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Good video! I'm just curious about how many foreign languages do you speak?

The power outlets are always under in the middle of your seat in this model train... And you may take the refreshed S730 (similar to the S130) on the Badajoz -> Madrid Line

Dark at 6:15am.....in the summer??? ....was this video recorded earlier this year (in Spring time?). Interesting video, thanks for posting.

11:09 “There’s a buffet car named train cafeteria” (ie cafeteria del tren) 🤣

Worst italian crap. NEVER Ansaldo

high speed in Spain is a big failure. a big waste of money, but that was never the intention, they wanted to steal the money from the EU and feed it to some corrupt politicians.

Since I’m a little kid, I always loved the series 130 because of this sleek design I am absolutely a fan, I like it even more that the taurus design from Siemens

@12:00 omg that single tv looks like those screens you used to get on long haul flights about 30 years ago!

The new dutch sprinters build by talgo are quite a bit better, comfort (purely speaking about how bumpy the ride is (they put terrible seats in there). Altough those trains do have two axels per carriage

Saludos a todos desde España. Greetings to all from Spain.

This Spanish boarding procedure is really very annoying, but, I guess, that is what you get when terrorists blow up more than 100 people at your station... So, I guess, they need to show they are doing something. Anyway, after years going trough it, I was not once late or rushed...

I rode one of those in Uzbekistan, on the Afrosiyob service to Samarkand last year. The interior was pretty much the same.

I can confirm sitting on a wooden bench in the corner is an excellent replacement of the lounge.

Is it called the balearic coast in the UK?

It's not track changing, but gauge changing as you've said yourself (from broad gauge to normal gauge). Track change happens when train go through switch to be on the other tracks.

mixing up pronunciations is bad form. getting them wrong is even worse.

Good video, subscribed. Please come to Badajoz on the refurbished Alvias S730

As a regular Scotrail passenger - I'd have tested the water BEFORE the soap! I often find the soap works and the water doesnt. Which is a problem.

Interesting the Valencian name is identical to the Arabic

That's some seriously nineties decor!

I have to say the front of the Talgo does rather remind me of Donald Duck's beak!

So ‘1st’ class…

The security checks might be because you are travelling to the basque region and the (fairly low) risk of terrorism. I agree it's a pretty rubbish experience and overkill.

2:18 moaning about the security checks makes you look a bit daft. Maybe google why........pity they didnt have these checks 25 years ago

I took the Euromed from Barcelona to Castellón last fall and I don’t remember the ride being uncomfortable at all. I even fell asleep on the way there! Though maybe my standards are rock-bottom as an American 😅

This train is so impressive and modern. It is an amazing transformation from what the trains in 🇮🇩 (Indonesia) used to be like.

These Talgo coaches were actually trialled by Indian Railways before they decided to built their own Vande Bharat sets

The toilet flush could be better. That is all I am willing to see. 😮

You should try the new Avril. Just started in late May 2024 to galcia replacing the Alvia and is a gauge switcher. Its really interesting because it is wider than most trains so it runs a 2-2 in first/business and 2-3 in standard like in Japan. Train isn't quite as wide as the shinkansen though, so its not as idea. I agree, though Spain has brought the annoyances of flying to trains with security and ticket checks.

Hello Its me again! When are you coming back to Finland? I’m still waiting for your trip report about the 8h route to Oulu😢 coming soon i hope😔 anyhow good report!

the extra security might be because of the 2004 Train bombings in Madrid, i still remember it passing on TV. i had to do the same in Belgium when i went with the Eurostar to London in 2016.

Lane of boxes too narrow add an overhang and excessive speed plus a cell phone and you get Santiago de Compostela and that's it

I love these they follow the double decker trains in Switzerland❤

I’ve taken that train from Barcelona to Valencia and back… I don’t remember any discomfort during travel.. I know that Talgo trains like to be driven fast because at speeds lower than 70 miles an hour… oscillation begins from side to side… but I experienced that phenomenon on other high-speed trains. High-speed trains do not like to be ran slow.

The security check probably has to do with the 2004 Madrid train bombings. It has been argued that Talgo trains without the gauge changing technology can be very comfortable. The high-speed train in Saudi Arabia uses Talgo trains on Chinese-built tracks, and they are very comfortable and quiet, according to another travel channel. But it probably has extra suspension, which might be impossible to add to trains with the gauge-changing technology.

i dont think i have ever seen a sadder and cheaper looking first class, were the colours chosen by people at a childrens playground?

7:23 You can thank the Belgians for the HSL-Zuid being left-hand drive. It saves a bunch of complexity when the trains from Belgium enter the country.

Will be very exciting if the new ICE-L as such a poor ride quality as well. If this is the case, I believe a lot of passengers will be quite unsatisfied as Germany has never ever seen TALGO trains with their ride quality before...

I'll tell you my experience with the new IC. Let's start with the lights. Apparantly no one knows that the lights mean anything, because almost always someone is talking or calling in the quiet zones. In the old trains there always is a sticker on the window, indicating the quiet area. Now there is a small logo above the doors (and a small 's' on the doors actually). Now about these doors. They might be the single worst thing about this train. They fail often, and just don't open, blocking free seated places. They close automatically, with quite some force, and there is no way to stop it from closing, because the button is blocked by the wall the door is behind. I have gotten squeezed by a door more times than I've gotten wifi on this train. On previous trains there was a handle to keep the door open. And you could rip them open if they didn't wanna, unlike these doors. The doors also don't really serve a purpose because the walls don't keep the sound out of the silence areas. Furthermore, the train is indeed very noisy, and that doesn't go away after accelerating. Though sitting close to an end of the train is worse. It also feels very, let's say, unprivate compared to the old train. It is so open or something, I don't know what it is. Though I have never noticed the dirtyness. Anyway, as one might tell, I hate this train. EDIT: Ooh there's one thing I almost forgot! There is a system which *regularly* makes the train stop rapidly. It's called ATB I think. It usually happens when departing from a station. Very annoying, especially when standing.

4th Dec 2022 on advert??

Slick Chris deBurgh ref nesr the beginning...

That is one thing I miss, noisy trains and track, that clickity clack from 88 ft long rails. One could work out the speed with a bit of counting, timing and mental arithmetic. The creaking of wood panelling was actually quite soothing. Why do you think that anything 20 years old is actually old, the design may be a tad dated but that is often a good thing as some modern design sucks, modern seats are hard compared to the old spring and horsehair ones.

Barcelona-Sants is an interesting train station, I was there last week. It closes at 00:30, and opens at 04:15, but recently a lot more homeless people started congregating outside of the train station, mixing between the tourists. The ticketing office for reservations opens up at 05:30 if memory serves me right, and you're required to get a reservation if you're going on a high-speed train or a long distance train. I sat there, waiting for the ticket office to open up, and next to me sat a woman. I asked her if she speaks English, to which she responded positively (in English). I told her "I always tell to my Spanish friends 'mucho', it means a lot to them.", to which she cracked up to. I also angered one of the homeless people outside, about half an hour before the train station opened, and he tried to fight me. Barcelona sure was an interesting stop for me on the way to Valencia, and I can highly recommend visiting Valencia.

Cheers fella 👍

2:24 there is a reason for it why they did that it has to do with the 11th March 2004 Madrid train bombings which explains that style of security. Excellent video and there is another version of talgo gauge changing train it's the high-speed Avril max speed 310 kmh 190 mph-320 kmh 200 mph speaking of your train it also has another capability passive tilt. 5:40 one more reason to write this has happened to Spain they were in the wrong time zone since 1940 the correct time zone for them is the one used for Portugal and United Kingdom

When did you film this

The bays of four don't have tables because when the train runs in the opposite direction, one of the rows turns and it's no longer a bay of four.

How do you book your international train travel?

10:47 wow didn't expect that! Very cheap in my opinion

looks like a shoe