Germany to France at 320km/h (199mph) aboard an early morning DB ICE service!
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Date of Travel: 11 August 2020
Class of Travel: First Class
Rolling Stock: Class 407 ICE 3 (Siemens Velaro D)
Cost of Ticket: €60 ($73.25, £52.80)
Origin: Frankfurt (Main) Hbf, Germany
Destination: Paris Gare de l’Est, France
Menu (in German and English): https://db-bordgastronomie.de/dbgastro/downloads/DB_4060-Speise_und_Getraenkekarte_aktuell.pdf
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43 Comments
Der ist schon der neue ICE 3 aber leider ist alles nicht so gut ausgebaut wie in AS Ländern
super pociag fajna podroz pozdrawiam
how about coin test???
POOR TRAIN !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTP5Mp3m-w
Another fine report Dylan. I've taken several DB ICE trains in the past, including the lengthy Berlin-Interlaken route as well as the Hamburg-Copenhagen service which boards a ferry for part of the journey. They are, indeed, impressive. Can't say I've experienced any significant delays with DB but have done with the French TGV. Now subscribed and looking forward to seeing more of your reports!
The Siemens Velaro family (ICE 3, Renfe Class 103, Eurostar e320) are just the best of the best.
Love DB and SNCF, travel by train is much more preferable and enjoyable than by air whenever possible. Unfortunately, in the U.S., train service has not been sustained. It was caused by the auto barons, principally by Henry Ford.
Very informative report, thanks. Have only travelled on a German ICE once, that was around 15 years ago when I had a day trip from Hamburg to Berlin and back, as far as I remember the journey was fast and reasonably comfortable. As expected it seems that the standards in terms of comfort have improved very much since then. If only the UK government could develop a nationwide rail system on a par with Germany and France and mainland Europe in general !
I am on germany and the ice is for me normel and i find its cool that this so cool is for so many people
Nice shirt 😂👌
Ich bin mal durch Japan gereist mit verschiedenen Shinkansen-Zügen, dagegen ist der ICE eine lahme Ente. Und die First Class im Shinkansen sieht aus wie im Flugzeug. Dagegen wirkt die ICE 1. Klasse altbacken und bieder. In Japan wird man auch am Platz bedient mit Getränken und Mahlzeiten.
Why the fuck does USA not have this kind of a train. Makes me wonder where all the infrastructure money is going. Fuck
Everyone is complaining about the trains in Germany but to be honest I can't. I've traveled a handful of times with the ICE and the only time we were late was in Nürnberg and it were 3 minutes, while on the way back to my hometown we arrived 3 minutes early. Also there's a train right next to my house and you can tell the time by when the trains come because they're that punctual
Missed your voice, instead of having to read subtitles. 🙁 Thumbs down for that ….
Step up in quality from British rolling stock….
All this seems like a distant dream for Indians like me 🙃🙃🥺🥺
That's too expensive for a train!
Excellent video with crisp comments.
Have traveled on DB ICE between FFM and Munchen. Loved it, especially the winding Rhein-Main valley. Always loved the ICE designs, very subtle
Hello I am from Lahore, Pakistan and I love train travel so much even more than air travel. Trains enables you to see the landscape and vastness of the country. That's the key thing to love and travel by trains
At 10:30 when you say it becomes quite scenic, that church and castle is located in the village of Frankenstein outside of Kaiserslautern. My wife an I live about 7km from there. We have hiked up there and seen the trains go by.
try please the chinese high speed train , its will be more awesome
train is one of the best way to travel world.
I’ve rode the ICE 1 time the IC 4 times the S-bahn 20 times and the Regio-doppeldecker hanse-express 30 times ( the s-bahn is s:stadt:city bahn:train so city-train and the Regio- doppeldecker hanse express is the regional doubeldecker (hanse express is a part of germany where it drives bc the one in the vid coming out of mannheim was from a different part of germany))
That was a great fast trip. Love seeing more of Germany.
Ayyyy you almost passed my house next to a train station west of Saarbrücken!
I'm just wondering, how come you don't carry any luggage? Surely you must have had a longer stay in continental Europe for you to travel around.
Good video .
This is ICE 4 Train and ICE 4 max. speed is 265 Km/h ( after update ) not 320 km/h
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE_4
I think 15min late is ok for that long distance. If we take the car nobody cares about 15min…
Dude you are travelling with the germans be glad you are only 15 mins late and not 3 hours
Thanks for capturing the departure of Frankfurt am Mainz. Also the information is really helpful.
Im Video ist ein ICE “4“ zu sehen. Diese Baureihe wurde für/bis 250 kmh ausgelegt und wurde dann bis 270 kmh erhöht. NUR der ICE “3“ ist für/bis diese Geschwindigkeiten zugelassen. Erst 300 kmh, anschliessend bis 330kmh.
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Never knew the ICE went 320km/h thought the max was 300
European trains look better than Amtrak trains here in the USA
Train's coach looks very samll size as compared to indian railways
You can spend a whole day at FRA Hbf people watching.
Very nice trip report on the ICE I like this one the most of of the train series I want to try these in real life 😍 also the experience of travelling very fast 200mph or more on a train
Thanks for another ride !!!
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Do not forget that the tracks are al on concreet layers with long rails on them.
Europe has the finest rail system. I have never been to Europe, but when I watch Rick Steves on tv, and when I see him on a train, I think to myself that it really is convenient to have high speed rail getting you from country to country or city to city
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How long did it take?
How do you know before as your flatform number 19 beacause I book a ticket for 10th August 2022 but there is no number in the online ticket.
I drove this route last year, its weird how Germany has the fast trains but the bad tracks they cant drive that fast on while France has shitty trains but great fast tracks.