Bonjour à tous!
Welcome to this new trip report onboard the TGV Inoui bound to Paris. I’ve never reviewed the TGV Atlantique (the oldest in service today) and the recent refurbishement of the fleet was a good point to make a video. 🙂
Enjoy!
– TRIP INFORMATION –
RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER 2021
Railroad company: SNCF
Train type : TGV Atlantique 343
From : Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Paris Montparnasse
Time : 3h17
Price : 79€
Thumbnail credit : @TGVpix
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00:00 : Intro
01:31 : Bordeaux Saint Jean
03:44 : The other TGV “Atlantique”
04:17 : The messy boarding 🙁
04:29 : a slow TGV to Paris ?
05:33 : TGV Atlantique ; A story out west
06:47 : Discovering the new train
07:29 : Seat check
08:51 : Departure from Bordeaux
09:22 : Passerelle Eiffel
09:34 : Mid roll ads
10:02 : Classic line
10:55 : Angoulême
11:24 : Entering the high speed line
12:09 : 300km/h
12:53 : Poitiers
13:09 : Walkthrough 1
14:50 : Snack time
15:20 : Walkthrough 2
17:02 : Toilets Time
17:40 : Approaching Paris
17:47 : Conclusion
18:12 : Outro
20 Comments
Hey folks, I hope you liked the video.
I'm currently experiencing new style of maps for my intro. Let me know your thoughts 🙂
Thibault
Thanks for the ride. It gets real impressive when you realize these trains are over a quarter of a mile long. I suspect the new soap dispensers are because the old soap dispensers couldn't handle the antibacterial soap they are using now thanks to the pandemic.
have you been on VIA Rails Canadian? Thats something I would like to see!
we use this service all the time…thanks for explaining the trains and the 2 routes…i always wondered why some take 3 hours and others 2
La vidéo doit dater car on voit des AGC avec les anciennes livrées TER Aquitaine et Limousin (2:51) et car tt le monde a des muselières
The design of french trains is almost always horrible.
Everything is not straight, ugly Color’s are used, no clear line. Technical elements are ungraceful.
This stupid footrest : a sufficient reason to prefer plane.
Great video! Really enjoy your videos and would not miss any!
I can't understand why they've scrapped majority of them.
Love French train stations.
What would be great for future trains is maybe a panoramic frontview in the first car🤔 thinking about how they could improve the duplex.
Votre vidéo est vraiment superbe. On voit que vous aimez notre belle France . La gare Saint Jean à Bordeaux est superbe, probablement une des plus belles de France.
Almost everyone is still wearing facemasks. Is that still mandatory on the trains in France?
Thank you for an excellent video. I really like the TGV-A, and the refurbishment has been good. I hope they continue in service for a long time, especially on the old route between Bordeaux and Angouleme.
Not a fan of the current white, dark grey and red livrey. The original silver, dark blue livrey looks way better.
Why is it taking the older route through Libourne, when the new LGV has connection tracks to Angouleme? To make it slower and less competitive with the non-stop service?
13:14 – why are there sitting people on those tiny seats next to the door, when seat reservation is compulsory in the TGV?
I like the 4 seat club compartments in first class, but they also make the single seat side seem like they just put extra seats in a passageway.
Awesome video, the TGV-A is my favourite type of TGV. Thankfully I cabbed one in 2019 which was cool. How can you tell if your service is being operated by a TGV-A set? Are they confined to the 'stoppers' or can they be found on the fasts occasionally?
Salut Thibault,
In fact, they installed new soap dispenser to prevent electrical injuries for the clean teams… I know it used to work well for years but incident happened and they decided to had new ones because those ones are filled behind the mirror where there is the power installation for the toilets.
Au plaisir de regarder tes futures vidéos