American reacts to European HIGH SPEED TRAINS (for the first time)

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[bananenmusli]

The first guy was actually sucked toward the trains. If the train was only a bit longer he would have been dead. That was incredibly stupid and dangerous of him and he can definitely celebrate his second birthday because of this.

[christianc]

The last sequence was the french TGV the day it broke the world speed record at 574.8 km/h.

[callum]

The trains won't ever be as long as cargo trains because they will generally be running multiple times an hour - you wouldn't need that many seats.

[spaceyoghurt]

Gotta love the “scheiße” during the first video. Appropriate reaction when standing that close to the track.

[loicrose]

Last train was the world record speed for a train, its the French TGV, at 570km/hour or 345 miles/hour. It is a record, therefore it is not the speed this train goes when in use. The max speed (they don't go over it even if they could) with passenger is 300km/h or 186 mph

[lucabaroni]

The "Space" station is Reggio Emilia mediopadana AV here in Italy :-)

[fraiseweb]

We french need our trains to go fast. This way we have more time to spend on lunches and vacations.

[patriciolegett]

As a more or less frequent user of the high speed trains in Spain (largest network in the world outside of China), Ther is virtually no noise inside the carriages, excellent way to travel. Often quicker than flying over short / medium distances if you factor in the 2 hour before the departure time at airports.

[mats]

We should start a petition to finally get him on train..

[gregorygant]

The guy filming the trains is crazy he's so close to them that's why he yelled, scheisse, sh!t in German !

[qualitytraders]

The guy recording the first clip knew instantly that he was too close and shouts "Scheisse". No, no cabooses. And they're all electric.

[MrTramborrios]

Spain is the 2nd country in the world with the most km of high-speed roads with 4, 500km after China which has 40, 000km!!

[javiTests]

Well, you have to take into account that these trains have to fit in a normal passenger train station, typically in the city centre of the main cities, so they can't be a mile long 😅

[Kompromist]

The Austrian Railjet is 200 km/h or 125 mp/h.
The German ICE and the European Eurostar are up to 300 km/h or 185 mp/h.
The Italian Frecciarossa 1000 is capable of speeds up to 400 km/h or 250 mp/h.
The french TGV has an operating speed of 320 km/h or 200 mp/h but is capable of 575 km/h or 360 mp/h.

The best thing is: America could build these too.

[brian]

One of the biggest advantages is that they pollute less than

[happyslappy]

French built in 1981 the 1st true HST line in Europe, world speed record on rails 380 kph (1981), 515 kph (1990), 574 kph (2007).

[DaGuys]

People forget that a fast train moving past you will pull you in. "Scheiße" very much warranted

[stevieinselby]

One of the reasons trains in Europe might be shorter than in the USA is because there are so many more of them. It's common to have high-speed train routes running every 30 minutes, or even more on busy corridors, rather than a couple of times a week. Most would be a similar size to the Acela, which only has 6 passenger carriages (+ 2 power cars).

At 3:45, it isn't uncommon to have two trains coupled together. It isn't about one train "towing" the other like it's broken down, it's two trains working together (just like you might have two locos on a long freight train to give it more power) so that you can get more passenger capacity. It's very common on regular trains as well, it's just a lot more noticeable on high-speed trains because of the aerodynamic ends.

[GiampietroDiSanto]

"Space Age train station" is in Italy, in the town of Reggio Emilia. The train that flies by is a Frecciarossa 1000 (Red Arrow in English). Top speed 255 mph, cruise speed 190 mph.

[Brauiz]

The first train was a German "ICE 3" - these trains can go up to 320/330 km/h - almost 200 miles per hour... the second train is the austrian ÖBB's "Railjet" - a loco-hauled 7 car train that can get up to 230 km/h - 143 miles per hour... 5:32 - that's a clip of a TGV getting the speed record of 574.8 km/h - almost 357 miles per hour...

talking about train length - ICEs are different depending on the model. The ICE 1 (straed operation in 1991) have 14 cars and 2 motor cars at each end. The ICE3 has a 7 car and a 9 car version, the ICE 4 has a 12 car and a 14 car version.