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A nice ride on a very BLUE carriage to my favourite pizza restaurant in all of Poland! 😋

The Polregio 14WE is slowly becoming more common around Kraków, with this 2000s rebuild of the 1960s design being a fairly rare type of train around Poland (just 9 of them were converted)…

But I've got to say, those MASSIVE windows are going to be perfect for the scenery on the line to Zakopane! 😁

It's an incredibly civilised way to travel... 😁

Ahaha, just a sticker!

The freebies on @LeoExpress Premium Class include a two-course meal with unlimited drinks. And as Leo Express market this class as "Premium Sleeper", there's also an inflatable pillow, ear plugs, a dental kit, and a light blanket.

Would you want to ride 9 hours overnight in Premium Class? 👀

The ultra-luxury of #LeoExpress Premium Class, now running on the Warsaw - Kraków - Prague route. 😍

Today, #LeoExpress has just launched services to Warsaw, Poland, with their fleet of black Stadler FLIRT units.

There's a lovely launch party here at Warszawa Wschodnia station for the first ever departure! 😁

And as the sun comes down, it's time for dinner at 203km/h in the WARS @diningcar.at. It's pierogi and cider for me this evening, enjoyed at high-speed! 😋

Heading up to Warsaw on the Express InterCity train, hauled by a SuperPeter locomotive! And I'm sitting in the super comfy Z1B-type compartment coach too. 😍

It's been a long time since I've taken a train journey in weather like this, safe to say I enjoyed the views...

Onwards to Budapest-Nyugati aboard a MÁV InterCity train, one of the services equipped with a mini-buffet counter, selling a few snacks and reheated meals. I've got the "Feta and Spinach pie", which was pretty nice, and is served piping hot!

Listen to that Sulzer growling away! 🥰

Views from the Oradea-Püspökladány train, starting off with many abandoned carriages in the sidings, followed by the sight of another Sulzer locomotive, this time an ST43 that formerly operated in Poland! 👀

Perhaps one of Europe's least-used international trains, the regional service from Oradea to Püspökladány, connecting these two small towns a few times per day.

I've got a nice First Class compartment for the journey, which starts off behind this 54 year old Sulzer locomotive!

The complexity of our routeing through Romania results in our train needing four different locos, with some of these changes taking place in the middle of the night. Romania certainly has a colourful railway! 😅

Tak dobrze.

And used in Germany for a very long time... 🥰

😐😐😐

The incredible aura of Romania's 1960s sleeper carriages... 🥰🇷🇴

Touché. ☹️

All aboard the CFR sleeper train, hauled by this resplendent Class 41 locomotive for a roughly 14 hour overnight trip to Oradea, in the far west of the country. Nothing beats a long journey through Eastern Europe... 🥰

Back to Europe now with Qatar Airways, with a few hours in Doha, before flying over Baghdad on the way back west...

By the way, who schedules a flight for 03:15? 😭

NEW VIDEO! A ride between two of the UK's most visited cities, travelling from Cambridge to London King's Cross aboard the controversial Class 387 'Electrostar' operated by Govia Thameslink Railway.

WATCH: youtu.be/PPHM5XsqSTQ

A great day flying an Icelandair Boeing 757-300 on domestic flights in Uzbekistan, it's my first time on such a plane. And it is loooooooong! 😅

Arrived in Tashkent after an uneventful border crossing. I'm glad that journey is over, it was a very unpleasant 6 hours of loud banging and shaking about... 😭

Riding a Talgo train in Kazakhstan is a horrible experience, how am I meant to sleep with all this noise and shaking?

Wish I was on an old Soviet carriage right now, this thing is absolutely awful! 😭

The 6am train to Tashkent, formed of one of Kazakhstan's newest Talgo trains. It's very early, and I've booked myself a bed to try and catch up on some sleep.

Let's hope that goes well! 😁

The beautiful newly refurbished station of Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

And does anyone know what the "Background" counter is meant to be? I asked the staff there and they had no idea either. 😅

Back on the old Soviet carriage for a ride to Shymkent, nothing beats a ride on one of these! ❤️🇰🇿

Really enjoyed my first (and probably last) visit to the town of Arys, chasing locos sure does take you to the weirdest places. 😅

And right after my overnight train, I'm getting on another one to Arys-2.

This is one of few trains in Kazakhstan to use Chinese carriages, with a densely packed "Hard Sleeper" interior, fitting 60 people per carriage! 😬