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I slept like a baby onboard of my :rzd: Ammendorf SV wagon 🥰. While sleeping, I made it from Siberia to Ural Federal District so I guess I'm back in Europe now ?
In any case, the border to 🇪🇺 EU seems within reachable distance and while I absolutely enjoy my travels onboard of comfortable :rzd: night trains, I'm also looking forwards to taking my :pride_fluo: Régiolis back home in a couple of days.
For now, I got my breakfast from the @diningcar : Freshly cooked coconut porridge, vegetable salad, orange juice and the mandatory tea 🍵.
Good morning Fedi 🌄 !
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I was said good-bye by the conductor with a German "Auf wiedersehen" when leaving the train in 🇷🇺 Novosibirsk. Even though I have a one hour transfer here, my connecting train already arrived after 10 more minutes.
The :rzd: 115И on its journey from 🇷🇺 Tomsk to 🇷🇺 Adler will bring me up to 🇷🇺 Ekaterinburg within the next 21 hours. My journey across Siberia thereby ends tomorrow since the starting from Tyumen Oblast, I'll be in the Ural Federal District.
Considering how this train will travel through 🇷🇺 Rossosh, 🇷🇺 Millerovo, 🇷🇺 Shakty and 🇷🇺 Rostov right at the border of Russian-occupied 🇺🇦 Luhansk, 🇺🇦 Donetsk and 🇺🇦 Crimea with its terminus 🇷🇺 Adler right at the border of Russian-occupied 🇬🇪 Abkhazia (where you notably are not allowed to takes horses across the border when coming from Russia) riding sometimes just five kilometers next to the border I'm feeling apprehensive and drowning. This train is not just a link from Siberia to the Russian black sea beaches but also a military supply backbone transporting soldiers to their fateful and mostly deathly duty in Russia's war against freedom and liberty. The sole positive side on this is how Russia can no longer recruit as many soldiers as killed, wounded or taken captive while attacking Ukrainian defense. While this is a good sign for world freedom I don't even dare to imagine what durable pain this causes to both conflict parties tearing apart families and friendships with no return. May their bereaves find solace in peace and fraternity 🖤.
Once again, my travel report is no tourism suggestion. May you take this inscrutable sorrow as a warning to avoid Russia's hazardous dictatorship at any cost. It is not safe to be here. For no one.
I know, writing these things in public is recklessly dangerous while I'm still in this country but I cannot be silent. I cannot travel home through Russia without showing to ugly sneer of this cruel machinery found between the lines everywhere since I crossed the Sino-Russian border.
I meanwhile occupied (cynic pun intended) my comfortable :rzd: 1st class single sleeper SV compartment and wait for the departure of my train to get my long awaited dinner served. Enjoying my luxury life while the soldiers designated dead in a couple of days take their rest in the Platzkarty carriages just a few meters away from me.
Sorry, I think I need to vomit 🕯️ ...
Stand with Ukraine, fight for freedom and sleep tight 😴.
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#FOSSRail #TeamNightTrain #SleeperAndEater #SlavaUkraini #RussiaIsATerroristState
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After round about 30 hours of travel time, I could finally convince myself to leave the cozy SV compartment and walk around the train to visit the :rzd: @diningcar .
Despite some language barrier, I could be explained how they're out of the regular vegetarian options. I could nevertheless somehow clarify how I'm looking for vegan food and was provided with tasty fried potatoes and a fresh vegetable salad after a while 😋.
Only my order for Çay somehow got lost 🤔.
Anyway, my lunch was delicious and I'm looking forwards to enjoying my dinner onboard of the :rzd: 115Н later today.
Enjoy your meal and stay strong 🥰.
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Enjoying a delicious meal onboard the :rzd: 009Н on its 6-days route from 🇷🇺 Vladivostok to 🇷🇺 Moskva on my leg from 🇷🇺 Irkutsk to 🇷🇺 Novosibirsk.
The :rzd: @diningcar served a tasty sweet vegetable risotto along with a salad plate. I'm proud of my Russian skills sufficient to explain the conductor how I'd like to have the vegetarian menu but without cheese.
Despite the cold Siberian winter outside and the cruel war Russia is fighting against us, my stay onboard feels appallingly homely and cozy. With the facade of accommodative staff, comfortable trains and friendly people one could almost forget how the :rzd: are the backbone of military logistics in the disgusting Russian invasion to Ukraine, with soldiers traveling to their horrifying duty at the front line on every train.
Again, here a reminder to not copy what I'm doing. Russia is no safe place for travelers. It's no state of law where you can rely on your safety if you behave according to the set of laws. Russia is a licentious dictatorship no one is safe in. Stay away from here. Really. You might get a railway nostalgic and normalizing impression of Russia when you read my travel report but please be sure : There are things I leave out, occasions I do not dare to publicly speak about. Russia is an evil place and even the most careful travelers won't be able to protect themselves from the repression mechanisms and the hazardous authorities prevailing here.
With this said, it's slowly getting dark outside and after my delicious meal, I'll go to bed soon.
Stay strong and sleep tight 😴.
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#FOSSRail #TeamNightTrain #SleeperAndEater #RussiaIsATerroristState
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After one more night in 🇷🇺 Irkutsk, I'm finally back on tracks. I boarded the :rzd: 009Н train where I got a comfortable 1st class single SV compartment for the next 1½ days before changing in 🇷🇺 Novosibirsk.
While waiting at the station, my initially considered 🇲🇳 UBTZ 🤝🏽 :rzd: 305И ended at the opposite platform after it's 19 hours journey from 🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar.
Additionally, some :kb_kurswagen: through-carriages from the :rzd: 069ь were shunted even though I did not understand to which other train.
Notably, the last two carriages of my train are the :kb_kurswagen: through-carriages from 🇷🇺 Yatusk coming from the legendary Amur-Yatusk Mainline following the Lena river up to 🇷🇺 Nizhny Bestyakh where passengers can cross the frozen river in winter, take a boat in summer or need to fly onwards during spring and autumn.
The :rzd: 009Н/010Н is the cheaper transsib long-distance train, rated worse by the passengers (yes, rating trains *really* is a thing in Russia 🤷🏽). While apparently most travelers prefer the modern carriages running on the :rzd: 001Э/002Э "Rossiia" train pair, I'm personally a huge fan of the mid-generation carriages used on my train pair.
Anyway, time to relax and wait for the included @diningcar food to be served 🥰.
Good night 😴 !
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My first train : The comfortable :srt: Special Express 25 will bring me over night to 🇹🇭 Nong Khai, the border town of 🇱🇦 Vientianne.
The train consists of 13 carriages, sleeper wagons of different classes and a @diningcar .
While there is a direct :srt: train from 🇹🇭 Bangkok across the border to 🇱🇦 Vientianne, this train only consists of a couple of old carriages of third class and couchette spots ready for the scrapyard. Instead, the transfer in 🇹🇭 Nong Khai is an excellent opportunity to grab some breakfast before crossing the border into 🇱🇦 Laos.
Sweet dreams everyone 😴 !
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A picture taken at dusk, one evening in August 2006: #CityNightLine #CNL service “Aurora” from Basel🇨🇭to Copenhagen 🇩🇰 makes a stop at #Mannheim 🇩🇪. A #DB Class 101 electric is hauling the train. The first car right behind the loco is a double-decker sleeper. I remember, there was also a #DiningCar, making this train a #SleeperAndEater.
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Last but not least : delicious dinner in the :snaelltaget: "Krogen" @diningcar . Today's offer was vegan Chilli Sin Carne, a tasty Riesling wine and a Swedish chocolate ball for desert before traveling all night long from 🇸🇪 Malmö via 🇩🇰 København and 🇩🇪 Hamburg to 🇩🇪 München, 🇦🇹 Salzburg and further to 🇦🇹 Innsbruck. #SleeperAndEater #Braidria
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#AzadiRail day #14, homebound day #4 begins with tasty breakfast in the :tcdd: @diningcar of the :tcdd: #GüneyEkspresi #SleeperAndEater . The vegan options are highly limited but I reached at explaining I only want #Çay , bread and jam.
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So far, #AzadiRail day #13, homebound day and night #3 : comfortable :tcdd: #GüneyEkspresi #SleeperAndEater from :flag_krd: #Êlih / 🇹🇷 Batman to 🇹🇷 #Ankara 🍽️😴.
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Enjoying lunch in a :tcdd: @diningcar during my #AzadiRail journey from :flag_krd: Iraqi #Kurdistan to France, today on the famous :tcdd: #GüneyEkspresi / Southern Express #SleeperAndEater on my 25 hours trip from :flag_krd: #Êlih / 🇹🇷 Batman to 🇹🇷 #Ankara 😋 !
Since the vegan choice is sadly highly limited, I decided for a plate of rice with some side salad, some fruit juice and of course a glass of #Çay 🍵!
Save travels everyone and enjoy your meal 🍽️ !
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Shortly after the arrival of the local train from :flag_krd: #Amed / 🇹🇷 #Diyarbakır, my :tcdd: #SleeperAndEater #GüneyEkspresi arrived. It features most comfortable and spacious wagon-lits compartments with a desk, two proper beds, a sink and even a mini-bar - a comfortable hotel room for the next 25 hours.
The steward was already waiting for me and didn't even wanna see my ticket since I was the only passenger boarding the wagon-lits carriage.
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Finally back on track ! After a week of bus travels, my first #AzadiRail train back home : I'm in :flag_krd: #Êlih / 🇹🇷 Batman waiting for the famous :tcdd: #GüneyEkspresi / Southern Express #SleeperAndEater bringing my to 🇹🇷 #Ankara for the next 25 hours.
Êlih is a cute station, a couple of cargo carriages in the cargo terminal, a cute maintenance vehicle for display, three tracks but sadly no catenary.
The station has three train pairs per day : twice the regional link to the Kurdish capital :flag_krd: #Amed / 🇹🇷 #Diyarbakır and six days per week a pair of my Güney Ekspresi linking :flag_krd: #Misircê / 🇹🇷 #Kurtalan, Êlih, Amed and 🇹🇷 #Malatya with #Ankara over night.
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#CityNightLine used to operate #SleeperAndEater services across Europe for a couple of years. Pictured here is #CNL #Komet at #Hamburg 🇩🇪 Altona, bound for #Zurich🇨🇭. The train included a @diningcar, positioned between the double-decker sleepers and the couchette cars. Photos taken in August 2013.