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ÖBB night trains vary greatly in quality. I had the displeasure of taking the Zürich Budapest night train and back. It was absolutely terrible. Broken cars from

ÖBB night trains vary greatly in quality. I had the displeasure of taking the Zürich Budapest night train and back. It was absolutely terrible. Broken cars from the 90s, beds so short you can’t fully lie in them, defective toilets, blinds that don’t close, rattling doors all night, arrived 4h late… not something I’d do again.

albert180 3y ago
Well it's not an ÖBB Night Train, it's a train operated by MAV-Start (Hungarian State Railways). It also says when booking that it's a partner train. Maybe do your research before complaining about the wrong company
- ornornor 3y ago
  I boarded an ÖBB train with a ticket sold to me by ÖBB and a partial refund for the delay from ÖBB.
  - albert180 3y ago
    Yes because you bought the ticket from ÖBB so they are responsible for refunds too. It's still a Train operated by MAV (and you also can buy tickets from them directly) and the ÖBB Nightjet Website explicitly tells you: "Der Umfang und die Qualität der Serviceleistungen in einem EuroNight Zug und das eingesetzte Wagenmaterial weichen vom Angebot des ÖBB Nightjets ab." "The scope and quality of the services in a Euronight train and the car material used deviate from the ÖBB Nightjet offers" So no, you didn't rode an ÖBB Train
    - ornornor 3y ago
      Okay. Isn’t it a technicality though? In the end of the day, ÖBB sells this through their website so they should stand behind it. It’s too easy to sell anything and everything and say “caveat emptor, it might be total shit or maybe not but in any case I’m only here to take your money.” See Amazon and how happy people in general are with their comingling problem. That’s my opinion anyway, feel free to have your own.
      - albert180 3y ago
        No it's not a technicality? I can buy tickets from Deutsche Bahn for all kind of European Train Operators, including ÖBB Nightjet. It's just a nice service to have a unified booking system
boffinAudio 3y ago
I once found myself in the situation of needing an overnight train from Zagreb to Vienna .. the attendant at the Zagreb central train station had no idea how to book the ticket, had to dig out an ancient aging PC out from under some desk detritus to look things up, had a completely useless time of it .. I just gave up and rented a car. Man, that was a nice drive - as much as I love the trains of Europe (they are awesome) the adventurous drives to be had in that region (Zagreb->Vienna) are also bloody awesome. Had a 2 hour drive to the border crossing, I thought was going to be smooth - only to be turned back because it was for EU citizens only .. but the adventure alone was worth it.

albert180 3y ago

Well it's not an ÖBB Night Train, it's a train operated by MAV-Start (Hungarian State Railways). It also says when booking that it's a partner train. Maybe do your research before complaining about the wrong company

ornornor 3y ago
I boarded an ÖBB train with a ticket sold to me by ÖBB and a partial refund for the delay from ÖBB.
- albert180 3y ago
  Yes because you bought the ticket from ÖBB so they are responsible for refunds too. It's still a Train operated by MAV (and you also can buy tickets from them directly) and the ÖBB Nightjet Website explicitly tells you: "Der Umfang und die Qualität der Serviceleistungen in einem EuroNight Zug und das eingesetzte Wagenmaterial weichen vom Angebot des ÖBB Nightjets ab." "The scope and quality of the services in a Euronight train and the car material used deviate from the ÖBB Nightjet offers" So no, you didn't rode an ÖBB Train
  - ornornor 3y ago
    Okay. Isn’t it a technicality though? In the end of the day, ÖBB sells this through their website so they should stand behind it. It’s too easy to sell anything and everything and say “caveat emptor, it might be total shit or maybe not but in any case I’m only here to take your money.” See Amazon and how happy people in general are with their comingling problem. That’s my opinion anyway, feel free to have your own.
    - albert180 3y ago
      No it's not a technicality? I can buy tickets from Deutsche Bahn for all kind of European Train Operators, including ÖBB Nightjet. It's just a nice service to have a unified booking system

boffinAudio 3y ago

I once found myself in the situation of needing an overnight train from Zagreb to Vienna .. the attendant at the Zagreb central train station had no idea how to book the ticket, had to dig out an ancient aging PC out from under some desk detritus to look things up, had a completely useless time of it .. I just gave up and rented a car. Man, that was a nice drive - as much as I love the trains of Europe (they are awesome) the adventurous drives to be had in that region (Zagreb->Vienna) are also bloody awesome. Had a 2 hour drive to the border crossing, I thought was going to be smooth - only to be turned back because it was for EU citizens only .. but the adventure alone was worth it.