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All settled for my next #Braidspoor #CrossBorderRail trip : by waiting for 12 a.m. last night, I could catch two of the rare :kb_ec: 149 #Hortobagy :kb_kurswagen: through carriage reservations from 🇦🇹 Wien Hbf to 🇺🇦 Київ Рас.

Since the :oebb: were delayed in their booking system, I had to make use of the :mav_symbol: MÁV online system constraining international ticket purchases to stations from/to Hungary so in fact the ticket is only from Hegyshalom rather than Wien Hbf. Along with InterRail this shouldn't make a difference anyway, especially considering how we will first visit the dining car of the #SleeperAndEater anyway.

I'm very excited : I've already been in pretty any kind of :uz: Ukrainian sleeper carriages but the western-style RIC carriages of Ukrainian origin are something new to me anyway.

Our trip will be a long one : we will start in 🇫🇷 Alsace by regional train across the border to 🇩🇪 Germany and from 🇩🇪 Stuttgart on, the :kb_en: #KalmanImre will be taking us eastbound during night one. The first day will be a relaxed day in 🇦🇹 Wien (happy to meet fellow railway enthusiasts there, just poke me !), night two will bring us via 🇭🇺 Budapest and 🇺🇦 Львів to 🇺🇦 Київ where we planned delicious vegan dinner and sight seeing for my daughter who never went there before. Night three will bring us with the modern and comfortable :uz: 105К flagship to 🇺🇦 Одеса where we plan a relaxed day swimming in the Black Sea at the beaches of south of the town.

Because our destination sadly isn't Ukraine itself but 🇩🇰 Odense, night four will bring us north-westbound to 🇵🇱 Przemyśl in the :kb_kurswagen: through carriages of the 36Ш mainline. Day four will be a daytime travel day getting us to 🇵🇱 Gdynia at the Baltic Sea ports where night five will sail us by :stenaline: Stenaline over the sea to 🇸🇪 Karlskrona with the final part on day six via 🇩🇰 København to #BornHack on 🇩🇰 Funen island 🎉.

Stay tuned for railway travel reports !

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Good morning 🇦🇹 #Wien / #Vienna 🤩 !

The night train trip in the :cfr: :kb_bett: IRN #Dacia wagon-lits was excellent. We arrived just on time. After a quick shower, I sadly didn't have enough time left for breakfast in the #SleeperAndEater @diningcar - btw. one of the few night trains with different dining cars on different sections of the journey : a :cfr: CFR bistro carriage between 🇷🇴 #București / #Bucharest and 🇷🇴 #Arad and a :mav: MÁV @diningcar between 🇭🇺 #Budapest and 🇦🇹 #Wien / #Vienna.

Now time to grab some snacks in Vienna main station before boarding my :db: :de_ice: bringing me to my first destination for today : 🇩🇪 #Nürnberg / #Nuremberg .

#AzadiRail day 17, homebound day 7 has begun. Sadly already the last day of my amazing trip.

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Shortly after the arrival of the local train from :flag_krd: #Amed / 🇹🇷 #Diyarbakır, my :tcdd: #SleeperAndEater #GüneyEkspresi arrived. It features most comfortable and spacious wagon-lits compartments with a desk, two proper beds, a sink and even a mini-bar - a comfortable hotel room for the next 25 hours.

The steward was already waiting for me and didn't even wanna see my ticket since I was the only passenger boarding the wagon-lits carriage.

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Finally back on track ! After a week of bus travels, my first #AzadiRail train back home : I'm in :flag_krd: #Êlih / 🇹🇷 Batman waiting for the famous :tcdd: #GüneyEkspresi / Southern Express #SleeperAndEater bringing my to 🇹🇷 #Ankara for the next 25 hours.

Êlih is a cute station, a couple of cargo carriages in the cargo terminal, a cute maintenance vehicle for display, three tracks but sadly no catenary.

The station has three train pairs per day : twice the regional link to the Kurdish capital :flag_krd: #Amed / 🇹🇷 #Diyarbakır and six days per week a pair of my Güney Ekspresi linking :flag_krd: #Misircê / 🇹🇷 #Kurtalan, Êlih, Amed and 🇹🇷 #Malatya with #Ankara over night.