Spent a week in Belgium during August and rode these trains a lot. As a regular rider of New Jersey Transit commuter rail here in the states, Belgium Rail is a far more pleasant experience. (Not to mention, I miss being in Belgium)

I do love riding these, always quiet and peaceful no matter the speed of the train. Very cozy!

That was really amazing how quiet that coach was inside. And how loud it was outside the doors. Those insulation in the glass doors must be great.

6:40 The sensor is working perfectly. You hear the click. But there wasn't any more water in the tank, I think. So water isn't coming because no water is there.

An amazing trip would be Oostende - Eupen. This is a journey from the coast of Belgium down to the southern german speaking part of Belgium. Takes 3 hours and it's the wonderful I10 stock, but do it soon because there are plans to replace it with the upcoming M7 in the future!

FINALLY a NMBS tripreport

When you're Belgian and you know that actually Belgium invests much more in company-owned cars than in trains. And that's a fact ! But our train network isn't that bad when compared to other countries. Sure it's not perfect unlike Japanese or Swiss trains, or nearly as good as German, Dutch or Austrian trains, but it's still good when compared to France outside of Paris and the TGV lines, Italia, Greece or even the UK.

I love these double-decker train cars 🥰, always enough empty seats even in busy hours.

Check the SNCB M7 coaches, they reallt updated the 1st class coaches again :) You should also try an AM96 or a I11 coach, exquisite 1st class product 😄

00:58 It's funny you say that, because in Belgium everyone complains about the lack of investements in our infrastructure and fleet... 08:04 Just like they always seem to disagree with that statement to.

The new M7 cars will be in service in a few months normally, test trains can be seen when you take often the train. While the 2nd class will be similar to the M6 (with more plug sockets), the 1st class will actually feel like a real 1st class. They will be available both as locomotive-hauled and EMU. Also there will be screens and automated announcements like in the Desiro's, while the M6, built in 2000, only have LED boards and conductor-spoken announcements. Also the M7 coaches will be able to be mixed with M6 and I11 coaches in the same train consist.

Nice looking coaches! I also like where you can add cars for busier times...The ride looked pretty good too. ! Thank you for sharing !!! :):):)

Its weird that the journey was 38 minutes. I sometimes take this route and the fastest connection is 26 minutes. Maybe your train stopped in more stations.

Merci énormément pour ta vidéo Comme toujours je me régale avec tes trip reports vive les trains

It's actually very strange, but it's like foreigners are more positive about our trains than Belgians themself. Thx for being so kind about our trains and their network. It's isn't sooooo good as Swiss ones or german ones, but they are really ok for such a small country. Tip: Go to the Verviers and take the train to Spa/Spa géronstere, also a nice town with a big history. SNCB uses nice trains on this line (idk the name of them) and you also get a beautiful landscape for the same price!

M8 coaches are great. Choose the upper deck for the scenery, but if you want to take a nap the straight windows of the lower deck are better to rest your head ;) My opinion is that there no real need for first class in Belgian national trains because the longest trip you can take is about 2h30 tops. That would leave some more room for.everynody else

Another great video !!

Parfois ca m’arrive une de tes vidéos plusieurs fois telement j’adore

Nice video Sir. I hope very soon trains in Europe will launch overnight trains like these

Very Good Video 👍 😉

Very nice video!!!

Monsieur, je me sens un peu offensé par votre commentaire; je suis britannique et je bois pas de thé 😂 Cependant, lorsque je vivais en Belgique les voitures M6 étaient haute de gamme. Elles paraissent être toujours en bonne état. Félicitations à la SNCB pour les avoir gardé trés propres!

More sncb vid!!! Very good vid btw ;)

Nice NMBS report

Je continue de préférer les voitures de type I11 tractées (ou poussées) par des séries 13. Eupen-Oostende, c'est un superbe voyage à travers la Belgique. Merci pour la vidéo.

Nice!

Very good vodeo!!!

fun fact, in mechelen on the platforms with the higher numbers you're able to see one of the biggest plants that the nmbs/sncb has. It's mainly for big reworks and work on every passenger couch and motor vehicle that is used by the nmbs/sncb.

Nice

If you're ever in Toronto you will have to check out the GO trains here. I use them to get out of the city when visiting family. Very handy, and I think reasonably priced.

Magnifique rame elle est propre comparer aux rames française on voit leurs mentalités....

I take this every vacation

Is it possible to make seperate playlists on your channel like: trip reports Belgium, trip reports France etc. I really love to see these video's and it would make it easier to navigate trough them 😃

Speaking of the AM96 the Oostende Train is Combined with the Antwerp Lille train. The other route is Lille-Liege this is due to AM96 441-490 being 3kv 25kv

Frumos imi place cum filmezi

Hey you also should do Genk- Blankenberge. From a city really close to the Netherlands all the way to the sea!

que dire de plus que : "j'aime les trains"

it looks outdated because the SNCB has had major funding cuts over the years. Prices have gone up for us as well since i first took the train.

The first train line on the Europe mainland Did you know that the first train ride on the European mainland took place in Belgium? On 5 May 1835 the very first train to travel on the European mainland departed from Brussels. It's was heading for Mechelen, 22 km away. Despite ceremoniously opening the railway track, King Leopold I was not allowed to climb aboard.

"We arrived on time like most of the time"😅 well look like you've been lucky all the time, train are 80% always late here in Belgium

05:50 ロングシート One thing I notice in these videos: there're less ロングシート in European and North American suburban trains. This is the first video I saw a compartment all composed by ロングシート

my life on belguim come to leopoldsburg there are more sncb trains plz!!!

New: NMBS (or SNCB, if you like french) has new M7 coaches! They look like the M6, but have more capacity, and they are better if you want to take your bike on the train.

Nice review. This is the train I always take, together with the Siemens cars for shorter rides (You probably reviewed them as well, I'll look for it next). During rush hours these cars are very busy. Pre corona they were completely full at times, with people staying back to back at the doors and in the corridors. Pretty awful. After corona it became better and you have at least a seat most of the time. The trains can be clearn, but somtetimes very dirty. It depends if they ahve been cleaned recently. The situation is worse on older trains on less busy routes. There the situation can be filthy. Also, the outside is often sprayed with tags. Toilets are often incredibly dirty. You were lucky. The ride between Mechelen normally is 15-20 minutes. Antwerp-Brussels is 35-45 minutes. Something must have been wrong, I think. 1st class shuld be abolished in favour of more general seats. Nobody cares about first class over here.

The new train station in Mechelen will be impressive: www.mecheleninbeweging.be/2-uncategorised/345-plannen-voor-nieuw-station-liggen-ter-inzage.html

You think the toilets are a little small?! You should see te toilets in our Desiro trains! They are so big I get agoraphobia in them. I like my toilets small. 😞

I don't like face to face seating, thats the problem with SNCB Great video as always

SNCB do go to the limits sometimes,i have seen quad desiro and quad AM96 before

Toi qui aime les beaux paysages je te conseille à l'occasion de tester la partie Anvers-Essen de cette ligne ;)

Good trip report mate! Those coaches look way better than the VIRM in the Netherlands. Would you also like to try the Desiro?

The two platforms that are under construction in your video have opend in december 2020

I BELGIAN

Could you do a review on the Deutsche Bahn ICE

Tu devrais tester les voitures i6/i10 qui font les trajets Bruxelles- arlon/luxembourg a certaines heures

I honestly can't tell if you were being sarcastic or not.

Belgian railways aren't frequent at all, most lines only operate hourly, only between the very big cities there is frequent service. Even a bunch of stations in Brussels only get one or two trains an hour. - But maybe that's me, I am dutch and over here finding a line less frequent then twice an hour on local lines and four times on express lines isn't easy.

These double decker trains are good for very busy routes avd the seating looks comfortable top however I don't see the point of having first class on those of it looks mostly the same 😐

if you want to go old-school, do an trip review on the 4100 series from NMBS ;)

Do am08 next

They are push pull coaches (don't write non automative= EMUs)

My train aint like that in my region ! they'r old, creepy and dirty. Give me that train or riot >=O

Mons station also looked promising... now look at the mess

Pas beaucoup de monde qui prend le train en Belgique.

Waarom ik dit kijk om 1uur snachts? geen idee.

Ooh that sound of all those squeaky seats. Hate it. But that's the only downside, they're brilliant coaches.

Superreportageshnri

Belgian trains are modern. The staff is professional and gives great services. But the train are always late... Why is that we have to deal with it all the time ? Japan has solved this issue long ago.

I have been at Gand this summer and i tried this coach. I liked them a lot. I was just disappointed by the fact that seats are not reserved unlike other intercity trains in Europe, and from Bruxelles to Gand i did half of the journey standing

Les sièges de première classe ne sont pas tout à fait identiques à ceux de seconde classe. Le tissu utilisé est plus doux. On le voit en regardant bien.

Ik

Tu es beau gosse :)

c ou bruxel

The overly fluid camera movement and crisp sounds trigger me for some reason lmao

1st

1:00 double gauge in the right side

lmao tf is dees en wrm staat het in mijn recommended

8:00 les trains sont jamais à l’heure

it is NMBS/SNCB not SNCB, now you have angry flemmish watchers

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I hate Toilet Time.

"invest in their railway and infrastructure.. they're behind by a lot on comparison to NL and DE.

The Netherlands is much better lol