The Complete MESS That Is Hungarian Railways in 2025 ("NEW" French Trains!?)

Follow me on Bluesky @intercitysimon.com https://bsky.app/profile/intercitysim... The best way to describe Hungarian railways in 2025 is a complete mess. With their own fleet of trains constantly breaking down, they’ve had to bring in new locomotives from abroad quickly. In this video, I take a journey behind one of the newly imported used locomotives from France, in one of Europe’s worst long-distance intercity passenger carriages. So come along for the ride as I show you the disappointing state of Hungarian railways in 2025. Train type: Alstom Astride and a mix of old and new carriages Route: Pecs to Budapest Train: 815 "Mecsek" Distance: 235km Journey time: 2h51m Average speed: 82 km/h Price: 6.20€ (Inc youth discount) 00:00 Intro 00:35 Pecs Station 02:27 Broken Cab-Car / Messy runaround 04:15 New french train! (Sort of) 04:57 Boarding and Depature 05:51 Route Map 06:18 Awful IC Carriage 07:35 Switching Seats 08:00 Szentlőrinc 08:35 Dead trains in Dombóvár 09:25 Train Tour (Including good carriage!) 11:05 Sarbogard 11:45 Scenery to Budapest 12:12 Budapest - Kelenföld 12:50 Tickets, Arrival and Final Thoughts #Travel #Trains #TripReport