The "Changing Trains" trip, which was the last stage of a longer journey from Paris to Budapest, was also included in the book published to complement the series.

[4] In the book, Eric Robson, the presenter and author of "Changing Trains", described the Lehár as "slow at the best of times", and gave the following account of its border crossing at Hegyeshalom:[4] Little groups of armed soldiers stand about.

The train is taken over by an army of workmen, tapping wheels, climbing over bogies and, in the carriages, peering into ceiling cavities and shining torches under the seats.

My passport is checked four times and finally stamped with a multi-coloured seal of approval.

The border crossing time had been shortened to three minutes, with passport, visa and customs inspections performed on the train.