Europe's LONGEST & Most UNIQUE Sleeper Train Journey

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Merhaba! Welcome to this new trip report, that's a trip I wanted to do since a long long long time. The Optima Express, probably the most unique auto train in Europe, it's not a adventure it's a whole odyssey! Enjoy :) - TRIP INFORMATION - RECORDED IN JULY 2022 Railroad company: Optima Tours GmbH Train type : UIC-X, AB30 and various engines From : Edirne to Villach Hbf Time : Around 35 hours Price : 205€ Thumbnail credit : Aleš Marek on Flickr - his page : https://flic.kr/ps/3jXvub LINK TO THE NEW CHANNEL : Minitrak by Simply Railway https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgV2... - PATREON PAGE : https://www.patreon.com/simply_railway - INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/simply_railway - TWITTER - https://twitter.com/simply_railway?la... - SIMPLY RAILWAY PRODUCTS : https://teespring.com/stores/simply-r... Massive thanks to my following Patreon for their help : Claudio Bickel ; Martin Haynes ; Laurent Gilson ; Louis Haywood ; D Austin Horowitz ; Thomas Alfred Roell ; Captain Ginyu ; Andreas Konrad ; Christopher Style ; Dick DeBartolo ; Brian Sikorski ; Sandeep Ayyappan ; Nicholas Torres ; Peter N ; Nick Reed , Randy Dean ; Philippe Branco ; Tom Van Baren ; Ian Earle ; Robin Roemisch ; Michael Romero ; Fin Ross Russell ; Vel ; Benny AndTheJets ; James Pickup ; Frederic R Merchant , Jeremiah Pettus ; Roy Hunte ; Robyn Jackson ; Jeanette ; William George ; John Michael Dornoff ; Trevor Key ; Fabricio ; John Christopherson ; Linda Vainomae-Hoffmann ; Jeffrey Williams ; Shane Edmonds ; Dave Ferrell ; Joe Hoeft ; Bea Dan ; ; Yes! ; clearingrubble ; Charlie Myers ; Chris Roberts ; Bill ; jpjh ; Larry Phenis ; David Bonet ; Eric Schmidt ; John S Baldyga ; Will Ho ; Sam Couch ; Dennis Field ; Raging_lemons ; Daniel De Marta Ijurco ; Jack , Shawn Morse ; DiscoKazuma ; Benny Wong ; Amy ; Jason Rabinowitz ; Szeming Lau ; ; Peter ; Dining Car ; Robert Badgett ; Brett Babcock ; Ronald Ozio ; Paul Hurst ; Leonard McCants ; Johannes.R ; Garl Boyd Latham ; Ian Whitcomb ; TravelBlogger.com ; Jaymar7456 ; Nick Russo ; RJ B ; Parigino 48 ; Raymond Shobe ; Magikarp ; James O'Donnell ; Danny Anderson ; Marc van der Lee ; Pierre Bourry ; Mark Schutter ; John Fleckles ; cinema girl ; Jennifer M Zukawski ; Joshua Esposito ; Pierre Chevalier ; slrpnls ; pgmoser ; Caracole ; Tommy Penner ; ursus arctos ; Joe Grubbs ; Matthew Edwards ; Lee M Geller ; Peter Harrison ; Kevin Kotula ;Arthur Sievers ; Gilbert Le Blanc ; Geogast ; Mind K ; Stephen Moore 00:00 : Intro 01:29 : Check in at Edirne station 02:40 : Loading the car 03:10 : Boarding in the last two coaches ? 04:20 : Waiting for the departure 05:40 : The weird auto carriers 06:55 : We're getting ready 07:50 : Departure from Edirne 08:35 : Goodbye Turkey 🇹🇷 08:58 : The short ride in Turkey 09:27 : Changing our engine 10:50 : Compartment review 11:57 : Some delay in Kapikule 12:17 : Why the Optima is so slow ? 12:52 : Welcome to Bulgaria 🇧🇬 13:30 : Passport control 13:59 : Time to sleep 15:17 : Good morning from Serbia 🇷🇸 16:32 : Engine swap in Nîs 17:16 : Mid roll ads 17:39 : A chill morning by the window 18:54 : Tunnel vision 19:14 : Seeing Serbian MUs 19:56 : Europe's most unique train 20:22 : Walkthrough of the train 21:30 : Lunch at the dining car 22:12 : Smoking is allowed ! 22:34 : Serbian countryside 23:12 : Approaching Belgrade 24:06 : Belgrade central 24:39 : The brand new line to Novi Sad 25:36 : The WORST moment 26:09 : Šid, last station in Serbia 26:42 : Hi freight train 27:11 : Sunset at the border 27:29 : An annoying control 28:03 : Are we on time ? 28:43 : Nighty night n°2 29:01 : Dobova, border with Slovenia 29:18 : Waking up in Slovenia 29:42 : Toilets Time 30:14 : Sneaking up in the sleeping car 31:38 : Last engine switch 32:11 : Off to Austria 32:54 : Karawanks tunnel 33:17 : Welcome to Austria 33:42 : Arrival in Villach 34:11 : Unloading the cars and conclusion 35:09 : Outro