Russia's Bullet Train: SAPSAN First Class! 

I do

good luck Steven!!!

Come to us in Siberia! .)

Wow wow lucky you! I was planning to see my future misses' family in Moscow next January, depending on the COVID situation in my country. Good luck to you and your misses!

Молодец Стивен! Всё будет замечательно!

That's what wider gauge gets you :)

everything is bigger in Russia.

Norwegian trains have a similar amount of leg room. At least they did last time I was on one. Really comfortable seats too.

@@RussianSevereWeatherVideos Is Russia broad gauge?

@@TrainmasterCurt 1525mm gauge yeah.

❤Siemens

Correct Siemens Valero

there are many beautiful places in Russia. welcome :-)

@@mike_aviafan thank you I probably will visit when my circumstances allowed me to

Yes no third world immigration in Russia.

@@Bennewman11 I am happy where am at but I love to travel to different parts of the world

И не бывай

👍👍👍👍👍👍

@Анна Федорова ,кому как)))

Москва - Владивосток в следующий раз в плацкарте, милости просим.

@@farslght есть кстати на ютюбе видос как один иностранец поехал из Москвы во Владик )

You probably get a free passport. And if you want be a farmer you are greatly welcome!

@@MichaelGroenendijk last time I was in Russia was 1977, things seem to have improved a fair bit. Nobody offered me a free passport, but I was offered lots of red books to read! Lol

@@oilburner225 Everything is very cheap here for Europeans! We have low taxes (13%), cheap utility bills, and 85% of the population owns a house or apartment, free medicine and cheap food ... But at the same time, low salaries. That is, in Russia, with this money, you can afford everything the same as in England, but everything is expensive abroad. But the Russians also manage to waste money abroad)))

So you didn't book a seat?

@@paulybarr yes I did book a seat but couldn’t get near it though I could see it was occupied anyway. This was two or three years ago and I’ve not used the train since, in fact never again.

Thank you very much!

There is one! Amtrak's Acela gets you NYC to DC in just under 3 hours. and it has about the same speeds as the SAPSAN train (but the Acela is nonstop, I believe). I've taken it twice and it wasn't too bad, rail travel is a bit lacking here in the US due to freight companies owning large stretches of rail and air travel being generally cheaper, but I think you'd enjoy it on your trip! Hope you enjoy the trip in general too!

@@BuilderPete13 Sounds good Pete. When our borders open up I'll keep it in mind. Much better than flying for that distance. My son enjoyed his two visits to the US some years ago but won't go there again because of hassles in airport immigration. They might not hassle me, I'm old and couldn't be suspected of wanting employment.

@@Tsuki_No_Usagi When they showed me this, about Germany ... At first I wanted to laugh out loud. And then walk around and giggle to yourself all day. I guess I'm very cruel. But yes - I have no pity. And yes - I'm from Russia. You made me like this yourself :)

Nobody believes the US anymore. They are the 🤡 s of this world.

@@Tsuki_No_Usagi Улыбнул.)))

Welcome! It is strange that in the era of the Internet, Russia is still terra incognito for the Western world))

All fear and anxiety are only illusion to keep us in control. Raise your frequencies by being positive, doing things you love, listening meditative music, dance, go nature etc. Higher frequencies, higher immunity and happier person. Soon lots will be revealed about plandemic and many many more things.

ahahahah 😂

@Roystonvasey i think he lives in the UK so NHS takes care of that.

Strange coming to Russia and eat American fast food. Good video overall.

@Roystonvasey pancakes, dumplings, soups, plov, cottage cheese, syrniki, salads ( vinegret, olivie, crab stick salad), buckwheat with cutlets etc. So much to try.

@Roystonvasey just a reminder that America is the only country you have to pay for healthcare and as you can here and see he is British

​@Roystonvasey actually it's ain't bad ! you just have to drop sugar drink and fries. Burger itself does not have any harmful stuff in it - its extra sugar what comes in drink and fries that kills you . so next time choose a coffee or better tea if it sells in your country and stay away from fries

At the Deutsche Bahn you only get a biscuit "Lieblingsgast" if you sit in the Erste Klasse and behaved well. Years ago, they even served Duplo Chocolate. Ok they still have at seat service for pay, but it is not comparable, often only a bag of chips. Seat back entertainment used to be 20 years ago in the erste Klasse with only two channels: "Bahn TV" and ntv (damn. Even a domestic westjet flight has more on offer with live TV for every seat back TV!) Other points: TL;DR: No lounge for certain tickets in the erste Klasse, Expiring points. Bahncards with different flavours. Upgrade is a courtesy, proposed fixes to the programmes and missing portential . DB Lounge access is not even included with some first class tickets, saver and super saver fares are illegible. Or you have traveled so much, that you have over 2k points at BahnBonus to be in the BahnComfort programme. It is a different quality... BahnBonus points are also only good for 1.5 years or you will loose them one by one. So, the programm rather demerit you than benefit you... Then there are BahnCards, a yearly subscription service, you can "buy" a 25 %, a 50 % or a 100 % rabate card for every train journey, for each of the two classes. It is not like this that the 2nd class BahnCard is good for both classes. NO. It isn't, you can only get rebate for either of the classes. And then you can't simply upgrade your travel class, the Bahn offers you the upgrade.... Politics in Germany talk about "make driving or flights more expensive that people choose the Bahn". What they forget is that the Bahn should update their loyality programmes, that the points and statuses are staying there for longer. The quality is not always the best one. The Bahn is often too expensive. The BahnCards are only for those who travel a lot... This railway company has a lot of potential, it could do more for the customers, but it is still a state owned corporation... It used to be more for it's customers. The punctuality. The reliability of the product. So much to improve. Better schedules. Better connections, better interoperability.

The DB, as with many things in Germany these days, is highly overrated and greatly disappointing.

Difference is Russian trains have three classes - 1st, 2nd and 3rd. In Western Europe, the 1st class is equivalent to 2nd and 2nd class is equivalent to 3rd. This is comparable to “Executive Class” on Italy’s Frecciarossa for example.

Это РЖД

RZD

It is one of the world's great cities. Much to see and experience.

That railway map was crazy cool!

😳😳😳😱😱😱

*_Cries in American_*

You think UK trains are bad, try US trains! haha

@@hashbrownfob lol yeah american trains are like a flashback to 1962 lol

@@hashbrownfob Oh dear,I guess everyone flies because of the size of the US so the trains are forgotten.

@@skiparkcityut I'm sure in 1962 trains where actually better than now.

He was on it before.

@@ms-jl6dl Here is Noel's report: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_WAoaTUZ1Jo.html

@@ms-jl6dl Thanks for telling me

Netušil som, že dnes môj vlak urobí obchádzku a bude opäť prechádzať Košicami. Dobrú noc. ⛱️🕌🇷🇺🌾🏙🚂🚃🚃🖐🌲🏡🇸🇰⛪ 🏞

Ok, totally random: I'm looking for opinions as to what would be a good way to reach Užhorod from the outside world. Any ideas, you guys? 😊 Thanks!

@@SamsRussianAdventures I would love to, just going to wait until 2022 before i get on a plane, train sounds so tempting though! Can you believe the price Noel paid is about the same price as a 2 hour London to Manchester 2 hour trip ticket in economy!

@@SamsRussianAdventures At least there’s first class if you are willing to pay. There’s no such thing in the UK.

@@vulgarisopinio There is definitely first class on UK trains, lol

@@festivitycat Lol. There is first class, but by name only. Not much different from your standard class.

Not only look 😅 Russia 🇷🇺 is a beautiful place for sure! You are welcome 🪆

Travelling by train in England is overpriced, overcrowded and completely unreliable. It's a national embarrassment.

it's one project, though if I had to choose which (fanciful/pipedream) project I'd prefer to be miraculously completed, I'd rather have the long promised high speed train via Kazan' on the "South Trans-Siberian railroad", joining Europe to the Chinese Shinkansen Network

@@stanislavkostarnov2157 i agree that one is a lot more important

​@@stanislavkostarnov2157 "chinese shinkasen"??? is that in a parallel universe where china is owned by japan???????

@@amanda-we9fv they use thesame character-name for this class of fast train, and it is based on a development of a Japanese design originally bought by the Chinese Government... they are ShinKanSen, in the same way I would call certain mountain Shinkansen designs The Japanese TGV, because of their joint tech history.

@@stanislavkostarnov2157 I'm pretty sure nobody in china calls CRH "新干线" or anyone in japan calling shinkansen as "高鐵"

Yeah the Sapsan technically can get to 300 kmh too, but it uses old railway track with only a small portion of it where it can reach 250 kmh. They're building a new high speed track though, it will be ready in 2026 or 2027, and will shorten the trip from 4 hours to 2.5 hours.

@@Mocsk In Slovakia we are staying behind, struggling to reconstruct the railways, so the fast train could reach even 160 kmh. Czechs are doing better with it, they started much sooner

Sapsan train made in Germany by Siemens. In Russia, the track gauge for the train is wider than in Germany, therefore, the Sapsan on commercial transport in Russia is not accelerated above 250 km / h

@@Mocsk Yes, also the first of the 13+ surplus Sapsan RZD ordered in 2019 have arrived in a port in Russia just under a weeks ago.

@@olegbruhavetsky and the ICE3 is only allowed to reach these speed on very limited full newly built (Cologne - Frankfurt/Main) via the north bank of the Rhine... Many tracks in Germany are only allowed to use 250 km/h anyways. Like Aachen (and onwards to Belgium/Netherlands) - Cologne on the ICE link to Amsterdam or Brussles

Здравствуйте. Стесняюсь спросить, сколько стоит поездка на итальянских поездах этого класса? Спасибо.

Makes me feel like a vodka

@@stevenbrennan9711 Especially if it was not russian, but jewish music. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Actually, The Second Waltz of Prokofiev and The Dance of Little Swans of Tchaikovsky are Russian music, not those in the video

Dude, do you remember the Snatch? Boris the Blade is our hero forever...

@@JKRoss-or3uz At 5:20, there is no Greek music playing. This is Moscow Sidewalk by Mike Franklyn. And in style, it is rather similar to the Balkan music from Kusturica's movies. Are you absolutely sure that it is Jewish music at 2:20?

We are always glad to see guests! Prices for an American are really cheap. It's very strange, but we get small salaries, but we have low taxes, free education and medicine, cheap travel and cheap food)))

Future boy! Come pick me up

вы мазохист? так вставайте в 4 утра и в путь

​@Russians looks like Mongolians No its is Brazilian

Unfortunately both of them are out of service at the moment due to COVID-19 restrictions

@@MrSakulent It is a shame.

Branded trains run from Moscow to St. Petersburg, which are more comfortable than Krasnaya Strela! And there are night trains of the third and second class, which are not so comfortable, but in which it is fun: we meet new people, have dinner, drink tea, chat. I once talked all night with a fellow traveler))

Only accessible to Russian and Belarus citizens at present.

Go across Canada to Vancouver and you will have a service even better !!

I agree they’re a very good brand. We all have them now.

I think it was a crazy coincidence!!

There is no train from Denver to Las Vegas ! If you have been on Amtrak between Denver and LA in coach then these seats would have been the best coach seats of the world with plenty of legroom and a fantastic recline. So I am not sure what you are talking about.

They can't even put 4-car on Norwich to Liverpool!

Wasn't the UK married to trash plastic trains from hitachi Class 800? Those are siemens... If you like to ride these in the UK, unfortunately you are limited to eurostar... Sapsan, as is the ICE3, the eurostar e320 on Siemens Velaro platform

@@SamsRussianAdventures I like to watch travel vlogs. The algorithm suggests you new videos. I'm not obsessed with Russia. I like t9 watch different countries but I noticed that bald is obsessed with the political situation in Russia and he is actively trying to influence his viewers with his political opinions. That's not what I look for.

@@SamsRussianAdventures There is this type of bloggers who do business on HYIP. I hate this presentation of information.