Talgo is a technical marvel. I still don't understand how can it mantain stability with pairs of single wheels between the coaches (no bogies!) at the speeds up to 300 km/h (and probably beyond). And considering that the invention of this concept goes back to the early 1960s I'm even more amazed. Not to mention that some of the version include a quick gauge change mechanism, a twin propulsion version and there's (been) also a tilting version (Talgo pendular) which makes Talgo the most versatile train ever build. Imagine all this features in one set: it could travel all the way from Lisboa to Vladivostok.
Absolutely great it brings back memories I have been on those sets a few times in the last few years. You’re right the first class experience is first class
Fazer uma viagem assim é bom demais, parabenizo a Renfe mais uma vez por proporcionar um serviço desta qualidade.Viva España./Jason/Goiânia Goiás Centro do Brasil...
@@NonstopEurotrip yes. A truly spanish jewel. Spain was even ahead of china time ago. The headset radio has even a... poetry (yes) channel! Siemens ave s103 trains in these lines are even more beautiful. The duck shape is the only stain here. To me they seen too much...british ;-) Great video. Thanks
@@NonstopEurotrip The overall Spanish high speed rail system is not well known about sadly, especially considering how efficient and punctual the trains are (and the great interiors) but this goes down to Spain’s geography and population count. It only carries a fraction of the amount of passengers seen in let’s say, Germany with a less developed high speed system. Also the network is too radial, it’s mostly concentrated on Madrid whenever you must go somewhere. The liberalization may help this a bit. New HSR lines in Spain are being built left right and center. In my opinion I’d focus on upgrading connections to other hubs as this mass spending on new infrastructure and prominently neglecting your classic lines isn’t a good idea and then everything is so clean like the tracks mainly due to adifs dedications as they do reballasting fairly often.
Thank you for your video, Nonstop eurotrip! Beautiful video where you explain everything to us. It's like we're traveling with you. A real treat. Thank you.
The Ave is a nice Spnish train! When I was little, I travelled to Barcelona in the first days after it's inauguration and also to Sevilla. The service is great, food is delicious and the entertainment program it's very interesting. Did you know they are planning to introduce a new kind of AVE train to the existing rolling stock? Made by Spanish manufacturer Talgo, I heard that it reaches 380 km/h. Now they are doing some testing but at the middle of this year it will enter in service.
Great trip report to the Spanish captial I like the Spain has europés largest high speed rail network very convenient and the train interior looks more like an office than a train
They are my favourite trains ! There is a lot of space for lugages (above the head), the coaches are short and they give the impression of commodity, less crowded... I love it
Before the pandemic I enjoy this trip several times. The complimentary food is pretty decent and with preference/1st class ticket you can also use Renfe VIP Lounge on the train stations.
Public railways have just been liberalized. End this year french company SNCF will launch their service in Spain so Renfe will be obliged to reduce prices
@@pedromartinojeda: But that is not enough, because there are few trains using the previous line, so there are a lot of towns without service or with a poor service.
@@castelopequeno7132 Ya lo han hecho. Primero SNCF con Ouigo y sus billetes entre 19 y 29 euros de media, ahora AVLO con su oferta de 5€ y billetes a 20-35€ y hace unas horas han anunciado billetes de AVE a 15€ las próximas 2 semanas para viajar entre el 23 de junio y el 11 de diciembre. La competencia está obligando a Renfe a bajar precios.
Pleasant looking cabin, comfortable seats, high speed travel ... what more could you expect save for lounge access/at your seat meal service which I’m sure will be implemented once the pandemic is over. 👍🏻
Another great video making me wish I was having the opportunity to try these trains out in two weeks instead of being restricted to the US because of COVID. 😢
Thanks so much! Hopefully it won't be long and you can be over here trying them all out... In the meantime you'll have to stick to watching our videos 🙂🎬🎥
Hi! I am spanish, specifically from Murcia, but in the 90s I did my military service in Córdoba, specifically in the first half of the 90s. I traveled for the first time on the high-speed train in 1994, the year the new Córdoba station was inaugurated, so I somehow I premiered it. How nostalgic, as can see in the video, I have always remembered that you had to go down to a lower level on an escalator to access the trains. I also remember something from the old station, but not much I traveled from Córdoba to Madrid. It was the first high-speed line that had been built in Spain, the Madrid-Seville line (which passed through Córdoba), premiered in 1992, and it was 2 hours in which we did not notice anything, that trip was very gratifying The tractor unit was the old 101 series, but were very fast and efficient. We travel in tourist class, and there was a reduction in the prices of tickets with the military discount I want to say that in Spain we have very fast trains, which are not the AVE, and that we know how to make trains, and above all and something very important, maintain our rail lines. In the 80s I traveled in a Talgo III, which is from the 60s, and even so it was a very fast train (I think we would travel at least 160 km / h) and I didn't notice the curves, it was incredible I want to clarify that Talgo has participated in the construction of class 112 By the way, where are you from? Good video
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes, I only tried a Cercanías (Renfe's Commuter Train) 446 series (Built in 1989) 2 times on the Cercanías' line C-5 for a round journey from Atocha-Cercanías station (Part of the Atocha station complex, but only for trains that only runs in Iberian Gauge) to Méndez Álvaro station (The station where you can connect to the Madrid's main bus station and to the long distance buses to Southern Spain). I also tried some times the Madrid Metro 8400 trainstock series in the line 6 (Madrid's Metro one of the two Circle lines) from Méndez Álvaro to O'Donnell (A station of the line 6 named after a street just right behind to the metro station)
They're actually not bogies, but something unique Talgo calls a "rodal". The wheels on each rodal don't share an axle, instead it's two semi-axles, and the whole structure goes up and supports the cars from the roof, which are left hanging down between the rodales so to speak. When trains take a curve, bogies exert an outward force on the cars, while rodales push towards the interior of the curve, making pendulation happen naturally.
@ Para conectar Madrid con Lisboa el paso natural es Extremadura. Ir por Salamanca alarga el viaje y obligaría a pasar por Oporto
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@@sancucufatolcta294 No sería necesario, en ese caso pasar por Porto, pero yo me refiero a que el gobierno portugués siempre ha querido una unión rápida con París; o sea, "pasando" de Madrid. Motivos diversos, como que en Francia y Luxemburgo está una gran mayoría de sus emigrantes. Lógicamente el viaje Madrid Lisboa es (y como siempre fue) por Valencia de Alcántara, Entroncamento hacia Lisboa. Hay mucho que hablar ¿por qué el AVE no sale de la línea de Ciudad Real hacia Badajoz? claro, Cáceres, Plasencia, Mérida... mucho recorrido y paradas.
Hi , I'm from India and I recently subscribed to yr channel. I enjoy watching each of your exciting videos. I've done a few Train journeys in Europe. Mostly in Switzerland and later Regio jet in Austria/ Prague etc..... It's my dream to do many more along with my Family. Thank you for all the Info you share.
10:12 In fact, the Ciudad Real's Airport (Between Puertollano and Ciudad Real, now closed)would have an AVE station if the 2008 crisis never have happenned. You know, the Spanish great public incomes in the mid-2000s, especially in building flats and houses...
@@NonstopEurotrip In fact, Ciudad Real airport (AKA Aeropuerto Don Quijote, Aeropuerto Central de Ciudad Real or Aeropuerto Madrid Sur-Ciudad Real (The Autonomous Community of Madrid's government decided that last name had to be removed, and they removed it in 2007)) was originally planned in the 1990s to decongest Adolfo Suárez-Madrid-Barajas Airport and be atractive to the low-cost flights, but in 2006 the Adolfo Suárez-Madrid-Barajas Airport opened the terminals 4 and 4S, so the Ciudad Real Airport (Opened to passenger traffic in 2008) just not worth it. And it's just 225 or 235 kilometres away from Madrid. So far away from Madrid that only operated a few flights to it from cities like Barcelona. The few people that used it and the few flights that used it did that the Ciudad Real airport closed in 2012. The Ciudad Real Airport reopened last year but without passenger flights. There's also an airport in Spain that's like Ciudad Real airport, the Córdoba airport (Its only flight company (Flysur) left the airport in 2008)
Do these trains have a level entrance? According to Wikipedia they have a floor height of ~760mm, but in another article it says that the platform's in Spain have different heights 😅
As an Englishman, I don't find RENFE's prices high! I think they are very reasonable. I suspect the emptiness was due largely to Covid: most Spanish trains seem well-used, in my experience.
Advanced purchases or promos are good value in Spain, but then so are they in the UK. The AVE lines are well used but due to infrequent and slow service, unfortunately lots of others aren't.
@@NonstopEurotrip yeah, they are not always on that route (they are mainly on the route Madrid-Barcelona-Figueres) but it's kinda curious, here you have one in Puertollano station: ruclips.net/video/3CdOl3SLGEI/видео.html
Probably the same reason the Spanish call London 'Londres'. I always try and use the version that most English speakers would understand. For example if I started calling Florence 'Firenze' 90% of people wouldn't have a clue where I meant...
Nice to reden through Europe with your channel. It makes fun, it shows the landscape and you can enjoy your virtual voyage. Btw. in Germany you have to pay a lot of money to travel similar to the Renfe service. Due to the pandemic restrictions I take my car. It's much cheaper, I have my seat, I can listen to music I like, all in all it's cheaper and more practical and I don't waste so much time with changings. Greetings from Germany
When you plan your trip and book in advance fares are ridiculously low in Germany. Frequent travelers can get a “Bahncard” to cut prices 25% or 50%. All a matter of planning. Last minute tickets are costly though.
Very good video! Just one detail; you didn't translate well Preferente; in Spanish travel lingo Preferente means Business Class, not First. There are some AVEs (Siemens 103 series?) that have or had 3 classes: 1ª (Primera - First), Preferente (Business) and Turista. This also applies to airlines.
Talgo AVE S 112 Not a Bombardier model, It is a design entirely by P. Talgo. The electric motors are from the German ABB in 102 and 112. Patentes Talgo, S.A. the serie 112 is the last collaboration with the Canadian multinational Bombardier Transportation. After ordering the mechanical part of the 102 and 112 series heads. For the new Avril 106 series, the Spanish Basque company IngeTeam took care of all this. And less so now that Bombardier has spun off its railway division and sold it to the French multinational company Alstom Transport. www.talgo.com/ It is very simple to find out first-hand and just by searching the official website of the company. Greetings from the province of Córdoba, in Andalusia, Spain.
www.expansion.com/empresas/transporte/2018/04/25/5adf98ebca4741db088b4674.html Article on the matter in the spanish economic newspaper - Expansión- in its digital version.
@@NonstopEurotrip speed Spanish and Italian design I love Italian train looks BTW Renfe got a new look! So plz be sure to make a video on it thank u :)
Hi! As a Spaniard, I got this video recommended to me and wanted to say: though the AVE's prices can seem high, you have to remember two important things: first, it competes (or it did before... y'know, virus, stuff, happened) with airports, because they make very similar connections, so the price is mostly around the same. Second, and probably most important, Renfe is going to launch the AVLO, which is literally short for Ave Low cost, whose tickets will range from 60€ to, get ready, 10€, and the minister of transportation said that everyone should be able to buy at least once a ticket for 10€, meaning that that price won't be uncommon and the 60€ will only be in low demand last hour bookings, so maybe you'll want to check it out as if I remember correctly it will use the same Talgo trains at the same speeds, and in fact Renfe has ordered an entire new fleet of them for that service so they will be mostly brand new. Edit: grammar
I do not think it is legal to film a departure in front and outside the train.In Mallorca the TIB guards did said no,when they saw my camera.Or is it due to the privacy laws.
A journey of 320 km’s in a high speed 250 - 300 kmh train should be much quicker then almost 2 hours. Even Dutch local trains (almost) cover that at 140 kmh; there must be long stops or long parts of low speed sections along the route ...
I hope renfe Spain will comeback in India with better system of coach , Bcz its beautiful , confertable and most suitable for India climate and for Indian travelers also , 😎😎😎😎😎
@@NonstopEurotrip yes bcz its passed all test and also get green signal from railway board but problem was in coach height and no separate coach bcz in India we use British style train its mean platform height r higher and second was same our domestic coach system is not attached in single wheel that's why we cane use same coach to different train like lhb to irc ,
I took a similar train from Madrid to Sevilla .. ticket cost me 149 euro's as my flight to sevilla was cancelled the previous day from Schipol thanks to transavia so had to fly to Madrid the following morning and KLM Employee had the gaul to force me to buy another bag to put my rucksack in , when flying from Glasgow not an issue but the chap at Madrid a dobber . And at Schipol .. KLM/Transavia // KLM Employeee said we would get our money back . to this day I never got a fucking penny from the Airline . even though i kept all the recipts as proof . The taxi's in Madrid from the Airport to the train station 30 euro .. i was charged .. what a rip off arrived just in time to buy my ticket and catch the 11.30 am train to Sevilla . took around 2 hrs 30mins all tickets have specific seat numbers , Trains are spotless compared to trains that travel on the Ayr/Addrossan/Largs lines .. View from the train was quality .. .
Notice how few passengers are on this train. This AVE line is a world-class boondoggle. It is enormously expensive to build and operate and serves very few passengers.
It serves millions. And will server triple that with liberalization and introduction of low-cost Ouigo and AVLO, apart from ILSA-Trenitalia as a 4th operator.
The English message at 5:14 was wonderfully clear with excellent pronunciation. Well done, RENFE!
I agree! They're great 🙂🇪🇦
Talgo is a technical marvel. I still don't understand how can it mantain stability with pairs of single wheels between the coaches (no bogies!) at the speeds up to 300 km/h (and probably beyond). And considering that the invention of this concept goes back to the early 1960s I'm even more amazed. Not to mention that some of the version include a quick gauge change mechanism, a twin propulsion version and there's (been) also a tilting version (Talgo pendular) which makes Talgo the most versatile train ever build. Imagine all this features in one set: it could travel all the way from Lisboa to Vladivostok.
I know, they are amazing! I have a video coming up where we change gauge twice in the same trip... 🇪🇦
Absolutely great it brings back memories I have been on those sets a few times in the last few years. You’re right the first class experience is first class
Honestly, the best regular first class out there that isn't 'first class+'
Fazer uma viagem assim é bom demais, parabenizo a Renfe mais uma vez por proporcionar um serviço desta qualidade.Viva España./Jason/Goiânia Goiás Centro do Brasil...
This train is underrated
I totally agree!
@@NonstopEurotrip yes. A truly spanish jewel. Spain was even ahead of china time ago. The headset radio has even a... poetry (yes) channel! Siemens ave s103 trains in these lines are even more beautiful. The duck shape is the only stain here. To me they seen too much...british ;-) Great video. Thanks
@@NonstopEurotrip The overall Spanish high speed rail system is not well known about sadly, especially considering how efficient and punctual the trains are (and the great interiors) but this goes down to Spain’s geography and population count. It only carries a fraction of the amount of passengers seen in let’s say, Germany with a less developed high speed system. Also the network is too radial, it’s mostly concentrated on Madrid whenever you must go somewhere. The liberalization may help this a bit. New HSR lines in Spain are being built left right and center. In my opinion I’d focus on upgrading connections to other hubs as this mass spending on new infrastructure and prominently neglecting your classic lines isn’t a good idea and then everything is so clean like the tracks mainly due to adifs dedications as they do reballasting fairly often.
Thank you for your video, Nonstop eurotrip! Beautiful video where you explain everything to us. It's like we're traveling with you. A real treat. Thank you.
You're very welcome! Glad you liked it!
1:12 The old Córdoba train station is now the RTVA's (Andalusian public TV and Radio broadcasting company) headquarters in Córdoba province
The Ave is a nice Spnish train! When I was little, I travelled to Barcelona in the first days after it's inauguration and also to Sevilla. The service is great, food is delicious and the entertainment program it's very interesting. Did you know they are planning to introduce a new kind of AVE train to the existing rolling stock? Made by Spanish manufacturer Talgo, I heard that it reaches 380 km/h. Now they are doing some testing but at the middle of this year it will enter in service.
Yes and I can't wait to try it! 🚅🇪🇦
Muy bueno. I also love the spanish High speed trains.
Very cool eh 😎😎😎
Wow, looks great. Love the 'duck bill'
Very unique 🤗
Great trip report to the Spanish captial I like the Spain has europés largest high speed rail network very convenient and the train interior looks more like an office than a train
Largest highspeed network, but somewhat neglected in rural areas unfortunately...
@@NonstopEurotrip oh
They are my favourite trains ! There is a lot of space for lugages (above the head), the coaches are short and they give the impression of commodity, less crowded... I love it
They're in my top 3 favourites 🙂
@@NonstopEurotrip What are your other favourites ?
Frecciarossa 1000 & ICE3
@@NonstopEurotrip I'm almost identical : I add the AGV alstom (ETR 575)
Before the pandemic I enjoy this trip several times. The complimentary food is pretty decent and with preference/1st class ticket you can also use Renfe VIP Lounge on the train stations.
Yes I agree, Renfe Preferente is one of the best First classes 🇪🇦👌🏻
Renfe's pricings are high, but before the pandemic those trains were almost full
The problem is that a lot of alternative trains are suppressed when a new high speed line is opened, so you have to pay a high price or travel by bus.
Public railways have just been liberalized. End this year french company SNCF will launch their service in Spain so Renfe will be obliged to reduce prices
@@pedromartinojeda: But that is not enough, because there are few trains using the previous line, so there are a lot of towns without service or with a poor service.
@@castelopequeno7132 Ya lo han hecho. Primero SNCF con Ouigo y sus billetes entre 19 y 29 euros de media, ahora AVLO con su oferta de 5€ y billetes a 20-35€ y hace unas horas han anunciado billetes de AVE a 15€ las próximas 2 semanas para viajar entre el 23 de junio y el 11 de diciembre. La competencia está obligando a Renfe a bajar precios.
Pleasant looking cabin, comfortable seats, high speed travel ... what more could you expect save for lounge access/at your seat meal service which I’m sure will be implemented once the pandemic is over. 👍🏻
Yep! When the service is resumed it's one of my favourite First Class products on mainland Europe 👌🏻
But first, let's check out the station! Love this bit
Thank you 😁
You always make great videos! Thank you
Thank you! ☺️
5:33 Found it curious that the moment they say "extraordinary cleaning" a cleaner walks by.
Great timing 😁 I've found Renfe to be exceptional with their onboard cleaning!
As a Spanish random guy, congratulations, wonderful video and very correct report
Thank you!!! 🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦
@@NonstopEurotrip No, thank YOU
Wonderful technology , amazing train, super good looking seats. Man you rode a "Ghost" Car..! Fantastic ride..!
I know how lucky was I 🤣
Se Nota que este Tren Va a TODA PASTILLA😆👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏...NUNCA he montado en un tren AVE,pero me ENCANTARÍA.
¡Deberías montar uno pronto!
Very beautiful video. Thank you for sharing it. It was very informative.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video making me wish I was having the opportunity to try these trains out in two weeks instead of being restricted to the US because of COVID. 😢
Thanks so much! Hopefully it won't be long and you can be over here trying them all out... In the meantime you'll have to stick to watching our videos 🙂🎬🎥
I love the S- 102 - 112 I ridden it 1st class from Barcelona to Seville in 2010. I miss it
Yes I agree 😎😎😎
Nice short trip !!! ... thanks once more
This is a great train ☺️
Great video , thanks for sharing 👍
You're welcome!
Being able to travel all over Europe via HSTs has been a long-time bucket list item for me. May after I retire.
Excellent! I'd highly recommend it, obviously 😅
An excellent report, and I completely agree with you about the RENFE Talgo high speed trains. We could do with some here in the U.K !
Haha that'd be awesome 👍🏻😎😃
I've been on that line starting in Malaga - great trip. I use HST a lot in Europe.
🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦
Fantastic your channel. For your information Spain has a new AVE route to Galicia ;)
I will try this next year 😁
Mi ciudad, mi estación, Córdoba Central. 😍🥰
¡Me encanta Córdoba!
Somos la ciudad con más servicios a Madrid.
4:39 When will you release the video please?
No plans to at the moment as I already have similar videos on the channel
Thanks for the trip !!!!!
You're welcome! ☺️
Great video !!
Thanks!
Hi!
I am spanish, specifically from Murcia, but in the 90s I did my military service in Córdoba, specifically in the first half of the 90s. I traveled for the first time on the high-speed train in 1994, the year the new Córdoba station was inaugurated, so I somehow I premiered it. How nostalgic, as can see in the video, I have always remembered that you had to go down to a lower level on an escalator to access the trains. I also remember something from the old station, but not much
I traveled from Córdoba to Madrid. It was the first high-speed line that had been built in Spain, the Madrid-Seville line (which passed through Córdoba), premiered in 1992, and it was 2 hours in which we did not notice anything, that trip was very gratifying
The tractor unit was the old 101 series, but were very fast and efficient. We travel in tourist class, and there was a reduction in the prices of tickets with the military discount
I want to say that in Spain we have very fast trains, which are not the AVE, and that we know how to make trains, and above all and something very important, maintain our rail lines. In the 80s I traveled in a Talgo III, which is from the 60s, and even so it was a very fast train (I think we would travel at least 160 km / h) and I didn't notice the curves, it was incredible
I want to clarify that Talgo has participated in the construction of class 112
By the way, where are you from?
Good video
Excellent! Thanks for the information. I really do like all AVEs tbh and it's a very efficient system... 🚄🇪🇸 I'm from the UK 🇬🇧
Tambien hay ave valladolid madrid hace 10 años
a nadie le importa...
Marca Spain
Excellent service, wish British rail builds fast train like these services.
Haha me too 🤣
12:47 I've never tried any AVE trains, but I would try this S-112 trainstock or any of the AVE or AVANT trainstock
I'm surprised you haven't!
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes, I only tried a Cercanías (Renfe's Commuter Train) 446 series (Built in 1989) 2 times on the Cercanías' line C-5 for a round journey from Atocha-Cercanías station (Part of the Atocha station complex, but only for trains that only runs in Iberian Gauge) to Méndez Álvaro station (The station where you can connect to the Madrid's main bus station and to the long distance buses to Southern Spain).
I also tried some times the Madrid Metro 8400 trainstock series in the line 6 (Madrid's Metro one of the two Circle lines) from Méndez Álvaro to O'Donnell (A station of the line 6 named after a street just right behind to the metro station)
I've been on gavá-sitges local train and it was a civilized experience, pleasant. Thx
no steps to aboard!!! great!!!!
Brilliant isn't it!
12:15 Final score:
10.
5 for not to fail this video
5 for the whole trip report
You're very kind 🙂
The AVE - 102/-112 locomotives are also designed and manufactured by the Spanish company TALGO.
BOMBARDIER contributed some drive parts.
Great video! This train looks nice, I'd also like to try it :-) Btw. what about a ride comfort, when the train has only single-axle bogies?
Thank you! The comfort of these Talgo coaches is absolutely perfect! 👌🏻
They're actually not bogies, but something unique Talgo calls a "rodal". The wheels on each rodal don't share an axle, instead it's two semi-axles, and the whole structure goes up and supports the cars from the roof, which are left hanging down between the rodales so to speak. When trains take a curve, bogies exert an outward force on the cars, while rodales push towards the interior of the curve, making pendulation happen naturally.
Great video! It got me thinking that it’s a shame how close Lisbon is from Madrid and the cities aren’t connected through high speed rail.
Good point! That would be amazing!
The high-speed train is about to arrive in Extremadura, but the Portuguese government has refused to enter the project.
@@genitoreycontreras4964 The Portuguese government prefers the Salamanca way!!
@ Para conectar Madrid con Lisboa el paso natural es Extremadura. Ir por Salamanca alarga el viaje y obligaría a pasar por Oporto
@@sancucufatolcta294 No sería necesario, en ese caso pasar por Porto, pero yo me refiero a que el gobierno portugués siempre ha querido una unión rápida con París; o sea, "pasando" de Madrid. Motivos diversos, como que en Francia y Luxemburgo está una gran mayoría de sus emigrantes. Lógicamente el viaje Madrid Lisboa es (y como siempre fue) por Valencia de Alcántara, Entroncamento hacia Lisboa. Hay mucho que hablar ¿por qué el AVE no sale de la línea de Ciudad Real hacia Badajoz? claro, Cáceres, Plasencia, Mérida... mucho recorrido y paradas.
In Saudi Arabia trains and railways are new here, we are using these same high speed train by Renfe, I will train to become a driver soon, any advice?
Just go for it!
Muy "BUEN"Video..."ENHORABUENA❤".
¡Muchas gracias!
رنفي من احسن قطارات العالم المفضلة لديا عاشق للقطارات
Did you notice any difference in the riding quality between the Talgo coaches and that of TGV?
They're both good, but imo the Talgo was better
Fantástico! 👏🏻
Thanks! 👍🏻
Excellent vid, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Hi , I'm from India and I recently subscribed to yr channel. I enjoy watching each of your exciting videos. I've done a few Train journeys in Europe. Mostly in Switzerland and later Regio jet in Austria/ Prague etc..... It's my dream to do many more along with my Family. Thank you for all the Info you share.
Thanks for subbing! Hopefully you can make it back here soon! 👍
10:12 In fact, the Ciudad Real's Airport (Between Puertollano and Ciudad Real, now closed)would have an AVE station if the 2008 crisis never have happenned. You know, the Spanish great public incomes in the mid-2000s, especially in building flats and houses...
That's a shame!
@@NonstopEurotrip In fact, Ciudad Real airport (AKA Aeropuerto Don Quijote, Aeropuerto Central de Ciudad Real or Aeropuerto Madrid Sur-Ciudad Real (The Autonomous Community of Madrid's government decided that last name had to be removed, and they removed it in 2007)) was originally planned in the 1990s to decongest Adolfo Suárez-Madrid-Barajas Airport and be atractive to the low-cost flights, but in 2006 the Adolfo Suárez-Madrid-Barajas Airport opened the terminals 4 and 4S, so the Ciudad Real Airport (Opened to passenger traffic in 2008) just not worth it. And it's just 225 or 235 kilometres away from Madrid. So far away from Madrid that only operated a few flights to it from cities like Barcelona. The few people that used it and the few flights that used it did that the Ciudad Real airport closed in 2012.
The Ciudad Real Airport reopened last year but without passenger flights.
There's also an airport in Spain that's like Ciudad Real airport, the Córdoba airport (Its only flight company (Flysur) left the airport in 2008)
Actually, Ciudad Real Airport is currently closed to passengers, but it has opened as a long-term aircraft storage platform.
I did this trip in 2019 Córdoba to pamplona.
It's your home country?
No, I'm English 👍🏻
Do these trains have a level entrance?
According to Wikipedia they have a floor height of ~760mm, but in another article it says that the platform's in Spain have different heights 😅
The AVE platforms are mostly all level boarding
As an Englishman, I don't find RENFE's prices high! I think they are very reasonable. I suspect the emptiness was due largely to Covid: most Spanish trains seem well-used, in my experience.
Advanced purchases or promos are good value in Spain, but then so are they in the UK. The AVE lines are well used but due to infrequent and slow service, unfortunately lots of others aren't.
Your videos are beautiful
Glad you like them!
Atocha is almost empty, when I have to go from Málaga to Madrid it's always heaving with people.
It's was pretty quiet, yes.
Puts the UK's IET to shame !!
Haha it sure does 🤣
Nice Video.
Many many thanks!
Do you know that there is high speed train called afrosiyob and haramain in Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia?
I do 🫡
When a video to Galicia?? north-west from Spain.
This year hopefully! 🇪🇦
How long was the ride?
2h40. All the details are in the video.
Fun fuct: Sometimes, Velaro S-103 trains cover this route although they don't always do so
I've never seen one on that route 🤷🏻♂️
@@NonstopEurotrip yeah, they are not always on that route (they are mainly on the route Madrid-Barcelona-Figueres) but it's kinda curious, here you have one in Puertollano station: ruclips.net/video/3CdOl3SLGEI/видео.html
Great!
Thanks!!! 😊
Does the train from Córdoba to Madrid go through any very long tunnels? Asking for a claustrophobic friend 😂
Not really long, and it's so fast anyway 😜
@@NonstopEurotrip Thanks! 😊
Spain has most high speed service in europe. Olé. The level of civilization is also high.
Me encantan los trenes Españoles 🇪🇸
Avril is able to catch 360 km but the ballast of the tracks had to be improved and better resistance
I can't wait to try it 😃
Hi where do you buy tickets from madrid to cordoba and return?
Renfe.com
2:44 - Why does everyone say "Seville"?
It's SEVILLA! With "A" at the end!
@@lomaspegao1720 It's just as annoying as English people writing "Majorca" instead of "Mallorca"
Probably the same reason the Spanish call London 'Londres'. I always try and use the version that most English speakers would understand. For example if I started calling Florence 'Firenze' 90% of people wouldn't have a clue where I meant...
Nice to reden through Europe with your channel. It makes fun, it shows the landscape and you can enjoy your virtual voyage. Btw. in Germany you have to pay a lot of money to travel similar to the Renfe service. Due to the pandemic restrictions I take my car. It's much cheaper, I have my seat, I can listen to music I like, all in all it's cheaper and more practical and I don't waste so much time with changings. Greetings from Germany
I don't find German trains much more expensive than Spanish ones, if at all 🙂
When you plan your trip and book in advance fares are ridiculously low in Germany. Frequent travelers can get a “Bahncard” to cut prices 25% or 50%. All a matter of planning. Last minute tickets are costly though.
De dónde eres
Soy de Inglaterra
Saludos no sabia que te gustaban los trenes españoles gracias saludos de spain
@@leandros1314 Me encantan los trenes españoles 😃🇪🇦
The ride in Europe rail is much smoother than in UK because when they electrified they laid all new track.
Well obviously, as most of the HSL is all 'relatively' new 😂
11:59 I know that dude
Velocidad máxima 300 km / h.
Sí! 😁
Very good video! Just one detail; you didn't translate well Preferente; in Spanish travel lingo Preferente means Business Class, not First.
There are some AVEs (Siemens 103 series?) that have or had 3 classes: 1ª (Primera - First), Preferente (Business) and Turista. This also applies to airlines.
I always thought preferente was First class and that the sala club was business. Also you've got turista plus... 🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦
Talgo AVE S 112 Not a Bombardier model, It is a design entirely by P. Talgo. The electric motors are from the German ABB in 102 and 112.
Patentes Talgo, S.A. the serie 112 is the last collaboration with the Canadian multinational Bombardier Transportation.
After ordering the mechanical part of the 102 and 112 series heads.
For the new Avril 106 series, the Spanish Basque company IngeTeam took care of all this.
And less so now that Bombardier has spun off its railway division and sold it to the French multinational company Alstom Transport.
www.talgo.com/
It is very simple to find out first-hand and just by searching the official website of the company.
Greetings from the province of Córdoba, in Andalusia, Spain.
Whoops 😉
www.expansion.com/empresas/transporte/2018/04/25/5adf98ebca4741db088b4674.html
Article on the matter in the spanish economic newspaper - Expansión- in its digital version.
You are right
Spanish trains are best in the world :)
Or Italian 🙈🙈🙈
@@NonstopEurotrip speed Spanish and Italian design I love Italian train looks BTW Renfe got a new look! So plz be sure to make a video on it thank u :)
These duck-faced trains look a little bit shinkanzen-ish... :)
Haha yes 😂
Hi! As a Spaniard, I got this video recommended to me and wanted to say: though the AVE's prices can seem high, you have to remember two important things: first, it competes (or it did before... y'know, virus, stuff, happened) with airports, because they make very similar connections, so the price is mostly around the same. Second, and probably most important, Renfe is going to launch the AVLO, which is literally short for Ave Low cost, whose tickets will range from 60€ to, get ready, 10€, and the minister of transportation said that everyone should be able to buy at least once a ticket for 10€, meaning that that price won't be uncommon and the 60€ will only be in low demand last hour bookings, so maybe you'll want to check it out as if I remember correctly it will use the same Talgo trains at the same speeds, and in fact Renfe has ordered an entire new fleet of them for that service so they will be mostly brand new.
Edit: grammar
Yes, I can't wait to try AVLO! 🤩🤩🤩
Me gustaria visitar Cordoba.Porque me among Andalusia
when the apprentice surpasses the master (tgv).
The actual TGV AVE is just as good too 😁
I do not think it is legal to film a departure in front and outside the train.In Mallorca the TIB guards did said no,when they saw my camera.Or is it due to the privacy laws.
It's perfectly legal.
@@NonstopEurotrip hmmm,ok then it was TIB who had a problem
Which app do you use when you show the speed in your phone?
It's just called 'GPS Speedometer'
@@NonstopEurotrip thanks!
A journey of 320 km’s in a high speed 250 - 300 kmh train should be much quicker then almost 2 hours. Even Dutch local trains (almost) cover that at 140 kmh; there must be long stops or long parts of low speed sections along the route ...
I guess most of time lost is when stopped and on the approach to Madrid
I havr done that trip and I think it is damn expensive.
True, AVEs are expensive though 🤷🏻♂️
I hope renfe Spain will comeback in India with better system of coach ,
Bcz its beautiful , confertable and most suitable for India climate and for Indian travelers also , 😎😎😎😎😎
Ooh that would be GOOD 😃
@@NonstopEurotrip yes bcz its passed all test and also get green signal from railway board but problem was in coach height and no separate coach bcz in India we use British style train its mean platform height r higher and second was same our domestic coach system is not attached in single wheel that's why we cane use same coach to different train like lhb to irc ,
When did the designer get fired?
Actually the design was highly praised
It's not to everyone's taste, but I like them!! 🙅🏻♂️🇪🇦😄
@@NonstopEurotrip And I think they look pretty ugly! I like the interior though ;)
I took a similar train from Madrid to Sevilla .. ticket cost me 149 euro's as my flight to sevilla was cancelled the previous day from Schipol thanks to transavia so had to fly to Madrid the following morning and KLM Employee had the gaul to force me to buy another bag to put my rucksack in , when flying from Glasgow not an issue but the chap at Madrid a dobber . And at Schipol .. KLM/Transavia // KLM Employeee said we would get our money back . to this day I never got a fucking penny from the Airline . even though i kept all the recipts as proof . The taxi's in Madrid from the Airport to the train station 30 euro .. i was charged .. what a rip off arrived just in time to buy my ticket and catch the 11.30 am train to Sevilla . took around 2 hrs 30mins all tickets have specific seat numbers , Trains are spotless compared to trains that travel on the Ayr/Addrossan/Largs lines .. View from the train was quality .. .
Sounds like you get all the bad luck!
Tenemos los trenes mejores de europa 15mil quilomertos de redes para dar la vuelta a lnglaterra dos veces
Sí, lo sé 😅
Duck:no. Platypus: yes.
El ornitorrinco doesn't have the same ring to it obviously 😅
Notice how few passengers are on this train. This AVE line is a world-class boondoggle. It is enormously expensive to build and operate and serves very few passengers.
Pre-pandemic this route was always pretty busy
It serves millions. And will server triple that with liberalization and introduction of low-cost Ouigo and AVLO, apart from ILSA-Trenitalia as a 4th operator.
Who pay for all the nice roads and fast trains in Spain....the Euopean Union... 😠
😏😏😏
it is not an effective blind, stupid, if one or the other seat controls both windows. what is worse is you do not understand the problem
I've never had that problem on any train I've ever taken... normally if it's very sunny, all parties will want the blind down 😊