On Friday 16th January, I finished my night shift at Hull station, then onto the 0543 to York, which connected with the 0657 to Manchester Piccadilly, bonus, as it doesn’t go via Leeds, arrived at Manchester at 0750, then over to Platform 14 for a pair of 323s to the Airport, I hated 323s when they first came out, as they replaced the 304s and 305s, but I’ve now got a soft spot for them because of the noise they make!
Then, after an easy check-in and security experience, it was into the Amber Alehouse in Terminal 2 for a pint before the flight
Then it was time to board the flight to Heathrow, G-NEOP did the honours
Then, after the bus transfer to T3, it was time for the Lounge Crawl, Qantas, Aa, and BA, quick bottle in each, then onto the flight to Vienna
After landing, it was off to Wien Mitte station to get the U-bahn to Kettenbrückengasse and walk to the Holiday Inn, which would be my base
The next day, I went to Wien Hbf and the excellent Admiral Sports Bar within the station for a couple of pints before boarding the train to Bratislava, and this was it! Complete with compartment coaches, it’s a joint operation of the Austrian and Slovakian railways, there’s usually a Slovakian loco and Austrian coaches, and a Crew change at Marchegg, the Austrian Crew are relieved by a Slovakian crew, thorough ticket check by both, and both knew what my FIP coupons were, which was a bonus
It was the same sort of train back
The next day was the one my friend was looking forward to, a trip on the Railjet over the Semmering railway, soon to be bypassed by a tunnel, which looked to be complete when we passed Gloggnitz, I could see the portals, and at Mursuchlagg, where they have a dive-under, anyway, we arrived at Wien Hbf to find our train, after the customary drinks in the Admiral beforehand, and it was this!
This took us to Kapfenberg, which is a nice little town, which I have been to before, I told my friend I picked it because it has an Admiral bar right next to the station!!
Beers had, was time to go for the train back to Wien, which was packed! We had to wait until we could get into the bar/restaurant coach, but when we did, we ordered food, I got a Scnitzel burger, he got Schnitzel and potatoes
It was really nice aswell (I hate describing food as ‘tasty’!)
Anyway that’s it for my first trip report, please don’t be too harsh lol, I’m off to Warsaw in the morning!!
Then, after an easy check-in and security experience, it was into the Amber Alehouse in Terminal 2 for a pint before the flight
Then it was time to board the flight to Heathrow, G-NEOP did the honours
Then, after the bus transfer to T3, it was time for the Lounge Crawl, Qantas, Aa, and BA, quick bottle in each, then onto the flight to Vienna
After landing, it was off to Wien Mitte station to get the U-bahn to Kettenbrückengasse and walk to the Holiday Inn, which would be my base
The next day, I went to Wien Hbf and the excellent Admiral Sports Bar within the station for a couple of pints before boarding the train to Bratislava, and this was it! Complete with compartment coaches, it’s a joint operation of the Austrian and Slovakian railways, there’s usually a Slovakian loco and Austrian coaches, and a Crew change at Marchegg, the Austrian Crew are relieved by a Slovakian crew, thorough ticket check by both, and both knew what my FIP coupons were, which was a bonus
It was the same sort of train back
The next day was the one my friend was looking forward to, a trip on the Railjet over the Semmering railway, soon to be bypassed by a tunnel, which looked to be complete when we passed Gloggnitz, I could see the portals, and at Mursuchlagg, where they have a dive-under, anyway, we arrived at Wien Hbf to find our train, after the customary drinks in the Admiral beforehand, and it was this!
This took us to Kapfenberg, which is a nice little town, which I have been to before, I told my friend I picked it because it has an Admiral bar right next to the station!!Beers had, was time to go for the train back to Wien, which was packed! We had to wait until we could get into the bar/restaurant coach, but when we did, we ordered food, I got a Scnitzel burger, he got Schnitzel and potatoes
It was really nice aswell (I hate describing food as ‘tasty’!)Anyway that’s it for my first trip report, please don’t be too harsh lol, I’m off to Warsaw in the morning!!
(& please name & describe your beers)
Great report.
