UKRAINE'S MOST SCENIC RAILWAY JOURNEY: THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS IN A PRIVATE SLEEPER COMPARTMENT
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2021
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Hello and welcome to another Ukrainian review on the channel!
Today we will be checking out Ukrainian Railways or UZ, the national operator. We are travelling on one of their sleeper trains, but as a day service from Mukachevo in the Southwest of Ukraine, up to Lviv, in the Northwest, a trip of 4 hours & 20 mins. We have a a private compartment today, which basically just means booking all 4 tickets... Enjoy the ride!
*PLEASE NOTE* At the time of filming all travel was permitted and has been carried out in full compliance with the local restrictions.
Date of Filming: 20/8/21
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Operator: Ukrainian Railways (UZ)
Departure: Mukachevo, Ukraine
Arrival: Lviv, Ukraine
Cost: 267 Hryvnia (£7.33, €8.69) Second Class (x4 to make it a private compartment)
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Thanks for this videos about my country 💙💛. Keep going on!!! Я з України
You are lucky to have gone to Ukraine before the invasion. Praying for the courageous people of such a beautiful country!
I know! I'm so thankful I spent a lovely 6 weeks there last summer before all 'this' 😥
@@NonstopEurotrip
The author of the channel utters the fascist slogans of Bandera, who killed Poles, Jews and even Ukrainians. Author, you're a fascist!
Invasion begins in 2014
everything is still fine dont worry
@@NonstopEurotrip
That wagon at 18:35 is used for finding rail defects (cracks, deformations)
Ah thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for making these videos about my Ukraine🇺🇦, keep going on to do that. I will write Ukrainian
Я дякую тобі за відео про Україну, продовжуй і далі. ❤
Stay strong 🙏🏻
What a beautiful place looking like heaven, could see kids playing with joy, its unfortunate and sad whats happening now due to invasion, hope to see the old golden era of peaceful and happy people of Ukraine
Absolutely 💯🇺🇦
Amazing trip from beautiful Ukraine - relaxing, SCENIC and comfortable. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it my friend 😊
I've travelled from Przymsyl in Poland to Lviv, Ukraine and back in 2019.
I was due to visit Ukraine again, but Covid and Putin put a stop to that trip 😔
One of the best trains I've ever taken. Second class was decent, the modern Hyundai Rotem trains were better than many western European trains I've taken.
Also, I will visit Ukraine again!
Me too! 😁
Ukraine is a nice country. And the Ukrainian people are very friendly.
Absolutely Andrew! 🙏🏻
😁
Andrew i guess you want to find and f..k easy affordable wimen and that is why you are telling all thise compliments to the ukrainians as much of the west europians wich come to Ukraine with the only purpose to f..k ukrainian women..
Ukraine is beautiful country 🤗❤️
Absolutely 🤗
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The beauty of lesser used lines is that they have something to stare at. Main lines, for safety and noise reduction purposes, are usually planted with the same trees along the entire route
Completely agree 😊
This is a main line though. Isn't it?
@@zoltanboros8963 didn't really say but considering their speed limits it wouldn't count as one
@@Coole000 max speed in Ukraine is 160kmh anyway. I would say the only 'mainlines' are Lviv-Kyiv-Kharkiv and Kyiv-Odessa, possibly a few others
That's a good tip about buying all the bunks in the cabin
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Nice video about Zakarpatie, thank you, one of amazing places in Ukraine, good quality video.
Thank you 😊
Great video as always, mate and loved watching all those mesmerizing sceneries and I think, it's worth taking this trip and prices aren't too expensive either and on top of that, it's filled with some scenic views.
It's a pretty special route, unfortunately a lot of the long distance services traverse it at night, so I was happy I got to see it in it's full beauty 🏞️🇺🇦
Cab riď hoĺland train
Cab ride niederländische bahn
The station buildings certainly give an impression of grandeur, and the corridor carriages give you a feeling of being in a much grander place than you actually were!!
Yeah absolutely 😊
Lavochne station is so developed, as it is (as well as Volovets) a 'gate' onto crossing the main Carpathian ridges.
Also Lavochne and Volovets are the tourists stations, popular for skiing in winter. These stations provide the transportation to the further smaller resorts in the mountains, as well as have some resorts right in these villages.
Thanks for the great video. I agree with your rating of this trip. I would also give it a top ten of travel vids I have watched.
My great grandparents were from this area, so it really touched me to watch this video.
Ah excellent! I'm very glad you enjoyed it ☺️
😱WOW!
FANTASTIC Trip Report👍👍
What an experience, I think a visit in the Ukraine in 2022 is a MUST!
THX for this awesome video...✌️
It's a great country, and so cheap! 😄
This looks so much like Romania to me. Love that type of nature and countryside
Much nicer, I'd argue 🙃
@@NonstopEurotrip Transylvania and the northern parts of Romania are beautiful though
Slava Ukraini! sadly now theres a War....
Awesone review Max!! Beautiful scenery. Relaxing!! Nice private compartment😀😀😀♥️♥️
I did have to put up with Superalbs 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip oh well. Not everything is perfect😀
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Beautiful countryside. But when I, as a 65 year old woman, need the loo, the one on that train simply will not do!! 🤣🤣. Looks like traveling by train in Eastern Europe is definitely a young persons game! Enjoying your videos! 😊
Yes you're probably right, but it's getting better, news trains etc
It varies from train to train. Passenger trains are subsidized by cargo freight, mainly due to Ukrainians' low salaries, as they will not be able to afford trips (and most people take summer vacations and travel by trains). It's socialism at its worst.
Thank you for recording videos of the Ukrainian countryside and depots. They help me understand better today’s tragedies.
You're welcome! I'm glad I got the chance to go for 6 weeks least year. I've got so much footage 🙏🏻
Nice views with cam outiside the train ... thanks for the ride
You're very welcome 🙂
Loved your vid, thanks.
Thanks Travis! 🙏🏻
Great Stuff, keep them coming.
Absolutely will John 😊
Great Video....That Tunnel is on my Bucket List....
Thanks for watching, glad you like it! 😊
Lovely views of the countryside are just my thing but your comments on the toilets and toilet paper had me chuckling 😂😁
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I used to love the trains in the USSR. As an American I have many stories to tell. 1st Glass used to have chi or hot tea in the metal holders and glass cups. THAT WAS DEFINITELY A REFURBISHED SOVIET TRAIN. It was the same just got rid of the green interiors. Also, when you went to the restrooms you could see the “contents” going directly on the tracks. I am serious. My college class ring fell off my finger and through the hole and onto the tracks. Someone found a whole years wages for back then. I always said Moscow was like Washington and Kiev was like Charlotte, NC. The Ukrainian culture is like the Carolinas in the USA. I EVEN RODE ON A PRISON TRAIN FROM ORENGERG RUSSIA TO MOSCOW FOR 31 hours. Long story - escaped a kidnapping (1993) and only transpiration quickly out of Orenburg. I truly love the Ukraine.
Wow what an adventure that sounds like 😂
"Ukraine" is the name of the state and the article is not used. I see You are a great specialist in Ukrainian culture.
@@olegm.3369 I am definitely not a specialist nor consider myself a specialist in many things. I do have a son that is 1/2 Ukrainian that lives in Kiev and our dacha in Pyatihatki. He chooses to work there. My Ukrainian wife died from cancer from the Chernobyl accident. It was the happiest time of my life filled with some tragedy. I worked for an American Television Network in conjunction with Moscow company (Ostankino) and later was transferred to the Kiev office. I gave a music concert at the October Palace of International Culture in Kiev in 1993. We produced Christian television programs for children and adults. Recorded music in studios in Kiev, Moscow and Vladimir. The Kiev Christian Center we helped start eventually became Hillsong - United.
Moscow was difficult but interesting. I had a good friend that was a modelere name Slava Zaitzev at Moscow Don Modi who helped me navigate my time there. He and my mother had a joint venture when his clothing was introduced in the USA and Canada in 1986. I absolutely loved the Ukraine because it reminded me of home when I was so far away. No. I do not consider myself a specialist however I was a spectator during a very interesting time in History. In American English, the article “the” in reference to Ukraine as a Soviet state and independent country seems to have not changed. Mainly in English the word “Ukraine” is thought of as a reference “ borderland” as the Netherlands is considered “lowlands. An article is used in the reference to the translation. We would never refer to The Netherlands as “Netherlands”. If is culturally insensitive, of course I will remove “the” in reference to the independent status as a country. I never truly thought of that. God bless you! Thank you for the correction.
@@NonstopEurotrip it was one of the most exciting times in my life. I literally saw history happen. I loved the people so much. They sacrificed greatly to invite me as a guest for dinner especially at that time. I will never forget their kindness. I am a better person due to the life lessons I learned from these wonderful people. My visit to the Soviet dentist and hospital made my faith grow as well lol. To be judged by character and not by economic status was a concept that was very foreign to most citizens of capitalists countries. EVERYDAY WAS AN ADVENTURE AND I LOVED IT!
@@courtheath5138 it certainly sounds like it, thanks for sharing!! 🙏🏻😃
You were fortunate to travel to Ukraine while it was still possible. Such great scenery and "proper" trains with locos and good old jointed track. Brings back memories of traveling in Russia and the Baltic states a few years ago. I wish I had the time and energy to go again...
Absolutely! When I can, I'll be one of the first to go back!! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Awesome train vlog! I am new subscriber your channel. Greetings from Plano, Texas, United States.
Welcome along! Check out my 120 other videos too 😊!
Tip: sleeper trains have boiler with drinkable hot water near the train attendant coupe, that usually all passangers can use (or ask train attendant, it should be free anyway)
Yes, it is 👍🏻
magnificent
Thank you, nonstop eurotrip! A night train !!! You are sure to make me happy. Definitely one of my favorite videos on your channel. 9:41: nice sound of the train. Gorgeous. Tell me, you say you traveled with another UA-camr who is also passionate about trains. But do we see it on the video? And he slept in your room or elsewhere? In any case, you filmed very well. Dazzling.
Well I'm very happy you enjoyed it Louis! It was an amazing journey. I was travelling with Superalbs who went all the way to Kyiv, then came back and met me in Lviv afterwards 🇺🇦😁👍🏻
@@NonstopEurotrip Good, but you forgot to put a love for my comment>.
@@louislegrand2865 Sorry 🤣❤️
Based on my experience with UZ, coffee is coffee and coffee beverage (more correctly coffeelike beverage) is Nescafe 3 in 1 (they aren't allowed to call it coffee due to regulations)
Except Nescafé is coffee too 🤗😅
Nice one.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Great trip. I bet it's even better experiencing it. Station architecture is stunning if not a little OTT..
Absolutely Mark! I loved all my Ukraine journeys 👍🏻😎
Great video! This refurbished coach looks very nice, the interior seems to be inspired by WLABmz Siemens/TVZ coaches (for RŽD). Btw. now I understand why you wrote sleeper compartment - no sleeping :-D
Thanks mate! Yeah Albie went all the way to Kyiv, then came back and met me in Lviv 😎👍🏻
Fantastic.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Lviv!! That’s my late mother’s home area of the Ukraine, or at least her family’s!! They came from a small village close to Lviv called Toporow, pronounced Toporov!!
Ah excellent, it's a lovely place!
This is new stuff. Like it :D
👍🏻😎🇺🇦
Yet another excellent written commentary - so much better than very amateur wannabe TV presenters who without exception are terrible - and a good insight into a country I knew llittle about. I can't wait to learn more from you!
Well Jon thank you 🙏🏻 I definitely don't plan on making that move, I'm quite happy to let the videos do the 'talking' 😎
I love the third class carriage at 8:56. It looks like a train dormitory. And a very basic one at that :-)
Absolutely Simon! I couldn't bring myself to book it for a long trip 😂
That is a serious amount of horsepower!
Absolutely Steve!!!!!!!
Thanks
No problem 😃
I am subscribed. I watch lots of train videos and vlogs from Russia. Decided to check Ukraine as well. Guess what, I am impressed by your video quality. In upcoming videos if possible you can increase the length of your videos to show the outside landscape in more detail. Otherwise I like your unique style of presenting the content. Good job. Keep it up. 👍
Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked the video and are now subscribed 😁🙏🏻
Very nice
Thanks! 😃
I very much enjoy your channel. Your video trips on trains give one the opportunity to "sample" a possible trip before actually planning one. I would encourage you spend a little more time pointing out the access and amenities of the stations on both sides of your future trips, as I think viewers might appreciate it.
Thank you Ogden! I will always include some station information when I have it or have filmed it, but lots of people find that boring and it can drag on 😅
Now, that is my kinda sleeper trip 😆
Thank you Em 🙏🏻😎
10 mins is a fairly short delay for a medical emergency..
Yeah they just took her off the train 👍🏻
Another vid Ive really enjoyed. Reminded me of travelling around Austria and in particular the trip from Graz past Bruch un der Mur into the world heritage circular train track starting a Murrzuschlag and over the mountain and on to Vienna. I think the Ukraine is calling me but not before I hop on the trans Siberian train.
"Ukraine" not "the Ukraine"
Ukraine is such a beautiful and underrated country in my opinion. Me and a friend spend 6 weeks there over the summer and including all trains, hotels and food it only cost £200/week each!
The sound of the old soviet railways is so addictive. I miss it!!
It's crazy that the track is electrified all the way up in the mountains!! Whilst UK can't even get this tiny island fully electrified. 😐
Me tooooo 🥲
Great video.
Such beautiful scenery.
The manned guard towers were different.
You mentioned that they were at every tunnel?
That's interesting. I might Google to find out why.
Thank you Stephanie 😊 Yes, every tunnel, but there aren't that many. In fact east of Germany tunnels are quite rare 🤷🏻♂️
Beautiful scenery I definitely like to travel in Ukraine by train I probably book all the 4 seater for privacy
It's the way to do it 🙂
Are you a mind reader? Everytime Iwas thinking of a question eg who are you travelling with...you answered it... Amazing journey thanks for the ride.
Oh absolutely, I know what you're thinking 😈😈😈
I would love to go on this train.
You can 🙂
Entertaining video. Any videos made in Poland? Had a sleeping car ride there a long time ago.... Gdansk - Warsaw.... Flying up and down, felt like feet... Just waited for the sound of wheels running on gravel.... Frozen water in the sink....
Ah wow, certainly an experience! I have 4 polish videos filmed, the first is scheduled for around 6-7 weeks time!
@@NonstopEurotrip I'll look forward to them and to se what they've accomplished since my wedding travel(!) 1986-12-30....
Slava Ukraïni jeroiam slava from Greece
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very nice but such a slow ride
Ikr 🤣
fun fact: before WW2 Mukachevo was part of Czechoslovakia
Yeah, as the joke says one could visit three countries without leaving the town.
I saw that actually 🤣
It was ceded to Hungary before the war began.
@@cehaem2 you are right. when Hitler pounced on Czecoslovakia in 1938 (before the war proper begun) the Hungarians closed in to bite off a piece for themselves
I wonder how much of this still exists...
It's mainly in the west, so let's hope this madness stops soon!
Amazing video as always! Just a question, are you going to cover Russian trains in the future sometime as well? Feels like there is a lot to explore there as well as see the last remains of the Soviet Union in the marvelous train stations across the country!
I will yes! But it's a lot harder for me to get to Russia 👍🏻
What about 3rd class - There are a lot of new or refublished ones
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an interesting fact in Ukraine the minimum wage is much higher than in Russia
Really? 🤔
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes and no since Russia has different rates for different parts of the country. GDP per capita is actually three times higher which translates to real wages. There's a reason why there is lots of Ukrainian "guest workers" in Mr. Putin's country.
@@cehaem2 tho it is also worth mentioning that 40-50% of Ukrainian economy is in shadows, according to some estimations. The official data says that the average salary is about 615$, however it only includes those paying taxes. In reality it is higher, especially in a city.
@@micsdf7 average salary doesn't matter. What matters is the dominant. People tut work in the shadow economy usually make even less. Ukrainians work in Russia not the other way around.
@@cehaem2 there is a GINI index which represents income inequality, it is 2 times better in Ukraine than in russia. Moreover there are quite some russian citizens in Ukraine at the moment. Further, not many ukrainian citizens really moved to russia in the past 5 years as it doesn't make sense anymore. However if we compare etnicities there are about 11% of russian in Ukraine. And no, in the shadow economy in Ukraine they don't make less it is the opposite. It is not an illegal business but just a tax evasion. People lower their salaries in the reports and get cash. Further the richer you are the more tax evasion you commit. Plus the goverment sector really makes the statistics as they (obviously) pay taxes and the salary in there is smaller. And as you mentioned the GDP the shadow economy really effects it. If 50% of the economy is in shadows just multiply it by 2, moreover the GDP is calculated for a much bigger population than the country has available (as it includes Cremia, the entire of Donbas and citizens working in Europe but sending money into Ukraine to their families) So all small things like this form a really bad statistical picture which doesn't really represent the truth.
А будет беларуская чыгунка?
Мне не пускаюць!
Ever considered coming to Ireland? No decent train reviews done here yet.
I will, at some point!
Like Ukraine. Your rail journey crossing carpathian mountains exhilarating. Long to visit ukraine .but all my wishes were shatterred ,fue to russian invasion
I'll definitely be going back as soon as is possible ☺️🇺🇦🙏🏻😍
C'est vraiment beau. Par contre, je pensais que le réseau ferroviaire ex-soviétique était en LRS, on dirait que ce n'est pas le cas, ça fait clac-clac --- clac-clac tout le long.
This was the main rout for the Soviet trains loaded with "panzers" in he era of the cold war if there would be a conflict between the east and the west...
Yes, I think I read that while researching the video 🙂👍🏻
I was planning a holiday in Ukraine for September 2020, but... Covid.
I can't recommend it highly enough 😃
well i guess 2022 didn't go as well...
Looks like it definitely needs some upgrades to reach EU train standards.
That's the charm of it 😂
Infrastructure-wise UA is pretty much where most of the new EU member states were 20 years ago.
23:17 Video's score: 8.1
This comment only just appeared Pedro!? 🤗
@@NonstopEurotrip I commented & watched this video one month ago, so I guess your mobile phone, laptop or computer just realized this comment was posted
@@pedrorubiotejero_aka_prt I think it was being 'held for review'
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Great travel but why using a sleeper train for such a short journey? You better take suburban trains to get more impressions.
The old carriage at 18:30 is probably the so called "electric laboratory" used by railroad workers.
Because originally we were going all the way to Kyiv, but my plans changed last minute. Superalbs stayed on all the way though 👍🏻
не нужно иностранцам в наши электрички ;)
@@MrTasic можно подумать, они в обморок упадут.
It’s a Bald & Bankrupt soviet trip!! Brilliant
Hell yeah, there's more to come soon too 😎
Some very pretty scenery, that's for sure. I still feel reservations concerning personal safety. At a political level. At a personal
level. At locational level en-route. I think I'd only make the journey as part of a group of four.
When we visited last year, It was perfectly safe. I wouldn't travel right now until things settle down. Amazing country 👍🏻
Over the years I've seen worse and I've seen better toilets on UZ trains. Some even have automatic paper seat covers and don't smell bad.
Wow I've never seen them! And I've been in the Tarpan and Intercity+ services 😎🇺🇦
1:47 - "...a lot of undesirables around." Hmmm... isn't that politically incorrect by any chance? I mean, who is desirable and who is not, according to today's criteria?
When they try to rob you, I think it's fair to call them undesirables...
@@NonstopEurotrip When they try to rob you, you call them bandits.