translate. The idea behind the name was something like, that it resembles an elephant (due to it having two decks) and city as it was intended to serve area around Prague.
Nickname Elephant came lately, like around 2010 when ČD stared to give names to various EMUs and DMUs, original nicknames were Iceberg (ledovec) (due to it was big - two deck and original livery was white) or ešus (food carrying 3part aluminium "device") - similarity - it is 3 railcars - motor, intermediate and steering car, and its body panels are made from aluminium.
You need a coffee flask, there's a Plan B for you! Great upload, very interesting!
10:15 Ice Coffee that looks like a juice box?! absolutely no issues at all
I drove a railcar once (many years ago) between the German border town of Furth im Wald and Domazlice. That was nice little trip. I think those railcars still operate today.
Great Video Steve
Hi. I enjoyed the adventure. Just fun.
BIG LIKE GREMPA. SALUTI DI LA ROMANIA EUROPE 😉😜
Great Scott. Thanks
Wonderful viewing. Thanks Scott. 🎉
I'm really enjoying watching your videos especially riding on the trains
the railcars there in Prague may not be perfect but they still look good enough to ride at least it's better than walking. another great video
and until your next one thank you.☕🫡🇬🇧
Have you tried the Danish Hornbæk Line. This runs from Helsingør to Gilleleje. From Hamlet's castle to a lovely sea side village. The line is one of Denmark's little regional services. In July and August they also run stream trains. While in the area why not check out Denmark's little know treasure - second hand shops, they are the best I have ever seen. My favourite is just south of Malov station.
Scott- Google Translate might be your friend when you’re scoping out these places: ‘Hello, I’m a Scottish train enthusiast and I’m admiring the look of this rail car! Would it be alright to have a look around for a minute?’ ….worth a try 🤔👍
I would not have been able to help myself ! I would have sat in that railcar 😎
Very good story ! I loved this one ! Thanks !
going to Prague next week, will keep an eye out for this!
You tried so hard, Scott, my heart goes out to you. It was interesting seeing that suburban town and the various trains coming and going. I share your fascination with the Venice-Simplon Orient Express and came across it at various stations on the European rail network; Paris and Venice were the only places I can recall. But I'm sure there were multiple sightings and more than two stations. Can't remember, chalk it up to age...
Chuck in Northern New England
This was such a great video, i dont know if it was entertaining just because I live in czechia, but I love the sponatanious completly random trip.
🙂 Hello, lucky you could see the Orient Express... Our dreaming Train 🍒🍒🍒
Prague's main train station has a staffed left luggage counter. It's in one of the passenger tunnels that connects the platforms.
Go to Benesov u Prahy the single railcars work two short branches from there.
Tickets can be bought from the guards on most Czech trains.
Those collection lockers are all over the place here in France now. Really practical, especially if your are in holiday and don't want to miss a delivery or need to order something to keep the kids busy.
Great wee video Scott. Your in Europe more times than the 'Buddies'. Lol.
Hi Scott, love the Video
To answer your Question on Arriva in the UK, Yes they do Run Trains in the UK and I’m sure they are the 5th biggest bus company behind Stagecoach, First Bus, Go-Ahead and National Express.
As of recent, Arriva do Serve Buses in Scotland, but only in Keslo in the Boarders
And Trains they own CrossCountry and Grand Central 👍🏻
Ha! This reminds me of my obsession with a certain ÖBB railcar. Spotted it at Wien Hbf the other year and spent considerable time researching it and the routes it serves. This June I indeed managed to catch a ride with it - albeit only one short intra-Vienna segment (it was covered by my day ticket and I didn't really have much time to dilly dally), but still did it! Boy did that make me happy.
That's quite a special train
@Planes, Trains, Everything
The Arriva train you took is a refurbished former Deutsche Bahn class 628 ...
In Germany they´re nicknamed "Sanddüne" (sand dune) because of their poor acceleration "acceleration like a sand dune"
... and the Regio Nova you went on to Rudna actually consists of a rebuilt Railcar (ex class 810) and a trailer.
Good Morning Scott, I enjoyed watching your UA-cam video! Thank you for the video, Alister Ian Hoult, Carrying Place, Ontario, Canada.
My buses in Hertfordshire are mainly Arriva, and I went on some in Co Durham last month too.
They have Arriva buses in Luton still
You've an ex DB class 628 from Praha to Smichov.
Years ago it was not diffilcult to get a clas 810 railcar, on every rural line you seen them.
By the way, class 814 is an rebuildt 810 + 010!
I love your video's, keep making them!
By the way2, Czech rep. is very railway-enthousiast friendly, you can always ask the railwaystaff.
Hi Scott, we’ve got Arriva buses in Derby. They do half the city. And Trent Barton do the other half!
we also have Arriva busses - for example Prague - Teplice (operated by brand new Irizar/Scania busses)
Arriva buses are still very much a thing in the UK. I should know, as drive for them in the West Midlands.
Arriva's sister company Cross Country trains run under the DB brand, who are the parent company.
However, DB has now been sold to Isquared (an American consortium) but changes Day to Day have been a working progress
No, Cross Country is still under Arriva, and it was Arriva that was sold to Isquared, not the entire DB group. I get the confusion - there was DB Regio UK which ran Chiltern, which became part of Arriva when they were bought by DB in 2010. So DB are still owned by the German government and sold Arriva.
These 810s aren't as common as they used to be, they're getting slowly replaced so they remain on the least important routes. These routes usually have very low ridership, low service frequency and run on old winding single-tracked railways and are usually the first routes that get shut down.
Howewer there are some consistent places where you get to ride the 810, like the route from Chodov to Loket. Not really close to Prague, but the trip is well worth it as Loket is one of the most beautiful castles in the country. You get to ride a "rare" train and have a great day visiting the castle.
You could also go to a historical rail event. They are quite common in Czechia during the summer and you can see a lot of historical vehicles. For example there was such an event in Kořenov recently on 28.9.2024 where you could ride a original 810 among other historical rail cars like the 820. Or a year back in Liberec, the tram depot had an open-doors day and a 810 was ferrying people from the rail station to the depot and back. (Though it was extremely crowded.) Btw none of these events focused on the 810, it's just usual that these show up to any event like that.
We are a country of rail, these events happen very often so it's quite easy to get to experience the vehicle you want if you know where to look. Most often these events happen in larger stations in the depot.
These trains will be replaced soon. These are like 50 years old, most of them already renovated several times in different time periords, so you can see them with many designs from 80s to early 2010s. I kind of like these trains, sometimes it started burning in middle or your ride, but you always finished your ride, that's really not a thing with modern trains. One of the replacement of these trains should be polish RegioFox unit, but they had a lot of problems from the beggining, like too much noise inside and other problems, I hope they fixed at least something, but it's 21st century, so probably not, they will just inform us that it's not a mistake, it's just feature and we should love it. 😀
Czech train system is right before collaps, that's why there are buses everywhere instead of trains, railways are too bussy, one incident and whole country is off because you don't have any bypass routes when everything is already too bussy like train every 2 minutes like on main corridor from Prague to Brno. And construction of new corridor (fast trains) is blocked by villagers who don't want it because it's not for their cars.
Ticket machines for public transportation are next to metro enterance. I don't understand why they don't put some of them even more close to trains where a lot of people these days use prague integrated transport tickets, because it's mostly cheaper than classic train ticket from place A to place B. Especially when you need to travel a lot for a whole day, you can buy 24 hours ticket for whole PID zone system for 24 eur and that works for pretty much whole central Bohemian region.
Automatised baggage lockers are scam, it's operated by some international company and it's extremely overpriced, there are still normal lockers with people who serve you at Prague train station, it's in one of tunnels that lead from main hall to platforms, I recommend to find it and don't use machines.
A lot of cities have station far from center, because when they originally designed rails around 1900, they just decided that they don't care about these people and they will prefer more straight rails instead of going to every center and back, it's the same problem in Kutná Hora, pretty important UNESCO city, but when you want to go to the center by train, you have to switch to another local train, because main train station is very far from center.
You should try some other Prague train stations to find a "little railcar," maybe in Vršovice you would be more lucky. Or go to Kolín or Nymburk or some other cities close to Prague where these trains are still operating.
One last hint: they often send these trains as the last train around midnight. 🙂
The famous motorak
uhm... I'm pretty sure, the CityElefant name for those EMUs predate's Google Translate... :D Anyway, we also call them Ešus (Eshus), because they come in three pieces and are from alluminium, just like a set of camping pots you eat out of.
Maximum points for effort. If it is of any consolation to you I visited the heritage railway line on the Isle of Wight a couple of weeks ago, and at their main depot they are restoring an aged diesel rail car. Still a year or two to go before completion but I think it will be well worth the wait.
That little railcar is going to Rudná u Prahy via Zličín (the other train line than you choose). It used to run from Hlavní nádraží but that old railway bridge accross river Vlitava between Hlavní nádraží and Smíchov is now in pretty bad shape so the line was shortened to Smíchov to keep less traffic out of that bridge.
Also these little Class 810 railcars used to be everywhere in former Czechoslovakia, but these were partly scraped and partly converted to those RegioNova trains you travelled with to Rudná. So basically you catched your train, just really modernized one.
Jo jo. Třinec ! 👍
If you want to be sure to catch these little railcars, you can try the S76 line between Zadní Třebaň and Lochovice as those are the only railcars operating there. There is also another curiosity on that line and that is the Liteň station, where the train needs to change direction to continue along the line. There are only a few stations like that in the Czech Republic. You can get to Zadní Třebaň in about 40 minutes from Prague main station by S7 line going to Beroun.
idk about other places, but Arriva do operate a few of the Double-Decker busses in London.
I had friends visit last weekend. One mentioned that Kozel brewery does a journey on a tiny train with a good beer at the end of it but that they didn’t have time to take it. “Just wait one moment” said I and the next day we took the semmering train to Zlicin then had a great beer at a nearby pub.
Nice beer - a shame Wetherspoons stopped selling it a few years ago
But did you retrieve your backpack?
Excellent little adventure, Scott!
I know those railcars well - I rode them from Chocen to Litomysl in the late 1980’s to see my then girlfriend now wife. I once did Portrush, N. Ireland (I was a student at Uni of Ulster Coleraine) to Litomysl by train and ferry. My Dad worked for BR so most if not all of it was free on an assortment of FIP tickets 😂 Good times…
Arriva sold its Scottish bus operations to McGills in 2012 but still operate buses in North East England, Merseyside, West Yorkshire, North Wales, Midlands and in London & the South East of England. They operate the London Overground, Chiltern Railways and Cross Country rail Franchises, as well as the Grand Central open access operator. They also operate buses trains and ferries on the European mainland. Arriva is based in Sunderland and was until June 2024 owned by Deuche Bahn when it was acquired by I Squared Capital.
There are two lines from Prague to Rudná. You just took one of them, but these railcars runs on the 2nd one (via Hostivice, every 1-2 hours depending on the day and daytime). Since last december both of them starts at Praha-Smíchov due to the reconstruction of the station.
I think it was in 2019 when I went to the Czech Republic. I went to a place called Slùknov. There was a part of the branch between the German border and Slúknov where they operated with railcar in red livery. I don’t know if thats still the same
Ride on 810 is very rocky and also it is almost dying out, because it is replaced with better ones.
The 810 is literally crap.
Arriva still runs trains in the UK and also buses in London and Luton/Dunstable and probably some other places
Liverpool and north wales as well
And north east England too
Leicestershire
@@raybrown2197 Arriva bus wise still operate in London, Luton, Milton Keynes, Essex, Colchester, Kent and Surrey, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Newcastle and Durham, Liverpool, North Wales and Yorkshire.
Rail wise, Arriva in the UK operate Chiltern Railways, Crosscountry, Grand Central, and the London Overground
6:06 my fav train❤
Actually one half of that train (called Regio Nova) you've taken from Smichov to Rudná, the one with high floor and engine inside, was build on basis (mainly chasiss) of the 'Regio Mouse'. The low floor half was build from regular wagon that were used with it, those might be even rarer to spot these days around Prague.
Anyway the ride of the Regio Mouse is pretty rough, it's basically bus on wheels, with automatic transmission etc. - comparing to UK I'd say it's pretty similar to Pacers, the difference is just that not that much bus parts (apart from the engine and transmission) were used :)
You've got to go on the Ferrovia Circumetnea in Sicily. Vintage Narrow gauge Dmus round a volcano
Hello Scott, there's a brand new CD ComfortJet EuroCity train now in service between Prague and Berlin for you to sample. I realise it's a route you previously travelled.
In my area arriva buzzed massive there everywhere 😅😂
Arriva buses mainly operate though out Northumberland thanks for vids long time subscriber 😊
Most buses are Arriva in Shropshire
If you like tiny rail transportation cars, I am quite sure you are familiar with Glasgow's subway. I was there recently (I am from New Jersey in the USA) and found their subway system to be like a cute toy. It is useful to get around, a subway station south of the river had a good park-ride car lot (I was driving a rental car).
It's a bit ironic that that little railcar actually also goes to Rudna u Prahy, just by different track(122). It goes through Pražský Semmering than to Hostivice than to Rudna u Prahy.
Perhaps those trains called City Elephants are to keep people from driving on the trunk roads 😉
Just take Arriva train to Neratovice (about 30 mins ride) and there you can take the railcar you like in two different directions - Brandys nad Labem/Celakovice or Kralupy nad Vltavou.
Scott you should come to sunny Stourbridge and ride the railcar from Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town 😎😆
Is the door catch on an Arriva train called an Aleaver?
Tip! Go upp to and around Mlada Boleslav and catch a random "Motorova" going "somewhere" E.g Liberec and visit the Jested Tower. The "Blixt Gordon" tower ! . There is a small railway station just outside the Skoda Museum ! Continue om to Ceska Lipa and Doksy !
Arriva still do trains in the UK there run Chiltern Railways, Cross Country and Grand Central
Tickets can be bought via mobile or directly on the train, but there is also a special room at the station.
Most of your videos include buying a coffee, pastry etc early on. Here's a silly suggestion: Have breakfast at the hotel before setting off on the day's adventure.😊
Hi Scott, more of these little machines you can see in Slovakia around Trencin. Link Trenčin- Myjava 😊.
I can't believe you found that railcar and didn't get onto it.
15:38 Nicholas Winton memorial. He rescued over 600 Jewish children on the ever of WWII. He's the subject of the film One Life released earlier this year in which he was portrayed by Anthony Hopkins.
They were scouting locations for the film when the first train of refugees from Ukraine arrived.
His story remained unknown until he appeared on That's Life in the 80s. A video of him being reunited with some of those he saved is here: ua-cam.com/video/6_nFuJAF5F0/v-deo.html
I watched it when it was broadcast, one of the most moving TV programmes ... I had a kindertransport friend, passed away a few years ago.
There is also a statue of Sir Nicholas Winton sitting on a seat at Maidenhead Station near his home. I sometimes sit with him remembering his bravery in achieving what he did.