Munich to Paris at 320km/h with TGV INOUI - First class review

Allo!
Welcome to this new trip report, where I will show you what it's like to travel in First class between Munich and Paris at 320km/h - Also, I will give you a comparison between the French railway system and the German one, two very different philosophy.
Enjoy :-)

- TRIP INFORMATION -

RECORDED IN JANUARY 2022 (PLEASE DONT COMMENT "OH, WHY StuPID MAsKKKK")
Railway company: SNCF/DB in cooperation
Train type: TGV Euroduplex
From: München Hbf to Paris Est
Time: 5h41
Price: 79€ bought on SNCF Connect 90 days prior departure

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00:00 : Intro
01:20 : On time arrival in Munich
01:48 : Unique round trip
02:22 : Our TGV for the day
03:05 : Boarding
03:57 : Seat check
04:55 : FR / DE - two different vision on the railway
06:31 : Stuttgart
07:49 : Time to speed (a bit)
08:18 : France bound
08:55 : Crossing the Rhine - Bienvenue en France
09:11 : Mid roll ads
09:45 : Strasbourg
10:48 : True high speed
12:22 : Walkthrough
13:33 : Toilets Time
14:06 : A sad bar
14:28 : Eastern France at 320km/h
14:50 : Approaching Paris
15:16 : Thoughts about the ride
15:28 : Outro

[wblue]

I used to be a frequent traveller between Stuttgart and Paris back in 2017. There are 4 TGV services between those cities every day. Looking at your footage makes me want to travel to Paris in a TGV again. And with 3 hours 10 minutes, Paris is really just around the corner… By car it takes you at least 6 hours and you get crazy in the Paris traffic. And by plane, you need to add at least 2 hours at the airports and for getting into Paris. So, the TGV service is the best choice…and nothing beats 320 km/h on the ground 😊

[truckerallikatuk]

I would prefer a mix of both French, German and Swiss train running. French high speed links, with German and Swiss low speed trains to everywhere for the beginning and end of journeys, and all scheduled by a Swiss person.

[mixmam]

I’m not surprised at all that the train didn’t make up the 15-minute delay between Strasbourg and
Paris. The timetable already accounts for the 320kph line-speed and doesn’t allow any room for anything less than this speed!

[rtrfan]

Nice! The TGV is my favorite high speed train. And this is one of my favorite TGV routes. I still miss the old blue and silver livery though. The last TGV that had that was a first generation Duplex number 283. It went into renovation in May.

[pirazel]

Currently the TGV is not certified to use the new high speed track between Ulm and Wendlingen. Once Stuttgart 21 is finished, 30 min will be cut on this route, making a Munich - Paris connection much more viable

[maxeany]

Can’t wait to see the next video on the Trenitalia intercity from Milan to the cinque terre! I recognised the day of your video because of the cruise ship that was in the Genoa port, unfortunately that day there were two deadly accidents on the Genoa highways

[rikayangu]

brilliant share, I`ve only ever used TGV from Basel to Paris and it`s brilliant, still lovely to see things through your lenses.Thanks so much for sharing.

[Fanw]

Thank you for a very interesting video. One small criticism. The improvements along the Rheintal line south of Karlsruhe are ongoing, and to the despair of the Swiss are taking a VERY long time. I have seen two thousand and THIRTY-five as the estimated date of completion. (Remember the disastrous tunnel collapse at Rastatt just south of Karlsruhe.)

[ce]

Prefer the German ICE - feel more spacious and modern (especially over longer distances), however no-one can deny the TGV is by far much more iconic 🙌, France's vision and ability to build up these lines is remarkable

[A-NEO-nshs]

Super video !
A quand une video sur le réseau du petit train de la Baie de Somme ?

[michaelhall]

I’m dying to go to Munich one day. What a fabulous looking place and great trains

[thierryf]

I used to travel from Paris to Strasbourg for 7 years on ICE and TGV. I prefered TGV, because their seat are more comfortable. The ICE seat were as hard as low-class planes seat. For a long trip, it's a thing for my back, and being rested, ready for work at the arrival.

[ainonainpgd]

5:50 yeah thats true. We have a network that reaches everywhere but still we need to build more high speed lines. Sadly in the past our rail network didn’t get any investment…

[AntenneQC]

Merci beaucoup pour le reportage. Ça me rappelle mon premier voyage en Europe. Premier trajet en train: Paris-Munich. C'était en 2004, pas de LGV. Train de nuit, opéré par DB. Départ vers 22:00 de la gare de l'Est, et on a pas pu avoir de couchettes, elles étaient déjà toutes réservées, on a du se contenter de dormir assis dans notre compartiment alors qu'on avait déjà un décalage horaire de 6h dans le corps car on était arrivé à Paris en avion le matin et qu'on s'est promené dans la ville toute la journée. Et après cette nuit sans trop de sommeil, on a visité Munich où nous sommes arrivés vers 9:00, c'est dire que le trajet avait pris environ 11h. Ça c'est un vrai voyage !!!!

[lorenzo_contini_]

Did you know that in front of the Stuttgart HBF station there is an N scale replica of it with also full railyard and lines? It's massive and amazing!

[frenchhufflepuffie]

A few days ago I travelled from Bordeaux to Saint-Jean-de-Luz (in the Basque country) with a TGV Inoui, and since it came from Paris-Montparnasse using the newest LGV, the train was from 2019, and in first class, although the seat was not as great as the older interior, the seat pitch and the equipment (table, light, recline...) were incredible!

[xmdz]

To be honest, i definetely prefer a system, like in Germany. In Austria, where I live, we have a mix-system between Germany and the Switzerland. Regular trains tacts are every 30 or 60 or seldom every 120 minutes and whereever it's possible, there are connections between two line with few minutes waiting time, like in St. Pölten, where all trains (local and Intercity) arrive between minute 55 and 00 and leave the station between 02 and 07. In some stations, the connections could be improved, but its already very good.

[hagmax]

If you look at the way the population is distributed across the country then France and Germany are quite different.

France has not only a way lower population density, but additionally the population is very concentrated into several metropolitan areas with lots of empty land in between then.

In Germany on the other hand, the population is way more spread out accross the country, making it way more complicated to connect everything efficiently, especially with high speed lines

In France you just connect metropolitan area with metropolitan area with a high-speed line through the empty land in between.

In Germany there's big city next to big city. Especially in the northwestern Part. So the different systems kinda make sense. The geography of France is just way better suited for very fast high speed connections.

[MatsOrmhed]

Interesting to see the train from inside and some of the landscape outside!

[buzzukfiftythree]

Enjoyable video as always, thanks Thibault. For me personally, I’m less worried about high speed and prefer a network that has plenty of routes, both main and branch line, and good inter-connect ability between trains, trams and buses. Switzerland scores highly on that. If we want to get passengers out of their cars and on to public transport then they must be able to see the advantages.