I rode Spain’s crazy TRACK CHANGING high-speed train!
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Published 2024-06-19
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Journey Details:
Origin: Alacant-Terminal
Destination: Barcelona-Sants
Company: Renfe-Operadora
Train: Renfe S130 + Talgo 250
Accommodation: Premium Confort Seat (1st)
Distance: 545 kilometres / 339 miles
Price: €44.90 (£39.40 / $45.00)
Time: 4 hours 52 minutes, arrived 1 minute late
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All Comments (21)
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I can confirm sitting on a wooden bench in the corner is an excellent replacement of the lounge.
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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.
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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
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Saludos a todos desde España. Greetings to all from Spain.
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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.
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I rode one of those in Uzbekistan, on the Afrosiyob service to Samarkand last year. The interior was pretty much the same.
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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 😅
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Hello! When you were entering Valencia, that big grey box was another gauge changer. Amazing video! 👏👏
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All train transport is amazing! As an American, I can confirm that all the trains shown on this channel are amazing! Germans and British people who complain about their trains are really lucky compared to us. We hardly have any passenger trains.
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11:09 “There’s a buffet car named train cafeteria” (ie cafeteria del tren) 🤣
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Great trip. The train design reminds me about duck. Gauge changing like this is definitely great invention.
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7:06 the "retro" lcd screen is also on the Amtrak Cascades talgo 8 sets, which were built in 2013. They are located in a different spot though.
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I liked the way this train changes its wheels from broad gauge to standard gauge… Being a high speed train this is rare but a nice feature to have…
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Nice travel report.
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Nice video. Keep up up the good work.
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That gauge changing is remarkable. I was supposed to go on a Talgo train from Narbonne in France to Barcelona, however I had missed the info the seat reservation is compulsory on that train. So I had to change plans. I went to Marseille instead. Some time later I flew to Barcelona. I expected that gauge changing to go even slower.
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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.
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Not going to lie but I love each and every one of your uploads!
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Cheers fella 👍
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Love to try out Renfe, especially between Barcelona and Madrid as they do look more interesting, the more I see other viewers reviewing them.
