First Class on Italy's BEST EVER High-Speed Train!
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Today I'm going to be trying out Italy's privately operated high-speed train service, Italo!
There are certainly a lot of high-speed trains in Italy, but this train stands out among them in being (at least in my opinion) one of the best.
Join me as I try out the Italo AGV in Prima Class - their first class offering! 😁
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Journey Details:
Origin: Torino Porta Nuova
Destination: Milano Centrale
Company: NTV .italo
Train: FS ETR.575 'AGV'
Accommodation: Prima Class Seat (1st)
Distance: 92 miles / 148 kilometres
Price: €14.40 (£12.10 / $15.80)
Time: 1h00m + 3L
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There's nothing wrong with shops and eateries in stations as they provide people going on journeys with the ability to pick something up for the (road? Track?) and commuters returning home to do the daily grocery shopping conveniently without having it be a separate activity in a busy day (and worse, using a car to go shopping, potentially). Where it does become problematic is when a station becomes a soulless corporate shopping mall first and the trains are a sort of awkward afterthought.
= St Pancras, where access to the Midland platforms was considered secondary to more shops, leading to regular rushes up the very, very limited entry points when platforms are announced late! Really bad design (notwithstanding reviews of the station refurb as supposedly amazing -- not as a train station it's not...)
Much more Italian Trains please.
I'll try!
@@SuperalbsTravels sir can you try the frecciarossa 1000 is the newest one
Italy's high-speed train looks amazing! I would love to see another vídeo on the other train!
I'll see what I can do!
Oh yes, i want to see all videos on Italian trains that you can provide!
I'll try to make more!
Grazie mille. You are always welcome back here. Greetings from Milano !
AGV is not a simple high-speed train. It's an ELEGANT high-speed train. It's a jewel.
The interior looks way less classy than on the Frecciarossa or the German ICE 3 though
Agreed it is a really nice machine!
@@paul_ko Its the cheapest interior ive ever seen for a high speed train sadly and vending machines instead of a cafe or even better, a restaurant like on ICE is a disgrace
Exactly, it's very stylish.
Would love to see a video on the Italo pendolino. Please do so. When you boarded the train at Torino with only 3 minutes to spare , made me chuckle. This seems to be a common occurrence travelling by train in Italy. There's always a mad dash to board the train before it departs. When in Milano CLE a few years ago I boarded a train to Parma with literally seconds to spare after the platform number was displayed minutes before the train was due to depart ! Great video as always. More Italian trains please.
Thanks! I can't stand it when they don't let people on in plenty of time, just feels like the whole stupid airport experience.
This is a very detailed and good review of high speed trains. Thank you for sharing
Thanks very much!
Enjoyed travelling with you and found your commentary informative. . 🇮🇹 This journey is very good value for money for 1st class, plus very clean and modern.
The Italo carriages and service look top class - thank you for reviewing it. Torino and Milano stations are wonderful too - I just love iconic stations.
Thanks very much! Me too.
I very much enjoyed my trip on this service earlier this year. Very impressive trains & reasonably priced as well. Thanks for the memories of my journey.
Thanks! I bet it was a good trip, just like mine.
have to say 1) your video production quality on all of your videos is exceptionally good (the phrase broadcast quality springs to mind) and informative and 2) watching all of your videos makes me want to pack my bags and start travelling Europe again.
Love the vibe of these videos, part train profile, part travel doco. Perfect!
Thank you, glad you enjoy my experiences! More to come... 😁
@@SuperalbsTravels what's more to come?
Love your videos thanks. So useful for planning holidays. I am often surprised at how empty many of the trains appear to be - especially when compared to the always-crowded planes these days. Trains are definitely the way to go if you have a little more time
A few months ago I took two Italo Evo‘s trains on the same day and I was really impressed for the quality of the service.
I took the Italo Evo service from Bolzano/Bozen (06:42) to Roma Termini (11:35) and another one from Roma Termini (18:25) to Bolzano/Bozen (23:18), they were both on time and it was a very enjoyable journey!
Cool! I bet that was a scenic ride.
Italo is my favourite train
After watching quite a lot of these videos, I must admit this is the first high speed train that has rocked and shook to the point that the usual very steady camera work made it very noticeable.
Italo has the accent on the first I.
Great review! In my opinion Trenitalia Frecciarossa is still superior, especially on the higher classes. Executive class on the Fracciarossa is unrivaled.
Have you ever been on the electric loco hauled SJ Nord train from Oslo to Trondheim? It's so incredibly scenic with lakes, river and mountains consistently throughout the journey. Highly highly recommend.
This was a great video brother and it was full of awesome information and cut well.... I really like how you showed your face at the start of this video, because it letter see who we are watching and seems to make it more personal.
Would love to see the trip report on the Frecciarossa.
God bless you brother and I wish you all the success with your channel and your work. It's fantastic :-)
we need definitely a video on the new frecciarossa 1000 (maybe the Milan-Rome journey in under 3 hours), that I find to be more comfortable than Italo high-speed train.
I always find Italo to be far superior to Trenitalia: great value for money, better seats, better on-board service (e.g. the first class welcome drink is served multiple times throughout the journey even on short/medium-haul routes like Milan-Venice, whereas on the Frecce you get served once, even on a 1000km trip). And while up until recently Italo had very few trains compared to Trenitalia, nowadays the two operate at similar frequencies on the main routes, which is great
@Obi Wan Kenobi ~ Giovanni Valtournanche Rebibbia I've never seen Italo being that expensive compared to Trenitalia😅 I usually travel between Milan and Conegliano or Venice, and Italo is always way cheaper, even as little as 12€ for a 300km trip in first class booked only 7 days in advance, whereas the Frecciarossa would rarely cost less than 25€ even with promo codes
I always find the comparison between a private operator like italo and a state operator like Trenitalia a bit unfair. Italo can pick the most profitable lines to offer a service where as Trenitalia offers intercity-trains to almost all of Italy. Many routes in rural areas are not really profitable but are of course very important for local communities there and the transport-network in general. Therefore Trenitalia also has to fund some of these routes with excess money from the profitable routes. Generally speaking I think privatisation is not a good thing on network-level.
i disagree, i find frecciarossa more enjoyable, italo even completely lacks the executive class, wich miself never took but its there and its the most premium experience you can have in a train in europe (and so probably in the world). Not to mention that italo have just a few lines, while frecciarossa its nationwide.
Yes, very classy is Italo
@@lokibau Nah, Italo has Club which is way better !
Oooo, that engine sound is nice.
I'd like to see a video on the Frecciarossa to compare it too the AGV. I have to give the Frecciarossa a point for style though, as the AGV kinda looks like a spatula up front.
A video on the Fugger Express would be appreciated, before its replacement in December 2022. I'd also like some videos on Go Aheads new Mireo and Desiro HC fleet after they enter service.
Have you featured the train at 2:40 already? Edit: Yes.
Let's do a video on the Evo (Pendolino) as well, better get them all covered on this channel :)
11:53 would also be appreciated.
Nice video. Looks like a great train and service. Quick request: I like your little station tour/commentary at the start. It would be cool if you also did one at the end for the arrival station too!
I have recorded it at the end sometimes, but I don't think it worked so well with the flow of the video. Thanks as always!
@@SuperalbsTravels Make sure you do another one from Milano Centrale to somewhere else then! It's one of the busiest stations in Europe, so worth a look.
Super video...👍 Love to take this Italy High speed Train.
Thanks!
And you know who's the founder & CEO? former ferrari boss luca di montezemolo
Excellent watch! How about you jump onto a trenord service in Milan for about €10 to Tirano which goes right beside lake como into the alps, it’s spectacular.
I also found that train travel in Italy is so cheap! That €10 journey to Tirano is 3 hours and is incredible value for money!!
I’m ready and excited for more of your Italian content!
Thanks! I really need to see more of the alpine region you're describing, including the narrow gauge routes...
Those sockets are the "P 17/10" and can only accept "C" and "L" type plugs.
They're NOT compatible with "F" type plugs. If you can plug them into those sockets it's because people have previously forced them.
i prefer Frecciarossa high-speed train, but Italo is a good alternative
Brilliant! Very enjoyable!
Thank you! :)
Ciao!, a great vlog but can I give you some advice? It would be nice to know the date of your journey as well. My personal opinion. For the rest, your vlogs are amazing, well done!
Love your pronunciations of the place names in each country that you go to, I'd make a right pig's ear of them. I'm guessing with my ex BR/SWT/SWR free travel passes in Europe that I'd have to pay for the private trains.
As a general rule, yes, the private companies don't accept staff travel facilities.
That was a fantastic ride
Italo train is one of the best high speed 🚅 train in the world 🌎.
👍🚶Good job 👌🖐️
Beautiful 👌🚂
Wow nice view, I like to see new places ✌
Great movie 👍 Bravo 👋
And I have a new movie from a walk around the city 😊
Regards, DJ Janusz from Warsaw Poland ✌ 🇵🇱✋
Would love to see a video on the Italo pendolino Evo 😁😁
You should ride the Circumvesuviana train in Naples some day 😂. It seems to me that in Italy the north is well serviced with many sorts of trains, decent regional ones too, but the more south you go the worse the quality gets. Even travelling between Siena and Firenze i've been on horribly old and worn down trains, whereas when i travelled further up north to Verona, Padova, Venezia and Trieste i saw much better trains.
I've had my eyes on that for a long time, definitely one I want to try out for the atmosphere and experience!
review on both the EVO and Frecciarossa!
I will try!
I'll be having my first ever trip to Italy at the end of the year with my family (spending Christmas and New Year). We'll need to take a series of high-speed trains,and I'm still torn between this Prima Class and Frecciarossa's Business Class. I guess I'll decide on the price and time schedule when the date comes near.
Italo EVO video please 😃
See what I can do, thanks for watching!
Italo and Frecciarossa services are quite similar in terms of quality and prices (Italo tend to be cheaper, especially if you book early). Frecciarossa has more scheduled trains and the network is larger. Generally, you will have a nice journey with both companies.
great modern looking high speed train
Yes it is! 😃
Thanks for the ride.
Great trip report
Thank you!
Yes please, also the tilting train👍
Okay. I'll try!
Evo is not tilting.
Hello I’m from Torino and glad you visited my city
Thanks! :)
Great video!
Refreshing video 👌
The UK really needs to look at continental train travel.
London is not England: London is ok,but rest the of Country is only a small isla, the rail s they are PATETIC S. british industry is not most british, only finance, the true industry is in I germany and italy . With BREXIT is the end for your.....dog s of the american s ,your are massacreded milions of Afgan s and Iraqen s ....miserable country s ,do your like easy winner ,
Kind of a shame that this is the only AGV in the world. The platform was developed for European high speed rail in general. Any chance it would see service on other lines, perhaps to replace older models? (Other than France because we know they're iterating on their double deckers again lol)
Yeah I agree, it wasn't the success they were perhaps hoping for...
Great video and I'd love to see the Evo train!
Very nice editing! Congratulations.
Thank you!
No Cafe, No Way
Before I had to cancel my Germany/Italy trip in 2019 I debated between Trenitalia and Italo AGV from Milan to Rome but when I learned AGV only provided vending machines for food and drink it was an easy choice. The cafe or bistro car is the heart and soul of any train where passengers mix and mingle and learn new things. Give me cafe or give me death!!!
I'm not sure what the Trenitalia catering carriage is like actually, I've never been to it.
If u look at it close It looks like an overgrown Jazz 😂
But I like it
Sepertinya keretanya sangat nyaman...
It was! :)
It’s a good product although when I travel between Milano/Firenze, Venezia, or Roma I tend to favorFrecciarossa 1000 Executive Class. Cheap? Absolutely not. BUT oh those buttery yellow leather seats are sooooo comfy and the onboard meals delicious 😋. Try it. You’ll see what I mean 😉👍🏻
I really want to! One day...
Great trip. Correct me if I wrong, NTV Italo is heavily inspired by Italoan Formula 1 car called Ferrari.
I believe some of their trains were based on the shape of a car yeah!
Frecciarossa please. You know that there are 4 different kind of frecciarossa, which the last one Frecciarossa 1000 runs at a velocity of 350 km/h
Porta Nuova hub looks mediocre compared to the rest of the station because it used to have a long iron dome (corresponding to the arch in the front) that was dismantled during ww2 to recover metals
5:01 is like Bologna AV
Great video!
Thank you!
Hello my good friend... have you ever traveled to Isfahan... Isfahan is half of the world... Isfahan is a must see
No, I would love to visit Iran, but for me it is sadly very very difficult. ☹️
@@SuperalbsTravels Do not see Iran or Isfahan, you have lost
@@isfahantour5675 i want to :(
I ❤️АGV and Alstom!!!
What other companies would you like to see Alstom AGV on? :)
Italo was created by the chairman of Ferrari.
And the AGV made by ALSTOM of France.
On a separate issue, I think it is sad that SNCF never took on any orders for the AGV trains as they have always worked closely with Alstom ever since the TGV was created.
Italo is has been successful from the beginning.
great video
Yes and yes
AC sockets are NOT compatible with the european type plug, they are italian type only (very bad decision). You'll need an adaptor or you can WILDLY FORCE the european plug inside resulting in damages to the sockets as your video clearly shows.
Actually there are four external holes on each socket. The inner hole with smyller diameter is meant to be used for italian style plugs whereas the external one of bigger diameter is for european plugs. Nontheless the sockets seem to be very worn out, which could be a consequence of insufficient tolerances.
@@strongcarlo1 Nope. The socket installed in the trains are a "combo" between two italian standards. The smaller, known as P11, is suitable for current under 10A, the larger (P17) for current under 16A. The combo is called "P17/11".
The P11 holes (the inner two) are worn because somebody forced in a Schuko plug (frequently referred as EU plug because is widely adopted across Europe).
The Schuko plug has the same distance between contacts as the P11 but a greater diameter (5mm instead of 4mm).
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Great video
Thanks!
You didn’t show the club class
So it is just "Italo" now? Last time I used it about 10 years ago it was called "Italotreno". The trains are the same Alstoms though. But it was a good experience. 350kmph and wifi still working
Not sure, they seem to use any of the following:
Italo
Italo High-speed
NTV Italo
Italo Treno
@@SuperalbsTravelsColloquially it's called Italo.
What i don't like about Italo is the airline-stile seating. I'd much rather have face to face seating with a decent table, especially when i'm travelling with some friends.
Only in italy rail s private s and public c, this is a true great high speed, 1000 km of gallerys,is very difficult build in italy for the Alpi s and Appennini s , is very most easy in france Spain, germany..
France and Germany ok but Span has a lots of Mountain (Central Block) and the Pireneis.
@@Lorre982 ahah 😁 in italy, from South a north, for most of 1000km!! All the Alpi s they are in italy, gallery s for the FRANCE, SWISS,AUSTRIA, SLOVENIA. France gallery s only for the italy...Pirenei gallery s only to Spain
You have been very honest in judging the Italian train services, and I am happy with your enthusiasm .... Too bad that a British colleague of yours like you (Dylan's Travel Reports) has seen shit everywhere, and has judged Italian trains almost like trains of a third world country ! 😂👍
No problem! I always like to give everything a fair chance, without any biases for my reviews. 😌
First and nice video
Great train. Great review. 👍
05:40 That orange juice is incredibly pale / translucent. Looks more like apple juice. 🤔
It was blood orange I believe. Very tasty!
@@SuperalbsTravels Nice!
If etr 1000 is the ferrari of trains, the agv is a alfa romeo
Freccia rossa is the best height speed train service
300km/h (180mph). Impressive speed for high speed trains to reach the maximum speed.
@Carmel Nice. 👍
Hi sir, if you visit asia, can you try the high speed train in japan, china, korea, indonesia and laos please?
I'd love to!
Wonder why the AGV hasn't taken off outside of Italo, certainly looks great!
I did wonder myself. Nobody really seemed to want it. I bet Italo got a great deal though!
Late to the party, but, I came to the comments to look for this question ... then it dawned on me ... I wonder if because most established lines running push-pull consists would already have maintenance facilities built around that model and conversion to maintaining multiple units would be too costly or too interuptive to convert. But, the Italo AGV is a beautiful machine to observe.
6:38 Please don't do that. The plugs are compatible with german style plugs only as long as you do not need a ground pin, as the ground pin is lateral in that design and it is missing here. Running stuff needing to be grounded without a ground pin is dangerous. Also, it theoretically shouldn't really fit, but I guess you can force them in...
You speak Italian quite well. How long have you've been studying?
Haha thanks, but I have never studied Italian! 😅
@@SuperalbsTravels 🤣🤣
It isn't comparable to the poor service of Great Western Robbery service
Agree, and more comfy too!
@@SuperalbsTravels English rail, in North Western European terms, is a failure
My jaw dropped when he said that costed around £12. Granted, he's got a young person discount, but still! UK's railways are an absolute joke
@@Abi-bi6cb in the UK there's privatisation, but no competition.
If you check Avlo Renfe and Ouigo España you'll see that the cheapest tickets are around 20-30 euros. And you don't need to be very young. The trains run at 300 km/h. You can travel from Central London to Stansted for 20 pounds.
Trenitalia also launches services in Spain, Iryo. It got used to the fact that in Italy it has a competitor, Italo.
The only way ahead for England is nationalisation of commuter services and compelling the current rail companies to compete with each other on long distance routes.
@@budapestkeletistationvoices it’s sad that it’s so clearly failing, yet no politicians are willing to commit to nationalisation
How is the lock for the luggage rack? Is there a unique code that we can set, or can anyone release our luggage with the €1 or 50 cents coin?
The coin is to unlock the key for the safebox
You must try italo smart
Okay, I will look into that.
hi when is your next video?
Why is it that you didn't talk in old videos
Lack of equipment and skills, basically. :)
Does Italo depart from Rome Centrale or they have their own station in Rome?
The main station in Rome for both Trenitalia and Italo is Roma Termini.
How do you book a forward facing window seat online? Thank you kindly
You can choose it when you book your tickets.
what is a 'superalb'?
i can't get over how the rest of the world is moving on with high speed trains and here in australia we're stuck with ancient trains... absolute rubbish. i don't think i've ever travelled at over 80km h on aussie trains... errr...
Wow yeah, that's not very fast at all! 😐
Hi, Arnab Srimani from India. Kindly please come to India to Ride on Premium High Speed Trains such as Tejas-Rajdhani Express, Gatimaan Express, Duronto Express, Humsafar Express, Bande Bharat Express etc.
None of these are high speed trains.
Quite a nice train. A shame about the non-working hand drier in the toilet (the water flow wasn't the greatest I've seen on a train). I wasn't overly impressed with the luggage store areas - either in the stacks or overhead racks. Great value for money, though.
Frecciarossa1000 is better than Italo tho
I'll have to make a video on that some time then... 👀
@@SuperalbsTravels oh yeah, also i was talking about the highest class, since I have to take a frecciarossa1000 and a Italo soon, i will tell you whats the best in the lowest class price already goes to Italo tho
@@francesco3257 Awesome, I look forward to hearing back.
@@SuperalbsTravels forgot to say, it s a almost 7h ride from Paola ( calabria ) to Ferrara ( Emilia-Romagna )
I have searched a video about high speed trains in Spain in your channel...and nothing...maybe I have overlooked that video. Sorry if that is the case. Even if you don't like Spain ( that is obvious), you have to be impartial and give credit where credit is due. Just because you have prejudices towards my country you just cannot deny the truth: Spain has the largest high speed railway network in Europe .Third in the world. Same position with highways.
Prejudice!? Blimey, I can't go everywhere at once...
I was there using the trains for the first time last week. The videos from the trip will be uploaded when I get round to them.
Может быть механическая мощность биодизеля способна на скорость равную скорости электрической мощности?
Unlikely.
@@jimbotron70 по Вашему, главными остаются электрические приводы и электрические передачи, а не механические приводы и механические передачи, то есть электрическое распределение выиграло у механического распределения?
@@АлексейСазонов-щ5гYes, definitely. Electric trains are the future.
@@jimbotron70 в СССР, дизельные локомотивы порой обгоняли дизель-электрические локомотивы, и даже обгоняли электрические локомотивы, вероятно, благодаря механической передаче.
@@АлексейСазонов-щ5г Era una sfida tra treni del 20° secolo, oggi un diesel perderebbe con un elettrico per prestazioni, consumi, rumore.
How did you pay 14€? I want to know ahahha
It is 34€ for me 🤔
Must have been lucky! 🤷♂️
Hola, hello
Hiiiii
I invite you to me
Thanks! I will try to get back there some time.
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