INSIDE The Last SOVIET Train in Europe
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Date: 2023-08-20
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Comments and reviews: 19
Laura
Love it. Love the retro old fashion looking room. I took train in America once years ago my son was about 3 and I had got coupon for buy 1 fare get one free basic fare on back of cereal box for AMTRAK. We went from Richmond Virginia to Phoenix Arizona with many stops. My son act up so bad running all around screaming crying omg I thought about throw him off the train LOL or jump off myself. Thankfully a man and his teenage sons were there they took over for most of the journey. Thank God. I was a very young mother and I could hardly cope. When we finally got to Phoenix so happy to see my father and mother after like 6 years and first time they see their grandson. After hugs I said Daddy please send us back on airplane I cannot take the train again. And he did. LOL. First and last train ride. I am now almost 70.
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Love it. Love the retro old fashion looking room. I took train in America once years ago my son was about 3 and I had got coupon for buy 1 fare get one free basic fare on back of cereal box for AMTRAK. We went from Richmond Virginia to Phoenix Arizona with many stops. My son act up so bad running all around screaming crying omg I thought about throw him off the train LOL or jump off myself. Thankfully a man and his teenage sons were there they took over for most of the journey. Thank God. I was a very young mother and I could hardly cope. When we finally got to Phoenix so happy to see my father and mother after like 6 years and first time they see their grandson. After hugs I said Daddy please send us back on airplane I cannot take the train again. And he did. LOL. First and last train ride. I am now almost 70.
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Philippa
Well that wasnt the train I ended up in. And we took the posh train. But it wasnt posh-posh, it just was not-the-worst train. No seating.
You shouldve stayed at our Soviet hotel. Chandeliers, the works, even a Soviet fridge. Do not flush loo roll down loo.
Soviet shower. Soviet couch. Unfortunately not taken care of since 1960. Putting a plug in the plug socket required wedges.
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Well that wasnt the train I ended up in. And we took the posh train. But it wasnt posh-posh, it just was not-the-worst train. No seating.
You shouldve stayed at our Soviet hotel. Chandeliers, the works, even a Soviet fridge. Do not flush loo roll down loo.
Soviet shower. Soviet couch. Unfortunately not taken care of since 1960. Putting a plug in the plug socket required wedges.
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Lynette
Have you travelled in trains in Central Asia? If not, worth a try. There are still some old-fashioned ones that take 42 hours one way with a change in trains that will take you from Almaty, Kazakhstan to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. I did that route many times in the late 90s as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
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Have you travelled in trains in Central Asia? If not, worth a try. There are still some old-fashioned ones that take 42 hours one way with a change in trains that will take you from Almaty, Kazakhstan to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. I did that route many times in the late 90s as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
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ccbsnyc
And Americans are all enthusiastic about restoring long distance train service? Unless you are retired, impoverished or a student, not a chance. Rail was never comfortable and only better than the alternatives. At least with a bus you can get off and get a room for the night.
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And Americans are all enthusiastic about restoring long distance train service? Unless you are retired, impoverished or a student, not a chance. Rail was never comfortable and only better than the alternatives. At least with a bus you can get off and get a room for the night.
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Drakesfortune
Everything about this is janky and wild. I wonder how much the railway has spent over the years on employees changing out wheels. Seems insanely inefficient. Why not just go on a different train once you hit Moldova? Surely that'd be cheaper.
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Everything about this is janky and wild. I wonder how much the railway has spent over the years on employees changing out wheels. Seems insanely inefficient. Why not just go on a different train once you hit Moldova? Surely that'd be cheaper.
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Michelle
I love Moldova. We do a camp for underprivileged children there yearly. The director of the organization we work with told us that the Soviet Union didnt want the railroads to go to Western Europe so they refused to update the rails to the same.
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I love Moldova. We do a camp for underprivileged children there yearly. The director of the organization we work with told us that the Soviet Union didnt want the railroads to go to Western Europe so they refused to update the rails to the same.
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Bengt
My own experience from Romanian track standard in 2021 is that is very poor and bumpy. Except from the Bucharest - Costanta main-line which is upgraded with EU-funds. Even the MAIN line from Budapest via Curtici to Bucharest was slow and bumpy
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My own experience from Romanian track standard in 2021 is that is very poor and bumpy. Except from the Bucharest - Costanta main-line which is upgraded with EU-funds. Even the MAIN line from Budapest via Curtici to Bucharest was slow and bumpy
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whatever8282828
Assuming there are sufficient highways/motorways I would think this journey could be accomplished in a car in like 5 hours instead of 13 by all the fiasco of a train. But there may be some advantages for train travel.
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Assuming there are sufficient highways/motorways I would think this journey could be accomplished in a car in like 5 hours instead of 13 by all the fiasco of a train. But there may be some advantages for train travel.
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SomewhereInRussia
In fact, these cars were made in the GDR, but were widely used in the USSR. I traveled on such a carriage with my family on a summer vacation from Leningrad to Sochi in the early 1980s. The one way trip took 2 days.
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In fact, these cars were made in the GDR, but were widely used in the USSR. I traveled on such a carriage with my family on a summer vacation from Leningrad to Sochi in the early 1980s. The one way trip took 2 days.
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History
Thank you for sharing this unique experience that most of us never will have. I felt your discomfort, LOL. Cheers, and keep 'em coming. BTW: I love that the sheets say Beautiful Rose in English - truly WEIRD!
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Thank you for sharing this unique experience that most of us never will have. I felt your discomfort, LOL. Cheers, and keep 'em coming. BTW: I love that the sheets say Beautiful Rose in English - truly WEIRD!
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Thor
Ah Noel, so glad you had a healthy breakfast for your long walk.
OMG looked like a 'deal' from that ticket office. All hush hush.
I'd love all that rigmarole on a journey bro. Hahaha
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Ah Noel, so glad you had a healthy breakfast for your long walk.
OMG looked like a 'deal' from that ticket office. All hush hush.
I'd love all that rigmarole on a journey bro. Hahaha
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kevan
I've been on that train from Bucharest to Kishnev try and avoid the end berths as a man comes in at the border to lift a clip under the floor so the bogy can be changed to Soviet gauge.
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I've been on that train from Bucharest to Kishnev try and avoid the end berths as a man comes in at the border to lift a clip under the floor so the bogy can be changed to Soviet gauge.
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asbisi
What the train lacked in comfort perhaps, it had abundantly in CURTAINS! So funny.
And hahaha, when he asked you to turn off the camera and you said, oh yes, and turned it off.
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What the train lacked in comfort perhaps, it had abundantly in CURTAINS! So funny.
And hahaha, when he asked you to turn off the camera and you said, oh yes, and turned it off.
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Jeng4280
I love your plane videos, but your train videos are very entertaining and I get a good laugh sometimes at your train reviews. I wouldn't mind going on a train anywhere.
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I love your plane videos, but your train videos are very entertaining and I get a good laugh sometimes at your train reviews. I wouldn't mind going on a train anywhere.
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Kitty
Dont forget the translation app on your phone will translate anything printed into English for you! We would like to know the toilet instructions too!
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Dont forget the translation app on your phone will translate anything printed into English for you! We would like to know the toilet instructions too!
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Bertrand
Wheel change in the middle of the night. It's amazing that this train can still compete with the bus. Incidentally, how much faster is the bus?
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Wheel change in the middle of the night. It's amazing that this train can still compete with the bus. Incidentally, how much faster is the bus?
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Garfield1978
I've been to this train station so many times, yet i somehow did not know I could take a train to Chisinau. I should do this route soon.
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I've been to this train station so many times, yet i somehow did not know I could take a train to Chisinau. I should do this route soon.
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Klas
I love these videos of uncomfortable rides way more than business class on a plane, this is real travel and what you remember when getting old!
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I love these videos of uncomfortable rides way more than business class on a plane, this is real travel and what you remember when getting old!
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whatever8282828
Seventy bucks! Now we're talkin! I would have felt very menaced by the passport control, but that is a good value for a weird trip!
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Seventy bucks! Now we're talkin! I would have felt very menaced by the passport control, but that is a good value for a weird trip!
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