THE BEST LITTLE RAILCAR EVER? Prague's railcars are hard to ride - 3rd time lucky.

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  @mrwxz_eu · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu7GKBXYVa0&amp;t=111">1:51</a> This is a special historical line T1 operated by KŽC Doprava, which runs every Saturday and Sunday.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu7GKBXYVa0&amp;t=899">14:59</a> These trains do not currently go to the main station. The bridge over the Vltava between the main station and Smichov is in a terrible state, so as few trains as possible cross it. Line S65, on which this train runs, is therefore temporarily shortened and runs only to Prague-Smíchov. If you want to ride the 810 series train (RegioMouse), you have to go to Smíchov and take line S65 (not S6) to Rudná, or go to Zadní Třebaň (by line S7, CityElefant trains, destination Karlštejn/Beroun) and line S76 to Lochovice. These are the closest lines to Prague where this train runs.

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• JA

  @jakubrydlo6612 · 1 year ago

  I think that if you told that driver, that you are railway enthusiast and ask him if he had few minutes, he would let you take a picture and enjoy that vehicle. Of course it depends on his mood and knowledge of English. 😄

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• ST

  @steve-marsh · 2 years ago

  I love little random adventures like this. I can also imagine Rudná locals being like &apos;what&apos;s that guy doing with a GoPro, must be a lost tourist&apos;. The best adventures are when you are slightly lost :)

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• FR

  @frantisekoliva6304 · 2 years ago

  I live in Rudná u Prahy and you did pronounce it like a local actually 😁 That&apos;s so cool! Imagine going for groceries and running into Scott in here, that&apos;d be random.. lol The old train you talked about is the class M 262 from the 1950s and it operates on weekends only and between Prague main train station and the Zličín stop, doesn&apos;t go as far as Rudná ;)

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• JA

  @Jamiebyrne77 · 6 months ago

  I&apos;m someone who rewatches old videos mainly cause I find many of them relaxing.

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  @spenny45108 · 2 years ago

  There are a number of heritage railcars and heritage locomotive hauled trains around Praha at weekends operated by KZC, timetables and details on their website.

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• FR

  @franta_jirman · 1 year ago

  Pro tip: if you wanna travel around Prague by trains, you can use any public transport ticket you buy in Prague. It is valid on every S and some R trains.

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• LO

  @looseycanon · 2 years ago

  Let me explain, my train loving friend. In Czechia, we have a bit of a tradition of runing historical trains during summer. I&apos;m not entirely sure about Central Bohemian region, but Posázavský Pacifik runs historical trains (ending in Dobříš and Čerčany, very beautiful single track rail. Track is very important for the Tramp movement, from where the name came.), even steam sometimes. Around Jindřichův Hradec, there are two narrow gauge railways, that have hit a bit of a hard times recently, but, I believe it was this season, they returned to schedule on one of these routes. These Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy (Jindřichův Hradec local railways) run regular steam trains over the Summer on their Southbound route and used to run them on the Northbound, the last time I was there. In South Moravia, we have annual event called Pálavský Okruh, which is a round about train ride, that takes whole day in a part historical, part touristic light-ish rail cars, towed by a steam engine from Brno to Lednice and back. The route leaves East heading for Moravský Krumlov, and comes to Lednice essentially from the West and returns home along another route, taking the faster corridor home. Speaking of Lednice, there is a historical motor car train going there in the summer, but the route is otherwise unused.

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• TO

  @TomasGraf-rr6co · 1 year ago

  That &quot;ugly&quot; locomotive is a very popular workhorse. It&apos;s nickname is &quot;brejlovec&quot;. Brejle in Czech means eye glasses - because it looks like it&apos;s wearing glasses.<br><br>The small train was designed basically as a bus on rails and is meant to run service on local lines where not many people take the train. In some parts of the country they&apos;re still quite common. If you go east from Prague to Nymburk, those trains are still quite common and run on the local routes, especially in off peak hours like the evenings. From Nymburk north runs a line where everything is still mechanical including the signals and switches. Everything is run by station masters in every small srstion, and all without modern signals. You should check that out before it&apos;s all gone.

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• JA

  @janinehawkins9565 · 2 years ago

  10/10 for determination 😊

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• QU

  @QuietOrbit-v8j · 1 year ago (edited)

  It&apos;s a splendid little railcar. Hungarian railways have a lot of these too. The original Skoda engine and Praga transmission were switched out early on though because they weren&apos;t too good. The ones still running have MAN engines and Voith transmission if I remember correctly.

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• RH

  @RH-uo8wl · 2 years ago

  Well, you did ride one of the railcars ... sort of. The Regionova you took to Rudná u Prahy, 814 032, was rebuilt from railcar 810 258 and a trailer. I&apos;ve travelled over all of Czechia&apos;s rail network, and most of the little branch lines are/were worked with these 4-wheel contraptions. I wasn&apos;t so much chasing them as being plagued by them!

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