The 20 Polish Pendolino trains do not tilt primarily because they are destined to travel over the main train routes in Poland, in this journey's case - the Central Rail Line (Centralna Magistrala Kolejowa or CMK) - the fastest and most modern line in Poland. The main train routes in Poland were designed for high speed way early in advance, and thanks to this they are dead straight for much of it's distance. The tilting feature would simply be redundant. Studies shown that the longest Pendolino connection - Krakow to Gdansk (that's nearly entire Poland from south to north - around 400 miles) would only gain around 6 minutes travel time with the tilt option. That's why they never bothered. There was no need for it.

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight, that makes a lot of sense.

@Spacebug111

3 жыл бұрын

HA HA NOT TLIT GO BRR *_THIS REPLY WAS MADE BY THE BRITISH PENDOLINO SQUAD_*

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

hmu when the uk ones get restaurants 👍

@Kinggg679

Жыл бұрын

A

I agree with all you said. I was in Poland for a week about 3 weeks ago and took the EIP from Warsaw to Krakow and back in first class. Very clean, very quiet and very comfortable, especially if you get a single first class...heaps of leg room. Nice little service onboard as well. As good as any equivalent train class in the world. Also loved the ease of access at both ends...Warsaw hopped off #7 tram, down stairs and short tunnel to platform..at Krakow down in lift and straight out into mall and 100m walk to exit to street up an escalator. Was very impressed.

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

They're top trains for sure!

@Bobskiboy85

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels When you get the chance, ride the Sapsan from Moscow to St Petersburg. Its the Siemens Velaro model for Russia as I am sure you know, but the fit out is just high end and the service brilliant. I travelled in Economy Plus and even that had a light meal and tea/coffee service with linen set on your tray table! Be cool to see you review that...7 classes to choose from.

I love travel by train. Peace of mind, don't have to deal with traffic, speeding tickets, changing weather, stoping for WC, bla, bla.

@LMB222

2 жыл бұрын

Also, practically Independent of weather conditions. It will go through anything short of a hurricane.

@x5px

Ай бұрын

@@LMB222 Not in Poland. Winter freezes cause delays or outright cancels in the train service.

Can't wait to try it on my next trip to Poland!

Thank you for that review! Honest and detailed! Much appreciated. The view from the back of the train is super cool!

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, they are lovely trains! It is a cool view, yeah. :)

Fantastic video! This is what Inter-City train travel should look like! Take note DfT 😉👍

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, it's a world apart from the nasty stark interior of some UK trains. :(

@alexn643

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels Yeah, agreed

@zuzanna1456

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels absolutely disgusting

Very nice polish high speed train they look very luxurious and good catering service too the food looks delicious 😋👍

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, some of my favourite trains of all time for sure. :)

I really liked that train, and the trip in general. Amazing!

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

It was a fantastic journey! Very happy with PKPIC in general, and this train is one of the best.

Excellent video and trip report. Bravo.

12:40 Kibel is love, kibel is live!

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I remember my first ride on one... 😲

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

11/04/19, 16:35 from Katowice to 18:25 Kraków Mydlniki Wapiennik, on PKP EN57-1170. :)

@kolejarzbezi

3 жыл бұрын

I Love EN57!! This is the best train ever!

@Olszymanski

3 жыл бұрын

All praise the kibel

@Daventent

2 жыл бұрын

@@kolejarzbezi :O witaj

The station reconstruction you've seen is actually the expansion of the Cracow cross-city line (between Kraków Główny and Kraków Płaszów IIRC), it is being enlarged from 2 tracks to 4 to allow for more regional trains.

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Ah that's good. There's always lots of railway investment in Poland!

@JaNieWie

Ай бұрын

At the end of 2023, it finally ended.

Another great video !!

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. 😃

Thank you for this. My daughter and I will be taking our first train trip in Poland next month, on a PKP IC between Kraków and Zamość. We paid 40€ for two first class tickets, which was a better deal than the bus. Now we know what to expect.

Thank you! Good video 👍👏

Oh boy, you've been everywhere. Now, that's a life a want :)

This year I went to Sopot for the first time with Pendolino. It's nice to be at the seaside at 5h30m, but it's not the speed of the train, but the fact that the train stops at few stations. In fact, only in several places the ED250 traveled over 180 km/h. When it comes to refreshments, in the second class, travelers get a bottle of water 😉 I don't know what it is like in the first class because I couldn't afford it 😉

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's right, but the speed does help for sure! I use second class on these sometimes too, and it's also fantastic. A really good train.

This is why I also love Poland's railway, the trains they have to offer ( Except for the train at 12:28). I hope PKP use more of these Pendolinos on their other services. Nice video though!

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I am glad you enjoyed. They are definitely fantastic trains, great fit for Polish routes. :)

Great video!

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed. Have you ever used the EIP service?

I would like to see the famous train that is apparently bad, I would like to see a review, once again great video!

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I'll try and get a video of it.

Excellent 👌

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

The Polish Pendolino definitely is a lot nice to travel on than the British Pendolino on the West Coast Main Line. Thanks for these glimpses inside the train! I also agree with your conclusion, it's hard to beat a trip hauled by an EU/EP07 locomotive on one of the less expensive TLK trains.

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, they are very luxurious. And the TLK is the most fun way to travel in Poland, even if not the most luxurious.

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I do have a few TLK videos coming up! :)

Pierogi taste delicious indeed ❤️👍

@SuperalbsTravels

Жыл бұрын

Yes it was so nice!

I live in Britain but I speak polish and I have been on this pendolino from Warsaw south to Krakow

Pendolino used to go 2'10 but intercity is about 2'30-2'40 while the cheapest TLK is around 3 hours. The 5 hours trains go a totally different route and serve primarily connections to smaller cities, not Warsaw to Krakow. Unfortunately, there are some further works on infrastructure so all times extended now by about 30 minutes.

Waiting for the kibel review hahah

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, hopefully I can get back to Poland soon... :(

@ronylouis0

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels yeah, travel restrictions suck... But I'm sure somewhere around February it'll be open again. You'll be able to experience the awful, shoe melting, overheating radiators which are located right below the seats

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

You're getting me excited just thinking about it!

Wow. That food looks delicious. 😋 So whereabouts is home? 🤔

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

It was tasty! :) What do you mean for the question? :)

@FromtheWindowSeat

3 жыл бұрын

Superalbs Travels Cool. I mean where do you live? What city is your home in?

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Exeter, GB

@FromtheWindowSeat

3 жыл бұрын

Superalbs Travels Ah - cool.

It's a pity that, in today's world, we are obsessed with speed. What is wrong with taking your time? I crossed the Nullarbor (Australia) in 1947 on the Transcontinental. We had time to swap beer and newspapers with the navvies, and buy trinkets from the Aborigines on the trackside. The destination wasn't going anywhere. It'd still be there tomorrow! The trip took three days.

@SuperalbsTravels

Жыл бұрын

I love slow travel too, I've recently travelled London to Marrakech by train. 😁🇲🇦

SO much better than anything the Brits have to offer, especially since they've opted out of the EU.

@SuperalbsTravels

Жыл бұрын

I wish we had trains this good in the UK!

Idzikowice is olny repair center, main yard is Warszawa Grochów for cars, and Warszawa Olszynka Grochowska for loks, and EMUs.

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh, thanks for that. It makes sense, being so far away from major stations. Lots of EN57 sets there, are they refurbished or maybe scrapped here?

@marcinklimas2670

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels Yes. Most are modernized, but some are not. That only EN57/ EN71 no any letters next to 57.

Can you please review a Scott rail hst the interiors look very nice leather seats no less

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to, will as soon as I am allowed and able!

You forgot to tell us how much the trip would have cost in standard class - bet it was a real bargain! And yes, do review the ghastly trains.

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh, unfortunately I can't remember that... If I had to guess, maybe something like £16, not sure.

@Yanousecq

3 жыл бұрын

49PLN with SuperPromo, 105PLN 3weeks+ ahead, 150PLN standard price in 2nd class, 230PLN 1st class' standard price.

Ik I'm well quick to the comments section, but these remind me of my local etr600 frecciaargento units.

@NonstopEurotrip

3 жыл бұрын

That's because they're the same train 😏

@gabri_maybe

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

They're pretty similar, the only difference I would say is the lack of tilt, and slight changes to the interior configuration.

There's also a Biedronka store which is a grocery store. Also, you're Polish?

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I am not Polish, no!

@robertrobski1013

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels But you are Pakistani u sound like

@SuperalbsTravels

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertrobski1013 I don't sound Pakistani.

@robertrobski1013

2 жыл бұрын

Was kidding

@SuperalbsTravels

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertrobski1013 🤣🤣🤣

PKP's Pendolinos didn't need tilting devices because of steep mainline they go on

yes i want to see a review on the apparently awful but kind of cool looking multiple unit

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I'll try my hardest! 🤞

@user-df3ty8ei2u

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels P.S. as a pole the seats really do suck and most of the time you can't even use those seats because of the overcrowding - i do not really like that train but i would be interested in seeing a trip report

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they're pretty bad... But I will try and make a video. 😁

@user-df3ty8ei2u

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels okay thanks, im very interested in your opinion, ah and yea last thing i remember about those crappy trainsets, they make quite a bit of noise, at least the ones here in Gdynia

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-df3ty8ei2u I look forward to it. 😁

Some time ago you did a survey asking if we prefered subtitles or voiceover. Are yuu going to make any videos with voiceover?

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

It's being considered for implementation as and when appropriate.

@s_acostamuniz

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels great! I look forward to watching one of those videos. Keep up the good work!

Conclusion about polish railways???

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I always have a good journey on Polish tracks! :)

REVIEW EN57! But the old one (can be found in Katowice)

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Is that the best place to find them then? I've seen them on SKM Trójmiasto, and on the Katowice-Kraków route.

@wdowa94

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels Try my city and city of one of popular beers: Tychy City main station "Tychy"

@mgrupinski

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels S8 line in Silesia: Lubliniec - Oświęcim or Katowice - Sędziszów, Katowice - Kraków REGIO train

@milosnikep07

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels In Trójmiasto Apart from EN57/EN71 ,,Kibel" and EN57AKM/EN71AKM ,,Turbokibel" we have Newsy Impuls and PKM services Pesa 218m aka SA133 and Newag 220/221 M aka SA137

@SuperalbsTravels

2 жыл бұрын

@@milosnikep07 Plenty of choice then!

this train should be painted in white and red :P

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Some Polish trains do carry those colours! railcolornews.com/wp-content/uploads/siemens_es64u4_pkpic02AndrzejSzafoni_WarszawaWschodnia20180712.jpg

In Poland we have really good stock but very bad rail infrastructure. Ex: Warsaw - Wrocław its around 350 km journey EIP train takes it in 4 HOURS!

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I have done that trip on the EIP, and it took about three and a half hours.

@ryszardadamski

2 жыл бұрын

The Warsaw-Wrocław route on which the Pendolino runs is 423 km, not 350 km. In 2015, Pendolino covered this distance in 3.5 hours, which is the best result in history. The infrastructure itself on this route is ok, but it is not a HST (except for the CMK section) and there will never be a higher speed there. The speed is relatively optimized to the geometrical potential. On the other hand, there is actually no new, base line HST Warszawa-Łódź-Kalisz-Wrocław / Poznań.

@ryszardadamski

2 жыл бұрын

Ta infrastruktura nie jest zła. Jest normalna na miarę linii klasycznych.

Well, it's cheap for western standards. It may not be "wallet-breaking" for us but it is a quite pricey service (both the ticket and especially food).

Due to look, it's nicknamed as Galactic Platypus.

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

I can see why! 😅

The pendolinos do tilt because when I was in standard it did tilt

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

All sources I've read suggest otherwise!

@ryszardadamski

2 жыл бұрын

The curves of the railway line have profiled inclinations up to a 150mm difference in height. That's why the train tilts a little bit, every train, but that doesn't mean it has a tilt. This Pendolino does not have any additional tilting of the box.

What the hell are those seats??? Come on those on on the new Azuma are so much better design....opthapedically tested to so LNER quoted me only the other day.To those who have yet to experience the joys of the Hitachi Azuma please bring a bloody cushion with you...two if you dare to try standard class seats 😂😂

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, it's nice to have such fantastic comfort on a high-speed train. 😊

@YllaStar95970

3 жыл бұрын

You are wrong. My girlfriend Danusia just travelled the entire length, ( this morning),and she said it was the best trip in 30 years. You would not find this in the UK.

@andyhunt457

3 жыл бұрын

@@YllaStar95970 No i am not wrong.The seats are poor.The ones on the prevoius generation trains,Class 91 and HST,have much better seats.I am not alone in this view-see reviews of the Azuma,poor seats,harsh ride and lighting that is too bright. To clarify I was being ironic when I said look at those seats and saying the Azumas are better.The seats on most trains are better than Azumas even 40 year old ones.The seats on the train in the review look great and are actually good to sit in.No cushions required for you guys over there.😁👍

@YllaStar95970

3 жыл бұрын

@@andyhunt457 Respect given.

Yes. It's a electric train.

Food quality probably due to all those Polish cooks who've been kicked out of England!

🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱💓💓💓 POLSKA 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱💓💓💓

@SuperalbsTravels

3 жыл бұрын

YES! 😍 😍 😍

@MrCr00wn

3 жыл бұрын

PIS PO jedno ZŁO :d

@ch36799

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrCr00wn PIS nie sprzedaje Polskich Firm tylko odkupuje je z zagranicznych. Wiele Polskich Firm wróciło w Polskie Ręce od kiedy PIS rządzi. Wzrost Gospodarczy za PISu jest wyszy niz za PO.

@januszfutrzynski2636

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrCr00wn największym złem jest Korwin i ta cała kupa ziebów z konfederaci

@JustAPolishAmerican

Жыл бұрын

niepopularna, może nawet kontrowersyjna opinia: lewica może byłaby chociaż troszkę lepsza

Polish trains are cool, how do I know that? I live in Poland xdddd and it copies from the translator

@stick1562

2 жыл бұрын

JEBAC PIS pozdro 600

Poland is behind High-Speed train To long take Poland investment Government wasting time each year PKP going updating and others will top railway in Europe speed ahead of Poland Poland have skills but government wasting good stuff build on train technology put them on track 250km should be 50% by today in Poland Buying from others train technology 12% the only high speed of Poland Poland want by 2026 2027 50% I don't things Other Politicians will freeze everything Fighting on top but bottom noting done bye

i wish to have a good opinion about service of PKP. to Cracow set was old . dirty and slow and packed. Middle seats with tables are horrible if 4 seats are full . no space for legs. Return was almost new clean and nice no pasengers at my car. Fast. Food so so.. german sosages 3 no bed but salad heavy and untaste. heavy . passanger on my right side of hallway complained about polish schabowy. . eaven her small doughter did not want to eat. Cars are hot a nd you have to go to supervisor to ask about lower temperature. the same in LOT airlines . terrrible. especially in pandemic mask i do not understand why train isnt ready for passengers . is like an PRL .. they do not care of passengers. Polish passengers. . i had made 4 trips to gdansk and cracow end of September 2020.

kph, kmh, km/hr, kphr, when will people learn to write km/h correctly....

@SuperalbsTravels

10 ай бұрын

If you watch ALL my other videos in order, you will be able to pinpoint exactly when I started writing it correctly. :)

@My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter

10 ай бұрын

@@SuperalbsTravels kudos to you.