Ah yes, train travel, I love train travel. When travelling solo to Prague for business and or pleasure, it’s the only way to go. A big part of the allure of train travel for me is the dining car. I suppose this is partly because I somehow perceive riding in the dining car as indulgent or beyond the average man’s means. Not true. Good ol’ JLV enables all of us to sip a coffee, slug down a couple of draft Pilsners or even tuck into a surprisingly decent svíčková, all on the cheap. Shit, they even take stravenky. What has fascinated me for the past two years or so, is the system of dual pricing that JLV implements. You can enjoy significantly cheaper (in some cases a 65% discount) prices, if you dine with JLV during the “Happy Hours” period, essentially the times that the train is travelling through the Czech Republic on routes such as Brno/Prague. For example, under the Happy Hours promotion you an enjoy a draft Pilsner 0.33 for CZK 24 as opposed to CZK 96, the price you would pay if you ordered the beer while in Austria or Germany. Of the many times I have enjoyed a draft Pilsner while rolling through the Czech countryside, they have been very drinkable, so don’t hesitate to knock one back should you find yourself on an Czech Railways operated EC, IC or Ex train.
Click on image to see the dining car beer in action.
More information (Czech only) on Czech Railway connections that run dining cars: http://www.jidelnivozy.cz/jidelni-vozy-ec-ic-r-98ecbKz.html
Franchise your own dining car (I bet it is a sweet way to launder money): http://www.jlv.cz/zadost-o-fransizu/
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