METROPOLITAN: BUDAPEST TO BRATISLAVA / ČESKÉ DRÁHY EUROCITY REVIEW / INTERNATIONAL TRAIN TRIP REPORT
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2021
- Hello and welcome to another international train trip report on the channel!
So today we will be taking a loco hauled Eurocity service between 2 capital cities, Budapest & Bratislava. These really are the best ways to get between so many of Europe's great cities and this train in fact runs all the way from Hungary to Prague in the Czech Republic.
České dráhy have really thought of everything when it comes to passenger convenience and comfort on these trains. From a full sit-down restaurant coach, plenty of space-saving bike racks, a wheelchair lift & dedicated compartment, family areas and various seating, in both compartments and open saloon. It's just brilliant, I hope you 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: 19/8/20
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Operator: České dráhy
Departure: Budapest Nyugati pályaudvar, Hungary
Arrival: Bratislava Hlavná Stanica, Slovakia
Cost: 4140 HUF / €12.00
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im liking the little highlight reel of the destination city at the end! please keep it in future videos!
Absolutely, I will whenever I can 😀
Seconded! Though travelling itself is great, it's always nice to have a reason!
".. some tower in Paris..." haha... Fantastic video, nice looking train..! Bratislava looks astonished...! Everything so cool...!
Lol glad you liked that 😅 this train is pretty much perfect too 😊
Agree that compartments are great...until you have to share. Nothing worse than a full compartment, so I prefer the open coach. Nice touch adding a few shots of the main sights too. Hope you saw the big mural at Bratislave station - well worth a look.
Thanks Linda! I did see the mural in the main hall, it's great! Glad you liked the little extra bits too 😃👌🏻
Thanks for the great video with the highlights of Bratislava and the bit about the station in Budapest being built by Eiffel. I've only seen that thing he built in Paris, need to get over the Budapest and take this train to Bratislava!
You're welcome- glad you like the highlights! I've just edited another video for release in 2 weeks which features another one of Mr Eiffel's masterpieces, this time in Portugal! 😃
Great trip report and very detailed the Czech coaches certainly look modern and have nice features also nice walk around bratislava at the end
Thanks Daniel glad you enjoyed!
@@NonstopEurotrip no problem
A very civilised way to travel!
Definitely 🥰😊
Almost 10 years ago we went by train from Prague to Budapest via Bratislava, but we came in at the Keleti station. All I really remember was that every single station in Prague, it felt like, had a Tesco in view somewhere - we could have been at home!
Yeah it's funny the amount of Tescos in that part of the world. Makes me feel at home 😅
Yep, these trains changed their terminus station in Budapest to Budapest Nyugati ín like 2015 or so to make the journey a bit shorter
Considering my family drives by this train station quite often is really cool.
Lovely video! That's a real train :)
Thank Ben! Nice isn't it? 😍
Thank you for another superb video! I'd enjoy the ride. Its been years, since I've visited Budapest and Bratislava. :-)
You're welcome. Both amazing cities 🙂
Very good coverage with all the components of Rail journey, congratulations! I had travelled similarly in 2018, it was also memorable. Really, it is an opportunity to get idea about landscape, river system, agriculture & horticulture aspects, forest coverage. It has given me an opportunity to interact with locals & exposure to cultural aspects. Invasion of Hungary by many others & protecting Hungarian language has mesmerized me. Happy, your video made me to recollect my rail journey experiences!!! Thanks a lot!!!
Thank you 😊
Really interesting ... how you travel from one country to another on a train from a third country. Amazing video. Thanks!
I know it's funny isn't it. Thanks for watching 😁
Great video !!
Thanks!
Amazing Trip report
I have taken this train in 2019
Thank you Albert 😎👌🏻
Great video! The last time I traveled the entire route 3 years ago, when the Metropolitan train was still leaving Budapest-Keleti station. I like the composition of this train, especially Ampz 1st class coach, which is almost the same as on EC Berliner train. It's nice to see a review of a Czech train from another person. Greetings from Prague! :-)
Thank you Pete! It's a pretty perfect train composition isn't it? I do love CD 💙
@@NonstopEurotrip Me too. Coming home from Prague I was lucky to have a dinner at 12am in the Restaurant car. I travelled with a Berliner Train who was splitted due to the bad weather.
Nice one 👍and even in our country when lhb coaches were introduced in year 2003 I enjoyed toilet window rail fanning
😂😂😂
Thanks for the tip.
You're welcome ☺️
What a really nice service - I'd be all over that first class. That's going on the list of trips I'll plan to take post-Covid, which is now up to around 90!
It's great! And I'm sorry Steve that I keep adding to your to-do list 😁
It's interesting to see your report after seeing the Simply Railway's report of the same train as you emphasised many different details etc.! :)
Yeah the tracks are in a worse condition and I hope that the Hungarian goverment will do some infrastructure upgrades here and there otherwise in 3 years we will see the new ČD 230 km/h Railjets crawling here at 120 km/h. 😅 Thanks for the video! :)
Thanks! Lol yeah, it would be nice to see this train running at 160-200 eventually 😀👌🏻
The lines look bad, but the government reforming with China's money as other countries are doing, it's a bad deal that Hungarians are not willing to pay with slavery. Or are they?
Do the ČD Railjets run to Slovakia? I'm just wondering and I have a weird thought about a ZSSK Railjet.
Nice!
Thanks 👍🏻
A few years ago, we came to Budapest with Metropolitan EC from Prague. The train was full and all the toilets were closed (the journey took more than 7 hours.). In Bratislava, a whole group of fans also boarded the train, who were going home from a Slovan match. They weren't thirsty.
It's funny after many years, but it wasn't then.
I can imagine 🤗
That Class 362 loco stayed there. It pulled the next Metropolitan EC, two hours later. Similarily, the Class 380 at the front came to Budapest with the previous Metropolitan.
Ah thanks for the information 🙏🏻
GREAT Trip!👍
My 1st trip with Ceske Drahy is planned for beginning of September from Praha to Berlin in 1st class - I'm already looking forward to it!😎
Don't miss the tasty dishes offered by CD. - Cheers, Heinz
@@pega17pl werde ich mir merken😎Danke für den Tipp, Heinz!✌️
I bet, they're great!
Be sure to buy Food and drinks while still in Czech because its 3x cheaper than when you cross the border
@@kuchynkajirka I know 😂🤑
I have travelled on many of these EC trains within Europe but I am a fan of both aviation and also railways. Many countries are really good and I certainly love those trains between Budapest and Praha Hl N via Bratislava Hl St. great fun and some super countryside. Austria and Switzerland as well have to be visited!
I love all the countries round there 😍
Hi there very interesting video journey seemed quite nice after when the train left Budapest actually the train does look very modern in my view.
Thank you- Yeah it's a great train! 😎
@@NonstopEurotrip Also Bratislava is a nice city despite the train station being very rundown.
@@jeromebano1125 I agree with that 😂
We plan a trip in July the opposite way- Bratislava to Budapest. Thx for the impressions! I think we pick the 1st class option. 18 Eur is a bargain!
Absolutely 😁
(3:21) CD runs more EC from and to Budapest, e.g. from Hamburg. CD does many co-working with ÖBB, they are included in its Railjet network and had purchased some samples, there are some night trains from Venna to Berlin via Poland by CD, too. - Cheers, Heinz
Railjets are my favourite sleeper trains 🙂
@@NonstopEurotrip - The reports of railway fans report same.
Greetings from Satu Mare RO
Greetings! 😁
Hi as a native Czech - i ahve traveled this international line many times - usually overnight 7hrs and 20 minutes - Prague - Bratislava - Budapest... I can confirm that the hungarian tracks are the worst on the rout , the the slovak part behind Bratislava is also weak and the Czech side - its a huge difference because it has been renovated ... Better go to Prague - The Railway statrion building is already renovated and looks amazing! (its the largest Art-Nuveau style building in the Czech republic)
Yes I agree with you 😊
Beautiful review!! I would choose first class hoping it would be fairly quiet. Here in the US most trains offer quiet cars..
Yes Scott! I do find the main advantage of first class, certainly in eastern Europe is it being quieter 😎
@@NonstopEurotrip thank goodness
Great video. Is it true that the trains from Budapest to Bratislava is not always busy? I booked a train without reservation, just afraid I can’t get a seat during late august.
I wouldn't risk it in August
Nice, nice. Love to do it some day. One question about the codes of a train. Could you make a video about that some day? It is a kind of secret language to me.
It's a secret Language to me too, I just include it when I have a train plan to work from! I think @petebrandy should do a video on them 😀
@@NonstopEurotrip And,did you contact @petebrandy???
I don't know how to.
2:40 the arriving locomotive stays at Budapest, it pulls back to the sidings after your departure and they are going to attach it to the end of the next incoming train to haul the next outbound train (or at least most times).
Thank you 🙏🏻
Some kind of tower, in Paris? I fell (Eiffel) for that one, too!
Very good 😂😂😂
Super
Next video?
Next Friday 🤭
I checked your channel and didn't find a single video from my country Poland. I recommend you a journey from Kraków to Gdańsk by Pendolino train - after modernisation works top speed is now 200 km/h and the whole trip (620 km long) takes about 4 hours and 45 minutes including three stops at major railway stations in Warsaw.
I've actually never been to Poland! But it is my NEXT country to come too, so stay tuned! 👌🏻😎
I have traveled many times overnight from Prague to Budapest for a weekend and back with a bag full of venison sausages bought in metro station in Népliget - what a yummi!!! Any recommendation for a super tasty hungarian sausages??
Ah very interesting 🙂👍🏻
@@NonstopEurotrip so what about the shop where i can find yummi traditional hungarian sausages??
10:35 I prefer the open saloon coach. It's better than a compartment coach because you don't have walls between to make more friends
17:02 Video's final score: 8.4
Thanks Pedro. I prefer the open coach too, unless I get a compartment to myself 😃
The adjustments of seats in Bmz coaches are like what the hell you can make bed by the reclinement (if you have a compartment for your self)😅
Amazing aren't they! 😃
I travelled this route the opposite way exactly 10 years ago. Bratislava station looks the same.
Not much changes lol 😂
I travelled using this train from Budapest to Bratislava. It was good but not everything was offered what I have experienced according to this video
There's an interesting announcement from the loudspeakers at 3:10 which is quite annoying and sadly reflects very well today's Hungarian trains: the train which was supposed to leave to Lajosmizse at 11:16 departs only from Kőbánya-Kispest so they ask its passengers to use one of the Intercity's instead and change trains at Kőbánya-Kispest. The Lajosmizse line is full of these occasions due to technical issues. :-(
Oh no! I've been on that line on a Bzmot?
@@NonstopEurotrip That is the line but you travelled by Bz on the Kecskemét to Lajosmizse section as I see on your playlist. :-) The Budapest to Lajosmizse section of the line is more troublesome as it is a single track non-electrified commuter line with old rolling stock. One train fails then the entire timetable collapses with it on that day with a domino effect. You have travelled with the retro paint scheme train which you believed to be a Soviet-type. :-D The problem is usually with the reliability of the old diesel locomotives. The Siemens Desiro trains have already gone from the line, the Russian made motor cars seem to be a bit more reliable but has a lack of low floor.
At 3:34 how do you find the train compartment ?
I miss them a long time ago. :/
Pretty good actually!
Hey. Aren't you making a video about the Hungarian Kiss train?
I will; this year hopefully 👍🏻
@@NonstopEurotrip 😉
2:21 Interesting. I have been to Paris before and I wasn''t aware of it. Could you tell me where I could find this tower ?
:P
No idea mate 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip Damn. It will take me some time to find it then. Paris is huge and it is not like you can see this tower towering over much of Paris ! 🤣
Compartments are like a luxury from the past here in the Netherlands. Also quite strange 2nd class is much better equipped than 1st class. Aside from that the amount of luxury onboard is just way way better than what is offered in the Netherlands.
Doesn't matter to me if it's compartment or open carriages: the main thing is being able to travel on a locomotive hauled train, preferably without sealed gangways so you can enjoy the unique sounds! Doesn't look like we'll be able to do that this year (live in the UK) ☹️
I don't mind either really too! Well, we can travel, but just have to quarentine, so it's best to travel for longer 😃
7:26 Well, sadly the whole train can achieve only 160km/h due to presence of Bdpee, Bdgmee and WRmee cars, which are allowing speeds only up to 160km/h. But from 2024, new ČD railjets should be put in service. :)
Actually only 120kmh due to the line speed 😅
@@NonstopEurotrip True, but my point was that whole consist can achieve 160km/h, not 200. I was not at all disputing the line speed. :) Also as I'm looking into the openrailway map, I can see that line speed is surprisingly higher between Sládkovičovo and Senec - 140 km/h. :D Very high speed, lol :D
@@iRocketQueen I never said the consist could do 200, I just said the loco 😉
@@NonstopEurotrip You have it right on the time stamp - "Unfortunately our speed today is limited by the tracks and line speed, as our whole train is 200km/h or 125mph capable" :) I don't mean to provoke or something, I just wanted to clarify that. :D
@@iRocketQueen whoops, ok ok 😅😅😅
Bmz is top coach 🥰🥰
"Hungarian forints"? You mean "Hungarian guilders", I suppose, as "forint" is the Hungarian translation of "florin", whose English translation is "guilder". Apart from this lexical remark, thanks for this interesting report! Köszönöm, D'akujem.
My Hungarian friend says it's perfectly acceptable to say forints in English.
@@NonstopEurotrip So what? A non-native English speaker is hardly a reference when it comes to determining what is acceptable in English (just as a non-native N speaker is hardly a a reference when it comes to determining what is aceptable in N language). Forint is a Hungarian word, the Hungarian translation of "florin", hence it's acceptable in Hungarian.
A l'epoque Bratislava etait la capitale de l'Hongrie, avec le nomme de "Pojoni" 🙂I was pleasantely surprised that Czhech Rep. is producing their own trains - well done to the czechs - great train, respect to the czech ingeniers, clean, clear and simple, that is what i like👍And of course once again i recommend you to try the railway line between Sofia (bulgarian capital) and Silistra (on the border of river Danube) - the longest railway line in Bulgaria, wich have sleeping wagon🙂🇧🇬Bon journee
Glad you enjoyed it! I will get to Bulgaria soon ☺️
@@NonstopEurotrip Sois bienvenue en Bulgarie 👍The views from the line Sofia - Silistra are really breathtaking and pictoresc, through the Stara Planina mountain. Another interesting thing is that from Silistra to the railway station Tsar Samuil there is line with new wagons "Siemens" and from Tsar Samuil you can take a train to the sea side capital of Bulgaria - Varna, another amazing trip wich i would recomend you. Au revoir et a bientot 👍
Do you know the most comfortable way to travel from Amsterdam to Bucharest by train?
There is a sleeper train that just started operation from Amsterstam to Vienna. and then another from Vienna to Bucharest, but I don't think the second one is running at the moment. Otherwise you'd have to get a Railjet from Vienna to Budapest and change for Bucharest there.
@@NonstopEurotrip thank you. I'll get info at NS.
fun fact about the loco pulling you, these locos are often nicknamed the "billions" because it cost Škoda about a billion Czech crowns in recalls
lol
Great fact 😂
Not too bad compared to the Bombardier Traxx.
Ah yes, another broken modern locomotive.
Please leave details for baggage areas or overhead racks, these are lacking in almost all train videos
All my videos include this information!
It's not the length of the tram that matters, it's what you do with it... Just ask the people of Lisbon...
Proper train though... 👍
😅😅😅 ikr
What a marked difference between 2nd class and 1st class 🧐. Not only in terms of decor/comfort but in noise factor.
I guess I'd find you in first class then Rob 😅
@@NonstopEurotrip … probably so Max 😀. At this stage of life, and working hard, it’s one of life’s little rewards. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Slovakian: Nemyslel som si ze uvidím moje prekrásne Nove Zamky vo videí na YT xD
English: I honestly did not think I would see my dear Nove Zamky in a video on YT xD
But as the guy in the train said, this train connect from budapest du Prague, which is why it was provided by CD-České Dráhy :)
I've been through Nove Zamky a few times now, but never stopped. Is it worth a visit?
@@NonstopEurotrip well, its like your normal town, i dont think it is honestly, but we have a swimming park with thermal water which is very nice... Its called "Strand" and you can get there via bus for free. It's called the Strandbus and it departs every hour or so... Honestly there isn't anything very interesting except the main station itself, where there are some things from WW2 in the first floor of the main hall. :)
@@dzefdet4800 maybe I'll visit for a few hours next time I'm passing 👌🏻
Why Railjet don't serve Bratislava ?
Good question 🤷🏻♂️
7:27 just some coaches are capable of 200 km/h, the one you were sitting in was capable only of 160 km/h
I swore to myself I do not comment any video captured in my country onboard the train I used to travel frequently, because my point of view is a way different.
I like these EC trains for their comfort, I hate these EC trains for being late on the schedule... always.
Thanks for the comment 😊
The announcment is very kind from the conductor but only Hungarian :/ Why dont work the CD announcents on this train?
I don't know sorry 🤷🏻♂️
I'm the only one who prefer compartments?
no;)
I do. If it's just me and my friends 😀
5:28 amogus
i thought Budapest has the longest tram vehicle in the world, who overtook Budapest?
It does, it's just not this line 😅
@@NonstopEurotrip impressed by those CAF rolling stock
Not a fan of compartment travel... Much prefer open saloons, personally.... Anti-social roommates on ECs between Cologne -Berlin & Berlin - Poznan pretty much re- enforced thwt sentiment...
I agree 💯👍🏻
I wish that you could have recorded the clickity clack of the entire journey the noise would send me to sleep in an instant, the ones already on you tube are too slow and not realistic enough for my befuddled old brain
Sorry I'll do that next time 😎😉
pfffff
Who needs stupid miles???
Americans 😏
So, I HATE compartments. You are the CZcamsur with whom I have the least affinities, tastes and convictions in the world of rail. I am only expressing my subjective opinion. So, I have nothing against you, especially do not take it badly. On the contrary, and I don't know how to say it too much in English (the translator does not work well), you do a great job for us, you give your all, I thank you very much for that, but question of tastes, we strongly disagree. I strongly disagree with many of your choices. Just because you made 3 great videos just released doesn't mean you're still good. You give us one of your worst videos. This is only my opinion, again. The composition of the train is complex, your description is complex, your logos are complex and tiring. We don't learn much on the train. The most I liked was the end, but unfortunately it's too short. Thanks to you, nonstop eurotrip!
Just trying to show some different trains with different layouts in different places... Sorry it's not a TGV 😉
Great video!
Thanks 👍🏻