Paris to Barcelona at HIGH SPEED with TGV Inoui in First Class

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
  • Bonjour à tous,
    ven though I often take this train to go on holidays in Catalonia, I had never experienced riding it all the way from Paris to Barcelona until recently. I found a first-class ticket for 79€, and I couldn't pass it up, right? It was amazing. Why would you fly and miss all of it?
    Enjoy, and don't forget to like/leave a comment to help the channel :-)
    - TRIP INFORMATION -
    Date: MAY 2024
    Railway company: SNCF (TGV Inoui brand)
    Route : Paris Gare de Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
    Time : 7h01
    Price : 79€
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    00:00 : Intro
    00:35 : The SNCF / RENFE situation
    02:28 : Boarding
    02:43 : Our TGV
    03:13 : Prices
    04:05 : Upstairs or downstairs
    04:51 : Ready for departure
    05:14 : Departure
    05:21 : Route info
    06:00 : Seat Check
    07:18 : High speed nap
    08:26 : Past Lyon
    09:02 : Breakfast
    10:26 : Provence
    10:57 : The CNM case
    14:12 : The classic way is good too
    17:00 : Mid roll ads
    17:38 : Perpignan, last stop in France
    18:07 : International HSL
    20:20 : Walkthrough
    21:54 : Toilets Time
    22:49 : Figueres-Vilafant
    23:46 : Girona
    24:13 : Approaching Barcelona
    25:05 : Arrival and thoughts
    25:49 : Outro

ความคิดเห็น • 140

  • @MrStark-up6fi
    @MrStark-up6fi 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +83

    Screw flying, I’m taking the train from here to Paris now

    • @ammarmangala9814
      @ammarmangala9814 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      That’ll cost you 220 euro lol. I’ve taken this traject multiple times. It’s really worth it if you have the budget!

    • @user-bi5fh1iz6b
      @user-bi5fh1iz6b 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      Don't like flying so been doing the train from London since 1988. Seen many a change down the year but prices have gone up but if your budget suits, then go for it. It's a great experience and I still never get bored with it.

  • @jfmezei
    @jfmezei 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    For a 7 hour train trip, the food service should be a bit more evolved than just snacks that you'd expect for Paris-Lyons in 2 hours. But then again, their goal is to pack as many people as they can in a train so food service car reduces how many passengers you can carry.

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      They definitely need a third train daily, if not more

  • @user-bi5fh1iz6b
    @user-bi5fh1iz6b 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    RENFE and SNCF are like a couple of spoiled brats. Despite wonderful connectivity having been created, there's only around half a dozen cross border trains each day. Absolutely pathetic. I did that route twice in the past month and even in May, all trains, including E*, were packed to the gunwales. Somebody needs to sort this mess out soon.

    • @Hastdupech8509
      @Hastdupech8509 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Not that other countries outside the BENELUX are that great with regards to international HS travel. There's not 1 international connection (once again, outside the BENELUX) comparable to any of the internal ones (like the Paris-Marseille or the Turin-Salerno or any of the multiple lines Spain has built). And let's not get started on Germany.

    • @calimero6356
      @calimero6356 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@Hastdupech8509 Ask the French government completely NOT interested in the connection. Remember that French government is not planning to conclude the high speed infrastructure in any part of the Pyrenees on its side.

    • @lindylee1139
      @lindylee1139 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Watching from the US thinking how great Europe trains are and how FAR behind the US is.

  • @super2soyer
    @super2soyer 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Really like the slogan on the window "laisez vous rêver" on the window. Let yourself dream sounds corny in English. Nice idea from SNCF 👍

    • @dennisrettke
      @dennisrettke 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      thank you, I was wondering what that meant!

    • @nioge8991
      @nioge8991 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It would be nicer if it wasnt blocking the view out of the tiny window and if the window was clean!

  • @diegohurwitz
    @diegohurwitz 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Wonderful video, thank you for sharing. I still remember crossing the border from Barcelona to MNice in the early 80's with change of trains at Cerbere and/or Port Bou.

  • @JordanVTheWorld
    @JordanVTheWorld 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    I was on this train two weeks ago! It's such a comfortable experience.

  • @user-bi5fh1iz6b
    @user-bi5fh1iz6b 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Re the price, I paid €149 single from Girona to Paris two days ago. Trainline said they would message me when tickets became available but they didn't, so no first class left. Somebody was in my seat when I embarked but couldn't be arsed to argue and was quite happy sitting in the vestibule between carriages - includes light and charging units.

  • @michaelmacdonell4834
    @michaelmacdonell4834 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    As soon as the video started playing I thought "This looks early. Too early"

  • @Loretta2004
    @Loretta2004 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    The only disadvantage is, that you arrive in this sty of a station in Barcelona Sants. Whereas, if you arrived at Estacio de Franca, you would really arrive in style. But, its days seem to be gone. A real pity.

  • @mrvivaltoofficial
    @mrvivaltoofficial 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Very beautiful!

  • @vlastimilmaselnik
    @vlastimilmaselnik 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Took this journey last October, as part of a longer journey going Munich -> Paris -> Barcelona in one day (both in TGV Euroduplex). I enjoyed it, the views on the slow sections are really amazing. Water on boths sides, docks, historic towns, fortress, also the cathedral you can see from the bridge in Beziers. But it also feels somehow bizarre compared to the high speed part. Going at speeds around just 30 km/h through Salses definitely added to this feeling (probably some line issues at that time). Such a shame that the LGV Montpellier-Perpignan will not be finished until maybe around 2044. Why are French so slow? I wonder if the Paris - Madrid route through Bordeaux ends up built faster than this. This really should be a critical infrastructure funded by EU at a very high priority...

    • @lilybertine5673
      @lilybertine5673 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      We're a third world country so things take more time now.

    • @mckiwen
      @mckiwen 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      The route through Bordeux is not expected till 2040 as soonest. It's incredibly annoying that while int seems that by 2030 all the Spanish connection between Madrid and the French border in Hendaye will be finished as a HSR, from Hendaye till Bordeaux (or at least till Dax) will be a single track line with no possibility of developing speed there.

    • @pierre-etiennecollin8858
      @pierre-etiennecollin8858 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Maybe FRANCE cannot pay for every new High Speed Line, especially the ones connecting France with neighbouring countries?
      EUROPE should pay for for this kind of project. Not France only. We are super indebted remember?

    • @pierre-etiennecollin8858
      @pierre-etiennecollin8858 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@mckiwen EU funds, and National Funds. Both different sources of financing.
      Spain made things faster in a clever way, they enjoyed EU funds to build critical high speed train lines.

  • @cheeseblog
    @cheeseblog 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Love your channel❣️

  • @ce1834
    @ce1834 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    13:47 If it was down to 4/4.5 hours, will absolutely be the transport mode of choice! 🙌🙌(if the price comes down too though). Would be interesting to see a route through Bordeaux to Madrid too

    • @Hastdupech8509
      @Hastdupech8509 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      What the EU lacks is HS international connections as good as the internal ones. This goes for Italy too: I had to take a flight from Northern Italy to Budapest and our plane got delayed because it was still on the other side of the continent. Had we had a HSL from Milan to Budapest running through Venice and Ljubljana we could have gone to Budapest and back. I get it's all difficult politically (and also practically, due to the terrain and whatnot), but jesus it would have been so comfortable. And to think that Budapest is as far away from Northern Italy as Apulia or Calabria...

    • @SeverityOne
      @SeverityOne 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@Hastdupech8509 It's not so much the EU that is dragging its feet, but the national operators. Obviously, the national operators are largely controlled by their national governments, who make up the EU, so it's all a little complicated. But what has happened over the years is that the national monopolies have slowly been eroded by the EU. This was almost unthinkable 35 years ago, but nowadays you see different operators within one country. Some countries are more progressive than others - especially Germany and the Netherlands are dragging their feet - but bit by bit, it's becoming more and more of a reality. It's just happening _very_ slowly, though.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@SeverityOneyou do know the EU is NOT an actual country. God knows why we fought a war - when we have people like you selling out their own nations to a huge bureaucracy.

    • @daanwolters3751
      @daanwolters3751 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@SeverityOne what do you mean the netherlands and germany are dragging their feet? both countries made international travel open access, and have more operators operating in their countries than either france belgium or spain. It are the french and the belgians who are trying to stop the italians from running on amsterdam-paris, not the dutch.

    • @SeverityOne
      @SeverityOne 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@daanwolters3751 Tell me, how many international operators are running high-speed trains in either Germany or the Netherlands, that are not in some sort of joint venture with DB and NS, respectively? Or how about that the Dutch government handed an exclusive licence to NS just before the deadline, after which they would no longer be able to? Sure, France/SNCF aren't exactly the most open to competition, but at least there are FS and RENFE trains running in France.

  • @travellingboardingtime
    @travellingboardingtime 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for the clip

  • @timdiggle5090
    @timdiggle5090 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    You are right about the TGV food. I almost always buy something from the Paul outlet before boarding (Le Savoureux is my favourite) and stick to coffee from the bar. Exception is leaving St Jean de Luz Ciboure on the 07:20 to Paris (no Paul and nothing else open!) so I get a Formule Petit Dej between Dax and Bordeaux (allongée, jus d'orange, yaourt, madeleine; 9-50€ last year)

    • @kovie9162
      @kovie9162 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      My view of eating on a train is that if there's no decent cooked to order table service with menus and waiters, you're usually better off buying food and beverages before boarding, from a local market or bakery and have an on-train "picnic". You get a much broader choice of better food at lower prices, and it's just more fun. Train "cafe" food is usually mediocre. The only thing really worth buying is coffee or tea as it's fresh and hot.

    • @damcoentertainment3956
      @damcoentertainment3956 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@kovie9162 Yeah, it's sad that only ICE's get real dining cars in high-speed trains.

  • @anotherhumansoul
    @anotherhumansoul 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Loved the views! 💚

  • @jamessmith6402
    @jamessmith6402 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks that was a super entertaining video 👍

  • @HSetonNotes
    @HSetonNotes 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Those salt marsh scenes are so special

  • @juliendefreyne-tv3dl
    @juliendefreyne-tv3dl 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    j'ai adore le trajet paris barcelone magnifique tgv

  • @tonysrailwayadventure2729
    @tonysrailwayadventure2729 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great video I’m going on my first TGV train ever and looking forward to it. TGV Lyria 8th August 12:34 Basel Sbb to Paris Gare de Lyon 15:38 in 1st class

  • @malcolmsmith5482
    @malcolmsmith5482 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Did the Reverse journey 5 weeks ago. Very pleasant. The day before, we travelled Cordoba-Barcelona with Renfe. Also very enjoyable. Beats flying hands down

  • @lindylee1139
    @lindylee1139 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Really well done video.

  • @Lubelski83
    @Lubelski83 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nice train,trip👍

  • @Ralphie224
    @Ralphie224 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    it looked like you had a comfortable sleep while riding along......the route the French train took should be very familiar to them as it is the invasion road used by Napoleon when they were at war with Spain...

    • @maths9647
      @maths9647 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      😂

  • @rupak-travelmoments
    @rupak-travelmoments 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's a mind-blowing train journey coverage indeed, magical views all the way !! Greetings from India.

  • @EpicThe112
    @EpicThe112 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    3:01 certified to run in France Spain and Switzerland when it has to run into Switzerland the same French Pantagraph is actually used under Switzerland CFF 15kv 16.7hz AC territory not the German and the Austrian 15kv 16.7hz which has to be used with the Metalized carbon pantograph use the carbon strip there for France and Switzerland the train will be power locked

  • @eurocopter2fred
    @eurocopter2fred 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    The 😃 👍 Spanish OUIGO (white) unlike the French Ouigo (blue) are Euroduplex trains taken from the TGV 2N2 3UH Tricourant Hispanic inOuï. The French Ouigos are second-generation TGV DASYE Duplexes, from TGV POS engines with central cabins, which became the standard, and 8 cars from TGV networks. The central cabin comes from the direction of traffic depending on the country. The Ouigo for Spain also have the chance to own a bar car to enjoy delicious food.

  • @H44rold
    @H44rold 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nice trip, thanks for sharing, I'm planing to use it !
    About the food in TGV Inoui, they can't really provide food coupons included with the train ticket, because the bar is closed for shorter trips... but yes, I would love such an option.
    The duplex TGV also make hard to have a delivery service, but anyway, I like to walk to the bar and chat a bit with the waiter/waitress.

  • @rezaalan3991
    @rezaalan3991 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great trip. Yeah definitely agree, more passenger train between two Cities, including night train on night schedule

    • @christiangauci7163
      @christiangauci7163 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      aucun tgv ne circule toute la nuit la sncf renove les voies tgv la nuit les seuls tgv qui roulent la nuit ce sont ceux qui roule sur la ligne clasique 8 heures nimes paris au lieu de de 2 h 20

    • @christiangauci7163
      @christiangauci7163 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      je me suis trompe c est 2 h 50 nimes paris

  • @federalGN
    @federalGN 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Leaving your luggage away from you and not on top of you for storage triggers anxiety.

    • @vlastimilmaselnik
      @vlastimilmaselnik 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I agree. There are also luggage racks in around the middle of some coaches (as seen around 4:34 on the right side) and I booked the seat right next to it for exactly this reason :)

    • @Nicki99779
      @Nicki99779 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Why? You can look at it from your seat if you’re anxious

  • @soluckyme910
    @soluckyme910 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Indonesia bullet train whoosh top speed 420 km/h.but to operator 350 km/h.usualy by car jakarta to bandung city 3or4 hours,very tired.but by bulet train whoosh only 45 minuts,very fast, and smooth,nice.and this is the first in southeast Southern hemisphere and oceania wow amazing 👍

  • @jezzter4293
    @jezzter4293 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thank you. I don't have the money, but I really should refresh my Passport & take some train trips? As long as dogs are allowed. My Dalmatian comes with me everywhere

  • @user-bi5fh1iz6b
    @user-bi5fh1iz6b 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Don't think I will be around come the completion of the Montpellier - Perpignan section but as you say, it will leave the route open to some wonderful potential options.

    • @cjlmoni
      @cjlmoni 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Ouverture prévue en 2034.

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Another decade? Who's running it, California?

    • @user-bi5fh1iz6b
      @user-bi5fh1iz6b 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@counterfit5 Get what you mean re CA but the difficulty here is the terrain. Check out the route on GMaps and you will see that the current track runs adjacent to sea/salt lakes making it a somewhat arduous task.

  • @Mike-Stevens
    @Mike-Stevens 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thanks for a nice trip report! I think Paris Gare De Lyon is a very nice Station! Do you know how Interrail works with this train? Like your channel very much. Greetings from Sweden! 😘

    • @tomats2311
      @tomats2311 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      for interrail, you need a seat reservation to board this train. i think it costs around 34 euros 2nd/1st class and sells out pretty quickly, yet more seats tend to be available on this new 6:30 departure from Paris ;)

    • @Mike-Stevens
      @Mike-Stevens 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@tomats2311 Thank you for the answer! 😀

  • @papeleriamaru9809
    @papeleriamaru9809 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hola! buen video. ojala hagas uno del tren maya. saludos desde mexico.

  • @eurocopter2fred
    @eurocopter2fred 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    If you're wondering when you'll be able to enjoy the new Alstom Horizon TGV M, Avelia being the American version. not before the second half of 2025. Unlike the TGV EURODUPLEXE The trains are entirely painted with red for the doors according to the new safety and mobility criteria.
    The other novelty, the Talgo ICE L, like its Danish neighbour, which has the same equipment that will gradually replace the intercity, IC EC. not until second half of 2025, the C Berlin 77 Berlin Amsterdam will be the first to be served.

  • @aleksandarbrzic8351
    @aleksandarbrzic8351 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Actually, very strange that SNCF, being in the world pantheon of food (yes, France, imho ) cannot manage anything better in First class... I just keep thinking of OeBB and their great food service... But, maybe, one day, who knows... By the way: you are right about the high prices but every time I took this train, the first class was full to the last seat so, either people don´t mind or there are usually good deals to be had...

  • @MrAronymous
    @MrAronymous 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oooh interesting. I'm planning a trip to Barcelona as we speak. Let's see how this competes.

  • @gavinneedham2013
    @gavinneedham2013 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I did that journey on May 22

  • @Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi
    @Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bom dia lindo trem de 2 andares gostei 1:37 boa viagem simplys 15:12

  • @JeoAndKev
    @JeoAndKev 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    good thing no one got your bag when you left it there on the rack

  • @stevenmontoya9950
    @stevenmontoya9950 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Renfe Spanish announcements: No olviden sus objetos personales ☺️😁👍
    SNCF Spanish announcements: No olvides NADA 😠😤😡

  • @lorenzo_de_paolis
    @lorenzo_de_paolis 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice video, just a question, what's ne name of the app you used to show the change of line? (At 13:01)

  • @Bruce-1956
    @Bruce-1956 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great problem with trains in Europe is the price. If the powers that be want us to use the trains then they should subsidies them just as the airlines are subsidised.

  • @williamdfr1715
    @williamdfr1715 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There is a mosaic on the floor in Perpignan station marking the spot which Salvador Dali declared to be the centre of the world. The office buildings over the new TGV station are called El Centre del Mon in Catalan

  • @railroadmovie
    @railroadmovie 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    6:53 Your trash bin is missing. This is unfortunately often the case.

  • @etms
    @etms 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Y a un peu d’herbe sur les voix à Gare de Lyon, le jardinier était en vacances😋

  • @GojiMet86
    @GojiMet86 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Do the tracks stay as left-hand running all the way, or do they switch to right-hand upon entering Spain?
    EDIT: Never mind, at 19:20, you explain it indeed does; there is a flyover.

  • @GelberGigant99
    @GelberGigant99 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Why is it not running in double traction if it’s always fully booked?

  • @tomofthailand9047
    @tomofthailand9047 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love travel by trains veryyyyy much i traveled to Prague from Basel where i'm living Basel to Vienna ... Basel to Barcelona.. Basel to Copenhagen they were Amazing

  • @scottyerkes1867
    @scottyerkes1867 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very nice ride. Comfy seats. Good scenery. Amazing that First Class doesn't include food.
    Thanks Thibault for your review💚👌👍

  • @jone7414
    @jone7414 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I'm done with train, only flying now or car

  • @albe6253
    @albe6253 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Some regional trains from Barcelona to France (Toulouse is confirmed, other destinations aren't yet) will come operated by FGC (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya) They've secured european funding, but without the rolling stock... it's still years to do it.
    Also Ouigo in Spain has grown in destinations and going all doubles in Madrid - Barcelona, so they have now 14 train sets.
    The bet is, what will finish earlier, Sagrada Familia or Barcelona Sagrera.
    This route (for lenght) deserves Business Première

  • @KevinDallosto
    @KevinDallosto 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    13:15 what’s that app? It shows all rail lines?

  • @lausimeyer6558
    @lausimeyer6558 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A comparison/test of restaurant cars / bars in the trains in Europe would be fine.

  • @RVail623
    @RVail623 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What is the longest "single seat" TGV route? Someone else claims that Nancy - Paris - Nice is the longest. Also: are any freight trains in France using catenary electricity for power?

  • @DIASDEMUSICA
    @DIASDEMUSICA 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this service would be competitive as soon as the new line will be finished. BCN shoudl be at 4-4.5 hrs from Paris, not more. 7 hrs is tooooo much!

  • @LouisChang-le7xo
    @LouisChang-le7xo 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Double deckers are too good.

  • @josephr9551
    @josephr9551 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love riding long distance trains as mental health therapy. How was your nap on the train? I really would like to know if you do not mind.

  • @thekinoys
    @thekinoys 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where did you book the ticket ?

  • @misterXPlayer
    @misterXPlayer 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    How do you get to the city center of Montpellier? Just checked the new station on google maps, it's in the middle of nowhere and no trains to Saint-Roch.

    • @fugf1623
      @fugf1623 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      From Montpellier stade de France you have some busses (we named it navette in France) which travel from the city center to this station

  • @senorsoupe
    @senorsoupe 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Am I the only one not interested in first class if you don't at least get free non-alcoholic drinks? Maybe because I am short and don't need a bigger seat but if I am paying extra they could at least give me a cup of coffee lol

  • @fjp3305
    @fjp3305 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Seven hours by train from Paris to Barcelona? No thanks, I'll take a plane.

  • @christophe77700
    @christophe77700 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    C'est quoi cette gare de Lyon vide ? C'est filmé un dimanche matin ?

  • @kennixox262
    @kennixox262 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is so nice to have that and rode the TGV several years ago. Here however, we can't have nice things due to corporate greed. However they are starting a high speed rail, the first true high speed rail between Rancho Cucamonga and here in Las Vegas by 2028. Not holding my breath and if Trump returns, highly doubtful that it will come to fruition.

  • @goldfish6660
    @goldfish6660 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I challenge you to make a trip between Madrid and Lisbon by train, yes it is possible.

  • @jfmezei
    @jfmezei 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    153kmh average, so not that THAT impressive. Would be nice to have data on how many of the 7 hours are spent at 300kmh and above, how many at 200 or above, how many at 100 and above, and how many below 100kmh.
    Also, the TGV is boring because it lacks the train sound and feel that we still have in Canada with thet clickety clack sounds and bumps along the road 🙂
    On the issue of only 10 passenger trains per day in tunnel, what sort of restrictions are there because tracks are shared with freight trains?

  • @nathanaelmarchand-mx1oj
    @nathanaelmarchand-mx1oj 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very good accent je ne me moque pas je constate (entre nous je suis pas le mieux placé pour dire ça)

  • @ringo7561
    @ringo7561 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice that they have a bar car for beer 🍺 🍻...I wonder how much the reservation fee is when you have a first class Eurail Global pass? Probably a bit pricey I assume.

    • @roman-yt2893
      @roman-yt2893 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I d say 30€

  • @thierrymartin8308
    @thierrymartin8308 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Je dois aller à Vienne depuis Paris. Totalement impossible en train ! Plus d’une journée de voyage avec des changements en Allemagne incertains, vu les retards des trains. 😢😮

  • @Imzaluzzulazmi
    @Imzaluzzulazmi 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Indonesia has high speed train with max speed 350 km/h.

  • @michaelbruchas6663
    @michaelbruchas6663 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I get confused with some of the sequences. Has the train changed directions!

    • @SimplyRailway
      @SimplyRailway  19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nope, not at all :)

  • @enjoypladecorrals
    @enjoypladecorrals 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Living in spain i am very grateful for your video and opinion. If I want to go to Holland, I am Dutch, from Valencia I will try to connect the three trains I need in order to complete the journey. If this ticket is 79 euro, the train from Valencia to Sants 50 and the Paris Amsterdam 75 it means a single will cost around 200 euros. In addition I need to take a metro from Gare de Lyon and Gare du Nord. It would be quite a trip and taking me around 18 to 20 hours. The direct bus is half price and with free luggage. Guess why they need to improve the train services to Spain? Cause of the politics between Renfe and SNCF, a shame these hot heads have too little commercial interest. And more taxes for flying will also help. But thats not in my lifetime probably with the far right parties on the rise everywhere, cheap flights is what people want most. Lets see what the European elections will bring us, probably bad news for trains and our climate....

  • @olcomp
    @olcomp 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    7 hours for 1000km doesn’t sound like a high speed train

    • @DIASDEMUSICA
      @DIASDEMUSICA 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      there are a lot of stops and a lot of sections (as explained in the video!) that are not allowed for more than 200 km/h :P

  • @jimb3333
    @jimb3333 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Do you speak Catalan?

  • @PatrickLeFloch
    @PatrickLeFloch 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thanks!

  • @martinbitter4162
    @martinbitter4162 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is a pity that Spain does not really care about international trains.

  • @lioneldemun6033
    @lioneldemun6033 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I get motion sickness in high speed trains so not for me. Besides the tickets are expensive.

  • @SeverityOne
    @SeverityOne 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The only thing you do in Barcelona is to take the next train to Madrid? Sacrilege! 🙂
    Joking aside, because I know it's essentially your job, or at least a source of income, to make these videos. But Barcelona is such a wonderful city. We went there at the end of March, and it was one of the best holidays we ever had as a couple.

  • @nature5385
    @nature5385 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Please, I want to ask you: Were there no police at the border for passports?

    • @gab_v250
      @gab_v250 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No, because France and Spain are in the Schengen Zone (free travel without passport checks)

  • @neilwhittaker8021
    @neilwhittaker8021 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Excellent travel ticket price. UK train operators would have charged at least cost 5 times the cost of your ticket. Nice views 👌.

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I booked Acela tickets recently for a trip in August. $212 round trip between Providence and DC. Not bad, but at TGV speeds, it would be maybe a 3-4h trip instead of the 6 it's going to be

    • @malo66
      @malo66 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What £400 single? I don't think so. Yes probably more expensive in UK, but not five times.

  • @roblugg
    @roblugg 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The problem here is the 7 hours part. I love trains and have started planning my holidays to Europe by train where I can but the issue here is that those of us that would do this are totally atypical.
    If someone is thinking of going from London to Barcelona, and they look up the train options and realise it’s basically 12 hours by train they’re not even going to consider it (and that’s ignoring the price - unless you book way in advance).
    The idea that it’s going to take until 2034 to finish the final sections of LGV and cut the journey time is madness and frankly proof that neither the French government nor the EU are serious about tackling climate change.

  • @oskarpurkiss1638
    @oskarpurkiss1638 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    They're repurposing the Talgo night stock for high speed day services

  • @carlospanizo4646
    @carlospanizo4646 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Interesante vídeo y una buena opción de viaje entre París y Barcelona. Puntualizar que los nombres de las ciudades son Figueras y Gerona, en Español y no Figueres y Girona que así se escriben en Catalán

    • @cpadrosolanet
      @cpadrosolanet 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Si conduces hasta Gerona o Figueras por carretera al entrar en el término municipal verás un letrero en el que está escrito " Girona" y "Figueres"… ¿porqué piensas que tiene que estar escrito en castellano? El vídeo es en inglés… y el genuino nombre de estas ciudades se escribe en catalán… ¿crees que en lugar de London en un vídeo que hablara de esta ciudad deberían decir Londres?

    • @carlospanizo4646
      @carlospanizo4646 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@cpadrosolanet El cartel en el término municipal al que te refieres debería estar escrito en los 2 idiomas Español y Catalán, porque en Cataluña, los 2 idiomas son oficiales, pero ya se sabe lo que está pasando. Además al ser un vídeo en Inglés y referirse a ciudades Españolas, lo normal es que se pongan en el idioma de la inmensa mayoría de españoles, pero bueno podéis seguir con vuestro victimismo que os irá genial

    • @cpadrosolanet
      @cpadrosolanet 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@carlospanizo4646 Lo de "diberia "lo dictes tú. Que sepas que todos los pueblos de Cataluña están rotulados en su forma catalana. O crees que debería traducirse al español nombre de pueblos como " Massanet de Cabrenys, Gratallops, Sant Llorenç de Morunys, Sant Cugat de Vallès etc . En Euskadi, "Donosti" se ròtula en castellano y Euskera?
      Cuando hables o escribas en castellano pudes utilizar los gentilicios Castellanos
      Pero cuando estés en otro lugar en el que los gentilicios proceden de otra lengua no quieras imponer la tuya,

    • @carlospanizo4646
      @carlospanizo4646 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@cpadrosolanet Yo no impongo nada, solo digo que debes respetar las 2 lenguas y no lo que estáis haciendo, pero ya vemos que la educación, el respeto faltan bastante. Seguro que cuando sales de tu condado y vas a Londres, Roma o Berlín hablas también en catalán para que todo el mundo te comprenda no ? En fin lo dejo ahí, porque ya se te ve la patita bastante. Seguid así y pronto las pocas empresas que no se han ido ya, levantarán el vuelo. Deu paleto

    • @cpadrosolanet
      @cpadrosolanet 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@carlospanizo4646 a quien se le ha visto la patita desde un principio ha sido a ti… cuando he viajado en a Londres, he hablado en inglés, a Italia en italiano y a otros países de los que no se hablar su lengua me he hecho entender en inglés o por señas… lo que si he evitado es que piensen que soy un español… deuuuu..

  • @muchammad-Ilham
    @muchammad-Ilham 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The difference between the Bandung Jakarta high-speed train and the Tokyo Nagoya Shinkansen and the Paris Barcelona TGV is indeed different.

    • @Sayitlikitiz101
      @Sayitlikitiz101 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      You do realize that Paris-Barcelona is 6X the distance between Jakarta and Bandung and 3X that between Tokyo and Nagoya? Travel between them cannot be compared.

  • @Charlizzie
    @Charlizzie 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Catalan is like Spanish with French accent. Just saying.
    4:21 THIIIIIIIIBS!
    4:50 Pink and purple seats. Are they serious?
    5:35 The feeling the station's name doesn't even stop in Lyon at all.
    7:48 Alexa, play Lovely Day by Bill Withers
    12:45 Like China, eh?
    22:36 Triple fingers at that, SNCF.

    • @Vince_ExE
      @Vince_ExE 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      embittered

    • @Vince_ExE
      @Vince_ExE 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      And Gare de Lyon mean that this train station was built to go to Lyon

  • @fritzneuer319
    @fritzneuer319 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Renfe and SNCF are much better than the fucking Deutsche Bahn😋

  • @unlockingsmartphones760
    @unlockingsmartphones760 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Are you sure that's first class? I don't like it , not enough space, too cramp

  • @user-hq6hb2xv4n
    @user-hq6hb2xv4n 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I wouldn't spend 7 hrs of my life inside that horrible thing even if I'm paid for it

    • @shangchi2360
      @shangchi2360 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      i would do it!! just for the view and the experience..

  • @joesandra1744
    @joesandra1744 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You are starting to repeat yourself. Your english is getting better but there is nothing new in this video, mon cher. I have been living in BCN since 2003, so maybe I am also just over this city and would welcome less tourists and not more. Love the camera work, would not hate it if you would add more little text info bubbles about some tech details of the Euroduplex set etc. By the way, isn't the french word for ennui not too close to InOui? I get Ouigo, but am I missing a wordplay or is InOui just bad marketing and branding?