Train ticket from Vienna to Budapest is about € 35. Railjet trains look modern and hi-tech. It is equipped, as we were told, with 80 displays, which try hard to keep us, the passengers, duly informed. Some 40 in one direction:
![Image](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/s5ktbcz75wib1051.jpg)
And some 40 in the other:
![Image](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/gh7mu4neu1p13660.jpg)
And even outside a few (I don’t know whether they’re included in those eighty):
![Image](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/05mb5nq36nj42014.jpg)
And above each seat there’s a tiny display. It definitely shows something, but you don’t know what exactly without reading the manual:
![Image](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/wynsrpdpgwnl0634.jpg)
Even door control, toilet flush and hand dryer buttons look very hi-tech:
![Image](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/04iaurz8711k0933.jpg)
The eighty displays are there for a purpose. They show very important info. For example, current speed (which never went above 160 km/h according to my observations):
![Image](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/dwo93es66zg11610.jpg)
Train route map:
![Image](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/dka3v08bq9u31946.jpg)
The same map in a close-up:
![Image](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/9txk56e0qm2v3667.jpg)
The train’s time-table:
![Image](https://res.cloudinary.com/yktoo/image/upload/blog/bhdhbiv87jxw1472.jpg)
In other words, it’s the cutting edge of German hi-tech.
Meanwhile, we’ve arrived at Budapest…
Next: Part 6. Budapest
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