15 HOURS in 3RD CLASS! (Ukraine Sleeper Train) 🇺🇦
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- What would you do when your time to Kyiv came to an end? Would you fly to another city? Would you take the bus? Or would you spend 15 hours a Ukrainian Sleeper Train?
Out of those options we took by far the slowest option, covering 540km in just 15 hours (36km an hour). Considering the tickets only cost us 300 Hryvnia ($10 USD) each, it was a pretty good experience.
Our tips for getting a sleeper train in Ukraine would include, try to leave at night (we left at 1:30pm) so it was a long afternoon. BRING FOOD (There is no food in third class). Don't select and pay for the '1 or 2 beverages served on the train' option. There is hot water for everyone but we would recommend you bring milk and your own cup. We paid for the 1 beverage on the train option but we didn't receive anything. Also get to the station and platform early, not much English is spoken or written anywhere.
(after seeing your tips in description)
- sometimes it's better to remind about tea/coffee you've bought, as conductor might forget (or just don't give a damn) about it.
- you might buy some food from conductor as well. the variety of choice is not big, usually it's some waffles/cookies and water but might be good if you want to have a snack
- check the route and stops (either online or there should be a place near the conductor). and as you can go out on longer stops (there are usually 2-4 stops during the route with 15-20mins duration of stop) you may go and buy food from shops at the train station. there also might be local people who are selling homemade food at such stops (dumplings, pies, corn, sweets..) but you can eat it on your own risk
- and yeah, sorry for the lack of english everywhere
Yeah I tried to communicate the drinks with the conductor but she thought I was joking, (didn't speak any English either). I did notice a few times that we had longer stops, if I take a long train again I will definitely ask the conductor where the longer stops are so we can get off! Thanks for your tips! The lack of English is fine, we never expect other countries to speak our language when we don't speak theirs. :)
3rd class train - smile or die😂. You are the heroes👍
Hahaha! Thanks for watching! :)
i must to say, it was a pretty clean 3rd class carriage. sometimes it's a bit more dirtier and without AC so traveling in summer at 30С became a nightmare.
Yes it was nice that it was only half full for most of the trip, it did get quite hot at times. I think it would be harder in the summer with the whole carriage full!!
@@hgworldtour haha. and you can imagine the mixed smell of sweat and food (it's a normal practice in ukraine to take a full lunch with you into the train with baked chicken, boiled eggs, oranges, ketchup and other heavily-smelling products) while it's hot and you have no access to the fresh air!
Hahahaha wow, glad it wasn't like that for our trip!!
Ich fahre gerne damit. Man lernt schnell Leute kennen zum Vodka trinken 😁👍
On the good side of things, its cheap. You can cross half a country for 5 dollars.
Well said, much cheaper than flying! Thanks for watching! :)
not really that cheap anymore. At minimum twice as more expensive. At minimum!
Gotta love the ol ukraine train trips. Dunno if thoes power points any good for charging electronics due to dirty power.
Haha yeah they were great! Oh interesting, thanks for letting us know! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
3rd class (плацкарт) is not worst, 20 years ago i travelled from Moscow to Kyiv in 4rd class (общий, загальний) sitting for 15 hours. And now, after InterCity trains appeared, i use only them, 5 hours to Lviv as mentioned below.
Oh wow, I didn't even know 4th class use to exist. This would have been after the fall of the Soviet Union. It's a good thing InterCity trains came along! :)
@@hgworldtour 4th class is basically same 3rd class, but all lower beds are seats for 3 people on each, so you can guess how much people was in it (and they doesn't really count amount of people in, so you can even stand in it). But it pretty much made for suburban trains, you can still find it in regions
Just subbed! It looked like you guys had a blast. It's those moments without wifi that you'll always remember haha 😊😊
Wow thanks Joanna, haha we sure will! Appreciate the support! :)
All of Europe’s a night-train/And all the men and women merely passengers/They have their Brexits and their Schengen Areas/And one man in his couchette smells many farts/His trips covering different gauges/At first the teenager/Hungover and puking into his best mate’s arms/And then the whining young man, with rucksack/And bleary morning face/And then the lover, riding off the rails/Into unknown tunnels/And then the husband/Sighing with sternness/And a where’s my passport?/Made to his wife’s eyeball/The next gauge slips into the sidings of serene retirement/And Interrailing at Senior-Person’s entitlement/The Spanish gauge shifts into green and considered Irun/The spectacle of those/With Euros well-saved/Last train of all/That bookends this changing, scentful mystery/Is second-class and near-Bolivian/Sans tea, sans pies, sans haste, sans air spring …
Have a nice time in Ukrain and looks very basic inside the Train but looks clean ;) ...
Thank you, yes it was pretty good value for money! Just a shame the train was so slow! Thanks for watching! :)
Also you could ask for a warmer blanket. It's usually not around in the warmer time of year, but it must be available if you're cold, I suppose.
And there might be a dedicated restaurant carriage with something to eat/drink. Not too fancy, probably -- not in the cheapest train possible.
But yeah, the toilets are horrible. Old school (nothing to be proud of). Except not all toilets are like that.
And keep in mind that the most expensive class tickets aren't that expensive. But.. you wanted the most extravagant experience -- you get what you've looked for, I suppose.
There must be the schedule/timetable in your wagon too. With times shown for every stop on your route. Not sure if it will be in English as well as in Ukrainian, but if you're good with cyrillic, then you probably find it all out. There must be stops for 30 minutes, not just 20. And it's not that hard to find some snacks in time (but you probably must be used to it).
But the first thing must be -- don't be shy to ask. Especially from the people who are there to help you, like the conductor. You spend some time miming, I suppose, but I don't believe you if you're not getting some snacks and drinks, even if there is nothing for sale :) But there should be something for sale, for sure. Must be. By the railway rules. And tea/coffee for drinks were probably included in the price you've paid.
Also really funny to see those cars as empty as you show them. Usually they're full, but then, usually we have no pandemics.
And in Lviv you can probably find an open restaurant even in the dead of the night. Unless some strict lockdown rules interfere, but I doubt it.
As for the place to sleep -- might be hard to find, if you're not prepared in advance.
Thanks for watching, it was a pretty good experience. We will need to check out 2nd class and maybe even 1st class one day! I'll save your comment and keep this in mind before we next jump on a sleeper train haha. It would definitely be an interesting experience with the whole carriage full!! :)
you are masochists - ) Kiev to Lviv by regular train takes 5 hours, it clean, nice and cheap!
Lol
...and there are wifi and buffet with coffee and hot-dogs
Great vlogs you guys!! New subs here!! This was a long trip!!
Thank you kindly, we appreciate the support. Haha it sure was! :)
You must be very brave if you travel in a third class :D
Hahaha it wasn't too bad Mark! Thanks for watching! :)