Thread by @andrew_shadura

And here comes another train journey. For a change, this one doesn't involve high-speed trains.

Leg 1: Bratislava hl.st. → Warszawa → Brest with EC 130 Báthory

The full route. All connections except the first and the last one are sleepers.

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia More carriages are getting attached in Bohumín

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia In the Hungarian restaurant carriage

cc @seatsixtyone, @_DiningCar

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Warszawa Centralna

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Terespol. The passport checks are about to begin.

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Brest

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Brest station

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar More of the interior of Brest Central

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Leg 2: Brest Central → Luninec → Minsk

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar The platform as seen from a pedestrian-unfriendly footbridge connecting the city centre and the station

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar This connection is known as one of the ‘circumnavigating’ trains, since it takes nearly nine hours to reach Minsk while other trains do that in 3½ hours. However, when it may offer better night sleep compared to the faster trains.

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Classic.

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Minsk

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Leg 3: Minsk → Kyiv

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Not the classic one (without sugar or lemon but with milk), but a cuppa.

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Breakfast

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Kyiv!

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Leg 4: Kyiv → Ľviv

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar This time it's a comfortable ‘СВ’ carriage of @Ukrzaliznytsia

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Ľviv

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Leg 5: Ľviv → Częstochowa

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar The Polish breakfast at the WARS bistro carriage of Lwów Express

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Plot twist: turns out my train from Ľviv stops at a different station in Częstochowa and there’s no train or bus or tram connection between them for me to make it in time; walking seems the fastest option.

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Right, for 16 zł (€3.73) I took a taxi to the other train station and almost boarded my train. Almost.

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Thank you Mario, but the princess is in another castle. To my horror, I found out the train I boarded headed to Warsaw, not Katowice.

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar So here it is: legs 5⅓ and 5⅔: Częstochowa → Radomsko and Radomsko → Częstochowa

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Częstochowa, again

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Leg 6: Częstochowa → Katowice.

I think this time it's not possible I get it wrong, is it? 😜

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar The new plan looks like this:

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar Finally, Katowice.

@CDrailways @PKPIntercityPDP @Ukrzaliznytsia @seatsixtyone @_DiningCar A pendolino to Gdynia is getting ready to depart.

Leg 7: Katowice → Břeclav on board of EC/IC 105 Porta Moravica for Graz Hbf

Extra comfy coaches from @unsereOEBB with more from @CDrailways (including a restaurant carriage) to be added in Bohumín.

@unsereOEBB @CDrailways Actually, the restaurant carriage is Austrian this time.

@unsereOEBB @CDrailways Arrived in Břeclav 10 min Late, but the connection is delayed as well

Leg 8: Břeclav → Bratislava with EC 281 for Budapest Nyugati pályaudvar

Shock! Horror! No draught beer!

As always, a proper espresso from ČD’s restaurant carriage. No offense @unsereOEBB, but take notes 😉

@unsereOEBB Gnocchi with rocket pesto and sun-dried tomatoes

@unsereOEBB Almost home.