OUIGO : Brand new high speed train in Spain ! Barcelona to Madrid at 300km/h
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Hi folks,
Welcome to this trip report onboard the brand new Ouigo service between Barcelona and Madrid.
Specially recorded by Tom and Seb during the first day of revenue service!
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RECORDED IN MAY 2021
Railroad company: OUIGO ES
Train type : TGV EuroDuplex N°807
From : Barcelona Sants to Madrid Puerta de Atocha
Time : 2h52
Price : 29 € - 35 $
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I forgot something in the video.
SNCF with Ouigo ES and its business model (Mix between TGV Inoui and Ouigo) is now in competition with the classic AVE and at the same time the AVLO. "Kill two birds with one stone!"
In my opinion that's a great move from SNCF.
Bravo tu a un bonne anglais
Mais on t'entend parler en français
Tu pouras faire le premier train de railcoop ca m'intéressait
Ah au faite bientot les 100k gg
The journey time in the description can't be right (1h35 for 600km !) it probably should be something like 2h45 or 3hour something...
Wow incredible they have just rendered even bus services between the two cities completely uncompetitive! Hope to see more such services all over the EU!
As I just said today (8/25/2021), I wish that we had this between Toronto and Montreal here in Canada.
300 km/h wow...High speed train is a dream here in Greece that probably never happen. Thanks for sharing. A great enjoyable video.
Greece could do well with a Railjet-type service. At 230 km/h it's perfect for Greece and it can be done at lower cost by upgrading existing lines just as Austria did.
You already have 250s in the form of ETR 470s
10 years ago I had to pleasure of spending my birthday in Spain while on a concert tour with the University of Miami. Your video was posted on my birthday this year and it reminds me of how gorgeous a country Spain is; the people, the countryside, the architecture all just stunning!! Thank you!!
I took it last Wednesday and we reached Madrid in just 2h27minuts and come back at night to BCN in just 2h21 minuts. Excellence service and in advance on schedule both ways
Not going to lie - I LOVE the livery/branding of Ouigo! It's so simple yet gorgeous looking, and the perfect color combo to boot! I just wish we could get something like this here in the US!
Totally agree! I am sooo jealous, the only thing happening here besides Amtrak is Brightline... the U.S. needs to join the 21st century!!!
@@timnewman1172 There is endless political reasons behind why we have next to nothing regards to transit in the US sadly. That list is extensive and long since deeply engrained into the history, culture and mindsets of people here too, keeping us enchained to our sheer lack of it. The big fossil fuel and vehicle industry is the most prominent controlling interests that got us where we are and are constantly trying to shut down things like Brightline. It's sad.
And, all the more reason that government avoids infrastructure renewal, changes, funding and investments, in the more general political aspects of it all. So, there's a endless fight ahead to get ourselves into the 21st century transit wise.
Not going to happen unfortunately, the US auto industry killed public transportation ages ago.
@@redademe Global climate change is going to demand a re-think of many aspects of personal as well as public transportation, may as well prepare for the future now...
There are too many grade crossings in the US, and too many car/train collisions at those crossings. Plus the freight lines own nearly all of the rail lines passenger trains currently use. In my area (suburban Chicago), they've been converting grade crossings to underpasses, not so much to facilitate passenger trains as freight travel. But those infrastructure improvements will hopefully jump-start the conversation about high-speed rail.
Hopefully, we can see AVEs and Talgos running in France and Italy as smoothly as they do in Spain. Frecciarossa will enter Spain in 2022, Ave will enter France also in 2022 (if sncf follows european law)....
Wrong, ave does services in france since long time ago, and international talgos are fully retired
@@chenchospotter8879 They are trying to operate internal french routes (like Paris-Lyon) The regulators are giving them a hard time.
Why not in joint operation like Alleo(DB & SNCF), Thalys(SNCF, SNCB, DB, NS)?
Ellipsos is a joint venture between SNCF & RENFE
So smooth.
So ready to travel back to Spain, hopefully this summer.
180mph (300km/h). Yep that is fast. Such incredible trains in Spain.
Well those trains come from France
@@rcfan3429 spain also make trains talgo and caf and run at the same speed and higher ...
@@aymanla471 yes true but we have the fastest in France with 320 kmh commercial speed and 575 speed record
@@rcfan3429 spain was 350Km/h but not now
@@rcfan3429 Spain actually holds the record to the highest speed ever achieved by a full high speed train.
These double-decker TGV's are amazing-I wish that we had these in Canada right now going between Toronto and Montreal on the Windsor-Quebec City corridor (or between Toronto and Vancouver.)
We've been waiting for this. Thank you for another excellent video and review! 😎
"J'adore ce job" 0:54 et 1:00 haha on voit la passion du caméraman
The decision not to have a "high capacity" train is more to do with the product itself not being really "low-cost". In France, Ouigo has inOui services backing it up, so the more 'luxurious' product is with inOui while Ouigo goes with the lower class. And in order not to steal passengers from inOui, they make Ouigo non-attractive on purpose. But as there's no inOui backing them up in Spain, they've had to upgrade their product, but apparently the prices are the same. So that's good!
Prices will probably go up a bit over time. First make people like your product, then increase the prices by a bit (just by making the 9€ price less likely to be available).
@@nanderv They’ve stated that prices won’t change - that it’s not an offer -, and that they will remain the same as now. Whether this is true or not..time will tell.
Tbf, I also think it's to do with the base costs of it as well. I think OuiGo didn't want to risk failing in Spain AND spend a large amount doing so, so the upfront cost of refurbing all the trains into the "Higher Capacity" style would've likely been too much for them.
Although, nowadays, it seems that OuiGo ES is doing amazingly
The spain Network is just amazing. Great video!
Nice to see you reporting again! This is a great new service and would have loved to use it 2 years ago when in Madrid if it had been available! Thanks!
In a place where we have no high-speed trains worthy of the designation at all, the idea that there would actually be active *competition* in high-speed passenger rail service somewhere is pretty amazing...
What place is that if I may ask?
@@osasunaitor 'murica for sure
The low price is the result of good competition. More competition does create better options for customers.
So you could basically commute between these two cities on a daily basis. Amazing.
Glad to see a new video again! Congrats Tom and Seb, good work for a first video👍
Looking forward to see how "AVLO" will manage to compete with this!
Awesome 600 km for 9€ is such a deal! Here in Germany you get a high speed ticket for €18 on a very lucky day
Great video and interesting competition with a positive influence on price. But I don't think that complete liberalisation of train service should be the target. When looking back at last year, one can highly appreciate the state owned companies still being in service where all private companies on high speed rail reduced their schedule. In Germany, Flix train was even fully out of service due to "lack of demand". Therefore those operators should be seen complementary instead of seeing them as the future of train service.
They are complementary. Renfe will run even more services than it did before, and other operators will complement the service with their own services.
i love Spain one of my fabret country in europe,, ,,now im stuck at my city Kuala Lumpur cannot fly anymore so sad during covic 19,,next time when i been in spain i want try this speed train just take almost 3 hour travel from Barcelona to Madrid??,,,620km???,,wowww,,,
I took the first commercial train service between Barcelona (6:45) and Madrid (9:15) on May 10th 2021 :)
We did this trip in 1980 on our Interrail way to Morocco. The train was a Talgo, that was something special. At the station we ignored it at first, its low-slung carriages looked like a city metro. Then we noticed the locomotive at the front and got in just in time. These Tiltin' Talgos still are fascinating trains. A good concept to get more speed out of existing tracks.
As a spaniard I'm much more proud of the old Talgo train technology, totally spanish made that the AVE, wich is not totally spanish and I thing like other high speed trains it's a form of curse that will terminat a lot of intercity and regional conections and ruin in operationg costs RENFE as many of the lines were made for political reasons.
@@Balrog2005 mirate el Talgo Avril a ver si te pone orgulloso o no
I thinkit's a great movement. In Spain Ave is seems as expensive and classy, but Oigo movement is about getting people who wants travel can afford it, but feels not welcomed at AVE. And now you can go for a weekend in a very and cheap way. I'm really expected about tranitalia (which Italy's train are amazing and affordable)
External companies operating for profit the Spanish most popular lines will disrupt their country railways in a way that the Spanish people could be out of pocket by the billions. Their system was designed so the profitable lines would subsidise the rest (Renfe), but now that option won't be available and I bet most of the country newly built HS lines won't be profitable. Yet they were built by Adif issuing public debt. I wish to be wrong on this, but I might not be.
@@sapede the train prices were so high that people continued flying between Madrid and Barcelona just because of the price. If they manage to significantly increase the number of train passengers on the line, they may make even more money than they did before with the expensive prices
@@sapede (Un)fortunately, that’s not the case. And there’s a clear example to point it out. In 2013, Italy opened its high speed railways to competition, with a new company called NTV (Italo) entering service. 2 years before, in 2011, Trenitalia (the national operator) transported 25 million passengers across HS lines. In 2015 that figure had risen to 55 million, for a combined 64 million (9mill from NTV).
So not only did passenger numbers more than double in just a few years, but the national operator doubled its passengers as well. Outcome? HS lines were popularised and average ticket prices dropped 40%.
@@CityWhisperer That's really good. Unfortunately only applies to lines where there's population at destination, which might not necesarily be case with many of the Spanish lines. If only 900 people (of old age) live at the destination as it is for instance in Tardienta, you may double passengers to 3 everyday from the current average of 1.5 passengers/day (Should the low cost operator be willing to take a train there). You may attempt to estimate the real cost of that journey without any subsidies.
@@sapede Yes, when high speed lines where opened, part of the project was to give "access" to high speed railways to underpopulated or rural areas. Not only to serve the town after which they are named, but the entire province.
On another note, and unfortunately for your argument, long distance services don't recieve subsidies in Spain. AVE, Alvia, Trenhotel (now discontinued apparently) and similar services which serve long distance routes don't recieve public money, meaning that they either need to be profitable or their cost needs to be covered somehow. And in many cases, it's the money Renfe earns with AVE services (the only profitable one) that can be used to do that.
Spain will enjoy a third high-speed lowcost train service starting March 2022, which means prices will drastically fall and more people will choose the train compared to the airplane.
For 9€ you get from downtown Madrid to downtown Barcelona in around 2h30min. Simply amazing!
Ilsa is planning a high speed service between Madrid and Barcelona, but as far as I know, they will focus on the same market than Renfe with AVE product rather than ouigo
You should also do a trip report on Avlo, to see how it stacks up against Ouigo! A comparison video would've been nice!
I think he will when avlo starts running next month.
@@CityWhisperer LOL. Thanks for sharing.
@Asier Lizarraga Passenger services won't begin till the 23rd of the present month.
Congrats for the great video Simply Railway! But I've to say a few things, just to make it clear enough.
I've to say that it is quite shameful for SNCF that they're taking any type of pride of operating in Spain with no problems at all because of ADIF's clear and fair process of homologating and testing train precedure. Meanwhile they're puttling too many complicated rules and steps so that no other operators can run their trains in France. That's not fair. Neither Renfe or Trenitalia are baing able to pperate their trains on the LGV's because SNCF Réseau's questionable "policies". No one is capable to undersatand hoy a Frecciarrossa 1000 or an AVE S-100 is not allowed to operate on the LGV Est (specially the AVE S-100) when Alstom in this case has built and designed this train in a very simillar way as other TGV's that are actually able to run with any problems. Alstom has been working with Renfe for many years to make this train run anywhere in France and they can't figure out how to make the S-100 work on that particulate LGV, and this is well known by train enthusiasts that there must be something going on with SNCF's "corrupt" decisions, not with the rolling stock itself.
If SNCF wants to take pride of how good their business is, and how good Ouigo and other products are, thery have to be fair and clear and allow other operators in the HST market in France so they can show that they're better or whatever they want. It's about all having the same chances and opportunities.
Cheers!
That's right. It will be interesting to see how ouigo and avlo coexist to see if we are indeed impacted by the lack of competition here in France.
Renfe is even not able to launch a railway company on their own market. And now is trying to go on French rails with 30 years old trains and is surprised to be declined, that’s funny. It is not corruption, just a fair policy.
@@guillaumedu971 Well those trains have been allowed to run in certain parts of the French network for almost 10 years now. But somehow not in the LGV Est. Also, for the record SNCF has some trains that are older than the S-100 and they can run without any issues whatsoever. Also...how is it possible that the ETR-1000 and other models that are "not 30 years old like u say"(Bombardier Zefiro) had to wait almost 10 years to be able to run in France? And these two are just an example. We'll see what happens with the Talgo Avril. There is just one word to define SNCF Reseau's policies: "corrupt". The spanish minister of transportation has asked the french government to investigate this and the European commission to open un an investigation, but I'm not sure if it's going to help.
Just yo be clear one more time: it doesn't matter how old the train is as long as it meets all the technical, safety and security requierments. I'd recommend you to get informed about this situation instead of saying things that make no sense in any way.
@@mauroizquierdo9544 Trenitalia is authorized to operate in France: www.autorite-transports.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/notification-thello-trafic-international-avec-desserte-interieure.pdf
Probably with the covid and the last year accident in Italy they preferred to take more time. Not to mention that such as in France, they are not operating in Spain currently.
I understand that safety and security requirements are not an easy deal for non-French companies but on the other hand, with open-access model, the French market is easier and less risky than other markets.
SNCF is the only company that is taking the risk to operate on a new market during the pandemic, with modern Euroduplex trains and a totally new business model.
SNCF invested €600m in Spain, how much have been invested in France by other companies?
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Also I invite you to visit SNCF Réseau website: www.sncf-reseau.com/en
And read the DRR: www.sncf-reseau.com/sites/default/files/2021-01/Document%20principal%20-%20DRR%202022%20V1_EN.pdf
@@guillaumedu971 I perfectly know that Trenitalia can now operate in France, and my critique said that it took them too long to get the certificate for no reason, and that's the pure and honest truth.
Also, I've been reading and getting informed about SNCF Reseau's policies, and I cannot find a reason why Alstom that has built hundreds of TGV's for SNCF can't figure out how one of their variants (AVE S-100) can't run on a particular railway. It's all bullshit and you have got to admit that, even if you support SNCF as an operator.
And last but not least, if you say that SNCF is risking so much money in new marketd with a "new business model" that isn't really new because it's a copied model from the airline industry, you also have got to allow other operators to run their trains do they can invest money on other countries as well! Renfe wants to operate in France and offer a new business model and SNCF Reseau is not allowing them. It's a shame.
The Oui Bar will be openned as soon as the pandemic is better... Congratulations for being in such an important event like this !!! the best train reviews channel by far! Please do a review of its competitors Avlo and Ilsa-Trenitalia next year!! :-D
Oh MR a 100K abonnés mais ne le fête pas ^^ pas bien sa !! Félicitations à toi !!! Un tgv Océane en plus. Pas mal comme OUIGO.
Imagine doing this in France - a foreign operator competing against SNCF! Unthinkable, of course - French companies going abroad, easy - foreign company going into France, impossible!
Yeah, looks like that European rules about rail competition don't stand for certain countries
It’s great it’s gonna make the spanish national stuff cheaper 😈 compete or die its better for the public regardless
It is perfectly possible. Competition is allowed in France but no competitor has yet started servicing French railways.
Your videos are fantastic about these trains
In South Africa we have a VERY VERY bad railway system as they steel the rail tracks and the copper cables for the signal system.
The say it could take ten years to get the system working properly again
We need lots more high speed low fare trains to replace the high CO2 emitting Ryanair and easyJet
You'd be disappointed to learn that EasyJet offsets all its European flights... they pollute less than your train. Moreover, the fuel consumption of today's airplanes is very low, often less than a car, when compared to the fuel consumption per passenger.
@@hugo414 How are they going to pollute less than electric trains powered by nuclear energy (in France)??
In Germany, CO2 emission is less than 1g per person per kilometer for trains due to Deutsche Bahn's electricity coming 100% from renewable sources while CO2 emission for planes inside countries are 214g per person per kilometer.
Therefore, it simply isn't true to say that planes pollute less than trains.
de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/322971/umfrage/hoehe-der-schadstoffemissionen-durch-fernverkehr/
@@hugo414 The train will be the most eco-friendly choice ever.
@@hugo414 No that's not true. If the train is dissel powered ok, but in the case of electric train, they even pollute less than cars
@@francescoboselli6033 I think I am happy with my ryanair cramped seat
An excellent tripreport!! You always do them with excellent quality. Thanks for mentioning me in the video. See you next time when you travel to Barcelona!!
In Canada, between Montreal and Halifax there are 1000km: 16 hours of train...🤔 ; Montreal - New York, ~600km and the border: 13 hours of train...
Great video on the new ouigo Spain service it is good to have competition and also the cheapness of the price means more people can afford it. It is also good you managed to arrange for your freinds to film it for you at the time
there are French trains in Spain, I didn't even know!
And there are Spanish trains in Saudi Arabia. Or French trains in Sweden. The world is full of these examples :)
Whoa!! glad to see you back.....with a fascinating and amazing ride truly like it and it's fab and waiting for special videos on 100k!! as i like it and a high speed train Barcelona to Madrid a good price and thanks for entertain us and giving more info on train during hard-pandemic time really gonna like more videos on Amtrak's trains and Spectacular European train(i like those Inoui and Ouigo train series so far)
The competition has begun; in first week Ouigo carried more average pepole with 5 services in each direction, when Renfe has more than double services in each direction. It's a change or it's curiosity for new things? We'll see.
Capacity; a french Duplex in normal configuration (First or XL and second classes) can carry about 27-29% more pepole than a S-103 Velaro, the mainforce on Barcelona - Madrid HSL. In Renfe, only the new Avril's by Talgo will carry more pepole on a trainset than Velaros.
Before Ouigo, train has catched a bit more than a half passengers in Barcelona - Madrid travel. Plane travel between the cities is still demanded, for connections and for some business (convention center is much closer to the airport than Puerta de Atocha station)
The toll for using the infraestructure is calculated in a basis of the route, stations served and services offered. There is discussion for changing the toll schema, and one of the proposals take into account the capacity of the trains.
Sorry if it has been bit long.
7:07 I somehow expected him to be recording in that place, right after Castellbisbal and before Martorell. XD It's a great place to record the trains, altought a bit of a hike to get there. XD
Great video! It's awesome to see a review of ouigo so soon!
Curious to see if all these competing railway companies do any more than just try to skim the market between a few of the largest cities. If it works out like the airline deregulation here, it will lead to cheaper fares on a few major routes but much less competition and higher prices on less-travelled routes.
It will be between major cities and wherever there is publicly funded commuter traffic.
Parfaite vidéo les gars. Simply Railways est une magnifique chaine UA-cam. Feux maintenant sur les trains de nuit en Europe. Et si seulement ils pouvaient réactiver les trains-auto de nuit comme celui qui faisait Alessandria-Hambourg ces dernières années. A croire que les compagnies de train Européennes font le contraire de ce que nous attendons d'elles.....
Ps - il est grand temps de rallonger cette ligne à partir de Marseille pour les week end à Barcelonne, Sarragoze voire Madrid. Vite !!
Beautiful and high quality video thanks for sharing love from Southeast Asia 💕
Meanwhile in Singapore our long-distance train station (Woodlands Train Checkpoint) is even further from downtown than our Changi Airport, & due to congestion at the neighbouring Woodlands Checkpoint, buses that usually serve the station sometimes skip it I heard (the nearest connecting MRT (subway/metro) station is ~1km away & ~50min ride from downtown). It's possible that our government would, by human nature, lack the incentive to improve this aspect of travel as it would facilitate more Singaporeans' travel to neighbouring Malaysia & spend there instead of locally, causing a outflow of money from our local economy.
Merci, and thanks for that Thibault (and Tom & Seb). That is really grand there! It is clear that SNCF is on a winner here. 👍🏻
In fact, many on Ouigo Espana's Facebook page said when are heading to the other destinations and doing the Paris-Barcelona service! 🚅😁
Whatever next? Italy, Germany?
Thanks for the excellent trip review :)
wow i love spain
16:30 was more like an “up yours” sign than a hi or peace ✌️ sign.
For an English yes but the difference between the two is mostly unknown elsewhere.
1:00 "j´adore ce job " 😂😂👌
The pink on those head rests makes me think of Pepto Bismal. It is too much.
Woaw ! Amazing luxury, clean I will go soon for vacations ! Thanks for share this video 👍🇺🇸
Let the "Game of Trains" begin!
The spanish Ouigo is better than french!😍❤️❤️❤️❤️
9 euro is only the logo price, available just for early bookers. Real fees are much more steep or require frequent commute to achieve
I love barcelona!
Waiting to see Trenitalia's FRECCIAROSSA service coming into service in Spain and France shortly
Frecciarossa is supposed to open services in France? When and which lines?
At least on the French network they'll be able to run at 320 like TGV's.
@@KyrilPG Milan Paris, should start in September, as far as Spain is concerned, we will have to wait until 2023 as the trains for Spain are still under construction. both services will be carried out by the Frecciarossa 1000
@@LucaE191 OK for the Milan Paris route, that's international and the TGV already runs it but I meant internal domestic service in France. Is there a plan for domestic Frecciarossa in France? Something comparable to the OuiGo operating between Madrid and Barcelona, not international.
I've never heard about it.
@@KyrilPG no, Only International at the moment.
Lord!!!!! what a station!!!!! In India our airports are like your railway station......extraordinary.................From India.
Perjalanan dengan kereta api yang sangat menyenangkan.
I’m moving to Barcelona soon and its good to know the train to Madrid is so cheap and fast!
BEAUTIFUL train set...HIDEOUS livery. Pink and blue??? Really??? Those head rests were starting to give me a migraine. Nice, fast and quiet though and very modern looking...if a bit cramped. (but I'm spoiled by Amtrak comfort levels) I'm loving your channel btw, and now officially SUBSCRIBED!
I cannot wait to go travel again 😢😢😢😢
These new Ouigo and Avlo services are gonna be VERY busy when Barca-Real 'El Clasico' season comes around.
That is some lightning fast speed💪🤩🇪🇸
Such a beautiful and silent video with comments! You just earned yourself a subscriber!
Awesome video these my best and cutest train both SNCF and OUIGO train my dream express train....🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏
Beautiful video! An avlo and ilsa review would be nice too! Maybe compare all 4 services :)
4 services! since Ilsa (Trenitalia) will be operating another low cost service next year :D
@@DIASDEMUSICA ILSA’s service won’t be low-cost. They’ll go with a traditional structure, as AVE, though prices will most likely be cheaper. Similar to Italo’s service in Italy.
omg ima go to spain and try all 4 since its high speed rail market will be more interesting than italy´s or france´s ! those are amazing news!
If you look at the front it should say of AVE S-112 it's Renfe Spanish National railways and the Ouigo is SNCF. Basically Elipsos service.
will try this.. i think more capacity with double deck.. love this
those are great news for spain
I love your passion for train travel!
This is the train only the French can make for the world beginning with beautiful Spain....................comments from India (Phew!!!!!!!!! corona corona here. Deadly, Deadly.....Please pray for my country folks.
I approve this video as a barcelonian
Watching this video made me think Air France may retired its A380s too soon. They could refit them with 800 economy seats and sell $29 NYC-Paris tickets. I bet those flights will be packed.
Cheap seats don't make the money. The seats at the front do.
It's a damn shame I won't live to see low cost or even high cost high speed trains in USA.
Sam, there's no even electric line between North East and Florida. They have to switch to diesel locomotives in W. DC.
@@michaels3003 I worked Amtrak trains between Florida and New York for 30 years before retiring in 2015. Amtrak's antii-rail Board of Misdirection is pathetic and should be derailed immediately if not sooner.
Railway El Classico.
Nice video, but good lord, that pink is hideous. I don't know if Italy has opened up its rail system to competition, but the Italians will never allow that color scheme within their borders. 😉🍕
It has, since 2013. Italo is a private operator.
if you travel in spain hsr is a must
Excellent review!! Will definitely help to inform my travel plans, thank you 😊
Toronto to New York could use one of these . Too much Government red tape . In Europe passengers wait for Trains --- In Canada Trains wait for late passengers .
3:16 that’s a nice touch
This is uptown stuff for an American on rails...Very cool livery too...
PLEASE COME TO AMERICA. This would be perfect for Chicago to Detroit or something
Yes please indeed! There are many 500 mile or less routes that it would be very practical if there were trains that ran like this... I want to see it happen before I get old!
again a nice and interesting video!! muchas gracias!
Thumbs up 👍👍👍
Very impressive pricing (assuming it is available) and trip report !!!
keep up the good work (including with your friends help as in this case) !
Almost 100k you got it😀😀
Beautiful video, greetings 🚂👍🙋♂️
meanwhile, UK has like 103 Pounds for train tickets for Scotland to London at times
Given the option of fly or High speed train I will choose the train every time.
Wow....A TTC subway close door tone....
I always enjoy watching ur trip report, good job
The tokaido shinkansen still strugle to achive 300km/h😔
Japanese landscape is more challenging IMO. Japanese trains are excellent!
You'll have that maglev blasting through the mountains soon enough.
@@MattMcIrvin nahh the construction is not even started yet.the shizouka goverment did not agree with the project because of water suply in the mountain
And I guess it costs a but more than 9€ :(
@@JavierDerteano even bus from tokyo to kyoto are more expensive than this tgv which is further away.
It cost 12€ for bus and 98€ for shinkansen:'(
2:36 they put the sign across the blindman path??
J'adorerais avoir ce job aussi 😌😌
Why was cafe closed? COVID? I agree that hot pink is loud and tacky. I prefer relaxing colors for a relaxing trip. Thanks for sharing.
Ils n'ont pas osé faire bénéficier leurs clients espagnols des sièges de TER dont ils offrent le "confort" aux passagers de Ouigo FR.
You are hit 100000 sub! Congratulations
Such a kind of competition destroys railway business! Different operators on the same line make the timetable and the pricing complicate for customers and they make an appropriat use of infrastucture impossible. Customers exept their tickets and their travelcards to be valid on every train, so they have maximal flexibility. Indeed low prices are needed, but competition is not the way to go. Countries like Belgium or Switzerland, without competition and with one single ticketing system for all public transport operaors, have the highest railway ridership because of its simplicity and reliability. Meanwhile, people in UK startet avoiding trains as soon as they startet competition.
Competition is the best way to make railways popular. It’s happened in Italy and will now happen in Spain. Different operators on the same line create competitive prices and schedules.
Belgium and Switzerland are smaller than some Spanish regions... BTW, in Belgium we do not have one single ticketing system. If you want to catch a train and then ride the metro / tram in BXL you will need two tickets.
Do ouigo have to pay to run their services in Spain? Because if RENFE launch avlo is it not essentially the same product?
Yes, they have to pay to run on the tracks, but so does Renfe as well. The difference between both products comes down to who owns each service (Renfe and SNCF) and the services offered on board.
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Great trip report