1:51 This is a special historical line T1 operated by KŽC Doprava, which runs every Saturday and Sunday.14:59 These trains do not currently go to the main station. The bridge over the Vltava between the main station and Smichov is in a terrible state, so as few trains as possible cross it. Line S65, on which this train runs, is therefore temporarily shortened and runs only to Prague-Smíchov. If you want to ride the 810 series train (RegioMouse), you have to go to Smíchov and take line S65 (not S6) to Rudná, or go to Zadní Třebaň (by line S7, CityElefant trains, destination Karlštejn/Beroun) and line S76 to Lochovice. These are the closest lines to Prague where this train runs.

I think that if you told that driver, that you are railway enthusiast and ask him if he had few minutes, he would let you take a picture and enjoy that vehicle. Of course it depends on his mood and knowledge of English. 😄

I love little random adventures like this. I can also imagine Rudná locals being like 'what's that guy doing with a GoPro, must be a lost tourist'. The best adventures are when you are slightly lost :)

I'm someone who rewatches old videos mainly cause I find many of them relaxing.

I live in Rudná u Prahy and you did pronounce it like a local actually 😁 That's so cool! Imagine going for groceries and running into Scott in here, that'd be random.. lol The old train you talked about is the class M 262 from the 1950s and it operates on weekends only and between Prague main train station and the Zličín stop, doesn't go as far as Rudná ;)

There are a number of heritage railcars and heritage locomotive hauled trains around Praha at weekends operated by KZC, timetables and details on their website.

Pro tip: if you wanna travel around Prague by trains, you can use any public transport ticket you buy in Prague. It is valid on every S and some R trains.

Let me explain, my train loving friend. In Czechia, we have a bit of a tradition of runing historical trains during summer. I'm not entirely sure about Central Bohemian region, but Posázavský Pacifik runs historical trains (ending in Dobříš and Čerčany, very beautiful single track rail. Track is very important for the Tramp movement, from where the name came.), even steam sometimes. Around Jindřichův Hradec, there are two narrow gauge railways, that have hit a bit of a hard times recently, but, I believe it was this season, they returned to schedule on one of these routes. These Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy (Jindřichův Hradec local railways) run regular steam trains over the Summer on their Southbound route and used to run them on the Northbound, the last time I was there. In South Moravia, we have annual event called Pálavský Okruh, which is a round about train ride, that takes whole day in a part historical, part touristic light-ish rail cars, towed by a steam engine from Brno to Lednice and back. The route leaves East heading for Moravský Krumlov, and comes to Lednice essentially from the West and returns home along another route, taking the faster corridor home. Speaking of Lednice, there is a historical motor car train going there in the summer, but the route is otherwise unused.

Well, you did ride one of the railcars ... sort of. The Regionova you took to Rudná u Prahy, 814 032, was rebuilt from railcar 810 258 and a trailer. I've travelled over all of Czechia's rail network, and most of the little branch lines are/were worked with these 4-wheel contraptions. I wasn't so much chasing them as being plagued by them!

That "ugly" locomotive is a very popular workhorse. It's nickname is "brejlovec". Brejle in Czech means eye glasses - because it looks like it's wearing glasses.

The small train was designed basically as a bus on rails and is meant to run service on local lines where not many people take the train. In some parts of the country they're still quite common. If you go east from Prague to Nymburk, those trains are still quite common and run on the local routes, especially in off peak hours like the evenings. From Nymburk north runs a line where everything is still mechanical including the signals and switches. Everything is run by station masters in every small srstion, and all without modern signals. You should check that out before it's all gone.

Me and my Brother visited Prague back in 2007 for a week and spent the majority of that time on the various stations, taking photos and videos. I never had any issues and all staff i spoke to were friendly and very welcoming

It's a splendid little railcar. Hungarian railways have a lot of these too. The original Skoda engine and Praga transmission were switched out early on though because they weren't too good. The ones still running have MAN engines and Voith transmission if I remember correctly.

The Regionova, the author rode, is in fact a refurbished 810 motor-coach, he was hunting. :)

I love the fact I'm not the only one being into the M152 rail busses  🚂♥

Youtuber from Czhechia goes to Crewe to catch one of those cute little class 153 dogboxes. Comes away when all that is there is a pretty decent 170😊

Scott- Google Translate might be your friend when you’re scoping out these places: ‘Hello, I’m a Scottish train enthusiast and I’m admiring the look of this rail car! Would it be alright to have a look around for a minute?’ ….worth a try 🤔👍

When I was in Czech Republic for work about 50km east of Prague somebody told me to enjoy an experience on an old small train. This was this small rail car you were looking for. It is going a few times a day from Pecky to Kourim and back. To Packy you can go from Prague on the CityElephant. It was a very nostalgic tour on an old track on the countryside into a small village. On the way back I was the only passenger at the first station.

If you want to ride the little railcar, then I would recommend going to the "Praha-Jinonice" station. You can get there from the Jinonice metro station. It's also close to "Walterovo náměstí" where you can find a Billa supermarket, a pub for a quick beer and a coffee shop for your coffee. 😁
From my personal experience the small railcars definitely appear there at 8:45 in the direction of Smichov and at 18:10 and 19:10 in the direction of Hostivice (it's a nice scenic route through the forest).
The other option is to be at the Hostivice train station at around 8:20 and then wait for sets of 4 trains to stop there out of which 2 will be the small railcars. All of the 4 trains will leave by 8:31. If you manage to be at Hostivice this early in the morning, then I recommend taking the train towards Jinonice, which is again the scenic route and which tends to look very nice in the morning. 😊 (All of the above times specified are for workdays, I have no idea about the weekends.)

Hi Scott, we’ve got Arriva buses in Derby. They do half the city. And Trent Barton do the other half!

Obviously the problem was that Scott wasn’t at cruising altitude?  It’s great to see how a journey turns out even if unsuccessful.  It’s not all coffee & cake.  Well done Scott, looking forward to next week’s instalment.