Now that's what I would call a proper train. Very nice! I had no idea this existed, putting it on my future ride list! Thanks for the video and thumbs up for TTI for showing you a little bit more.
Lovely to see Villefranche! My dad would drive us down to Villefranche in his car from Manchester when I was a kid in the early ‘80s. Happy happy times.
Excellent Route. Nice Train. I would like to see at least 2 trains per day on this route, even no luxury , but a suitable train comfortable enough for such long journey.
16:03 well yes, but actually no: while yes, there are dead end platforms in Genova Principe, most of them are through platforms. The main reason to swap cabs is because the line from Ventimiglia and Savona is at the same end of the station as the line going up to Turin and Milan. If the Express was at a dead end platform it was probably because it’s the best choice as to not be in the way of through trains and leaving through platforms free for them
That was a great trip. Would love to be able to make the trip. I was impressed that you got to 'cab' the locomotive and enjoy part of the trip from the driver's perspective. Merci beacoup, Thibault. Á bientôt, mon ami!!
What a beautiful ride and train! Good job Trenitalia and thanks SimplyRailway for the review! Definitely on my wishlist. Sounds like a perfect way to get to the Cinque Terre from Paris while the tunnel in the Alps is still closed, with a night train from Paris to Nice and then this beautiful train ride.
Thank you for the nice video! I am Italian and I never heard of Treni turistici italiani nor of this line Nice-Milan. Hopefully the beautiful idea will last more than the August test. Strange to leave from Nice at 17 hrs though, to arrive in Milan so late at night. I did not catch well where the Espresso stops in Italy, apart from Genova. It would be nice if you could add the locations the train goes through, I mean the ones we see in the video, as you did for Villefranche sur mer. Thanks for sharing about trains! My grand-dad worked for the Belgian railways, so I believe I inherited some of his passion for travelling by train!
What a beautiful journey and beautiful train! Shame that it doesn't run all year, but I understand why. Nice to see you enjoyed it with your dad too :)
A sign belonging to an Italian car would have been yellow, not white. I assume it was from a DB owned car. The train used to have cars from the Danish, Italian & German Railways plus CIWL & DSG sleeping cars. The train departed Kobenhavn early afternoon, went overnight to Munich and continued to Rome arriving there the next evening. When Eurocity Trains where introduced. EC 84/85 "Michelangelo took it's path between Rome and Munich
I don't know why this video inspired you such a stupid comment?....Why are you comparing Italy to France??... You forget or you ignore that in train transportation Italy learned a lot from France, let me remind you This train is a regional copy of the French luxury train Orient Express... High speed trains of Italy are a copy of french TGVs, if you are so chauvinistic what would you say of british or American trains then??
Such a fantastic train!! I don't think they've been super successful on an economic level, but they've just started and they'll always be a niche product... if they break even it's already a lot of work for me, but I really hope so because TTI has done a fantastic job offering such a great service and basically a completely new product on the market (without public money, what's more)
Merci Thibault. Great video! Yes, the power window blinds are just like the 'mighty TEE'. In 1974 I took TEE Ligure from Nice to Milano, those heavy quiet comfortable Fiat cars had the same blinds. Are the TTI cars renovated former TEE cars? And nice to meet your dad.
Nice-Firenze nearly 50 years ago - overnight in a compartment with an Italian family (with wonderful kids) that treated me to a perpetual picnic, wine & stories the whole way. Ah, la dolce vita!
Rome to Puttgarden is a crazy long route. It's over 1400 km as the crow flies. Apparently, it used to go to Kopenhagen. Puttgarden is where the train ferry to Denmark left, and where they're currently building a combined rail/road tunnel. Great video! Italy is next door for us, but we'll have to see what's possible. We (wife and I) have discussed a long (night) train journey before - partly because of channels like yours - and Italy might actually the best option. We'll see.
I used to take that train a few times... Back in the '70s sigh... When I was Inter-rail aged. Milan to Copenhagen then Stockholm then further north. I also stole some of those boards, they were hanged in each car to remind you where you were going.
The photo in your compartment was special by the way, the train on it was basically a cross-europe service from Rome in Italy to Puttgarden on an Island in the far north of Germany (where they used to have a ferry to take trains and people to denmark)
Excellent video from one of the top ambassadors for rail travel. Didn’t know about TTI before this video but will sure be looking out for them in future. One minor nitpick 322 kms is around 200 rather than 122 miles.
A budget tip for people travelling in Italy : There are 2 offers that you can buy on the site, A 3 day ticket for 30 € A 5 day ticket for 40 € You can ride any regional train ( regionale, regionale veloce) Intercity trains and high speed train not included. If you got a bike you gotta add a fare of 3,50 € I used it in combo with my bike and I visited a lot of places for a really ridiculous price.
Note that at the Franco-Italian border, French electric locomotives switch from 25000 volts AC to 3000 volts DC. The catenary type changes to the Italian style. You made the announcement a bit early. The train was still under French catenary. Fabulous video though! 👍
Glad to see you looking after your Dad. Hope the traincrew don't get into trouble for letting you in the cab, perhaps the company will look at it as good publicity.
He’s been allowed in the cab of a train in a previous video. I’m sure the company gives special permission for this as they know his videos are widely watched and it will be extra publicity for them. I think that was probably the driver manager that was in the cab too chatting to the driver in the background.
i don't know pw if you have done this in previous videos and i have missed it but the captions work really well and make it accessible to more languages, great idea
I love the European trains but hate the compartments! We were in one from Munich to Venice and sadly I had a cough, I spent most of the trip out in the hall at the end of the car I was so concerned with giving someone my cold. Give me airline seating anyday!
I think the idea behind TTI is very interesting. Offering quality train travel in TEE style, with a product targeted to fill the gap between regular train travel and exclusive services like the VSOE. The only question is, if there is enough interest for the service to make it profitable. As an Italian living abroad, I like to come back for holydays, and I was in Alassio this summer. I went to the station a couple of times with my son to see the "Riviera" running to Milan, and in both cases it was almost empty. I hope the service will not be cut for not being remunerative, because I would really like to try it out the next year...
It's interesting how much mileage Trenitalia is getting out of the same exact Gran Comfort / UIC-Z carriages for so long. These were originally made in the 80s, the actual machines are all over 40 years old by now, but with a never-ending string of revamps and refits they keep being used without looking too dated (except of course for the exterior!). It's a good testament at how long-lived electric transport can be (to be fair, these carriages are passive) compared to combustion vehicles or aircraft that need to endure pressure cycling
Cette vidéo me rappelle à quel point on ne sait plus faire du « train » en france à part de la grande vitesse. Quand je pense à nos Intercité j’ai honte quand je vois le prix et les prestations. Et pourtant je suis cheminot mais il faut savoir être honnête…
Je suis allé voir le site de TTI et c'est une subdivision de FS qui opère plusieurs lignes (7 pendant l'été 2024) de trains touristiques deluxe. Bonne idée. Je me demande par contre à quel point ça fonctionne, car votre train semble assez vide. Peut-être pas le plus fréquenté ? C'est clairement un produit de haute qualité pour une clientèle de connaisseur ou qui a les moyens de se payer un peu plus de luxe. Et on a finalement eu droit à un cab ride sur Simply Railway ! Bravo.
Regarding the use of diesel locomotives under wire: I wouldn't blame just the SNCF, as i think that TTI is also at fault, as they could also have leased a electric locomotive from Akiem for this section (which is the owner of the diesel locomotive used here, they even have Astrides which could be used here) or from any other leasing company. For future seasons, they should also consider to lease a multisystem-locomotive suitable for both countries for the section between Nice and Genova, as Railpool is supposed to recieve suitable Traxx MS3 locomotives in 2025 and Alpha Trains is supposed to recieve suitable Vectron MS locomotives in 2026, which would also remove the need to change locomotives at Ventimigla.
Is this a replacement or competitor to the SNCF service from Nice to Milan? Always wanted to do that, but all in daylight, when we used to holiday in Gorbio when my boys were junior school age. Pity no caption commentary this time, and no ticket price info during the video as in many of your others?
@@intersezioni TV una sega, sono un laureando in informatica e ormai alla ricerca di lavoro ci rinuncio qua in Italia perché con gli stipendi offerti ormai manco ci pago l'affitto, e non ho intenzione di essere schiavizzato per i prossimi chissà quanti anni della mia vita. Dopo non so quante candidature mie senza manco la RAL indicata, per sentire a fine colloquio "sì certo contratto come tirocinante per 400 euro al mese perché siamo un'azienda piccola quindi tutti dobbiamo impegnarci" ecc, Italia, adios. Grazie per l'ottima istruzione universitaria, ma non vivrò mai in un paese che, al posto che aiutarmi, mi ostacola.
Luggage car? That is epitome of luxury. Have travelled many a times in Europe by trains. My only gripe has been to haul luggage and find a place to keep it onboard. If more rail companies offer luggage car, they will get more ridership and revenue.
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13:56 Why can't more trains have proper coffee machines? Also I think the Italians used to have locos compatible with the French DC network, but I guess they don't have them anymore. (or not certified)
Now that's what I would call a proper train. Very nice! I had no idea this existed, putting it on my future ride list! Thanks for the video and thumbs up for TTI for showing you a little bit more.
Hallo, vielen Dank für das schöne Video. Das war eine sehr schöne Zugfahrt. Liebe Grüße. Joachim.😊
Lovely to see Villefranche! My dad would drive us down to Villefranche in his car from Manchester when I was a kid in the early ‘80s. Happy happy times.
There's gotta be a great story there!
Always nice when the CEO rides his own trains. Amtrak directors, please take note.
Yes and SNCF too.
He did indeed. He said HELLO and WELCOME on first run even from Milano to Monaco/Nice.
And he seems his company will pursue these trains in future
I'm really enjoying seeing the beautiful countryside from the
windows of these trains it is totally awesome thank you.☕👋🇮🇹
A very Nice Train and amenities, plus having family to travel with is a good thing!
Le service de trenitalia est excellent…. On a tellement à apprendre à la SNCF…! Même niveau entretien ils sont plus fort que nous!
The things you do for us Thibault first class seating compartment and you gave it up so we can have open view window shots, brilliant post 😊
I remember the Italian Trans Europe Express trains very well. Those are the same seats.
Excellant review. Luxurious First Class accomodations and dining. Thanks Thibault.😀👍👌
Excellent Route. Nice Train. I would like to see at least 2 trains per day on this route, even no luxury , but a suitable train comfortable enough for such long journey.
Ça fait plaisir de voir qu’il y a encore des connaisseurs et passionnés à la tête de TTI !
Excellent video as usual. Most luxurious train trip you have posted in a while. Comment je vous envie!
The CEO. Nice timing, brah. And another 🤙🏽 video, as well! Thank you.
Incredible landscapes, Delicious Italian's food. Amazing!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Passing through Monaco station like that was very cool!
16:03 well yes, but actually no: while yes, there are dead end platforms in Genova Principe, most of them are through platforms. The main reason to swap cabs is because the line from Ventimiglia and Savona is at the same end of the station as the line going up to Turin and Milan. If the Express was at a dead end platform it was probably because it’s the best choice as to not be in the way of through trains and leaving through platforms free for them
That was a great trip. Would love to be able to make the trip. I was impressed that you got to 'cab' the locomotive and enjoy part of the trip from the driver's perspective. Merci beacoup, Thibault. Á bientôt, mon ami!!
What a beautiful ride and train! Good job Trenitalia and thanks SimplyRailway for the review!
Definitely on my wishlist. Sounds like a perfect way to get to the Cinque Terre from Paris while the tunnel in the Alps is still closed, with a night train from Paris to Nice and then this beautiful train ride.
Thank you for the nice video! I am Italian and I never heard of Treni turistici italiani nor of this line Nice-Milan. Hopefully the beautiful idea will last more than the August test. Strange to leave from Nice at 17 hrs though, to arrive in Milan so late at night. I did not catch well where the Espresso stops in Italy, apart from Genova. It would be nice if you could add the locations the train goes through, I mean the ones we see in the video, as you did for Villefranche sur mer. Thanks for sharing about trains! My grand-dad worked for the Belgian railways, so I believe I inherited some of his passion for travelling by train!
You were really lucky to see the view from the drivers cab. Thank you. I enjoyed the video.
Italy and France have the best trains !!! Lovely video, cheers.
Excellente vidéo! Merci! Incroyable qu’il n’y ait plus de train régulier direct entre Nice et Milan 😮!
And sadly also to Marseille and Port Bou!
Great trip. It's a great experience you got permission to access the baggage car and even the locomotive.
Very comfortable looking chairs !! 😍👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🇮🇹🚈💕💞
Vedere l'ing sporgersi dal finestrino per vedere il panorama, testimonia quanta passione abbia in quello che fa!
What a beautiful trip!
What a beautiful journey and beautiful train! Shame that it doesn't run all year, but I understand why. Nice to see you enjoyed it with your dad too :)
The Puttgarden train destination in your compartment was for the trainferry to Copenhagen before the Storebelt bridge was built.
A sign belonging to an Italian car would have been yellow, not white. I assume it was from a DB owned car. The train used to have cars from the Danish, Italian & German Railways plus CIWL & DSG sleeping cars. The train departed Kobenhavn early afternoon, went overnight to Munich and continued to Rome arriving there the next evening. When Eurocity Trains where introduced. EC 84/85 "Michelangelo took it's path between Rome and Munich
Italian trains the best. Touch of Italian Elegance is there indeed. French have still much to learn.
I don't know why this video inspired you such a stupid comment?....Why are you comparing Italy to France??... You forget or you ignore that in train transportation Italy learned a lot from France, let me remind you This train is a regional copy of the French luxury train Orient Express... High speed trains of Italy are a copy of french TGVs, if you are so chauvinistic what would you say of british or American trains then??
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WHAT ??
@@FuraIIII Are you jealous?
@@moneg11 You heard him well, he's right. Italy is the best.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Oh, and your dad is one cool looking dude - is he a rock star by any chance ? ;-) Chapeau !
What!? In the luggage car and literally in the locomotive! This is insane! Thanks for showing this to us
Some of the occasional perks that comes with Thibault’s railway celebrity job. 😅
@@dominicsimpson6842 now im jealous
What an amazing trip that was! excellent!
What a lovely journey...such beautiful scenery! The ride in the engine was an enviable treat. Thank you for your consistently stellar content!💖
What a lovely way to travel
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Grateful for such frames
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We Love Railway so much
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Such a fantastic train!!
I don't think they've been super successful on an economic level, but they've just started and they'll always be a niche product... if they break even it's already a lot of work for me, but I really hope so because TTI has done a fantastic job offering such a great service and basically a completely new product on the market (without public money, what's more)
Merci Thibault. Great video! Yes, the power window blinds are just like the 'mighty TEE'. In 1974 I took TEE Ligure from Nice to Milano, those heavy quiet comfortable Fiat cars had the same blinds. Are the TTI cars renovated former TEE cars? And nice to meet your dad.
Yes I think they renovated the “Grand confort” coaches
@@giulioz.4928 Grazie Giulioz.
Nice-Firenze nearly 50 years ago - overnight in a compartment with an Italian family (with wonderful kids) that treated me to a perpetual picnic, wine & stories the whole way. Ah, la dolce vita!
Grazie from Italy, you are always welcome here !!! With love, 🇮🇹
I enjoy your videos, as if I am enjoying these railway trips myself, keep up the good work my brother
Wow! what a journey! Great footage as ever, well done! Handy to have "friends in high places!" 🙂
Beautiful trains... and the entire infrastructure...
Dans quelques semaines, je vais faire le trajet de Milan à St Raphaël. J'ai hâte d'y être. Surtout la partie qui longe les monts Esterell.
Goodness me what a splendid dining car..❤
It looks like a fantastic train and I love the route Nice - Milan. I need to do this.
Rome to Puttgarden is a crazy long route. It's over 1400 km as the crow flies. Apparently, it used to go to Kopenhagen. Puttgarden is where the train ferry to Denmark left, and where they're currently building a combined rail/road tunnel.
Great video! Italy is next door for us, but we'll have to see what's possible. We (wife and I) have discussed a long (night) train journey before - partly because of channels like yours - and Italy might actually the best option. We'll see.
I used to take that train a few times... Back in the '70s sigh... When I was Inter-rail aged. Milan to Copenhagen then Stockholm then further north. I also stole some of those boards, they were hanged in each car to remind you where you were going.
It was called Italia-Express IIRC
The photo in your compartment was special by the way, the train on it was basically a cross-europe service from Rome in Italy to Puttgarden on an Island in the far north of Germany (where they used to have a ferry to take trains and people to denmark)
At the minute 5:43 che person at the window is Luigi Cantamessa the general of TTI and Fondazione Fs.
How many people were on board the train?
What an incredible journey
Superbe train 👍👍
Excellent video from one of the top ambassadors for rail travel. Didn’t know about TTI before this video but will sure be looking out for them in future.
One minor nitpick 322 kms is around 200 rather than 122 miles.
A budget tip for people travelling in Italy :
There are 2 offers that you can buy on the site,
A 3 day ticket for 30 €
A 5 day ticket for 40 €
You can ride any regional train ( regionale, regionale veloce)
Intercity trains and high speed train not included.
If you got a bike you gotta add a fare of 3,50 €
I used it in combo with my bike and I visited a lot of places for a really ridiculous price.
Wow - when did I last see train seats that look as comfortable as those?
Beautiful trip. Thank you!
Note that at the Franco-Italian border, French electric locomotives switch from 25000 volts AC to 3000 volts DC. The catenary type changes to the Italian style. You made the announcement a bit early. The train was still under French catenary. Fabulous video though! 👍
What a splendid dining car! An example for other railway companies.
Glad to see you looking after your Dad.
Hope the traincrew don't get into trouble for letting you in the cab, perhaps the company will look at it as good publicity.
He’s been allowed in the cab of a train in a previous video. I’m sure the company gives special permission for this as they know his videos are widely watched and it will be extra publicity for them.
I think that was probably the driver manager that was in the cab too chatting to the driver in the background.
i don't know pw if you have done this in previous videos and i have missed it but the captions work really well and make it accessible to more languages, great idea
I love the European trains but hate the compartments! We were in one from Munich to Venice and sadly I had a cough, I spent most of the trip out in the hall at the end of the car I was so concerned with giving someone my cold. Give me airline seating anyday!
Great video.
bellissimo!
I think the idea behind TTI is very interesting. Offering quality train travel in TEE style, with a product targeted to fill the gap between regular train travel and exclusive services like the VSOE. The only question is, if there is enough interest for the service to make it profitable. As an Italian living abroad, I like to come back for holydays, and I was in Alassio this summer. I went to the station a couple of times with my son to see the "Riviera" running to Milan, and in both cases it was almost empty. I hope the service will not be cut for not being remunerative, because I would really like to try it out the next year...
It's interesting how much mileage Trenitalia is getting out of the same exact Gran Comfort / UIC-Z carriages for so long. These were originally made in the 80s, the actual machines are all over 40 years old by now, but with a never-ending string of revamps and refits they keep being used without looking too dated (except of course for the exterior!).
It's a good testament at how long-lived electric transport can be (to be fair, these carriages are passive) compared to combustion vehicles or aircraft that need to endure pressure cycling
The latrines are so clean and new ❤
A única coisa que estranhei foi constatar que o trem estava vazio, com poucos passageiros. Belo trem, bela viagem.
Thank you.👍🏻🇫🇷✌️🏴
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Molto bello 🎉
What a view !! 😍
Woow.... Amazing experience.. 👍
I always love to watch your videos. Very informative and interesting. Can you please share, how you do the map animation?
Beautiful carriages! Traditional restaurant car. ❤
Thanks!
finally a real train on that line again.
Another enjoyable video. I miss the train diagram. Any chance you will bring it back?
Maybe there is a market for touristic trains like Japanese do with their special or thematic trains.
Nice train and ride👍🍺🖐️
Please try the whoosh from Jakarta to Bandung for the next video
Good heavens. This train goes against the modern trend by having comfortable seats and a real dining car.
Is this in operation already? When did it start? Great video. I would totally ride this from Nice a Milano!
It is for summer period, now there are 2 autumn/ fall offerts
@ Merci. I do enjoy your work. Bon journee!
Looks very nice on inside, you have to touch everything! 😂
Love it🥰
Zut, j'aurais aimé savoir ça ! J'avais prévu d'acheter des billets en août pour l'anniversaire de ma femme, mais je n'étais pas au courant.
Cette vidéo me rappelle à quel point on ne sait plus faire du « train » en france à part de la grande vitesse. Quand je pense à nos Intercité j’ai honte quand je vois le prix et les prestations. Et pourtant je suis cheminot mais il faut savoir être honnête…
Même chose en Italie
👍👍👍 Great Video
La VIVA🎉
Je suis allé voir le site de TTI et c'est une subdivision de FS qui opère plusieurs lignes (7 pendant l'été 2024) de trains touristiques deluxe. Bonne idée. Je me demande par contre à quel point ça fonctionne, car votre train semble assez vide. Peut-être pas le plus fréquenté ? C'est clairement un produit de haute qualité pour une clientèle de connaisseur ou qui a les moyens de se payer un peu plus de luxe. Et on a finalement eu droit à un cab ride sur Simply Railway ! Bravo.
Oui ça fonctionne, la filiale est bonne
Great video Thibault on a luxurious train. But what happened to your usual voiceover ??
Regarding the use of diesel locomotives under wire: I wouldn't blame just the SNCF, as i think that TTI is also at fault, as they could also have leased a electric locomotive from Akiem for this section (which is the owner of the diesel locomotive used here, they even have Astrides which could be used here) or from any other leasing company. For future seasons, they should also consider to lease a multisystem-locomotive suitable for both countries for the section between Nice and Genova, as Railpool is supposed to recieve suitable Traxx MS3 locomotives in 2025 and Alpha Trains is supposed to recieve suitable Vectron MS locomotives in 2026, which would also remove the need to change locomotives at Ventimigla.
Is this a replacement or competitor to the SNCF service from Nice to Milan? Always wanted to do that, but all in daylight, when we used to holiday in Gorbio when my boys were junior school age. Pity no caption commentary this time, and no ticket price info during the video as in many of your others?
Моё почтение!
You made me feel proud to be Italian, very rare xD
dovresti essere sempre orgoglioso, l'italia fa cose come queste piu' di quello che tu pensi, spegni la tv e informati
@@intersezioni TV una sega, sono un laureando in informatica e ormai alla ricerca di lavoro ci rinuncio qua in Italia perché con gli stipendi offerti ormai manco ci pago l'affitto, e non ho intenzione di essere schiavizzato per i prossimi chissà quanti anni della mia vita. Dopo non so quante candidature mie senza manco la RAL indicata, per sentire a fine colloquio "sì certo contratto come tirocinante per 400 euro al mese perché siamo un'azienda piccola quindi tutti dobbiamo impegnarci" ecc, Italia, adios. Grazie per l'ottima istruzione universitaria, ma non vivrò mai in un paese che, al posto che aiutarmi, mi ostacola.
15:50 shoes off!!
Did it with train few weeks ago and boy was it tough 😢
Imagine they do a night train?!
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مفت میں خدا کی شان کی جھلک! ہم بھی تھوڑے تھوڑے امیر کبیر ہوتے تو شائد ہم بھی خدا کی شان بقلم خود دیکھ پاتے!
Very nice 😊. Do you book the whole compartment or just the single seat?
Wow!!
Luggage car? That is epitome of luxury. Have travelled many a times in Europe by trains. My only gripe has been to haul luggage and find a place to keep it onboard. If more rail companies offer luggage car, they will get more ridership and revenue.
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Why can't more trains have proper coffee machines?
Also I think the Italians used to have locos compatible with the French DC network, but I guess they don't have them anymore. (or not certified)
Nice Train Nice Video