This is my second (re-upload, sorry), shorter but more intense compilation of European high speed rail. Hope you enjoy it! I do not own any of these footages, they belong to their respective owners! footages used:
0:00 I just want to say to everyone who thinks this Train doesn't create Wake, you can literally see him get sucked towards the Train. Every Train creates Wake. Also i feel very sorry for the Driver. Just imagine seeing someone who you are very likely about to kill and you can't do anything about it.
shouldn't he be sucked in after the train passes him? since the front of the train is creating a high pressure zone? if he really was being schessed in, then how come he stopped? and why did he stand up?
@@graniteamerican3547 He is getting sucked in at the End, because of what you mentioned, and also at the Front, due to the Air that is being pushed away that is flowing back towards the Side of the Train
We’re gonna have trains like this very soon, there’s a new train being tested called the Avelia Liberty that’s gonna go 160 mph when it enters service this year, it could go up to 186 mph if the NEC is upgraded.
@Ploke Newo78 Airbus has fewer crashes than Boeing... and we don't need planes because we have actually working trains which are faster than planes on the most routes.
@Ploke Newo78 most funny Part is that u can't even build good high Speed trains lmao. cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/535799010842116107/721147175316488262/unknown.png
@Ploke Newo78 You do realise that all the Acela trains are European built locomotives right......... American manufacturers havent built dedicated passenger equipment in a long long time.
@@kadinothebean3419 You can't, the tracks are enclosed by fences. But only fences. You know that's enough for NORMAL germans. Not for crazy ones. And well, he didn't expected the train to be on time ;)
@@acmenipponair wait I thought German trains are efficient unlike British trains when it's normal for 5-10 minutes delay on good days for british trains but people do lots of things for footage and the footage looks old and low quality compared to the other shots so maybe just maybe there were not fences idk i might be wrong
1st: I'm pretty sure a plain can't move 2nd: A normal one could but it would cost too much to rent out an entire passenger plane for this. A smaller private jet plane is quite a bit cheaper due in part to it's smaller size. And no a Propeller plane couldn't catch up to that speed either. Most standard propeller planes reach their max speed around 250-350km/h. A type called a Turboprop (Turbo propeller) would be able to catch up to the train but only just about.
US asked for TGV, hence ALSTOM Grande Vitesse are working on yours (which are actually a variation of the model we will have in France ). This agreement has been signed in 2016. Curiously but logically you will have your train in 2022. Conversely, ours will take service in 2024 for the Olympic Games. But we need to be clear…. USA’s railway network isn’t fitted for high speed.
@Angelica Serrà For Marx and Marxists like Althusser, the proletarian dictatorship is the highest manifestation of popular democracy. Because , you know, Proletarian (us) are the 99,99%.
It's not only close, it's also a reason for a full emergency brake, if he was seen by the conductor. And performing an emergency brake with the high powered magnetic brakes... Everyone standing in the train will learn to fly. I really don't hope that this dumbfuck was seen by the conductor. He could end up in jail for his actions.
@@tescotrain My friend, I'm working for a big private railway company in Germany. That's what they told us at school back then. If you see some guy who isn't clearly a railway worker too close to the tracks. Emergency break, declaring emergency, calling federal police. After police & emergency management gives you an all clear, you're good to go.
@@The_Poro_King The California rapid rail venture is never going to be finished anyway there are high trusts in the texas one as well and I'm nearly done making the Strip Godred Line hallway fast for the remote network on the island of Sodor.
I’m European and gotta say that Railways are AMAZING. They’re a very comfortable and safe way to travel around EU. If you ever visit, I strongly recommend it. Sometimes they’re even faster than taking the Airplane, because yo don’t have to worry about departure, booking tickets etc. you just get in the train you want and you buy a ticket from one of full automatic ticket machines (or get one on app in your phone) trains usually leave every 15-30 minutes in all directions so there’s no need worry about being late. Greetings!
How fast do your services go in Canada? Here in the UK the Eurostar To mainland Europe is the fastest train we have (blue and yellow one that goes zuzuzuzuzuzu when it goes past) at 220mph. France have some trains that go 300mph!
As a train driver myself, the last thing I want to see is people on or besides the tracks. So this video honestly makes me mad. People don’t understand how dangerous trains can be
@@bartje0505 There is basically 0 chance of it derailing especially at a train station. Have you seen the tracks they run on? There is no chance of a buckle or defect big enough to derail.
@@bartje0505 also all trains shown here passing thru a station are going on a thru linee, not on the track right next to the waiting people on the platforms. if watch the video you can also see many stations that have barriers between the offloading track right next to the platform and the pass thru line, preventing people from crossing the tracks illegaly and improving safety for people on the platform from high speed trains that dont stop at that station.
The X2000 is so slow at only 200km/h, Sweden really needs at least 250km/h speeds, optimally 300km/h. Also, the US of all countries would REALLY benefit from an interstate 300km/h highspeed rail network, not for travelling from New York to LA, but for the travelling between the city pairs that are too short to fly, and too far to drive.
@@ncard00doubt HSR will expand out of the current Acela and Texas network, even the California project is as good as dead. Also not every state will be convinced to spend tens of billions to see a train pass by their small little towns. Afterall the country is really sparsely populated outisde of the coastal counties.
@@ncard00you also have to remember the pandemic supercharged the migration out of big population metropolitan areas for a short moment, so the incentive to invest in something as expensive as an interstate HSR network is decreasing by the day
@@AbcdEfgh-sq2tf First of all, the CHSRP is not dead. They literally have a RU-vid channel where they show the progress they've made so far. Also, every time someone says, "The US is too sparsely populated for highspeed rail, I think about my experience living in the town of Bath, PA and driving to Cherryville, PA (two towns that are so small, you have to live there to know they exist) and seeing how clogged the road that connects these two towns gets during rush hour. What people don't seem to understand is, even if the country is sparsely populated, there are a lot of people traveling between these towns.
Also when you're standing there your whole body feels the pressure of the air as the train passes. Something that can't ever be simulated by a RU-vid video. And that's also the reason why physically attending rocket launches is an awesome and quasi-religious experience.
Or sometimes just any train. In my home city of Melbourne, there is a train station with ramps that let you see the tracks at eye level. It is truly amazing to see a Metro train rocket down the tracks only 30cm from your face. You feel the incredible weight of it through the vibrations it makes and you just get a sense of appreciation for how big, heavy, and fast it is.
Italy, in half of the country trains travel at 300 km/h, in the majority of the other half they travel up to 160 km/h and just some railways that run through mountains have speed limit under 100km/h
You can see Frecciarossa trains at 2:07 (ETR 500) and 2:27 (ETR 400, also kown as "Frecciarossa 1000"), both filmed at Reggio Emilia Mediopadana station. Also, at 0:56 there is an AGV trainset of Italo, an italian private train operator
Correct me if I'm wrong on any of these 0:01 Germany 0:21 Austria 0:30 Germany 0:36 Poland 0:41 UK 0:48 Kinda hard to tell, maybe ICE in Germany as well? 0:57 Italy 1:02 France 1:10 Spain 1:14 UK 1:19 Sweden 1:25 Switzerland 1:41 UK 1:52 Austria 2:01 Thalys - goes across multiple countries in Western Europe 2:07 Italy 2:14 Germany 2:23 France 2:28 Italy 2:33 Austria 2:47 France
And yet an high speed network to link all the major Australia city, in the southeast of the countr,y would be perfect. I hope that Australia get some high-speed train soon
A train perferably from Japan or China (FuXin series) is in order. Don't brother with European (ICE 3)trains, they had terrible failure rate in China due to overheating in hot climate... (Which lead them to developing their own models)
The best 300 km/h+ capable high speed train ever made. I loved using them to go from London to Paris in 2012, and from London to Brussels in 2009. Can't wait to go on a Eurostar E320 from London to Antwerp hopefully this year!
The fastest Amtrak train goes up to 240km/h on a small portion of rail, it averages 115km/h as a whole ... Comparatively, the TGV regularly goes up to a 320km/h crusing speed on high speed lines, that's just another world. And it has been doing this for 40 years. And damn that 570km/h record is still mind blowing.
I know that these (the trains in this video) are real speed and I, an american, am jealous of it. I just call the amtrak train “fast” because I have low standards for American trains
Ok Europeans just wait until we get the bright-line west in 2025 that goes 50 KMH faster than TGV and the California high speed rail in 2030 that will go 100KMH faster than TGV.
@@Brotatochip6507 you made it! You managed to build 1 line in a country absolutely deprived of public transportation that goes a little faster than what the french have as a total normality in their whole country lol
@@trumpalumpa9368 yeah I don’t know why. Our government and economy has the potential to have the best high-speed rail network in the world. But instead we choose to spend almost all of it on the military and old people.
Well to be fair, as fast as these are, a full speed 747 fly-by is REALLY something, and that's a lot more practical for the Chicago to LA haul. But these would be awesome on the East Coast.
@@chrisbode2155 I think history is a big part of it. We had an enormous and world-class network of private passenger rail (much faster and nicer than Amtrak) and saw it evaporate as people just stopped riding. Then Amtrak came along and cut it back to only the essentials, and outside of the NEC almost nobody uses it. So i imagine anybody considering a bill for a couple billion dollars of high-speed rail, will have to be asking, "what if we build this thing and no one uses it?" Also, the car ownership rate here is outrageous - even the really poor people have an old Saturn or something. Europeans who come here often talk about how hard it would be to get around without a car, because over there "not having a car" is a thing that happens. They've developed into depending on the trains in the same way we depend on cars. Getting Americans onto a train requires getting them out of their car first. That's not impossible obviously, but it does mean that the airlines already have a short-haul competitor of sorts. Of sorts. I'm excited that Virgin Trains have had success though. If private rail can operate profitably in the US again, that will help show that rail as a concept is not completely dead to Americans as long as the route makes sense. If Branson can make money from his deal and Richard Anderson puts Amtrak in the black, then it'll be a lot easier to fund US rail projects in general. California's high-speed money pit isn't helping though...
@@JETZcorp What you need first is a completely new and only to high-speed passenger trains dedicated railtrack. Build this for example in Texas between the largest cities with stations right at the city center. Then you will see a drastic success because it will be much more easier and faster to travel than by plane or car. Success always comes with shorter travel times at reasonable prices. In Europe, not all high speed trains have been successful from the start. It has grown as the network and connections have grown and more passengers saw an advantage of using it over cars or planes. In Germany we have many stations within the ICE network (ICE = Inter City Express, German high speed trains) and consequently many stops. Regardless of that it still is a viable alternative to driving by car although we still have motorways without speed limits. But we also have heavy traffic congestions, so ICE can be the fastest alternative for some distances and it is also the most convenient one. That's why the ICE is such a success in Germany because it proofs to be a good alternative to other modes of transportation.
Heh, atleast ... In poland we use fleet from 80's and 70's , part of old fleet still not retired just for freight operator: PKP cargo PKP Intercity uses more often modern trains on it's fleet(really simple to know what type of operator is this) but still we have modern locomotives, multiple units and carriages. Stadlers used in netherlands are here too, some double floor multiple units with an modern locomotive type making a push pull units used in germany are here too Those were examples of fleet used in other countries too (operator that uses those trains is mazovian railways, translation to polish: koleje mazowieckie)... More i will write soon
Well, here in the United States, the oil companies and airlines have a tight grip on politics, primarily the right-wing Republican Party. The oil companies want to keep the money flowing, and the airlines want to keep their monopoly on long-distance overland transportation. That, and the Republicans view passenger rail as “communist” because it strips away the so-called “freedom” afforded by privately-owned cars. Unless the left-wing Democratic Party gets a super-majority, this sad state of affairs will never end.
There is so much about America that really sucks. 1.Economy 2.Their trains 3.Tbe weaponlegislation meaning: National Riffle Legislation 4. and I could carry on!!,
First shot was insanely close, I wouldn't even get that close to the comparatively lumbering commuter trains in my area. Getting close to trains isn't as much about your own safety as it is about adding stress to the engineer's job, at least that's how I look at it. Engineers who have the misfortune of striking pedestrians often get PTSD, or so I've heard. Not trying to reprimand anyone, just sharing my thoughts.
At minute 2:08 and 2:28 is the "Stazione AV Mediopadana" (they are the same station) of Reggio Emilia city of Italy 🇮🇹. That's the city where I live! I was so happy that they INCLUDED it TWICE!! 😂 😂
At stratford the trains are limited to 140mph, a bit further down the line they get up to 186. But still pretty cool to be that close to a train running under London at that speed
I doubt they can buld 2000km I mean that's really just a cartoon number tbh. I think you meant 200 which tbh is still pretty good, and a huge undertaking.
@@jakubmadejski9629 Given it probably means 2000 stk ie single track kilometres it doesn't sound that unrealistic. That is after all only 1000 km of double track as rail engineers generally talk in terms of length of permanent way built and each track is regarded as it's own way in rail parlance. Makes sense given that unlike cars trains can't decide to take it on themselves to treat adjacent lines as lanes of the same way they need a new path to be built to connect them so every bit of track is a way unto itself.
(ja)日本の新幹線もかっこいいけど、ヨーロッパの高速鉄道も迫力あるしデザイン性の優秀さが流石ヨーロッパだと思う。 (en)Japan's Shinkansen trains are cool, but Europe's high-speed trains are also impressive, and I think the excellence of their design is typical of Europe.
I know some spots around Leipzig, Germany where you can see the ICE passing at high speed. One of them is Leipzig/Halle Airport. There are 4 tracks at that station - 2 with platforms and 2 between them for high speed passing. The ICE from Munich to Hamburg is passing this station. When you go with the IC to Hannover, sometimes it passes and sometimes it stops there. (every 2 hours it changes because one of them is going to Köln/Cologne and one is going to Emden
RU-vid Recommendation be like: Hey wanna see some cool HSR That America could have doesn't because your system is broken. me: NO RU-vid GODS PLEASE NO I DONT WANT TO BE SAD.
@Kolejowy Szawcio Who cares ? TGV 574,8 km/h. That slaps. The spectators reported they could feel the bridges raise under their feet the the TGV pass under
1:44 I’ve been to Stratford int’l and a Eurostar went past behind me and I freaked cause of the noise, and because it’s in a ditch it’s SO loud and the announcement system gives you no warning because it doesn’t go on a track with a platform
Word, In general trains going 100mph or even above 60 can give off white a fright lol. Ever heard a class 465 pass a station at speed. That thing sounds like a racing car !! If you dont notice it coming you will jump haha
Different countries have different ways to categorizing their train service. And yes for some anything above 120kmh is already considered as high speed.
@Ploke Newo78 Our planes have better safety record and is manufactured with quality in sense. Whereas Boeing have to stop deliveries due faults in quality when manufacturing. Airbus planes, especially the new generation fleet are more fuel efficient.
@Ploke Newo78 we have far too many planes, and we prefer not to choke our citizens in co2 from aircraft. Besides train travel is far more pleasant than air travel.
@@maximilianwimmer627 Not sure if understand it right but do you mean in the sense that they have a cab car and Loco at each side like a EMU and thats why "emulating"? XD
@@jasmienkomugi9026 the railjet in the scene is just two indivdual train sets linked together (each has a loco at one end and a cab car at the other, nothing fancy there). But since they are linked you have the situation that you always have one of the two locos sandwiched in the middle and the second loco is either at the back or the front. So basically its emulating EMU as the traction engines are "distributed" along the length of the train and not just at the front or the back, but also in the middle
1:19 - crazy how the X2 is the most menacing looking out of all the trains shown here, yet it sounds the most normal out of all of them. All the other trains sound like jets. This one sounds like, well, a train 😂
I am disappointed that video ended up representing the X2000 in this video. I did a lot of train spotting back in 2008 and the highlight was certainly when an X2000 passed by my town (which rarely happens) in 200 km/h. I was only a few meters away and I still remember the rush I felt after it had passed, what an amazing moment that was even if it only lasted for a few seconds.
THIS is how you transport people! This is how you travel! Europe knows it. Japan knows it. India knows it. China knows it. Just gotta get it into the americans heads
Excuse me, dufus, but do you know jhow hard it will be to build HSR in North America generally?* And how big North America is compared to Europe? */For the record, I support the building of HSR in North America; however, I also note how big it is, and how not all areas can (or may not be able to) have HSR.
As someone who lives in Miami FL, these trains would be great to travel to the KSC to see rocket launches in a short time before launch rather than driving in car.
0:57-1:01 I actually rode on that one several times on one trip to Italy about seven years ago. If you slow it down and pause it at the right time, the front says Italo. I remember that name well because of how many times I went on it, and it was different coach every time, sometimes we were in Smart class, other times we were in Club, and at least once, we rode on Prima. To give you an idea, Smart is an economy class, Prima comes with a small snack served to you, and Club has movie screens at your seat. Basically what ever you would find on a plane, Italo has it. (Written December 19th, 2021)