I took Africa’s First Ever HIGH-SPEED TRAIN...
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Time to ride the Al Boraq - it's Africa's INCREDIBLE high-speed train capable of 320km/h (200mph)! Join me for an awesome trip on Morocco's finest railway line.
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Journey Details:
Origin: Tanger-Ville
Destination: Casa-Voyageurs
Company: Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF)
Train: ONCF RGV 2N2 'Al Boraq'
Accommodation: First Class Seat (1st)
Distance: 322km / 200 miles
Price: 437 DH (£35.30 / €42.00 / $42.50)
Time: 2h10m, -2 minutes early
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I went to Morocco last summer and I've got to say, the trains were better than in the UK. Yeah they were older and more crowded but the tickets were dirt cheap (for me at least, not sure about how expensive it is for locals) and were also electric, which is something the UK has actually regressed on since electric trains were invented. In the UK trains are so absurdly expensive that it's cheaper to fly to Scotland than get the train there, which is bollocks. And the Moroccan trains really weren't that bad on the inside, it was a squeeze but it wasn't that unpleasant though I did have to stand for a bit since an old woman was on my seat (same thing happens in England too). I wish Morocco all the best, shame they didn't win the world cup, I was rooting for them against the French every minute.
You went to Morocco last summer and not to "Africa"... While I know very well on which continent Morocco is located, I would not usually refer to Morocco as Africa.. By Africa we usually mean Sub-Saharan African countries. The same way you will not refer to Egyptian or Moroccan or Tunisian food as African food.
@@elladapetrosyan9610 The video is about Morocco though...
@@sonwig5186 I realise that. But the title is I took Africa's Ever HIGH SPEED TRAIN. I realise that that's where Morocco is. I can place all the 54 countries on a blank map of Africa. But I live in Kinshasa and was expecting to see a country like Kenya in a video with such a title. Likewise, will rarely refer to Egypt as Africa. Here in DRC we will almost never closely watch the progress and even compete with Morocco and Egypt, we will rather refer to development and progress made by Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana or Kenya or Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, etc. and even South Africa. Not that we hate Morocco etc. but bcs due to their geographic location and history these countries are developing very differently from the "black" Africa.
@@elladapetrosyan9610 Yeah, I also thought the video title was a little misleading. I hope that soon sub-saharan Africa can get trains like this too.
@@elladapetrosyan9610 Oh sorry for inconveniencing you . We will put Morocco on another continent ASAP . 😑
Morocco is lifting the image of Africa, with it's football and modern means.
Most important is the quality of the people. Above all. Who cares about football and good trains?
@@grip2617 public transportation is just as important as the people, especially trains
Don't forget drugs and sex tourism
They lastly even got 4th place in last year's FIFA World Cup held in Qatar!
@@grip2617 Good infrastructures are essential for a well functioning society. I don't know how you are supposed to evaluate "people's quality"... Quality for what?
Most impressive. My only trip to Morocco was on Inter-Rail in 1986! It took about 5-6 hours for this journey. I got to Marrakech and got chatting to a friendly student who invited me to his house to sample some almond pastries, where his dad and friends were watching Serie A on TV. Appropriate timing for this video as Morocco become the first African nation to reach the World Cup semi finals. The stations and trains have changed out of all recognition. It was clearly sensible to buy tried and tested French TGV technology, and I wish the seats on our new UK Intercity trains were as comfortable as those shown here! All in all, a huge transformation of the country in the last 35 years, so kudos to Morocco.
Welcome back Ian .
Also in 1986 Morocco become the first African nation to reach the World Cup round of 16 lol
That's because since 1999 Morocco knew a nice economical development even without ressources like oil or gas they managed to diversify their economy, they went from mainly exporting food, cheap phosphate to having Cars as it's top export as the biggest car exporter in Africa with a very high integration rate with like 70% of all components made in Morocco, and now rivaling Romania and Hungary . ggz to them, they could've developed more exponancially if this economical crisis didn't happen, even these past 10 years it changed imensely, I'm always amazed by the change when i get the chance to go there, some places are as modern as western Europe and others sadly still lag behind, but they have the will, hope for a better future for Morocco.
@@Yanzdorloph Thanks, that's very interesting. I had wondered what was supporting Morocco's economy so that they could afford all the infrastructure - without even the aid of EU loans or grants! They seem to have done a lot better than some other countries which on paper have greater resources but have wasted them through inefficiency or corruption.
@@iankemp1131 I mean, the European Union kinda helps too in very big projects, for example this TGV thing, 50% of it was financed by a loan probably wth low interests from the EU(Morocco does these projects for a lot cheaper than the same stuff in Europe, this TGV thing was built from scratch for only 2billions Euros, can't even link 20km places with trains in the Uk for 2Billions). and so were the solar energy farm the biggest in the world, and so will the pipeline between Morocco and Nigeria, billions from the project will probably be financed by loans from the EU.
Such a beautiful country. Congrats on such amazing progress. Greetings from Pakistan 🇵🇰💚
😂
🇮🇳hey son
I'm working in moroccan railways office welcome to morocco 🇲🇦 🙌
Oh nice, thank you! :)
Thank you for the warm comments ❤️🇲🇦❤️ dima Maghreb
My pleasure 😊
As a Moroccan, it makes me happy you liked the Boraq train! The fastest train I tried was the Maglev train from Shanghai Pudong Airport (431km/h).
I tried the Maglev train 2000 in Berlin as a Student.
Thanks for watching, it's a great service!
@@omarmiftah9002 That's interesting, how fast did it go?
@@zak_258 it was devolloped in Berlin. and china bought the Project. the same Train and the same vitesse. my uni Professor was the Project Chef.
@@zak_258 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid-Versuchsanlage_Emsland
Everything looked really modern, nice and cared about! Morocco knows what it’s doing! Hopefully more nations around the world will one day get such luxury as High Speed Trains! Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸!
Thank you for the compliment, we wish every country the best, greetings from morocco
Greeting from morocco , welcome to serbian in our country
That's why Spain is full of Moroccan citizens.....
@@Canguterio well, it is like taking back Al Andalus, without the Muslims Spain would have not been the same as you know it, mabey you have some Moroccan in you, either you like it or not
@@azarif3581 Andalucia is Spain 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
I'm impressed with how much knowledge of the Moroccan history you've shown during your trip
Morocco = Africa Pride !
Great well informed video as always . Coincidence that I was watching it while eating raspberries.... from Morocco!
Thanks! I told you they had a lot of agriculture.
😂 What a timing!
I am well impressed by your correct use of the Arabic script and attempt at pronunciation. Although not perfect, the attempt is laudable! These things are often not expected on the English speaking internet, so this was a happy exception. And, to be honest, the Moroccan-Arabic dialect is a challenge upon it own.
Concerning the fastest train taken, my experience is limited to the Rotterdam-Paris Thalys service.
I agree / Met je eens.
I find that when westerners learn Arabic in the east, they keep a very thick accent and a slow way of speaking, but when the ones who learn Moroccan dialect when they get good at it they speak it like the locals
@@Yanzdorloph Yes because learning a standardized official language is often for economic reasons, while learning regional languages and dialects is all about you loving and understanding a culture and its people
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@utopiatech4546 you sound desperate.
I took that train from Tangier to Rabat, loved it
The fastest trains I was on were in mainland China. 350km/h between Guilin North and Shenzhen North. Beautiful landscape, so many mountains. And the Maglev in Shanghai went 430 km/h, but that was a very short ride, just from the airport to the city.
This is very cool, it’s wonderful to see the world of trains
I agree, I love travelling on trains in different countries. :)
i love how you can eat and look over the outside platforms. All station should be like this
Another great video! Really enjoyed it and it is so wonderful to see such brilliant station and facilities as well as the HS train as well. Thanks and kudos on some solid Arabic pronunciation 😊✌️👏
Thanks for the compliments. :)
@@SuperalbsTravels You’re most welcome
These train stations are much better than the ones we have here in the States.
Yeah some of the stations out in the USA can be a little bit dodgy... :/
Diiiima Maghreb (Always Morocco) 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
Of course traveling on the Moroccan high speed train 'alboraq' could be an unforgettable experience, the same if you're traveling in car or riding an adventure motorcycle 🏍 thus the pleasure will be far more exciting reaching the many tourist destinations and attractions around the country particularly in summertime where beaches 🏖 along the coasts are fully crowded with people 🏝🏕🌄🌞
As a Moroccan believe me , 450dh for a flexible aaand first place is sometimes cheaper than taking regular public transit, we have our issues like all the countries but when it comes to transportation infrastructure we have it under control 🇲🇦🇲🇦👍🏽.
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
I remember the old station in Tangiers from back in the 80’s. No high speed trains back then. Morocco has come a long way.
Yeah, but we didn't have them either!
YES Morocco and Egypt is in Africa. Thanks for video. Can't wait to try this
Thanks for watching, hope you have a good trip!
Watching from the USA, I can put yet another entry on my list of nations we are inferior to...sigh.
i bless the trains down in africa
I have travelled on the Tianjin to Beijing (and return) highspeed train at 347kph (216mph) - 30 minutes each way.
Moroccans at first were very opposed to that project, but later were convinced of it's utility
that is true, it is a hefty investment money wise. But it is a good sign to get investors in though, the more modern a country and stable is, the easier the money flows becomes.
Seeing my good old TGV interior, but with those beautiful african landscape feels great ! Feels like France and Morocco are connected by a railline above the mediteranean sea. :D
The drivers and engineers were all trained by the SNCF that was very involved in this TGV in Morocco and basicaly managed it for the first year. there was plans to build another line between Marakesh and Agadir then link Marakesh with casablanca, with the goal to link all Moroccan cities with a TGV line, it was a whole elaborated plane and calender with planed finaces and all the boring stuff, but as you know, Morocco and France had a falling out, and the contracts were canceled. Thx God they signed a contract with Korea Rail Network Authority few months ago, works hopefuly starting soon
That's interesting, I wonder if we will see Korean-built trains in Morocco soon...
@@Yanzdorloph korea huh? interesting. . . they got a nice hsr system but thats a random connection
@@ciello___8307 Not really, Morocco after the contract with france got canceled, made an "appele d'offre" (idk what in english, maybe call for bids?) and 2 companies answered Chinese railways and Korean railways, both want to take on the project, at the end they went with Korean company instead of chinese one. + both korea and china are trying to make their railways companies build high speed trains for other countries Europe included.
@@Yanzdorloph They can give a TGV to China so they can copy it.
both, the train and the station are looking very nice.
I did Seville - Barcelona - Paris - London - Norwich at the end of October and it was epic ! Renfe AVE on the Seville - Barcelona leg at 300 kph, then SNCF TGV Barcelona - Paris, the best bit being the scenery en route it was truly marvellous. Finishing off with Eurostar Paris to London which was its usual efficient self ending up with a swift trip on a 745 Flirt of Greater Anglia.
Amazing! I did a similar journey to reach Morocco actually, that was London-Paris-Barcelona-Madrid-Malaga-Tangier. :)
All of these are lines that have changed out of all recognition since I did a similar journey on Inter-Rail in 1986. Newhaven-Dieppe ferry, overnight Paris to Irun in a smoky compartment, a whole day from there to Madrid on the "express" which was the fastest non-supplement train, overnight from Madrid to Algeciras in a couchette, and about 5-6 hours for the Tangier-Rabat/Casablanca run. Just goes to show the huge improvements made in all these countries by funding high-speed rail lines.
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
I've taken some trips on China's high speed rail network before. All of them occured in the autumn of 2018. I had gone to China to see my relatives. I don't remember the exact cities I was travelling between, but they were all around the provinces of Anhui, Zhejiang and the city of Shanghai
I bet that was an amazing experience! They have so many high-speed trains there.
@@SuperalbsTravels Actually, it was like riding a subway or a normal train. Just a lot faster. I remember seeing one of the signs onboard say 220 km/h once. Also a stranger gave me chocolate one time on board.
@@SuperalbsTravels China has around three quarters of the world’s HSR by length
@@SuperalbsTravels I hope you can try some Chinese HSR in the future. I believe the trip restriction due to the pandemic can be over in 2023. What a nice channel, only missing some Chinese trains.
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
Hey Superalbs Travels! I just started watching you because I started to appreciate high speed trains. I'm from Russia and I rode the high speed train "Lastochka" around multiple places in Russia for visiting family and for vacation. Could you please give a review for our high speed train? It's top speed is around 160 km/h so please give a review on this train. I would highly appreciate it.
Imagine we could have something like this in California. Commuting between Silicon Valley and SoCal is such a drag. The interstates don’t even connect directly and the traffic is always hideous.
I just found out this year that USA don't really use trains as much as the rest of the world. Tbh I was quite shocked, I've always thought that Americans just prefer to use their own cars to travel.
By the way, to clear an information mentioned that Rabat the capital city for the Moroccan dynasty in 12 Century! You can look it up! That was rich culturally and civilized back then when France wasn’t even born yet!😅😊
France was born in the 7th century.
Civilized my ass, all Morroco did was enslaving everything that moved, making tribal wars for millenials and then were surprised to be fucked by countries who actually developed a civilization.
@@mrsupremegascon Andalusia?
Wow they electrified the railways... Amazing thing to see as I am from switzerland where every trains runs electric :)
Yep, it's actually mostly electric down there. Exceptions are a few freight spurs around Safi, and everything east of Fes.
it has been over 30 years since the railways were electrified here :)
I have yet to see a non-electric train in my 25 years
no, they are still using steam locomotives. this video is just a simulation
@@yubautube I wish I had the budget for that! 🤣
@@SuperalbsTravels you did great thank you, but that Switzerland guy is probably like a tree (he never left his hometown to know that the world is moving forward).
WELCOME TO THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO 🇲🇦❤️
Thanks! :)
Just this past summer I took the same trip, which provided me the pleasure of traveling High Speed rail now on 3 Continents. I only wish you would have added the Casa Voyageurs station tour in Casablanca. Otherwise a great presentation.
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@utopiatech4546 What you say is *TRUE.* It is important to note that Spain Colonized the area in 1884, and abandoned it in 1976, when Spain's General Franco - on his deathbed - signed a secret agreement which handed over the territory to Morocco and Mauritania. This agreement was illegal per the UN. But supported by both France and Spain in their hopes to maintain colonization of Africa.
In many ways, the Europeans still Colonize Africa. I am confident that Moulay Hassan will, when he takes the throne, create a relationship with Western Sahara much like Malaysia did with Sarawak - where they are officially granted self-government as a Federation _with_ Morocco. Although Moulay may not rule for some time, I think he understands that if any part of Africa remains even partially Colonized, then all Africa remains Colonized.
@@utopiatech4546 Only your cerveau his colonial
Those pictures of old trains in the beginning reminded me of some other big, rich country, still operating very old trains, especially for freight… Amtrak and the US, so embarrasing that Africa has a true high speed line, and the US doesn’t, and the northeast corridor doesn’t count, as it’s only high speed for small part of the route. Wouldn’t be surprised, if africa got a continent wide high speed rail network before the US does…
unfortunately peope in America and europe think all Africans an middle east people still live in the desert with camels with no cars no buildings no wifi just the desert and that is completely wrong just write morocco on youtube and see the truth, of course, we do not have the best technology and cities in the world but we have big hearts just say i lost my money and i do not have a place to stay in and you will find everyone seeking to help u and take care of u for free without asking u who u are no one is talking about the Arabic generosity u have to see it then judge and do not believe media, especially Holywood movies they are just liars and they fake everything for their own good thanks to this channel to show my country as it is that is something i really appreciate ..for people who don't know arabic alborak is horse with wings that can travel with light speed
Love morroco from your brother nation 🇮🇳♥️🇲🇦
Moroccans love Indians.
AMU is the Arab Maghreb Union all three countries are involved in this big project. Tunisia - Algeria and Morocco.
The whole north African coast, starting with these three neighbouring countries and later on it will also cross from North Africa to South Africa. But that's for much later
That will be amazing! 🤩
Yeah, I read that article too.
Isn't it funny that Morocco has HSR at 300 km/hr, and yet the United States can't even maintain a basic level of service. This country (the USA) is basically an expensive joke at this point...
So good to see a graffitiless country.
Yes, they definitely take care of their trains and stations. :)
Wow! Just wow! 🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿
Finally someone covers this
Hope it was worth the wait! 😅
The fastest trains I've been on was the ICE 3, Shinkansen and TGV. Never been to Shanghai which would be the only train that goes faster than these (if I'm not mistaken).
Morocco such a great country but unfortunately I can't go there I wish to go there one day 🇲🇦❤🇩🇿
Stupid politics :(
Speechless!
Fastest ever probably on Shanghai airport train. Al Boraq train looks comfortable.
Ooh, is that the Transrapid Maglev?
Standard french TGV design. Quite good that african countries can deploy such rolling stock :)
Sahara is Moroccan
Sure sahara is Moroccan, and thanks to Cameroun by the way 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦💪💪💪💪💪
If Spain ever follows through on its inchoate plan to build a tunnel to Morocco, imagine what this train would do with AVE integration.
Very nice video. About 10 years ago, I traveled on the Shinkensen from Tokyo to Hiroshima. The trains in Japan are clean and on-time. I have also traveled on the US Amtrak Metroliner, it is nice, but it isn't very fast.
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
No one can beat bullet train 🚆 I love it but yeah Morocco has built world-class train ♥️🇲🇦🇮🇳
@@Evolvinggamer371 not built but imported .
But yeah its reasonable to import sometimes .
@@utopiatech4546 Morocco is in its Sahara and the Sahara is in its Morocco, out of you and your dirty talk
Thanks you Welcome to Morocco
Morocco and its people are very kind and hospitable.
Come back again in 3 years, there will be a new line Casablanca-Marrakech with the same french company Alstom that made that first casa-tangier line.
Thanks for visiting my country and welcome all.
I heard till Agadir...
at 5:12, this is not the correct map of morocco
Egypt is building a high speed train, too.
Morocco 🇲🇦 nice country
Yes it's great!
there is a new line now that woudl go until the city of Marrakesh & Agadir in the south. would be lit
I like how the front says oncf
Yep, it's a good thing to have. :)
The fastest train that I have travelled on is the Rajdhani in India which travels at a maximum speed of 130km/hr...
I went on this before though I took 2nd class, the snack bar tastes good. I got some snacks using the Dhiram, which is the Moroccan currency
Marocco is even more advanced than the USA in that regard!
Fastest train I’ve been on is the ICE 3 from Copenhagen to Berlin. Don’t remember it tho, I wasn’t very old
Of course it's Morocco...
9:37 I'm from Morocco, can confirm that that is a cow, i sometimes see animals or fairly odd locations that have no business being there. It is rare, but it happens. Lol
What you talking about mate I don't get it
Even cows have the right togo for a walk, sometimes...
Outside of Morocco, the trains are absolutely abysmal. You would think that a country such as Nigeria or South Africa would have evolved a high speed railway by now. Or, combined with other countries to form a high speed network as in Europe and Asia.
It's not a bullet train (Shinkansen) but just a TGV.
The Bullet Train was a japanese Projekt from the 1930s. The project was interrupted because of WWII and never resumed. Later, some of the revamped areas were used for the Shinkansen.
So even Shinkansen isn`t a Bullet Train.
In a broader sense the word means any bullet-shaped train (long front part)
I live in morroco and life is great but the prices for things is too expensive
10:32 fun fact: the OHLE catenary has the same style as the one used in recently refurbished Italian railways (local, main and high speed) and the Midland Main Line (up to Corby and Kettering).
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@utopiatech4546 😂😂😂😂🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦💪
@@mehdi9962 hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjjjjj 😘😘😘🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🍌🍌🍌🍌
As a moroccan, am glad
this is next level meaning of MARRAKECH EXPRESS
Yep! I hope it goes to Marrakech soon. :)
Maasha Allah 😊 morocco so beautiful ❤️ and exiting
Travel-money well spent - thank you for taking us! (A lot of elderly french and german people travelling Morocco for decades by car or mobile home already complain for some years now 'Morocco is no longer what it used to be' - but fortunately that's how it is.)
You could just as well provide some more infos besides, planing time for this line, production costs, annual deficit to be covered by the Moroccon state for the time being?
Even just talking a little bit of 'wikipedea-infos' could be entertaining for a while, maybe split in between travelling two Stations🤗✨🕵️? Of course everybody could read on it's own, but your voice providing for would make that different and more exciting?
Thank you very much for watching! :)
How has Morocco changed?
Congratulations Morocco
Damn Africa got high speed! Wow!
Meanwhile in the states 😭running out of diesel, crumbling infrastructure, the list goes on, no high speed anything around here 🤦🏻♂️
I just read that Nigeria in 2022 bought 2 Talgo Intercity bc they were in Winsconsin but they didn't use them for 10 yrs...If you can find and read the story behind the reason why you can only 🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂.
LOL Africa... it's North Africa. it has nothing to do with what ppl actually think of when they see/hear "Afria"
My fastest train I’ve expected was krl indonesia wich is slow but hopefully this year the first super fast train in indonesia will open i hope u can try that
I will be there! 😉
@@SuperalbsTravels omg cant wait to watch that video
Looks like a quite scenic journey!
06:06 Answering your question, the fastest train I've been in my life is the Eurostar e320 from London to Brussels and back, which also has the same top speed (320 km/h) as Morocco's Al-Boraq
09:24 Ayy, that's the TAF / Z2M! We have loads of these in my (half) country, Italy, and they run in my local area too!
11:25 Always a good idea to carry cash with you when you travel to avoid disappointment like you had at the bar on the train!
The fastest train I've been on is the Shanghai Maglev in China, at 430 km/h (268 mph) in 2013.
It was built in 2004 and still running today.
You concluded that you overall enjoyed the ride on the Al Boraq. Are there any respects in which they are better than TGV Duplex trains in France? I inevitably find the latter cramped, and am not a big fan of the seats either.
it's exactly the same as the TGV in France, only difference is they added a lugage place at the end of compartments in the AL-Boraq, the project was managed by the SNCF for the first year wish explains why everything is the same
There are also an improved AC and anti sand treatment on those TGVs.
you welcome to morocco bro any time 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦👑👑👑
I live in northern Italy so the fastest train I've ever rode is Trenitalia Frecciarossa connecting Turin to Milan in just 45 minutes speeding through pianura Padana at 300km/h 🫡🫡
Absolutely beautiful journey, the high-speed line is so impressive!
6:04 the fastest train i've been on is the pkp intercity pendolino, but that was back when it could only reach 160km/h, not the 200 that is its limit now
I like the french way of building trains on more steeper inclines and also on ground rather than Japanese trains . The trains look rough which i quite understandable.
The fastest trsin i ever travelled on was the ÖBB Railjet;since i've never been too far from home on a train, the fastest i ever went was 140 km/h, the same speed as regional S-Bahns
140 miles an hour you would have gone actually.
It depends on the route, but they are good trains!
@@SuperalbsTravels Indeed.
What I dream of is a huge high-speed rail network spanning all across Europe and the Mediterranean North African countries, a kind of modern version of Roman roads but with high-speed trains.
So for instance you could just get on in Berlin-Hauptbahnhof and ride all the way down to Casablanca...
Well yeah, maybe one day in the distant future...
Nice. I've been going with the TGV from Saarbrücken (Bordertown to France in Germany) to Paris a couple of times. Same train... takes 1h50 minutes for the 400 km trip. Goes ~320 for a huge portion of the trip. Very awesome ride and by far best means to get to Paris from here.
We have it too.. It takes 5 hours but for that price!
I was going the opposite way to go to Saarbrücken but I tried to take the ICE for the panoramic view: p
@@athrunzala6770 Yeah, the ICE is nicer to drive in. But sadly, at the most favorable time for me, the TGV is scheduled.
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
Fastest train I’ver ever been on is the ICE 3. I remember hitting 200 miles an hour between Cologne and Frankfurt.
Hitting top-speed on that line is always a great feeling!
@@SuperalbsTravels Could not agree more.
I have been in the Vande Bharat Express from Howrah to Puri
Go Morocco, it's always the first !
@@me-zu3gm about the 4th-5th but it is behind countries with double or triple the population and with much much more natural resources like oil and gas.
@@me-zu3gm the fifth biggest economy in Africa and competing with countries with higher population and more resources like gas and oil
High-speed rail makes sense in (western) North Africa, because it's relatively densely populated. Such a line could feasibly run to Algiers, if Morocco and Algeria were actually on speaking terms. (From what I gather, you need to travel via Spain to get from one to the other.)
High-speed rail would also make sense in sub-Saharan western Africa (the bit that sticks out), because there are just really a lot of people living there, and traffic is "a bit" of an issue.
A line from Morocco to Algeria would be the definition of "waste of money"! There will never be enough demand on such a line in the foreseeable future to explain the expense. However, Algeria itself definitely needs a high-speed line running along the Constantine-Algiers-Oran corridor. I am sure Morocco will carry on expanding the HS network. Also, the HS line from Cairo to Alexandria in Egypt is almost done, so Africa is catching up... or, at least N. Africa is.
@@Sayitlikitiz101 I think that's very positive. It should lead to greater prosperity across the region. Making transport and jobs more accessible leads to a more equal distribution of wealth, but also a higher average wealth.
One not so obvious consequence would probably be increased immigration.
Where I live is one of the southernmost parts of Europe, and immigration - both regular and irregular - has increased drastically upon EU membership. No railways here, let alone HSR, but it's one of the effects of a higher standard of living.
@@SeverityOne I think you'll find that increased economic prosperity in N. Africa means less migrants from there. Natality has fallen so much in the Maghreb that there will soon be a reverse migration to those countries. On the other hand, Europe is facing an acute and irreversible demographic decline and will need immigrants to keep its economy running. Sub-Saharan Africa seems to be the place where migrants will come from.
@@Sayitlikitiz101 We don't actually get a lot of North African immigrants here. Maybe Libyans, but it's not exactly because of economic reasons. Most irregular immigrants here are sub-Saharan, and it could be that if economic activity and prosperity increases in North Africa, they won't want to make the arduous journey in a rickety boat across the Mediterranean.
we have to change our second language from french to english
no one agrees
Beautiful reportage, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
first channel that dont put adverts every 5 min
Neat! Did you try their sleeper trains...? 320 km/hr is my highest
Amazing, that's a great speed! Yeah I did try the sleeper, it was a fascinating experience.
Fastest I've been on is Shanghai's Transrapid maglev train at 431 km/h. Fastest train on rails I've been on would be the Japanese Shinkansen topping at 320km/h.
Sounds incredible! What was it like? :)
@@SuperalbsTravels The speed was incredible. Normally you're on a car or train and if you look out the window houses and landscape pass at a decent speed, but on this train they passed at a speed which kind of broke my brain cause I wasn't used to it. Cars on the highway beside it just flew past so quick it was so unnatural and felt like I'm in the matrix or something.
Me as a German... I am really impressed. There are faster trains in Africa than in Germany :D
5:09 the map of morocco is wrong my friend
I did not make it.
@@SuperalbsTravels then who ever made the video should have done his research .you can't come to our country and show people half of our country's map.
if you buy a ticket 1 month prior to your trip, it will only be at 89 dh, which is about 9 euros
Oh boy, I buy a day ticket with that for 20Km and back!
Yes, it's even cheaper still if you buy in advance - a great deal! :)