Business Class in CHINESE BULLET TRAIN (Luang Prabang to Vientiane)
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Our first time riding a bullet train & we hop right in a business class, this time it's Chinese bullet train through country of Laos going from Luang Prabang to Vientiane. This was our last couple days in country of Laos, as we progress our way through southeast Asia and continue towards our next country, Vietnam, which will be in next video, c'ya there👋
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In China, the ranking is Second Class, First Class and Business Class. Business Class in Chinese language sounds better and fancier than First Class, so the facility in Business Class is better.
That makes sense, we were really confused when booking 😀
Sometimes there's one more, altogether five classes on the EMU: Business-class, *Specia-class,* 1st-class seat, 2nd-class seat and no seat. Special in the sense of special olympics, so it's also better than first class.
The airplane language is also weird, as imo "business" and "economy" should mean essentially the same thing, except that those business slaves may book an economy seat while those high-class economists may book a business or first class seat. There's no guarantee that the word "economy" should mean "budget".
Well, apparently it's translated "Premium Class" instead of "Special Class", but if you read Chinese, it's the same character as the "special" in special olympics.
When China opens up for tourists you guys should defo visit China. The bullet trains are of a higher caliber than this one.The facade alone is totally different from how bullet trains look in China. The train looks like just the High speed train not the Bullet one in China..:) I also agree that trains are more convenient than planes to be completely honest... ahahah Train stations as well are massive in China almost the same size size as the airports.
More environmental friendly than plane too.
now that sounds crazy, would love to try, but might get lost haha
Hey, China just started a massive relaxation of covid measures like yesterday or 2 days ago. I think it’s basically open
@@thomaszhang3101 yep.. my husband and I are now planning for a our Christmas holiday... ahahah.. atleast there are no more test required. It is way easier now to travel (interprovincial). Might go to Sanya or Yunna province.. We are sooo tired of Chengdu ahahahah
Got to say you are a good predictor. Well, the facade of 250km/h+ trains may or may not be better, depending on personal aesthetic appreciate. But the facade of the same 160km/h CR200J make would look way more awkward than this Laotian LCR200J. So if they take a train to Xishuangbanna, via the Chinese section of the China-Laos railway, they would see a giant green caterpillar waiting for them on the platform.
Welcome welcome to laos 🇱🇦🤟🏻❤️🥳
Thank you, love Laos & Lao people 🤗👋👋
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You both are glowing, seems like you really enjoying this, love to see that. Great video!
Anytime we're doing something new for the first time, we get really excited 😀🙋♂️
Green train:120kph
Emu:160kph(99mph)
Green train has one sleeper carriage. 4 person per compartments.
Business class on this one can totally be a sleeper carriage, i could easily spend 8 hours laying there 😀
I rode the regular class and havent been to business class. Definitely will try that next time..
the Laos train is a 160km/hr train, not high speed rail standard due to high cost of construction Laos can't afford... within china the bullet train speed should be 350km/hr for most lines.
Good to know, when purchasing tickets, there were many options, some of them definitely advertised 200 mph, can't confirm if they're actually running
@@theBeganovich this might have something to do with the top capability the locomotives and the rail have. the CR200 locomotives that run in Laos have the capability to run at 200km/hr, so is the rail laid there, but the normal/economical speed should be 160km/hr... this is consistent with chinese standards, i.e. CR400 locomotives and top HSR rails in china are capable of 400km/hr speed, but normal/economical operation speed is 350 km/hr.
they are capable of running 250kph i think, but run with reduced speed to lower maintenance cost. its similiar to china reducing its 350kph train with lower speed on less popular route
also they run on mountains, tunnels, bridges. it might be safer with lower speed incase of landslide or tunnel blockade
@@theBeganovich They are only running 160 km/h because the rail line is still single tracked (idk why), and there is no timeline that I know of when 250 km/h speed will be possible (my guess is when Thailand's section from Bangkok to Nongkhai is finished, so probably within the next decade)
Thank you guys for visiting Laos is very different from Kansas isn’t it?
Absolutely different 😀
Laos is beautiful 🤗👋
Dry season’s started everywhere drying and easy to travel .Enjoy your staying.
Very nice. Vip train and affordable
It was really comfortable ride
The bullet train still runs at 160 km/h right now. In the future it will be upgraded to 250 km/h but idk when lol.
Good to know, we'd love to try a faster one as well
This CR200 train is actually not HSR in China, it is just regular trains running on conventional lines.
for laos, comparing to buss offered, this was really good deal and surprise for us
Love this vid. Thanks.
Thank you 😊
i hope one day i will take this train. great video, thank you!
If you get a chance, definitely do it. Experiences are remembered for lifetime 🤗👋
Cool !
Thanks 👋
That was so funny when y'all were laying down in your seats when the guy came up to you😄
Such beautiful views😍
It was so awkward cuz they're still strict with masks, so j thought they cought us and we were in trouble 😅 but they were just wondering if we wanted coffe 😀
I'm really curious what they were thinking of us, laying flat for such a short ride 😂
@@theBeganovich why not. You did pay for the fare. So why not lying? Do they offer the snack for the biz class passengers?
I know but it's only short ride, they probably had their thoughts about it, but we still enjoyed it shamelessly regardless 😀🙋♂️
@@theBeganovich they probably thought you were tourist firsttimers.
@@amossutandi they were right then 😀 nothing wrong with that
So what types of tickets are offered besides first class and business class? Neither seems crowded. Yet the waiting area you showed that was not business class was very crowded and I saw another video yesterday that showed big crowds in the train itself too. And that other poster said people did not want to sit where their tickets indicated. Anything you can offer on this would be great. Thanks so much. Really enjoyed your video!
Hey, most sold tickets are called 2nd class seats, 80% of the train is built that way, unfortunately we didn't get there to record a bit, but that's where 95% of people sit because it's the cheapest. If we were living in Laos we would be taking the cheapest way, it's just transportation, but for us it was once in a lifetime experience in that country so we splurged a bit 🙋♂️
@@theBeganovichthere are 5 seats each row in 2nd class and 4 in 1st class. nevertheless it’s still much wider than plane seats
Welcome to lao 🥰
Thank you, love you your country 🙋♂️
Ooowee, it's crowded in the regular area. You see ground level in trains, better experience. Oh no my hips couldn't take that squatting.
Business class was a nice treat, but it is expensive for such short ride
asians are comfortable with squat toilet, and it’s challenging for most westerners 😅
Squatting helps you push less hard than sitting.
It's 160 kmph CR200 model
Some were advertised as faster, up to 200mph, can't confirm if they were running though
普通的火车，高铁速度350公里，动车260公里
after a luxury bullet train you went straight to the back of a truck, so funny
That's the beauty of backpacking 😅🙋♂️
that’s awesome guys !
Thank you 😊 we really loved the experience 👋
Tks for sharing!
Our pleasure!
Beside coffee. Do they offer free cracker as well for biz class?
Just coffee or juice, but it's worth to mention our ride was only 50 minutes, maybe on longer rides they offer more
y'all are so funny! lol "bougie backpackers" yeah I wouldn't know how to act lol so amtrak boston to nyc is at least $100 easily and not nearly as fast of course so that's a bargain!
Yes, exactly, if you're coming on a vacation, pretty much everything is a bargain, but if you're traveling for 2 years then need to budget here and there 😀🙋♂️
Thank you 👍👍👍👍
You're very welcome 🤗 thanks for watching 😊
I Enjoy your VDO a lot
Thank you 🤗🤗👋
Wish you enjoy traveling in Laos
Thank you, we love Laos 😍👋
so many honks and rail sounds. thought its supposed to be silent.
We also expected it to be silent 🤔
The train driver need to follow the sign to honk. It isn't random thing
omg there are so many people in the street！！！
Yess, we were surprised too, it seems like some kind of festival was going on
Thank you for coming to Laos. How are you? Like not from Laos.
Laos was awesome, we loved it 🤗 we're wonderful, hope you're doing well too 👋👋
Hi, so it is not necessary to buy the business class train tickets in advance,right?
Hey, not necessarily, if there are holidays then definitely, but on random times you can get them same day as most people don't want to pay extra for it
How come the slippers didn't fit? what size shoes are you?
13 🫣
@@theBeganovich size 13 US? that is amazing lol
Great deal.
A little pricey comparing to other options but comfort and speed & time saved it's worth it 👌👋
thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching 🤗👋
Laos is a very poor unfortunate country. But it's a beautiful place and good people.
Definitely, we've witnessed that while there for 3 weeks, awesome people and beautiful country
this it real nice
Business class is super nice 👋
Villa Merry Lao Ban Aphay welcomes you to Luang Prabang.
Villa Merry Lao Ban Aphay willkommt Sie zu Luang Prabang 👌🙏❤️
Thank you, maybe next time we're in Laos 👋
Welcome to Laos 🇱🇦 🇱🇦 🥰🥰🥰
Love Laos 😍🙋♂️
Top Speed is 160 kmh that what I hear.
from some online info we found that there are different trains with different speeds, it seems like they run slower ones through Laos
Top Speed is 210 km/h, Tunnel design speed 160 km/h, city speed 110 km/h.
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Glad you enjoyed it and it helped 🙋♂️👋
This railway just design for 160km/h
Seems like it is, but advertised online as faster
America doesn't have any bullet train. Why you said that you would have paid $120 for a bullet train ride?
actually the train has western toliet, even in 2nd class. you just need to go to another car to find it
Ohh, we haven't gone that far, but that's good to know 🙂👋
The last think I do when travelling Laos is using a Bullet train. its just wrong .
Just did it for the experience, all of our other time in laos was in remote beautiful villages
How many percent of occupancy on the train forward and backwards during your trip? I wonder how much impact by the China immigration policy on travel during the pandemic
2nd class is full almost every day, 1st class and business class there is quite a bit empty seats. I don't think you can enter China via this train if you're not Chinese citizen at this time
This train started service last year during pandemic while both Laos and China were in lockdown.
Nice video in the train. When did you come to the station buying the ticket?
That's a great question that we forgot to mention in the video, to get certain seats, or sometimes to get any seats, it's advisable to book seats at least 1 day ahead. Same day tickets are not always available especially during holidays. You can either pay booking fee and book in town, or ride scooter to train station and book tickets yourself without extra fee
@@theBeganovich Thanks your info
@@theBeganovich 中国的在手机上都订票，身份证刷一下就可以进站坐车
Video very good
Thank you, appreciate it 🤗👋
you cant get a $120 US train ride like this, for sure no.... regular seats are more expensive than this... not even mention the biz class chair
Exactly, normal seat in USA would cost over $100+ let alone business class seat 🤦
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So, 10 Dollar for train and 10 dollars for go pickup go to town. 🙂
Pretty much, yeah. Our train was $22 a piece because it was business class but you can get regular 2nd class for about $10
@@theBeganovich I was 2003 from Nongkhai to Kunming through Laos. the Bus trip from Vangvien to Luangprabang was the beautiful landscape in Asia. And wenn the over the last pass and see Luangprabang golden sunset sightings that can I not forget, so I still will take the Bus from Vangvien to Luangprabang...
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Thank you 😊👋
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Thank you, Laos is beautiful 🤗👋
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Where did you book your train ticket? 😁
Drove scooter 2 days before to the train station, I'd highly suggest doing that at least a day before cuz sometimes same day tickets are unavailable 🙋♂️
@@theBeganovich oh thank you so much!
Laos PDR Welcome Have a nice trip
Thank you 😊
Are you 7 feet tall? Lol
Pretty close 😅 6'6"
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October 2022
中国的商务座比这个更舒服
I assume you mean the ones in China? As this Chinese train was through Laos
@@theBeganovich He said the business class in China is more comfortable than this
Hello guys you should know what is Chinese bullet train not like this one in Laos .you video make people feel confused
Hello 👋
On video title or days from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, it is indeed Chinese bullet train, just different one that goes through Laos