Is there no passport control?

If i could get to St Pancras more easily, I'd visit Lille more often. I find it a great place to visit, and I've found a good low cost hotel where I stay too

I literally had that announcement on Monday. We were heading to Amsterdam and when we got to Brussels they said they were waiting for train crew to arrive and then they terminated the train and told us a power cable had gone down in Rotterdam. We then had to stay in Brussels for a day/night and no alternative travel was provided.

😍 P r o m o s m

I'm doing the fort William sleeper in August next year and I've booked a seat

Great trip I'm thinking of visiting the Netherlands soon! Will check out Kinderdijk

Wow Switzerland

Glad that you had a good experience on the Bernina Express. For us it was totally different. We got stuck for almost 3 hours in a tunnen due to a thunderstorm. If you like you can read the full story below (by the way: we also love Switzerland. It is extremely beautifull). The service of the Bernina Express (RhB) is TERRIBLE! Safety might also be an issue! (quite a long story, needed to show the essence). On July 18th 2023 a thunderstorm hit the power-cables. The Bernina Express got stuck in a tunnel for almost 3 hours. The only information we got was after 10 minutes: 'we are experiencing a power-down due to a thunderstorm'. That was all the information we got. After about half an hour the passengers got a bottle of water (which was a good service ofcourse) and after about an hour also some chocolats in a small Bernina-express-souvenir (also good). Due to the fact that passengers started to complain that it was getting to warm in the train, the personnel forced a door open (windows can not be opened). Still no information anymore! Toilets got out of use (electronic flushing did not work anymore, so poop was floating in them and the toilets were almost flooding te floor). On the right side of the train the space between the tunnel-wall and the train was approximately 20cm, on the other side maybe 50cm?). It would have been good to now how to get out of the train and tunnel in case of a further emergency (thunderstorm can also cause fires), so after an hour we and other passengers asked which way was the shortest way out of the tunnel (only possible if there would be enough room in between the tunnel-wall and the train on the left side, which was not sure. Reaching the front or back of the train through the train itself was not possible). After around 2 hours and 30 minutes we suddenly felt some movement (like in a very small collision). No information! After another 20 minutes the train suddenly (without any information or warning) started to move. Apparently we were towed back to Bürgun station by a Diesel-locomotive. Arriving there, still no information! Passengers opened the train and started to get out, walking across another train-track to the platform (not knowing if another train could arrive at high speed!). There were still people on the track when another train arrived. Slowly fortunately but nevertheless somewhat dangerous. On the platform no personnel to be found! No personnel to give us any information! A friendly man who worked ar the museum (that had just closed) told us to perheps get on the just arrived train since it would probably bring us back to Chur. It did! Still no information. Another friendly man on the train told us, after we asked, that this train would bring us back to Chur. Only about 10 minutes before arrival in Chur, a friendly lady who worked for RhB (the company that owns normal trains and the Bernina Express) came into the train and told everybody that all the bills of hotels (we needed to book another hotel as many other people did) transportation needed and food needed would be fully refunded by RhB upon sending the bills. We specifically asked her if we had understood the information correctly and booked a new hotel for the night. So we did sent the bills as soon as our vacation was over. In our case only another hotel-reservation (since we never arrived in Tirano and could not enjoy that city and hotel overthere) and a dinner-bill (we drank water to keep the bill as low as possible. In Tirano we would have eaten a salad from the supermarket, but when we arrived in Chur at around 20:30 at night there was no supermarket to be seen that was still open). Do you know what happened? Nothing! RhB (the company) tells us via e-mail that thunderstorms are a reason not to refund. I called today (August 30) because of the fact that personnel had told us that we would have a refund (name of the person was given to RhB). The reaction: 'We know that our colleague, Mrs.......... , has told you and many other passengers wrong information about the refund. We had internal meetings in our company about this issue', but still we can only gave you the 52 euros of the ticket-reservation costs. We can not refund anything else! You have to go to your travel-insurance-company, like we advised all the other passengers too'. INCREDIBLE! We have paid 52 + 2x63(Chur-Tirano) + 2x52(Tirano-Chur) + 149 (newly booked hotel since we could not use the hotel in Tirano and that hotel has not given us a refund) + 56,00 (cheapest dinner we could find in Chur). All in all we paid almost 500 euros! If we would have known up front how bad the service would be and that safety would be an issue (you can't get out in that tunnel or many other tunnels probably, so if a fire would have come like in Kaprun in Austria it could have ended really badly) we would have never taken this train! Unfortunately we did not know! Although we tried to stay really calm in the train-tunnel, which we could manage and many other passengers also (fortunately), we were very very glad to be out safe. Also the windows were not clean and one even had a big moisture-problem, making it impossible to take nice pictures (the lights within the train are on as well during daytime and since the windows can not be opened taking pictures is somewhat difficult anyway). Going back on the regular train, not exactly knowing were we would sleep and eat that night but still feeling relieved to be out safely, we could open windows and take some nice pictures. The information-system on the Bernina-Express that tells you what you see during the trip (guide-system which could be activated via a QR-code on a tablet or telephone) and wifi did not work (we, and other passengers, asked at the start of the trip. Both systems were out of order).

Iam from the U.K like you, i however live in Switzerland with a Swiss wife. Life is expensive, but, good.

Hi

Join me on a grand tour of Switzerland by train, taking in the sights of Zurich, Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen.

Very nice journey

Thank you really enjoyed going on the walk with you.

Looks like a lovely spring day out! 🦆

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I did that journey a month after you and after listening to the creaking and groaning of the carriage in your video it reminded me of why I didn't get any sleep. Apart from that the scenery was fantastic as was the ride on the Jacobite.

thanks really enjoyed that and no horrible music 😊😊

What’s the app you was using ?

How these compare to the older virgin/Avanti trains?

What app is that

Rest Easy George Michael.

Such a stunning stretch of line.

Soon to be travelling on that route to Inverness via Edinburgh Waverley. Have to change to a ScotRail service from Edinburgh to Inverness, but it should be a good journey.

Ŵere drinks/snacks or hot food provided?

Litteraly 17 hours till I get to do this

Nice video highate cemetery looks interesting and lovely to walk around

I expect the corridor is so dark to either encourage people to stay in cabin or power saving.

Is this a new train? Is this really 1st class?

This is really a lovely peaceful walk through Highgate Cemetery West. We've been to the East Cemetery but not here. I hope to rectify that as soon as we can travel to the UK again. Thanks so much for posting this.

Puts the Amtrak here in the USA to shame.

Relaxing train ride. Loved it.👍

I'm your 100th sub

Oh if you want engine sound stand in the area where the disabled toilet is near the door. I beg my parents to let me stand there instead of sit down

Lovely train

Love the reflection of the scenery in the water, beautiful. Stunning vlog and great channel.

Beaitiful

A station all to your self

Nice capture dear. Friend from Edinburgh. Like 4 .Let’s stay connected 👍

Join me on the LNER Azuma for a first class trip from Newcastle to London 💬 CLOSED-CAPTIONS (CC)/SUBTITLES ARE AVAILABLE ON THIS VIDEO Just turn on closed-captions for informative subtitles to find out more details about the locations we visit

What was that app you were using for the speed?

How much was it etc?

Was there any at-seat catering provided ?

A bit of commentary would help, or at least some text explanation?

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Breakfast in a tray on first class! I hope it was in the price of the ticket.

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My office is visible at 2:40

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Join me on a walk around London's Highgate West Cemetery. Highgate is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, dating from 1839. 💬 CLOSED-CAPTIONS (CC)/SUBTITLES ARE AVAILABLE ON THIS VIDEO Just turn on closed-captions for informative subtitles to find out more details about the locations we visit.