London to Cologne on Eurostar and German ICE Trains
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.พ. 2010
- I took a few days trip to Cologne last week by taking the Eurostar from St. Pancras International Station to Cologne via Brussels midi. It took less than 4-5 hours door to door. I was with a senior member of the Deutsche Bahn staff who allowed me to film over the drivers' shoulder which was pretty cool.
To find out more about travelling to Germany by train visit: www.eurodestination.com/
Music by fellow TH-camr / wezbolton
Cologne is my favorite city in Germany!
great vid and great music
Fantastic footage once again Gary, professional through and through...5* Bob
The DB ICE train is so much better than the Eurostar in every way, faster, quieter, comfier, roomier, reclining seats with built in radio plus they have cabin sections if you require more privacy and that is just in the standard class.
No not in every way. Also broke the 10 yr streak
Man do i miss this (leaving stp on the eurostar)
Hopefully in April again 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Very beautiful realization. Congratulations. Philippe
Thus was actually my journey to gamescon last year, I took the euro star and then the ICE train
it was alot of fun, I definitely recommend people from London that want to go to gamescon should take this journey, I know it more expensive and faster, but it's better than just sit on the plane looking out the sky for one hour where you can see not one not two but three different country on land and look at the scenery and also it's more comfortable traveling by train than air
Great vid - only about 2 years until ICEs at St Pancras to Koln.
Very interesting, quite a long journey.
Thank you for replying to my comment.
amazing video
Nice footage!
Exellent Video TY the music is great.
I wrote that, cheers. :)
Excelente video, gracias. Miguel/Córdoba/Argentina
Thank you,i put it in my website aboute beautiful places in Europe.
Beautiful!I love european super fast train!
It didn't shown in this video changing train in Brussels.
Many thanks
BTW this track has been signed since the artist agreed that I can use it, isn't that cool!
Its great fun travelling to the French regions on Eurostar and TGV, but severe weather tends to be its downfall at the moment.
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This is an EPIC video! I don't know that the music choice could have been better. Great camera work, with even a cab view! I'm looking at going to Cologne next year, and taking the train after flying into London/Brussels/Amsterdam. Thanks for an awesome video, and introducing me to an amazing song.
@MC2251 Well it was the usual 1hr 45 mins to Brussels, but the problem with the ICE the connection times are not great. I happened to take the one connection in the week when it was just 25 minutes only to be thwarted by a cancelled train. All in all its 5 hours or thereabouts.
@MeinDeutsch1 You step off the Eurostar and go over to platform 4 or 5 at Brussels Midi, which takes no more than 5 minutes. Double check the platform number with the Eurostar guard. Cheers.
We need trains to Norway via Denmark and Sweden and trains to Latvia via Germany, holland and Poland!
@YesIamEccentric Cologne to London via Brussels - begins 2015
they hope to get ICE run to london for 2013 the train will be in 2 parts one for Cologne and the other for Amsterdam they will part at Brussels
Very Cool!! I would love to ride it sometime!!*****Duke
Good stuff :)
I got some footage from Eurostar this time - I didn't go up in the copter or anything like that!
The ICE looks to have a much nicer interior than the eurostar, even though they have recently had interior refurbishments I still think they look rather dated inside.
IN My life I want to go the Germany
+Ahmed Lala me too!
I think, European Super Express is more artistic than our Shinkansen...
An IMPRESSIVE short film. VERY interesting. ----- A pleasure
I read about it Yesterday
its so speed up in french side
Hey thanks! On iTunes soon :)
@eurodestination your talking about a 15 year gap in technology but even so I do agree with u
@Sebstantial It says at the end of the vid "Kronik Assassin"
Just nine days from now the first test run of a DB ICE train will roll into St. Pancras as part of DB's plans to offer a direct service between London and Frankfurt, presumably routed via Köln and Bruxsel?
When this service starts for real it will signal a step change in the evolution of intra-European HSR services - unfortunately those of us residing outside the London/SE nexus will feel our exclusion from the HSR revolution more keenly than ever?
Last trip (late 2012) to London took Eurorail to Paris great train, Australia needs a fast train service up the East Coast_____________but as usual Governments talk a lot of crap with no action, we will be lucky to have one before 2050. Still trying to get a rail service from Melbourne International Airport to the city only 30 km's we will be still talking about it for years to come.
Siemens should have purchased the ICE-1 concept which was driven by a true locomotive pulling non-motorized coaches.
You can get an ICE direct from st pancras to frankfurt in 2 hours!
That journey time would be an illusion anyways as London to Paris is 2 hours alone (and that would be the route the Frankfurt route would be using most likely due to Frankfurt Paris beeing a shorter way than going via Cologne), and there is no (as of yet) ICE 3M service as SNCF has still not validated the ICE3 for use in Euro Tunnel (eventhough the electrical system for direct trains from Frankfurt to Paris (via Alsace) and Brussels (via Cologne) is compatible with the overhead lines from SNCF, SNCB, British Rail and DB voltage wise.
Cheers Paul, hows the Vegas goin'? I need to know...
@eurodestination Ah, thanks, good to see Germany directly linked to Britain by train
@justanotherfreak2008 Thanks Mate!
There is a major problem with this train: its design does not respect long tunnel safety rules. Firstly, no electrical motor should be found under each coach like it is the case with most HST such as the ICE-3. This is major fire hazard since if there is a fire it may catch where high power is found and this means at each motor location.
Secondly, the ICE-3 opened passage length is too small to insure that upon stopping in the tunnel, one door will be facing one emergency exit.
@chrisg1947 If you watched the video properly, you would see that there was a change in Brussels
Was there any hint of the tunnel in this video? I did not see any. I am assuming the train did not scoot across the waves above on the English Channel.
@eurodestination 40 years behind France in terms of high-speed rail but that's about it. The majority of European countries DO NO have high speed rail.
YES
@14051996 Thanks, It is indeed Art Deco.
@AmersfoortTristan Agreed:)
too bad that the i.c.e train cant come into the uk from germany along with the french t.g.v . what a sight that would be . probably wont happen.
JOLIE VIDEO
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Le immagini dalla cabina del treno sono state molto suggestive.
@eurodestination hmm..Thanks
This is manignifique
There's NO train connection ICE from Koeln to London....
That is right.
There could be, the current ICE3 that DB uses for Frankfurt - Cologne - Brussels are designed with the Belgian, French overhead wires and the British Highspeed Line (HS-1/HS-2 which is the Eurostar route) in mind. The ICE3 was even showcased in St. Pancras Intl. 8 years ago... It was expected to launch in 2013 but now the estimations are 2020 or later, as the international platforms in Cologne and Frankfurt would have to be gated off from national rails with a security check like in London St. Pancras, Lille Europe, Ebbsfleet, Liege, Callais and Brussels.)
Due to the SNCF as a stakeholder in Eurostar delaying/blocking non Eurostar passengers trains the needed Euro-Tunnel certification you still have to interchange from the ICE 3 in Brussels Midi which is the connection the Deutsche Bahn will give you when you book Cologne or Frankfurt to London via their booking service. They book you onto a ICE 3M service from/to Brussels Midi or Cologne/Frankfurt and book you an Eurostar connection from Brussles Midi Eurostar via their prices (you can go 59,90€/person if you decide early for the whole journey...)
any cam
How long did the jurney take in total?
A just etering for Eurostar and train for Germany ICE and the camera man
Really wish the U.S. would invest in high speed rail.
@simpletimes222 Yeah - It will be great not to have Eurostar ruling the roost. We need more choice at St Pancras. More the merrier.
0:09 Eurostar's spare unit
Engraçado... andei esta semana no eurostar e nao tinha ninguem servindo café...
Isn't the ICE train going to run to London via Amsterdam and Brussels from Cologne? Or has the project been scrapped?
The SNCF as the main stakeholder in Eurostar has been blocking the ICE services through the tunnel as far as I know. They won't validate the 4 electrical system trains of ICE 3M (406/7 from Siemens and Bombardier) for the Tunnel
how much time does it take to reach cologne from London by train???
1 second
@MeinDeutsch1 same station. different platform
What with the insufferable TSA hassles/groping and cattle chute waiting lines just to get to an airport gate, flight delays, waiting waiting waiting...then the downsized cabin seating/sardine arrangements, extra charges/fees for carry on, checked baggage, pillow, blanket, head sets etc by the greedy american air carriers, give me a ICE or TGV Train any day for traveling;... business class legroom/seats all the baggage and sizes you need at no extra charge, no TSA security hassles either!
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you reckon you went all the way from London to Cologne by Eurostar alone (ie just the one train!) no chance my friend you might have gone as far as Brussels on Eurostar but you then changed to an ICE train for the rest of the journey, for a start Eurostars are not cleared to travel in Germany, railway fans in this country are not completly stupid!!
Which Wez Bolton track is in the soundtrack?
It's called Kronik Assassin. 😁
Wez Bolton That was a reply worth waiting for 😆
Yeah I've got a bad Internet connection sorry 😂 :p
Wez Bolton Lmao 😂
@ayeshakaifgermangirl Roughly 5 hours
@MrPadav I totally agree, we are 40 years behind France and its all down to the ineptitude of successive governments and as far as HS2 is concerned, nimbyism.
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what? England is an island country separated from europe, so how would the train cross the channel? this must be some kinda joke cuz i been to europe before, and only way to reach england is by ferry not train.
Tennessee44444 #Eurotunnel
Your dumb
(Cont'd) I've since read that the Republic of Texas is toying with the idea of running a high speed between Dallas and Houston. But, as I've posted elsewhere, someone knowledgeable on the subject states that high speed travel is now old hat, given the emergence of South African Elon Musk, who is shaking up the world of high tech. My view is that I don't see the need for close proximity high tech but certainly long journey high tech. That's where I want speed.
Jay Young Hi
How comes it that a high speed railway system works in Europe but not in the US? Does anyone have any idea? Couldn't they at least work on short runs, say Los Angeles to San Francisco? San Francisco to Portland, Oregon?
Repulicons in Washington don't vote mass transportation...sad
A Huge difference between cant and wont!
They wont even secure the borders and deport illegal aliens;..but then we do have "gay"rights, "gay" marriage and all that other mind bending liberal diversity rot!
Jersey Johnnie I've since read that Texas is experimenting with the idea of fast speed, a technology said by many now outdated, what with the new and radical concepts coming from one Elon Musk, a former South African and now US citizen. All eyes are on him!
on the east coast of the U.S Were lucky to have the Acela Express
ploopy523 The Acela Express still only averages 84 mph according to wiki
wake up Tennessee. Biste noch im Dornroeschenschlaf im Mittelalter?
The only reason I gave this video the thumbs-down was because of the intrusive 'music'!
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classic train is better.
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