I'm originally from China, studied in Germany for 3 years and now work in the US. I only took ICE for less than 5 times I believe just because they are not covered by the semester ticket. Watching this video, I really missed my happy and peaceful old days there traveling on the regular trains, seeing the farmlands, cows, horses and wind turbines flying away in the window. Bless Germany and German people.
Oh nice man, what have you studied? Glad you had a great time here in Germany, hopefully it wasn't the last time you have visited Germany the last time.
@@sausagefruit7690 Thanks man. I studied Electrical Engineering. I actually visited Germany for my Christmas holiday last year. I'll definitely visit Germany again after this pandemic.
@@zhihonglei7243 Great man! I have also an friend of mine, living in the Texas, U.S., she's also original from China. Would be nice, if you visit Germany more often, it's a great country. Munich and Frankfurt are beautiful, or the North See like City of Büsum or City of Kiel etc.
I was a exchange student from South Africa to Germany in 2006. I rode the ICE 5 times. Wonderful train, nearly silent, and so smooth in acceleration and deceleration that the first time I rode one it began to pull away and I got motion sickness, it was so gradual I didn't feel it but I could see it and by brain didn't quite compute. When it gains a bit more speed the best I can describe it is like slipping down a wall of smooth ice (no pun intended). Wonderful machine and service. Its more convenient and comfortable than an airliner.
The way this documentary translates absolutely everything, from curses to little conversations and thank yous, is unnecessary but also at the same time a really nice touch, I like it!
كنت في عام 1992 في المانيا 🇩🇪 وكنت سعيدآ حين سافرت من فرانكفورت الى برلين على القطار السريعICE. شكرآ المانيا صناعة وجودة عالية. الجمهوريةاليمنية I was in Germany in 1992 🇩🇪 and I was happy when I traveled from Frankfurt to Berlin on the express train ICE. Thank you, Germany. High quality and industry.From YEMEN
Wow I'm impressed! As someone who works in the industry I can vouch that this is a fully comprehensive video on the construction and operation of a rail system. From the crew and driver responsibilities and training as well as the construction process of a new line from the initial steps all the way though to the final stages, it literally shows it all and in full detail - well done!
Oh yes that will be great for the down east line wirh a average traveltime between boston and washington dc with around 4 hours or below. The ICE 1 Train was tested there in the early 90‘ The California Highspeed corridor was almost looking for a Train with Siemens
Been to Germany twice for training courses in German factories. They are very clean and efficient. Most trains, etc run on time and are well-maintained.
@Don R. Wetter No you shut up. I inform myself before I comment, so not to embarrass myself. 1 in 4 is late according to the statistics. Now you only need to understand the statistics. DB say hat a train is on time if not late by more than 6 minutes. So in reality, 85% of the trains are late to begin with... What happens internationally does not establish a standard, because Germany is not a 3rd world shit hole, at least not quite yet... I like your comment anyway, because for some unexplained reason, I was thinking about how I am not very German at all in most ways only 20 minutes ago -- but if someone/thing is not punctual, it pisses me off in a big fucking way. And in that, I am very German. 1 in 4 delayed is not acceptable in Germany and that is all there is to say to it.
@sam s Well yes. Obviously I can read German and that is what DB's OWN NUMBERS SAY. Do you have a comprehension weakness? Do I need to google it again and copy-paste it here for you? Jesus Christ... the stupidity in RUclips comments is bottom-less.
@Yule Calma Are you drunk? Do you not understand the meaning of READ THE FUCKING STATISTICS? German rail is chronically late. In my long-time home town of Mainz, barely 75% of the trains used to be on time. Regional trains to Frankfurt have never been on time - because they typically have to wait to give priority to the LATE intercity trains coming through... Jesus Christ. Why did you drag Japan in to this. Don't do drugs and post on RUclips at the same time.
@@Baerchenization It is true that the DB struggles with punctuality but you have to count in that our railway system is one of the most complex and compared to the US the trains in Germany are pretty punctual. Yes there is room for improvement but it could be way way worse.
A reminder of the advances round this troubled planet that yes, there are brilliant dedicated folks who care about all of us. They know how vital it is to this brave but sad new world that travel communication IS needed.
@@Racko. They don't just look more modern, they are more modern. Just because the Germans run them at a lower speed doesen't mean they are less advanced. In France the ICE runs at the same speeds as the TGV (320 km/h, certified for 330 km/h). In China the Siemens Velaro (ICE 3) runs at 350 km/h and is certified for 380 km/h.
@@jonny2954 Very true, they exceed the usual 220KM/H they run on inside Germany. TGV and ICE along with Thalys and other High speed train lines all run of tracks optimized for a particular speed, so it usually varies. It's the same with Shinkansen in Japan, and in China as you mentioned
@@Racko. I don't know if it's exaclty true but one of the reasons that the siemens velaro (ICE train) was a exportation sucess and works very well for germany is that it doesn't need such specific railways,it can use older ones like in the east german but it doesn't achieve the maximun speed in this way.
I was stationed in Germany from ‘95-‘98 and rode the trains a lot, and the ICE 4-5 times. While ALL of the DB trains were nice, the ICE was always the best one to ride. On the regular trains, after it got to rolling, I headed straight back to the bistro car and enjoyed a few Hefeweizens and usually a sandwich. The food was always perfect. The first time I used the WC/restroom on one, it blew my mind when I flushed the toilet and saw the cross ties going by underneath when the little trap door opened when I “flushed” the toilet! 😂😳
@@7996hobguy Used to. It's been decades since I've seen a train with that kind of toilet. I think they were all replaced by the usual pneumatic toilets.
Nah im from Germany and have to say that the Deutsche Bahn is horrorbil. They are always late and not as shown in the Documentary they are a whole disapointment.
I've always loved trains. It remember being young enough to stand by my dad's shoulder to watch the train go over a small trestle, only wide enough for a 1950s car. I always wanted to know where it was going.
You think in the UK they are any better? Appalling standards, mainly to do with the franchise system which luckily was disbanded last week by the very political party that invented it.
Stuff like this in Europe would hardly exist without a "big brother", the state, waiting for private companies and money would not have enabled it. The US is of course different in many ways and clearly behind in transportation within and between towns but it's really a political question and decision and it varies between towns and states too. One big reason was from the beginning that gas was so much cheaper in the USA compared to Europe.
Great food on the ICE. And cheap, with a good sized portion. The coffee was rather good. I travelled all around Germany, in 2016, on rail. It was great.
33:55- reinforced concrete foundation piles 34:45 worm conveyor 35:26 movable drilling rig 36:00 overlapping board pile walls 36:20 4.5 tonnes of ballast per metre 36:28 1500 pre-stressed concrete sleepers - each weighing around 200 kg 36:45 four pre-stressing tendons (Spannglieder) flectural strength 37:10 derailment (Entgleisung) 39:15 farings (Verkleidungen) 39:35 ICE manufacturedby SIEMENS 39:45 SAFETY TEST OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM 41:39 measuring station located in a car at the centre of the train 42:45 individual steel rails 120 metres long, 7 tonnes heavy .. and as flexible as spaghetti 44:05 the bolts are greased (die Schrauben sind gefettet)
I was very lucky to have a First Class Eurail Pass. Speeding at 200/kmh between two cities, I went back to the Dining car to get some Lunch. I was assured it would be delivered to my seat, very soon. They seemed to know which seat I was from? As I returned to that seat the train decelerated very quickly and I arrived much more quickly than expected. Then, just as I sat down the Lunch arrived instantaneously , as well! Whoosh!, Whoosh! A very impressive gourmet lunch it was, too. . Wow!
I drive those German bullet trains myself and know a lot of those people (since I work in Munich). I will move back to the USA in a couple of years. I will miss those bullet trains though. Nice documentary.
This was very interesting - I watched it all the way through. I don't know offhand how many passenger-kilometers or passenger-miles are completed with trains in DE vs. other modes, but I assume it's much more than intra-country travel by air, for example. Thus, these kinds of engineering jobs seem to be very important. I could follow the basics of most of the technical explanations. Too bad I'll never get a chance to do any of this work - looks very fulfilling. Even when I lived in DE a long time ago, not long after the ICE 1 was put into service, I never got to ride one. Would be fun to ride now, I bet! München-Berlin in 4 hours! That would have been inconceivable back then.
Trains cover more passenger kilometers than planes but unfortunately the difference is not as great as one might expect. According to Wikipedia ICE trains covered ~33 billion passenger kilometers in 2019. For domestic flights I only have numbers for 2017 which covered ~10 billion passenger kilometers. Of course that only covers ICE trains. The number is probably closer to 40 billion passenger kilometers if you include other long-distance train services like the IC. But it really is a shame since of course CO2 emissions per passenger and kilometer are a lot lower for trains (about 10 times lower). For most domestic travel I mostly use the train. It is much more convenient and relaxing than traveling by plane. Unfortunately DB really has some serious punctuality issues when it comes to long-distance trains.
@Don R. Wetter He meant in India, the drivers/loco pilots don't bother checking...and there are times when you see people running to catch the train because the train left without them. But that is mostly because the passengers are idiots who are late. It's not the driver's fault.
When a nation thinks in a consistent way all the structures formed in the dynamics of the whole rationally accommodates the final function of everything, and from there the development efficiency occupies its most coherent place to its citizens.
The documentary spared out all the problems or "inconsistencies". Like the shown tracks make only a small part of the network (unlike in France) and most of the time, they have to share tracks with cargo and commuter trains. So what you see is more or less idealized, or a commercial.
Holger P. good afternoon my perception was based on the visual and descriptive documentary, where it may possibly include (for the viewer who doesn’t have close experience with reality) some adjustments to be made because the functional reality of everything in life is dynamic and to include these details to be “pruned” without the final functional compromise of the idealized one. However, I thank you for your intervention, where this brought to everyone's perception an adjustment experienced by you where “partially homeless” what was intended by the documentary producers .
@@ricksantos1580 no just a few high speed relations to go 300 km/h. But most often regular lines, where it can go only around 180-220. So the network capacity is limited, when track are shared with regional and Cargo trains. But people can go from interlaken to Hamburg without any trransfer.
I wish that we will have this kind of technology in the Philippines in particular the island of Mindanao. Connecting all the cities and provinces. Wow.
The commentary is great over the ICE. The cool one is ICE trains goes also to neighbour countgries of Germany, like France and Switzerland. Its very nice, when you like to go from Switzerland to Germany you dont have to change the train, the same is also when you go to Paris to Frankfurt[Main. The cool thing is you dont have to leave the train, on the boarder. The border control check your passport on the running train. You dont have to leave your seat.
Resmi Anoop our roads are smaller than American roads cause we don’t drive huge cars that however doesn’t mean that our roads are bad quality or dirty after all we have no speed limit on the autobahn
I doubt ICE are very hard to drive, modern locomotives are highly automated. Older experienced operators are probably mostly assigned to the harder to operate old trains they already have lots of experience with.
I thought the same thing XD XD Probably, because Kurzgesagt is located in Munich and the documentary also plays in Munich (and Munich has a lot of TV production officeses). I guess the amount of fluent native English speakers isn't thaaaat high :-)
It's hardly surprising, he's a voice actor after all. And voice actors don't live off just one role :P He also voices Dr. Hartman in the German dub of Family guy, and he also voices Homer Simpson since the death of the original German voice actor.
Come on, the Acela Express is not that bad! But you're right, you could set up a European-style HSR between DC and Boston, that would make sense. Otherwise, because of the long distances, it probably wouldn't. Europe is much more densely populated, the distances between important cities are much shorter. In the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Lowlands, 260 million people live in an area roughly equivalent to the east coast of the USA.
I've tried ICE a few times from Amsterdam to Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt. There is never a direct line and I ALWAYS miss my connection in Germany. I tried to book a connection taking more time into account for transfer but web sites hardly ever enable you to do that (or it is simply not clear to me how to do that). So I switched back to flying.
39:10 There is a focus on aerodynamics to reduce air resistance and increase efficiency. Since air resistance slows the train down it also shortens the braking distance of the train. During normal operations this drag will only be a disadvantage, but during emergencies it would help to slow the train down faster. I have no clue how big of an effect this has, but I wonder how much of a benefit active aerodynamics can have on the train's braking distance. Adding flaps like on an airplane could possibly make them safer. I also learned that electro magents are used for emergency breaks, which is amazing. This probably does way more than active aerodynamics. The electromagnetic breaks appeared to work differently than I initially expected. These seem to function as friction breaks by strongly attaching to the rails. I first thought the electromagnetic breaks would be Eddy current breaks. Or maybe it works as a combination of Eddy currents and friction?
THINK about that. A German Train Engineer personally responsible not only for the Operation of the Train; but also for the Safety and Well Being of all the Passengers Aboard AT AGE 24. Half the kids in the United States still live at Home in their Parents Basement.
We will never have anything like this train in North America. The automobile industry will never allow it., they want to sell us cars, cars and more cars and will stop any government that attempts to build one. We are stuck with 1800's trains.
We will never have anything like this train because we're getting something much better. Google "Northeast Maglev". They have a website explaining it in full detail, but they are building a Japanese maglev train in the northeast corridor in the U.S. If you want to give your support for the project, you can do that on the website. And even beyond that, the U.S will be one of the first countries to get a Hyperloop, which if you don't know what that is I would recommend looking that up too. So the U.S has a lot of upcoming rail projects to look forward to, but it's taken 3rd party investors to circumnavigate the established rail industry.
@@ciello___8307 sadly yes... But it´s not only the ICE themselves but the whole railway system of germany... and if one train is too late the rest is also... The regional trains are always waiting for the ICE to clear the Rails and then you are 5 mins behind what is enough that you miss your next train and can wait an hour... BTW! Germany has some realy nice train stations!
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I'm originally from China, studied in Germany for 3 years and now work in the US. I only took ICE for less than 5 times I believe just because they are not covered by the semester ticket. Watching this video, I really missed my happy and peaceful old days there traveling on the regular trains, seeing the farmlands, cows, horses and wind turbines flying away in the window. Bless Germany and German people.
Oh nice man, what have you studied? Glad you had a great time here in Germany, hopefully it wasn't the last time you have visited Germany the last time.
@@sausagefruit7690 Thanks man. I studied Electrical Engineering. I actually visited Germany for my Christmas holiday last year. I'll definitely visit Germany again after this pandemic.
@@zhihonglei7243 Great man! I have also an friend of mine, living in the Texas, U.S., she's also original from China. Would be nice, if you visit Germany more often, it's a great country. Munich and Frankfurt are beautiful, or the North See like City of Büsum or City of Kiel etc.
Germany is a best country,
Thank you ❤
I was a exchange student from South Africa to Germany in 2006. I rode the ICE 5 times. Wonderful train, nearly silent, and so smooth in acceleration and deceleration that the first time I rode one it began to pull away and I got motion sickness, it was so gradual I didn't feel it but I could see it and by brain didn't quite compute. When it gains a bit more speed the best I can describe it is like slipping down a wall of smooth ice (no pun intended). Wonderful machine and service. Its more convenient and comfortable than an airliner.
00:19
Driver -
WELT - _"Oh, damn"_ 🤣🤣🤣
He didn't say damn. Lol
💩
Scheiße
The way this documentary translates absolutely everything, from curses to little conversations and thank yous, is unnecessary but also at the same time a really nice touch, I like it!
Haha I think it’s brilliant. They did a bang-up job
I’m not sure why they don’t simply use English subtitles but I do like the translations too
Yes you are right,tomuch, no need to translate every single word, bit stupid to!
@@coyotelong4349 I don't like visual translations because it takes my eyes off of the action on the screen.
the most important is the translation of the ICE computer: "Notbremse" (automatic breaking)
Translate with dubbing everything is annoying, because you can use subtitles instead.
I watched this while riding in an ICE from München to Berlin. It feels even more amazing to know more about the train you're riding in.
Party Drinking Game: Drown a shot each time they say "Tilting Technology".
*Nearly IMPOSSIBLE.*
Covid19 drinking game: take a shot for each new case a day
I am already drunk from the tilting drinking game
Lmao. I think we would definitely surpass covid related deaths doing that! Actually... Government would classify that covid related
Fuck that I'm watching this nursing a hangover lol but I will take your challenge with bong rips lol
@OneHairyGuy heard she's from lickenzedicken
Was In Germany at 2005, Experienced the German Transportation system, Bus, Regional Train & ICE... Alles in Ordnung und Perfekt
كنت في عام 1992 في المانيا 🇩🇪 وكنت سعيدآ حين سافرت من فرانكفورت الى برلين على القطار السريعICE.
شكرآ المانيا صناعة وجودة عالية. الجمهوريةاليمنية
I was in Germany in 1992 🇩🇪 and I was happy when I traveled from Frankfurt to Berlin on the express train ICE. Thank you, Germany. High quality and industry.From YEMEN
17:08 Kurzgesagt voice.
That's exactly what i was thinking!
Uncanny
Hearing his voice while not in a Kurzgesagt video makes u feel like something is off
I also hear that one of the voiceovers reminds me of the Stanley parable voiceover
In a few places.
This guy has a well documented voice ..makes you love any documentary he does
Isn't he the man that does Kurzgesagt, i mean the man who translates the male Germans in this Doku.
@@Ma-mj7or I did think that lol
@@Ma-mj7or Yes it sounds like him
@@Ma-mj7orIt's him. It gets me confused 😅
@@Ma-mj7ormy grandson watches a lot of Kurgesagt and he sounds similar to.
Wow I'm impressed! As someone who works in the industry I can vouch that this is a fully comprehensive video on the construction and operation of a rail system. From the crew and driver responsibilities and training as well as the construction process of a new line from the initial steps all the way though to the final stages, it literally shows it all and in full detail - well done!
I asked for it & waited for it thanks a lot am somewhat a high speed rail enthusiasts & German tech enthusiasts
America needs this!
Nathan Hilarides You need a new President first
America got a ICE 1 for Test drives. It's a AMTRAC ICE
Ian Muir Trump 2020 my man! 💪🏻🇺🇸
@@dennismodellbauwelt6557 That was in the early 90s
Oh yes that will be great for the down east line wirh a average traveltime between boston and washington dc with around 4 hours or below.
The ICE 1 Train was tested there in the early 90‘
The California Highspeed corridor was almost looking for a Train with Siemens
Been to Germany twice for training courses in German factories. They are very clean and efficient. Most trains, etc run on time and are well-maintained.
No they do not run on time, this is a notorious subject in Germany. Last year, one in four ICE were late.
@Don R. Wetter No you shut up. I inform myself before I comment, so not to embarrass myself. 1 in 4 is late according to the statistics. Now you only need to understand the statistics. DB say hat a train is on time if not late by more than 6 minutes. So in reality, 85% of the trains are late to begin with... What happens internationally does not establish a standard, because Germany is not a 3rd world shit hole, at least not quite yet... I like your comment anyway, because for some unexplained reason, I was thinking about how I am not very German at all in most ways only 20 minutes ago -- but if someone/thing is not punctual, it pisses me off in a big fucking way. And in that, I am very German. 1 in 4 delayed is not acceptable in Germany and that is all there is to say to it.
@sam s Well yes. Obviously I can read German and that is what DB's OWN NUMBERS SAY. Do you have a comprehension weakness? Do I need to google it again and copy-paste it here for you? Jesus Christ... the stupidity in RUclips comments is bottom-less.
@Yule Calma Are you drunk? Do you not understand the meaning of READ THE FUCKING STATISTICS? German rail is chronically late. In my long-time home town of Mainz, barely 75% of the trains used to be on time. Regional trains to Frankfurt have never been on time - because they typically have to wait to give priority to the LATE intercity trains coming through... Jesus Christ. Why did you drag Japan in to this. Don't do drugs and post on RUclips at the same time.
@@Baerchenization It is true that the DB struggles with punctuality but you have to count in that our railway system is one of the most complex and compared to the US the trains in Germany are pretty punctual. Yes there is room for improvement but it could be way way worse.
I love ice train I used it from Munich to Frankfurt when I was in Germany it's was amazing.
This was a really nice documentary that you made. I learned a lot and it was relaxing and refreshing. Thank you !!
A reminder of the advances round this troubled planet that yes, there are brilliant dedicated folks who care about all of us. They know how vital it is to this brave but sad new world that travel communication IS needed.
24 years old ! Great starting and also great documentary.
Thanks for providing English content. More English content from WELT please
The man working at the on board restaurant seems so relaxed and friendly. I wish I had a job where I felt as happy as him.
I love the documentarys in english! Please more. (Police, Firefighters, Boats, Trains, etc)
I travelled around Germany with your ICE trains. I loved them! They also more modern compared to France’s TGV trains.
The ICE is slower.
You are misinformed, they "Look" more Modern, they still lack behind the TGV in Speed.
The French TGV is literally the fastest Train in all of EU
@@Racko. They don't just look more modern, they are more modern. Just because the Germans run them at a lower speed doesen't mean they are less advanced. In France the ICE runs at the same speeds as the TGV (320 km/h, certified for 330 km/h). In China the Siemens Velaro (ICE 3) runs at 350 km/h and is certified for 380 km/h.
@@jonny2954 Very true, they exceed the usual 220KM/H they run on inside Germany.
TGV and ICE along with Thalys and other High speed train lines all run of tracks optimized for a particular speed, so it usually varies. It's the same with Shinkansen in Japan, and in China as you mentioned
@@Racko. I don't know if it's exaclty true but one of the reasons that the siemens velaro (ICE train) was a exportation sucess and works very well for germany is that it doesn't need such specific railways,it can use older ones like in the east german but it doesn't achieve the maximun speed in this way.
ICE and French TGV on top !
Great ride... really enjoyed...thanks Deutsche Bahn
I was stationed in Germany from ‘95-‘98 and rode the trains a lot, and the ICE 4-5 times. While ALL of the DB trains were nice, the ICE was always the best one to ride. On the regular trains, after it got to rolling, I headed straight back to the bistro car and enjoyed a few Hefeweizens and usually a sandwich. The food was always perfect. The first time I used the WC/restroom on one, it blew my mind when I flushed the toilet and saw the cross ties going by underneath when the little trap door opened when I “flushed” the toilet! 😂😳
The toilet just emptied on the the tracks? Odd, I wonder if it's still done that way.
@@7996hobguy yep, sure did! But they also fertilize their farm fields with a slurry of human, pig, horse, cow, and other poop.
@@7996hobguy Used to. It's been decades since I've seen a train with that kind of toilet. I think they were all replaced by the usual pneumatic toilets.
The ICE 1 is my absolute favourite train in the world... Really beautiful and fast train.
I almost fell out of my chair when i heard the voice of the English Kurzgesagt speaker. The world is small after all.
:D
I just posted a similar comment and went down to the comment section to see if anyone had the same idea. Bravo, such a small world!
Germany does everything best 👌 👍 from cars, roads, architecture, food, tech, trains and beautiful people
Nah im from Germany and have to say that the Deutsche Bahn is horrorbil. They are always late and not as shown in the Documentary they are a whole disapointment.
Seriously, food? Go to Italy. The Italians take food seriously
I've always loved trains. It remember being young enough to stand by my dad's shoulder to watch the train go over a small trestle, only wide enough for a 1950s car. I always wanted to know where it was going.
Trains in the USA are a national disgrace.
Not anymore. Avelia Liberty is on testing stages now and USA is planning to make high speed rails connecting cities.
Not the freight network, we have one of the absolute best freight networks
@@boxlid214 Trueee. They also have the best freight trains and freight cars.
You think in the UK they are any better? Appalling standards, mainly to do with the franchise system which luckily was disbanded last week by the very political party that invented it.
Stuff like this in Europe would hardly exist without a "big brother", the state, waiting for private companies and money would not have enabled it. The US is of course different in many ways and clearly behind in transportation within and between towns but it's really a political question and decision and it varies between towns and states too. One big reason was from the beginning that gas was so much cheaper in the USA compared to Europe.
31:18 So he's a SHAFT inspector. Cool.
I thought that was your sisters profession
Great food on the ICE. And cheap, with a good sized portion. The coffee was rather good. I travelled all around Germany, in 2016, on rail. It was great.
love it, nice documentary!
This channel must deserve 1 million subscribers.
33:55- reinforced concrete foundation piles
34:45 worm conveyor
35:26 movable drilling rig
36:00 overlapping board pile walls
36:20 4.5 tonnes of ballast per metre
36:28 1500 pre-stressed concrete sleepers - each weighing around 200 kg
36:45 four pre-stressing tendons (Spannglieder) flectural strength
37:10 derailment (Entgleisung)
39:15 farings (Verkleidungen)
39:35 ICE manufacturedby SIEMENS
39:45 SAFETY TEST OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM
41:39 measuring station located in a car at the centre of the train
42:45 individual steel rails 120 metres long, 7 tonnes heavy .. and as flexible as spaghetti
44:05 the bolts are greased (die Schrauben sind gefettet)
Was willst du damit sagen?
@@sirendor202 legende
@ 3:35 24 year old 👏👏 What an amazing job operating such a fast machine 👌👌
Why, it goes automaticly like an I-pas. Nothing apecial!
I was very lucky to have a First Class Eurail Pass. Speeding at 200/kmh between two cities, I went back to the Dining car to get some Lunch. I was assured it would be delivered to my seat, very soon. They seemed to know which seat I was from? As I returned to that seat the train decelerated very quickly and I arrived much more quickly than expected. Then, just as I sat down the Lunch arrived instantaneously , as well! Whoosh!, Whoosh! A very impressive gourmet lunch it was, too. . Wow!
Always a competition between Alstom & Siemens
Siemens is better 😇❤
Siemens Is Better
Superb train and faster than taking a plane between cities :)
I drove the ICE in the simulator in Fulda in 2016. What an experience.
I have not watched the end of the video. Very thank you for your good work.
I'm a train and I approve this video!!!
Cool
OMG you? Here?
I drive those German bullet trains myself and know a lot of those people (since I work in Munich). I will move back to the USA in a couple of years. I will miss those bullet trains though. Nice documentary.
thank you this is Amazing !!!!! actually beyond Amazing!!
I love the real bar in the Boardtestaurant😍
It really is the best way to travel around Germany.
Really love the design of the ICE trains
Good documentary. 💯💯💯
Steve Taylors Voice narrating brings Kurzgesagt vibes everywhere!
ICE is best for traveling with children over long distances, way better than a ride in a car.
This was very interesting - I watched it all the way through. I don't know offhand how many passenger-kilometers or passenger-miles are completed with trains in DE vs. other modes, but I assume it's much more than intra-country travel by air, for example. Thus, these kinds of engineering jobs seem to be very important. I could follow the basics of most of the technical explanations. Too bad I'll never get a chance to do any of this work - looks very fulfilling.
Even when I lived in DE a long time ago, not long after the ICE 1 was put into service, I never got to ride one. Would be fun to ride now, I bet! München-Berlin in 4 hours! That would have been inconceivable back then.
Trains cover more passenger kilometers than planes but unfortunately the difference is not as great as one might expect. According to Wikipedia ICE trains covered ~33 billion passenger kilometers in 2019. For domestic flights I only have numbers for 2017 which covered ~10 billion passenger kilometers. Of course that only covers ICE trains. The number is probably closer to 40 billion passenger kilometers if you include other long-distance train services like the IC. But it really is a shame since of course CO2 emissions per passenger and kilometer are a lot lower for trains (about 10 times lower).
For most domestic travel I mostly use the train. It is much more convenient and relaxing than traveling by plane. Unfortunately DB really has some serious punctuality issues when it comes to long-distance trains.
42:76 the way the guy tries to say "spaghetti" all intense like is so hard to take seriously omg
I wonder if the narrator is the same as in "Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell"?
It really sounds like him❤️
We all know the sucktion effect at 25 Km/h :D
That was very interesting !!! Thank you for sharing this with us...:):):)
This is my favorite video
here in my country we dont have trains we have turtles xd
am i hearing kurtgesagt in a nut shell?
I think it's kursgezagt indeed
So much attention to detail here, truly world class. When the US ever embark on importing HSR trains let's go w the ICE model first.
One of the narrators sounds exactly like the narrator for the Kurzgesagt RUclips channel. And thank you for this great documentary.
14:15 she was checking everyone got into train , meanwhile in india 😂😂🤣🤣
I guess they don't get waiting list for their trains😂😂
@Don R. Wetter He meant in India, the drivers/loco pilots don't bother checking...and there are times when you see people running to catch the train because the train left without them.
But that is mostly because the passengers are idiots who are late. It's not the driver's fault.
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When a nation thinks in a consistent way all the structures formed in the dynamics of the whole rationally accommodates the final function of everything, and from there the development efficiency occupies its most coherent place to its citizens.
Leonardo Vinicius your point?
The documentary spared out all the problems or "inconsistencies". Like the shown tracks make only a small part of the network (unlike in France) and most of the time, they have to share tracks with cargo and commuter trains. So what you see is more or less idealized, or a commercial.
Holger P. good afternoon my perception was based on the visual and descriptive documentary, where it may possibly include (for the viewer who doesn’t have close experience with reality) some adjustments to be made because the functional reality of everything in life is dynamic and to include these details to be “pruned” without the final functional compromise of the idealized one. However, I thank you for your intervention, where this brought to everyone's perception an adjustment experienced by you where “partially homeless” what was intended by the documentary producers .
@@holger_p that interesting I thought ICE had dedicated lines like EUROSTATR/TGV or JAPANESE HST.
@@ricksantos1580 no just a few high speed relations to go 300 km/h. But most often regular lines, where it can go only around 180-220. So the network capacity is limited, when track are shared with regional and Cargo trains. But people can go from interlaken to Hamburg without any trransfer.
I just found this video, coincidentally 1 day before I fly from the US to Germany to visit family and my hometown of Erlangen. ❤
great....thank you
german efficiency is top notch!
Yes, and American infrastructure is a disaster.
@Praveen Sampath i love british trains. But sadly we have worse delays than DB and im somewhat proud of that
Ming Ming Ja
@@TrainsFerriesFeet america isnt the center of the world
Except Berlin airport. That is an unmitigated disaster.
I wish that we will have this kind of technology in the Philippines in particular the island of Mindanao. Connecting all the cities and provinces. Wow.
The planet needs it it’s embarrassing that 2/3rds of the world’s HSR track is located in a SINGLE COUNTRY!!!!! 🤦 🤦♂️ 🤦♀️
Magkakaroon ñan sa pilipinas.. chinese na ang bahala magtayo ng highspeed railway sa pilipinas.. haha 🤣🤣
It´s no secret technology. Anyone can buy ICE train sets from Siemens who is willing to pay arround $ 30 million per train :D
The commentary is great over the ICE. The cool one is ICE trains goes also to neighbour countgries of Germany, like France and Switzerland. Its very nice, when you like to go from Switzerland to Germany you dont have to change the train, the same is also when you go to Paris to Frankfurt[Main. The cool thing is you dont have to leave the train, on the boarder. The border control check your passport on the running train. You dont have to leave your seat.
i wanna see Shiey ride this rail ) ...and excellent doc!
America would NEVER.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
California already is, but by the looks of it, ill be dead before it gets completed because its all politics
@Resmi Anoop wat? German roads are world famous for being excellent. European infrastructure standards is gold. US is bronze at best.
@Resmi Anoop have you ever been to germany lol...
Resmi Anoop our roads are smaller than American roads cause we don’t drive huge cars that however doesn’t mean that our roads are bad quality or dirty after all we have no speed limit on the autobahn
I always admire the German and the Japanese of their efficiency.
And Don’t forget France
@@ricardo3011 oh France too
Efficience ??? New Berlin Airport opening now after 12 years delay😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Steffen Rosmus er soll ja dieses Jahr fertig werden soweit ich weiß hahahahahah
@@lexobischof7069 na sind noch 14 Tage Zeit😉😉😉
Danke
23yrs and employed ..wonderful
God bless Germany 🇩🇪
3:47 kurzgesagt voice 😄👍🏻
42:55. “They appear to be as flexible as spaghetti 🍝”: I like 👍 that analogy. 😂 😂 🤣 🤣
Kurzgesagt voices in between! :D
I'm surprised the train drivers are so young, I would have thought they would assign more senior/experienced drivers for flagship services like ICE.
DB has a serious staffing problem. Everyone older than 18 years can apply to be an ICE driver.
I doubt ICE are very hard to drive, modern locomotives are highly automated. Older experienced operators are probably mostly assigned to the harder to operate old trains they already have lots of experience with.
ICE trains are not flagship services. ICE trains are commuter trains for the german people, nothing fancy about it.
Ever notice that the nations most devastated in WWII have the most advanced rail?
Great video . Have subscribe to your channel.
I remember my experience with ICE. It was a good journey to Cologne. I like to visit again.
Get there so fast, you'd think you were on ICE
Ist echt witzig wenn man die erst auf Deutsch guckt und dann auf Englisch.
Isso😂
Wo ist der railway? Ich bin learning German.
@@kunalthakur2803 Wo ist DIE EISENBAHN instead of der Railway, Bro😘 Ich lerne Deutsch-Is correct! Much love to india❤️
Yup, besonders wenn man die Originalfassung noch durch hört 😂
36:09 YOU LOST THE GAME.. *TWICE.*
Whats Kurzgesagt doing here?!
I thought the same thing XD XD Probably, because Kurzgesagt is located in Munich and the documentary also plays in Munich (and Munich has a lot of TV production officeses). I guess the amount of fluent native English speakers isn't thaaaat high :-)
@@stadt-undstraenbahntv4321 Ach was?! Das hab ich ja auch nicht gesagt, nur, dass die in München sitzen. Kurzgesagt ist ein Kanal aus München
It's hardly surprising, he's a voice actor after all. And voice actors don't live off just one role :P He also voices Dr. Hartman in the German dub of Family guy, and he also voices Homer Simpson since the death of the original German voice actor.
World's fourth best high speed railway. Congrats.
Super.
It's a shame that the London St Pancras International service never commenced as planned.
The big problems were the Brits that they never entered Schengen.
Come see the infrastructure in the USA! We're #1! ....in 1958
Come on, the Acela Express is not that bad! But you're right, you could set up a European-style HSR between DC and Boston, that would make sense. Otherwise, because of the long distances, it probably wouldn't. Europe is much more densely populated, the distances between important cities are much shorter. In the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Lowlands, 260 million people live in an area roughly equivalent to the east coast of the USA.
Watching this after the Deadliest Roads documentary just reminds one how differently the world has progressed. We hope to get here one day
Documentary channels haven't been the same since Disney bought them. It's all stupid "reality tv."
I've tried ICE a few times from Amsterdam to Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt.
There is never a direct line and I ALWAYS miss my connection in Germany.
I tried to book a connection taking more time into account for transfer but web sites hardly ever enable you to do that (or it is simply not clear to me how to do that).
So I switched back to flying.
At first, i thought the train are using ice wheel to run, ngl.
39:10 There is a focus on aerodynamics to reduce air resistance and increase efficiency. Since air resistance slows the train down it also shortens the braking distance of the train. During normal operations this drag will only be a disadvantage, but during emergencies it would help to slow the train down faster. I have no clue how big of an effect this has, but I wonder how much of a benefit active aerodynamics can have on the train's braking distance. Adding flaps like on an airplane could possibly make them safer.
I also learned that electro magents are used for emergency breaks, which is amazing. This probably does way more than active aerodynamics. The electromagnetic breaks appeared to work differently than I initially expected. These seem to function as friction breaks by strongly attaching to the rails. I first thought the electromagnetic breaks would be Eddy current breaks. Or maybe it works as a combination of Eddy currents and friction?
THINK about that. A German Train Engineer personally responsible not only for the Operation of the Train; but also for the Safety and Well Being of all the Passengers Aboard AT AGE 24. Half the kids in the United States still live at Home in their Parents Basement.
We will never have anything like this train in North America. The automobile industry will never allow it., they want to sell us cars, cars and more cars and will stop any government that attempts to build one. We are stuck with 1800's trains.
America already has Italiian Pendolino trains which are far superior.
...but only a short stretch on the East coast.
We will never have anything like this train because we're getting something much better. Google "Northeast Maglev". They have a website explaining it in full detail, but they are building a Japanese maglev train in the northeast corridor in the U.S. If you want to give your support for the project, you can do that on the website. And even beyond that, the U.S will be one of the first countries to get a Hyperloop, which if you don't know what that is I would recommend looking that up too. So the U.S has a lot of upcoming rail projects to look forward to, but it's taken 3rd party investors to circumnavigate the established rail industry.
And Florida has Brightline trains.
@@DrPepper776 lol do you think that a few individual rail projects will fix the issue.
so fast, but always late.
thats disappointing to hear. I guess the japanese are still king when it comes to punctuality
@@ciello___8307 sadly yes... But it´s not only the ICE themselves but the whole railway system of germany... and if one train is too late the rest is also...
The regional trains are always waiting for the ICE to clear the Rails and then you are 5 mins behind what is enough that you miss your next train and can wait an hour... BTW! Germany has some realy nice train stations!
no problems with late trains in brazil. we have no trains.
@@toquelau5715 Touché...
And insanely expensive ticket prices
Very nice!
Great!!
0:17 "Oh damn" is not the correct translation 😂
was thinking the same exact thing LOL
@@bahamas1992 Scheisse=Shit=merde....
@@andreas65muc danke Andreas
Shinkansen Is The Best High Speed Train
Nobody says anything different. Still, the ICE is nice, as well.
Love the ICE, especially when there are no delays. Had to Google 'numatic' though.
Pneumatic.