Everyday SBB stops many delayed DB ICE trains from entering the Swiss network at Basel in order to prevent DB delays from affecting SBB trains in Switzerland. Those ICEs are normally scheduled to run to Swiss destinations but are forced to turn around before the border

To clarify, this train is not late because of Switzerland, Swiss Federal Railways or the Astoro train itself. It's late because of the incompetence of Deutsche Bahn in Germany and Rete Ferroviaria Italiana in Italy. Switzerland's own trains operate at a near perfect punctuality. It's the EU operators who seem incapable of running trains on-time. (The TGV Lyria is an exception of course became France knows how to do high-speed railways.)

Oh hey! If you look at 17:02 you can clearly see a British Rail Class 777 train that will be operated by Merseyrail starting in 2023. Great video. Love your "no nonsense, just the feel of the railway" approach. It helped me a lot in the lockdown periods. Keep doing your thing. Respect.

Germany = Autobahn Switzerland = Train

only one word : WONDERFUL. Thanks.

Excellent, I also went to Zurich and back to Munich by train but with a classic Eurocity. These pictures remind me of this wonderful journey. Thank you for uploading in YOU TUBE.

Excellent Video and for the Train it uses a 1.45m copper contact strip for SBB CFF FFS 15kv 16.7 also suited for FS Italy 3kv & 25kv AC HSR while a Metalized Carbon or Carbon strip is used for 15kv 16.7hz DB/OBB. Train Protection systems are ETCS Level 1 LS ZUB 122/123 Integra Signum Zurich St Gallen St Margethen and lastly the DB OBB PZB St Margethen Bludenz Lindau (Dreilanderbahn) Munchen Hbf. The Goahead Bayern train is called a BR 1429 (DB and former Abellio NRW units are called DB BR1429) which also exists as a Tri voltage version for Duisburg Oberhausen Zevenaar Arnhem trips RE19. Between SBB OBB DB PKP and Russian Railways RZD UZ Ukrainian Railways which one wins in terms of catering

Great video - thanks!! Unfortunately, I have not yet ridden this train myself. But I see the train very often, because I live near the line in Vorarlberg. 2 errors have crept in. That are not the Allgäu Alps at 18:10 - they are the Austrian mountains. And the Bregenz station 19:07 is in reality considered one of the ugliest stations in Austria. Actually, it should already be torn down, but there are still quarrels between the city of Bregenz and the ÖBB regarding the new construction.

In Rorschach this is a RABe 512… not 502

All in all a great Railway Video, with many beautiful Landscape Shots

As far as I know, Deutsche Bahn has installed digital carriage position indicators in most major ICE stations. And you can also call up the carriage position in the DB app.

Nice video. You caught delay in Memmingen, I caught it after leaving the first station in Austria and we stopped for 20 min, saying it was a technical issue. By the way I hope PKP Intercity will start operating Berlin - Warszawa route with their Pendolino😁.

oi that delay isn't to bad. I had 70 minutes of delay when i did this trip (error with the track-switching, instantly after entering Germany). I liked those Astoro trains, they were still fresh and well maintained on the inside and very clean. Not used to that from ICE-Trains. Also the ride quality for a tilting train and those tracks surprised me positivly. First-Class Seat doesn't look to much of an upgrade to Second Class Seat. So i can see why you were not overwhelmed. Now after watching your Video i want to visit Zürich again :-)

Nice video sir

Enjoyable video, many thanks. I guess 3hrs 31mins is still comparable with flying between Zurich and Munich, taking into account the journeys to and from airports and check-ins etc. DB certainly do seem to have problems. We had a bad experience in Sept 22 when our Cologne to Basel train was 1 hour late leaving and then unexpectedly terminate at Karlsruhe. Overall we were 5 hours late getting to our destination in Switzerland.

In terms of dining car, I believe they should introduce some rules such as: a) No dropping your bags on empty seats; b) Drinks only at the bar. It would arguably improve the situation - provided they add at least one staff member.

Schönes Video! Diese Zugverbindung habe ich vergangenen Sommer auch benutzt als ich einen Flug ab/nach ZRH genutzt habe um zum bzw. vom Züricher Flughafen zu kommen. Ich kann deine negative Meinung über den Zug als solchen aber nicht ganz nachvollziehen. Ich finde das Ambiente (vor allem in der 1. Klasse aber durchaus auch in der 2.) deutlich schöner und angenehmer als z.B. in den deutschen ICEs und im ÖBB-Railjet (okay, Railjet Business-Class ist nochmal ein völlig anderes Niveau). Ich kann auch nicht nachvollziehen wieso du diesen Zug als enger empfindest. Diesen Eindruck hatte ich jedenfalls überhaupt nicht. Nice video! I also used this train connection last summer when I used a flight from/to ZRH to get to and from the Zurich Airport. I can't quite understand your negative opinion about the train. In my opinion the ambience (especially in 1st class but definitely also in 2nd class) is much nicer and more pleasant than, for example, in the German ICEs or the ÖBB Railjet (okay, Railjet Business Class is a completely different story). I also can't understand why you think this train is narrower either. At least I didn't get that impression at all.

Very interesting and informative. you have the feeling to be on the train yourself.

interesting thing is, that EC/ECE Zur - Mun departured/arrived from/to durchbahnhof, not kopfbahnhof, and have different travel time between Zur - St.Gal(they are 2min faster=57min, then ICN/IC=59min, which is also tilting and make same stops)....and still aren´t on real 2h takt(after cutting travel time to 3h31min/3h32min)....6x trains on each direction + new 1x on each direction(only between april - october, from Zur on friday/from Mun on sunday)

The SBB astoros are thankfully getting an overhaul soon, so we should have some improvements on them

I absolutely love the first class seats in the Astoro. Great comfort, compared to the leather seats of Deutsche Bahn! :)

I'm surprised the most delayed trains in Switzerland are not the RE from Milan C.le to Locarno

Maybe i takes another 50 years to upgrade from singeltrack to double track on the german line. 😅😂

Fun fact. Lindau-Insel was formerly named as Lindau Hauptbahnhof prior to December 2020, and Lindau-Stadt prior to 1936. Also loco hauled trains were used on this EC route before they were replaced by RABe503 Astoro tilting trains, and SBB loco hauled those trains between Zurich and Lindau meanwhile DB haul them between Lindau and Munich

18:13 Not Allgäu but the Bregenzerwald Mountains in Austria. I see the Mörzelspitze, for example

In November 2021 I have taken this train from Munich to Lindau(Reutin) for a week of vacation there. It had been delayed for 6 minutes when we arrived at Lindau Reutin. But coming from Germany, that's nothing for me... And for the car position indicators - DB is changing their track monitors to newer models, they're also able to show the car positions. Maybe there had been too many complaints? I've seen that in Leipzig when I visited my family for christmas...

It was very late when I took it from Munich to Lindau last August. Other than that, it was a nice comfortable train and the dining car was great. A few days later I caught a morning service from Lindau to Zurich and it was on time and drama free. The scenery of the Bavarian and Swiss countryside combined with the lake is some of the best in Europe.

Beautiful video. Can you drive the old routes with the night train between Berlin and Bulgaria like Varna or Burgas?

The beeping is from ETCS system. This ETR610 looks very silmiar in cabin to polish Pendolino.

We took this train last month from St Gallen to Munich. Sad to say, it did not live up to my expectations. It arrived at my starting point 15 mins late which is not a big deal. We had to change platforms last minute though. The one that disappointed me the most was the broken restaurant car in which they were only able to serve coffee and nothing more. We arrived at München Hbf 20 minutes late. The audio update wasn't much helpful as the announcer had horrible, unintelligible English (never had that trouble with other Swiss trains during my one-week stay. On the upside, the train looks cool, had comfortable seating, and the price was good for a Swiss train. The scenery is awesome as well, giving riders views of Lake Constance and Bavarian Alps. And the ride experience was less horrible than the connecting ICE we took where it was horribly late and we were forced to stand for most of the duration.

Well that was a strange experience for sure. Where is typical German "Ordnung"? And why in the hell are DB unable to repair all the tracks as fast as possible?

26:11 You're absolutly right. An impudence

Great video, and in HDR too! 😊

The ETR610/RABe503 never used to stop 30mins for the system change. In the first year, there were 5min from CH to A and 7min A to CH used for system change. When getting back to Switzerland, the drive had to open the Piastra (SCMT-part) again, which must have been closed when driving to Austria and Germany. In 2022 the SBB updated 503 014 till 022 to ETCS Baseline 3. The Piastra can stay open now. The System change is for the saftysystem changes on the border between Lustenau (A) and St.Margrethen (CH) in moving transition now. The Pantographs are getting changed also while driving in Rheineck. Both happened before in St.Margrethen while standing.

It's a useful service, but punctuality is apalling. I did Munich - Zurich before Christmas and the train is slow (using regional lines) in the first place, but we were over 40 minutes late for no real reason. Turned out to be over 4hrs for 330-odd kilometers. Certainly not what a Munich to Zurich service should be. But I was on holiday so I didn't care too much.

Peeping all the ride is torture, more when you ticketed first class. By the other hand, the ride was nice ... thanks. 🇺🇾

A bit of nit picking in some of the comments, I enjoy your posts because you call it as it is, keep them coming

So this is what counts as “unpunctual” in Europe? In America, delays are like bad gas: impossible to avoid on trains.

Keep up the good work! I love your video quality. Which camera did you use?

13 euros for soup, only in a Swiss train lol

Thank you for this interesting video. The Astoro ETR610 trains are a big disappointment. They are too narrow, and the suspension is far too noisy. It is interesting that only SBB trains are used on this service between Zurich and Munich, and it’s a great shame the SBB did not buy more of their excellent RABDe500 tilting trains for this service. You passed several of those units near St.Gallen, and they are used on the excellent service to Geneva Airport via Zurich Olten and Biel, where their tilting mechanism is used to great effect. The newly electrified line from Lindau to Memmingen should have been doubled throughout, and upgraded even more for real high speed running. A great disappointment.

Super video

The train you ride on is a RABe 503 build in 2014 and is not a ETR610 that was build earlier than 2014

8:21 Well, it's a tilting train, so it's narrower than a normal trainset.

A random fact about Buchloe is that the German automaker Alpina which specialises in modified BMWs is based there

Sorry to correct you: 19:05 Bregenz station is considered one of the ugliest train stations in austria. Hopefully the new station will be build soon. And at 18:15: these are not the Allgäuer Alpen. You are traveling in the austrian rhine valley and that are the austrian alps in the background.

15:52 The new RABe 512 not RABDe 502

"most unpunctual" Swiss train when all the delay comes from Italy xd

26:14 You are always free to table share. But as I see, the restaurant car is not full.

17:03 what kind of train is THIS? 🤔🤓🤔 Are these the new Stadler emu for Liverpool?

It was a joy to watch this video and learn some new things as well. I’m looking forward to new videos from you! I just have one little constructive criticism: Some of the text was scarce to read and others were too long on the screen for me. Ps. I think delays are worse when the train comes from Germany than when it comes from Switzerland.

Minute 4:32 / Minute 15:47 : Class 502 SBB Twindexx Swiss Express by Bombardier: The infamous and failed WAKO project. 200km/h / 100to400m / up to 1300 seats per train / mediocre comfort ... very efficent cleaning maintenance design / categorie IC/IR Class 512 SBB InterRegio by Stadler: A proven and solid 160km/h-150m train

in this town here at minute 0:51 I'm every day :D

As for IC Pendolino entering Germany: service in 1st clas includes a meal served to your seat so... why not? SBB is a very rich railway company - much richer than PKP IC and still they hire only one man to maintain a restaurant car - for your consideration ;) As for the delays on this line: if they happen, why don't cooperating rail companies revise the schedule? Why don't the just put some more extra minutes to the ride-over? Thus the delay is not the object in my opinion comparing to the delays on Polisch network.... ;)

Thanks for an insightful video. I much prefer the scenery over these cold looking, sterilized, plastic trains of today.....

24.23 can you explain why?

Not for nothing are the former ETR 610 Pendolino of Cisalpino

That is like saying the highest point in the Netherlands

27:40 Maybe It's a Sifa.

I like Germany 's train system...Germany is a very densely populated area in an area the size of Montana in the states. Thus, you'll have more issues in the rail system. Switzerland has far fewer people and not as densely populated as Germany. They have an easier time having their trains punctual. All in all I think Germany does well. Oh, I forgot, great video as always Doc

Can you use the Eurail pass for this train???

Exact information again !!! 🥸🥸

Please change the text colour from white to any darker colours. Unable to read because of light background

Thommen Kaiseraugst. Die können was anfangen mit dem Alteisen.

Just an fyi, I am unsubscribing because you always put videos up as "upcoming." No one is marking their calendars for your video releases, just release them when you want them to be viewed.

1:13 This Dining Car is a Joke, a Cheek, a Contempt for the Guests and a Fist in the Face at the same Time. The Dining Car is nothing more than a cheap Bistro. Three Tables of 4 and 3 Tables of 2. In short, unworthy of a Dining Car Nation like Switzerland

Don't book 1st class on Swiss rail! It's a rip off. You can't pick your seats so they put me and my partner across from someone. We had no leg room and no privacy and couldn't switch seats plus the bathroom didn't work.

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What a waste of money using high speed trains on slow lines!

LOL!! You got a chocolate cookie working at the bar car!! hahaha , they're working him to death all by himself there.