EDIT: Been informed that the prefix MS is not used by the Dutch anymore and is instead MR. Not the end of the world, but I thought I'd change the title at least. The thumbnail looked alot better in my head but whatever. I feel like having the flags for non UK trains might be a good idea but if it really doesn't work, I'll revert them on the .pdn files. Anyways, Belgian train. Can you guess the stations filmed at in this on in exchange for a lifetime supply of Waffles? The bridge shot and the MSTS ones don't count.
@@317Dan Ok sorry for the late response. Whilst it's true you missed a few, I'm genuinley suprised with the number you got on this one. I thought I had you with Belgian content lol. Here are the remaining ones: 0:37 is actually Hasselt, not Mechelen. 1:20 Angleur 1:29 Tourcoing 2:01 was Brussel Congrès, not Brussel Centraal 2:27 Flémalle-Haute 4:21 Genk 8:24 Ans 9:29 Hasselt (again) But it looks like I have found your weakness. Obscure Belgian stations! ;)
@@MaverickHunterDaniel You don't have to apologise! To be honest the ones I got were only because my friends have been there and taken photos, or were on the route of a Thalys cab ride I've watched from Amsterdam to Brussels lol I really want to learn more about the Belgian railways though, I feel it's a natural progression from The Netherlands, which I only learnt during lockdown after meeting a bunch of really nice Dutch enthusiasts through some of my other friends, met nearly all of them in person when I went in April as well which was nice.
Yeah I was going to say, 0:37 can't have been Mechelen. I've been to Mechelen during my Belgium trip, and the station has a glass cover building spanning through some platforms
My hat off to you for enduring Randwyck. One time I went along for a shift with a friend of mine, part of it was SGMm service between Maastricht and Maastricht Randwyck, with a 45 minute layover, we came pretty close to trying to push the SGMm of into Belgium just to see if perhaps they would like it.
4:19 the eurobahn trains dont have the dutch system, but do not need to as the german safety system and overhead electrification systems are installed all the way trough into the station of venlo. Which is not the case for the belgian trains (which are only allowed to go at 40 km/h in the netherlands because of it).
Yay my favourite Belgian EMU. About the powersockets in Second class they are mounted on the top of the walls of where the vestibule is. Pretty weird place to put them on
@@MaverickHunterDanielthey are, since these trains date from before people had smartphones and stuff. It is allowed to use them tho. Also, fun fact, the toilet with the red sticker is permanently closed because of asbestos :p
A few corrections: these trains don't run on the IC-02 Ostende-Antwerp nmbs uses desiro's and hle18/19 + M6 coaches instead. These units are a pain in summer since they don't have airconditioning. Great video tho!
Thanks, though regards to the latter, those vents were blowing cool air during my travels and I certainly didn't cook during that awful heatwave last year. Maybe they have air cooling at least?
about 3:27 some tims there 12 car basically 4 unit's its rare but needed for trains that go towards the coast as they can overcrowd easily when the weather is good
Mhmm, on my last trip to Belgium in this year, I saw a 12 car set running during the peak at Brussels North and it was such a surreal sight. I didn't know where it was going, but it was on Platform 3 so possibly the airport?
@@MaverickHunterDaniel i saw a few today headed to oostende cus during summer time pretty much every single person in Belgium goes there it gets so bad NMBS literally had to operate extra trains to control the crowding like today I saw a 4 car M7 in gent headed to blanenberge aka a coastal station it got so over crowded first class was deproritized but it still didn't help whit every seat taken I remember seeing many people stand in the door way had to be a nightmare journey
No no, I10, not I11. The I11 ones are the same as the AM96, but the I10s are older coaches used on the HSL services nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/I10_(spoorwegrijtuig)
No. A Belgium flag on the thumbnail + A Belgium train + a statement about doing Belgium train in the first few seconds of the video starting = Nothing to do with Belgium.
Even ignoring logistics and money, I dunno. Nothing against the country and all, but there are only 3 trains there that I give a damn about to film in Poland and all of them can be seen in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. To add, I get quite confused by Polish as a language (same goes for other languages that aren't Germanic/Western Romance) so I would get lost rather easily :/
I only know basic Dutch phrases. If your Dutch (or French if you're in some bits of Belgium) is bad, people there tend to just speak English to you. English is pretty much a second language in Benelux.
According to Wikipedia, the total length of the UK's main railway network is around 9824 miles, of which, 3339 of that is electrified. 3339/9824 = 0.3398819218 which we can round up to 0.34 and convert to a franction of 34%. Thank you.
@@MaverickHunterDaniel Did you receive the link btw? I remember posting it but when I went on the thread again it vanished... just in case you thought I was running away when you asked me for proof
