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Ready for a travel-Thread from yesterday? On my #trainWeddingtrip another #nighttrain was needed: №1335 "Hellas" from #Belgrade🇷🇸 to #Gevgelija🇲🇰 (+ #Thessaloniki🇬🇷 by bus). It's a train w/ a long history but it's today's existence is only a poor copy of former glory! 
1st difficulty: One has to get to #Belgrade🇷🇸 Topčider train station by tram. Sadly no trains leave the beautiful main train station anymore. Tram-infos are rather hard to find, but buying tickets is easy, just hold your 💳 to one of these ticket-cancellers 👍! #trainWeddingtrip
There is not much around #Belgrade🇷🇸 Topčider, mainly a big park. From there, 4 international trains are leaving & arriving the city (2x #Bar🇲🇪, 1x #Sofia🇧🇬 & 1x #Gevgelija🇲🇰). Next to this building there is a ticket-office AND a GREAT😍 railway station pub🍺🍔! #trainWeddingtrip
Next to our train (№1335 "Hellas"), three other friends where there. The Electro-Motive Diesel, EMD JT22CW-2 ("Dinara 666- 001") 😍, #nighttrain №433 "Lovćen" to #Bar🇲🇪 and №410 to #Ljubljana🇸🇮 (leaving from Centar station). #trainWeddingtrip
Train №1335 "Hellas" was used to run all year long & through to #Thessaloniki🇬🇷, but nowadays it's running only seasonal & to the North Macedonian border station #Gevgelija🇲🇰. From there a #TRAINOSE🇬🇷-train replacement bus will wait. But one after the other 😉! #trainWeddingtrip
The train nowadays consists out of 3 carriages. 1 Couchette & 1 seating carriage (compartments, wow look how beautiful with these red chairs 😍) by #MŽ🇲🇰 + 1 seating car (open seating) by #ŽS🇷🇸. Pictures of the seating carriages 👇👇. #trainWeddingtrip
The #MŽ🇲🇰 Couchette carriage with #FensterAuf has seen better days but comfort is quite solid. 1/2 to 2/3 was booked and almost everyone had an @Interrail-ticket 👍. #trainWeddingtrip
Departure time of train №1334 "Hellas" from #Belgrade🇷🇸 Topčider: 6.35pm.
Loco arrival for that train: 7.15pm 😉😅🙃. #trainWeddingtrip
Loco arrival for that train: 7.15pm 😉😅🙃. #trainWeddingtrip
...and here the video of our slow start with 2 big HONKS📯 of the #Serbian🇷🇸 class 441 loco! #trainWeddingtrip
After a wonderful and long sleep the border checks were done by 5.45am (2h delay) and we slowly approached #Skopje🇲🇰. #trainWeddingtrip
Arriving at #Skopje🇲🇰 train station with a beautiful crossing of river Vardar🌊. #trainWeddingtrip
Pictures of our arrival in #Skopje🇲🇰. From #Tabanovce🇲🇰, the #NorthMacedonian🇲🇰 border station, a Romanian built class 461 loco was pulling out train. #trainWeddingtrip
After #Skopje🇲🇰 and especially before and after #Velas🇲🇰, the train winds itself through a magnificent landscape. Its route follows the Vardar🌊 river 😍! #trainWeddingtrip
Finally, with a delay of 3h10min train №1335 "Hellas" from #Belgrade🇷🇸 arrived in #Gevgelija🇲🇰, where the bus to #Thessaloniki🇬🇷 by #TRAINOSE "already" waited in front of the station building. #trainWeddingtrip
In front of #Gevgelija🇲🇰 station there is also a beautiful JDŽ class 61 steam loco, but unfortunately in a catastrophical shape 😭.
+ Not only 🇨🇳🇷🇺 are investing in railway infrastructure in this region... Also the European Union🇪🇺 does, see w/ the train stations along the line.
+ Not only 🇨🇳🇷🇺 are investing in railway infrastructure in this region... Also the European Union🇪🇺 does, see w/ the train stations along the line.
The last 2 hours of bus ride are including 2 border checks. AND finally I got a Frappé🇬🇷 at the now really beautiful train station in #Thessaloniki🇬🇷. I already bought the ticket for the last leg to #Litochoro🇬🇷, where my #trainWeddingtrip ends & the wedding💒 will start 😍❤️!
Many thanks for following, I hope you liked this train travel thread about train №1335 "Hellas" from #Belgrade🇷🇸 to #Gevgelija🇲🇰 and #Thessaloniki🇬🇷! #trainWeddingtrip
...on a side note: By fluke, @martin_blum was also in #Belgrade🇷🇸 that day and we met for a short "Hello!". That was amazing, thanks for taking your time, I enjoyed it much chatting with you 😍👍! ...the next time in #Vienna🇦🇹 😉!
