Going to Ukraine by Train: 20 Hours in a Ukrainian Sleeping Car

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  • Опубліковано 6 лют 2025

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  • @erwinmeeuwenoord6015
    @erwinmeeuwenoord6015 4 місяці тому +11

    Merci! Worth some extra support 😊

  • @MrSzalonnaOriginal
    @MrSzalonnaOriginal 4 місяці тому +30

    I've been wanting this video for 4 years! Thanks so much!

  • @HenryMulder53
    @HenryMulder53 4 місяці тому +36

    Congratulations with your Innotrain award.

  • @olgafehetsyn2134
    @olgafehetsyn2134 4 місяці тому +232

    Thank you for showing Ukraine to the world! Our railway works really heroically during the war.

    • @Vasiliy-ch1dp
      @Vasiliy-ch1dp 4 місяці тому +18

      Угледар уже не ваш😅

    • @maloffpaul
      @maloffpaul 4 місяці тому

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dpа навіщо він вам?

    • @ZigZakBlog
      @ZigZakBlog 4 місяці тому +20

      because your railway was build in ussr

    • @artemik
      @artemik 4 місяці тому +23

      ​@@Vasiliy-ch1dpговорит житель страны с дырявыми границами, царь которого начал войну в Украине что бы ее не было в России))))))

    • @ПэЖэ
      @ПэЖэ 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Vasiliy-ch1dp твоим может быть ток треш и угар)

  • @slava6071
    @slava6071 3 місяці тому +24

    Дякую автору відео за те, що показав як працює наша залізниця. Дякую залізничникам за їх незламність і постійну роботу, яка дає надію на рух далі і зʼєднує нас з усім світом🇺🇦❤

    • @ИванКен-ш2ю
      @ИванКен-ш2ю 3 місяці тому +1

      Дякуй шо вы дэбилы. Сначала граф дьякула, некст князь потужность))) дякует он😂😂😂

  • @davidwebb4904
    @davidwebb4904 4 місяці тому +171

    Fun fact. You can get a train as close as five miles from the actual Russian border. North of Sumy.

    • @CharlieBarbarossa
      @CharlieBarbarossa 4 місяці тому +16

      Yeah, I did that. Kyiv to Kharkiv line. That's close to where they went into Russia by surprise.

    • @oskarsrode2167
      @oskarsrode2167 4 місяці тому +27

      @@davidwebb4904You mean New Ukraine? 🤭

    • @TheOlgaSasha
      @TheOlgaSasha 4 місяці тому +26

      Sumy are 30 km from the border. But Ukraine entered into Kursk region for defending Sumy. So in fact the front line is 60km from railway near Sudzha town in Kursk region in russia. The speed line Kyiv - Poltava - Kharkiv is far from the border. But second (alternative) line Kyiv - Sumy - Kharkiv is in 7 km from the border with russia near Vorozhba junction station. Vorozhba station is often shelled by russian artillery and drones, so most of passenger trains go to Kharkiv through Poltava. The trains to Kharkiv through Sumy are often late because of danger of shelling.😢

    • @davidwebb4904
      @davidwebb4904 4 місяці тому +1

      @@TheOlgaSasha In the west they would charge extra for this, with it being a “thrill ride”.

    • @TheOlgaSasha
      @TheOlgaSasha 4 місяці тому +27

      @@davidwebb4904 In Ukraine railways play a great role during war, so trains did not stop even in hardest times of shelling Kyiv in 2022. Of course, trains are not allowed to go if it is danger. But danger in Ukraine is everywhere, because russia launches supersound balistic missiles to different cities of Ukraine almost every day (you have not more than 3 min to hide in shelter).

  • @druhyprogram
    @druhyprogram 4 місяці тому +63

    There is also a third point to enter Ukraine, although a bit more complicated. The Slovak railways run two pairs of trains between Košice in Slovakia and Mukachevo in Ukraine. They run on 1435 mm all the way to Mukachevo, which has a 1435 mm track. Less time is spent on border, but you have to change in Ukraine to their domestic fast train if you want to get further inland, like to Kyiv.

    • @pancropp
      @pancropp 4 місяці тому +2

      It goes both ways actually! There’s also a Russian guage track going to Kosice

    • @204wras
      @204wras 4 місяці тому +7

      ​@@pancroppbut it is freight only line to U. S. Steel

    • @Andrij_Kozak
      @Andrij_Kozak 4 місяці тому +3

      Best connection is from Przemysl !

    • @alph5230
      @alph5230 4 місяці тому +4

      RegioJet also runs a train there, to Chop

  • @Keikdv
    @Keikdv 4 місяці тому +16

    I joined a tour of the broad gauge system in Hungary because of the freight. The MAV does have broad gauge locomotives but no carriges. So the Ukrainian railways send out 2 sleepingcars. We did the daytour inside those coaches and loved it. We went with them back to Chop so we could see (3 hours) how the trains move there. We went back in MAV-coaches on the standard tracks that run into Chop. Would love to do the sleeping car train to Kyviv some day.

  • @TetianaCh-ina
    @TetianaCh-ina 3 місяці тому +3

    О, дуже дякуємо! Супер класно! ❤

  • @itepk0522
    @itepk0522 3 місяці тому +5

    Amazing video! I think you are the first one to document this journey with good quality footage.

  • @daanlagerwaard3657
    @daanlagerwaard3657 4 місяці тому +6

    A great video! You are definitely right about meeting new people, my girlfriend and I were travelling from the Netherlands to Turkey by train and on the train from Bucharest to Sofia we met a lovely couple in our compartment that we chatted with the whole journey! We stayed in touch and are meeting up with them soon, truly a great memory and friendship!

  • @EverydayInUa
    @EverydayInUa 4 місяці тому +39

    Cool to see you in Ukraine! Always Welcome!!!

  • @tomasbergstrom3695
    @tomasbergstrom3695 4 місяці тому +8

    Thank you for this video. It makes me remember the trip we did in 1986. Budapest to Kiev with a four day stopover in Ushgorod. Just a few months after Chernobyl, so we were the only tourists. The cars seem to be a updated and renovated version of the ones then.

    • @yura8469
      @yura8469 Місяць тому

      Kyiv, Uzhhorod, Chornobyl*

  • @canadagood
    @canadagood 4 місяці тому +31

    I appreciate your comment about meeting people on trains. I have seen so many UA-cam videos where someone has taken a one or two day journey by ferry or bus or train and apparently managed to never speak to another human being.
    Half of the joy of travel is meeting and conversing with strangers.

    • @andy99ish
      @andy99ish 4 місяці тому +2

      As there is no "I could not agree more" button here, let me tell that I could not agree more.

  • @unaby_unaby
    @unaby_unaby 4 місяці тому +60

    Welcome to Kyiv, I'm glad you've enjoyed by our country and the railway. Thanks for this beautiful journey! ♥

    • @Cairol58
      @Cairol58 4 місяці тому

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dp A wish from a Russian Kremlin bot! 👿 They're here too, of course! 😂
      Given the low combat capability of the Russian army, it will take at least 20 years to get to Kiev anyway. And Ukrainians, who are allies of the whole world, will not allow that! And Russia has long since ceased to be a world power, a laughing stock at best .... 😂 .
      Пожелание от русского кремлевского бота! 👿 Они тоже здесь, конечно же! 😂
      Учитывая низкую боеспособность российской армии, до Киева в любом случае придется идти не менее 20 лет. А украинцы, которые являются союзниками всего мира, этого не допустят! А Россия уже давно перестала быть мировой державой, в лучшем случае посмешищем... 😂 .

    • @martinlaun5655
      @martinlaun5655 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Vasiliy-ch1dpVasiliy - huylo.

    • @vovadodon4090
      @vovadodon4090 3 місяці тому +9

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dpвипий пігулку, хворе)

    • @angelotaku567
      @angelotaku567 3 місяці тому +8

      ​@@Vasiliy-ch1dpКієв Українськи а ви навіть і не мрійте

    • @Vasiliy-ch1dp
      @Vasiliy-ch1dp 3 місяці тому

      @@angelotaku567 Жмеринка твой уровень, а Киев - мать городов русских

  • @peterdowden7694
    @peterdowden7694 4 місяці тому +4

    Using UA-cam closed captions made it very easy to read, thanks Thibault

  • @luludufuret4585
    @luludufuret4585 4 місяці тому +21

    Bien cher Thibault, merci bien de tout cœur d'avoir eu le grand courage de render visite à ce pays tant aimé.
    Lulu, Paris 16eme

  • @KNG2971
    @KNG2971 3 місяці тому +15

    Знакомые вагончики уз! Неоднократно приходилось ездить! Всегда в них было душевно!!! Спасибо что показали миру! Да и пусть поскорее будет все хорошо на этой святой земле!

    • @ИванКен-ш2ю
      @ИванКен-ш2ю 3 місяці тому +14

      Все для этого делаем🇷🇺

    • @joana_alegria
      @joana_alegria 2 місяці тому +4

      B​@@ИванКен-ш2юOccupant!

    • @KNG2971
      @KNG2971 2 місяці тому +3

      @@ИванКен-ш2ю не дождётесь!

  • @Happymali10
    @Happymali10 4 місяці тому +25

    The hole in the bathroom floor is probably an emergency drain in case someone clogs the sink. It did look (at a glance) as if they had enclosed toilet-systems at least.

    • @maloffpaul
      @maloffpaul 4 місяці тому +4

      And for cleaning. To wash the floor

  • @vovadodon4090
    @vovadodon4090 3 місяці тому +5

    Thank you so much for such an amazing video! Also, UZ have many other more modern and comfortable trains to travel with🙌

  • @Deathellos
    @Deathellos 4 місяці тому +84

    Why are trains in Ukraine almost never late, unlike in Europe? Well, there are several reasons for this, and they primarily concern the organization of traffic not only in Ukraine, but also in other post-Soviet states.
    One of the reasons was indicated by the author, namely the lack of trees near the main lines. A fallen tree does not threaten the delay of trains.
    Another reason is the preparation of schedules. In Europe, there are "fast schedules", according to which trains travel as quickly as possible, without the right to make a mistake, and there are many of these trains. If one is delayed somewhere for some reason, subsequent problems will only mount according to the domino principle. In addition, there are many connecting routes, constant coupling and uncoupling of cars. And in Germany, for example, there is a practice of waiting for a late train with another train so that the transfer is not interrupted. In post-Soviet countries, schedules are drawn up in advance and, often, with a large lead time. The schedules are far from the fastest, but if a delay occurs, it is possible to easily fix it. There are not many trains, there are minimal changes of carriages, unlike in Europe, and even fewer agreed transfers. And the trains there do not wait for those running late, but depart on schedule no matter what.

    • @davidwebb4904
      @davidwebb4904 4 місяці тому +13

      @@Deathellos They pad the schedules, also theres so little traffic….. many city pairs only have a handful of trans a day.

    • @kgmakogon
      @kgmakogon 4 місяці тому +11

      In fact, there is quite a lot of traffic, cargo and passenger, long-distance and regional. And, as you said, this punctuality derives from the ex-Soviet system of railway construction and management. In Soviet times, the railways were constructed or rebuilt with 50 m (150 ft) free space from the rail to the forest or other objects. This strip of land along the railway was and even now is in possession of the railway administration, be it Russia or Ukraine or any other country in the ex-USSR, except for railways in cities, stations etc. So, no fallen trees and less possibility of disrupting accidents.

    • @davidwebb4904
      @davidwebb4904 4 місяці тому +5

      @@kgmakogon “Quite a lot of traffic”, is relative. In London, a train passing by every two minutes is normal. In Ukraine, four trains a day, is “a lot of traffic”.

    • @kgmakogon
      @kgmakogon 4 місяці тому +1

      @@davidwebb4904 a lot of cargo trains

    • @osasunaitor
      @osasunaitor 4 місяці тому +4

      ​@@davidwebb4904 man, in Spain many lines see less than 5 passenger trains per day in each direction, and they still manage to be late most of the time. So the frequency of trains cannot be the reason. Ukrainians are doing something else right

  • @johnmehaffey9953
    @johnmehaffey9953 4 місяці тому +35

    Great to see a country trying its best to be normal and safe for travellers, great post thibault 😊

  • @SerjantBanjo
    @SerjantBanjo Місяць тому +3

    Cool video! Thank you! 15:22 Passing my home😊

  • @Updoctor1
    @Updoctor1 4 місяці тому +2

    I love the cabin... Everything seems so comfortable

  • @PerkeleKeyboardist
    @PerkeleKeyboardist 4 місяці тому +57

    There's two direct connections to Kyiv (and beyond actually) but the most convenient and fast is from Warsaw to Kyiv with a cross-platform transfer from Polish IC to Ukrainian train in Chełm. Did this a couple of times, sometimes with huge loads of baggage, going once more in a couple of weeks.

    • @Andrij_Kozak
      @Andrij_Kozak 4 місяці тому +2

      Przemyśl to Kyiv is much faster and direct connection.

    • @c701338
      @c701338 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Andrij_Kozak not if you travel from Warsaw

    • @tomwalton6425
      @tomwalton6425 4 місяці тому +1

      Vienna is more accessible. Why would anyone travel from Warsaw?

    • @Andrij_Kozak
      @Andrij_Kozak 4 місяці тому +2

      @@tomwalton6425 because its much closer to Kyiv than Vienna

    • @PerkeleKeyboardist
      @PerkeleKeyboardist 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Andrij_KozakPrzemyśl is convenient on paper, but the border control there is chaotic, lots of trains are up to 5 hors late, and connections are way too long of a way to anywhere.

  • @oleglesnoy9171
    @oleglesnoy9171 4 місяці тому +43

    Welcome to Ukraine 🇺🇦and thank you for showing Ukrainian Railway

    • @Vasiliy-ch1dp
      @Vasiliy-ch1dp 4 місяці тому +5

      Спасибо, мы придем. С уважением, лейтенант ВС РФ

    • @oleglesnoy9171
      @oleglesnoy9171 4 місяці тому

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dp нагадую особисто для лейтенанта болотяної армії, всі, хто проходить в Україну з боліт повинен мати при собі чорний пакет для зручного транспортування назад, на болота! В іншому випадку ваші кістки розтягають тварини а все інше стане гарним добривом для української землі. росіян (читайте рабів) до раю не пускають! ☝️

    • @maloffpaul
      @maloffpaul 4 місяці тому

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dprus nazi

    • @Botanizls
      @Botanizls 4 місяці тому

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dp максимум куди ти прийдеш, це на свій вуличний сортір

    • @vovadodon4090
      @vovadodon4090 3 місяці тому

      @@Vasiliy-ch1dpя зичу тобі якнайшвидше повернутись традиційним рускім методом - в пакеті)

  • @conceyullena
    @conceyullena 4 місяці тому +5

    Beatiuful video ,greetings from Asturias 🚂👍🔔

  • @michaelhall8586
    @michaelhall8586 4 місяці тому +6

    I’m hoping for more peaceful times soon for lots of reasons but also so I can visit and show my support

  • @rezaalan3991
    @rezaalan3991 4 місяці тому +1

    Great trip. The boogie changing facilities is definitely unique.

  • @andywillis2650
    @andywillis2650 4 місяці тому +1

    Great video, glad you enjoyed it

  • @jean-pierrelebon3946
    @jean-pierrelebon3946 4 місяці тому +10

    Merci pour ce fantastique reportage ferroviaire 👍👍👍👍 ... il fallait oser le faire malgré toutes les incertitudes actuelles ... bravo pour votre chaîne ... (en admirant au passage, sans polémiquer, le courage de cette nation qui se bat pour garder son indépendance ... 👏 ).

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 4 місяці тому +7

    Riding these overnight sleeper trains look really exciting especially
    here in the Ukrainian countryside thank you.🚂🚃🚃🇺🇦

  • @mel816
    @mel816 Місяць тому

    Awesome trip report as always😄 It would be great if UZ could use those automatic gauge-changing trains like those used in Spain to eliminate having to change bogies and greatly speed up crossing the border.

  • @slava6071
    @slava6071 4 місяці тому +7

    Wow! I wait this video so much! Cool, thanks for that. Please ❤ this comment that author of this video will see it😊😊😊😊❤

  • @danielgorski4202
    @danielgorski4202 4 місяці тому +8

    Very very solid video. It's really nice to see some progress in your channel. What's next? Maybe it is time to Baltic countries?

  • @benduncan4027
    @benduncan4027 4 місяці тому +9

    It’s so weird to be watching your video but understand what everyone else is talking about around you.

    • @flopunkt3665
      @flopunkt3665 4 місяці тому

      So? What are they talking about? 😜

    • @ЮрійЛозовенко
      @ЮрійЛозовенко 4 місяці тому

      @@flopunkt3665 managing to find their own compartments... at the beginning (in Budapest).

  • @Vadimus76
    @Vadimus76 4 місяці тому +7

    Дуже цікаво )) Welcome to Ukraine ))

    • @kentmg7571
      @kentmg7571 3 місяці тому +2

      Гимно какое то.

    • @angelotaku567
      @angelotaku567 3 місяці тому

      ​@@kentmg7571сказав бот кремля

  • @TRAVEL.HIGHLIGHTS
    @TRAVEL.HIGHLIGHTS 4 місяці тому

    😊 It's magic to travel by Train. You feel asleep in one country and then you wake up in another country... Amazing

  • @genpsi
    @genpsi 2 місяці тому

    Дякую автору !

  • @cipdamboianu5139
    @cipdamboianu5139 4 місяці тому +7

    Did the Moscow - Kiev - Bucharest back in 1991, still Soviet Union! 27 hours of fun. In 2 compartments was one family (and luggage), emigrating to Israel. Hope one day to be able to do the Bucharest - Moscow again…

    • @TheOlgaSasha
      @TheOlgaSasha 4 місяці тому

      Kyiv - Moscow line is closed for at least 50 years. All railway bridges on the border were destroyed in 2022 and it will take years to build new ones even if the war ends today.

    • @Deathellos
      @Deathellos 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@TheOlgaSasha50 years?

    • @vovixs.567
      @vovixs.567 4 місяці тому +4

      Why moscow? Nothing to do there among orcs.
      Come visit Kyiv or Kharkiv when it's peace. We definitely need a train Kyiv - Bucharest - Sofia / Varna or Istanbul if possible (there was one in the 90s), with a carriage from Kharkiv as quite many people from there now live in Romania. But russia... it would be better if there was Ocean of Dreams instead.

    • @kentmg7571
      @kentmg7571 3 місяці тому +4

      @@vovixs.567 Вам нужен поезд Киев - Магадан, мы уже собираем вагоны.

    • @nikishved
      @nikishved 3 місяці тому +6

      ​@@vovixs.567yes-yes, keep on writing "Russia" or "Moscow" or "Russian" etc with lowercase letters - this remains one of the fewest ways to demonstrate the world around that you are from Ukraine. Otherwise you can be hardly determined as no real peculiarities or differences from Russian... Nothing own: no language, no culture, no country.

  • @rymlianynkyivskyi
    @rymlianynkyivskyi 3 місяці тому +3

    Nice journey!
    10:18 : During this stop in Lviv, a locomotive was replaced: from D.C. 3 kilovolts to A.C. 25 kilovolts 😎.

  • @nemaks77
    @nemaks77 2 місяці тому +3

    Это вагон WLAB габарита РИЦ (старый добрый Амендорф постройки ГДР конца семидесятых/начала восьмидесятых годов) после капремонта. В девяностых годах я постоянно работал на таких вагонах из Москвы на направлениях: Будапешт, Загреб, Белград, Вена, Афины, Салоники, Рим, Венеция... Сегодня вагоны Амендорф после капремонта обретают новую жизнь, как РИЦ так и купейные и эксплуатируются во всех республиках бывшего СССР.

    • @medenlin1
      @medenlin1 29 днів тому

      В России все RIC давно списаны. Выпускаются тверские в еврогабарите с возможностью быстрой смены тележек. Но сейчас они особо не нужны, т.ч. изредка встречаются на внутренних перевозках...

  • @prostakuk
    @prostakuk 4 місяці тому +1

    Damn, my man, this was one of your best.

  • @Eva1983ize
    @Eva1983ize 3 місяці тому +1

    Nagyon jó lett a film.

  • @scottyerkes1867
    @scottyerkes1867 4 місяці тому +10

    Interesting train ride into a war torn country. Accomodations looked comfy and clean. Thanks Thibault for sharing with us.😀👍👌

    • @sergejskubraks2454
      @sergejskubraks2454 4 місяці тому +2

      there is a lot of tourism as ukrie women going freely back for hairsdressiders, nails etc after collecting socials welfare on European tax payer expense

    • @osasunaitor
      @osasunaitor 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@sergejskubraks2454 okay Latvian russki

    • @petroleontyev9114
      @petroleontyev9114 2 місяці тому

      ​@sergejskubraks2454 Your comment is completely inappropriate here! No one should care about someone’s intention to go somewhere and for what purpose. Before expressing your thoughts, you should think twice so as not to look like an eccentric!

    • @sergejskubraks2454
      @sergejskubraks2454 2 місяці тому

      @@petroleontyev9114 give me a favour, get lost will you 🙂

  • @james23p
    @james23p 4 місяці тому +10

    I miss your commentary and insight but still great videos

    • @zactrale
      @zactrale 4 місяці тому +5

      You should switch on the subtitles.

    • @Fragenzeichenplatte
      @Fragenzeichenplatte 4 місяці тому +1

      Imagine watching the whole video without subtitles. It even says right at the beginning to turn it on.

  • @josephr9551
    @josephr9551 3 місяці тому +9

    I did not expect you visiting Ukraine but thank you for doing so. I would love to see more Ukrainian content. Glory to Ukraine and glory to its heroes!

  • @buzzukfiftythree
    @buzzukfiftythree 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for doing this journey for us, so I don’t have to!

  • @tammo100
    @tammo100 4 місяці тому +18

    The Ukrainian commuter trains have almost exactly the same color scheme as the Dutch commuter trains (sprinters)

    • @ob_dowboosh
      @ob_dowboosh 4 місяці тому +3

      Old color scheme is gray with light blue, new color scheme is white-yellow-blue

    • @osasunaitor
      @osasunaitor 4 місяці тому

      True, I hadn't noticed! Maybe they looked to the Netherlands when they modernised those trainsets, trying to find a modern and up to date colour scheme

    • @basdavids
      @basdavids 3 місяці тому +2

      The Hungarian one at 2:04 also has a similar scheme

  • @eleanorheptinstall5354
    @eleanorheptinstall5354 4 місяці тому

    Marvelous station Keleti station is, I do miss being having weekend trips to Budapest when I lived in Eastern Hungary, gorgeous City.

  • @DukeOfVladivostok
    @DukeOfVladivostok 4 місяці тому +3

    Very good video! Let me clarify a bit - the carriage you were travelling in is specifically for international transport, the other carriages are used in the country itself

  • @matiuikh
    @matiuikh 3 місяці тому +7

    Thank you to the author for showing the work of Ukrainian railway workers during the war. Russian missiles attempt to disrupt normal transportation operations and kill transport workers. In the first days of the war, millions of Ukrainians used Ukrainian railways to relocate to safer places. In sleeping cars like the one shown by the author, sometimes more than a hundred passengers would fit together with their pets - cats and dogs.

  • @PaulCashman
    @PaulCashman 4 місяці тому +3

    Looking at 12:32 -- "back in the day," toilets on Amtrak used to dump directly onto the tracks, and you could see down onto the trackbed just like in this video. A sign in the restroom used to say "Please do not flush toilet while train is stopped at station." (So I waited until we began rolling and weren't stopped at the platform. :) )

    • @iamthestig1
      @iamthestig1 4 місяці тому +2

      They still do in Britain...

    • @charlieinla
      @charlieinla 4 місяці тому +2

      Hungary as well....80% of rolling stock is 40 yrs old

  • @carlteacherman194
    @carlteacherman194 Місяць тому

    Excellent video. They are gradually building standard gauge lines across the borders such as from Chop to Uzhhorod.

  • @dennisud
    @dennisud 4 місяці тому +2

    Impressive ride. And I also saw on another channel the new Luped Railway in thecYucatan Peninsula in Mexico! Another train you might go on! 😉

  • @morgan97475
    @morgan97475 Місяць тому

    Very cool video. I never knew that about the different rail gauges. I thought it was standard throughout the world.

  • @AVyn0
    @AVyn0 4 місяці тому +8

    Amazing video🙌 Hope to see more content with the Ukrainian Railways

  • @theobrattinga500
    @theobrattinga500 4 місяці тому +3

    Great video.

  • @simonstadin
    @simonstadin 4 місяці тому +9

    I travelled to Ukraine this summer, though by bus from Moldova. On the Ukrainian side of the border they did ask a few questions about my visit, but my answers were apparently satisfactory. I wonder if it had been any different had I taken the train. I enjoyed my stay in Kyiv, and I would love to return to Ukraine one of these days!

  • @pietrovecchio8497
    @pietrovecchio8497 2 місяці тому

    grazie per questo video come interesse per il martoriato popolo ucraino

    • @GAMEBOX-j5i
      @GAMEBOX-j5i Місяць тому

      😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

  • @REDARROW_A_Personal
    @REDARROW_A_Personal Місяць тому +1

    First Simply Railways Video on a train into a country at war defending itself.

  • @fixthetempo7276
    @fixthetempo7276 3 місяці тому +7

    всё по класике и стакан гранёный в подстаканнике)) Староват вагончик, но еще походит. А вот толчок уже надо ставить современный. Странно что вообще с таким туалетом по европе разрешили ездить. Грета тунберг негодуэ.

    • @ИгорьБелышев-ь7л
      @ИгорьБелышев-ь7л Місяць тому

      слабоумный, а что с туалетом не так? Туалет вакуумный. На рельсы ничего не выкидывается...

    • @fixthetempo7276
      @fixthetempo7276 Місяць тому +1

      @@ИгорьБелышев-ь7л вы сразу продемонстрировали свой уровень начав своё обращение с оскорбления. Дайте таймкод, где вы там увидели "вакуумный" туалет.

  • @yann.thiele8336
    @yann.thiele8336 3 місяці тому +1

    About the Boogie changing Bit: it would make the Service a Lot faster/less noisy/complicated If those Cars Had Automatic gauge switching boogies. There are some existing in Switzerland (i Believe) that can Change from narrow to Standart Gauge and back

  • @maloffpaul
    @maloffpaul 4 місяці тому +3

    Thanks for showing Ukraine 🇺🇦

    • @MultiBifidok
      @MultiBifidok 2 місяці тому

      Meanwhile Ukraine 12:28 😂
      Как вас с такими унитазами в Европу пустили, немытые?

  • @tonysrailwayadventure2729
    @tonysrailwayadventure2729 4 місяці тому +1

    great video I'm going to try and go to Ukraine on my channel

  • @gsadfaw1223
    @gsadfaw1223 4 місяці тому +3

    Please go to the black sea coast on train from Kiev to Dnipro and then from Dnipro to Odessa, or on Ukrainian speed trains! that will be really cool!!!👍

    • @vladlen251
      @vladlen251 4 місяці тому

      Kyiv is not Kiev(moscovian variant). Please, use new variant = Kyiv

    • @JoeBrandon
      @JoeBrandon 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@vladlen251не, все правильно. Киев, кыив у себя на селе говори

    • @gsadfaw1223
      @gsadfaw1223 Місяць тому

      @@vladlen251 I know, i just used Kiev, whats wrong?

  • @СтепанПетрик-и6э
    @СтепанПетрик-и6э Місяць тому

    das ist doch meine liebe Heimatstadt Kiew🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @rolandbol7350
    @rolandbol7350 Місяць тому

    I took a night train from Berlin to Kyiv in 1994. At that time, it passed through Belarus which demanded an extra $70 for a transit visum. The Terespol-Brest border and gauge change started just after midnight, and the Ukrainian border check was at 5AM, so I didn't get much sleep either. I returned on a train to Krakow via Przemysl.

  • @NormanAllen-ps9ju
    @NormanAllen-ps9ju 4 місяці тому +3

    Very interesting trip ti Kiev ! I would love to be a patrion, but am unwilling to put my credit card out there on the either !

  • @albertpuig6273
    @albertpuig6273 27 днів тому +1

    Where can you book tickets for this train online?

  • @KOLEJ22DrogaPrzygody
    @KOLEJ22DrogaPrzygody 4 місяці тому +1

    Hello nice video , like .

  • @ukraniankozak179
    @ukraniankozak179 3 місяці тому

    always wanted to ride on this train maybe someday!

  • @davidwebb4904
    @davidwebb4904 4 місяці тому +12

    Been there done that, and more, three times over the last two years. Off there yet again next week.

  • @АлександрГудвин-д4з

    только в наших вагонах в туалете может быть две дырки и для второго этажа койки дают стремянку строительную и обязательно дают бесплатно холодного кипяточку 😁

  • @Eurobazz
    @Eurobazz 3 місяці тому

    Great video. I'm re-subscribing to your videos now I know you use sub-titles and no commentary. Thanks!

  • @EpicThe112
    @EpicThe112 4 місяці тому +3

    If you are wondering how they this in the opposite direction away from Ukraine towards Austria you might find one of the carriages having stretchers because this train is a lifeblood for Ukraine since there are no Medical evacuation aeroplanes since the Russian military controls the skies over Ukraine. 2:54 MAV V47 also known as DB Baureihe MRCE Dispolok Baureihe 182🇩🇪 ÖBB Baureihe 1016/1116🇦🇹. The Logical solution for this train is actually making it variable gauge one of them would be a combination Guards/Parcel carriage. Which will be used to carry MREs made in the UK/France/USA via Rammstein Flugplatz to the Ukrainian front. For chop to Kyiv there might be situations where the electric loco is towed behind a Diesel locomotive due to the fact that the substations for 3kv DC and 25kv 50hz are subjected to attacks by the Russian Air Force

  • @ob_dowboosh
    @ob_dowboosh 4 місяці тому +1

    I'd like to see the video of the renewed Ukrainian commuter train. The best route to try them is the Kyiv City Express (Kyiv Urban Rail) or Kyiv Circular line.

  • @myst_ng
    @myst_ng 4 місяці тому +44

    Courageous Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

    • @Mimi-q6z9h
      @Mimi-q6z9h 4 місяці тому +7

      Rubbish territory

    • @Tatrin
      @Tatrin 4 місяці тому

      @@Mimi-q6z9h бот лахтинский

    • @Tatrin
      @Tatrin 3 місяці тому

      @slaveholder-y7j бот лахтинский

  • @mihaim1032
    @mihaim1032 4 місяці тому +3

    Can you also make a video in which you can take the UZ train from Chisinau(Kishinev) to Kyiv?

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 4 місяці тому +2

    Glad the grand station was not destroyed by Russian bombings. Sad so many young lives have been lost😢

  • @silenthunteruk
    @silenthunteruk 4 місяці тому

    A quick heads-up if you wish to do this now; normal travel insurance may not cover the trip, especially if your foreign ministry has advised against going there.

  • @nelchnelch
    @nelchnelch 4 місяці тому +2

    Old Rits , made in Gorlitz in DDR :-)

  • @AydinAydin8434
    @AydinAydin8434 2 місяці тому +1

    Ohaaaa budapeşte ve kiev arası 1171 km mi ?

  • @Alsimable
    @Alsimable Місяць тому

    someday you should take a ride from Moscow to Vladivostok)

  • @jonclassical2024
    @jonclassical2024 4 місяці тому +3

    Loved this post, the last time I was in Budapest, the train station was ungoing massive renovations, stunning building never the less! I wondered when you said you were sharing the compartment, what happens if its a female. Very brave of you to travel all the way to Kyiv...I think I could do Lviv.... Slava Ukraini !

  • @cherylsemrau7100
    @cherylsemrau7100 4 місяці тому +2

    Interesting that you would go to Ukraine during a war.

    • @sergejskubraks2454
      @sergejskubraks2454 4 місяці тому +1

      there is a lot of tourism as ukrie women going freely back for hairsdressiders, nails etc after collecting socials welfare on European tax payer expense

    • @TheOlgaSasha
      @TheOlgaSasha 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@sergejskubraks2454Those women escaped from war, not from poorness.

  •  4 місяці тому +2

    7:41 He said: Most ment oda... otthagyta nála.... Hát de nem kezelted le?.... Nem dehogyis! Hát mit kezeljek le?
    He has just arrived there.... he left (something) by someone.. But have you checked it?... No, not at all! What should I check then? :DD

  • @Numberbloker136
    @Numberbloker136 Місяць тому

    2:01 I see my favourite train real 741K 😱😱😱 he got 2 floors

  • @TSZSpotter
    @TSZSpotter 4 місяці тому +5

    Very nice video report about your train journey from Hungary to Ukraine. I watched it from start to finish. I was once in Hungary taking the night train Chopin from Krakow Główny, but I was going to Nyugati station. I have to admit that in Budapest they have very beautiful architecture of the train station buildings. I don't want to sound stupid and strange but... you didn't have any fears/concerns about going to Ukraine, to a country where there is currently a war? Fear in the sense that some missile made in Russia could hit your train in your carriage. Thank you in advance for your answer.

    • @davidwebb4904
      @davidwebb4904 4 місяці тому +2

      Ive been three times in the last two years. Last year, I went as far as Kharkiv, Izyum and Sloviansk. A mere 20 minutes from where TV says is actual war stuff happening. I saw nothing I heard nothing. Its absolutely fine. Much safer than London. Off to Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Kramatorsk next week. Possible side trip to Sumy if I have time.

  • @aniinnrchoque1861
    @aniinnrchoque1861 2 місяці тому +1

    How did you book that train? I tried everything under the sun but it was impossible to book that train online within months/weeks/days of travel. I was forced to resort to using a bus.
    I fear that you can only book that train via ticket offices, by phone or by having "connections".
    In all it left a bad aftertaste.

    • @ob_dowboosh
      @ob_dowboosh 2 місяці тому

      Better book trains from Przemysl (aka Peremyshl)

    • @aniinnrchoque1861
      @aniinnrchoque1861 2 місяці тому

      @@ob_dowboosh I always do. I should have clarified that I mean Hungary and Elvira and the same route out as in the video to Budapesht. Slovakia and Poland have always worked out flawlessly by train.

  • @TheTarantas
    @TheTarantas Місяць тому

    Отверстие в полу туалета для аварийной остановки. В случае отказа тормозов состава, в отверстие необходимо просунуть лом

  • @НадеждаСпиридонова-в5з

    Это что лучший вариант в Украине... И что штучном варианте.... Народ спрашивает почитая комментарии где купить билет на такой поезд.....

    • @ob_dowboosh
      @ob_dowboosh 2 місяці тому

      Ну этот поезд без пересадок идёт, у него вагоны узкие. А поездов, которые идут в Украину без пересадок, мало. С Перемышля, что возле границы с Украиной, есть и более современная электричка производства Кореи.

  • @Ruankoss
    @Ruankoss 3 місяці тому

    Amazing content! Welcome to Ukraine! I visited my childhood many times by train to different cities

  • @Backwardlooking
    @Backwardlooking 4 місяці тому +3

    👍🏻🇫🇷✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @ЛеонидФилиппов-ш8щ
    @ЛеонидФилиппов-ш8щ 2 місяці тому +1

    Желаю всем мира и добра

  • @attilatasciko4817
    @attilatasciko4817 4 місяці тому +1

    8:01 = WOW , WE DIDN'T KNOW IRELAND HAVE 1600 MM WIDE GAUGE .

  • @louisescott4333
    @louisescott4333 28 днів тому

    I would never go on one of those sleepers. Sharing a sleeping compartment with a total stranger is potentially dangerous.

  • @mh_dot_fm
    @mh_dot_fm 4 місяці тому +1

    Did full Kyiv - Vienna two way back in 2017. 25 hours total. Hungarian border guys were quite bad honestly

    • @nemaks77
      @nemaks77 2 місяці тому

      Насколько я помню: в Вену вагон шел через Словакию (Чоп-Кошице-Братислава-Мархегг), в Венгрию он не заезжал, венгерских погранцов там быть не могло...

    • @mh_dot_fm
      @mh_dot_fm 2 місяці тому

      @nemaks77 No, it did. Also good luck assuming someone will answer you in your language on international resource

  • @billyfran1
    @billyfran1 4 місяці тому +1

    Any meals? Showers?

  • @didisinclair3605
    @didisinclair3605 4 місяці тому +6

    ❤❤❤ UKRAINE ❤❤❤

    • @Mimi-q6z9h
      @Mimi-q6z9h 4 місяці тому +4

      Rubbish territory

    • @Tatrin
      @Tatrin 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Mimi-q6z9h бот лахтинский

    • @vovixs.567
      @vovixs.567 4 місяці тому

      @@Mimi-q6z9h rubbish is you

    • @nsbioy
      @nsbioy 4 місяці тому

      @@Mimi-q6z9h Because of a lot of Russian rotting rubbish meat.