Lille to Brussels at 300km/h with the French TGV : TGV Inoui Review

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Lille to Brussels at 300km/h with the French TGV : TGV Inoui Review

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Bonjour à tous,
Welcome to this trip report onboard a TGV between Lille and Brussels! A quick high speed ride at 300km/h. It feels good to do an actual trip report onboard an high speed train on the channel. :)
Enjoy :)
- TRIP INFORMATION -
RECORDED IN DECEMBER 2020
Railroad company: SNCF TGV INOUI
Train type : TGV Reseau 4520 and 4522
From : Lille Europe to Brussels-South (Midi or Zuid)
Time : 34 Min
Price : €19 - $22
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@Love2Cruise 3 жыл бұрын

A suggestion for future videos: On trains with multiple classes, it'd be great to show the cost of other classes on the same train at time of booking. Take this trip for example. The 2nd class ticket was $19 Euros. With 1st class seats mostly empty, I'm now wondering how much more the 1st class ticket would be. It's useful information for those of us who don't live around the area of the trains in the videos.

@budisoemantri2303 3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@loudmouthnewyorker2803 3 жыл бұрын

Double Agree

@domenicoquarta9860 3 жыл бұрын

And how much would it cost with non high speed trains?

@Tiniuvielle 3 жыл бұрын

@@domenicoquarta9860 If you're under 26 yr, around 10€, if not, 16€ but with one train change and 1h more of travel time (but the price wont change wathever the time you buy your ticket)

@domenicoquarta9860 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tiniuvielleso a 19€ ticket is always a good deal jn this case

@vmaxlegends549 3 жыл бұрын

What a cool vid Thibault and Benjamin. Really you found a cool way to cover trains on both sides of the pond.

@Friek555 3 жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous train, like all French TGVs and Intercités

@pmichael73 3 жыл бұрын

Lille Flandres is the old façade of the Gare du Nord in Paris.

@MorryB 3 жыл бұрын

I love the interior of that train. Nice to see that companies would actually hire designers to make it look so classy and elegant. Trains are by far my favourite way to travel, especially compared to the multitudes of inconveniences in our supposedly modern air services. By the way, I like how you also incorporated that small train graphic to show your location as you walked down the cars. Great idea!

@maxster_8989 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite place in Brussels is Train World. I think it's one of the best train museums in the world! I remember enjoying a nice lunch in the museum restaurant.

@OKWqc 3 жыл бұрын

Merci de me faire visiter ces endroits et ces trains, ici, on peut pas vraiment voyager... même pas dans la province... Santé à toi et ta famille!

@mj1234321 3 жыл бұрын

I've done that walk between stations. Lille seems like a cool place! Back in '08 me and my brother were scheduled to take the Eurostar from London to Paris, but the channel tunnel had a fire that shut down service so it turned into a series of train/ferry, ferry/train, and train/train connections to get to Paris!

@Benjamin0c 3 жыл бұрын

5:57 sound 😍

@freddyjensen5996 3 жыл бұрын

Simply Railway. Simply the best on all things on rail. I would have thought that the Lacroix designs would have look oldfashioned - still going strong though.

@keithdowling6044 3 жыл бұрын

It's interesting, when I did my Erasmus year in Lille I took this exact route to Brussels all the time and only ever paid €9. And of course they don't seem to check tickets on such a short route so a self-upgrade to first class isn't always impossible!

@olivieronrails 3 жыл бұрын

The tricurrent Reseau, a personal favorite of mine! First class seat is really good: wide, plushy, perfect for cocooning, and the table is simply the best in the industry. As for exterior looks, it's sad that SNCF chose quite low quality stickers to apply the carmillon red gradients on the livery. It just wears off so quickly. Oh, and 320km/h capability for an almost 30yo train. Not too shabby! 😎

@pega17pl 3 жыл бұрын

Btw: I recently found out about the DB's fastest ICE. It is the ICE S (S for speed) with Vmax 400 km / h. It is not available for the standard service but for the technical service of the DB (collecting measurements on the track and the overhead wire for high speed trains). It can reach its top speed on the high-speed route between Leipzig and Berlin. The train has already been to Austria and Switzerland to take measurements there as well. - Heinz

@cephalopod7300 3 жыл бұрын

That is interesting to hear. Given that line can evidently cope with 400 km/h then, are there any plans to increase the speed of passenger services up further into the 300s?

@hwoarang2001 3 жыл бұрын

Memories of travelling between the two cities in my past...

@Moneytane1976 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thought something was up, sunrise at 9am and then saw December. Very short days at 50 degrees north in winter. And I thought 7.30am sunrise in our midwinter was bad.

@FalconsEye58094 3 жыл бұрын

God I want this in America so badly

@Eurobazz 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the USA will never catch up to European standards. You'll see an improvement under Biden and Buttigieg but they will only be able to scratch the surface. You need to start by having all the freight railroad companies relinquish control of the rail infrastructure and place it under the administration of a private/public organisation. Work can then begin on upgrading tracks with concrete sleepers etc so that Amtrak can maximise speed limits. The addition of more passing loops could also be considered.

@FalconsEye58094 3 жыл бұрын

Barry F The tracks need to somehow be acquired by the states and pieces put together. When that happens things can make sense and priority given to passengers

@Eurobazz 3 жыл бұрын

@@FalconsEye58094 Why the states? Why can't the Federal government play a leading role? The BNSF, CSX etc tracks cross state lines so it makes more sense for Washington DC to control the operation.

@FalconsEye58094 3 жыл бұрын

Barry F Looking at how hard it is to get funding for Amtrak, I’m not sure it would be any easier getting them to play a role in buying the tracks out from all those guys. At least states have their own more functioning governments who can get the ball rolling

@oslo162 3 жыл бұрын

honestly it's very very attractive to traveling on TGV Mostly between Lille and Brussels very fast and not too expensive ,it's something that i'm doing at least a once per year for going to CDG airport for getting a fast connection for going anywhere in France or taking Planes, probably one of the best high speed line of Europe but with the covid problem it's very complicated to traveling from a point A to B

@takethetrainTRL 3 жыл бұрын

This video brings back some great memories while I was visiting Belgium. Thanks for this nice presentation! 👏🔝

@allyreneepenny9447 3 жыл бұрын

Love the TGV so much 😍

@Esperantisto 3 жыл бұрын

Première! I've been on this high speed stretch. Took the Thalys to Amsterdam too...

@nathanwulf 3 жыл бұрын

Love the design of that bar car, shame the side is falling apart!

@jmcvisser 3 жыл бұрын

Nice trip report. Like the style. Strange to see a trainset added for a ride to Brussels. Normally at Lille Europe, TGV Duplex-trainsets are added for the rides to cities like Marseille or Montpellier.

@alexander-de 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful entrance into Brussels station!

@denjo3131 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, it's very impressive, it's my favorite 'entrance'. Although the railway station itself should be refurbished immediately and all platforms should be covered.

@ruiassuncao94 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: yes, you're right @Simply Railway these TGV Réseau seats where designed by the famous French designer Christian Lacroix, but, produced in Portugal by Monte Meão. :P

@tomaspalisek4824 3 жыл бұрын

Which company? I thought that those seats are manufactured by Compin. :)

@ruiassuncao94 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomaspalisek4824 Monte Meão, is a Portuguese manufacturing company from São João da Madeira. They produce every kind of seats, from ships, to automobiles, stadiums, auditoriums and trains. Here's their website: www.montemeao.pt

@billwilson6670 3 жыл бұрын

Very well done. Just enough information to keep the rail fans (like me) happy, but not too technical for the average person interested in tourism.

@artursinila Жыл бұрын

There are 2 types of tickets for this route: flex and non-flex. Flex cost 19 € and non-flex are starting from just 9 €! But non-flex can be bought only 1 week before departure. Also on busy days non-flex tickets are out of stock and only 19 € flex tickets are available. All of this is if you are less than 26 years old

@Ksandur 3 жыл бұрын

I love the TGV Réseau, makes me sad that it's going out of service some day :( Just looks way better than the New TGV Duplex

@stdwtube8119 3 жыл бұрын

Really love the trip reports in Belgium, keep up the good videos (: You passed the station of halle/hal, maybe you can review that station too.

@unclebarry989 3 жыл бұрын

Woww..amazing train, amazing journey! I wish my country (Malaysia) would have high speed train system one day 😞. #wishfulthinking

@wiltner 3 жыл бұрын

I can't get over the length of those Power Cars!

@DanielsUKT 3 жыл бұрын

Great trip report on the TGV it seems like Brussels is a hub for several high speed trains but I do agree the first class customers should have got food service

@ferroviphateclemfranco-bel9919 3 жыл бұрын

bonjour à vous à 5:57 on entends le compresseur j'adore hello everyone at 5:57 we can hear the compressor ..

@PlanesTrainsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifying TGV Inoui versus Ouigo. I can't quite see the point, but c'est la vie !

@louisberetton9153 3 жыл бұрын

Ouigo is the Low-Cost version of the Inouï : tickets are only available on the app and the website, only a few train a day (early on the morning and late in the evening), no restaurant inside, you have to pay a bit more if you want a power outlet and again a bit more if you want to be in a quiet zone

@martin7061 3 жыл бұрын

This is most certainly going to give me some nightmares tonight, riding this 2nd class from Montpellier all the way to Brussels a few years ago was 1 of my worst train experiences ever... Those seats are there just to kill your entire experience and almost makes it feel like you're on some kind of S-Bahn train. So uncomfortable😣

@denjo3131 3 жыл бұрын

Rode this train in the past multiple times each year from Brussels to Nice and back, never had any problems with it. I had more problem with delays (often above an hour) especially in the summer, when it is hot, it was a nightmare. It happened different times that they were handing out free water and that some people became sick due to the heat.

@imaginox9 3 жыл бұрын

Le seul TGV et le seul train français que j'ai pris ^^ ! Chouette vidéo 🙂 ! Sinon t'as oublié de préciser le type de courant: 25kv AC (alternatif) pour la France et la LGV, 3kv DC (continu) pour la Belgique et l'Italie, et 1,5kv DC (continu) pour les Pays-Bas et le Sud de la France 😉

@anonomia5535 3 жыл бұрын

What I find nice about this train is that it has a low, fixed price for young people (-26): €9 if booked at least one day in advance. Very reasonable price! I believe it is also the only TGV with a fixed price?

@petersheridan2993 3 жыл бұрын

A few years back stood waiting for my Lyon train in -10c then found an overhead heater feet blocks of ice!!!!

@Cookie2k 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the UK! Great footage...nice to see German and French trains in Belgium!

@powertosucceed9 3 жыл бұрын

Waw.

@headslash55 3 жыл бұрын

ah, the older pba's, I'm still 24 but already repaired electrical parts from it.

@eemeli1744 3 жыл бұрын

You should do more reviews on finnish trains. I recommend the intercity.

@cephalopod7300 3 жыл бұрын

Kiitos, I agree with this. But would you also consider making such videos yourself Eemeli? I would watch them and I'm sure plenty of others would too.

@kostasmitroglou5960 3 жыл бұрын

great video , pls next video Le havre Marseille or Nice Strasbourg or Marseille francfort

@muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385 3 жыл бұрын

Lille Is Becoming More Beautifull

@TapashiRaniChanda6784 3 жыл бұрын

thank you to come to belgium

@rodrigoalvesdepaula5262 3 жыл бұрын

This HST coupling proceeding is very common on Tohoku Shinkansen, Japan.

@brucewilliams8714 3 жыл бұрын

I wondered at first about the sign on the window "Siege avec vue". Then i saw the seat in front, only partly avec vue.

@mobilidadesobretrilhos 3 жыл бұрын

22:7 the train Eurostar 3000 series arriving in the station Lille Europe.

@Benjamin0c 3 жыл бұрын

No Albertville

@mobilidadesobretrilhos 3 жыл бұрын

@@Benjamin0c thanks

@EpicThe112 3 жыл бұрын

Lille Europe has United Kingdom home Department immigration officers that's why it was designed to be big and elegant like Brussels Midi which also has British immigration officers United Kingdom home Department. Some of the TGV Résau have ATB Dutch train safety system because 1.5kv DC is also used in the Netherlands just like Southern France. The other set might have started in Strasbourg or Perpignan where a Connection is made on AVE S100 Madrid Atocha Marseille St Charles. The other voltage capable of running high speed is 15kv 16.7hz Germany Austria 1.95m pantograph Switzerland 1.45m pantographs. Benjamin the ICE3 Brussels Midi to Frankfurt Hbf uses Brussels Liege LGV 2 Liege Aachen LGV3 SKA and Rhein-Main High Speed line

@Benjamin0c 3 жыл бұрын

Super vidéo !

@youp9546 3 жыл бұрын

Dislikes: 14:33 - the interior panel dislodged from the frame.

@pierremoreau7262 3 жыл бұрын

Paul is a great market for delicious french sandwichs

@SiriusXAim 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, the little compartment at the end of the train behind the door at 12:53 used to be the smoking room.

@JeanLucCoulon 3 жыл бұрын

Italy 3 kV uses dedicated train. If the voltage is the same as in Belgium, the current collection bow span is different (1450 mm in Italy and 1760 or 1950 mm in Belgium). So the electronics can be the same, but the hardware is a bit different. As well as the safety systems...

@mobilidadesobretrilhos 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! This is the train 4500 series.

@chesapeakerailphotography 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@Emmanuel-xb5ei 3 жыл бұрын

Super vidéo! Mais petit détail c’est pas 25Kv mais 25kV ;)

@TheSynecdoche 3 жыл бұрын

Correct, capital K meaning carat which is quite a different thing. And electrical things like Volt and Watt which are derived from actual names have a capital letter. Mais petit détail, c'est vrai.

@bladeofdeus3218 3 жыл бұрын

Bjr M'sieur, sympa de nous rendre visite. Le ch'nord te manquerait-il ? Dommage que ce soit le brin en ce moment...

@Bored_Barbarian 3 жыл бұрын

Yay 5 minutes ago XD will check this out with breakfast

@Rachel-rs7jn 3 жыл бұрын

If all goes well, I will be in Lille in about five weeks! And I was there in December 2020 - maybe we crossed paths! ;)

@Travelstar98 3 жыл бұрын

It seems like most TGVs are rebranded into Inoui. So only a few left with the silver-blue livery?

@damianbuzon8119 2 жыл бұрын

💖

@vachankehr5403 2 жыл бұрын

Schönes Video

@DennisSmithAIStockImageClub 3 жыл бұрын

So cool! 🚅

@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi 3 жыл бұрын

Lindo trem simply tren chega 300 porora gostei

@mobilidadesobretrilhos 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Come to brazil for meet the trains cptm in the sao paulo city. What's number of train?

@ilan1236 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a desiro trip report now you're in Belgium?

@SMRTSBST 3 жыл бұрын

I wish Spain coupled an S-100 set with an S-103 set on the Madrid - Cordoba line

@tristan8184 3 жыл бұрын

le train est voie 44 ? ça me parait énorme comme nombre de quai

@Artempoly18 12 күн бұрын

Yeeeeee I'm from lille

@expressrailyoutube 2 жыл бұрын

TGV INOUI voyager avec votre temps

@edisonz2006 3 жыл бұрын

14:35 Loose panel lol

@draveed 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I see "Inoui", I think "Ennui".

@armancast Жыл бұрын

help how do you manage to get train tickets so cheap? i also bought one from lille to brussels 4 day sin advance and it costed me 60 euros

@Andrewjg_89 3 жыл бұрын

300km/h. That’s 180mph. That does sound quite fast. Not far off from 200mph (321km/h).

@seyley2901 3 жыл бұрын

IMHO, even though it was built in 1994, it feels like it needs a facelift...even on a sunny day it looks dour.

@marcas8269 3 жыл бұрын

LEDs would change a lot, compare 2N2s and Duplex

@guillaumedarbin2433 3 жыл бұрын

Nice!!!

@robyoungquist5803 3 жыл бұрын

Benjamin ... are you and Thibault the same age? Do you both have the same degree/job with rail?

@lausimeyer6558 3 жыл бұрын

0:50 - le son, c'est d'un TGV-Atlantique en rame double?

@fugf1623 3 жыл бұрын

Ça me prend plus de temps d’aller de saint lazare à ma gare qu’à toi d’aller de paris à Bruxelles ... le manque de respect

@fugf1623 3 жыл бұрын

Lille - Bruxelles *

@megapixelblog 3 жыл бұрын

@6:27 - Is that a rusty door? If the door is already so pitted, what is the condition of the rest of the technology on a high-speed train?

@Benjamin0c 3 жыл бұрын

No it’s fucking wraping

@starseed8087 3 жыл бұрын

As I saw a women doing the coupling thing I was like "wow, how is this going" but then you said it's a very simple automatic process, so all seemed to be normal. :-D Kinda empty the train, I wonder how they run cost efficient. The chair style is not my taste but well, nice train anyway..

@ritzgj3666 2 жыл бұрын

Technik die begeistert...

@dirk6001 3 жыл бұрын

Trains 💖

@georgesmith8113 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍😎

@StevenMillward 3 жыл бұрын

it's embarrassing how slow the UK's trains are - stuck at 125mph (~200kph) for nearly half a century.

@henriachalme443 3 жыл бұрын

Superreportageshnri

@gardenman3 3 жыл бұрын

People should not have to walk between train stations. All trains in a city should connect in one station. Can you bring folding bikes on the trains?

@cephalopod7300 3 жыл бұрын

Easier said than done when both the city and the rail network grow over time and trade offs have to be made. While the Lille situation is not ideal, in this case it looks like they are just down the street from each other, making the walk not much more onerous than if your coach is at the far end of a platform in a really long train. A people mover would be great though.

@mood4eva98 3 жыл бұрын

America is a JOKE! Great video

@bgrnier 3 жыл бұрын

9€ pour les 12-25 ans :)

@DANEBLUEGNOME 11 ай бұрын

Couple of train is bad service... I fon't wonder why these?!! :(

@sirmagnumcat4996 3 жыл бұрын

Tgv go neeeowm

@AtlBarb44 5 ай бұрын

"my train hasn't arrived yet ""🤷🏻‍♂"" " boy it's 08:55 and your train is scheduled to arrive at 08:59 so... it's pretty obvious that's it's ok then

@Bananaman-hk6qw 2 жыл бұрын

Ok belgium...... BUT PLS DO MORE DUTCH TRIP REPORTS

@trainrover 3 жыл бұрын

Euro Pop will a l w a y s be out of date...I'll gravitate toward Japanese interiors, ta . . . and just where does that flight of steps opposite that disabled WC lead to, cameraman panned away?!

@jovada 3 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't that Eurostar use the somewhat quicker fly-over? And seeing that I11... It's amazing how this design (the same as the AM96) still looks so modern after 25 years.

@nicov1837 3 жыл бұрын

The Eurostar set was probably coming from or going to the maintenance depot.

@starsssgevxx 3 жыл бұрын

🇧🇪

@Michael0697 3 жыл бұрын

The French believe food service on trains is beneath them. It wouldn't be high quality enough anyways. If they want something light or small they stop by a boulangerie 😂

@Michael0697 3 жыл бұрын

That's in reference to the comment about the lack of service for first class; if they really want the convenience, they'll go to the bar car (which is sadly closed now)

@holygooff Жыл бұрын

Hmm I'm not a big fan of the style. It does look a bit outdated and not suited for high speed. I much prefer the classy style of Thalys or the futuristic Eurostar.