I’m pretty much a full time traveller but with CRIPPLING anxiety. The routes you take are pretty similar to what I take and I watch your videos first because they are so simple, no talking so I can concentrate on where you’re walking to. Thank you ❤️
What a meaningless and unfounded comment. You’re saying that FRANCE cares for their respective citizens??! And that the US is destroyed by the President. ALL politicians assert that they care. The problem, of course, issue it’s that the politicians remain in office based on popularity contests and only care about getting re-elected. That is true everywhere. So good luck on finding your magic kingdom.🤷♂️🤷♂️
Love the video, I'm so impressed by the beautiful trains,so stylish and comfortable.especially the double deckers, also the stations themselves seems to be works of art in their own right. Mainland Europe seems to be streets ahead of the UK when it comes to high speed train travel, watched quite a few of your videos and am always impressed.brian,uk,
Well done on producing this video !! I realy like clips showing the approach to stations from a few streets away, that's all part of the journey from A to B. I also like footage of stations, shopping areas, cafes, ticket offices, people, food outlets etc. All this gives the viewer a good insight into what the atmosphere's like, and what there is to be seen on a station which you may never get to chance to go to. Paris is one of my favourite places to go to for station visits, whether I'm travelling on from there or not.
I need to take my polish girlfriend who i met in Germany on this route. I've taken it a couple times but back when I did the trains were never this nice. That was in 1972 the last time I took this route, the following year I met my girlfriend. And now after 43 years apart we are dating again.
Questions: --That 1st class did not look first to me. Do you have to sit at that table, facing a bunch of strangers, or can you sit somewhere else? I hate riding backwards and I would take coach class on a plane before I had two people across from me staring at me the entire way. If you were to move around, could you stay up in the food/snack car for the whole journey, or would you have to go back to your table-seat at some point?
I came across your videos for the first time .. Loved ,, enjoyed and also learnt about the journey protocols .. Please continue your endeavour .. Best wishes to you ..
HIya! I am traveling with the TVG from Frankfurt to Paris next month.would you have eaten in the restaurant instead? And would you have chosen a non table seat instead? Anyway thanks for your video!!
Those table lamps always seem to me nothing but a nuisance, they get in the way and block the view through the window, and surely they're useless for reading anything.
Only quibble, can you please face forward on your future journeys. I'm not a great traveller on long journeys, I prefer nearside front on coach or busses and facing forward on trains. Otherwise an excellent and informative video.
When I was the first time in Frankfurt, I noticed some similarities with the main stations of Leipzig and Dresden. Well contrary to Leipzig and Frankfurt, Dresden has some later added tracks, where the train can go through the station.
I would take that this chap travels with his family here. It sucks to pay for a first class ticket just to be jammed with a bunch of strangers looking at each other the whole trip. The single window seats are much better if one travels alone.
I'm curious, how many main train station in Paris? As far as i know only Gare du Nord, Gare du l'est, and Gare de Lyon. That table for 2 and 4 looks good for group traveler, but not good for solo traveler. On a trip back from Frankfurt to Paris, hope you can try bus trip again.
There are 7. The 3 you name plus Austerlitz (for central and south western France) Bercy (for Burgundy and Italy) Montparnasse (for western France and Spain) and St Lazare (for Normandy)
@@timdiggle5090 Isn't that really weird. For example, do you have to travel from Straßburg to Rennes and then have to get out Gare Est and travel across Paris and for the appropriate station?
@@Sedna063 Yes. And It is the same in London where travelling from York to Bath, for example, means crossing London from Kings Cross station to Paddington. There are sometimes ways around this in both cities which involve getting off the train just before arrival at the terminus and using RER in Paris or Thames Citylink in London but this can be slower than using the Metro/Tube.
Nice walk through the streets of Paris, although in less pleasant weather it might be less pleasant. Lovely station gare de l'est is. Once again the useless ticket gates that always seem to be permanently open anyway.
Wow! Double decker trains! That's a wonderful idea - provided your bridges are high enough. That might make more sense for us than HS2. Or at least, let us make sure that they ARE high enough on any new lines.
With the two train stations in Paris so close together, it's a shame that they don't have a way to get from one to the other that is protected from the weather. Other than more spacious seating, I'm not sure what benefits First Class offers over Second Class. If it's a big price difference it's not worth it.
This perfectly represents the quality of the rail networks in both countries. In France, it's in good conditions and all larger cities are connected with high speed rails, and in Germany the rail network is broken and decaying, only allowing for slow speed, leading to delays in more than half of all long-distance trains, and lots of cancellations.
@@rakischmidt7032 The track from Saarbrücken to Frankfurt am Main only allows 120 km/h, not 300. And if you had watched the video, you'd know that the train had a problem in Germany, where it is conducted by the German railways.
@@FlorianHWave being conducted by germans made the train break down? Sorry, that made me laugh. And saying that the german railway network is decaying is a bold statement. That may be true for the Frankfurt- Saarbrücken part and some regional lines, but not in general. And maybe Saabrücken isn't just that important...
@@rakischmidt7032 I'm deeply sorry that your feelings are hurt, but unfortunately, it's a fact that the German rail network is in worse condition than the French and that high-speed trains in Germany are delayed more often and have more defects than French trains. And no, I did not say that the train broke down because it was conducted by Germans.
@@rakischmidt7032 This is not what he meant! What break down? He said it clearly, in some parts of the German track, the train has to reduce the speed to 120Kmh which is causing the delay. The rails between Saarbrücken and Frankfurt are possibly not YET reinforced, which is absolutely necessary for the TGV to run at full speed.
The french "service" is the same as it's in Germany - I've been traveling with the ICE, the german high-speed train in 1st class. There you have to pay for everything too...
Can one reserve a seat? With a large suitcase, I would normally prefer a seat on the lower level of the train and thus avoid maneuvering the heavy luggage down a narrow stair!
Is there usually any trouble finding unreserved seats in first class? I ask as I'm thinking about an Interrail pass for a few weeks, maybe whole month in 2020 (and while we have the chance in the UK!) and so would be wandering around Europe with vague plans and few bookings. Great review. I do like the format.
in some countrys you still need a reservation on the high speed trains even with interrail/eurorail ticket. not in germany but in france, italy and spain? not sure if this list is complete its a while ...
On the High Speed Train services TGV in France / Eurostar - France to GB / Frecciarossa etc. in Italy Reservations are compulsory, even with Interrail ticket, and there are also surcharges for Interrail ticket holders. You can get the reservation tickets at the ticket office in every station... first class is rarely completely sold out. Only at certain times of the day... check at the station first or online - each Rail company has a Internet Presence where you can check all that stuff and buy tickets too. SNCF for France. Trenitalia for Italy, Deutsche Bahn(DB) for Germany, SBB for Switzerland etc. Just look online. Its easy
Thanks both - need for reservations does take a bit of the gloss off an interrail ticket. The need to plan better plus any extra charges. But also sounds like I'd cope!
Nope. TGVs and ICEs ride on LGV EE, a dedicated line for high speed trains, with top speed of 320kph. Sleeper trains use the classic line at around 160kph.
@@olivieronrails But I see Paris-Frankfurt. Some ICE trains pass by Forbach Station, but I see RZD SLEEPER pass by Forbach Station.Does Forbach Have Only One Station？
@@TheWai20050623 Ah sorry, was talking about the French part. I am not sure about the German section of the trip and how it's managed along with other traffic.
