I traveled from Poland to Lviv overnight on a train and then back to Budapest also by train.
The Polish train was pleasant enough and I shared a compartment with two friendly Ukrainian men who were working in Poland and were traveling back to see family for their summer holidays.
On the trip back I was lucky to have a compartment to myself. As it was an overnight train from Kiev, it arrived in Lviv at 5 am and all the seats were also sleepers so it was basic but very cosy and comfortable.
At the border the few Budapest carriages were moved off to shunting yards. As the Ukraine and Hungary have different gauges, here the carriages were enclosed by clamps which lifted the main part of the carriage off the Ukrainian rolling stock. This was then rolled away and the Hungarian rolling stock shifted under the carriage.
Immigration and customs was very thorough but polite. The carriages were then carefully searched mainly for cheap alcohol and cigarettes being smuggled into Hungary. A technician spent hours removing panels and going through absolutely everything. Between the changing of the rolling stock and the searches, it too well over three hours to cross the border.
The Polish train was pleasant enough and I shared a compartment with two friendly Ukrainian men who were working in Poland and were traveling back to see family for their summer holidays.On the trip back I was lucky to have a compartment to myself. As it was an overnight train from Kiev, it arrived in Lviv at 5 am and all the seats were also sleepers so it was basic but very cosy and comfortable.
At the border the few Budapest carriages were moved off to shunting yards. As the Ukraine and Hungary have different gauges, here the carriages were enclosed by clamps which lifted the main part of the carriage off the Ukrainian rolling stock. This was then rolled away and the Hungarian rolling stock shifted under the carriage.
Immigration and customs was very thorough but polite. The carriages were then carefully searched mainly for cheap alcohol and cigarettes being smuggled into Hungary. A technician spent hours removing panels and going through absolutely everything. Between the changing of the rolling stock and the searches, it too well over three hours to cross the border.
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