This Swiss High-Speed train is AWESOME! Geneva to Zürich on the ICN tilting express train
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- Опубликовано: 11 мар 2023
- Today we are checking out the Swiss Intercity Neigezug (ICN) trains along the main route connecting Geneva to Zuirch along the western side of Lake Biel, Neuchâtel and Geneva. Come and expirence the journey as we check out some swiss high speed train excellence
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Train type: SBB RABDe 500 (ICN)
Route: Geneva to Zurich HB
Train: IC5 (511)
Distance: 277 km
Journey time: 2h56m
Average speed: 94 km/h
Price: 88 CHF (I used Saver Day Pass 59 CHF)
Music:
Alexi Action - Synthwave 80's
was on this train three weeks ago in 1st class. reassuringly solid, clean, and very comfortable.
very informative. Thanks for the video.
Good video with useful information. We're planning a day trip to Geneva from Zurich and this really helps the planning.
Glad it was helpful! Have a great trip
Fabulous trains and incredible views. Amazing video 😍
Glad you enjoyed it :D
Zurich is such a happening place! Your vlog captured the essence of enjoyment in the hills so well. As a photographer, I would love to visit this photographer's paradise and capture the gorgeous scenes. Thanks for this amazing guide. Like and support from MP. 📷👍
I hope you get the chance to visit! It's a beautiful place but expensive
It's a ridiculously expensive place as many are on expense accounts with budget no object! You will get better value in other countries...@@Simon-Andersen
They finaly beat the Delay, cool... !!
The reason for the first class cars not being located at the front and back of the train is pretty simple: the two cars at the front and the two cars at the back contain the traction motors. This means they are slightly more noisy than the three first class cars in the middle of the train.
Great video, help we don't have anything modern or new or clean like the whole of the rest of Europe, even English language announcements. British is always a bit scruffy, make do, the announcements are so foggy that they sound like Klingon. How does everyone else manage to do it?!! Very enjoyable. Thank you.
Saver day pass is not just valid on trains, but all regular public transport (buses, trams, you name it) in Switzerland (and even a few places just across the border where convenient), so there's absolutely no reason to buy singles or returns (which are single-leg priced anyway with no return discount like in the UK) at all.
There's always a moment where my adress gets leaked
Hey! Great video!
A question: what if you're a foreigner travelling through Switzerland, and have 2 big luggage items (that you typically need to check in at airports)?
A) Do we need to check-in those bags at the station?
B) or do we need to handle them ourselves (and if yes, where?)
No check in or anything, you just carry them onto the train yourself and place it in the onboard luggage racks found by the vestibule
Nice video :)
How did you make the animation with the map?
Its made in After Effects and Google Earth studio
A friend of mine drives this route. He will retire next year
There are no Umlaut on Zurich in English. ;)
If you get a days pass from Geneva to Zurich can pass be used in Zurich intercity too or just an in and out?
A saver day pass is valid for all SBB trains for an entire day, so you can travel up and down the line from Zurich to Geneva as much as you want on one
Not only SBB but others too inclusive most Buses and a few Mountain Railways and Ships.
Interrail pass is €153 not CHF
Myself usually buys a Swiss Railway Pass when i'm there
Ah slight mistake, but yes the day pass is a great option a lot of the time
Which station is it in the beginning at 0:03
@@UNAPOLOGETIC2012_ Zurich hb
Correction, the RABDe 500 is made by Alstom and Bombardier, AdTranz had nothing to do with this.
They were originally ordered from AdTranz before Bombardier took over. See the “History” section:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB_RABDe_500
wrong
@@erik_griswold Still not completely correct. At the start of the project the involved companies were: ABB (and SLM) (traction equipment), SIG (tilting technology) and Schindler-Waggon (wagon body). Then the mergers started.
Im sorry to tell you, but this is not high speed. Trains go max 200kmh, which is far from the continuous 300 (or more) kmh you would get on a TGV or a Shinkansen for example. But thanks for the video.
There are various definitions of high - speed. But yes you are right, they are not true high speed trains like the Shinkansen as you point out :-)
Yeah compared to Shinkansen or TGV they’re not high speed. However for the infrastructure we have here they’re perfectly adequate. Switzerland has a lot mountains and hills, whereas France is mainly flat and Japan just diggs tunnels throughout their country. Considering that the goal of Swiss Railway is to connect the whole country, not only the bigger cities, I would say that having slower trains that go through more places is more adequate for a country this small, even if it means that longer journeys might take longer.
The train networks in Japan and France, in my opinion are more aimed to connect bigger cities in shorter times.
The fastest you can go in Switzerland is 200kmh, 230kmh through the Gotthard base tunnel if the train is running a delay. This is due to a referendum that was voted on and because of just how many trains there are here.
Once you go to China and see their high-speed railway system, you will be astonished. @@eliteiel9747
@@eliteiel9747 Sadly door to door driving and flying are both faster for most zurchers and genevans. I am not saying that a dedicated high speed line is worth the investment necessarily, but I certainly think the low speed is a problem.