Buna ziua!

After visiting Chișinău, I had no ideas about what train would bring me back to Romania, and when I saw this train pulling up in the station, I thought this train was modern and was built recently... but no! It was designed back in the days.... come along with me on this Moldovan adventure onboard the D1M!

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- TRIP INFORMATION -
Date: SEPTEMBER 2023
Railway company: ‪@moldovaCFM‬
Route : Chișinău to Iași Socola
Time : 4 hours and 52 minutes
Price : 130 MDL - 6,75€ (First class - booked on http://www.railway.md/)

Many thanks to ‪@Trains-en-vadrouille‬ for providing some of the footage of the D1

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00:00 : Intro
00:46 : Trip information
01:38 : A busy station...
02:00 : ... intriguing as well
03:14 : Our ride to Romania
03:38 : Boarding
04:28 : Seat Check
05:21 : An older design, the D1
06:28 : Track conditions
06:55 : Familiar seats ?
07:11 : Mid roll ads
07:50 : First stop
07:56 : The night train to Kiev
08:30 : Slowly across Moldova
09:24 : Walkthrough
10:43 : Toilets Time
11:15 : Me ? A spy ? I wanted a coffee
11:48 : Moldovan passport control
12:34 : Romanian border
13:13 : Romanian passport control
13:35 : Iasi on Soviet gauge
13:51 : Conclusion
14:17 : Outro