Haha, thanks! I try to when I have some spare time. 😎

@@SuperalbsTravels Then answer my question : How come there is not one single video about Spain? We have the largest high speed network in Europe . Third in the world (same with highways) You do not like Spain, I get it, we are not cool. I get it... but you have to give credit where credit is due.

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The Eurostar even lost some of it's potential because of Brexit, I believe.

Brexit has made eurostar more expensive as the early departure trains have to travel half empty because of passport stamping...

The issue is rolling stock. The Channel Tunnel has very specific safety requirements for the trains and the traditional sleeper carriages don`t meet those. Custom build a Velaro with sleeping berths for example would be insanely expensive and eveywhere else the loco + carriages is a better solution for night trains as it is more flexible. (Demand tend to be seasonal.) Add other issues like passport control, etc. I don`t think we will see too many new direct destinations from London on the continent so focus should be improving the connections. For example some morning Eurostar trains could go to Gare du Lyon via CDG and Disnaleynad instead of Gare du Nord, this would improve connections towards the rest of France. In the evening same for the sleeper trains towards Switzerland, Spain. Amsterdam or Brussel should be a Hub for night trains towards Germany and so on with Eurostar services timed to connect to these.

​@@FrankyLonsome ICEs traveling in Germany are allowed to go through the channel tunnel and a cologne-London line was supposed to be put in place, but colognes station just doesn't have a way to allow passport controls

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Sounds fun! I certainly agree it is better. :)

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Glad to know in details. I have also a mind to travel by EUROSTAR from paris to London in stead of flying by aeroplane, after CODID Pandemic is completely over.

I agree.Me too.The best way for Paris London connection

I remember Waterloo International, only used it once many years ago.

I did that trip too shortly after it was opened. Actually from London to Cologne with switching trains at Brussels. I found the seat rather straight, not conforming to the body. But at a traveling time of 1 hour or so it was endurable.

Day trip? wow

@@Sainsburys_Local Europe is small, it's just about 2 hours one way from London to Paris 😉

@@paul_nighttrain Indeed, it's about the same time/distance as London to York.

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With Paris - Lyon, Madrid Barcelona and Brussels Paris close behind

I'd contest that the "most useful" high speed service is probably the Tokaido Shinkansen, from Tokyo to Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. They run as many as 13 trains per hour just to have enough room for everybody! There is no other high speed line in the world, to my knowledge, with such a high frequency. That's a 400 meter long train nearly every four minutes. Bonus: seats on the Shinkansen N700S recline all the way back to a 45 degree angle so you can sleep comfortably.

A bold claim ! I would say that some of the HS routes in Japan/S Korea/China are as useful. As for "buried every relations by plane on the same route" ... yes you are correct when travelling to Paris or Brussels. But have you checked how many flights there are to Amsterdam from several London airports ?

@@alexmcwhirter6611 Nope they are not. The HSL between Paris Bruxelles and London aren’t just high speed lines, it’s a really big thing and a reason why a lot of strangers visit those countries in the first place, the channel tunnel is a world known monument, on top of being the most profitable HIgh speed route in the world. Amsterdam to London is a different thing because it’s not as close as Brussels and Paris. You can go to London in 1hr40, city to city, how the hell do you want to beat that lol, it’s unfair

@@fugf1623 ironically London to Amsterdam by air is around 220 miles so the train takes a longer route. As for profitability this would be impossible to prove (rail industry is secretive) but Japan has far more HS trains between Tokyo and Osaka and China now has a huge and busy HS network. With China check its latest Fuxing HS trains where the business class seats are similar to first class on long-haul flights. Now if only Europe's rail operators had something like that !

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Thanks! Hopefully you can give it another ride sometime soon.

Thanks, hopefully you can give it a try one day? :)

Incredible! Glad that you enjoyed the Eurostar. :)

Thanks for watching! I hope you manage to get here soon. 😊

@@SuperalbsTravels you mean to say from London to Paris if you would like to travel again in Continental Europe.😊

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Glad you enjoyed it! :)

Thanks, love the feedback, there's more to come!

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@@ds1868 Easy partner, the commenter could be American!

Sounds good that they sorted it out!

Thank you, that sounds great. :)

Thank you, hope you can give it a go soon! :)

No doubt it would be great, but aren’t the US struggling to maintain their crumbling rail infrastructure?

Domestic airline carriers will object!

Thanks for watching, glad to hear you enjoyed! Hope you can get back on Eurostar again soon. :)

@@SuperalbsTravels You’re most welcome, it’s my pleasure 😊 I hope I can travel on Eurostar soon as well 👍

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Thanks, that sounds great! :)

Thanks, it really is a wonderful and important route. :)

Thank you very much! Glad you liked the video. :)

Thank you so much, I hope you can treat her to this one day. 🙏

plus it is also the greenest option; by plane it is much more polluting

Love to try the hovercraft!

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@@amesavisI would be curious if someone calculated the actual footprint of building and maintaining the tracks, trains, including the tunnel, instead of just conveniently comparing the occasional solar electricity to kerosine. I feel it's also a question of availability, it's not really a choice, for the vast majority of Europe fast trains are not available. Sure it's very convenient if you happen to live in Paris and happen to travel to London often (or one of the few major cities connected by high speed train).

planes are less efficient than trains but in this rushing time we live in, few care, and even fewer know jet fuel is kerosene@@bencze465

Absolutely great! Hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

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I am an Indian. My dream is to travel some day in this. Myself from a middle class. I don't know when my dream will come true .

@@sujithpillai1554 Don't worry bro. One day you will. I am also from India and by your surname I am assuming you are from the state of kerala like me. I live and work in the middle east. I was on vacation few months back on a mini euro trip covering Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Zurich. I traveled thru Europe all on trains and it was the best experience. Certainly better than flight. This video brought back a lot of memories as the landscape was similar. Very well made video. Hope you can experience it too, soon all the best

As you watched these videos, start seeing yourself traveling too. Visualize it in your mind. There was a time all I could do was watch videos of people traveling. I was so happy that people posted their traveling videos and pictures so I can visualize and actually see myself traveling to those places too. Now, I am traveling with my husband, children or sometimes solo. Last week, I created a KZfaq channel to help people see the world as we visit these countries or when we stay locally in our own town.

Bro India is literally constructing a bullet train

Thank you very much, there's a lot more of this to come!

Thank you. :)

Thanks for the feedback, and glad you enjoyed!

It is incredible - two cities separated by a vast expanse of land and sea, yet so comfortably connected by rail transport

Hello Howard, yes those HS lines in China were inspired by HS rail both in Europe and Japan/South Korea/Taiwan. China has now leap-frogged the above networks with its Fuxing trains which offer first class airline seating for its business class. See below. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/epicrMVnrsiVj6M.html

Thanks, glad you enjoyed! It's funny you should mention Chinese high-speed trains, as much of those were actually based on a design very similar to the Eurostar trains today.

@@SuperalbsTravels Absolutely. I mean China never began constructing its HS network until the 1990s. Before than no sane overseas visitor would consider taking the train as travel times were so lengthy. The new generation of HS trains show an advance on what we have in Europe (with the possible exception of Trenitalia's Frecciarossa 1000). See below. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/epicrMVnrsiVj6M.html

I doubt the Chinese high speed trains could be the inspiration for the Eurostar?

@@papunkansabanik2490 Not at all. Please click on the link I provided above and you will see for yourself. In fact what Eurostar offers (on its Siemens trains) is similar to what DB provides on its ICE as regards seating. Trenitalia's Frecciarossa 1000 trains have a superior premium product while China's Fuxing trains provide airline-style first class for their business class. You really must view the link above to discover the privacy and features provided.

Yeah, I've had one to Weymouth too...

Thanks, in fact hopefully 3 million soon! 😃

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Thank you! The US rail network is a real shame...

Hopefully things will change soon, we are taking baby steps in the right direction

There's nothing in a 200 mile radius of Phoenix so HSR is not applicable there. Flying is far superior out here. Los Angeles is 373 miles away so that would take two hours, assuming they didn't do the route based on political considerations like California High Speed Rail and went down the median of the highway...but why spend the money when the private sector can get you there in an hour by flying?

Worse is in my country the trains are all garbage

The train in this video is non stop between the capital of UK and the capital of France ---also the largest city in each country. There is no comparable route in the United States, not even between Washington DC and New York. Washington DC to Ottawa? I don't think so. Certainly your pissant city of Phoenix would not have such service.

Its probably a lack of lumbar support, thats usually the culprit for uncomfortable seats in my experience. There's lumbar pillows you can buy and carry onto the Eurostar, hopefully it could help?

@@trashrabbit69 I'll give it a try next time, thx!

I don't find the shape of the seat that big of an issue, it's the lack of legroom and the hard seat for me. Though this is the second review I have watched that actually complemented the padding. Perhaps the seats softened up since the last time I rode an e320 or refurbished e300. Still beats airplanes in terms of comfort though.

@@jlust6660 yeah def beats planes. i think it's the expectation that it'll be sooo much better than Ryanair/wizzair that ruins the experience

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed!

I agree, it's a pleasant experience even in Standard Class.

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

Indeed. It's partly because of Brexit (more checks required) and the sheer volume of travellers. Consider the newer Siemens trains accommodate almost 900 pax ... that's like two A380s ! I have been following E* 's fortunes since it launched from Waterloo in 1994. At that time the check-in was roughly 10 to 20 mins before departure !

20 minutes sounds great! :O

And thanks by the way!

@@SuperalbsTravels 10 minute before departure check in still possible… only for Business Premier or Carte Blanche !

@@alexmcwhirter6611 did that in 2009 from frankfurt to london/euston. 25 min changeover in brussels-midi and then off to the UK. absolutely amazing! total travel time from city centre to city centre was roughly 5 1/2hrs, can't beat that with a plane, even with crossrail. but alas, those where the good olden days^^.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video. :)

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Thank you so much!!

Yeah, that's what a few people said. Think you might be right!

@@SuperalbsTravels I believe it is a literature pocket. Prior to Covid (and removing as many touch points as possible) paper items such as emergency instructions and sometimes a cafe car menu were there.

@@flyoma That smaller pocket seems too small for a phone, let alone all the paper paraphenalia.

Many thanks! 😁

Might depend on where you sit. Alstom sets ought to less noisy as they have no engines underneath the coaches as do the Siemens units.

Never knew about that.

I too have memories of using the service. It's an amazing route!

@@SuperalbsTravels Indeed

I agree but having a 90 mins check-in (mentioned in the video) is making rail more like air !

@@alexmcwhirter6611 Agree. Flying is faster when you factor in the 90 minutes check in for a high speed train... The advantage of high speed ltains was to avoid the airline check in, not anymore...

@@ronclark9724 In some ways E* is more like an airline than a train operator. So just like an airline you can reduce the check in time by booking Business Premier class but this costs substantially more.

Just my opinion, but it is significantly more enjoyable than flying and much easier when you factor in security allowing more liquids etc. however it is quite a bit more expensive, so it just depends what you’d rather prioritise. Personally I preferred it, but if you’re on a budget flying probably is better

The whole problem is the UK's ridiculous political decision not to join in with the Schengen agreement (not to mention Brexit) which has, and will continue to, hamper growth in UK to European rail travel. We've used the London to Marseille service a few times between Ashford and Avignon and the 'Lille Shuffle' is really annoying, and I'm sure puts off many travellers.

And Eurostar will not be serving those two stations in Kent until at least 2023. This annoys those travellers near the Channel ports who have to make a lengthy back track to London if they wish to use E*.

I don't like it either, it also happens in Turkey and Spain. 😕

One issue with E* is that, right from the start in 1994, it has considered itself more of an airline than a train operator. It's always considered itself a 'cut above' other rail operators.

@@alexmcwhirter6611 Yes, that was one of their main marketing strategies. Airport style stations (Ashford Intl), check-ins and not a mention of trains or railways in the name

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Thanks for watching! :)

Thankfully many countries are finally moving on, just like here in the UK. 😁

@@SuperalbsTravels yeah, even my country which is basically commie hellhole (Venezuela) is already moving on as well, since the beginning of the year actually, thank goodness x.x

Thanks so much! Have a great trip...

Thanks for watching! :)