There's a video with a guy stacking coins on a high speed train. That's how smooth it is. And i'm not talking stacking coins one on top of another, no, stacking coins in equilibrium, some touching on edge. These trains have better suspension systems than some supercars. With self leveling and cushioning - on top of a very well maintained track. Kudos to the ground crews, lotta work especially in these hot days.
And it is unique to the OG Eurostar. Today there are several Talys's converted to Eurostar, and there are brand new Eurostar trains from Velaro, the e320 sets (16 coaches). I like the OG Eurostars the most. For one they were the first, they look cool, and the sound they make is effing awesome!
I would say you are incorrect about that. Its the power line swaying. The reason for that is that this specific train due to how it is design have to run with both power picksup up (both front and back at the same time), hence constraining the powerline between them
@@basscharenborg6441 There are no Thalys which got converted to Eurostar. Eurostar bought over Thalys and did away with the Thalys name. Thalys is now known as "Eurostar Red", they keep the colours and the trains but lose their old name and symbol (sad enough) The new Eurostars (E320) are actually build by Siemens, Velaro is just the name of the train family they're from (which iirc has it's origins with the ICE 3)
@@matsv201 Nah that is definitely turbulent air flow around gaps. Basically little vortices that the train pulls along. It seems pretty universal as well though definitely more distinct on some trains. From a decent understanding of acoustics I'd certainly expect a train to make that noise going fast.
As Italian I can tell that at 3.27 and 4.15 are Italy's Frecciarossa (red arrow). The coolest thing of the HST European network is that you can literally travel from Berlin to Madrid or Paris to Rome on HST lines, not just fast, also amazingly comfortable. Last, but not least, they go from city center to city center without all the annoying bits of traveling on airplanes. One of the greatest Europe's achievements IMHO.
I’m afraid travelling from Madrid to Paris on high speed lines will not be possible until next decade. It’s possible to do that on high speed trains running along both high speed and classic lines.
A pity it's so spotty, there's actually very little area covered by high speed, the vast majority of people can't really take advantage... and development is so slow there's not going tobe significant advances next 30 years if it's so slow. The problem is it's actually super expensive and very hard to make profitable, in contrast to airplanes which are just faster and cheaper...
@@CarlosSantos-yp8xg Just connect in Barcelona from AVE to TGV. And also the lines between Madrid and Barcelona are the same as the ones in the rest of Europe. Iberian lines are used for regional and cargo rail. Also there are trains in Spain that can change from one gauge to the other very easily and they do that on the lines to Andalucia, Galicia and Austurias.
@@migueljoserivera9030Again, the high speed line between between Madrid and Paris via Barcelona isn’t finished and won’t be for years. What you’re talking about is riding high speed trains from Madrid to Paris, which is possible, but only because in France they run over a stretch of classic line that connects two high speed lines.
I've been on regular high speed trains, and it's remarkable how smooth they run even at speeds of roughly 300 kph/185 mph. I've also been on the German Transrapid maglev train back when they still offered passenger rides at their test track in Emsland, hitting speeds of 420 kph/260 mph. And since maglev trains are magnetically suspended above the track and don't make any physical contact with the track, those things _really_ run smooth as butter, even at such tremendous speeds. I was so inspired by the experience, in fact, that I, along with a fellow student, built a miniature maglev track and 'train' for our high school physics graduation project. Which, in its testing phase, tripped the circuit breaker for the entire floor of the school we were on. Got it working in the end though, even if the speeds our miniature train managed to reach were... considerably less impressive. Probably for the best. If that tiny train had actually been capable of reaching 400+ kph, on a rickety track built by two high school students, that could easily have given an entirely new and _far_ too literal meaning to the term 'bullet train'.
@@Denyx02 Nos quejamos demasiado de todo. Los britanicos fardan de sus trenes y es una pesadilla llegar del punto A al punto B. Sus tasas son caras, los parones constantes, la lentitud, las cancelaciones...Lo que no quita que Renfe no deba mejorar su servicio, claro. Un saludo!
The station is in Italy, in the city Reggio Emilia. It is designed bij Calatrava. If you like this you should also watch videos about Japanese High Speed Trains, the Shinkansen
@@timotheusvanesch3959 They are in the process of building something, but it will take years. The first strech from Tokio to Nagoya will open at earlyest 2027 and in the end reach Osaka as late as ~2037. It is also not a train on rail-tracks, but a _maglev (magnetic levitation),_ so totally different concept. Normal (and existing) track-like Japanese Shinkansen HSR has a max speed of 320km/h (but not everywhere), so it is similar to Spain and France in that regard and slower than Italy.
That station has the same architect as Liège-Guillemins railway station, build in 2009. He could test and trail in Liege, going way over budged, before exporting the station idea to Italy. That architect was also infamous for not implementing waiting areas with benches, as it did not go with his design vision. design over substance...
Back in 2012, I travelled on one of these TGV’s from Paris to London (using the Channel Tunnel) at top speed, we were doing 300kph, which is about 186mph. What I found incredible was that when I walked through several carriages to get to the dining car, it was steadier than walking the aisle of an aeroplane. I never felt the need to grab for a handrail or anything like that. It was silky smooth. no track joins that I could hear or feel, either. Not sure how that works. I’ll admit that I could’ve flown, but the cost was about the same and I wanted to see what 186mph felt like. ;-)
@@BigAl53750 you didn't feel any track joints because there is no track joints on high speed tracks, or at least not as often as on normal tracks. They use CWR, or continuous welded rail, for high speed tracks. It basically means that the track sections are welded together, making one continuous rail, removing most of the track joints needed before.
In whole Europa there are no joins any more. All welded. May be in eastern Europe there rae still some routes with joined tracks. But in most Europe, no.
@@alicevomsee9033 On high speed rails and perhaps on new lines, maybe. But older lines? nope. And it may depend on your country but in France there are plenty of unrenovated non high speed lines.
they are smooth precicely BECAUSE they are so quick. Any unevenness in the tracks like joint would increase the wear and tear manyfold if not outright obliterate a wheel if hit at such high speeds
Brit here. You ought to watch the French Record for fastest High Speed train Video (Modified TGV reached 574.8 Km/Hour= 357mph in 2007) . TGV run normally at 200mph. Whats special about this train, is the 'bogie'(the bit that holds the wheels and axles) sits across the ends of two carriages. This was done to have less 'bogies' and helps in the stability of the train. The electric motors that drive the train are also used to slow down the train during braking. "Dynamic Braking" is the use of an electric traction motor as a generator when slowing a electric locomotive. It is termed "rheostatic" if the generated electrical power is dissipated as heat in the brake resistors. The USA does have a high speed train, its called the "Acela". It runs from Pennsylvania Station New York City to Union Station in Washington D.C. with an average speed of 82mph including time spent at intermediate stops. It also run from New York to Boston average speed(without stops) 120mph. I know because I've been on it to Boston. There are plans to upgrade the service to 250mph. So you see you do have a High Speed train! Europe is more compact with many destinations within 250 miles and the trains compete against the Airlines. There is no 2hr. check in time, so the time taken for each journey is close. America with its vast distances across the states, makes it tough to make High Speed Train viable, considering the total cost of the outlay and severe competition from the Airlines, thats probably why there are no H.S.Trains across America. The Japanese Shinkasen commonly known as the "Bullet" train, first started in 1964! Average daily speeds of 199mph. The really upto date High Speed train is the Chinese "Maglev" train which 'Levitates' above the track using magnectic forces and has achieved speeds of 387 mph in tests. Love your vids-keep up the good work!
Tomorrow, I'll get back to Paris from Saint Raphael (in the South of France) by fast train: Distance: 838 kms, travel time: +/- 4 hours, cost: 55 euros ... USA, take notes!
@@Aestareth_ Depends when you book. (And of course, if you live near a TGV line). 2017 I went from Nice to Paris in 5 hours, cost 25 Euros (it was a special promotional fare), - and the high speed line doesn't even commence until you've passed Marseillles.
I don't know the locations but I can give you a list of the trains and their max operating speeds: 1:04 *ICE* 3 from DB (Germany) 300 km/h. 2:01 *Pendolino* from PKP (Poland) 200 km/h. 2:18 *Eurostar* e300 (France/Belgium/UK) 300 km/h. 2:33 *AVE* 103 from Renfe (Spain) 300 km/h. 2:38 *Alvia* 130 from Renfe (Spain) 250 km/h. 2:54 *Javelin* from SouthEastern (UK) 225 km/h. 2:58 *X2000* from SJ (Sweden) 200 km/h. 3:10 EC *Astoro* from SBB (Switzerland) 250 km/h. 3:15 *Frecciarossa* 500 from Trenitalia (Italy) 300 km/h. 3:27 *Eurostar* PBA, former Thalys (France/Belgium/Germany) 300 km/h. 3:55 *ICE* 3 from DB (Germany) 300 km/h. 4:02 *TGV* Sud-Est from SNCF (France) 300 km/h. 4:08 *Frecciarossa* 1000 from Trenitalia (Italy) 300 km/h. Note that these are the highest operational speeds during normal service; even though most trains can go faster according to their specifications, they don't for efficiency and security reasons. The AVE 103 used to operate at 310 km/h but it was later downgraded to 300. Let me know if I missed something!
Only the Class 407 and 407 have a top speed of 320km/h, class 403 and 406 have a top speed of 300km/h. The first one looks like a class 406 and the second looks like a class 403.
@@vHindenburg I think you confusing it with the ICE 1 and the 1998 eschede accident where the speed was reduced from 280km/h to 160km/h then later increased to 250km/h after the wheels was changed. Some of the ICE 1 sets (4 to be specific) was later upgraded to 280km/h with the new wheel set as a reserve set for the ICE3 trains. The ICE3 had a design speed of 330km/h but the maximum legal limit in Germany was and is to this day 300km/h. When ICE3 was repackages as the Velaro E and sold to spain the intention was to have it run service at full speed of 330km/h. but to my understanding this was never implemented due to cost. While the trains retrain the ability to go at 310 (and possibly 330km/h) on some distances to catch up to the time table.
AFAIK the TGV Reseau is capable of a commercial speed of 320 km/h. [EDIT] Actually in slo-mo you can see that the power cars are that of TGV Sud-Est, i.e. part of the oldest TGV sets. You're right about the 300 km/h then.
So on that first clip, the guy recording was very lucky to not get dragged underneath the train. You could see him getting pulled towards the train by the air being dragged away (literally a couple of inches from losing an arm, if not his life).
2:30 The sound that this particular trainset (Alstom TGV TMST class 373) creates at high speeds is created by putting these coaches closer together than on standard high-speed trains. Also, when high-speed trains are going thru stations that have central tracks in the middle and 1 track on each side of these central tracks, then trains are allowed to pass thru that station with the max speed of the line.
That is not corect. The TMST class 373 have the exact same intermediate wagons and connectors as the TGV Réseau, while its missing the two center power units have been replaced with more wagons. ruclips.net/video/kUxZQLCFet4/видео.html They sound nothing a like. The sound is not from the train but from the power cable. The reason the class 373 create that sound and hardly any other train is that it have to run with both power pickups at all time unlike the TGV trains that hardly ever does that.
@matsv201 Actually, I found out that both of our reasons of why the class 373 make that sound are wrong. It makes that iconic sound because the trains are narrower to fit the UK loading gauge. Due to that, the airbags on the bogies protrude more and thus create more sound. This is why the KTX-1 also produces this sound, but it is less noticeable due to it being only slightly narrower than the standard European TGV.
@@StefanWithTrains That is incorect. Class 373 have exactly the same width as TGV trains, that is 2.81 meters. The passanger waggons are actually sightly higher that that of the TGV reseau, but the power unit is a bit lower. You are posibily still thiking of the wosh sound and not the space type sound that is from the power line. it absolutely is. The wosh sound from the class 373 and TGV Réseau is almost identical (apart from when it come to the middle of a 400 meter long type train). There is video of class 373 running on third rail prior to HS1 was build, and then sound is no there, clearly indicating its from the power line. Here is some actuall evdiance. The woshing sound is still there, but the space like sound is totaly gone. ruclips.net/video/hUbJSVnZD70/видео.html ruclips.net/video/Or-nmnzkhFA/видео.html
@matsv201 You are right about the width OF THE UPPER PART of the carriage, but my man, have you ever heard of air resistance? Also, have you noticed that the TMST has a much more aggressive slope on the underside of the carriage? This causes the bogies to be more exposed. It is caused by it being less wide on the underside. The sound gets progressively louder when it builds up speed because there is more and more air resistance. This is the reason why you don't hear it on low speeds.
The fourth clip is the Spanish AVE train, the duck "pato" model as we call it. Quite possibly taken on the Madrid -Cuenca-Valencia route, between Cuenca and Valencia.
@@ScottMcLure Small correction: it's not an AVE 102 "pato" (duck), it's an Alvia 130 "patito" (duckling). It's a different train type that goes 250 km/h instead of 300 but it can change gauges and operate both high speed and conventional networks.
Built by the Spanish train maker TALGO that built the high speed line in Saudí Arabia and another in Kazakhstan, both of them quite demandint engineering feats
Funny thing is that you don't feel a thing when you are on those trains. First time I took the Thalys from Cologne (Germany) to Brussels (Belgium), between Liège and Brussels I was looking outside and it was than that I thought "hmmm, looks like we are going really fast now", so I downloaded a GPS app to find out that we were doing 300km/h. When those trains are on their dedicated tracks they run so smooth that you don't feel a thing.
While you are on the train (I know Eurostar, TGV and ICE) yiu are sitting in comfort, reading, dozing, laughing with the kids, watching the countryside. A coffee, a glass of wine. The journey is part of the fun
And even more important : you don t need to arrive 1h earlier at the station like with planes. No registration time (except the Eurostar because UK is not in the UE 😅) You keep your luggages nearby, so no luggages lost or time wasted to get them back. You arrive directly in the center of the city, whereas airports are often quite far. There are often restaurants/bar wagons. Less co2 émissions per km than plane travel. Train travelling is so much better. If only it could be made cheaper compared to planes (which just benefits from a tax exemption on jet fuel)
The guy in the first clip was definitely standing where it's forbidden. Him going shit is probably the dawning that the train will pull him towards the track (air pressure differences).
We Finns know that the human body can't handle such high speeds so our max speed is 200 km/h. Not that any train ever goes that fast due to various problems with the rails (rain, snow, cold, heat, fallen leaves, yes seriously fallen leaves in autumn, equiment failure, Moomins jumped on the tracks etc)
@@Capt.-Nemo it's still the world record. As other are not for conventionnal steel wheel trains but maglevs So TGV still hold the world record for highest speed for a commercial train on steel wheels
@@Capt.-Nemo ruclips.net/video/p5u_5iQ3Ego/видео.html It is still a world record for a tracked train. 574,8kph is close to the "rail limit" because the mechanical vibrations catches and resonate with the wheels, same goes for the pantograph which vibrates a lot and cause massive lightning strikes
A practical example: the Speed train from the center of Madrid to the center of Barcelona takes some 2 hours and 40 mins. If you book it in advance the cost may be as low as 12€. Road distance is 620 kms (385 miles). Its no point in choosing a plane or car ride
@@Babaroga777 Does it mean that this is the price regardless of the number of days you acquire the ticket before the trip? Madrid-Valencia/Seville can be only 8€
@@Babaroga777 in Spain there are low-cost operators in high-speed railways so the prices can vary from 100€ in the expensive trains to 10 in the cheap ones.
The longer ahead you book, the cheaper. Last July I took Munich main station to FRA on the ICE, around 190 miles and 3.5 hours, it was EUR 68 in First Class with reservation, and I had booked as soon as I was able to, months ahead. Way cheaper than flying in Business Class, around the same time, and a lot less hassle, and more comfy.
1:42 Yes, it is impressive, but I have travelled on both ICE and TGV and can assure you there is nothing scary about it, as a matter of fact the journey is actually quite relaxing. In addition, onboard the TGV there is a bistro on the top floor where one can enjoy a coffee and a sandwich while looking at the mountains on the horizon rushing by, and on the ICE one carriage is a small restaurant where you can admire the landscape while having dinner.
The train station you have asked, it is in north Italy. In that station the train not stopping are passing by at max speed. There are two tracks with protection fences. The speed on that line is 300km/h en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggio_Emilia_AV_Mediopadana_railway_station
3:30 that is a train station called, in italian, stazione ferroviaria di Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana (literally translated in: Reggio Emilia Padana plain high speed train station), which has a modern and special architecture. The train you see rolling fast is a Frecciarossa (literally translated in "Red Arrow"), travelling through the middle tracks. 4:10 this one is a Frecciarossa 1000, the last version of the previous train, rolling in the same train station by night. There is still another train missing, it's called Italo, which completes the trainsets for high speed italian trains 😁
I don't know if you've watched the video yet, but it's definitely worth watching the video about the TGV's speed record. It's incredible what they achieved with this train, but I don't want to give too much away
When they cross stations, there's calls (a lot) that a high speed train is about to come and ask you to step away from the kay (like, really) When one rides right next to you (even not at full speed) you FEEL the air being pushed in front of it and you're pushed away, it's a crazy feeling But most of times, they try to make them cross stations on "central" bypass tracks
On the Cologne - Frankfurt track (with ICE 3 up to max 300 km/h) - the train stations are designed to be "four tracks" - so the speeding train could pass the station (Limburg, Montabauer and else) at full speed. You see the train passing by at maybe 8 meters away from your platform. As someone waiting for "that kind of train" - there a mandatory stops for some trains on the three stations between Cologne and Frankfurt. But you get used to it - for that ICE to hurl by yourself at top speed. And yes - I experienced passing every one of those train stations at full speed. The ICE proudly presents the trains actual speed on a LCD-Display in each carriage. Not all of the time - but especially on the parts of the network they want to "show off" how fast the trains travel "actually". And yes - the 300 km/h - ish. Accomplished. The french TGV goes up to 320 km/h. And I still prefer to sit IN a train at that speed - than to watch it from the outside.
at 1:40, the first word is "oh, Scheisse" is kind of "oh crap" :) The guy was way too close btw. ICE3 is known to go at 300km/h. A good way to rip off your arm at that speed :/
That train station at 03:44 is located in Reggio Emilia Italy. There are 2 Train stations one for the Highspeed trains(Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana) and one for the Regional Trains.
2:25 that sound the trains make is the shockwave of the space between the carriages, if you count how many time it repeats it will be equal to the number of carriages minus 1 by the way when trains are going through the middle tracks in the station they go at full line speed
The feeling of going 150km/h on the freeway and still feel like you are parked when the train pass you out to the side is a feeling that is hard to get used to.
Here in Austria, on the high-speed routes, the trains travel at a standard speed of 230 km. The filmmaker in the first clip was lucky. At this speed, the train sucks in everything within 2-3m.
03:45 is the Reggio Emilia High Speed Mediopadana Station and the train passing through is a "Freccia Rossa" (Red Arrow') of the Italian railway company Trenitalia.
At almost 53 I got on my first high speed train from Milan to Turin and back. It runs for a long trait parallel to the highway. The cars going at the speed limit of 130 kmh (81 mph) looked almost still while we were going at a (peak) speed of 298 kmh (185 mph). Not considering the slow part exiting and entering the cities and stations it takes something like a little less than half an hour (it's a 125 km/78 miles trip). I think I'm going to use them more often.
The Eurostar you see at 2:19, is (I believe) one of the longest high speed trains in Europe, they are like 18 coaches long. You should also hear their traction motor sound when they depart, absolutely lovely.
Was not expecting to see Poland, because our top speed for now is 200km/h , but the second clip was from beating the record on Polish rails, the blue Pendolino was going 293km/h in that clip. 2:09
it's not bad as a speed, especially if the infrastructure is not suitable for speeds above 250 km/h, just think that the concept of high-speed trains in Italy was in 1939 (even if with some doubts given the period) with ETR200 (predecessor of the ETR250 "Arlecchino")
Interesting info, thanks! It's really strange that Poland bought high speed trains many years before the high speed infrastructure was even finished, so these expensive trains are permanently downgraded to normal speeds
@@osasunaitor it makes sense, the plan was to buy high speed trains for a high speed route. A number of funding and development issues have complicated matters. On the face of it the high speed line shouldn't have been that hard - it just needed new track, overhead wires and signalling. It didn't need route design, land acquisition or any earthworks, as the line was already built in the 1970s. But progress was slower than hoped. That being said, credit to Polish railways that have essentially managed to relay track and upgrade every main line in the country to inter city speed (160km/h) - they had a lot of work going on.
3,28 Reggio Emilia Medio Padana Station in Italy. Standard AV speed has been set in Italy at 300 km/h although some trains can reach 400 km/h for reasons of infrastructure maintenance costs which increase exponentially beyond 300 km/h on traditional tracks and is essentially not worth it gain 10 minutes on routes which in Italy are relatively short.
France has banned short haul flights, due to the availability of hi-speed rail ... makes sense as most stations are downtown hence no need to transit out to airports
It's slightly more complicated than that. It's point to point domestic flights that are banned when a rail alternative operated in under 2h30 is available. So, domestic flights from / to CDG airport for connecting passengers are still allowed, and there are Marseille to Lyon flights that continue operating because there are not enough trains operating this route. Most trains are running Paris Lyon or Paris Marseille non-stop, but in the morning it can be difficult to find a Marseille to Lyon TGV. Sure, some flights actually disappeared, but there's still plenty of domestic flights that could be replaced by TGV's. The operator is just lacking a sufficient number of trains to run all corresponding services. Or there's just enough demand for 2 flights 1h30 or 2h apart in the morning (125 to 200 passengers), but not enough for a TGV and its 550 or 610 seats in single length configuration. The operator prefers putting double-length, 1200+ passenger trains on high-demand services, rather than a half empty single length one.
The Swedish X2000 train at 3:00 is doing 200 km/h (125 mph) tops in regular service, which is not super quick by high speed rail standards, but a good compromise if one don’t want to built whole new railway from scratch. And it’s actually quite similar to Brightline speed between West Palm Beach and Orlando in Florida
That ICE 3 in the beginning was running at max speed of 300kph (They are tested at 363kph which is 10% over their rated speed of 330kph). The fact the engineer didn't blow the whistle to warn of people on or near tracks meant he was just to fast to realize there is a person. Even just at 100 kph the train's low pressure zone can suck a clueless person right into it from 5 feet out. Dude was lucky or held on to something.
A thing I personally love about HST is that, at least in Spain, when you are in one at full speed, and you cross another in the other track, you can _feel_ it. You are just chilling there and suddently there is this big, half a second zoom noise of another train passing by at 600km/h relative speed. And you can feel your unit buckling slighly to the side, not because they touched but by sheer force of the wind.
The 6th clip is a Javelin service from Kent in the SE England to London,and thus is a commuter service.The 4th clip is a Eurostar from London to Paris.
@2:58 is the Swedish X2000, which has been in operation since 1990. It usually runs at a speed of 200 km/h. My wife and I took the Eurostar from London to Paris in 2019, which is pretty awesome as it passes under the English Channel in a tunnel. In France, it reaches speeds of up to 300 km/h.
X2000 is a bit special because Sweden didn't want to build all-new, much straighter tracks, and instead decided to build a train that could go as fast as possible on existing railways.
There are some underground stations here in Holland where even regular trains pass through at full speed and it blows your mind. Literally, the train pushes the air in front of it so you feel the wind before the train flashes by.
At 3.46 is Reggio Emilia Italy. The train is a Frecciarossa (Red arrow) . The station is a creation of the famous Spanish/swiss architect Santiago Calatrava
Just a bit lore about trains and tunnels for the first clip - old tunnels had alcoves for workers to wait for a passing train. That's why trains give a signal before they enter a tunnel. Modern tunnel don't have alcoves, they have small parallel maintenance tunnels, because the air pressure created by a fast train in a tunnel could kill you and the maintenance tunnel are emergency access and exits, too. So when a train comes, worker will enter the maintenance tunnel until the train passed to be save.
That Sci-fi sound is from the electric wires. I heard it really clearly once in mid 90's waiting for the regular commuter to Stockholm. The train was nowhere near, but the wires started singing from the vibrations the train was making.
It's not from wires, it's from carriages combined with air being vented in gaps between cars. Its heard even on slower trains, but obviously not as prominent as in high speed trains
@@svensvensson2724 ofcourse there are. Well, not in a typical way, because you cant couple and decouple them, but they are still there. Maybe you could call them segmets or sections
@@svensvensson2724 you probably heard a different type of sound, it's true that wires and rails start making noises way before the train actually arrives like you said, but the noise at 2:23 is created by the gaps between coaches, it's a well-known feature of that particular train (Eurostar e300).
Another thing for scale, typically, there High speed trains come in 200 and 400m variants (some countries sometimes do weird lengths) where the platforms at stations are 400 ish m long, 200m sets allow for flexibility as they can be combined to 400m trains and maybe split mid-journey. But yes, most of these clips was a quarter mile train speeding by in seconds
3:40 That's the Reggio Emilia high speed rail station in Italy. The highspeed line bypasses all the smaller cities between Bologna and Milan in northern Italy, so they put a station in there where trains can stop. There's a parking lot there as well as bus services and a regional rail connection to the city center of Reggio Emilia. Express trains like that one or trains travelling down the Adriatic coast usually skip that stop tho, which is a pretty cool experience when u see one passing
3:35 that's a famous train station in italy. It was designed by a famous architect. I've been there a couple of times and it's really really cool You should also maybe try reacting to the japanese traditional(300-350kph) and maglev(550-600kph) train lines. Thos things are MAD fast.
You have to play Train Sim World 4. It's a very realistic authentic train simulator of how to drive trains and you can drive the ICE high speed trains in Germany, but also 1 route in France with the TGV, 3 high speed routes in UK and you can also play the Northeast Corridor with the Amtrak high speed trains between Boston and Providence. If I were you, it's better buy each route with discounts and sales.
Just torrent the game. Then you get every DLC for free because Dovetail hates the train community and know they have a monopoly in this market. TSW4 is literally just a carbon copy from TSW 3 with an insane 3 extra routes of which none are any different from what we got before. Do your wallet a pleasure and just torrent the game
@@evo3s75 Yeah, if you have a gaming PC, but I don't have that. I play it on console and only buy it when there is huge discount. Why they hate the train community? They love trains themselves or is it that they pretend love trains? Are there any real train drivers who have spoken out about Dovetail games monopoly?
The one making bullet sound is the eurostar, going from paris to london, 300km/h on land, a lot less in the eurotunnel. Some are german 280km/h+ and some are from france 320km/h+
The Eurostar e320 is made by Siemens in Germany. It is capable of 350km/h like all the Velaro (Siemens' tradename of the platform) types. The scheduled speed is 320km/h.
@@V100-e5q Yeah but it operates at 300 just like the TMST. Simply because LGV Nord and HS1 are still limited to 300km/h. The only place where you can see an ICE / Velaro run at 320 is the LGV Est between Paris and Strasbourg, alongside TGV's.
There is no trains north of paris that operate faster than 300km/h. Back when Eurotrain was constructed, the north of Paris and south of Paris train network was not even compatible. They are in the process of changing that, and as far as to my understanding the new stock shold be able to run on both
The first orange tgv in the 80s in France was designed by Roger Tallon. Je was involved in the design of the early Megane Renault and the Mach 2000 Lip watch. You can still get the Mach 2000 watches made by Lip as they revive old success models. They are pretty cool. Also know that the adventure to go high speed was expensive end was not at all garanties to succeed. It eventually did after a slow start to the point where most of them are high speed now in France. The night trains disappeared as a result, often used to go to the mountains for skiing from Paris, but they are scheduled to make a comeback, maybe because day traffic is saturating…. Don’t remember exactly.
The one with the "horn" on while passing by is Polish Pendolino they can go up to 200 km/h (125 mph) on some tracks but normally they go 160 km/h (100 mph). In PL we just began to build high speed rail lines (but we already bought trains for it :D ) and they will be ranked for 320km/h (200 mph)
2:59 SJ (Swedish Railways) X2000. Started operating in 1990. Top speed in operation is 200 kph, but it has reached 276 kph during test runs. It has tilt that helps with comfort at speed on lines not originally designed for high speed trains. Was initially first class only and equipped with a fax machine for passengers to use at no additional cost. They have been modernized a few times since with the latest big modernization ongoing. They of course have Wi-Fi onboard now, but also cell phone repeaters. This train model was considered for use by Amtrak. They were already using a Swedish locomotive, the Amtrak AEM-7 which is an American market version of the ASEA RC locomotive, so it probably made sense. They had a unit over for testing but eventually went with another option.
The high speed train doesn't take you to "central" London, but a tiny bit more outskirts actually (St. Pancras station) - you'll definitely need at least an additional stop to get access to all possible destinations available at central London. And the plane is much faster (1 hour and 15 minutes). But yes, boarding, security checks and getting in and out of the airports will cost you some time. But the train does also require security and customs checks.
1. The Eurostar from London to Paris takes 2h17, not 3h. 2. City center to city center does not mean the most central point but that you getbinto a central well connected location in the city. 3. For a flight to Paris you need to get to the airport 2h before departure while for the train it's 45 minutes (60 recommended when it's bussy, like now butbthan you should also add a bit more for the airport). 4. The UK is not in the EU and even when it was it did not join tje Schengen area which is why you go through passport control. Inside Scehgen there sre no passport checks (and in most cases no security checks) and you can literaly board the train up to a minute or two before departure.
to 3:59 In Germnay i can say no. it is allowed to drive with 300km/h trough a station wen the tracks allow it. But maybe not at the platform. But these tracks that goes trough a station can be driven with full speed.
2:02 It comes from Poland and an Italian Pendolino train is racing along the tracks. Speed 200 km/h = 125 miles per hour. Currently, Poland is undergoing a major reconstruction of railway lines, but fast trains will not travel faster than 250 km/h. Only if the Polish MagRail levitating railway project is implemented, there is a chance that the speed will increase to 400 km/h because this technology allows trains to reach speeds of up to 550 km/h
The sound comes from the part where the carts articulate, these are recessed and disrupt the airflow. Each time one passes the mic pics up the short burst of turbulence.
Fun fact : for many of those high speed trains like the TGV for example, if the brakes are not engaged, you only need the strength of 4 people to push a whole train. Not just a wagon but the whole train... Also, on the TGV, you can separate the carriages from each other. You can remove the locomotives from the rest of the train easily, but you can't with the carriages, because they share a bogie with each other
@@evo3s75 well, you don't have to carry the train to push it you know ? And with how frictionless and optimized their bogies are, you don't need a lot of force. Ok you won't make it go very fast and if it's not on a flat ground, you won't be able to. It's the same principle when you try to push your car, you can push one by yourself even though it weighs at least a ton. It's the same thing, just on a heavier vehicle with less friction
The station you're looking at 3:40 is in Italy. It's the Mediopadana station near Reggio Emilia (north Italian region of Emilia Romagna). That station was built exclusively for the high speed train and was design by the architect Calatrava. The train is a FrecciaRossa, one of the different kinds of high speed train running on our railroads.
In Italy, the introduction of high-speed rail connections made it possible to take day trips from Milano to Rome, which I did for business a lot a while back. For 600km (370mi) it takes 3hrs, you are already in the city center, and not at some airport an hour away. While before flying was common, now people only fly if they are connecting to somewhere else. Imagine if a train from NYC to DC took only 2:30hrs, or from SF to LA in less than 4, a lot of people would use it. But your airlines are probably very powerful to avoid this from happening.
I took the AVE train from Madrid to Valencia and watching the speed display above the door crazy. Watching it build up to 300kph was cool. So steady and comfortable at that speed was surreal.
It’s blocked in 300 km/h The machine is actually able to go faster but we have decided that is the best combination of speed, safety and waste of energy
Just to understand the situation. In Germany the high speed trains have to lower the speed before they passing a train station. It's really dangerous when a train with 250 km/ rushing through a train station.
At 3.30 the station Is in Italy, "Reggio Emilia" between Milan and Bologna. Well recognised for architecture. Train is Frecciarossa. It can even change energy network going with inertial speed without noticeable loss of speed before switching to new electrical network (where is needed to switch from old to new system)
Blue thing at 2:55 is a Class 395 "Javelin" built by Hitachi rail to share the High Speed 1 (HS1) track in South-East England between London and Kent, introduced as part of the bid for the 2012 Olympics, and shares the track with the Eurostar trains to the Channel Tunnel They've since been joined by the Class 8xx Hitachi rail units across the rest of the network to replace the older "InterCity 125" trains that've been operating since 1976 (2x Class 43 Power cars with a bunch of Mk3 coaches between them) and "InterCity 225" that've been operating since about 1988 (1x Class 91 Electric locomotive, rake of Mk3 or Mk4 coaches and a "DVT" car that's a Driving Van Trailer control cab built to look similar to the Class 91).
Also one showing off the old Intercity 125 units with their screaming "Paxman Valenta" diesel engines with turbo chargers that make it sound like a fighter jet (world's fastest diesel locomotive) ruclips.net/video/SerJfxnZ14c/видео.html
The station at 3:30 is named "Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana" (AV = High speed, MedioPadana = In the middle of the Po Valley). This station has 2 high speed transit rails in the middle and two rails for the train stop at the sides. The train passing is a FrecciaRossa and in that moment it's running at 300 km/h.
Both trains are Frecciarossa, the first is ETR500 the latter is ETR1000, Italo has dark red (amaranto) with yellow-gold livery and black on the "locomotive", instead Frecciarossa has silver and bright red
@@marco_grt4460 Già immaginavo la correzione, tutte le volte che scrivi su YT c'è sempre qualcuno che deve puntualizzare. In questo caso non ho fatto caso alla livrea del treno, non ho competenza in materia, per cui non posso mettere in dubbio ciò che hai scritto.
@alemassa6632 ci sono certi casi dove un commento può essere d'aiuto, per esempio potevo sbagliare sul primo Frecciarossa con il Frecciargento dato la livrea molto simile, ora con le nuove livree e la soppressione dei servizi Argento e Bianca (o meglio inglobato Frecciargento al Frecciarossa mentre Frecciabianca diventa intercity) l'unica cosa che si può sbagliare al passaggio veloce di questi treni sono i modelli
The station is Reggio Emilia AV (high speed station), in Italy. The architect Santiago Calatrava did some other fancy stations like Liège in Belgium, Lyon's Saint Exupéry Airport Station in France and Lisbon's Oriente Station
I recommend to see high speed train in asia, for example (whoosh) indonesia, (Shinkansen) Japan, (KTX) South Korea, (CR Fuxing) China, and High Speed train in Taiwan.
First time I got into one of these I went to the café coach and just took a coffee standing there while the train banked left and right to make the turns. It barely feels like you are moving, but if you try to enjoy the scenery, you get sick because of how fast everything goes away.
The sound from the 3rd clip was a Eurostar and it's a common sound made by High Speed Electric Trains. When you compare it to a High Speed Diesel the sound comes from the power cars at either end so instead of the zoom in the middle you get a passing generator, ba dum, ba dum of coaches then if there's another power car on the end you'll hear another generator pass and eventually just the vibrations phasing out into silence on the rails.
Yes, the first guy was very close. Years ago there used to be a sign on either Penrith or Preston railway station - I can't remember which - that read: "Keep back from the platform edge or you may get sucked off" 16 year old me was tempted to stand closer to the platform edge just to see what might happen😊
The change in tone when something approaching you goes past is called doppler shift. Simplifying, the frequency gets more tightly packed when the source is approaching and spread out when moving away. If you've ever heard of blue shift and red shift it's the same thing but on electromagnetic waves.
France official fastest train reaching 574.8 km/h = 357.2 mph (that was the last train you can see of the actual video) . he didnt show the clip. You guys dont know how comfortable and silent our train are. Also we call them TGV ( train a grande vitesse/ high speed train ). :P
The coolest fact about rail in europe is that rail gauges are standardised so french TGV can run in Germany for example and german ICE can run in France. And vice versa.
Also, don't be wierded out by USA not having a high speed rail network, high speed rail works in europe because everything is so close to one another, while in the US only a handful of cities on the west coast are close to one another, Europe is very densely packed.
2:59 looks like SJ3000, an iteration on the old X2000 train, rode it early September heading up north, peaked at 182kph and was super comfortable and smooth, silent on the inside. It leans into curves like that so people with motion sickness can have a hard time. Real nice inside as well.
What you don't see....is how comfortable and smooth and quiet they are inside. It's mad, and some of them are double deckers that lean in the bends
oh yes. you can be in the dining car, have a nice glass of beer, and it doesn't shake.
I confirm.
I traveled several time on the Frecciarossa 1000 and it is super quiet and vibration free.
yeah, U can watch the ouside zooming and u can't barely feel it. I always try to use them when I travel.
There's a video with a guy stacking coins on a high speed train. That's how smooth it is. And i'm not talking stacking coins one on top of another, no, stacking coins in equilibrium, some touching on edge. These trains have better suspension systems than some supercars. With self leveling and cushioning - on top of a very well maintained track. Kudos to the ground crews, lotta work especially in these hot days.
@@aserta I guess, that one wasn't filmed in a new talgo ;-)
Guy in the first clip - the one beeing close - cried out "Scheiße" = shit or maybe you would say f*** instead, he knew he was too close.
He was that close, that he can be lucky to be still alive! This distance can be absolutely deadly. You can see how he was pulled to the train
I'm lying under the table and can't stop laughing..
Ooohhh Scheiße "😅😅
Yeah ICE probably at 260km/h maybe even faster
No, no. “Shit” is perfectly cromulent.
Why do people expect everyone to say f*** instead of shit?
That guy in the first clip was way too close for that speed! You see him getting pulled toward the train. Trust me, very scary!
He recognized it himself. His comment (barely audible) was: "Oh, Sch*ße" (Oh Sh*t)
He could get sucked off the platform.
The max speed of that type of bullet train (ICE3) is 300 km/h / 185 mph.
He was way to close to the train.
That's why we got Oh Shit instantly. 😅
@@Mapaedthey dont enter tunnels at that speed, maybe 160 tops, but sure, waaaay too close
That wiu-wiu-wiuwiwiu-Sound is the Air flowing over the Gaps between the Waggons
And it is unique to the OG Eurostar. Today there are several Talys's converted to Eurostar, and there are brand new Eurostar trains from Velaro, the e320 sets (16 coaches).
I like the OG Eurostars the most. For one they were the first, they look cool, and the sound they make is effing awesome!
*Coaches, freight has wagons
I would say you are incorrect about that. Its the power line swaying. The reason for that is that this specific train due to how it is design have to run with both power picksup up (both front and back at the same time), hence constraining the powerline between them
@@basscharenborg6441
There are no Thalys which got converted to Eurostar. Eurostar bought over Thalys and did away with the Thalys name. Thalys is now known as "Eurostar Red", they keep the colours and the trains but lose their old name and symbol (sad enough)
The new Eurostars (E320) are actually build by Siemens, Velaro is just the name of the train family they're from (which iirc has it's origins with the ICE 3)
@@matsv201 Nah that is definitely turbulent air flow around gaps. Basically little vortices that the train pulls along. It seems pretty universal as well though definitely more distinct on some trains. From a decent understanding of acoustics I'd certainly expect a train to make that noise going fast.
As Italian I can tell that at 3.27 and 4.15 are Italy's Frecciarossa (red arrow). The coolest thing of the HST European network is that you can literally travel from Berlin to Madrid or Paris to Rome on HST lines, not just fast, also amazingly comfortable. Last, but not least, they go from city center to city center without all the annoying bits of traveling on airplanes. One of the greatest Europe's achievements IMHO.
I’m afraid travelling from Madrid to Paris on high speed lines will not be possible until next decade. It’s possible to do that on high speed trains running along both high speed and classic lines.
A pity it's so spotty, there's actually very little area covered by high speed, the vast majority of people can't really take advantage... and development is so slow there's not going tobe significant advances next 30 years if it's so slow. The problem is it's actually super expensive and very hard to make profitable, in contrast to airplanes which are just faster and cheaper...
@@CarlosSantos-yp8xg Just connect in Barcelona from AVE to TGV. And also the lines between Madrid and Barcelona are the same as the ones in the rest of Europe. Iberian lines are used for regional and cargo rail. Also there are trains in Spain that can change from one gauge to the other very easily and they do that on the lines to Andalucia, Galicia and Austurias.
@@migueljoserivera9030Again, the high speed line between between Madrid and Paris via Barcelona isn’t finished and won’t be for years. What you’re talking about is riding high speed trains from Madrid to Paris, which is possible, but only because in France they run over a stretch of classic line that connects two high speed lines.
Amazingly comfortable and if you play the right music....Trans-Europa Express you will be in Heaven feeling that Metall auf Metall passing by
I've been on regular high speed trains, and it's remarkable how smooth they run even at speeds of roughly 300 kph/185 mph.
I've also been on the German Transrapid maglev train back when they still offered passenger rides at their test track in Emsland, hitting speeds of 420 kph/260 mph. And since maglev trains are magnetically suspended above the track and don't make any physical contact with the track, those things _really_ run smooth as butter, even at such tremendous speeds.
I was so inspired by the experience, in fact, that I, along with a fellow student, built a miniature maglev track and 'train' for our high school physics graduation project. Which, in its testing phase, tripped the circuit breaker for the entire floor of the school we were on. Got it working in the end though, even if the speeds our miniature train managed to reach were... considerably less impressive.
Probably for the best. If that tiny train had actually been capable of reaching 400+ kph, on a rickety track built by two high school students, that could easily have given an entirely new and _far_ too literal meaning to the term 'bullet train'.
the train over turquoise waters is spanish (RENFE : Red Nacional de los Ferrocarries Españoles) so, this extraordinary landscape is in Spain
Paisajes guapos pero el servicio que están dando estos días tiene tela Renfe 💀
@@Denyx02 Nos quejamos demasiado de todo. Los britanicos fardan de sus trenes y es una pesadilla llegar del punto A al punto B. Sus tasas son caras, los parones constantes, la lentitud, las cancelaciones...Lo que no quita que Renfe no deba mejorar su servicio, claro. Un saludo!
@@alviselaguna9033 If you want to learn how to complain, come visit us in France...
The station is in Italy, in the city Reggio Emilia. It is designed bij Calatrava. If you like this you should also watch videos about Japanese High Speed Trains, the Shinkansen
Oh I am sorry. Check each year for the station to be ok.
The Japanese beat the Europeans by something like 200km/h, no?
The Shinkansen; doesn't it have a cruise speed of 450 or 500km/h?
and the train seems to be the Frecciarossa ETR 1000, am i right?
@@timotheusvanesch3959 They are in the process of building something, but it will take years.
The first strech from Tokio to Nagoya will open at earlyest 2027 and in the end reach Osaka as late as ~2037.
It is also not a train on rail-tracks, but a _maglev (magnetic levitation),_ so totally different concept.
Normal (and existing) track-like Japanese Shinkansen HSR has a max speed of 320km/h (but not everywhere), so it is similar to Spain and France in that regard and slower than Italy.
That station has the same architect as Liège-Guillemins railway station, build in 2009. He could test and trail in Liege, going way over budged, before exporting the station idea to Italy. That architect was also infamous for not implementing waiting areas with benches, as it did not go with his design vision. design over substance...
Back in 2012, I travelled on one of these TGV’s from Paris to London (using the Channel Tunnel) at top speed, we were doing 300kph, which is about 186mph. What I found incredible was that when I walked through several carriages to get to the dining car, it was steadier than walking the aisle of an aeroplane. I never felt the need to grab for a handrail or anything like that. It was silky smooth. no track joins that I could hear or feel, either. Not sure how that works. I’ll admit that I could’ve flown, but the cost was about the same and I wanted to see what 186mph felt like. ;-)
@@BigAl53750 you didn't feel any track joints because there is no track joints on high speed tracks, or at least not as often as on normal tracks. They use CWR, or continuous welded rail, for high speed tracks. It basically means that the track sections are welded together, making one continuous rail, removing most of the track joints needed before.
In whole Europa there are no joins any more. All welded. May be in eastern Europe there rae still some routes with joined tracks. But in most Europe, no.
@@alicevomsee9033 On high speed rails and perhaps on new lines, maybe. But older lines? nope. And it may depend on your country but in France there are plenty of unrenovated non high speed lines.
@alicevomsee9033 UK still has jointed track, mostly in slower sections.
they are smooth precicely BECAUSE they are so quick. Any unevenness in the tracks like joint would increase the wear and tear manyfold if not outright obliterate a wheel if hit at such high speeds
The best is being inside, sipping your cold beer or working on your laptop at 320km/h, then have a little nap.
It's encouraging to us foreigners that some Americans actually have an interest in the Real World 🙂 Love your vids, IW!
The white station is in Italy, Reggio Emilia Station and that train is the Frecciarossa ETR 1000
Brit here. You ought to watch the French Record for fastest High Speed train Video (Modified TGV reached 574.8 Km/Hour= 357mph in 2007) . TGV run normally at 200mph. Whats special about this train, is the 'bogie'(the bit that holds the wheels and axles) sits across the ends of two carriages. This was done to have less 'bogies' and helps in the stability of the train. The electric motors that drive the train are also used to slow down the train during braking. "Dynamic Braking" is the use of an electric traction motor as a generator when slowing a electric locomotive. It is termed "rheostatic" if the generated electrical power is dissipated as heat in the brake resistors. The USA does have a high speed train, its called the "Acela". It runs from Pennsylvania Station New York City to Union Station in Washington D.C. with an average speed of 82mph including time spent at intermediate stops. It also run from New York to Boston average speed(without stops) 120mph. I know because I've been on it to Boston. There are plans to upgrade the service to 250mph. So you see you do have a High Speed train! Europe is more compact with many destinations within 250 miles and the trains compete against the Airlines. There is no 2hr. check in time, so the time taken for each journey is close. America with its vast distances across the states, makes it tough to make High Speed Train viable, considering the total cost of the outlay and severe competition from the Airlines, thats probably why there are no H.S.Trains across America. The Japanese Shinkasen commonly known as the "Bullet" train, first started in 1964! Average daily speeds of 199mph. The really upto date High Speed train is the Chinese "Maglev" train which 'Levitates' above the track using magnectic forces and has achieved speeds of 387 mph in tests. Love your vids-keep up the good work!
Tomorrow, I'll get back to Paris from Saint Raphael (in the South of France) by fast train: Distance: 838 kms, travel time: +/- 4 hours, cost: 55 euros ...
USA, take notes!
wtf ? to get from the south of france to Paris it takes me 200 euros and about 7 hours
@@Aestareth_ Depends when you book. (And of course, if you live near a TGV line).
2017 I went from Nice to Paris in 5 hours, cost 25 Euros (it was a special promotional fare), - and the high speed line doesn't even commence until you've passed Marseillles.
@@cr10001 i take the train starting from Toulouse. and i booked the train months before
America has started builiding their 1st high-speed rail link in california.
@@Aestareth_ Also depends on the day of the week. Fridays and Sundays are usually more expensive.
I don't know the locations but I can give you a list of the trains and their max operating speeds:
1:04 *ICE* 3 from DB (Germany) 300 km/h.
2:01 *Pendolino* from PKP (Poland) 200 km/h.
2:18 *Eurostar* e300 (France/Belgium/UK) 300 km/h.
2:33 *AVE* 103 from Renfe (Spain) 300 km/h.
2:38 *Alvia* 130 from Renfe (Spain) 250 km/h.
2:54 *Javelin* from SouthEastern (UK) 225 km/h.
2:58 *X2000* from SJ (Sweden) 200 km/h.
3:10 EC *Astoro* from SBB (Switzerland) 250 km/h.
3:15 *Frecciarossa* 500 from Trenitalia (Italy) 300 km/h.
3:27 *Eurostar* PBA, former Thalys (France/Belgium/Germany) 300 km/h.
3:55 *ICE* 3 from DB (Germany) 300 km/h.
4:02 *TGV* Sud-Est from SNCF (France) 300 km/h.
4:08 *Frecciarossa* 1000 from Trenitalia (Italy) 300 km/h.
Note that these are the highest operational speeds during normal service; even though most trains can go faster according to their specifications, they don't for efficiency and security reasons. The AVE 103 used to operate at 310 km/h but it was later downgraded to 300. Let me know if I missed something!
Wasnt ICE, desinged to go 350km/h or did they reduce it after the fatal crash in 2004, when they did an oopsie on the Design of the wheels.
The older ICE were, but it was not feasible because ice stops too frequently, so most newer models are slower.
Only the Class 407 and 407 have a top speed of 320km/h, class 403 and 406 have a top speed of 300km/h.
The first one looks like a class 406 and the second looks like a class 403.
@@vHindenburg I think you confusing it with the ICE 1 and the 1998 eschede accident where the speed was reduced from 280km/h to 160km/h then later increased to 250km/h after the wheels was changed. Some of the ICE 1 sets (4 to be specific) was later upgraded to 280km/h with the new wheel set as a reserve set for the ICE3 trains.
The ICE3 had a design speed of 330km/h but the maximum legal limit in Germany was and is to this day 300km/h.
When ICE3 was repackages as the Velaro E and sold to spain the intention was to have it run service at full speed of 330km/h. but to my understanding this was never implemented due to cost. While the trains retrain the ability to go at 310 (and possibly 330km/h) on some distances to catch up to the time table.
AFAIK the TGV Reseau is capable of a commercial speed of 320 km/h. [EDIT] Actually in slo-mo you can see that the power cars are that of TGV Sud-Est, i.e. part of the oldest TGV sets. You're right about the 300 km/h then.
So on that first clip, the guy recording was very lucky to not get dragged underneath the train. You could see him getting pulled towards the train by the air being dragged away (literally a couple of inches from losing an arm, if not his life).
That's why he said 'Oh shit'
He knew he was too close to the railtrack.
Standing close to a moving train really shows how how dumb is guy is.
The guy recording still needs to be called out.
@@walterverbeeck6929 If he know, then why didn't he backed up before the train passed him.
@@walterverbeeck6929 What an idiot he was.
2:30 The sound that this particular trainset (Alstom TGV TMST class 373) creates at high speeds is created by putting these coaches closer together than on standard high-speed trains.
Also, when high-speed trains are going thru stations that have central tracks in the middle and 1 track on each side of these central tracks, then trains are allowed to pass thru that station with the max speed of the line.
Nice profile picture ; )
That is not corect. The TMST class 373 have the exact same intermediate wagons and connectors as the TGV Réseau, while its missing the two center power units have been replaced with more wagons.
ruclips.net/video/kUxZQLCFet4/видео.html
They sound nothing a like.
The sound is not from the train but from the power cable. The reason the class 373 create that sound and hardly any other train is that it have to run with both power pickups at all time unlike the TGV trains that hardly ever does that.
@matsv201 Actually, I found out that both of our reasons of why the class 373 make that sound are wrong. It makes that iconic sound because the trains are narrower to fit the UK loading gauge. Due to that, the airbags on the bogies protrude more and thus create more sound. This is why the KTX-1 also produces this sound, but it is less noticeable due to it being only slightly narrower than the standard European TGV.
@@StefanWithTrains That is incorect. Class 373 have exactly the same width as TGV trains, that is 2.81 meters. The passanger waggons are actually sightly higher that that of the TGV reseau, but the power unit is a bit lower.
You are posibily still thiking of the wosh sound and not the space type sound that is from the power line.
it absolutely is.
The wosh sound from the class 373 and TGV Réseau is almost identical (apart from when it come to the middle of a 400 meter long type train).
There is video of class 373 running on third rail prior to HS1 was build, and then sound is no there, clearly indicating its from the power line.
Here is some actuall evdiance. The woshing sound is still there, but the space like sound is totaly gone.
ruclips.net/video/hUbJSVnZD70/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/Or-nmnzkhFA/видео.html
@matsv201 You are right about the width OF THE UPPER PART of the carriage, but my man, have you ever heard of air resistance? Also, have you noticed that the TMST has a much more aggressive slope on the underside of the carriage? This causes the bogies to be more exposed. It is caused by it being less wide on the underside. The sound gets progressively louder when it builds up speed because there is more and more air resistance. This is the reason why you don't hear it on low speeds.
Give it two months and you’ll be binge watching Adam Something, Not Just Bikes, and RM Transit!
welcome to the club
Hahaha I can relate!
It's contagious!
Make him shame car-infested Fake-London!
The fourth clip is the Spanish AVE train, the duck "pato" model as we call it. Quite possibly taken on the Madrid -Cuenca-Valencia route, between Cuenca and Valencia.
The specific point of the route is where it travels over the "Embalse de Contreras"
@@imanolurruchigavina5661 I was going to say it was, I just didn't want to put my foot in it. I've travelled that line.
@@ScottMcLure Small correction: it's not an AVE 102 "pato" (duck), it's an Alvia 130 "patito" (duckling). It's a different train type that goes 250 km/h instead of 300 but it can change gauges and operate both high speed and conventional networks.
Built by the Spanish train maker TALGO that built the high speed line in Saudí Arabia and another in Kazakhstan, both of them quite demandint engineering feats
@@osasunaitorright!
Funny thing is that you don't feel a thing when you are on those trains. First time I took the Thalys from Cologne (Germany) to Brussels (Belgium), between Liège and Brussels I was looking outside and it was than that I thought "hmmm, looks like we are going really fast now", so I downloaded a GPS app to find out that we were doing 300km/h.
When those trains are on their dedicated tracks they run so smooth that you don't feel a thing.
That sound is created from the gaps between wagons
*Coaches, freight has wagons.
@@m-arky66Always called carriages here in Ireland. Rarely hear coach used outside of motor coaches.
While you are on the train (I know Eurostar, TGV and ICE) yiu are sitting in comfort, reading, dozing, laughing with the kids, watching the countryside. A coffee, a glass of wine. The journey is part of the fun
And even more important : you don t need to arrive 1h earlier at the station like with planes.
No registration time (except the Eurostar because UK is not in the UE 😅)
You keep your luggages nearby, so no luggages lost or time wasted to get them back.
You arrive directly in the center of the city, whereas airports are often quite far.
There are often restaurants/bar wagons.
Less co2 émissions per km than plane travel.
Train travelling is so much better. If only it could be made cheaper compared to planes (which just benefits from a tax exemption on jet fuel)
And inside those trains you barely notice they are moving at all. Silent and extremely comfertable and smooth.
The white station is Reggio Emilia AV Train Station in Italy and the train is a Frecciarossa
The guy in the first clip was definitely standing where it's forbidden. Him going shit is probably the dawning that the train will pull him towards the track (air pressure differences).
He actually works there
The silver train at the 3:00 mark is the Swedish ”X2” with a speed in trafic use of 200k/h.
There are some videos, were you can hear the sonic boom that is created, when an ICE/TGV enters a Tunnel. Also called Tunnelknall.
You should check for TGV World record: 574.8 km/h on RUclips , TGV: Train Grande Vitesse (high speed train, it's french)
It's no longer a world record.
We Finns know that the human body can't handle such high speeds so our max speed is 200 km/h. Not that any train ever goes that fast due to various problems with the rails (rain, snow, cold, heat, fallen leaves, yes seriously fallen leaves in autumn, equiment failure, Moomins jumped on the tracks etc)
Train à Grande Vitesse
@@Capt.-Nemo it's still the world record. As other are not for conventionnal steel wheel trains but maglevs
So TGV still hold the world record for highest speed for a commercial train on steel wheels
@@Capt.-Nemo ruclips.net/video/p5u_5iQ3Ego/видео.html
It is still a world record for a tracked train. 574,8kph is close to the "rail limit" because the mechanical vibrations catches and resonate with the wheels, same goes for the pantograph which vibrates a lot and cause massive lightning strikes
A practical example: the Speed train from the center of Madrid to the center of Barcelona takes some 2 hours and 40 mins. If you book it in advance the cost may be as low as 12€. Road distance is 620 kms (385 miles). Its no point in choosing a plane or car ride
More realistic price for that distance is somewhere between 100 and 150€. At least in Germany or Austria.
@@Babaroga777 Does it mean that this is the price regardless of the number of days you acquire the ticket before the trip? Madrid-Valencia/Seville can be only 8€
@@Babaroga777 in Spain there are low-cost operators in high-speed railways so the prices can vary from 100€ in the expensive trains to 10 in the cheap ones.
The longer ahead you book, the cheaper. Last July I took Munich main station to FRA on the ICE, around 190 miles and 3.5 hours, it was EUR 68 in First Class with reservation, and I had booked as soon as I was able to, months ahead. Way cheaper than flying in Business Class, around the same time, and a lot less hassle, and more comfy.
@@peterpritzl3354 Well, not extremely fast, but someone who has not used the service is not aware of the extra comfort you get compared to a plane
1:42 Yes, it is impressive, but I have travelled on both ICE and TGV and can assure you there is nothing scary about it, as a matter of fact the journey is actually quite relaxing. In addition, onboard the TGV there is a bistro on the top floor where one can enjoy a coffee and a sandwich while looking at the mountains on the horizon rushing by, and on the ICE one carriage is a small restaurant where you can admire the landscape while having dinner.
4:00 The ICE Train is driving through the station Limburg Süd on its on way to Frankfurt am Main on the highspeed line Rhein-Main
I’ve seen it, next to autobahn A3..!
The train station you have asked, it is in north Italy. In that station the train not stopping are passing by at max speed. There are two tracks with protection fences. The speed on that line is 300km/h
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggio_Emilia_AV_Mediopadana_railway_station
3:30 that is a train station called, in italian, stazione ferroviaria di Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana (literally translated in: Reggio Emilia Padana plain high speed train station), which has a modern and special architecture. The train you see rolling fast is a Frecciarossa (literally translated in "Red Arrow"), travelling through the middle tracks. 4:10 this one is a Frecciarossa 1000, the last version of the previous train, rolling in the same train station by night. There is still another train missing, it's called Italo, which completes the trainsets for high speed italian trains 😁
Designed by spanish archistar Santiago Calatrava
I don't know if you've watched the video yet, but it's definitely worth watching the video about the TGV's speed record. It's incredible what they achieved with this train, but I don't want to give too much away
When they cross stations, there's calls (a lot) that a high speed train is about to come and ask you to step away from the kay (like, really)
When one rides right next to you (even not at full speed) you FEEL the air being pushed in front of it and you're pushed away, it's a crazy feeling
But most of times, they try to make them cross stations on "central" bypass tracks
On the Cologne - Frankfurt track (with ICE 3 up to max 300 km/h) - the train stations are designed to be "four tracks" - so the speeding train could pass the station (Limburg, Montabauer and else) at full speed.
You see the train passing by at maybe 8 meters away from your platform.
As someone waiting for "that kind of train" - there a mandatory stops for some trains on the three stations between Cologne and Frankfurt.
But you get used to it - for that ICE to hurl by yourself at top speed.
And yes - I experienced passing every one of those train stations at full speed.
The ICE proudly presents the trains actual speed on a LCD-Display in each carriage.
Not all of the time - but especially on the parts of the network they want to "show off" how fast the trains travel "actually".
And yes - the 300 km/h - ish.
Accomplished.
The french TGV goes up to 320 km/h.
And I still prefer to sit IN a train at that speed - than to watch it from the outside.
at 1:40, the first word is "oh, Scheisse" is kind of "oh crap" :)
The guy was way too close btw.
ICE3 is known to go at 300km/h. A good way to rip off your arm at that speed :/
It's still funny how that guy yelled "oh, Scheisse" then proceed to move bit closer to the train.
@@automation7295 wasnt himself that he got closer, but the force created by the train passing by
@@automation7295 not voluntarily, high speeds cause strong suction around the train
@@nightstorm5914 If the driver got sacked, then it's all the camera guy's fault. People like him are the reason why drivers get traumatized for life.
@@SGer-fw4ox If the driver got sacked, then it's all the camera guy's fault. People like him are the reason why drivers get traumatized for life.
That train station at 03:44 is located in Reggio Emilia Italy. There are 2 Train stations one for the Highspeed trains(Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana) and one for the Regional Trains.
2:25 that sound the trains make is the shockwave of the space between the carriages, if you count how many time it repeats it will be equal to the number of carriages minus 1
by the way when trains are going through the middle tracks in the station they go at full line speed
You need to watch the one where they are testing the French TGV to see how fast it goes. That's a good one
The feeling of going 150km/h on the freeway and still feel like you are parked when the train pass you out to the side is a feeling that is hard to get used to.
The special train station is called Reggia Emilia RV, its near the town where ferrari was founded and between florence and milan
😂😂😂😂 who wonders. Home to Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini
it's called AV Mediopadana
2:33 i believe that is the sounds of the rials specifically the pressure wave of the train causing them to vibrate like violin strings
Here in Austria, on the high-speed routes, the trains travel at a standard speed of 230 km. The filmmaker in the first clip was lucky. At this speed, the train sucks in everything within 2-3m.
03:45 is the Reggio Emilia High Speed Mediopadana Station and the train passing through is a "Freccia Rossa" (Red Arrow') of the Italian railway company Trenitalia.
At almost 53 I got on my first high speed train from Milan to Turin and back. It runs for a long trait parallel to the highway. The cars going at the speed limit of 130 kmh (81 mph) looked almost still while we were going at a (peak) speed of 298 kmh (185 mph). Not considering the slow part exiting and entering the cities and stations it takes something like a little less than half an hour (it's a 125 km/78 miles trip). I think I'm going to use them more often.
The Eurostar you see at 2:19, is (I believe) one of the longest high speed trains in Europe, they are like 18 coaches long. You should also hear their traction motor sound when they depart, absolutely lovely.
Was not expecting to see Poland, because our top speed for now is 200km/h , but the second clip was from beating the record on Polish rails, the blue Pendolino was going 293km/h in that clip. 2:09
it's not bad as a speed, especially if the infrastructure is not suitable for speeds above 250 km/h, just think that the concept of high-speed trains in Italy was in 1939 (even if with some doubts given the period) with ETR200 (predecessor of the ETR250 "Arlecchino")
Interesting info, thanks! It's really strange that Poland bought high speed trains many years before the high speed infrastructure was even finished, so these expensive trains are permanently downgraded to normal speeds
@@osasunaitor it makes sense, the plan was to buy high speed trains for a high speed route. A number of funding and development issues have complicated matters. On the face of it the high speed line shouldn't have been that hard - it just needed new track, overhead wires and signalling. It didn't need route design, land acquisition or any earthworks, as the line was already built in the 1970s. But progress was slower than hoped. That being said, credit to Polish railways that have essentially managed to relay track and upgrade every main line in the country to inter city speed (160km/h) - they had a lot of work going on.
We have pendolinos in finland too and speed was limited to 200 km/h.Maybe they are faster today,(Idont use trains anymore)
3,28 Reggio Emilia Medio Padana Station in Italy. Standard AV speed has been set in Italy at 300 km/h although some trains can reach 400 km/h for reasons of infrastructure maintenance costs which increase exponentially beyond 300 km/h on traditional tracks and is essentially not worth it gain 10 minutes on routes which in Italy are relatively short.
France has banned short haul flights, due to the availability of hi-speed rail ... makes sense as most stations are downtown hence no need to transit out to airports
Not a bad idea
It's slightly more complicated than that.
It's point to point domestic flights that are banned when a rail alternative operated in under 2h30 is available.
So, domestic flights from / to CDG airport for connecting passengers are still allowed, and there are Marseille to Lyon flights that continue operating because there are not enough trains operating this route.
Most trains are running Paris Lyon or Paris Marseille non-stop, but in the morning it can be difficult to find a Marseille to Lyon TGV.
Sure, some flights actually disappeared, but there's still plenty of domestic flights that could be replaced by TGV's. The operator is just lacking a sufficient number of trains to run all corresponding services.
Or there's just enough demand for 2 flights 1h30 or 2h apart in the morning (125 to 200 passengers), but not enough for a TGV and its 550 or 610 seats in single length configuration.
The operator prefers putting double-length, 1200+ passenger trains on high-demand services, rather than a half empty single length one.
It's an European Directive in the whole EU.
The Swedish X2000 train at 3:00 is doing 200 km/h (125 mph) tops in regular service, which is not super quick by high speed rail standards, but a good compromise if one don’t want to built whole new railway from scratch.
And it’s actually quite similar to Brightline speed between West Palm Beach and Orlando in Florida
That ICE 3 in the beginning was running at max speed of 300kph (They are tested at 363kph which is 10% over their rated speed of 330kph). The fact the engineer didn't blow the whistle to warn of people on or near tracks meant he was just to fast to realize there is a person. Even just at 100 kph the train's low pressure zone can suck a clueless person right into it from 5 feet out. Dude was lucky or held on to something.
A thing I personally love about HST is that, at least in Spain, when you are in one at full speed, and you cross another in the other track, you can _feel_ it.
You are just chilling there and suddently there is this big, half a second zoom noise of another train passing by at 600km/h relative speed. And you can feel your unit buckling slighly to the side, not because they touched but by sheer force of the wind.
The 6th clip is a Javelin service from Kent in the SE England to London,and thus is a commuter service.The 4th clip is a Eurostar from London to Paris.
true. its basically an express "local" commuter service by US standards....
As dangerous as the first clip is, the way the guy says "Scheiße" makes me laugh every time.
@2:58 is the Swedish X2000, which has been in operation since 1990. It usually runs at a speed of 200 km/h. My wife and I took the Eurostar from London to Paris in 2019, which is pretty awesome as it passes under the English Channel in a tunnel. In France, it reaches speeds of up to 300 km/h.
X2000 is a bit special because Sweden didn't want to build all-new, much straighter tracks, and instead decided to build a train that could go as fast as possible on existing railways.
There are some underground stations here in Holland where even regular trains pass through at full speed and it blows your mind. Literally, the train pushes the air in front of it so you feel the wind before the train flashes by.
At 3.46 is Reggio Emilia Italy. The train is a Frecciarossa (Red arrow) . The station is a creation of the famous Spanish/swiss architect Santiago Calatrava
Just a bit lore about trains and tunnels for the first clip - old tunnels had alcoves for workers to wait for a passing train. That's why trains give a signal before they enter a tunnel. Modern tunnel don't have alcoves, they have small parallel maintenance tunnels, because the air pressure created by a fast train in a tunnel could kill you and the maintenance tunnel are emergency access and exits, too. So when a train comes, worker will enter the maintenance tunnel until the train passed to be save.
That Sci-fi sound is from the electric wires.
I heard it really clearly once in mid 90's waiting for the regular commuter to Stockholm.
The train was nowhere near, but the wires started singing from the vibrations the train was making.
It's not from wires, it's from carriages combined with air being vented in gaps between cars. Its heard even on slower trains, but obviously not as prominent as in high speed trains
@@jakubw.2779 When there aren't any cars?
I think not.
@@svensvensson2724 ofcourse there are. Well, not in a typical way, because you cant couple and decouple them, but they are still there. Maybe you could call them segmets or sections
@@jakubw.2779 The train was kilometers away.
@@svensvensson2724 you probably heard a different type of sound, it's true that wires and rails start making noises way before the train actually arrives like you said, but the noise at 2:23 is created by the gaps between coaches, it's a well-known feature of that particular train (Eurostar e300).
Another thing for scale, typically, there High speed trains come in 200 and 400m variants (some countries sometimes do weird lengths) where the platforms at stations are 400 ish m long, 200m sets allow for flexibility as they can be combined to 400m trains and maybe split mid-journey.
But yes, most of these clips was a quarter mile train speeding by in seconds
In 19th century people thought if moving faster than a horse can galopp, people have to get insane. And exactly that happened.
3:40 That's the Reggio Emilia high speed rail station in Italy. The highspeed line bypasses all the smaller cities between Bologna and Milan in northern Italy, so they put a station in there where trains can stop. There's a parking lot there as well as bus services and a regional rail connection to the city center of Reggio Emilia.
Express trains like that one or trains travelling down the Adriatic coast usually skip that stop tho, which is a pretty cool experience when u see one passing
3:35 that's a famous train station in italy. It was designed by a famous architect. I've been there a couple of times and it's really really cool
You should also maybe try reacting to the japanese traditional(300-350kph) and maglev(550-600kph) train lines. Thos things are MAD fast.
Yes, it's Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana, designed by architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava. The trains go by it at 300 kph
@@rallysta74 yeah i've seen it many times when I used to go to florence from milan to visit my grandparents. It's a sick train station
You have to play Train Sim World 4. It's a very realistic authentic train simulator of how to drive trains and you can drive the ICE high speed trains in Germany, but also 1 route in France with the TGV, 3 high speed routes in UK and you can also play the Northeast Corridor with the Amtrak high speed trains between Boston and Providence. If I were you, it's better buy each route with discounts and sales.
Just torrent the game.
Then you get every DLC for free because Dovetail hates the train community and know they have a monopoly in this market.
TSW4 is literally just a carbon copy from TSW 3 with an insane 3 extra routes of which none are any different from what we got before.
Do your wallet a pleasure and just torrent the game
@@evo3s75 Yeah, if you have a gaming PC, but I don't have that. I play it on console and only buy it when there is huge discount.
Why they hate the train community? They love trains themselves or is it that they pretend love trains? Are there any real train drivers who have spoken out about Dovetail games monopoly?
The one making bullet sound is the eurostar, going from paris to london, 300km/h on land, a lot less in the eurotunnel. Some are german 280km/h+ and some are from france 320km/h+
The Eurostar e320 is made by Siemens in Germany. It is capable of 350km/h like all the Velaro (Siemens' tradename of the platform) types. The scheduled speed is 320km/h.
@@V100-e5q Yeah but it operates at 300 just like the TMST. Simply because LGV Nord and HS1 are still limited to 300km/h.
The only place where you can see an ICE / Velaro run at 320 is the LGV Est between Paris and Strasbourg, alongside TGV's.
There is no trains north of paris that operate faster than 300km/h. Back when Eurotrain was constructed, the north of Paris and south of Paris train network was not even compatible. They are in the process of changing that, and as far as to my understanding the new stock shold be able to run on both
More of this. This helps take our minds off the chaos. Your face, Ian, as if those trains are actually blowing past you. Brilliant.
The first orange tgv in the 80s in France was designed by Roger Tallon. Je was involved in the design of the early Megane Renault and the Mach 2000 Lip watch. You can still get the Mach 2000 watches made by Lip as they revive old success models. They are pretty cool. Also know that the adventure to go high speed was expensive end was not at all garanties to succeed. It eventually did after a slow start to the point where most of them are high speed now in France. The night trains disappeared as a result, often used to go to the mountains for skiing from Paris, but they are scheduled to make a comeback, maybe because day traffic is saturating…. Don’t remember exactly.
3:45 .the station is called “ Reggio Emilia Alta Velocità Mediopadana “ and it’s really beautyful
The one with the "horn" on while passing by is Polish Pendolino they can go up to 200 km/h (125 mph) on some tracks but normally they go 160 km/h (100 mph). In PL we just began to build high speed rail lines (but we already bought trains for it :D ) and they will be ranked for 320km/h (200 mph)
And in that clip it was beating the Polish record (293km/h)
@@mif4731This record its top world record train from Pendolino family.
2:59 SJ (Swedish Railways) X2000. Started operating in 1990. Top speed in operation is 200 kph, but it has reached 276 kph during test runs. It has tilt that helps with comfort at speed on lines not originally designed for high speed trains.
Was initially first class only and equipped with a fax machine for passengers to use at no additional cost. They have been modernized a few times since with the latest big modernization ongoing.
They of course have Wi-Fi onboard now, but also cell phone repeaters.
This train model was considered for use by Amtrak. They were already using a Swedish locomotive, the Amtrak AEM-7 which is an American market version of the ASEA RC locomotive, so it probably made sense. They had a unit over for testing but eventually went with another option.
The USA has oil lobbies, we have high speed trains.
First guy was on the edge. Could've been vacuumed up with the trail vortex. Brave bloke, definitely a touch crazy getting that close.
If the driver got sacked, then it's all the camera guy's fault.
People like him are the reason why drivers get traumatized for life.
Central London to Central Paris 3 hours by train, probably double that by plane and all the travel to and from the airports.
The high speed train doesn't take you to "central" London, but a tiny bit more outskirts actually (St. Pancras station) - you'll definitely need at least an additional stop to get access to all possible destinations available at central London. And the plane is much faster (1 hour and 15 minutes). But yes, boarding, security checks and getting in and out of the airports will cost you some time. But the train does also require security and customs checks.
@@dnocturn84Sorry, but Pancras is central enoigh.
St Pancras is no further from the centre of London than Gare du Nord is from the centre of Paris.
@@Pte1643 And usually when we say central Paris, it just means Paris proper (any one of the 20 arrondissements), as opposed to suburbs.
1. The Eurostar from London to Paris takes 2h17, not 3h.
2. City center to city center does not mean the most central point but that you getbinto a central well connected location in the city.
3. For a flight to Paris you need to get to the airport 2h before departure while for the train it's 45 minutes (60 recommended when it's bussy, like now butbthan you should also add a bit more for the airport).
4. The UK is not in the EU and even when it was it did not join tje Schengen area which is why you go through passport control. Inside Scehgen there sre no passport checks (and in most cases no security checks) and you can literaly board the train up to a minute or two before departure.
to 3:59 In Germnay i can say no. it is allowed to drive with 300km/h trough a station wen the tracks allow it. But maybe not at the platform. But these tracks that goes trough a station can be driven with full speed.
2:02 It comes from Poland and an Italian Pendolino train is racing along the tracks. Speed 200 km/h = 125 miles per hour. Currently, Poland is undergoing a major reconstruction of railway lines, but fast trains will not travel faster than 250 km/h. Only if the Polish MagRail levitating railway project is implemented, there is a chance that the speed will increase to 400 km/h because this technology allows trains to reach speeds of up to 550 km/h
Magrail is just another heist on taxpayer money
No, that clip is from beating the speed record (293km/h)
The sound comes from the part where the carts articulate, these are recessed and disrupt the airflow. Each time one passes the mic pics up the short burst of turbulence.
Fun fact : for many of those high speed trains like the TGV for example, if the brakes are not engaged, you only need the strength of 4 people to push a whole train. Not just a wagon but the whole train... Also, on the TGV, you can separate the carriages from each other. You can remove the locomotives from the rest of the train easily, but you can't with the carriages, because they share a bogie with each other
Doubt that since it's still a few hundred tons you need to push into motion
@@evo3s75this dude doesn't Newton
@@evo3s75 well, you don't have to carry the train to push it you know ? And with how frictionless and optimized their bogies are, you don't need a lot of force. Ok you won't make it go very fast and if it's not on a flat ground, you won't be able to. It's the same principle when you try to push your car, you can push one by yourself even though it weighs at least a ton. It's the same thing, just on a heavier vehicle with less friction
The station you're looking at 3:40 is in Italy.
It's the Mediopadana station near Reggio Emilia (north Italian region of Emilia Romagna). That station was built exclusively for the high speed train and was design by the architect Calatrava.
The train is a FrecciaRossa, one of the different kinds of high speed train running on our railroads.
In Italy, the introduction of high-speed rail connections made it possible to take day trips from Milano to Rome, which I did for business a lot a while back. For 600km (370mi) it takes 3hrs, you are already in the city center, and not at some airport an hour away. While before flying was common, now people only fly if they are connecting to somewhere else.
Imagine if a train from NYC to DC took only 2:30hrs, or from SF to LA in less than 4, a lot of people would use it. But your airlines are probably very powerful to avoid this from happening.
I took the AVE train from Madrid to Valencia and watching the speed display above the door crazy. Watching it build up to 300kph was cool. So steady and comfortable at that speed was surreal.
It’s blocked in 300 km/h The machine is actually able to go faster but we have decided that is the best combination of speed, safety and waste of energy
Just to understand the situation.
In Germany the high speed trains have to lower the speed before they passing a train station.
It's really dangerous when a train with 250 km/ rushing through a train station.
At 3.30 the station Is in Italy, "Reggio Emilia" between Milan and Bologna. Well recognised for architecture. Train is Frecciarossa. It can even change energy network going with inertial speed without noticeable loss of speed before switching to new electrical network (where is needed to switch from old to new system)
Check the TGV World record clip! 😃
Blue thing at 2:55 is a Class 395 "Javelin" built by Hitachi rail to share the High Speed 1 (HS1) track in South-East England between London and Kent, introduced as part of the bid for the 2012 Olympics, and shares the track with the Eurostar trains to the Channel Tunnel
They've since been joined by the Class 8xx Hitachi rail units across the rest of the network to replace the older "InterCity 125" trains that've been operating since 1976 (2x Class 43 Power cars with a bunch of Mk3 coaches between them) and "InterCity 225" that've been operating since about 1988 (1x Class 91 Electric locomotive, rake of Mk3 or Mk4 coaches and a "DVT" car that's a Driving Van Trailer control cab built to look similar to the Class 91).
Also one showing off the old Intercity 125 units with their screaming "Paxman Valenta" diesel engines with turbo chargers that make it sound like a fighter jet (world's fastest diesel locomotive) ruclips.net/video/SerJfxnZ14c/видео.html
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I see no bots.
Oh...... yes I do!
The station at 3:30 is named "Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana" (AV = High speed, MedioPadana = In the middle of the Po Valley).
This station has 2 high speed transit rails in the middle and two rails for the train stop at the sides.
The train passing is a FrecciaRossa and in that moment it's running at 300 km/h.
03:40 and 04:30 is the high-speed station in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and the train is 'Frecciarossa'.
Both trains are Frecciarossa, the first is ETR500 the latter is ETR1000, Italo has dark red (amaranto) with yellow-gold livery and black on the "locomotive", instead Frecciarossa has silver and bright red
@@marco_grt4460 Già immaginavo la correzione, tutte le volte che scrivi su YT c'è sempre qualcuno che deve puntualizzare. In questo caso non ho fatto caso alla livrea del treno, non ho competenza in materia, per cui non posso mettere in dubbio ciò che hai scritto.
@alemassa6632 ci sono certi casi dove un commento può essere d'aiuto, per esempio potevo sbagliare sul primo Frecciarossa con il Frecciargento dato la livrea molto simile, ora con le nuove livree e la soppressione dei servizi Argento e Bianca (o meglio inglobato Frecciargento al Frecciarossa mentre Frecciabianca diventa intercity) l'unica cosa che si può sbagliare al passaggio veloce di questi treni sono i modelli
The station is Reggio Emilia AV (high speed station), in Italy. The architect Santiago Calatrava did some other fancy stations like Liège in Belgium, Lyon's Saint Exupéry Airport Station in France and Lisbon's Oriente Station
I recommend to see high speed train in asia, for example (whoosh) indonesia, (Shinkansen) Japan, (KTX) South Korea, (CR Fuxing) China, and High Speed train in Taiwan.
First time I got into one of these I went to the café coach and just took a coffee standing there while the train banked left and right to make the turns. It barely feels like you are moving, but if you try to enjoy the scenery, you get sick because of how fast everything goes away.
The first clip was at the Schnellfahrstrecke with the ICE 3 (Model 403). This is the kind of train i drive every day for work 🙂
The sound from the 3rd clip was a Eurostar and it's a common sound made by High Speed Electric Trains.
When you compare it to a High Speed Diesel the sound comes from the power cars at either end so instead of the zoom in the middle you get a passing generator, ba dum, ba dum of coaches then if there's another power car on the end you'll hear another generator pass and eventually just the vibrations phasing out into silence on the rails.
Yes, the first guy was very close.
Years ago there used to be a sign on either Penrith or Preston railway station - I can't remember which - that read: "Keep back from the platform edge or you may get sucked off"
16 year old me was tempted to stand closer to the platform edge just to see what might happen😊
That first guy was a dumbass.
The change in tone when something approaching you goes past is called doppler shift. Simplifying, the frequency gets more tightly packed when the source is approaching and spread out when moving away. If you've ever heard of blue shift and red shift it's the same thing but on electromagnetic waves.
The guy of the first clip actually works there. That’s why he is next to a electric box
France official fastest train reaching 574.8 km/h = 357.2 mph (that was the last train you can see of the actual video) . he didnt show the clip.
You guys dont know how comfortable and silent our train are.
Also we call them TGV ( train a grande vitesse/ high speed train ). :P
The coolest fact about rail in europe is that rail gauges are standardised so french TGV can run in Germany for example and german ICE can run in France. And vice versa.
Also, don't be wierded out by USA not having a high speed rail network, high speed rail works in europe because everything is so close to one another, while in the US only a handful of cities on the west coast are close to one another, Europe is very densely packed.
2:59 looks like SJ3000, an iteration on the old X2000 train, rode it early September heading up north, peaked at 182kph and was super comfortable and smooth, silent on the inside. It leans into curves like that so people with motion sickness can have a hard time. Real nice inside as well.
3:40 here is in Italy the high Speed railway, close to Milano
Magnetschwebebahn Transrapid (Maglev train) was developed by Siemens in Germany but built in China. Up to 400 kp/h and more without rails and wheels.