Moritz Kleine-Sendrail 🇺🇦Here we go! #Trstená --> Davos! I'll call this the #TatryAlpy trip.
First leg: Trstená --> #Kralovany on this roaring diesel train, whose engine is on thirty minutes before departure. We'll follow the #Orava river.
Bye bye beautiful #Tatra!
It's really a #Railbus #Schienenbus. I like the overhead racks. They allow the interior to be perceived as very airy and spacious. You could hold a conference or teach a class in this space.
#TatryAlpy #ZSSK #Železnice
#TatryAlpy #ZSSK #Železnice
It's all very scenic, remote but also alive. People get on and off at every station. This rural line clearly serves the needs of local communities.
#HornáLehota is literally just accessible via this bridge. #TatryAlpy #ZSSK #ZSR #železnice
A cute station selection so far on the #Trstená - #Kralovany line.
Arrived in #Kralovny, beautiful station hall. Train to #Trstená is turning back. #Ex606 #Tatran to #Bratislava is announced with 30min delay... I was planning on changing to a faster #IC, this will not be possible anymore. But #Tatran also has a restaurant car, so hopes are high I'll get something to eat.
Also I love the printed carriage position indicators. Childhood memories...
@dominicstucki isn't this a mix of German and Swiss catenaries?
#Ex606 #Tatran ±35' with a Vectron and a beautiful #DiningCar.
Earlier on, an Express in the opposite direction heading to Kosice.
Seen in #Vrutky ... 👀
Parked there since two years apparently.
#Zilina has received some decent infrastructure investment as it looks. New platforms and tracks receiving their finishing touches.
#ZSSK #ZSR #TatryAlpy
#ZSSK #ZSR #TatryAlpy
#DiningCar experience did not disappoint! After a few meat and fish intensive days in Poland, I'm happy to find some veggie options. #Ex606 #TATRAN @diningcar
Service is however a bit strange. The staff sat together for a chat at a table, and it's just by walking up to the counter that they made themselves available.
Now seated in the 1st class compartment, as we pass #Puchov. #EC122 to Prague on the other platform. Next stop is #Trencin.
Quite happy about this shot I got in #Trencin...
SuperCity Pendolino Košičan!
It's really great to see that I can get a ticket from #Bratislava to #Wien by picking up the ticket in Austria only...
#TatryAlpy
@jon Hopping through #Bratislava hlavna stanica to Bratislava-Petrzalka because of construction works. There is no ticket machine in #Petrzalka. The person at the desk has been there for a decent 15 minutes... Another 45min before the train to Vienna leaves... #CrossBorderRail #CrossBorderTickets #TatryAlpy
Got my ticket, and yes, I could have bought it on the #ZSSK app or website. But I don't understand why #ÖBB cannot sell it, if they sell it in the other direction?! One cannot expect every member of the public to download 27 different apps for 27 European countries!
Now off to the "Internationaler Regionalexpress" as the announcement calls it. Two EMUs, one belonging to #GySEV / #Raaberbahn and one to #ÖBB. Obviously choosing Raaberbahn for the sake of originality. The ÖBB one continues to Deutschkreutz, the GySEV ends in #WienHbf, which is my next stop.
#REX6
Bratislava 18:16
Wien Hbf 19:15
Interior arrangement of #GySEV #Raaberbahn seems just like ÖBB one... I appreciate the heating conduct as a foot rest. Most new rolling stock don't have this. Also great Aircon...
Entering into #Austria after #Petrzalka is not the most exciting #CrossBorderRail experience I've had. It's rather green. Just noticed the catenary change @dominicstucki ;-)
Next stop #Kittsee
Evening stop in #Vienna before the night train to Zurich. Deep dive into U1 at Südtiroler Platz into city center to meet a friend. #NightJet to Paris for another day ...
Well well well I was VERY lucky to be back in #WienHbf 30min before departure... Because the timetable of #EN40462 has changed and moved forward to 22:58. This was however not shown in the #ÖBB app! Even Swiss app is confused... I wonder how many people missed their Night Train tonight...
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The couchette compartment of #EuroNight #EN40462 was a former DB one run by #Hungarian railways with the blue #couchettes. Four out of six being sold. Aircon was working ok for most of the time, but not all the time... Managed to get some sleep 💤 At #Buchs, I got interrogated by Swiss customs. Guten Morgen #Schweiz!
And off to #Landquart, very short ride on #IC3 #SBB EW-IV. 😍
#Landquart is where metre gauge network of #RhätischeBahn #RhB starts. Three EMUs for #Davos and Scuol-Tarasp. Trains are ** of course ** very tidy, great interior... 👌🇨🇭
The most Swiss sight ever... #Taktfahrplan #PostBus #ÖV
Seen in #Küblis.
#KlostersPlatz where train is split.
#RhätischeBahn #RhB #FerroviaRetica #ViafierRetica
#Davos - end of my 24h #TatryAlpy trip! Back to hiking for the next few days :-)
Hiker@Moritz_Kleine Today is Switzerland Sunday, so the timetable is a little less dense.
Véronique@Moritz_Kleine The trainline app sells it for 18,20 €, and saves time.