I remember taking this train to and from Paris back in June. The level of convenience and comfort was unbeatable, and with views of the French and English countrysides to boot
St Pancras Station is one of my favourite train stations in Britain. It is a story of riches to rags to riches again. Once the largest single span arched roof in the world, it was opened in 1868 as part of the Midland Railway's London extension from Bedford (~50 miles north of London), it was bombed in both World Wars, poorly repaired afterwards (with solid metal panels replacing the original glass), seemed destined for the wrecking ball in the 1960's (it was proposed to close it and turn the site into a car park), became a dark and damp place with diesel fumes hanging in the air come the 1990's and with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, what became HS1, it was sympathetically restored and adapted. Since reopening in 2007, it has had the metal panels that were put in to repair the bomb damage to the roof replaced with glass and during the work, the engineers uncovered the original sky blue colour, which they christened "Barlow Blue," after the original designer of the station, William Barlow
I used to use St Pancras back in the 70s as it was my London terminus. It was dark and smelled of diesel fumes (which as a young child I found wildly exciting lol!) - but it is now just stunning - just shows what a bit of TLC can do to a building.
It's hated by Parisians , let me tell you. The suburban commuting sections (underground) are hellish to navigate. There are plans to "move" the station north and create a new one at Saint Denis Pleyel. Starting everything from scratch, you know. By 2040, it should happen i believe.
As an American who had never been on a train that wasn’t just within a city and someone who hates the feeling of flying, taking this train was an absolute joy! I wish America had rail like this…
I’ve only been on Eurostar once London to Paris and loved it, I had a standard seat which was very comfortable and lots of legroom and there was only about 6 people in our carriage, so clean, fast and comfortable, and surprisingly quiet and definitely faster than going out to Heathrow with the recommended 2 to 3 hours prior to departure.
As a Brit, can i thank you so much for correctly pronouncing the station as “St Pancras”. You don’t know how many ENGLISH people I’ve heard call it “St Pancreas”
I have ridden the Eurostar three times. One round trip from London in 2009 and a one way from Paris to London in 2010. All three times were on Standard Premiere. Next time I will book business premiere. Excellent video. Brought back good memories of past travel adventures.
Just as a nitpick, the route you show at 0:48 is the legacy "slow" lines between Paris and Calais, the Eurostar uses the LGV Nord, which takes a slightly longer route past Lille, but has a much higher top speed than the legacy line, making it much faster for the Eurostar. Also the top speed of the Eurostar is 190mph, 100mph is the speed limit through the channel tunnel, but the LGV Nord and HS1 lines both have top speeds of 190mph.
The maximum speed of Eurostar in normal service is 186mph. The E300 trains are limited to that speed, the newer E320 trains can go 200mph. Speed limits through the tunnel is around 65mph, and you don't travel much above 140mph in the UK.
@@bottletopgirl Incorrect Emma. E* operates at 100 mph through the Tunnel. Maybe when you mention 65 mph you refer to the Eurotunnel car shuttles (which are slower and operate Folkestone-Calais only).
The javelin class trains that also run on the high speed line run much slower. It takes 40 ish minutes to get from ashford station to st pancras with those trains. Those are going 140mph which is roughly 225km/h but I believe the Eurostar runs at 270 I believe on the section.
I'm really glad on my first nonfamily international trip back in 2016 my buddy and I went to Berlin for 10 days and a 2-day trip to Paris. Got to do the German ICE trains which were pleasant, and the TGV from Cologne down to Gare du Nord in business class. It was great, and I try to always build in a rail trip on my travels.
I flew into the Frankfort this summer and took the express train to Cologne. It was a pretty good trip. I am looking at a London trip this year and may do the train route instead of flying in Cologne, but the direct flights are so cheap.
I love Eurostar. I live 20 minutes from St. Pancras and just getting on train and travelling to the centre of a European city is just amazing. Being from an island, in Britain we always have to fly places. The train is so much easier.
My family (wife, 2 teenage boys, me) travelled from London to Paris in February 2020 on Eurostar. What a great experience we had, both coming and going. Though we did not splurge for the business class tickets, the amenities were still superb. And it was so nice to end up IN the cities as our destination than at an airport miles away. Great video!
I hope one day i will also travel with my family too. First of all i have to move to Europe, live there a little bit and then maybe one day it will happen to us....
Real talk, providing you live in London but not next door to LHR, LGW or LCY, this is by far the best way to get to the continent. It's such a great service.
Soon after my 2nd wife and I were married in 2010, one of her 1st husband's daughters was getting married at a town in southern France (Don't recall the name). We flew in, stayed there for several days and then took the train to northern France, changed trains and then went through the Chunnel to London. First, I could hardy believe the speed (425 kilometers/hour) and the smoothness. The landscape was literally zooming by so fast I couldn't make out any details. All I can say is....America has MUCH to learn about trains! BHE
I recently flew over to Paris, and really wish I'd realised the train connection between the two cities was so strong - it just looks fantastic, and a much more comfortable (and less stressful!) way to travel!
Great video as ever, Jeb! One thing though - the cliffs you showed from the air weren't the White Cliffs of Dover - that was the Seven Sisters, near my home in Sussex. Chalk cliffs appear in a few places along the south coast of the UK and ours are the tallest of them all (bigger than Dover)! 😉
For all the complaints I've heard about it, my wife and I regularly hop on the Eurostar to Paris simply because it is just so easy. It's still so strange to me that getting to Paris and back is legitimately easier than Manchester and back. Cannot recommend enough.
I was on the very first train out of Waterloo in 1994, I went first class that day and have done the journey every five years since, the next trip is in 2024.
i took the same trip this week from the UK to Paris and back again. First class experience. the food was great, the staff were very helpful, and they ride was extremely smooth. The top class fare is expensive, business class is less expensive but the best value for money.
Amazing details & info provided in your video, without mentioning the amazing resolution of your camera. Greetings from Mexico. I’m gonna take the Eurostar Business Premier weekly by the next 2 months! 🤗
Just an FYI, no one calls it "The Chunnel" any more! That name was really only used when it was being built, and is now just known as The Channel Tunnel, or occasionally you will hear it called The Eurotunnel.
I’m addicted to this channel. I’ll never be able to go to these places but feel like I’m along for the ride in these videos. Would love to get ball park costs for these things in case I could go one day. Great video.
Having done this trip twice, I totally agree this is an outstanding experience. Extremely efficient and comfortable way to travel directly from city center London to city center Paris. Cheers 🥂
Another international rail route from the UK, which most people don't know of, is the Enterprise service from Belfast to Dublin. An excellent service - well worth a trip!
I made that trip at the time of the troubles. As I was sitting on the train a bomb went off nearby and shook my train. Then when we did pull out we passed through what I think must have been a Loyalist area and had a whole lot of kids stone the train! Then we had the IRA regularly leaving bombs on the track, though I think that was an attempt to lure out and kill British soldiers!
It is a great feat of engineering, having travelled a few times in all three classes, i do like the convenience of clearing customs befor you get on and walking out the other end as a normal passenger with no further checks. It is also a timesaver now the airport security channels are taking so long to clear to get to any of the three cities on the route.
I’ve become hooked on train travel lately, whether it’s Amtrak, Brightline, or the Swiss Railroad. That last one? Wow! Amazing. Awesome trains, friendly staff, and incredible views. Maybe I’ll try the train from this video one day.
Another convert. BREXIT Haas been a curse with Eurostar. Having to go through passport checks can add up to 1hr extra in long, standing queues. (In economy). Take a week to tour Germany their ICE trains run at 200kph or more and are much more comfortable than SNCF. Massive network too. They even have Restaurant's still on some trains
Was on the eurostar in business class a couple of days ago. The food was cold and not very good - ending up getting a hot sandwich from the food coach - but the experience was great.
I wonder if you made the trip in standard or even business premier on a busy day you would still be so enthusiastic about the experience. I certainly wasn’t.
For a while I used to regularly take the eurostar between Brussels and London in standard class... always such a relaxing experience compared to flying.
2nd class (standard premier) on the Eurostar is amazing for the price too, hot meal, unlimited wine, single seperate seat with charging, lots of leg room etc I spent 127 euro for an experience that trumps business class on any airline I've witnessed
Thank you for these train videos! I'm not likely to fly again, but I might take another train trip - just for the enjoyment of the train/trip. My husband is an amputee. Traveling by train is much easier. He can move around as he needs to and neither of us would have to drive.
I made the same journey in April and it was amazing. So much easier than flying and standard premier was only a little bit more expensive. Gare du Nord to the center of London with no hassle.
Me and my friends rode the Eurostar in 2018. Our flights were cancelled and we were just like “why not”. We bought 2 bottles of liquor and a deck of cards! Best time of my life!
We took the Eurostar from Paris to London in 2019. It was great to depart from a city center and arrive in a city center. When flying, the airports are always far from everything. The scenery was great. Interestingly, the tunnel itself is anticlimactic. Intellectually, the science and engineering for the tunnel are amazing. I would take the Eurostar from Paris to London again. I agree with your 22 out of 25 stars.
Eurostar is fine for those who live in or around the southeast. But not so convenient if living or working in the UK regions. KLM knows this .... just look at how of its flights serve the regions.
We took this last week and were in the premier section. It was worth paying the extra amount to do that and I think it was worth it. It was comfortable and relaxing. We didn't even realize we were going a 160 mph at one point. So cool! We could even order a vegan meal for my wife and she said it was good. All in all I would recommend it as well!
Great video, only comment I have is that the Premiere Class on Eurostar between Paris & London costs around 300 Euros & you could pick up a Business Class flight for just under 175 Euros - great experience I'm sure
I actually did the standard class of this train only going from London to Paris. Me and my mom did that in 2019 it was a great trip. We went to London for 4 days, Paris for 2 and Amsterdam for 3 days then flew home. Btw we also took Eurostar from Paris to Amsterdam.
One correction, when you leave St Pancras Station you are in the London Borough of Camden, not the City of London. If you walk south you will be in the City of Westminster. The City of London refers to the square mile around the Bank of England devoted to finance. The City of London is a medieval throwback that has its own local government and is legally separate from Greater London, which surrounds it. So London is one of the world's great cities, but only a tiny, separate part is called the City of London!
Great video as usual, Jeb! I’d love to see you and Suzanne do a video on a Europe Viking River or Viking Ocean cruise sometime. Would be an interesting change of pace, and would probably make for some beautiful footage!
Ive been fortunate enough to take the Chunnel train twice now (and a third time on a bus to Amsterdam from England... a wee bit different lol)... it's a wonderful experience!
Rode Eurostar round trip from London to Paris back in June of this year. This is by far the fastest way to travel between the two cities. I also had to do this with three other people one of whom could not walk very well and eight large pieces of luggage (I only had one suitcase and my backpack). While riding it I was always thinking about how badly we need this in the U.S. There are plenty of routes in the U.S need a train route like this. London to Paris is roughly the same distance between NYC and Boston which Amtrak Acela does in 3 hrs 50 mins and D.C and NYC which Acela does in just under 3 hrs. Trains like this are great because the get you from city center to city center. Flying this route means getting to Charles De Gaulle Airport which can be up to a hour by car with traffic or shorter by train. Then going through security, waiting for plane, boarding said plane, flying the less than one hour to either Heathrow or Gatwick, go through passport control get checked luggage (if you brought it with you), get either car (which is another hour during rush hour) or take train into city. This same principal applies in both scenarios in from NYC to Boston or D.C to NYC. In Jeb's video where he did the train or plane from D.C to NYC the train won. Other people did the exact same video from London to Paris and the train won handily.
hi, jeb, I live in London and come from France and the Eurostar for me is a way to go from Paris to London and vis versa. I have been taking that train since i was probably 3 and it for the most part didn't change at all. If you end up on a packed train, i can tell you, this is miserable (talking abt business rn). Most of the time seats are filthy and the tables too. Food is also discusting.
Another great review. The seat of Eurostar is much better than Business Class in the aircraft, as in the air, they sell narrow and barely reclinable economy class seats with a blocked middle seat as business class.
Greetings from Rock Hill, SC..Another great vid Jeb.. I've been with you since before u hit 100,000 subscribers, and now you're married & on the verge of hitting a half million subs.. wow, time flies.. Congrats my NC neighbor.. keep on keeping on!
Jeb,could I suggest a few ideas? 1)An updated baggage handler video(in light of all the troubles people had last summer globally) 2)A video dedicated to a London to Paris and back in 24 hrs. Is it possible? 3)Train travel with the UK and how to do it. Your videos are so detailed and hope to see more as spring and summer approach!
Decided to do a quick Paris visit during a recent London trip. With Eurostar, I was able to arrive in Paris in the morning and spend a full day, before heading back to London in the evening. I was impressed by the whole experience. I did Standard going, and Standard Premiere on the return. Both were comfortable, with Standard Premiere we were also served meals and it wasn't much more than Standard. The service was great. I can see myself checking out other Eurostar destinations when the opportunity arises.
This is what I plan to do. Do a day trip to Paris. What sounds good to me about business class is skipping the long lines to get on the train. (Security/Immigration)?
It wasn't long for me at all. It was a Monday in August and I took the earliest train out and the last one returning. I was late getting back to the station but thankfully sailed right through security.
For the past couple of years, I've taken the Eurostar quite a lot (about once per month), travelling between Rotterdam and London. I travel equally on Standard Premier and Standard; however, in May I took a trip in Business Premier as most other tickets were sold out or very expensive. To be honest, I was very disappointed. Yes, you get to skip the long normal security line, which is a benefit, but the lounge in London was rammed, with standing room only, and the food on offer was poor. On board, the seats are the same as Standard Premier, and they often even serve the same wines. The food was also the same, except for the main course, which was hot instead of cold, and slightly bigger portion-wise. Overall, it was a poor value for money (Business Premier is £299 each way). Standard Premier is typically far better value for leisure travel, or if you're paying yourself, as you get the same seats and almost as delicious food on board (the desserts are always very tasty!) That said, regular Standard class is also very nice, with plenty of space on the new e320 trains, and there's always the option of buying some food and wine before you get on-board (or at the café car)...
J’aime la France!! Votre prononciation est parfait! I can’t wait for you to review the bullet train in Japan! Maybe start with the JAL review of business on the way over? Sugoi!!
The Channel tunnel always gets a lot of publicity while the Seikan tunnel in Japan connecting Honshu and Hokkaido islands barely gets a mention, it's longer, opened earlier and the trains are faster.
When I took the Eurostar, I wanted to view the French countryside. I fell asleep about 10 minutes after we left London. *face palm* It was too dark when we left Paris to see anything.
Takes 20 mins through the tunnel on Eurostar, 35 mins for the LeShuttle. They have 4G leaky feeders in the tunnel. Probably best just to use mobile signal.
It's interesting that Kuga's Travel (a popular Japanese travel vlogger, does a lot of videos of Japanese trains and overnight ferries) released a Eurostar video yesterday and has a Caledonian Sleeper video coming soon. It's very possible you crossed paths. Good to see different perspectives too.
Jet Thanks for sharing this video and information. Was appreciative of being able to experience this ride with you. I doubt we will have the opportunity to this ourselves.
WOW! I am just still amazed that a train trip across the English Channel is even possible! 🤩 Those civil engineers don’t get the credit they deserve linking Paris to London 🇫🇷-🇬🇧 I never thought I’d say this but I think I’d try that train… But maybe flying back! 😂 Cheers & Another excellent video Jeb 🥂👍
My brother was a Surveyor for the project. He never returned to live in Australia. London and Europe grabbed his heart ❤ and filled his retirement fund, which he is now enjoying. 🤔
@@dalegoodell6019 Sadly cars are always given priority. Although if you look at the state of the highways and many roads it makes you wonder where the money goes
Great video. Such a civilised way to travel. My wife and I didn’t St Pancras to Paris in Business Premier and it was a bucket list moment for me. I was so impressed with the train and level of service. The interesting part is that you clear French passport control in London
And if travelling paris->london, passports are cleared for both countries in gare du nord. So if travelling -> Paris and if travelling-> london, on arrival at each end one merely walks off the train!!
You forgot to mention that taking the train means going city centre to city centre directly. Very handy.
I remember taking this train to and from Paris back in June. The level of convenience and comfort was unbeatable, and with views of the French and English countrysides to boot
I did the Chunnel both ways in June
im gonna do it in January, Rotterdam to London and back
I did the same route in June
The route was from Paris to London. I think it was about 40 euros for economy.
@@fish.9030 how was it? hope you had a great time.
St Pancras Station is one of my favourite train stations in Britain. It is a story of riches to rags to riches again. Once the largest single span arched roof in the world, it was opened in 1868 as part of the Midland Railway's London extension from Bedford (~50 miles north of London), it was bombed in both World Wars, poorly repaired afterwards (with solid metal panels replacing the original glass), seemed destined for the wrecking ball in the 1960's (it was proposed to close it and turn the site into a car park), became a dark and damp place with diesel fumes hanging in the air come the 1990's and with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, what became HS1, it was sympathetically restored and adapted.
Since reopening in 2007, it has had the metal panels that were put in to repair the bomb damage to the roof replaced with glass and during the work, the engineers uncovered the original sky blue colour, which they christened "Barlow Blue," after the original designer of the station, William Barlow
I used to use St Pancras back in the 70s as it was my London terminus. It was dark and smelled of diesel fumes (which as a young child I found wildly exciting lol!) - but it is now just stunning - just shows what a bit of TLC can do to a building.
I accidentally read Pancras that as "Pancreas". I was like 🤯
@@NiggaTigga94 sometimes autocorrect tries to change it to that as well, lol
Gare du Nord is my favorite train station in the world. I went between Gare du Nord and Amsterdam this summer, its a great station.
busiest train station in Europe and so easy to get lost if you don’t speak French 😂😊
I find it a poor station
@@andrewstorm8240 I wouldn't be hanging around Gare du Nord except to ride the Eurostar.
@@karlpark8575 the tgv to zurich is there aswell
It's hated by Parisians , let me tell you. The suburban commuting sections (underground) are hellish to navigate.
There are plans to "move" the station north and create a new one at Saint Denis Pleyel. Starting everything from scratch, you know. By 2040, it should happen i believe.
As an American who had never been on a train that wasn’t just within a city and someone who hates the feeling of flying, taking this train was an absolute joy! I wish America had rail like this…
I took this train in 1996 with my wife. Absolutely fabulous!! Thanks for refreshing our memories. We must do this journey again!!
I’ve only been on Eurostar once London to Paris and loved it, I had a standard seat which was very comfortable and lots of legroom and there was only about 6 people in our carriage, so clean, fast and comfortable, and surprisingly quiet and definitely faster than going out to Heathrow with the recommended 2 to 3 hours prior to departure.
ID and baggage checks ruin the experience, though. Specially with Brexit. It would be so cool if this could be spared to passengers...
Jeb, your videos always make me smile. I love how much you work on these videos every week. I love every video you post.
Completely agree
Thank you 😊
As a Brit, can i thank you so much for correctly pronouncing the station as “St Pancras”. You don’t know how many ENGLISH people I’ve heard call it “St Pancreas”
I have ridden the Eurostar three times. One round trip from London in 2009 and a one way from Paris to London in 2010. All three times were on Standard Premiere. Next time I will book business premiere. Excellent video. Brought back good memories of past travel adventures.
Just as a nitpick, the route you show at 0:48 is the legacy "slow" lines between Paris and Calais, the Eurostar uses the LGV Nord, which takes a slightly longer route past Lille, but has a much higher top speed than the legacy line, making it much faster for the Eurostar.
Also the top speed of the Eurostar is 190mph, 100mph is the speed limit through the channel tunnel, but the LGV Nord and HS1 lines both have top speeds of 190mph.
The maximum speed of Eurostar in normal service is 186mph. The E300 trains are limited to that speed, the newer E320 trains can go 200mph. Speed limits through the tunnel is around 65mph, and you don't travel much above 140mph in the UK.
@@bottletopgirl Incorrect Emma. E* operates at 100 mph through the Tunnel. Maybe when you mention 65 mph you refer to the Eurotunnel car shuttles (which are slower and operate Folkestone-Calais only).
@@alexmcwhirter6611 According to the Eurotunnel freight website even the freight shuttles can go 85mph.
@@MrGrenades123 Thanks for this. So it's clearly incorrect to say "around 65mph."
The javelin class trains that also run on the high speed line run much slower. It takes 40 ish minutes to get from ashford station to st pancras with those trains. Those are going 140mph which is roughly 225km/h but I believe the Eurostar runs at 270 I believe on the section.
I'm really glad on my first nonfamily international trip back in 2016 my buddy and I went to Berlin for 10 days and a 2-day trip to Paris. Got to do the German ICE trains which were pleasant, and the TGV from Cologne down to Gare du Nord in business class. It was great, and I try to always build in a rail trip on my travels.
Good plan!
I flew into the Frankfort this summer and took the express train to Cologne. It was a pretty good trip. I am looking at a London trip this year and may do the train route instead of flying in Cologne, but the direct flights are so cheap.
I love Eurostar. I live 20 minutes from St. Pancras and just getting on train and travelling to the centre of a European city is just amazing. Being from an island, in Britain we always have to fly places. The train is so much easier.
My family (wife, 2 teenage boys, me) travelled from London to Paris in February 2020 on Eurostar. What a great experience we had, both coming and going. Though we did not splurge for the business class tickets, the amenities were still superb. And it was so nice to end up IN the cities as our destination than at an airport miles away.
Great video!
I hope one day i will also travel with my family too. First of all i have to move to Europe, live there a little bit and then maybe one day it will happen to us....
All the trains 🚂🚋in London🇬🇧are built with our money 💰💰💰...Do you guys wake up after sleeping😴?
Hi how many hours does it take on the train from Paris to London
Glad to see you entering the world of European rail travel... waiting to see more of your incredible take on the same 😁
Jeb, dude, "in 1994!" along with black and white footage? Brutal. I'm not that old!
Real talk, providing you live in London but not next door to LHR, LGW or LCY, this is by far the best way to get to the continent. It's such a great service.
I’ve been on this route many times, and am always just fascinated by it!! I’m glad you got to experience the magic of the Eurostar, Jeb! 😄
Got to respect this level of unabashed positivity without any irony. Nice to see people just psyched to be doing something nice
Looks awesome Jeb! For those of us who didn't know, a Mirabelle is a type of Plum. Learn something new everyday.
I've done the reverse from London to the Brussels-Nord in Belgium back in the late 90's - an amazing journey!
Soon after my 2nd wife and I were married in 2010, one of her 1st husband's daughters was getting married at a town in southern France (Don't recall the name). We flew in, stayed there for several days and then took the train to northern France, changed trains and then went through the Chunnel to London. First, I could hardy believe the speed (425 kilometers/hour) and the smoothness. The landscape was literally zooming by so fast I couldn't make out any details. All I can say is....America has MUCH to learn about trains! BHE
I recently flew over to Paris, and really wish I'd realised the train connection between the two cities was so strong - it just looks fantastic, and a much more comfortable (and less stressful!) way to travel!
Oh wow. :( I took this train at 7am from Paris to London.. spent the whole day in London and went back to Paris around 9pm. It was really fun.
How are you so I'll informed?
@@ericbush3399we are not good.our trust
is with you
Great video as ever, Jeb! One thing though - the cliffs you showed from the air weren't the White Cliffs of Dover - that was the Seven Sisters, near my home in Sussex. Chalk cliffs appear in a few places along the south coast of the UK and ours are the tallest of them all (bigger than Dover)! 😉
For all the complaints I've heard about it, my wife and I regularly hop on the Eurostar to Paris simply because it is just so easy. It's still so strange to me that getting to Paris and back is legitimately easier than Manchester and back.
Cannot recommend enough.
I was on the very first train out of Waterloo in 1994, I went first class that day and have done the journey every five years since, the next trip is in 2024.
Ah amazing! Can you remember how it was back in 1994?
i took the same trip this week from the UK to Paris and back again. First class experience. the food was great, the staff were very helpful, and they ride was extremely smooth. The top class fare is expensive, business class is less expensive but the best value for money.
I love how this channel is going. More than just planes, they bring me more excitement.
It’s definitely the best way to travel between London and Paris (and Brussels) - and now Amsterdam!
Amazing details & info provided in your video, without mentioning the amazing resolution of your camera. Greetings from Mexico. I’m gonna take the Eurostar Business Premier weekly by the next 2 months! 🤗
Just an FYI, no one calls it "The Chunnel" any more! That name was really only used when it was being built, and is now just known as The Channel Tunnel, or occasionally you will hear it called The Eurotunnel.
Love traveling by Eurostar.
I’m addicted to this channel. I’ll never be able to go to these places but feel like I’m along for the ride in these videos. Would love to get ball park costs for these things in case I could go one day. Great video.
Thank you so much for watching!
My fractured shoulder always heals a little bit buoyed by Jeb’s fabulous travels. Vive le Jeb
Having done this trip twice, I totally agree this is an outstanding experience. Extremely efficient and comfortable way to travel directly from city center London to city center Paris. Cheers 🥂
Whats the price of the trip plz
Another international rail route from the UK, which most people don't know of, is the Enterprise service from Belfast to Dublin. An excellent service - well worth a trip!
I made that trip at the time of the troubles. As I was sitting on the train a bomb went off nearby and shook my train. Then when we did pull out we passed through what I think must have been a Loyalist area and had a whole lot of kids stone the train! Then we had the IRA regularly leaving bombs on the track, though I think that was an attempt to lure out and kill British soldiers!
I did this trip yesterday and although it was very expensive £490 return, I actually felt that it was worth it.
Rode this beauty round trip from London to Paris one weekend back in 1999. Economy Class. Freaking EPIC ride!!!
I traveled on january this year and my train was totally packed.. the experience is 100% recomendable and the food fantastic, as you said!"!!!
It’s a beautiful ride. And we rode it coach class,it was still great!
I have done this route so many times
It is a great feat of engineering, having travelled a few times in all three classes, i do like the convenience of clearing customs befor you get on and walking out the other end as a normal passenger with no further checks. It is also a timesaver now the airport security channels are taking so long to clear to get to any of the three cities on the route.
I’ve become hooked on train travel lately, whether it’s Amtrak, Brightline, or the Swiss Railroad. That last one? Wow! Amazing. Awesome trains, friendly staff, and incredible views.
Maybe I’ll try the train from this video one day.
Another convert.
BREXIT Haas been a curse with Eurostar. Having to go through passport checks can add up to 1hr extra in long, standing queues. (In economy).
Take a week to tour Germany their ICE trains run at 200kph or more and are much more comfortable than SNCF. Massive network too. They even have Restaurant's still on some trains
Was on the eurostar in business class a couple of days ago. The food was cold and not very good - ending up getting a hot sandwich from the food coach - but the experience was great.
I wonder if you made the trip in standard or even business premier on a busy day you would still be so enthusiastic about the experience. I certainly wasn’t.
It would be really nice if the train connected to De Gaulle and Heathrow airports. Would replace a lot of connecting flights!
For a while I used to regularly take the eurostar between Brussels and London in standard class... always such a relaxing experience compared to flying.
2nd class (standard premier) on the Eurostar is amazing for the price too, hot meal, unlimited wine, single seperate seat with charging, lots of leg room etc
I spent 127 euro for an experience that trumps business class on any airline I've witnessed
Thank you for these train videos! I'm not likely to fly again, but I might take another train trip - just for the enjoyment of the train/trip. My husband is an amputee. Traveling by train is much easier. He can move around as he needs to and neither of us would have to drive.
I made the same journey in April and it was amazing. So much easier than flying and standard premier was only a little bit more expensive. Gare du Nord to the center of London with no hassle.
Me and my friends rode the Eurostar in 2018. Our flights were cancelled and we were just like “why not”. We bought 2 bottles of liquor and a deck of cards! Best time of my life!
We took the Eurostar from Paris to London in 2019. It was great to depart from a city center and arrive in a city center. When flying, the airports are always far from everything. The scenery was great. Interestingly, the tunnel itself is anticlimactic. Intellectually, the science and engineering for the tunnel are amazing. I would take the Eurostar from Paris to London again.
I agree with your 22 out of 25 stars.
I took this train years ago and we went first class. It wasn’t that much more money and there was no smoking in 1st class. Great train experience.
Looks like a great commute! If I ever find myself in Europe I’ll be on that train!
I throughly enjoyed watching this video while snuggled under a blanket (seeing the French countryside, etc)😃
I rarely fly to The Netherlands, Eurostar so much more relaxed and more space .
Eurostar is fine for those who live in or around the southeast. But not so convenient if living or working in the UK regions. KLM knows this .... just look at how of its flights serve the regions.
We took this last week and were in the premier section. It was worth paying the extra amount to do that and I think it was worth it. It was comfortable and relaxing. We didn't even realize we were going a 160 mph at one point. So cool! We could even order a vegan meal for my wife and she said it was good. All in all I would recommend it as well!
Great video, only comment I have is that the Premiere Class on Eurostar between Paris & London costs around 300 Euros & you could pick up a Business Class flight for just under 175 Euros - great experience I'm sure
I actually did the standard class of this train only going from London to Paris. Me and my mom did that in 2019 it was a great trip. We went to London for 4 days, Paris for 2 and Amsterdam for 3 days then flew home. Btw we also took Eurostar from Paris to Amsterdam.
The countryside looked amazing.
As always,great presentation.
Many thanks.
LONGER VIDEOS PLEASE!!! I MISS THE 20+ MIN VIDEOS 😢
More long videos to come!
One correction, when you leave St Pancras Station you are in the London Borough of Camden, not the City of London. If you walk south you will be in the City of Westminster. The City of London refers to the square mile around the Bank of England devoted to finance. The City of London is a medieval throwback that has its own local government and is legally separate from Greater London, which surrounds it. So London is one of the world's great cities, but only a tiny, separate part is called the City of London!
Now, this music is much (Around minute 1:30-2:30) better than the weird country stuff you sometimes choose. Thanks for another awesome video.
Have a good time on London
Great video as usual, Jeb! I’d love to see you and Suzanne do a video on a Europe Viking River or Viking Ocean cruise sometime. Would be an interesting change of pace, and would probably make for some beautiful footage!
And I’d love to be onboard that trip! I’m a big Viking Cruises fan.
Ive been fortunate enough to take the Chunnel train twice now (and a third time on a bus to Amsterdam from England... a wee bit different lol)... it's a wonderful experience!
We will be going Eurostar from Paris to London in July...We cant wait
Rode Eurostar round trip from London to Paris back in June of this year. This is by far the fastest way to travel between the two cities. I also had to do this with three other people one of whom could not walk very well and eight large pieces of luggage (I only had one suitcase and my backpack). While riding it I was always thinking about how badly we need this in the U.S. There are plenty of routes in the U.S need a train route like this. London to Paris is roughly the same distance between NYC and Boston which Amtrak Acela does in 3 hrs 50 mins and D.C and NYC which Acela does in just under 3 hrs.
Trains like this are great because the get you from city center to city center. Flying this route means getting to Charles De Gaulle Airport which can be up to a hour by car with traffic or shorter by train. Then going through security, waiting for plane, boarding said plane, flying the less than one hour to either Heathrow or Gatwick, go through passport control get checked luggage (if you brought it with you), get either car (which is another hour during rush hour) or take train into city. This same principal applies in both scenarios in from NYC to Boston or D.C to NYC. In Jeb's video where he did the train or plane from D.C to NYC the train won. Other people did the exact same video from London to Paris and the train won handily.
One of my favorite train rides ever. Upgraded to first class and it was amazing!
How exciting!
We hit 300+kph between Cologne and Frankfurt once.
I love traveling all over Europe in the train. It’s economical, a lot of fun and none of the herding you like cattle which I feel every time I fly!
hi, jeb, I live in London and come from France and the Eurostar for me is a way to go from Paris to London and vis versa. I have been taking that train since i was probably 3 and it for the most part didn't change at all. If you end up on a packed train, i can tell you, this is miserable (talking abt business rn). Most of the time seats are filthy and the tables too. Food is also discusting.
Another great review. The seat of Eurostar is much better than Business Class in the aircraft, as in the air, they sell narrow and barely reclinable economy class seats with a blocked middle seat as business class.
I took the Eurostar in 1995. It was out of Waterloo station. Gare du Nord is a great station. There are some great stations in Europe.
Waterloo station was the first station used.
@@life.with.sabine Ok, thanks.
Never Euston ! Original departure terminus was Waterloo.
Errr no. It was Waterloo.
Oh wow, so you took it after it first opened? How was it back then?
Greetings from Rock Hill, SC..Another great vid Jeb.. I've been with you since before u hit 100,000 subscribers, and now you're married & on the verge of hitting a half million subs.. wow, time flies.. Congrats my NC neighbor.. keep on keeping on!
Back in 2018 I was doing this trip every 2 weeks the whole year for working purposes. I miss it! 😀
I was just on that train to London recently in the Business section too! I’m from Vancouver and such a big fan!! 🚄💺
I'm excited. I will book this same trip for end of March. Great Video, just the right pace.
Jeb, you accompany us in your journeys and energize too. Please do cover all parts of this small world. best wishes.
Jeb,could I suggest a few ideas?
1)An updated baggage handler video(in light of all the troubles people had last summer globally)
2)A video dedicated to a London to Paris and back in 24 hrs. Is it possible?
3)Train travel with the UK and how to do it.
Your videos are so detailed and hope to see more as spring and summer approach!
This guy thinks he is Jeb's boss...
We're considering this next month and enjoyed your informative and spot-on review! Kudos and thanks!
Decided to do a quick Paris visit during a recent London trip. With Eurostar, I was able to arrive in Paris in the morning and spend a full day, before heading back to London in the evening. I was impressed by the whole experience. I did Standard going, and Standard Premiere on the return. Both were comfortable, with Standard Premiere we were also served meals and it wasn't much more than Standard. The service was great. I can see myself checking out other Eurostar destinations when the opportunity arises.
This is what I plan to do. Do a day trip to Paris. What sounds good to me about business class is skipping the long lines to get on the train. (Security/Immigration)?
It wasn't long for me at all. It was a Monday in August and I took the earliest train out and the last one returning. I was late getting back to the station but thankfully sailed right through security.
For the past couple of years, I've taken the Eurostar quite a lot (about once per month), travelling between Rotterdam and London. I travel equally on Standard Premier and Standard; however, in May I took a trip in Business Premier as most other tickets were sold out or very expensive. To be honest, I was very disappointed. Yes, you get to skip the long normal security line, which is a benefit, but the lounge in London was rammed, with standing room only, and the food on offer was poor. On board, the seats are the same as Standard Premier, and they often even serve the same wines. The food was also the same, except for the main course, which was hot instead of cold, and slightly bigger portion-wise. Overall, it was a poor value for money (Business Premier is £299 each way). Standard Premier is typically far better value for leisure travel, or if you're paying yourself, as you get the same seats and almost as delicious food on board (the desserts are always very tasty!)
That said, regular Standard class is also very nice, with plenty of space on the new e320 trains, and there's always the option of buying some food and wine before you get on-board (or at the café car)...
This video made me feel like I was on the Eurostar from Paris to London. Thanks for the great video.
I am going to Paris next summer for 2 before leaving on a cruise from Barcelona. I am so excited to take the train from Paris to Barcelona.
J’aime la France!! Votre prononciation est parfait! I can’t wait for you to review the bullet train in Japan! Maybe start with the JAL review of business on the way over? Sugoi!!
The video i was waiting for, I live along a fast traintrack and always wanted to see the view onboard the train.
The Channel tunnel always gets a lot of publicity while the Seikan tunnel in Japan connecting Honshu and Hokkaido islands barely gets a mention, it's longer, opened earlier and the trains are faster.
When I took the Eurostar, I wanted to view the French countryside. I fell asleep about 10 minutes after we left London. *face palm* It was too dark when we left Paris to see anything.
Perfect! Taking this train for the first time next month 👏🏻 thank you for the video
Love it so much nice that Amtrak
Takes 20 mins through the tunnel on Eurostar, 35 mins for the LeShuttle. They have 4G leaky feeders in the tunnel. Probably best just to use mobile signal.
It's interesting that Kuga's Travel (a popular Japanese travel vlogger, does a lot of videos of Japanese trains and overnight ferries) released a Eurostar video yesterday and has a Caledonian Sleeper video coming soon. It's very possible you crossed paths. Good to see different perspectives too.
Thank you for sharing. It is very nice to ride this train.
I went to guard du Nord from Rotterdam with the Thalys
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Thanks for sharing this video and information. Was appreciative of being able to experience this ride with you. I doubt we will have the opportunity to this ourselves.
WOW! I am just still amazed that a train trip across the English Channel is even possible! 🤩 Those civil engineers don’t get the credit they deserve linking Paris to London 🇫🇷-🇬🇧
I never thought I’d say this but I think I’d try that train… But maybe flying back! 😂
Cheers & Another excellent video Jeb
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Yes, the European infrastructure is impressive. I wish we could improve our own infrastructure here in the US.
My brother was a Surveyor for the project. He never returned to live in Australia. London and Europe grabbed his heart ❤ and filled his retirement fund, which he is now enjoying. 🤔
@@dalegoodell6019 Sadly cars are always given priority. Although if you look at the state of the highways and many roads it makes you wonder where the money goes
@@mitzy123 you can take your car under the English Channel, it's on the Eurotunnel, not the Eurostar.
Great video. Such a civilised way to travel. My wife and I didn’t St Pancras to Paris in Business Premier and it was a bucket list moment for me. I was so impressed with the train and level of service. The interesting part is that you clear French passport control in London
And if travelling paris->london, passports are cleared for both countries in gare du nord. So if travelling -> Paris and if travelling-> london, on arrival at each end one merely walks off the train!!
Plus all these trains don't need to wait for freight trains and are on time to the scheduled arrival time. Love the trains of Europe.
Amazing video, making me crave a Eurostar trip!