A trip on Germany's "NEW" Intercity train that wasn't meant to EXIST! | DB Stadler KISS review 

Many larger Stations have or had these model railway layout (eg. Düsseldorf, Duisburg (this being a display window instead of the usual freestanding layouts), Cologne,...) . The layout itself is always the same, made by Noch, only the scenery varies depending on age and locale. The layouts all feature no longer produced TRIX track and rolling stock, and are built and serviced by a small company in Düsseldorf.

Wouldn't mind if DB bought more of them instead of using the IC2. By the way, the IC2 also tends to malfunction a lot, to which DB answered by converting a few IC2 services to ICEs.

SBB after some hesitation also starts using Stadler Kiss trains on intercity routes. Wherever high capacity is most important, they certainly do a good job.

I love how in the Swiss trains, the upper deck has that booth style seat near the stair case that can have up to 5 passengers. It's a perfect table to play cards in

I thought the same about the comfort thing especially because this double level thing reminded me of the RE trains operated by DB Regio (the red two level train we've seen in the video as well). But after taking a short journey with it it fells like that's it is more comfortable than the old IC1 trains. Of course, ICE is always the best in matters of comfort when we only look on German train companies. I've taken one trip in an EC from Büchen (yes it's funny that international trains depart from there but not from Lüneburg) to Bratislava operated by the Hungerian railway company. That was quite comfortable as well, maybe a bit more than the ICE (ok, I was traveling 1st class, so maybe it's not that comparable).

This line is relatively new. It was introduced in 2022 due to ongoing demands of local politicians in the Chemnitz metropolitan area. Being populated by over 200,000 people the city of Chemnitz city hasn't been a long distance destination since 2006. The state of Saxony heavily subsidizes this line. Otherwise it would not have come to fruition. However, the travel time is bloated due to the detour over Dresden and the stops in the smaller cities and towns along the route. It takes less time to travel to Leipzig via a regional train and then taking an ICE to Berlin although there is a siginificant stopover in Leipzig for about 30 minutes plus.

you can also run the customized KISS trains in Silicon Valley from the summer, when the first ones should go into operation, until then there will be many test runs with the first 6 trains and the final work on electrification will be done. Caltrain also has specially adapted customer requirements

Nuremberg has a modal station too I've seen it many times

i myself took this stadtler KISS IC2 from Dresden to Rostock Hbf in 2020. Beside a signal issue at Berlin Schönefeld Airport, it went smoothly

I actually took this train model to Berlin airport recently, seemed to work pretty good. At least for the 1 hour trip we took.

2:55 i know that Chemnitz also has a model railway and Cologne main as well if I recall correctly

i was there again last christmas ,2023 awesome

Thank you for this video!!!

The KISS has even found its way to the US. CalTrain is about to start using them for commuter services in the San Francisco bay area.

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Düsseldorf HBF and Neuss Bahnhof got the Model Railway sets, loved them as a Kid, allways wanted to look at it :D

In Zwickau (Saxony) Hbf there is a model railway just like in Dresden, but they are fairly similar

Frankfurt Hbf has a model railway as well

Oldenburg HBF has also a model railway inside the station, but it's a smaller trains station in Lower Saxony

Amazing train system 👍🏻

That is one incredibly green washroom.

A very nice report. We don't have double decker trains like this in the UK, which is a shame. I liked the game graphics on the table for children.

I know that Berlin and some city in Bavaria had this model railway, but they removed both like 15 years ago. Such a shame, it was my favourite part of the stations when I was a kid

I think Heidelberg still has one of these "Minitrix" model railways.

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof has a modelltrain too😊

when i remember right Brunswick/Braunschweig had a Model train station.

Mönchengladbach Hbf had a model railway when I lived there in the 1980s. In them days it cost 50 pfennig to play

i took this train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Rostock Hbf in June last year when i was visiting a friend (he couldnt pick me up from the airport so we agreed to meet at Rostock which is closer to him instead). it was more busy than usual but it was pretty decent otherwise. the seats werent bad (although after a while they began to feel kinda hard) but the legroom was a bit disappointing, they were kinda shoved a bit too close to my knees (doesnt help that im tall and i was travelling at second class). it was nice though and got us on time. i do kinda wish Stadler and WESTbahn (the original operators of these trainsets) put a bit more effort into it (legroom is important after all imho) and i wish Bombardier actually put effort into making the IC2 sets for DB and making them work properly. but otherwise theres not much to complain, although the return journey i took was in an ex-Touristikzug InterCity carriage that was super comfy and even had reclining seats (but sadly no proper internet on board) which was part of a push-pull consist with a DB 101 at the back and a control carriage at the front. also a fun fact: for a non-railfan though, the only thing that betrays these sets' colours would be the stitching on the seats, which is in WESTbahn's colours than the DB's traditional colours. idk if this is mentioned in the video (i havent watched it all sadly) theres a run from Warnemunde to Wien and back because they have to still be maintained by the same guys who maintain the WESTbahn trainsets. and they go thru the night... i very heavily doubt that this service brings any revenue (yes, it really is meant to be a revenue service, otherwise it'd pointlessly run empty for such a long distance), cause last i checked it showed up on vagonweb, but this was for last years' timetable, so...

can you please tell me the route exceptions where I can travel with regional ticket on ICs I know Stuttgart - Singen - Konstanz line is one of them (correct me if I'm wrong)

The full dinning car in InterCity Trains from the DB stopped operating on 11th Dec 2023 and it was also only in the first InterCity Train generation, every 2. Gen IC in Germany doesnt have a full dinning car

Krefeld and Duisburg have those mini railways aswell.

3:45 "la ost deutsche vita" jo was zum henker :D

In Braunschweig gibt es noch eine Modellbahn im Hauptbahnhof

Heidelberg HBF also has a model railway. I think it looks exactly the same. :D

It’s a great station in Dresden. Btw. I was shocked to see the state of Copenhagen main station😮

You were lucky getting on board of that train! With that delay the train could have closed the doors any time. Dont stand outside the train enter it so the train can leave earlier.

Berlin ostbahnhof is having a model in the frontentrance. Next to mc donalds

Nordbahnhof in Berlin has a model railway as well.

So is the accessible carriage still accessible with the big height gap between train and platform? 🤔

Dresden Neustadt +7 delay.Elsterwerda on time???The distance is 54 km.The average speed is 202 km/h??Is this correct??

As faras I know. The Berlin Ostbahnhof has a model railway as well near the McDonalds. I'm not sure if that still exists though

Düsseldorf HBF has a model Railway at it!

Leipzig Mainstation also has a Modell Railway

Ich muss ja mal anmerken das Dresden einen Mega schönen Hauptbahnhof hat,, der kann ja mit Zürich locker mithalten!

I love that they have a Ludmilla in their model ❤❤❤ And I really don't like the light on the toilet 🤮

Damn those people can stare

2:59 Oldenburg in Oldenburg;)

I think Hamburg Altona has a model railway, or at least it used to have one

Not a station, but Horsens has a model railway almost right outside the mall

I really don't understand the dislike for the IC2. It is definitely not more uncomfortable than other long distance trains in the DB rolling stock. I "had to" spend 8 hours in one last year from DD to Cologne and the seats were definitely not uncomfortable to sit on for hours on end. The speed is the only criticism that I consider valid. They should really have a max speed of 200. However, if you want to believe DB, they mostly operate on lines where they cannot drive faster than 160 kph anyway. What I also consider a really amazing feature are the single slot bike spaces. No annoying fiddling with other passengers' bikes when you have to get off ahead of other bike users.

Hannover has a model Railway but only during winter Month

Hamburg has a massive display adjacent to the station.

7:33 was geht da zwischen den beiden ab? Sie sieht aus wie seine Tochter, oder ist es die Freundin??

08:45 you can piss on the door handle when using the urinal

Cologne and Düsseldorf have a model railway

The 1st and 2nd class don't use the "same seats". Note, there are double armrests in 1st, but only single armrest in 2nd class in-between the two seat layout. I know, some might consider it an insignificant detail, but when you sit in a train, you most certainly don't want to "share" an armrest with another passenger, so the 1st class is much better in that regard on this train.

Ah, the Teppich-RE... (carpet regional express)

Der Nürnberger Hauptbahnhof hat auch eine kleine Modellbahn

You can actually "enjoy" a night ride on this kind of train from Rostock to Vienna via Berlin and Nuremberg (IC270) and vice versa.

Even the old IC1 sets do not have dining cars anymore due to DB retiring the cars with foldable doors.

The argument with the IC2 is that the routs its on doesnt benefit from a faster train.

there is a litle model railway in nearly every big station

nuremberg has also model railway :)

If they had just invested into better interior there would be no real problem with the IC 2, the original IC trains had great seating after all and was accetable for overnight services, which these trains also service. I am not a fan of their seats and the group seats with a table aren't even chairs but shitty couches. Even though these trains are still new, DB should invest into completely overhauling the interior.

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I dont really see a point in restaurant cars... I mean, yeah, there is the convenience of being able to get food on long journeys, but then, it is usually damn overpriced (no surprise cos it is on a train), so you are really better off just bringing a bit of your own food with you... unless you are travelling for days (which isnt really the case in Europe), you should be fine with a bit of food and drink in your backpack... it is called being prepared for your journey and saving a lot of money... so, as long as the train itself is nice, I dont mind if there isnt a restaurant car - not everyone can afford eating there, y know? :)))

Leipzig Hbf definitely also has a model railway in the station

02:58 Leipzig Hbf (Leipzig Mainstation)

It's SO much better than the IC2!

Leipzig has a model railway, but it still owes me a Euro

Die Sitze mit Tisch sind doch einfach nur grausam, wie soll man da lange sitzen? Für Rollifahrer ist der Zug natürlich auch nichts, diese müssen wieder in einem extra Wagen fahren, wenn er dann vorhanden ist. Das man sein Gepäck nur am Eingang abstellen kann freut die Diebe natürlich ungemein.

Cattle class 😢

1. Intersting how you say Chemnitz, no hate but its wrong. 2. The same model Railway isn in Berlin Ostbahnhof.

2023? :)

The way you pronounce "Chemnitz" is almost painful ^^ But great video nontheless

I know that the ICE is now 'the product' passengers should take, but this IC is a far cry from the loco-hauled trains of the past. Sure, you can get more people in it, but it's not really all that romantic, is it?! Plus it's nice to be served coffee by an actual person.

The Danish pronunciation of "Dresden" with the soft "D" in the middle is never not amusing. Anyways, thanks for the upload.

Not sure about German stations, though I feel I remember one or two from being a child and growing up in Germany. I can say that last time I was at Kansas City's Union Station that they had a model railroad on exhibit.

From WC USA, Great Video! I could be wrong but I believe that many presenters in Germany don’t realize that a lot of people in the world speak English and to me if you present in English or at least have English sub-titles you will get a lot more people interested in visiting Germany and at the same time riding German Trains! I know when I was stationed there in the 1960’s I enjoyed riding trains on leave or even on weekends! You could go many places and at least spend the whole day of Saturday there! You could still get back to base by Monday morning, of course you would really be tired but it was worth it!

Why it shouldn't exist it's just a good train it should exist 😡

Please use these benches: these are horrible ....; if you use a first class seat ... you will not complain ... but please use the benches in the second class ... these are like the third class ...

Vmax of Stadler KISS is 140 KMh

This is a really stupid train! It doesn't even offer more comfort than a regular regional train and our 1990's loco hauled Intercity is much faster and has more comfy seats.

No No No...I usually love your work but this just doesn't sound right. Sorry...but this time the original wins by far.

nice clickbait

Hey, please blur faces of others that don't explicitly consent to being filmed. Thats part of being nice to each other and protects others privacy.