Spain's CONTROVERSIAL New Talgo Avril S106 - FULL REVIEW!

Hello and welcome to back to Spain, where today we'll be riding the BRAND NEW Renfe Talgo Avril S106 high-speed train!

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We'll be riding this controversial train from the Spanish capital, Madrid to the stunning north-western city of A Coruña in the top-level comfort class with premium service. After years of delays and problems, have Talgo finally sorted out this troubled new train? Let's go and find out!

Date of Filming: 9/7/24
Camera: GoPro Hero 12 Black
Operator: Renfe (Spanish Railways)
Departure: Madrid, Spain
Arrival: A Coruña, Spain
Cost: Comfort Premium (First Class) - €70.45 (£66.60, $83.62)

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00:00 - Intro
01:50 - Arrival at Madrid Charmatín Station
03:05 - Station Tour
04:05 - First Class Lounge & Route Information
04:46 - To the Platform & Train Details
05:52 - Boarding & First Impressions
06:42 - OMIO - New Users Get 10% OFF!
07:15 - Departure & Pricing
08:34 - Ride Quality.... EEK!
09:25 - Heading West, Calling at Zamora
09:56 - Complimentary Service
10:32 - First Class Seat Tour
11:35 - Exploring the Rest of the Train
13:10 - Gauge-changing ON THE MOVE!
14:05 - Onwards to Ourense & Santiago
15:55 - Delays, Delays... Refund!
16:35 - Arrival at A Coruna & Conclusion
17:25 - Outro

[JackTorr]

Yewww a new
Nonstop Eurotrip
video.

[derpderpderpityderp]

Talgo is also known for pendular coaches in North America, especially on Amtrak. And they're definitely not remembered fondly for them either.

[WildWildWeasel]

That first background song slaps though

Also love how Renfe just loves to screw their uses over any chance they get to. And then they cry when people prefer to fly or take a bus

[kaekae]

The Chamartín station is going to change a lot, they are going to bury the entire track beach, they are going to build a giant park on it, and the entire station is going to change completely. It is one of the largest megaprojects of this type in Europe.

As for the train, think that it is the first version of something completely new. Talgo has apparently had many problems with this new composition. Give them time. It is not easy to make a train with variable gauge change and approved for those speeds, etc. There is nothing and no one that can do something like that in the world.

[sakura]

I just don't understand why companies deliberately ignore the underlying problems and use short-term 'solutions' that will cause even more problems in the future...

[johnhaynes]

The challenge for Spain was either they convert to standard gauge or find a way to convert the wheels if they wanted trains to run outside Spain. The talgo ran from Paris to Barcelona for many years with gauge changing at the boarder. They just need to re-invent the gauge changer to handle bo-bo wheel formations which may not be as easy as they would wish.

[IndaloMan]

Awaiting the completion of the high speed rail link to Vera in a few years time....

[seved]

Just to point out: I very much love your details and information about trains and especially the station cities the train stops at… like Zamora there… well well done !😊

[aleksandarbrzic]

The pressure on Renfe to offer more capacity must have been enormous in order to do such a stupidity with downgrading the first class and even getting a 2+3 into a European network. I use Renfe often and most of the time, trains are full. Totally full. So, I understand why they did it, but good stuff it is NOT. And is becoming more and more expensive too...

[TrenesdePere]

It's obvious the 106 in AVE service needs improvement, it's also true this is the only high speed train capable of circulating in high speed in both international & Iberian gauge. I think if Talgo solves the problems, the 106 will be considered as good as the 103 or 112 AVE series. Cheers.

[saharbike]

Thank you mate for this new video clip review - it is no no for me to be on this train trip though with that bonking experience...🤭

[jandroniol]

This train has a gauge change mechanism and it uses it on this route. One of the disadvantages of this system is that it is more difficult to make the train not vibrate, since it is more difficult to mount the complicated damping system. I am not trying to justify Talgo with this, it is simply for informational purposes.

[bradyreed]

I'm sorry that you had to endure both an uncomfortable ride AND the horrible Chamartín station. We've had to deal with it a few times, as the Valencia trains use this rather than Atocha.

[mariadelmarjimenezarroyo]

Please do a review onboard the AVE S102 in Standard class

[derpderpderpityderp]

It wasn't clear in the video - are the Avril S106s just using dedicated power cars (like Alstom TGVs) or distributed power like Siemens Velaro or Japanese EMUs?

[AtlanteanAN]

You travelled to North West Spain, not North East as stated in the video.

[RanadeS]

Can you please cover TGV service from Geneva to Paris.

[thomas-xjhs]

Thanks, very instructive and helpful for planning. Just a thought... It might be more personal/individual to have the intro with yourself in the picture...like your friend "Superalbs Travel"or Geoff Marshall

[devroombagchus]

Thanks! More or less what I experienced. Very noisy and uncomfortable train. The seats are bad and because of the 2 x2 layout in even the « highest » class, I felt even more confined. Luckily, I do not foresee any coming trips to Galicia. Your Spanish was not bad at all. Just two tips. The letter V is never pronounced as it would be in English. Best to turn it into a B. Valladolid is then Bayadolid. Spanish CH is never French CH, but like English CH. As in King Charles. Not the softer SH as in shoot or Olympic swimming in shit. You couldn’t get it easier as an English speaker.

[tonytrumpet]

18.15, looks like the site of the massive Talgo crash? Speed difference between your video and footage are a marked difference. Keep up the good work 👍