A look at the railways in Czech Republic

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 81

  • @antonv.
    @antonv. 5 років тому +18

    Prague is an awesome city :)

  • @vojtechrod6114
    @vojtechrod6114 4 роки тому +11

    This "German train" is produced by Škoda Transportation (Czech company)... "The Old Fashion" station is Pardubice - Main Station, It isn't repaired because all of this (except the main building) will be demolished, they start this year. Prague -Smichov is the same case. The narrow platforms are side platforms, they are mostly use for the smallest side tracks and It's prohibited stay there before a train come near the platform. Moreover, some are obviously abandoned....Guys, make some research...

  • @LouisOnAir
    @LouisOnAir 5 років тому +14

    I enjoy how the quality of a place's train stations and its trains can have absolutely no correlation.

  • @bla4547
    @bla4547 4 роки тому +26

    Our approach to rail health and safety is exceptionally simple. If you're dumb enough to get hit by something as big and loud as a train you deserved it, case closed.

  • @matlambo8974
    @matlambo8974 4 роки тому +20

    People in the Czech Republic are not so stupid so our platforms fit us. Our train system is amazing.

    • @OlgaAnderson07
      @OlgaAnderson07 3 роки тому

      I must disagre. Those platforms that "fit us* aren't safe, many people died on those.

    • @matlambo8974
      @matlambo8974 3 роки тому +1

      @@OlgaAnderson07 as someone that drives around these, these arte safe if you are normal and juist stand, also, the station tell people to only approach a train when it stops

    • @clamstudioz9435
      @clamstudioz9435 2 роки тому

      im from czech too and its amazing

  • @FilFee
    @FilFee 3 роки тому +15

    10:00 "This train feels very German"
    Ironically, it's a Skoda.

    • @Pomeranc470
      @Pomeranc470 2 роки тому +1

      Škoda *

    • @FilFee
      @FilFee 2 роки тому +4

      @@Pomeranc470 Já vím. Ale když píšu anglicky, tak diakritiku raději nepoužívám.

  • @boltrailwaydog
    @boltrailwaydog 3 роки тому +2

    I loved the zoom in on me and my friends on that day! :D

  • @FannyLerouxTime
    @FannyLerouxTime 5 років тому +4

    I so wish you did voice work for cbbc when I was a kid, I really love your voice and love listening to talk!

  • @KinsonStudio
    @KinsonStudio 5 років тому +3

    Nice description of the railways in the Czech Republic!

  • @teslakovalaborator
    @teslakovalaborator 5 років тому +9

    The locomotive at 4:01 sounds really good especially when accelerating due to usage of thyristors - one of the first trains that used a drive.

  • @jorgechay1966
    @jorgechay1966 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you very much for shering it is great 👍 from usa 🇺🇸

  • @FilFee
    @FilFee 3 роки тому +4

    8:26 The narrow platforms at this station are ok, because the first track isn't used anymore and the second one is used like twice a week to just park trains during the night.

  • @martinytcz1762
    @martinytcz1762 5 років тому +15

    I am seeing the narrow-platform stations less and less due to safety concerns. The stations that still have them aren't busy most of the time.
    Also, yea, when the tracks are being repaired trains pass at the other track, albeit at like 30 kmph, since they cannot shut down an entire track with lots of trains running on them. This approach still cause delays as other trains have to wait for others to pass tho.

    • @TheRailwayTourManager
      @TheRailwayTourManager 2 роки тому

      Why 'like' 30mph? 'At about' or 'at around' is grammatically correct. Too many people can't string a coherent sentence together without unnecessarily peppering it with the misused word 'like'. Please don't become one of them my friend!

    • @martinytcz1762
      @martinytcz1762 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheRailwayTourManager I'm sorry, I'm not a native speaker and little mistakes like this still happen to me
      Thanks for letting me know though!

  • @dykodesigns
    @dykodesigns 5 років тому +7

    Pardubice station looks quite interresting, like it still has some of that old soviet era character to it.

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin 5 років тому +4

      It still has? What you talking about? Soviet Union border was 500 km from Pardubice. :-)

    • @dykodesigns
      @dykodesigns 5 років тому +4

      Ondřej Matějka Please excuse my for my western ignorance😅 but the place has a certain old “Mission Impossible” atmosphere to it, like from the old 1960’s tv series. Before 1989 it was all considered eastern block countries and kind of generailised in a certain way. I kind of meant eastern block instead of soviet but it’s easy to get them confused.

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin 5 років тому +4

      @@dykodesigns That building is from 40s, fortunetly they planing reconstruction finally, this is one of the last remaining big stations without reconstruction. And it looks absolutely different than soviet style in that time, it's more similar to first republic fuctionalism because that same architects were still here after WWII in communism. In Soviet Union they were building monsters in soc. realism style with fake antik columns and statues everywhere. ;-) we were lucky with that, we have only few of that monsters and much smaller than in soviet union or in Poland. ;-) If you want to see what I am talking about google hotel international in Prague, it's one of that few soviet style buildings in former Czechoslovakia.
      And our concrete aparment buildings (paneláky) can look similar on first look, but it's much better quality than in soviet union.

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    @rsx-777drivelineinstitute5 5 років тому +1

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  • @frantav1
    @frantav1 4 роки тому +8

    3:56 The Czech attitude for safety (personal or at work) is quite simple - if you get killed when doing something stupid or not being alert when at a dangerous workplace... it is your fault.
    But there are still some safety regulations, such as speed limits for trains passing by workers etc.
    9:43 We call this train "a suitcase" or "a bus" (810 series). Very simple and light unit for local routes; hundreds of them were produced. There is also a modernized version (yellow/green colours - 814 series) with a better engine.
    12:14 A "water crane" for feeding steam locomotives with water. Still functional in some stations for occasional historical rides.

  • @Patrikch100
    @Patrikch100 6 місяців тому

    You have to take this route once again now. So many things changed.

  • @MtotheW
    @MtotheW 4 роки тому +5

    Shows Pardubice station - doesn't show the massive map of Czechoslovakia and it's rail routes, visible on the wall at 12:08

  • @wellhausen
    @wellhausen 7 місяців тому

    In the Czech Republic, it's still fun to travel by train. If you ever want to shoot a horror video, do it in Germany.

  • @trainluvr
    @trainluvr 5 років тому +6

    Thank you for not begging for money for your channel.

  • @FilFee
    @FilFee 2 роки тому +1

    0:48 Yes, that's actually how it works. If you're sending a train to track 3, tracks 1 &­ 2 are automatically blocked.

  • @clamstudioz9435
    @clamstudioz9435 2 роки тому +1

    im from czech and its amazing the narrow platforms are really good

  • @gigteevee6118
    @gigteevee6118 5 років тому +1

    The bell on the announcements is quite doomy 😈 This reminds me of traveling in Hungary and Switzerland a few years ago, very different but great experiences!

  • @crazyleyland5106
    @crazyleyland5106 5 років тому +2

    One thing I'd really miss if I lived in the Czech Republic would be the Grumpies- also known as Bardotkas. These were Communist era diesels with big, slow- revving engines, and they sounded rather like British Rail Class 37s. Strictly speaking they sounded like the Ruston engined 37906 and 905. I believe 1 or 2 are preserved.

  • @grantrennie
    @grantrennie 5 років тому +1

    Another great video 👍

  • @jmsmilfajt
    @jmsmilfajt 5 років тому +5

    Some stations (Radotin, Smichov) you've picked are about to be modernized within a few years so you can come 2-3 years after and compare. :)

    • @dsintel6652
      @dsintel6652 5 років тому +3

      Beroun is already being modernised!

  • @dsintel6652
    @dsintel6652 5 років тому +8

    I'm half Czech, its hradets kraloveh not kradek kralov and pardubitseh not pardubeechy 😂 Nice vid of the pendolino though

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin 5 років тому

      it's exactly Hradec Králové, not some stupid czenglish

    • @dsintel6652
      @dsintel6652 5 років тому +2

      @@Pidalin I know how it's fucking spelt I'm spelling it so it's easier for him to pronounce. Hradec Kralové and Pardubice are how it's spelt in Czech

    • @winding5064
      @winding5064 5 років тому

      DS Intel I’m fully Czech

    • @winding5064
      @winding5064 5 років тому

      But I’m a immigrant in America :/

  • @hanaotrubova6112
    @hanaotrubova6112 3 роки тому

    The locals go on the platform only when the train is arrived (:

  • @Pidalin
    @Pidalin 4 роки тому +1

    You are not able to enter narrow platform before train arrives.

  • @ciupakaza8420
    @ciupakaza8420 2 роки тому +1

    Bro this trains look like there are from romania.
    But we have 50/50 in romania can see a lot of new modern trains and old ones.
    Sorry czechia but i see more old ones.
    Can i get an explain about this?

  • @maxischew514
    @maxischew514 5 років тому +5

    0:46 That's the whole point.

  • @oforid2227
    @oforid2227 5 років тому +3

    13:03 the Czech Pendolino

  • @vojtasTS29
    @vojtasTS29 5 років тому +3

    On the narrow platform stations, you can't be standing on them until the train stops. If the driver sees anyone on the platform, he can't pull into the station, no matter how slow he's going and will yell at you to get out of the way. :D

    • @viktorvanicky2777
      @viktorvanicky2777 4 роки тому

      That doesn't seem right. Do you have any evidence of this?

    • @vojtasTS29
      @vojtasTS29 4 роки тому

      @@viktorvanicky2777 To jsou předpisy. Výpravčí ani nemůže pustit vlak do stanice pokud jsou na perónu lidi, nebo teda může, ale jen na kolej dál od budovy.

  • @lukasegeling5205
    @lukasegeling5205 5 років тому +1

    On those double deck trains, do the halves of a door operate fully independently, such as only opening one half when pressing a button?

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  5 років тому +1

      Yes, there are separate open buttons for both parts of the door.

    • @martinytcz1762
      @martinytcz1762 5 років тому

      @@benolifts Never seen that :)
      You learn something everyday

    • @ocelottv6549
      @ocelottv6549 3 роки тому

      And im actually used to it

    • @janpavelek2097
      @janpavelek2097 8 місяців тому

      In the first serie product od thé 471 double decker unity in one přes thé Burton are opened alkohol two doors. In the new series Is open ONLY thé one part beat thé Burton.

  • @timbauer5541
    @timbauer5541 5 років тому +3

    My favourite train in Czech Republic is the class 560: ua-cam.com/video/Hs2tKxhpP9I/v-deo.html

  • @jasxtra
    @jasxtra 3 роки тому +1

    Regionova is even more like Pacer

  • @MrGugucz
    @MrGugucz 3 роки тому

    best trains are 162/3 u should look them up

  • @maxischew514
    @maxischew514 5 років тому +6

    Who needs platforms anyway?

  • @jonascarva8032
    @jonascarva8032 3 роки тому

    it is cool how good did u pronounce Praha Smíchov

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  3 роки тому +2

      I am rubbish at pronouncing words in other languages

  • @TominovCZ
    @TominovCZ 5 років тому +1

    On line Smíchov, Radotín etc... Stations are in awful conditions. You dont see as many stations looking like Radotín, those are really old. You should take line S9 from Prague main to Benešov

  • @MarwiX_CZ
    @MarwiX_CZ 3 роки тому

    nice video! i'am czech.

  • @MajesticTrains
    @MajesticTrains 5 років тому +5

    13:37 excuse me what?

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  5 років тому +1

      Someone dressed as a dog was being filmed. I had no idea what it was about. They had a fairly professional looking camera. I have found out through a comment that they have a twitter account.twitter.com/b_railway_dog On their twitter they mention that they appeared in my video!

  • @NathanBerlin
    @NathanBerlin 4 роки тому +1

    you seem to be interested in lifts

  • @perpetuummsioworld3919
    @perpetuummsioworld3919 5 років тому +1

    Do you have Czech Koruna?

  • @matejlukac7082
    @matejlukac7082 5 років тому

    Can you go to Slovakia?

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  5 років тому +1

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  • @shawndomenico5830
    @shawndomenico5830 5 років тому

    donnie darko @ 13:36?

  • @subwayexpress465
    @subwayexpress465 5 років тому

    9:28 they look like CIGs

  • @perpetuummsioworld4018
    @perpetuummsioworld4018 5 років тому

    Congratulations, First!

  • @windowsxpnt2347
    @windowsxpnt2347 5 років тому

    hey austin this is guys

  • @martinxxcz2919
    @martinxxcz2919 4 роки тому

    Im czech

  • @rsx-777drivelineinstitute5
    @rsx-777drivelineinstitute5 5 років тому

    BoybandPH

  • @KnedlikMCPE
    @KnedlikMCPE 5 років тому +1

    I think that panther IS german

    • @samyacoub4858
      @samyacoub4858 4 роки тому +6

      No, the panther I from skoda transportation. Not german