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Railjetting across Europe; Day 2 19/06/2018
It was an early start at about 8:30 am, where we took a Regional train for a non stop ride into the Hbf.
It was a Br442 'Talent 2' (ie continental 377) complete with rock hard 'ironing boards'
DSC_0035 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0036 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0038 by litecactus, on Flickr
We had a few minutes here so breakfast was purchased.
Munich stations is absolutely huge, it has a population similar to Manchester, but the station is much larger with 36 platforms!
Our platform was easy to find, each service has a set platform, there's a poster on each platform listing the day's services and where each carriage stops on the platform.
Anyway our Austrian Railjet arrived, it was curiously formed of 2 sets, the rear was shortformed and locked OOU, so we were in the front unit.
These are actually very good trains, more like a class 91 with a Taurus loco and a fixed set of carriages and a cab car.
DSC_0039 by litecactus, on Flickr
Departure was a few minutes late, and we had a nice fast run to Rosenheim, to drop off the rear Railjet, before continueing to our first stop Salzburg.
Along the way the train passed through the edge of the Alps.
DSC_0040 by litecactus, on Flickr
After Salzburg the train trundled through some pleasant, but rather flat countryside to Linz.
After Linz the train speeds along a high speed line, hitting 140mph!
Taurus locos are awesome (I think I prefer them to HSTs!) they sound amazing, but they are very powerful, the acceleration is just immense!
Arrival in Vienna is on time, and we drop off the Railjet set that was attached at Salzburg.
DSC_0050 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0051 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0052 by litecactus, on Flickr
The train departs towards Budapest, this bit is quite boring, with slow line speeds and very flat countryside with a ton of wind turbines.
The Hungarian stock is quite new (for the most part) but the infrastruckture and stations feel quite run down.
Arrival in Budapest is 3 hours after leaving Vienna. Keleti station is run down, but very impressive!
DSC_0055 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0062 by litecactus, on Flickr
We take the very cheap and efficient Metro to the city centre.
The city is very pretty and well worth seeing!
DSC_0076 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0087 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0089 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0114 by litecactus, on Flickr
It was back to Keleti for our sleeper train.
DSC_0121 by litecactus, on Flickr
Our sleeper coaches were hauled in by this shunter locomotive.
DSC_0129 by litecactus, on Flickr
Oh apparently walking across the tracks is normal here!
DSC_0136 by litecactus, on Flickr
We find our birth, which was unfortunately on old hungarian stock, the berth looks like it's seen better days, however the bed was comfortable!
An Austrian Taurus loco is attached and the train departs back towards Austria.
Um the stock is very loud, with the bogies sounding more like Mk2s than Mk3s!
So I didn't really sleep much!
Here's Meidling at 11:30pm!
DSC_0143 by litecactus, on Flickr
There's a big depot there, with a ton of Railjets, locos and coaches stabled there!
It was an early start at about 8:30 am, where we took a Regional train for a non stop ride into the Hbf.
It was a Br442 'Talent 2' (ie continental 377) complete with rock hard 'ironing boards'
DSC_0035 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0036 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0038 by litecactus, on Flickr
We had a few minutes here so breakfast was purchased.
Munich stations is absolutely huge, it has a population similar to Manchester, but the station is much larger with 36 platforms!
Our platform was easy to find, each service has a set platform, there's a poster on each platform listing the day's services and where each carriage stops on the platform.
Anyway our Austrian Railjet arrived, it was curiously formed of 2 sets, the rear was shortformed and locked OOU, so we were in the front unit.
These are actually very good trains, more like a class 91 with a Taurus loco and a fixed set of carriages and a cab car.
DSC_0039 by litecactus, on Flickr
Departure was a few minutes late, and we had a nice fast run to Rosenheim, to drop off the rear Railjet, before continueing to our first stop Salzburg.
Along the way the train passed through the edge of the Alps.
DSC_0040 by litecactus, on Flickr
After Salzburg the train trundled through some pleasant, but rather flat countryside to Linz.
After Linz the train speeds along a high speed line, hitting 140mph!
Taurus locos are awesome (I think I prefer them to HSTs!) they sound amazing, but they are very powerful, the acceleration is just immense!
Arrival in Vienna is on time, and we drop off the Railjet set that was attached at Salzburg.
DSC_0050 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0051 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0052 by litecactus, on Flickr
The train departs towards Budapest, this bit is quite boring, with slow line speeds and very flat countryside with a ton of wind turbines.
The Hungarian stock is quite new (for the most part) but the infrastruckture and stations feel quite run down.
Arrival in Budapest is 3 hours after leaving Vienna. Keleti station is run down, but very impressive!
DSC_0055 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0062 by litecactus, on Flickr
We take the very cheap and efficient Metro to the city centre.
The city is very pretty and well worth seeing!
DSC_0076 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0087 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0089 by litecactus, on Flickr
DSC_0114 by litecactus, on Flickr
It was back to Keleti for our sleeper train.
DSC_0121 by litecactus, on Flickr
Our sleeper coaches were hauled in by this shunter locomotive.
DSC_0129 by litecactus, on Flickr
Oh apparently walking across the tracks is normal here!
DSC_0136 by litecactus, on Flickr
We find our birth, which was unfortunately on old hungarian stock, the berth looks like it's seen better days, however the bed was comfortable!
An Austrian Taurus loco is attached and the train departs back towards Austria.
Um the stock is very loud, with the bogies sounding more like Mk2s than Mk3s!
So I didn't really sleep much!
Here's Meidling at 11:30pm!
DSC_0143 by litecactus, on Flickr
There's a big depot there, with a ton of Railjets, locos and coaches stabled there!
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