London to Amsterdam by Train in JUST 4 HOURS / Eurostar Review

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @390acodeh02
    @390acodeh02 3 місяці тому +1

    As someone who's never been to Europe, I was looking for a video that could help me navigate what initially felt like an overwhelming process. You really quelled my travel anxiety, and provided such a good walkthough/guide. I feel so much more confident doing this myself next month!

  • @maxart3392
    @maxart3392 Рік тому +3

    Finally somebody who travels on Eurostar from UK to Europe. Most of the youtubers go in the opposite direction. Tnx.

  • @curtbonnell4308
    @curtbonnell4308 11 місяців тому +3

    I took the Eurostar from London to Paris the last time I was in the UK. Loved it.

  • @mercilessmage7300
    @mercilessmage7300 Рік тому +11

    It’s always wonderful to see the architecture of St Pancras station. Thanks to the endeavours of Sir John Betjeman and the other preservationists, travellers are greeted by some of the finest railway architecture in the world. A truly fitting entrance and exit point to London and the United Kingdom! I look forward to seeing further services from the continent using the facilities at St Pancras in the future. I would certainly welcome and support competition to Eurostar. And I’m a strong believer in the connectivity of transport and the opportunity it affords people to explore other destinations and experience different cultures. Especially in these environmentally challenging times.

  • @JennyAmponsah
    @JennyAmponsah Рік тому +20

    I love the Eurostar! I have travelled on it 5 times and would choose it over flying every time! My destinations were Paris 3 times, Brussels and Disneyland Paris!

    • @Lilmisscostumedrama
      @Lilmisscostumedrama Рік тому +1

      Is it overcrowded? I cannot fly because of severe crippling claustrophobia. What was it like travelling through the tunnel?

    • @JennyAmponsah
      @JennyAmponsah Рік тому +3

      @@Lilmisscostumedrama nope not overcrowded at all! In fact, it’s one of the most comfortable modes of transport I’ve ever used, and I hate flying too! Driving through the tunnel is fine, you hardly feel a thing! So go for it 🥰🥰

  • @syrax101
    @syrax101 Рік тому +4

    St. Pancreas looks so grand! When a person see it in person, it’s overwhelming. It’s historic yet modern. I definitely need to try the service to Amsterdam. 4 hours is nothing compared to taking Amtrak in America lol great vid!

  • @jasonschmelter6023
    @jasonschmelter6023 Рік тому +5

    Have done London to Paris and back 5 years ago and it was quite crowded in June. Ave is still my fave HST, but I will finally get to try Iryo this summer.

  • @Tbpker22
    @Tbpker22 Рік тому +2

    Wonderful video - thanks - can't wait to ride this route myself!

  • @LoveStallion
    @LoveStallion Рік тому +66

    Based on the thumbnail, I came here expecting to see footage of the famed coral reefs of the English Channel.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +11

      You didn't watch the video well enough 🙃

    • @Racc00nR1ck
      @Racc00nR1ck Рік тому +2

      UK doesn’t have coral reefs. This is surprising, given its highly tropical climate.

    • @quuaaarrrk8056
      @quuaaarrrk8056 Рік тому +2

      @@Racc00nR1ck Really? When I visited the British Empire’s southern continent, it certainly did feature coral reefs.

    • @jasonantigua6825
      @jasonantigua6825 Рік тому +1

      @@Racc00nR1ckit does have coral reefs! Just need to know the right people!

    • @camotech1314
      @camotech1314 Рік тому

      ​@@jasonantigua6825some say they're bad for you 😂

  • @luke211286
    @luke211286 Рік тому +13

    No doubt that St Pancras is one of the most gorgeous stations in the whole of Europe (if not the whole world). Another of my favourites would be Budapest Keleti and Porto São Bento.
    Anyway, about the terrible window alignment: one can always avoid those seats if not booking at the last minute. The seat map in the online booking process shows which windows are viewable or not

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +2

      The seat map isn't that accurate and with frequent set swaps even that can't be reliable

  • @sharonleong7120
    @sharonleong7120 Рік тому +2

    Great and interesting content. I enjoyed watching it and loved it. Keep up the good work. 👍👍👍😍😍😍

  • @RealConstructor
    @RealConstructor Рік тому +7

    We need a high speed train from Amsterdam to Berlin and a highs speed train from Amsterdam to Hamburg, and further to Copenhagen and Oslo/Stockholm.

  • @ILIKERUGBYWIRE
    @ILIKERUGBYWIRE Рік тому +1

    When I am traveling with Eurostar 🇪🇺.
    It looks AMAZING.

  • @davidgrainger5378
    @davidgrainger5378 6 місяців тому

    I have done 7 return trips on Eurostar since 1998 so the early ones were from Waterloo over ordinary lines before HS1. The first trip was to Paris spending a few days before taking the TGV to Monaco. All other trips were to Brussels, only one of those was to Brussels itself, the remainder being onward connections to The Netherlands or Germany or within Belgium.

  • @theobrattinga500
    @theobrattinga500 Рік тому +2

    Great video !!

  • @ricksipes2026
    @ricksipes2026 Рік тому +2

    How about the Swiss alpine villages? I've been on virtual walks with the couple from Zurich. Definitely on my bucket list and they're serviced by train.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      I'd definitely like to explore more around there 🤠

  • @michaellaudahn
    @michaellaudahn Рік тому +1

    Re the speed between Brussels and Amsterdam, there are actually two speeds: There is 300 km/h between Antwerp and Amsterdam, and then 160 between Brussels and Antwerp. The short section between these two belgian cities was not upgraded because the expense is not considered worth the while with regard to the expected gain of time.

  • @lindseyrea9237
    @lindseyrea9237 Рік тому +2

    I got the Eurostar to Paris in 2004, and then the night train to Berlin. It was a great journey. The return trip was by air which was uncomfortable and not nearly as interesting.

  • @drdeetlefs
    @drdeetlefs Місяць тому

    Incredible!!!

  • @orsonbear9627
    @orsonbear9627 Рік тому +3

    We have done London to Brussels and London to Paris several times; our first trip was to Brussels in 1995.
    Last year we did London to Rotterdam in Premium as part of a tour group. It was pretty good...... BUT Eurostar have nibbled away at the quality of Premium service over the last 20 or so years
    Would competition improve their offering OR would it be a race to the bottom

    • @jeffreybruner5462
      @jeffreybruner5462 Рік тому

      I suspect level of service would stay about the same but prices would go down significantly. I'd be fine with that. The average person will pay a little more than what a flight costs but they will not pay double or triple the price.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      As long as it wasn't a race to the bottom of the English channel 🐠🐟

  • @TheRailwayDrone
    @TheRailwayDrone Рік тому +4

    I absolutely LOVE St. Pancras. Ever since I saw the documentary about the redevelopment of this terminal back in 2007, I made it a goal to travel there. Now, I've been there so many times and I'm going back in December.

  • @josephturner7569
    @josephturner7569 Рік тому +2

    I used to tell people that the tunnel was a tube on the sea bed with transparent sections so you could see the fish 😂
    (I worked on the railway for 35 years and have used Eurostar more times than I can remember).

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      It does 😆🫶🏻

    • @SakuraBlossom06
      @SakuraBlossom06 Рік тому

      do your ears pop a lot when in the tunnel?

    • @josephturner7569
      @josephturner7569 Рік тому

      @@SakuraBlossom06 You can feel the pressure sometimes. I was a submariner so I barely notice it. Easy to deal with.

  • @pmichael73
    @pmichael73 Рік тому +3

    Nice video! Brussels to Amsterdam used to take forever. For a while, Thalys wasn't able to make any real speed until it got to Brussels. (And, YES!, competition is needed through the tunnel.)

  • @tomalder6707
    @tomalder6707 Рік тому

    Brilliant video and thank you for showing what it is like first hand

  • @ChrisH-1952
    @ChrisH-1952 Рік тому +15

    You've done a great job on this (glossing over the rear facing, no-view 'window' seat) and I agree that this is by far the better way to travel between the UK and mainland Europe. DB did attempt to start a through service from Germany, but decided it was worth the commercial risk. In the light of the poor reliability of their multi-voltage ICE sets that turned out to be a wise decision for them.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +9

      It's a shame DB never did it

    • @ChrisH-1952
      @ChrisH-1952 Рік тому +2

      @@NonstopEurotrip Of course I meant to write 'wasn't worth it' 🙄

  • @Yael97149
    @Yael97149 8 місяців тому +1

    Does this go to Norway as well?

  • @shauryasinha4159
    @shauryasinha4159 Рік тому

    Nice,I love London and Amsterdam as my family wanted to go there.

  • @haythijs
    @haythijs Рік тому +2

    Antwerpen station is a beauty too!

  • @WilbertAviation-hq3sr
    @WilbertAviation-hq3sr 6 місяців тому

    This is the train that I've been wishing to try all of my life

  • @ambla23
    @ambla23 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for the video! I will be taking this exact route this summer.

  • @scottishtrainspotter7209
    @scottishtrainspotter7209 Рік тому +2

    Eurostar is a rail company I would love to try out , whether it's to Paris, brussels or Amsterdam .
    love the thumbnail.

  • @karenhopley8808
    @karenhopley8808 Рік тому

    Great and informative video! I will be taking that train soon!

  • @TheMaartian
    @TheMaartian Рік тому +2

    With the merger of Eurostar and Thalys, I think you could soon see direct service between London and Köln. I used Thalys several times between Paris and Köln. I don't know what the line voltage in the UK is, so that would be the only limiting factor if there isn't current rolling stock that can handle all of the different voltage levels (without catching fire!).

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +1

      HS1 is 25kV, so compatible, but idk if the will is there atm

    • @daanwolters3751
      @daanwolters3751 Рік тому

      The deutche bahn also had permission to run in the uk and trough the tunnel (from the uk and eurotunnel, i dont know if they had permission for the french and belgian bits (ice trains run in both of these countries)), but that failed, tough i dont know the particular reason.

    • @TheMaartian
      @TheMaartian Рік тому

      @@daanwolters3751 From Rail Insider on 26/2/2021 : “Why did a German DB ICE high speed train visit London St Pancras station in October 2010 but then DB never started operating to and from the UK?”
      His response, in front of many conference attendees (including the EU Commission), was: “There were too many technical difficulties.”
      From earlier discussions, it would appear that these technical difficulties involved both the trains and arrangements for border checks.
      DB planned to use two 200-metre-long trains, coupled together, for the service. Eurotunnel requires trains to be a minimum length - to ensure that at least some portion of a stranded train will be next to an emergency escape cross-tunnel - and that the train can be split in the middle if a technical problem occurred, allowing half of the train, with all of the passengers, to be driven out, away from danger. While the two coupled-together DB trains would be long enough, passengers wouldn’t be able to pass along the aisles from one train into the other, so they would neither be able to access the emergency tunnels nor move into the undamaged section of the train for retrieval. In addition, DB planned to make cross-border checks - passports and customs - on board the train. However, the UK Government was apparently insisting that all passengers be disembarked at Lille and go through border checks there, adding a long delay to the ‘high-speed’ service.

    • @britannia55
      @britannia55 Рік тому +1

      I’m hoping for a train from London to Koln as well, even when travelling to Koln by road I watched the high speed line being built, that was many years ago.

  • @theexcaliburone5933
    @theexcaliburone5933 Рік тому +2

    Just a quick correction: by most popular definitions, Amsterdam’s metro isn’t a light rail system, it’s a heavy rail subway/metro/underground/u-Bahn or whatever you want to call it

    • @gabrielstravels
      @gabrielstravels Рік тому +1

      Well there was line 51 which was a weird one: half of it (from Amsterdam Centraal until Amsterdam Zuid iirc) was a heavy rail/subway/metro. Then from Zuid until the southern terminus (Westwijk), line 51 would be a light rail/tram. So weird, I know!
      Now of course the 51 is a standard metro as the tram bit has been replaced by the 25 which is a proper tram

    • @theexcaliburone5933
      @theexcaliburone5933 Рік тому

      @@gabrielstravels that’s true but as you said the line was split

    • @gabrielstravels
      @gabrielstravels Рік тому

      @@theexcaliburone5933 I wonder if the reason for the split was exactly because of how unique line 51 was, leading to operational issues!

  • @gloriamitchell3518
    @gloriamitchell3518 Рік тому

    Thanks for this, a friend is traveling this route soon, much appreciated.

  • @TripsonBudget
    @TripsonBudget Рік тому +12

    I did a lot of research on what seat to choose to not have the terrible "view" of a plastic thing instead of a window. It was a painfull process :) Hope that I choose wise. I will do the Paris - London in june, so I will travel for my first time in UK with style :D
    Even if I booked the ticket 2-3 monhts in advance, it was quite expansive, I think that June is quite a popular month to travel.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +2

      Seat 61 😉

    • @irregular_force2602
      @irregular_force2602 Рік тому

      Hint: 4 day interrail tickets start from 194 euros (under 27), slightly more depending on age. Eurostar reservations are 30€ per trip, and can be made short notice as well.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      @@irregular_force2602 try making an interrail Eurostar reservation at short notice at any point in June, July or August... It's basically impossible.

    • @daanwolters3751
      @daanwolters3751 Рік тому

      One major thing is that the eurostar can only board 200 people per station in the netherlands (so 400 for the entire country) while one train can fit 900 people, driving up the prices. Why? The dutch military police claim they can only check so much people and refuse to increase capacity (eurostar stated multiple times they would like to see a capacity of 600 per station.

    • @seekingtravel
      @seekingtravel Рік тому

      Mult succes. De abia astept sa vad videoul.

  • @mikeo2615
    @mikeo2615 11 місяців тому

    Good video. Maybe more directional video on navigating from London Underground station to Eurostar entry point.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  11 місяців тому

      You can see it from the underground exit 😁

  • @Simon-Andersen
    @Simon-Andersen Рік тому +2

    Under da sea 🧜‍♀🐟

  • @santinomamone2674
    @santinomamone2674 Рік тому

    I’ve done Calais to London back in 2016 in June I’m going to do Amsterdam to London

  • @countrysidesurprises813
    @countrysidesurprises813 Рік тому

    Thank you for the video. I have done Eurostar once to Brussels and once to Paris from Waterloo. Now as I live in Aberdeen, I rarely travel by train. May be one of these days will try Eurostar again.

  • @Yael97149
    @Yael97149 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you

  • @didisinclair3605
    @didisinclair3605 Рік тому

    Great video!!! Thanks!

  • @ZubariaM
    @ZubariaM 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for this video it was just ur voice wasnt in there my uncle lives in rotterdam netherlands planning to come next year 2025 from usa to uk then by train to netherlands looking forward to it .

  • @whitesinjonlovealso7138
    @whitesinjonlovealso7138 Рік тому +1

    Really appreciate it 🙂😊😊😸😸😸

  • @SeverityOne
    @SeverityOne Рік тому

    Right, so let's encourage UA-cam's algorithm a little. 🙂
    As in regards to what is a beautiful railway station, Amsterdam Centraal isn't half bad either, you know. And what's this: you're gushing over the train shed at St Pancras, but don't mention the one in Amsterdam? What kind of person are you? 😃
    On a more serious note, a lot of people think that Antwerpen Centraal is possibly the most beautiful railway station in the world, and while I haven't seen the inside with my own eyes, it is indeed very nice.
    The yellow diesel locomotive at 10:05 appears to be a SNCF Infra 75000, in case anyone was wondering. I was, so I looked it up.
    The station that moves into view at 16:20 is Amsterdam RAI, I would take the train, metro or tram there when I still lived in Amsterdam.
    And the locomotive at 13:20 is what's so great about railways inside the European Union these days. 25 years ago, the first private freight operator (ACTS) started in the Netherlands, as the first competitor of NS. However, after the "Single European Railway Directive 2012" (2012/34/EU), this opened up the European railways for any and all private and state-owned operators. And that's why there is a Captrain locomotive pulling a freight train, instead of an NS one. (I'm simplifying things a bit.)
    Which neatly brings us to the competition issue. Yes, we need more operators on the tracks that Eurostar has a near monopoly on. We can see how competition in Italy, France and Spain leads to a better or cheaper product for the consumer. And with public transport, it's the consumer's interest that should be the most important, not the vested interests of the large operators.
    One last comment: judging from the fact that Eurostar are serving Irish cider instead of British, I'm hazarding a guess that they're operating from inside the European Union. Just in case anybody was wondering whether they're better off.

  • @SpotterCrazyperson
    @SpotterCrazyperson Рік тому

    Awesome! I like the Eurostar

  • @SK-xw4gu
    @SK-xw4gu Рік тому

    Have travelled from London to Brussels by the Eurostar. Was a good experience. Have also traveled by TGV (not so great) and Thalys (very good).

  • @LAZULI1967
    @LAZULI1967 5 місяців тому

    Probable Direct lines/trips between London to Luxembourg and Munich; between London to Amsterdam and from here one to Copenhagen and another one to Berlin. And what about a direct line between Lisbon - Madrid - Paris - London. That would awsome

  • @bradyreed3457
    @bradyreed3457 Рік тому

    Favorite station: Estacion Nord in Valencia, Spain (although not quite the same scale)

  • @thijsdejong7355
    @thijsdejong7355 8 місяців тому +1

    Whats the legroom for a 2 m tall person? It somehow looks very cramped

  • @marcogeurts9881
    @marcogeurts9881 Рік тому

    @NonStop Eurotrip why was that Eurostar TMST trainset on track 4 instead of the Eurostar terminal? The Eurostar to Amsterdam i understand

  • @anshuman17025
    @anshuman17025 Рік тому +1

    Post some India videos this weekend. I have specially followed you for those haha! Great one this though. Saw this UK EU trip for the first time. Interesting!

  • @権三郎平衛
    @権三郎平衛 5 місяців тому

    The Channel Tunnel (50km = 31ml) opened in 1994.
    The Seikan Tunnel (54km = 34ml), an undersea tunnel in Hokkaido, Japan, opened in 1988, so Japanese companies also went to dig the Channel Tunnel.
    =英仏海峡トンネル(50km=31ml)は1994年に開通しました。
    日本の北海道の海底トンネルである青函トンネル(54km=34ml)が1988年に開通したので、日本の企業も英仏海峡トンネルを掘りに行きました。

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  5 місяців тому +1

      I've already filmed a video on it 😺

  • @thebrowns1017
    @thebrowns1017 Рік тому +2

    You had a very different experience at the St. Pancras Eurostar terminal than I had last week when I travelled to Paris. The terminal was dangerously overcrowded with no where to sit and very little standing room. They only switched on the AC when people started to faint. They let far too many people into the restricted space.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      That's mad!!!

    • @kosmidts
      @kosmidts Рік тому

      @@NonstopEurotrip Is echt zo en als je geen Lounge toegang hebt, is het zeker erg vol! PS: jouw vlog is van 2021! Iets andere tijden.

  • @diverseproduktrezensionen9222

    Thank you for this video. I would like to see a direct link from germany to london too. Maybe one day... We'll see.

  • @garethwilkins7700
    @garethwilkins7700 2 місяці тому

    Just watched as taking this route on Friday, great review! What time roughly is recommended to arrive before travel? Given we're travelling at 06:16. I'd assumed around 45 minutes would be plenty

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  2 місяці тому

      Normally I allow an hour but yeah it should be quiet that early. Have a great trip!

  • @lordtobe2774
    @lordtobe2774 11 місяців тому

    Train cartridge looked empty..... would it be possible/cheeky to move into a better seat or do they come around checking tickets???

  • @catherinefab1107
    @catherinefab1107 Рік тому

    Hi great video thank you,does the nightjet from Brussels to Vienna have any changes In between? we are going to Salzburg next year for a week and will be taking this route but unfortunately we will have to get train from Vienna to Salzburg as nightjet doesn’t directly go there, is it best to book returns for all the travelling?will that way be cheaper, also trying to work out the timing going and coming back to London, a wee bit of a headache! many thanks for any advice you can give, much appreciated.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +1

      Return prices are just two singles, so not cheaper at all. But do book as early as possible for the best prices. Nightjet from Brussels to Vienna is direct. The daytime railjet from Vienna to Salzburg take just 2.5 hours and runs every hour. Westbahn also operate this route.

    • @catherinefab1107
      @catherinefab1107 Рік тому

      Thanks for your reply and helpful advice, much appreciated. xx

  • @WassamonViriyakitja
    @WassamonViriyakitja Рік тому

    very informative video - thank you! I have already booked tickets for London-Amsterdam route but now am considering a stop in Brussels for a few days. Would the train stop long enough for us to get off at Midi station?

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      Yes, you can get off at Brussels, it's a scheduled stop.

  • @dylanberthelsen7799
    @dylanberthelsen7799 Рік тому +2

    Blows my mind that in 4hrs you not only travel across into a 2nd continent but also across multiple countries 😮 as an Australian I can spend 4hrs travelling and still be in the same state 🤣 granted high speed rail is non existent in Aus with 160kmh being max speed our trains travel at. definitely plan to use the Eurostar one day

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +7

      Believe it or not, the UK is still in Europe, we didn't leave it, yet 😬

    • @dylanberthelsen7799
      @dylanberthelsen7799 Рік тому +1

      @@NonstopEurotrip let me rephrase 🤣 “mainland Europe” 🤣🤣

  • @bigcartoonyIIV
    @bigcartoonyIIV Рік тому

    im planing on taking a trip to amsterdam with my work. im wondering if i could take a day to visit paris or london, then do a quick turn around the same day, since i have never visited europe

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      Paris definitely. London for a day trip would be 8 hours travelling alone

    • @bigcartoonyIIV
      @bigcartoonyIIV Рік тому

      @@NonstopEurotrip oh cool what about Belgum? Its on my boss's dime and i want the best bang for my buck, and be back before they even notice im gone..

    • @flitsertheo
      @flitsertheo 11 місяців тому

      @@bigcartoonyIIV The food is much better in Belgium than in the Netherlands. Fries, waffles, mussels, chocolate, beers, etc ...

    • @bigcartoonyIIV
      @bigcartoonyIIV 11 місяців тому

      @@flitsertheo cool i may aim for belguim

  • @MsAlien911
    @MsAlien911 Рік тому

    Wish we had stuff like this in nz.... Man, we barely use trains, let alone fast ones that go under the sea🌊😍

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      Would be great to have a high-speed nonstop link from Auckland to Christchurch 😎👌🏻

  • @luisstransport
    @luisstransport Рік тому

    Great trip report

  • @0neInTheChambie
    @0neInTheChambie Рік тому

    Might be a little late on the video but.. I'm curious since i'm looking into visiting a friend on a weekend that i havent seen in years in the uk.. What exactly did they check for before you boarded the train? I know that they'll ask for a passport but I've only traveled a couple times internationally and I kind of want to be prepared for my first journey alone :)

  • @stewartrivers4208
    @stewartrivers4208 Рік тому

    Just came back from London to Patis on the Eurostar. Travelled steerage. Train filthy. Windows too dirty to see through. Central overhead sceen had never been cleaned in years. Toilet unhygenic and no water to wash hands. Electric sockets not working and wifi very sporadic. However train on time! One other comment, when is Gare de Nord going to match St Pancras? Eurostar seems to be going downhill lately. Not a good first impression of France. Add to that the one hour wait for a taxi….Still train travel is more relaxing and gets you from city centre to city centre. Much better than flying.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +3

      😬😬😬😬😬 that's why they need competition!

  • @johnlawrence2757
    @johnlawrence2757 Рік тому +1

    Paddington -Heathrow 30 mins Heathrow to boarding 70 mins Heathrow - Amsterdam 80 mins
    Amsterdam security 15 mins Schipol - Centraal 20 mins
    Total 215 minutes half the price

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      Dreaming 💤🤣

    • @johnlawrence2757
      @johnlawrence2757 Рік тому

      @@NonstopEurotrip a lot more comfortable, much better business lounge
      And a hundred times better boarding experience. They should reduce business premium cost by 50% and provide fast track boarding. I wouldn’t recomnend the scrum there is at present to anybody.

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 Рік тому

    What happened to first generation Eurostar train sets? Trashed?

  • @jasonantigua6825
    @jasonantigua6825 Рік тому

    Did you have a good smoke when you got there?

  • @TomasHamala
    @TomasHamala Рік тому +1

    For me the most beautiful train station is Antwerpen Centraal. ❤

  • @raddy8898
    @raddy8898 Рік тому

    Another great video. Does train allow food and drink prior to boarding?

  • @seekingtravel
    @seekingtravel Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the review mate. I am using your video as research on which seat to choose, on which side for my own first journey this September. The right one seems to be the best with views over Medway and some awesome Dutch and Belgian scenery but i think it misses the approach into Rotterdam, with the skyscrapers. I am torn, haha. I did some research on which seats to choose and I choose seat 61 (no joke) :D It's the same window alignment on each carriage as far as I can see, as long as I am travelling with a 320 and not a 300. Which I believe I will not. There is some amazing info from Seat61, and the units with their premier class on the end of the train are the 320 and the one in the middle is the 300. WIll see if I chose wisely in September :D

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +1

      300s never run to Amsterdam, so you will be ok with that. Glad to be of help! ✌🏻

    • @seekingtravel
      @seekingtravel Рік тому

      @@NonstopEurotrip Perfect!! I am so looking forwarded to the trip now!

  • @imsbvs
    @imsbvs Рік тому +1

    Love what you paid for the ticket, to catch the 11.04 train I'd have to travel peak time to St Pancras, from Ashford International, fare would be £44.90 ... that's more than your fare to Amsterdam. Also, on departure from London I would spend the next 38 minutes retracing my journey back to Ashford .... wow! As for new services, Nightjet London to Berlin & Milan would be ideal (Better still Birmingham & London, via Stratford International.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      There are special fares from most stations in Britain to a destination called London International (CIV), for use with onward Eurostar tickets. They are usually a similar price to a regular off-peak ticket to London, but with more generous peak restrictions if you need to leave early on a Monday-Friday and with CIV protection for missed connections with Eurostar if your UK train runs late.

  • @rezaalan3991
    @rezaalan3991 Рік тому

    Great trip. Some of seating with misalignment windows is bit downside, but overall still great.

  • @JulieMoranNE111
    @JulieMoranNE111 2 місяці тому

    Favorite Train Station: Union Station, St. Louis, MO USA (although St. Pancras is certainly beautiful).

  • @littlemyuu1639
    @littlemyuu1639 Рік тому

    I'm hopefully going to London next year for a week! First time I'm going with Eurostar, I'm a tiny bit worried the train will leave when I'm waiting in Line for check ins. But planning on arriving an hour or 2 in advanced, Haha.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +1

      2 hour before departure will be more than enough time. I've done it with 45 mins before

  • @britannia55
    @britannia55 Рік тому

    Wi-fi seems to be slow on must trains, I’m of to Lille in January and Rotterdam in March. Can’t wait it’s about 5 years since I’ve been on Eurostar.

  • @camotech1314
    @camotech1314 Рік тому

    When you went up the stairs outside Paddington station is sounded like you're wearing slippers 😅😅😅

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      Paddington?

    • @flitsertheo
      @flitsertheo 11 місяців тому

      He was wearing swimming fins of course. Remember, this is a trip under the sea.

  • @Lilmisscostumedrama
    @Lilmisscostumedrama Рік тому

    How long is the train in the tunnel for?

  • @XPhebe
    @XPhebe Рік тому

    If you’re booking a taxi from the Amsterdam Eurostar, where do you tell them to pick you up? There doesn’t seem to be an arrivals area

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +1

      There's a taxi rank out the back of the station by the river

  • @Circle_of_pain_666
    @Circle_of_pain_666 Рік тому

    im actually thinking in doing this trip rather than flying - with being to much hassle for customs - when book the ticket possible the cheapest can you sit anywhere ?

  • @markellis6413
    @markellis6413 Рік тому

    Has the Eurostar to Marseille been reinstated yet?

  • @karimamin2
    @karimamin2 Рік тому

    How are customs handled traveling from one country to another? As an American wanting to travel from London to Amsterdam, how is customs handled?

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +1

      They're all handled before departure, then you just walk off the train on arrival

    • @karimamin2
      @karimamin2 Рік тому

      @@NonstopEurotrip Thanks

  • @special5513
    @special5513 Рік тому

    From Frankfurt to London would be cool.

  • @special5513
    @special5513 Рік тому

    Do you have to reserve you seat even if you have interrail pass?

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      Absolutely yes, and well in advance as there are only a limited number of interrail seats

  • @ravenfeeder1892
    @ravenfeeder1892 Рік тому

    That's one I have done, at least as far as Brussels. Was disappointed with all the noise barriers blocking the view of the countryside. But it's smooth and easy.

  • @divox9pqr
    @divox9pqr Рік тому

    I’ve seen a few stations around the world ,so I’d have to say the new Moynihan Train Station in New York is the most beautiful.
    I’m curious to know how far one can travel from St Pancras station. Many rail journeys in the US are long distance and can take twenty four hours or more, but in Europe trains and distances are not as long.

    • @Pvemaster2
      @Pvemaster2 Рік тому +1

      This is one of the longest routes at 4hr. There's seasonal trains that go to France that I think can take up to 6 or something. But these are all high speed routes that go 300km/h. There's no regular trains you could compare to Amtrak that leave St Pancras and travel very long. Only thing that comes to might is the Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston to Scotland that takes from 10pm to 8am, but it is a sleeper. The same thing in most of Europe, sleepers do make long routes but "regular" trains don't go that far. Some years ago you could take a 2-day train from Amsterdam to Moscow, I remember, but those times are long gone...

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      None are running atm

  • @pontecarlo4354
    @pontecarlo4354 Рік тому +2

    Rumour has it that the French insisted on rear facing seats as they felt uncomfortable going forward.

  • @rupertbare2023
    @rupertbare2023 Рік тому

    Surprised by how empty the train was. Any particular reason?

  • @narasimhansrinivasan1051
    @narasimhansrinivasan1051 11 місяців тому

    The Eurostar I travelled by between London St Pancras and Brussels touched 319 kmph

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  11 місяців тому

      Not possible, the line speed is 300kmh

    • @narasimhansrinivasan1051
      @narasimhansrinivasan1051 11 місяців тому

      @@NonstopEurotrip hmm, inside the UK it touched only 199-200 kmph but after crossing the Chunnel into France where I think।the maximum speed was 320 kmph it did 319-320 kmph. Or has the speed been reduced after 2019???

  • @curtmichael7589
    @curtmichael7589 Рік тому

    Thanks for this.

  • @johnericneil2455
    @johnericneil2455 8 місяців тому

    Did London- Paris on Eurostar. Just so good CBD to CBD.

  • @Randomworldindia
    @Randomworldindia Рік тому

    Dam this looks so amazing 😍
    Just the problem i think is, few space Between legs and no window 🪟

  • @shalininaicker
    @shalininaicker 5 місяців тому

    My main complaint with the Eurostar ia that the seats are fixed and cannot be rotated to face forward in the direction of travel. It felt weird going in a reverse directon.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  5 місяців тому

      As are 99% of European trains. We just don't care here.

  • @JoseMoreira-vo8cu
    @JoseMoreira-vo8cu 3 місяці тому

    So you would have to get off at one of these lovely stations JUST to get to Germany? Interesting...thank you sir.

  • @ericr.7311
    @ericr.7311 Рік тому +1

    Trains in the Channel Tunnel are legally only allowed to operate at 160km/h. Thats generally the case with most “high speed” rail tunnels.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +1

      Hardly true is it. Nearly all Japanese, Italian, Spanish, French HSR tunnels are 300kmh

    • @timweather3847
      @timweather3847 Рік тому

      That what I thought. The one time I have travelled Eurostar to Brussels and back it was much slower through the tunnel than above ground, so it wasn’t high speed under the sea.

  • @petcatcatering3668
    @petcatcatering3668 Місяць тому

    Why was there no passport control?

  • @bodecsabi
    @bodecsabi Рік тому

    Sometimes Standard premier is not much more expensive than the standard, and there used to be good upgrade options at the website. But agreed Eurostar is expensive now.

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому

      True, but that tends to be when standard is expensive 🫰

  • @brianhymas8671
    @brianhymas8671 Рік тому

    Another name for the Channel Tunnel is the Chunnel, which everyone is aware of being the common name of it, since Channel and Tunnel are spelt the same, so they combined the 2 words into 1 thus giving it the name Chunnel

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip  Рік тому +1

      Said no one since 1999

    • @erwinjung5024
      @erwinjung5024 7 місяців тому

      I've never heard it called that, and I've travelled on it many times.

  • @valentinionescu1498
    @valentinionescu1498 Рік тому

    Great train!

  • @TL98
    @TL98 Рік тому

    Here's how the rebranding process will pan out:
    This Eurostar service -> Eurostar Blue
    The ones formerly known as Thalys -> Eurostar Red