Part 2 of the travel series: from the Black Sea to Hungary in Luxury Sleeping Car
Train: IRN / Intercity 78
Brand name: Muntenia
Train operator: CFR Calatori and MAV START
From: Bucharest Nord, Romania
To: Budapest Keleti, Hungary
Travelled: Arad - Budapest
Route via: Craiova, Filiasi, Drobeta Turnu Severin, Baile Herculane, Timisoara Nord, Arad, Curtici (Gr), Lököshaza, Bekecsaba, Szolnok
Scheduled departure time from Bucuresti Nord: 21h00 Eastern European Time
Scheduled arrival time in Budapest Keleti : 12h50
Scheduled Travel time (Bucharest - Budapest): 16 hours and 50 minutes
Travel season: Summer 2024
Travel class: Couchette Car Second Class - Six-Berth Compartment
Ticket and Couchette reservation bought on: jegy.mav.hu
Sleeping Car manufacturer: Astra Vagoane Arad
Electric locomotive (Bucharest - Curtici): CFR Class 41-0876 (built by Electroputere, Craiova)
Electric locomotive (Curtici - Lököshaza): MAV START Class V43 / 630 (Ganz MAVAG)
Electric locomotive (Lököshaza - Budapest): MAV START 182 567 (Siemens EuroSprinter)
part 1 (Constanta - Arad on Astra Trans Carpatic train): https://youtu.be/8efy1V3A_FU
00:00 Preview Summary
02:44 Inside Astra Trans Carpatic Night Train
05:07 Timisoara Nord railway station, Romania
07:36 Shower time in the ensuite bathroom
10:25 Stopover in Arad
12:37 Inside Intercity Muntenia Night Train
14:30 Curtici, border station of Romania
15:32 Railway border Romania/Hungary
17:19 Lököshaza, border station of Hungary
18:37 Passing through Szolnok
20:01 Budapest Keleti railway station, Hungary