Suiza. 41.000 km2. España 506.000 km2. España, es el país de Europa con mayor red ( más kms. de vias ) de trenes de alta velocidad y el segundo del mundo, detrás de China. Tambien, en fibra óptica ultrarrápida instalada, tenía hace poco, más que Alemania, Gran Bretaña y Francia juntas.
To make comparisons easier for an American to understand, Spain is going to be slightly smaller than Texas, with the population of California+Michigan, and Switzerland is slightly larger than Maryland, with the population of Virginia. In Spain, 80% of the population has one or two vehicles. Spain has 150,000 km of roads, of which 15,000 km are highways. Spain has 15,500 km of rail lines, of which 4,500 km are high-speed rail, and the rest is conventional passenger and freight rail.
Flights are also usually cheaper than the AVE in Spain. However, the AVE has serious advantages, for example: the stations are in the city centre and with metro stops nearby, so you don't need to take taxis or buses to get to the city. You don't need to arrive an hour early to board either. You can arrive minutes early, and you don't have to go packing your bags as they come in with you.
@@arnodobler1096 First time I've heard that. Flights are not subsidised at all man, at least not in European Union. However, the rail networks are built by states and the main companies of trains including high-speed trains belong to the states too. In short, just the other way around you are saying...😂😂😂
@pedrofmc0000 Kerosene, or aviation fuel, is hardly taxed. Small airports have high losses, which are offset by the state or the region. How can it be that a taxi to the airport or the parking garage costs more than the flight? Ever asked that question?
@@arnodobler1096 Stop inventing data man... Low prices, since lots of years ago are lower, thanks to the so called low-cost companies such as Ryanair etc... and are PRIVATE companies. Airports are managed for a company called AENA. And if the train stations are financed by the state, why not the small airports? Usually airports are away form the cities and taxis are expensive. Normally there are trains, trams, subways or buses to go there. You don't usually need a taxi. Yes, In Spain, the airline industry does'ot pay taxes on the fuel it uses and VAT is only applied to domestic flights, at a reduced rate of 10%. Currently, the European Commission is considering introducing a tax on aviation kerosene, applying a 20% VAT to all tickets and extending the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme to apply to all flights departing from the European Union. And btw! do you know why this is like that? The forecasts of tourism this year is 90 million tourists. Do you know how they come and how much money suppose for the country? The come by plane! and we're talking about 200 billion euros, 13,3% of our GDP! Do you understand now? BTW, small airports are in zones where there're little tourism and if they weren't helped they'd have to close. The airports where most of tourist go doesn't have any financing problem. So, it's a public service for citizens not to help airlines.
During my stay in Spain I was able to take a mix of AVE, Ouigo, Iryo, and other train services like Euromed, media distancia, and general commuter trains. Iryo is truly the pinnacle of quality, professional, and comfortable high-speed train travel in Spain. Those seats were heaven to sit in from Valencia to Madrid! 🙌
@@yomismo688 A mí antes me molestaba eso, pero pensándolo mejor, pienso dos cosas: este neozelandés ha vivido en España suficientes años para quejarse como un buen español de las cosas que están mal o regular; y dos, creo que al hacer vídeos sacando defectos del sector turismo y servicios nos hace un gran favor, porque así, por ejemplo, Renfe podría verlos (y preocuparse de los miles de seguidores que también lo ven y perder clientela y dinero) y así decidir ponerse las pilas para mantener o mejorar la calidad. Porque, por lo que acabo de ver en su vídeo, en el AVE ha pagado de más por la mierda que ha recibido a cambio, y si nadie denuncia ese timo, los que salimos perjudicados somos todos los consumidores o clientes. Renfe es una empresa de renombre, ¡pero que no se duerma en los laureles si quiere seguir siéndolo!
Pues es curioso si, es curioso que este hombre no se ha enterado todavía y habiendo viajando tanto que el papel higiénico es una bobina gigante que va dentro de un compartimento de metal en la zona del vater. Es absurdo entender que se pone un rollo a medio terminar para 100 personas..
Madrid-Barcelona's prices shown starts from about 45 euro, that 200 euro shown doesn't reflect the reality. Perhaps 1st class on a very busy day. But yeah, in summer due to tourism, u can travel by plane cheaper than train
The price of the trip on the bird from Madrid to Barcelona is 35 euros, and in Spain it is used more than the plane because it is more practical, you do not have the waiting times that there are at the airports, which in terms of time is very similar and you It is cheaper because the airports are not in the city center and you have to pay another taxi transportation to go to the city.
Renfe que es la empresa española de ferrocarriles ha obtenido una concesión valorada en 5.560 millones de euros para construir la que será la primera línea de alta velocidad en Estados Unidos y que conectará las ciudades de Dallas-Forth Worth y Houston, en Texas, con una distancia de 386 kilómetros que se recorrerán en menos de 90 minutos.
14/06/2017 A Talgo T350 train today reached a speed of 310kph during the dynamic testing process underway on the Mecca-Medina very high-speed rail line, on a section between the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) and Medina. This is the first time that a train manufactured by the Spain-based company exceeds the projected commercial speed of 300kph to be sustained on what will soon become the first high-speed rail system of the Middle East. This successful testing is a further step on the current deployment plan which devises Talgo trains to reach soon a top speed of 330kph, the final mark to overcome the train homologation process.
On high speed trains, all seats are always assigned. Therefore, when you buy a ticket, they tell you which seat you are going to get and you can also choose it yourself by looking at a floor plan of the train and the carriages, just like on a plane. Also, what you see in the video of people stretched out occupying two seats, I think it's because they bought one seat, and when they saw that after a while no one was occupying the other, they laid down because they were tired. It is also to be understood that many of the people who were stretched out or without shoes, are perhaps tourists or foreigners who do not respect the local rules of conduct or respect the locals. They may also be some young local people who nowadays have neither politeness nor respect for anything.
The AVE shown is an over 30 year old model overused. Of course we have new ones. Spain is the number 1 in Europe's high speed rails and 2nd just surpassed by China. And by the way many countries as German, Holland and perhaps Switzerland are running Spanish's
Prices are not expensive. This is a high speed line going 300 km/h on a rout of 620 km (375 mi). The duration of the direct non stop trip is 2h30 city center to city center withoutbthe need to be there an hour, or more, before departure - which is usually on time. The video is not new and you could still see lower prices, remember he got first class. The price depends on how long in advance you buy and can be be as low as 9€. Planes in the US are not usually that cheap, certainly not in the last moment and in Europe we have very low cost airlines that can be as low as 10€-20€. Flights betwen Madrid and Barcelona are usually around 50€-80€ and mis use take them or because they are used to it ir, most likely, be ause they have a connection at the other airport but soon there ill be a high speed train connection in Madrid and probablly in Barcelona (the train already passes in a station near the airport but does not stop there). The EU planes tomobligate such connections for airports from a certain number of passengers.
I don't think that 50-100 euros for a first class ticket Madrid-Barcelona is expensive at all. Bear in mind that the distance is more than 600 km (more than 372,823 miles) so we are not talking about a regional or short distance train like the ones in Switzerland. In Spain we also have many regional and short distance trains and therefore the prices are much cheaper and there are pass cards as in any public transport, but the AVE is a high speed train (not a normal one) and it also travels very long distances.
@Average_Middle_Aged_American No problem. Yes, some of those tickets were very expensive, but I don't think anyone buys them, or hardly anyone, unless perhaps they have an emergency and they have to travel that day at that time and there are no other cheaper seats left.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Ah ok, and that's more than the internet speed showed on the video? I don't understand much about this topic and I don't remember now the speed on the video. I thought that maybe you meant the internet speed in Germany in general as I've read it's pretty bad.
All High Speed Trains in Spain get same speed , no matter company or price . They have specially designed tracks to deal safely with that , all the way fenced both sides , and no raildoad crossings, stop in very few stations on the way , depends on route , and a few minutes , never in small cities or village , like Swiss trains ,thats weary... The toilet paper , is a SPARE roll , just in case ..... , there's another one in the right place .. Prices are like airfares , it depends on day of week , and time of dep. , and cheaper when bought in advance Possible to get tickets for as little as 9 euros for a 2 hour 25 min. trip ,and you get right in the city center By plane 1h.25min flight , but altogether , airport / checking/security etc etc etc, airport city of destination, almost 3 hours , and hand luggage only ... So the train is the winer . I booked a trip for next tuesday for only 15 E. at 02:00 pm , highest fare same day is 136 E. at 5:52 am ,same speed and duration both !And last seats available the early trip ¡¡¡¡
This is a nice joke, but nothing to do with reality. Spain is a mountains country, very complicated for communications so the merit for these fast trains is humongous
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American The USA was mass-colonized by what? Trains! Look at pictures of US cities before the 50s and 60s, lots of trains and streetcars.
@@wietholdtbuhl6168 Ja, US firmen machten weiter gute Geschäfte mit NAZI Deutschland, und verhinderten auch zu starke Bombardierungen ihrer Firmen. IBM Coca-Cola usw.
The country is too small for flights, most of the time. You need to go to the opposite side of the peninsula for it to make sense. You can fly from Barcelona to Compostela, or from Sevilla to Bilbao, but for most destinations just waiting in the airport lounge is going to take longer than getting on the train.
We've got double decker in Spain since 1990 not just the French, shown on 2024. I don't know why he doesn't show the new double decker Spanish train. Of course the new brand's look nicer, these new companies runs just a few trains, can't be compared with a great fleet of composed by new and not that new but still good
Swiss trains are definitely better, and their network is amazing. Insane level of operational planning. I don't know if there's a video in English, they call it Taktplan and it's a country wide synchronized schedule. However, Swiss trains primarily serve shorter distance travel between smaller towns. Spain is bigger and sparsely populated so speed for long distances is essential. The focus is more on private operators and promoting competition, which did drop prices somewhat in the last couple of years (or raise them during peak times as you saw)
It seems the toilet paper is following him😄🤦🏻♂️. What does he suggest, ¿A person constantly supervising the rolling paper's in the right position?. This guy's bigotry sounds ridiculous sometimes
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American You were right about the soeed, it's far from great but most don't use it as everyone here have a phone, cell coverage is everywhere (there are very few places without cell coverage) so most don't need it. The entertainment system work (if the app works) from a local server on the train kjust like on planes), and as you said connection to the wifi if enough as you are conenected to the local network (that's true always, with your phone, home router or any place that offers internet connecton through WiFi).
Hi, there is a video on youtube where an American man compares American Fanta with European Fanta, I don't know if you could check it. It's a quite silly topic, so I don't know if it fits in what you have in mind to make reactions, but it has a lot of views. The video is called: European vs American FANTA Comparison & Taste Test *Shocking Quality DIFFERENCE, by IWrocker channel. Thank you
En España ni en ningún lugar de Europa un tren para en pueblos de 100 habitantes , eso es falso. Y menos en trenes de Alta Velocidad. Salvo en un par de paradas en el interior de Castilla que se comunican con autobús o coche particular. Un Apeadero, en zonas casi incomunicadas salvo por carretera.
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GREAT point but does anyone measure internet speed in megabytes? I always just say Megs. Maybe I did not pay enough attention. Did he say 1.5 MegaBYTES?
It is always been meassured in bytes in Spain. We are in the country with more optical fiber per citizen and best speed of internet in Europe and third in the world dont use a meassure of 90's in bites... Hahaha of course it is meassured in megabytes!
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Internet communications is measured ¡¡¡ALWAYS!!! in Megabits not in Megabytes. 1 byte=8 bits. That's why so many people get confused between the two...
When I listen to that guy from New Zealand, he usually complains quite a lot about Spain, then I guess how many high speed quality trains they've got in New Zealand, and other nice things we've got in Spain. He sounds quite sulky and even ridiculous sometimes
I don't think he would live there if he was not happy. Maybe a cultural translation issue? People often assume I am more of an azz than I really am. LOL. 🙂
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Is not that, I've seen him critizasing other small things before, I guess he is happy but sometimes he didn't looks like. Nowhere is perfect, but Spain is quite nice
It has to be fake. We Spaniards are always taking a siesta. And we speak mexican. The only thing Spanish people do is dancing flamenco and eating tacos. It is imposible that we own the second biggest high-speed railway system in the world. You must be joking.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American No. Nor do I did. I am expressing myself on behalf of your very nice video about Spanish infrastructures. Thank you, by the way.
You can fly in Europe to Spain from Germany for 30€ or for 300, as it is subsidized, now less, thank God. Instead of supporting train travel more! Lots of room for improvement in Europe!
The Swiss railroad is certainly the best in Europe, but without high-speed trains, it is too small and too dense. High-speed trains only make sense on longer routes.
Ok, this might seem a lavish showcase for foreigners, but trains in Spain have another side of the coin. On the one hand there's this world-class quality of high speed trains. But in order that they are profitable, these lines are only supposed to connect big cities, where business men or any other kind of high rent people can afford traveling in them. Whereas in other medium-sized or smaller cities just get a railway service of a 19 century era or a 3rd world country. The public budget invested on building the high speed network is depriving other areas of the country, less touristy, of having a good or decent basic train service. It doesn't need to be high speed, but just improve a stale network with decades of failures and deficiencies, not typical from a European country. Ok, there are motorways and good roads in compensation, but trains are an issue.
Spain's high speed trains are a worldwide reference since 40 years ago, producing trains all over the world
Suiza. 41.000 km2.
España 506.000 km2.
España, es el país de Europa con mayor red ( más kms. de vias ) de trenes de alta velocidad y el segundo del mundo, detrás de China.
Tambien, en fibra óptica ultrarrápida instalada, tenía hace poco, más que Alemania, Gran Bretaña y Francia juntas.
Suiza es un país con menor tamaño que Castilla y León, así que si es muy pequeño
Suiza es un pequeño territorio en mitad de la nada.
Con cuatro trenes tienen de sobras
To make comparisons easier for an American to understand, Spain is going to be slightly smaller than Texas, with the population of California+Michigan, and Switzerland is slightly larger than Maryland, with the population of Virginia. In Spain, 80% of the population has one or two vehicles. Spain has 150,000 km of roads, of which 15,000 km are highways. Spain has 15,500 km of rail lines, of which 4,500 km are high-speed rail, and the rest is conventional passenger and freight rail.
Flights are also usually cheaper than the AVE in Spain.
However, the AVE has serious advantages, for example: the stations are in the city centre and with metro stops nearby, so you don't need to take taxis or buses to get to the city.
You don't need to arrive an hour early to board either. You can arrive minutes early, and you don't have to go packing your bags as they come in with you.
Unfortunately, flights are still too heavily subsidized instead of trains in Europe.
@@arnodobler1096 First time I've heard that. Flights are not subsidised at all man, at least not in European Union. However, the rail networks are built by states and the main companies of trains including high-speed trains belong to the states too. In short, just the other way around you are saying...😂😂😂
@pedrofmc0000 Kerosene, or aviation fuel, is hardly taxed. Small airports have high losses, which are offset by the state or the region. How can it be that a taxi to the airport or the parking garage costs more than the flight? Ever asked that question?
@@arnodobler1096 Stop inventing data man... Low prices, since lots of years ago are lower, thanks to the so called low-cost companies such as Ryanair etc... and are PRIVATE companies. Airports are managed for a company called AENA. And if the train stations are financed by the state, why not the small airports? Usually airports are away form the cities and taxis are expensive. Normally there are trains, trams, subways or buses to go there. You don't usually need a taxi.
Yes, In Spain, the airline industry does'ot pay taxes on the fuel it uses and VAT is only applied to domestic flights, at a reduced rate of 10%. Currently, the European Commission is considering introducing a tax on aviation kerosene, applying a 20% VAT to all tickets and extending the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme to apply to all flights departing from the European Union.
And btw! do you know why this is like that? The forecasts of tourism this year is 90 million tourists. Do you know how they come and how much money suppose for the country? The come by plane! and we're talking about 200 billion euros, 13,3% of our GDP! Do you understand now?
BTW, small airports are in zones where there're little tourism and if they weren't helped they'd have to close. The airports where most of tourist go doesn't have any financing problem. So, it's a public service for citizens not to help airlines.
@@pedrofmc0000 Thank you for confirming my point!
In 2030 ,all the parts of the country must be connected by high speed trains , now is about 80%
Cool! Thanks!
During my stay in Spain I was able to take a mix of AVE, Ouigo, Iryo, and other train services like Euromed, media distancia, and general commuter trains. Iryo is truly the pinnacle of quality, professional, and comfortable high-speed train travel in Spain. Those seats were heaven to sit in from Valencia to Madrid! 🙌
The toilet paper on the counter top is an extra just in case the one in the hook runs out. Pretty obvious isn't it.
Este señor americano se piensa que España está al sur de Río bravo y claro el papel de toillette....esta fuera de su lugar.😂
@@anacasanova7350 El señor no piensa eso,de hecho profesa respeto e interes por España,solo siente curiosidad.
@@anacasanova7350el del vídeo siempre saca defectos a España. Se le ve resentido
@@yomismo688 A mí antes me molestaba eso, pero pensándolo mejor, pienso dos cosas: este neozelandés ha vivido en España suficientes años para quejarse como un buen español de las cosas que están mal o regular; y dos, creo que al hacer vídeos sacando defectos del sector turismo y servicios nos hace un gran favor, porque así, por ejemplo, Renfe podría verlos (y preocuparse de los miles de seguidores que también lo ven y perder clientela y dinero) y así decidir ponerse las pilas para mantener o mejorar la calidad. Porque, por lo que acabo de ver en su vídeo, en el AVE ha pagado de más por la mierda que ha recibido a cambio, y si nadie denuncia ese timo, los que salimos perjudicados somos todos los consumidores o clientes. Renfe es una empresa de renombre, ¡pero que no se duerma en los laureles si quiere seguir siéndolo!
Pues es curioso si, es curioso que este hombre no se ha enterado todavía y habiendo viajando tanto que el papel higiénico es una bobina gigante que va dentro de un compartimento de metal en la zona del vater. Es absurdo entender que se pone un rollo a medio terminar para 100 personas..
You’re not 6 hours on the Madrid-Barcelona trip, but 2.5 hours to cover the 650 km between the two cities
Madrid-Barcelona's prices shown starts from about 45 euro, that 200 euro shown doesn't reflect the reality. Perhaps 1st class on a very busy day. But yeah, in summer due to tourism, u can travel by plane cheaper than train
The price of the trip on the bird from Madrid to Barcelona is 35 euros, and in Spain it is used more than the plane because it is more practical, you do not have the waiting times that there are at the airports, which in terms of time is very similar and you It is cheaper because the airports are not in the city center and you have to pay another taxi transportation to go to the city.
Trains seem easier for shorter distances for sure.
Renfe que es la empresa española de ferrocarriles ha obtenido una concesión valorada en 5.560 millones de euros para construir la que será la primera línea de alta velocidad en Estados Unidos y que conectará las ciudades de Dallas-Forth Worth y Houston, en Texas, con una distancia de 386 kilómetros que se recorrerán en menos de 90 minutos.
14/06/2017
A Talgo T350 train today reached a speed of 310kph during the dynamic testing process underway on the Mecca-Medina very high-speed rail line, on a section between the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) and Medina. This is the first time that a train manufactured by the Spain-based company exceeds the projected commercial speed of 300kph to be sustained on what will soon become the first high-speed rail system of the Middle East.
This successful testing is a further step on the current deployment plan which devises Talgo trains to reach soon a top speed of 330kph, the final mark to overcome the train homologation process.
España tiene el mejor sistema del mundo en trenes...no hay ningún país para comparar¡¡¡¡
China y Japón. Hablo por experiencia
On high speed trains, all seats are always assigned. Therefore, when you buy a ticket, they tell you which seat you are going to get and you can also choose it yourself by looking at a floor plan of the train and the carriages, just like on a plane.
Also, what you see in the video of people stretched out occupying two seats, I think it's because they bought one seat, and when they saw that after a while no one was occupying the other, they laid down because they were tired. It is also to be understood that many of the people who were stretched out or without shoes, are perhaps tourists or foreigners who do not respect the local rules of conduct or respect the locals. They may also be some young local people who nowadays have neither politeness nor respect for anything.
German ICE has optional reservations for a few Euros extra. But they are useful when you travel at high peak times.
@Psi-Storm Right, they are useful some times.
The AVE shown is an over 30 year old model overused. Of course we have new ones. Spain is the number 1 in Europe's high speed rails and 2nd just surpassed by China. And by the way many countries as German, Holland and perhaps Switzerland are running Spanish's
Prices are not expensive. This is a high speed line going 300 km/h on a rout of 620 km (375 mi). The duration of the direct non stop trip is 2h30 city center to city center withoutbthe need to be there an hour, or more, before departure - which is usually on time. The video is not new and you could still see lower prices, remember he got first class. The price depends on how long in advance you buy and can be be as low as 9€. Planes in the US are not usually that cheap, certainly not in the last moment and in Europe we have very low cost airlines that can be as low as 10€-20€. Flights betwen Madrid and Barcelona are usually around 50€-80€ and mis use take them or because they are used to it ir, most likely, be ause they have a connection at the other airport but soon there ill be a high speed train connection in Madrid and probablly in Barcelona (the train already passes in a station near the airport but does not stop there). The EU planes tomobligate such connections for airports from a certain number of passengers.
Options are always good. Thanks for commenting!
Talgo the former Spanish high speed train, has produced several trains and still refurbishing fleets in the States
También tenemos el 30 algo que es muy anterior al ave que en Arabia Saudí está operando el tango 350 qué es una maravilla de tren de alta velocidad
I don't think that 50-100 euros for a first class ticket Madrid-Barcelona is expensive at all. Bear in mind that the distance is more than 600 km (more than 372,823 miles) so we are not talking about a regional or short distance train like the ones in Switzerland. In Spain we also have many regional and short distance trains and therefore the prices are much cheaper and there are pass cards as in any public transport, but the AVE is a high speed train (not a normal one) and it also travels very long distances.
@@Ilar-en7lg - I agree. I did not realize the distance. However, some of those tickets were more than 200 euros.
@Average_Middle_Aged_American No problem. Yes, some of those tickets were very expensive, but I don't think anyone buys them, or hardly anyone, unless perhaps they have an emergency and they have to travel that day at that time and there are no other cheaper seats left.
Don’t you realise you’re moving at 300km per hour? What kind of WiFi do you get on a plane?
@@joeluciano - tell Germany that
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Is the WiFi better in Germany? Because I've heard it's pretty bad.
@Ilar-en7lg - I am working on a video that shows 70 Mb/s on their ICE train.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Ah ok, and that's more than the internet speed showed on the video? I don't understand much about this topic and I don't remember now the speed on the video.
I thought that maybe you meant the internet speed in Germany in general as I've read it's pretty bad.
We take the fast trains INSTEAD airplanes... much more confortable and convenient...
All High Speed Trains in Spain get same speed , no matter company or price . They have specially designed tracks to deal safely with that , all the way fenced both sides , and no raildoad crossings, stop in very few stations on the way , depends on route , and a few minutes , never in small cities or village , like Swiss trains ,thats weary...
The toilet paper , is a SPARE roll , just in case ..... , there's another one in the right place ..
Prices are like airfares , it depends on day of week , and time of dep. , and cheaper when bought in advance
Possible to get tickets for as little as 9 euros for a 2 hour 25 min. trip ,and you get right in the city center
By plane 1h.25min flight , but altogether , airport / checking/security etc etc etc, airport city of destination, almost 3 hours , and hand luggage only ...
So the train is the winer .
I booked a trip for next tuesday for only 15 E. at 02:00 pm , highest fare same day is 136 E. at 5:52 am ,same speed and duration both !And last seats available the early trip ¡¡¡¡
I like American trains because they are old, they are old and they are the same ones we have seen in the movies from 40 years ago.
I like old things.
The train in Spain runs mainly in the plane.
@@joseamategarcia9276 - LOL
This is a nice joke, but nothing to do with reality. Spain is a mountains country, very complicated for communications so the merit for these fast trains is humongous
Cannot compare Swiss standard trains with high speed trains. It is like comparing bananas and apples
In the plane! In Spain!
@@angeles3708 es una broma sobre la película "Educando a Rita"
Wi-Fi conexión a Internet sin cable, y para conectar dispositivos inalámbricos entre ellos es BLUETOOTH, i think
Having too many cars in the USA isn't the reason for not having a good rail network... IT'S THE REASON FOR HAVING IT!
It is a population density difference.
USA is 20 times larger than spain in area but only 5 or 6 times larger in population.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Another reason to have a good rail network.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American The USA was mass-colonized by what? Trains! Look at pictures of US cities before the 50s and 60s, lots of trains and streetcars.
@arnodobler1096 WW2,Ford and GM,became Giant Influence in the American Political system sooo 🚗 Cars are the winner in this race
@@wietholdtbuhl6168 Ja, US firmen machten weiter gute Geschäfte mit NAZI Deutschland, und verhinderten auch zu starke Bombardierungen ihrer Firmen. IBM Coca-Cola usw.
The country is too small for flights, most of the time. You need to go to the opposite side of the peninsula for it to make sense. You can fly from Barcelona to Compostela, or from Sevilla to Bilbao, but for most destinations just waiting in the airport lounge is going to take longer than getting on the train.
Muy buen video. Un saludo desde Asturias
Thanks!
Howdy from America!
España tiene la red ferroviaria por habitante mas grande del mundo. Por delante de China.
No solo por habitante.
También en red absoluta
Los mejores trenes del mundo son los 6 talgo ave españoles que le vendió a Arabia saudí los trenes más lujosos del mundo
We've got double decker in Spain since 1990 not just the French, shown on 2024. I don't know why he doesn't show the new double decker Spanish train. Of course the new brand's look nicer, these new companies runs just a few trains, can't be compared with a great fleet of composed by new and not that new but still good
Swiss trains are definitely better, and their network is amazing. Insane level of operational planning. I don't know if there's a video in English, they call it Taktplan and it's a country wide synchronized schedule.
However, Swiss trains primarily serve shorter distance travel between smaller towns. Spain is bigger and sparsely populated so speed for long distances is essential.
The focus is more on private operators and promoting competition, which did drop prices somewhat in the last couple of years (or raise them during peak times as you saw)
Spain❤💯💯👍👏👏👏👏
It seems the toilet paper is following him😄🤦🏻♂️. What does he suggest, ¿A person constantly supervising the rolling paper's in the right position?. This guy's bigotry sounds ridiculous sometimes
WiFi on a train, so it´s moving*, not a glas fabre cable in your house! *Mountains Valleys Tunnels
He was not in a tunnel and I don't have fiber. :-)
@@Average_Middle_Aged_AmericanYes, but there's a difference between standing still and traveling at 300 km/h.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American You were right about the soeed, it's far from great but most don't use it as everyone here have a phone, cell coverage is everywhere (there are very few places without cell coverage) so most don't need it. The entertainment system work (if the app works) from a local server on the train kjust like on planes), and as you said connection to the wifi if enough as you are conenected to the local network (that's true always, with your phone, home router or any place that offers internet connecton through WiFi).
Hi, there is a video on youtube where an American man compares American Fanta with European Fanta, I don't know if you could check it. It's a quite silly topic, so I don't know if it fits in what you have in mind to make reactions, but it has a lot of views. The video is called: European vs American FANTA Comparison & Taste Test *Shocking Quality DIFFERENCE, by IWrocker channel. Thank you
@@Ilar-en7lg - I will check it out. Thsnks!
@@Ilar-en7lg - I will check it out. Thsnks!
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American No problem! :)
En España ni en ningún lugar de Europa un tren para en pueblos de 100 habitantes , eso es falso.
Y menos en trenes de Alta Velocidad. Salvo en un par de paradas en el interior de Castilla que se comunican con autobús o coche particular. Un Apeadero, en zonas casi incomunicadas salvo por carretera.
Please watch my video on Swiss trains and tell me where it is incorrect. Thanks.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American yes! but size...
All seats are assigned on this trains
It‘s not 200€, it‘s just 68,20€. The entire Video is twisted in a mirror.
There were tickets over 200 euros depending on time and day.
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Wonders of architecture in Spain: the Great Mosque of Cordoba
I will check it out!
Thanks!
The video was in mirror mode
yes, it was.
U might be interest in watching out the Metro of Madrid, it is so nice. Kind Regards
1.5 megabytes/sec is 12 megabits/sec
GREAT point but does anyone measure internet speed in megabytes? I always just say Megs. Maybe I did not pay enough attention. Did he say 1.5 MegaBYTES?
It is always been meassured in bytes in Spain. We are in the country with more optical fiber per citizen and best speed of internet in Europe and third in the world dont use a meassure of 90's in bites... Hahaha of course it is meassured in megabytes!
@@Antonio-fm4md De eso nada. yo tengo 600 megabits de ancho de banda y eso se traduce en 70 megabytes como mucho.
I just watched on video on German trains, and the internet was measured in megaBITS. Weird.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Internet communications is measured ¡¡¡ALWAYS!!! in Megabits not in Megabytes. 1 byte=8 bits. That's why so many people get confused between the two...
Muy buen video 😊 🚄🇪🇸
When I listen to that guy from New Zealand, he usually complains quite a lot about Spain, then I guess how many high speed quality trains they've got in New Zealand, and other nice things we've got in Spain. He sounds quite sulky and even ridiculous sometimes
I don't think he would live there if he was not happy. Maybe a cultural translation issue? People often assume I am more of an azz than I really am. LOL. 🙂
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Is not that, I've seen him critizasing other small things before, I guess he is happy but sometimes he didn't looks like. Nowhere is perfect, but Spain is quite nice
@@Average_Middle_Aged_AmericanI like ur videos, because u are open-minded
@@yomismo688 - Thanks! I have a history of not being so open minded, but that is something I have been working on. 3 sides to everything... 🙂
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American we all have to do it, working on ourselves and I believe you became a smarter person.
It has to be fake. We Spaniards are always taking a siesta. And we speak mexican. The only thing Spanish people do is dancing flamenco and eating tacos. It is imposible that we own the second biggest high-speed railway system in the world. You must be joking.
@@GenaroDemetrio - Are you OK?
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American I'm 4 feet and 3 inches and 2 hairs of being Ok, because I haven't taken my second siesta. 😔
I am very confused. Did I insult you?
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American No. Nor do I did. I am expressing myself on behalf of your very nice video about Spanish infrastructures. Thank you, by the way.
You can fly in Europe to Spain from Germany for 30€ or for 300, as it is subsidized, now less, thank God. Instead of supporting train travel more! Lots of room for improvement in Europe!
The Swiss railroad is certainly the best in Europe, but without high-speed trains, it is too small and too dense. High-speed trains only make sense on longer routes.
Ok, this might seem a lavish showcase for foreigners, but trains in Spain have another side of the coin. On the one hand there's this world-class quality of high speed trains. But in order that they are profitable, these lines are only supposed to connect big cities, where business men or any other kind of high rent people can afford traveling in them. Whereas in other medium-sized or smaller cities just get a railway service of a 19 century era or a 3rd world country. The public budget invested on building the high speed network is depriving other areas of the country, less touristy, of having a good or decent basic train service. It doesn't need to be high speed, but just improve a stale network with decades of failures and deficiencies, not typical from a European country. Ok, there are motorways and good roads in compensation, but trains are an issue.
Don’t you realise you’re moving at 300km per hour? What kind of WiFi do you get on a plane?