The PKP InterCity ED161 'Pesa Dart' - First Class Review (Łódź to Warszawa)
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- čas přidán 12. 01. 2021
- Hello, and welcome back to another train trip report on my channel. For this week's video I am at Łódź Fabryczna, and will be travelling to the capital (Warszawa/Warsaw) with PKP InterCity on one of their modern PKP ED161 'Pesa Dart' units, in First Class.
This journey starts at the very modern Łódź Fabryczna station, which has recently been completely overhauled. As detailed in the video, it is a wild difference from what came before it.
These units are helping to replace some of the more battered hauled stock on PKP InterCity services, with reclining seats in both classes, and a small restaurant, these 160km/h (100mph) sets are decently equipped for medium distance travel in Poland.
Restaurant menu link: www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/menu/2...
Hope you enjoy the video, as the train was fun to ride.
#pkpintercity #ed161 #tripreport
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Journey Details:
Origin: Łódź Fabryczna
Destination: Warszawa Centralna
Company: PKP InterCity
Train: PKP ED161 'Pesa Dart'
Accommodation: First Class Seat (1st)
Distance: 81 miles / 130 kilometres
Price: 47 PLN (£9.40 / €10.40 / $12.80)
Time: 1h21m
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Guys just remember that this man travels all around Europe like once every week to entertain us I have respect for you man 👍
I respect him - but I am also jealous as I would love to be able to spend my time travelling round Europe by train!
@@PaulB-justme ikr
@@PaulB-justme I’d love to go on that tgv in his recent video I’d love to enjoy the view and relax.
The Poles have radically transformed the station ... they have turned the old buildings with a sloppy look into a station with a futuristic design
great trip report Poland has a huge variety of trains from loco hauled passenger carriages to loads of local and regional units and the high speed pendolinos
Ah,btw...in Łódź they started drill huge tunell for trains...will be impressive inftastructure.
Poland does have some amazing trains ranging from old locomotives to high speed trains, suburban trains and even trams as well. Nice video.
There are 50s trams in Poznań as well, been there on holiday
@@transporttechnologykent5829 Ok
My hometown in poland has modern trains but untriduces loco hauled services. Theres a new service named "Kormoran" that goes all the way north of Poland. Via warsaw With a slightly odd loco
Another service is "sudety" with an awesome loco that looks weird but the horn sounds awesome.
@@MaxsTrainspotting I come from the UK, although on holiday I Went to Berlin, then to Poznań, there are some really nice, interesting trains to explore! Like The EN57al the modded one, looks like it’s a completely modern train. I have took it to Białograd at the Baltic Sea. I like the ac motors. The EP07s are also interesting, with those nice 70s carriages where you can slide the windows down completely. In the UK, the only window you can slide down is on the Class 43 Intercity 125s which have sliding windows on the doors, sadly most of the doors have been modded and the units with the Mk3 carriages are about to get withdrawn
Awesome. Thanks guys.
2:32 no no
we call the new version "turbokibel" (in english it's "turbotoilet") lol
I am no expert on Polish trains. They look pretty nice from what I can see in the video. I love the sound of the tractor motors on this EMU! Maybe Kato should produce these trains in N gauge, that'll be awesome.
The Dart got awarded for the best train design few years back. iF Design Award 2016
I have been in Bydgoszcz many times, and I saw the Pesa train factory many times
I live next to it haha
@@munmilks Is it loud?
@@olasola1013 no. Louder is station wich is next to PESA factory.
Wow that is a impressive looking train, traction motors sounds great too, preforms nicely and smoothly everything I want in a train.
9:49 that is a very beautiful looking train 🤩
Newag Impuls, one the best Polish trains en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newag_Impuls
Pesa Dart was produced for now only in 160 km/h version, and the speed record is 204 km/h. Newag Impuls reached speed 225 km/h and it is the fastest train of polish construction.
@@HarGar Pesa,Cegielski
As all polish trains! Btw you can become driver of this newag impuls (which you like so much) and many other trains in polish train simulator - maszyna eu07 which is available to download for free on the simulator webpage. It is totally free no demo, only full version available for all who want to play (no registration or anything like that needed).
I love this motor sound!!
Would love to see a video on the EN57's! Especially the ones in original condition. It's amazing how many different refurbishments have been carried out on them.
There are soooo many different variants, every time I visit Poland it feels like I see one I've not seen before! Will try to get there soon. :)
@@SuperalbsTravels Orginal Kibel rulezz, usually covered by graffiti :D
@@SuperalbsTravels At the moment, the Opolskie voivode is a good place to find the original EN57 units. I see the original ones quite regularly on the Gliwice to Opole route.
@@A_Canadian_In_Poland Good to know, thank you! :)
@@SuperalbsTravels PolRegio recently launched a series of tenders for up to 700 new EMUs and intends to replace all of its remaining EN57 and EN71 units within the next four years. I believe this will leave only Koleje Mazowieckie and SKM Trójmiasto with the type, the latter of which removed the washrooms entirely during a recent renovation instead of installing vacuum toilets. Koleje Śląskie also still has the modernised version. Wouldn't surprise me if SKPL (which currently runs an all-diesel fleet, even on electrified lines) tries to purchase a few modernised ones. There is also a plan to completely electrify the entire central and southeast corners of the country (only a few single-track lines here and there remain diesel-hauled).
Another excellent service by PKP! To be honest, it might be one of the best European TOCs.
huh? are u sure? aren't there serious problems with delays and timetables?
@@mareksicinski449 on time arrival here is better than in Germany and hardly any train gets cancelled. This is just a stupid stereotype that absolutely no one should believe.
The sound of GTO-VVVF is superb
Yeah, it's a shame this train has nothing to do with GTO-VVVF
actually it's an IGBT inverter made by Ingeteam
Great video !!
My city Warsaw ❤️🌺❤️
This guy is a legend
Great reportage as always! I would like to recommend you next time a trip in southern Poland (Małopolska Region) from Cracow to Krynica Zdrój. You will travel via Nowy Sącz (the Newag's factory) and then through the Poprad valley along the border with Slovakia (beautiful countryside and mountain landscapes). There are connections by local trains and IC TLK with old cars (windows which can be open). Greetings to you! 🍺👏
I like the overhead rail in the beautiful new station....the right thing to do for underground train or tram lines .
Nice video! Pesa Dart looks very nice, I think is better than Skoda InterPanter. Lodz Fabryczna railway station is very beautifully done, it's a pity that this railway station is usually empty, I was there 2 years ago and I was the only one there :-D
The station looks empty due to the fact that the construction of huge railway tunnels to connect this station with others has recently started in this way, the railway will largely run underground in the city tunneling started just a few days ago czcams.com/video/bj3mvmRoqzU/video.html
Specs are quite important too, I wish there was a good place for in-depth technical comparison of the capabilities of various trains in the Polish railways' rolling stock
Thank You!😀
0:27 There are three equal stations in Łódź, the other is called Łódź Kaliska and Łódź Widzew. There is also minor Łódź Chojny.
Superalb.....Seriously? You go all over, making time to share your journeys - and therefore a part of your life with us. A little camera jiggle isn't going to make it any less of an act of generosity.
It's great that doors between carriages during your trip. Sadly, during mine they didn't so I heard all the PAs twice at the same time and also train was really loud. Did they open automatically at stations?
The weird noises when slowing are the rheostatic brakes, they regenerate power back to the supply.
Have you ever tried the Eurocity to Berlin from Warsaw? It’s a pretty nice train route!
You got my attention!
Hello! 👋
@@SuperalbsTravels Hellol!
Classic EN57 is the best train in Poland! Of course you must will see it :D
I will try, as soon as I can get back to amazing Poland! 😊
A very nice video :) I live in Warsaw and take these trains whenever I need to go to Łódź. Without doubt, the fleet overhaul of the Polish railways, not just the Intercity but also the regional companies, while taking time, has brought some really good results. So, we either have very old trains (in minority by now), or quite new ones. Unfortunately, the track works are very slow, so it will be another while before we hit 250km/h anywhere, and 300 km/h if ever. Concerning the station in Łodź, it's a beautiful building for sure and a great reconstruction but did you notice how empty it was? It usually is. maybe it's the impression of space. The old station somehow seemed to have more traffic, crowd and life. But there seems to be an issue here. As the whole district lost its vibrancy following the station reconstruction. Maybe the tunnel that you mention will change that, but how?
The tunnel will link to other stations and there will be added 2 more stations to the tunnel turning it into a metro/train hybrid. Since already you can go for free by train if you have a month pass on the Łódź stations. Also there are only 2 tram lines going to the station if they would overhaul it would also improve the situation
Klasse sehr schöne Bahn Unterhaltung Klasse Gruß Micha
Yes.
Polksa Gurom!
At 10:11 starts Pruszków, where I live😅
Before the Dart Pesa was known mainly for streetcars and suburban trains. Dart is the first long distance unit designed by a Polish company.
Yes, I've travelled on their trams in a few parts of the world now.
Didn't Newag have one?
@@mareksicinski449ED160 Stadler FLIRT3 was produced by Stadler in cooperation with Newag.
How are you traveling around Europe at the moment when no leisure travel from the UK is allowed?
7:41 Railway turntable and proper steam loco ;-)
Train looks like a combo of the Bombardier Zefiro, Hitachi AT300, and Siemens Charger.
Part where it can be upgraded to 250 km/h checks out
The demolished old building of the Łódź Fabryczna station was from 1860s !
Ostatnia rozbudowa starego budynku dworca była gdzieś w latach 1925-1930.
i bardzo dobrze, ze zburzono tą starą ruderę, nie wszystko nadaje się do remontu a nowa stacja jest świetna
@@anthonycubadugosz109 Można było inaczej to zaprojektować i starą część spasować. Zrobić cztery różne fasady - starą "miejską" przy trójkątnym miejskim placu. Nową od Kilińskiego i jeszcze od południa i wschodu. Zespolić bardziej z miastem. Na razie to rozdeptana meduza pośród pustki.
@@ryszardadamski generalnie cała Lodz jest teraz mocno rozdeptana. Okolica dworca fabrycznego jest raczej powojenna z wyłączeniem kamienic przy POW, za pare lat kiedy ukończą już budowane i planowane inwestycje, cały plac wokół dworca będzie miał nowoczesna zabudowę, mnie się podoba ale to kwestia gustu
@@anthonycubadugosz109 Poszerzenie Narutowicza w PRLu i pozbawienie jej kameralności było błędem. Miasto od tej strony mogło zostać ciasne. Kilińskiego chyba nie będą poszerzać. Boki i tył Fabrycznego są do wzięcia. Zwłaszcza zaplecze i tył Fabrycznego mógłby być miejscem na nowoczesny klaster. Aby było miejsko i mniej przelotowych pasów startowych. Przynajmniej od Kilińskiego.
PESA Dart IMHO is best sounding electric vehicle ever built ;-)
Looks a little like King's Cross, the station, although demolishing the old station and then rebuilding something that looks exactly the same seems a bit of a funny approach to conservation.
True that it's strange, but it was in the wrong place for the new station. At least the design still exists!
Did you forget or lose your camera holder? I’m curious which one you use on the steady videos. Hope you are well Dylan 😎
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Hi thanks for the video. How did you find the noise level? I've been travelling a number of times on a PESA Link Diesel train and it is incredibly noisy - not only the engines, but also the air con.
You should try 814 regionova trains, these are loud :D , the Links in Czechia are the best diesel units in the country in my opinion(despite aircon being a bit noisy, but come on, at least some air con :D).
Let's be honest, Links aren't bad, it's just Siemens and Stadler that set the bar so incredibliy high.
The engines have German, I do not know who produced air conditioning.
@@perek30 Czy nie caly pociag byl zaprodukowany w Polsce?
Hey, about your train sim reskins. I downloaded a few and I'm not sure how to "Tick the product folder". Can you or anyone else help me??
Can u do a doors opening and closing compilation with PKP intercity or other polsih trains pls?
Nice video, how many train companies are there in Poland? Which one is the best in all ways around? Let me tell you that Poland is a beautiful country.
There are quite a few, but only this one really does long-distance services. :)
There are PESA located in Bydgoszcz and Newag, located in Nowy Sacz (southern Poland). At this moment, both of them doesn't produce EMU with speed over 160 kmh. Additionaly, PESA have serious problems with quality of their products (check out their EMU "Link" for DB and train on this video with electrical issues, which is common).
Thanks for the video ! I remember the old train station Łódź Fabryczna very well, but I also really like the new design, because I was born not far from this city and I still remember when I was a kid and we used to go by train through Poland ... Now I live in France but when I go on vacation to my native country, I often pass through Łódź.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA_Fabryczna_railway_station
Awesome! It's really different, isn't it?
I'd really, REALLY love a report on the not refurbished EN-57
Haha, do you know where they operate these days?
@@SuperalbsTravels sadly, I live in Germany so I do not know, I'm sorry
The European Brother of the 745!
Not at all. It's Schweizerische Sudostbahn's Stadler Traverso unit which you could really call like this.
The Łódź Fabryczna station has always puzzled me. You can tell from its design that it was meant to accommodate large volumes of crowds. It's got wide corridors to fit many people going both ways at the same time, escalators to expedite descent into and ascent from platforms and a loop around the platforms so that passengers don't have to step down and go back up via the platforms if they want to reach the opposite side of the station, and the front entrance has like six doors, not to mention the enormous area in front of the ticket booths which was clearly designed to fit a large queue - it's got like 10 ticket offices and it wouldn't take a lot of time to deploy these poles with tape to form a neat queue. The only thing that's missing are the crowds. There are none there. Actually, there's absolutely nobody there save for the security guards. The place is completely deserted to the point where it's almost eerie and feels like something's not right, like there's something missing. It's so quiet that if someone sneezes or drops their phone on the far end of the station, everybody inside can hear it as it echoes through the building (and boy, is it a long echo). And as for the ten ticket booths - only one is ever open, and there is no queue. It'd make sense to build a station like it if Łódź was a major artery in the Polish railway network, but it's not. You could see on the departures board that most of the trains leaving were regional and suburban trains by Polregio, not long-distance, high-speed trains with tons of passengers the station was clearly meant for. So the question I've been pondering since I first stepped foot in there is - why? Why build a station so enormous it's probably the size (or perhaps even bigger than) of Warsaw Central in the middle of a city with a declining population, lack of tourist attractions and generally in the middle of nowhere? Did PKP have something grand planned but failed and we're now left with dreams of what could've been in the form of a station? Or maybe they're still working on something and we will live to see the station bustling with life? Did the designers perhaps swap the files on their computer and replaced Warsaw West with Łódź Fabryczna and vice-versa? That would seem like a fair explanation as the former sees tons of passengers daily yet is so small you'd be forgiven to miss the entrance. The single-door entrance that leads to a a building with three ticket booths where hundreds sit cramped, waiting for their long-distance, high-capacity trains to arrive. It's just so bizarre to me.
Very interesting analysis! I believe they are making it a through station currently, so perhaps passenger numbers are expected to increase sharply then.
@@SuperalbsTravels Hope so, it'd be a waste to keep such a neat and modern station so empty.
They are planning to bulid a big transit airport near Łódź to relieve the Warsaw airports and part of the project is an extensive rail network accompanying it.
It’s not only one train made in Poland my friend
Are you sure the price is correct in the description? I would say it is 80PLN.
It's 47 PLN, thanks for pointing that out.
From what I know, you can buy tickets in advance long before the train departs. The price increases the closer to departure day, at least that's what I know.
On the movie, it's a EN57AKM at the station Lodz Fabryczna. This is a modernization first typ from EN57 to EN57AKM. First letter - "A" it's asynchronous engine symbols. In 1962, PAFAWAG built the series train with series DC motors.
Greeting for you!
I only want to mention that this blue light spot over you (one pr seat) is touch controlled personal lamp switch.
Thanks, I found this out on another trip! When I tried on this journey, it was not working.
@@SuperalbsTravels yes, sometimes it doesn't work best :-)
Sponsored by PKPIC, one of the most laggart operator in EU.
btw, why are some of your reports without voiceover and with subtitles instead? Still great videos, but it can become a bit tedious after a while...
Thank you! These are my older videos, you may also notice they often have lower quality footage.
Now, all videos are produced to my latest high standards, so stay tuned for much more... :)
@@SuperalbsTravels ofc I'll stay tuned
The station costed over a billion pln if I remember correctly and there's hardly anyone there...
In my opinion, I prefer the flirt units, they look better, and the sounds are way nicer too! These trains sound like the Pesa elf, which is a type of PolRegio train.
What are the spec differences?
By the way, there's also the Newag Impuls right?
@@mareksicinski449 Yes the Newag Impuls does exist. Sorry, but what do you mean by 'spec differences', are you talking about acceleration and braking?
Pesa Elf is my favorite train!
And im from Poland so lol
But now during the winter, which is a bit harsher across Europe, Poles complain about the service - hopefully everything will be up to speed in the future. Despite this the service is improving over the years.
2:23 to any viewers watching this,
That is not your doorbell
Regards,
Person living on Planet Earth
Could do with decent fares like that in the UK
Wouldn't that be a dream! :)
Low fares or frequent service, you'd have to chose one homie.
Koleje Mazowieckie?
What about them?
HAPPY HOUR FOR FOOD???
NOT SURE! DON'T THINK SO ON PKPIC.
5:58 If you look closely, these are Impuls 2 trains - a sequel to the original Impuls train! Also at 9:49 you can see the original one.
also the electrolux factory - 10:38
Ah yes, I hadn't noticed that to be honest! :)
10:01 *That* train has gone faster than the polish Pendolino!?
Oh wait, the polish Pendolino wasn't manufactured in Poland, right?
Correct, the Pendolino was an import, whereas that unit was built locally.
The Pendolino has been tested in Poland at 291km/h:
czcams.com/video/wa8mnSDN1hQ/video.html
@@SuperalbsTravelscorrection: 293 km/h.
Warszawa
Yet another design that looks reasonably stylish, if fairly generic, but spoilt by a big gaping hole for the coupling.
There's a coupling hatch available, if the purchaser wishes to specify it. Was not chosen for this order, for some reason!
2:30 it's not PolRegio. It's "Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna" (ŁKA) ;)
But the UIC panel says the units are registered to PREG. ;)
Of course, that is Polregio. ŁKA haven't any EN57.
I really like PESA Design, but one thing which really annoys me in those PESA trains is how badly sound-insulated they are. You can hear so many noises coming from machinery, chassis and engine (inverter in particular). Stadler trains are way more silent inside, but uglier...
Also built quality is on the Stadler side. Please, let's not compare brand new sets. Let's compare them after 5-10 years of service.
damn you were lucky that your train didn't break down during your trip! darts are most faulty trains in Poland. Personally I hate them at all, I travelled them about 20 times, and they broke down 14 times with me onboard.
jeździłem Dartem wielokrotnie na trasie Wrocław-Warszawa i nigdy nie było żadnego problemu💁♂️
I have to say the wording of the review felt like an undisclosed and non objective PKP funded trip. As seats that looked uncomfortable were apparently fine despite the lack of cushioning and food untried was twice mentioned as appetising and good value. I have to say the interiors looked cheap
Interesting you say the seats 'look' uncomfortable! Perhaps best to actually use them before passing judgement.
I have travelled on PKP InterCity plenty of times, and so have a great idea of what their food offering is.
@@SuperalbsTravels The seats are quite-comfortable, but cars with traction motor are really noisy.
The food is the same on every PKP train so Superalbs probably had an opportunity to try it out during another journey.
Well the ED160 are nicer and quieter, because they were designed by Stadler…. Here in poland we are still learning how to make trains nicer….. The reason is obvious - Communism
Well, having less experience designing trains is also an obvious one, but it's still really nice. Especially compared to something like these new Hitatchi trains that replaced HSTs in the UK.
@@spicehammer5707 Probably the first "upgrade" which is worse than what preceded it. The HSTs absolutely needed to be replaced, but the IETs are just... crap. Which is a pity, because I really wanted to like them.