REGIOJET: Marathon 20 hour journey | London to Prague

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  @simonbirt6121 · 3 years ago

  I expect the “random” stops were for the driver to have a break, this is 45 mins in every 4hours 30, it can and is usually split into two, 15 mins and 30 mins. Hope this helps.

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  @dominikhavel8102 · 3 years ago

  Thank you for your honest review. Regiojet is my favourite bus carrier. They grew up in Czechia and their price/quality policy is the main reason why Flixbus still isn't the bus carrier no. 1 in Czechia. Regiojet also run train services in Czechia and between Czechia and Slovakia, Austria and Poland, they were the first competitor to state-owned Czech Railways. Since then, the quality of train services in Czechia has grown up and train riding became really popular. In summer, Regiojet operate night trains from Czechia to Croatia - they are successful but passengers frequently complain about it due to delays, defect toilets etc. This isn't the flagship of Regiojet, mainly caused by using old coaches and letting them run for 20 hours every day with no time to repair some defects.

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• WA

  @waldogadellaa · 3 years ago

  Just a minor correction, Scott. Saarbrücken is next to France. Switzerland is some 300 km in southeastern direction. But very informative and fun in my opinion.

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  @craig7653 · 3 years ago

  I don’t think 2 hours late is bad considering the length of the journey. In the 90’s I used to catch an Intercity Crosscountry train from Penzance to Aberdeen. This train used to end up more than 2 hours late on the first half of the journey. It used to get so late it got cancelled at Edinburgh. 😂

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• SG

  @SGtravelsEU · 2 years ago

  Student Agency is the old name of RegioJet. Although it's now known as RegioJet for years, the corporate name for the coach services is still Student Agency.

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  @paulsehstedt6275 · 3 years ago

  Your bus was a Irizar i8/Scania a premium coach with four star seating. These buses are limited to a max. speed of 99 km/h and speed limit for buses on German motorways is 100 km/h. Czech drivers have the funny habit to look at fuel prices instead of having the fixed fuel stop. They pay with fuel cc, so the company pays a settled price. Great, you enjoyed the ride. Keep on rolling!

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  @jurajkovac8507 · 3 years ago

  For historical context, Student Agency started back in the 90s as a, well, facilitator of student exchanges and au pair stays throughout Europe. Sending thousands of young people all over the world soon made it clear that there is unsatisfied demand for transportation, which is why Student Agency soon became the largest Czech seller of flights and bus tickets.<br>So great was the demand for inexpensive long-distance coaches that they ended up starting their own bus fleet around 2000. They stood out of the crowd by having new, comfortable buses with on-board staff. Some of that extra service got cut eventually, but the hard product is still very solid.<br>In 2010, Student Agency started RegioJet, their own train operator that later expanded into regional and long-distance rail service. Some years later, SA buses got rebranded as RegioJet for brand consistency of their transportation business.<br><br>Despite the unassuming name, the Student Agency group now includes personal and business travel, flights, package holidays, buses and trains, a chain of hotels and group holiday rentals. They used to own a taxi service in Prague, they do visas, insurance, airline claims and a bunch of other stuff, all on top of their original core business of study-abroad language courses and au pair stays.

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  @DeKat-84 · 2 years ago

  I love these long journeys. A few times when I have been coming back to the UK from Amsterdam I have taken the Flixbus service from Amsterdam to London Victoria just for the sake of it. I really enjoy seeing the scenery and even the different types of highway and city/town roads. Plus, if you&apos;re in a pinch they are usually much cheaper than a last-minute flight. <br><br>I completely agree with your comment about bringing a stock of food and drinks. This is an absolute necessity even for the 8 hours from Amsterdam to London.

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• DA

  @davidfarrow44 · 1 year ago

  You will be pleased to know that this service now has double deck coaches on this service

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• NE

  @nebbs · 3 years ago (edited)

  I took the bus from London to Athens and back a couple of times, and once back from Istanbul, back in the 1980s. Took about four days as I recall. Good fun but not very comfortable. Took the Greyhound from Oregon to New York City, too, which took even longer.

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  @lukeb-k904 · 3 years ago

  Interesting video, I know this route and the company very well...regiojet basically started bus service revolution in Eastern Europe years ago. Just to clarify about speeding and police check - some speed cameras accross Europe flashes any big vehicle going over 80-85 km/h, but speed limit for buses is higher than for a lorry (bus speed limit in Germany is 100 km/h, lorry only 80 km/h, so buses don&apos;t get penalty even when been flashed)....needless to say, all these buses are speed limited to 100, so cannot go any faster on flat road. About police stop - it is very common in Germany to have foreign number plate buses been stopped (for routine driver check or passport control even in the middle of Germany)...sometime we were pulled by police in Germany twice (on 1 occasion even 3 times)...hope you enjoyed Prague

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  @pnwlion9337 · 3 years ago

  Really enjoy the stuff that you do Scott, the “Everything” bit is made all the better by your sense of humour and determination to make something work

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