Eurostar drivers eye view travelling at 300 KPH

Eurostar travelling at 186mph/300kph along English high speed line

[@Mevalot]

Hi everyone, just a quick message in response to some comments below. A lot of you have commented on how the train is moving around quite a bit, however this is not the case. The train is actually very smooth, however, when I uploaded the video I tried an anti shake option which has unfortunately made it look like the train is driving in jelly. A lesson learned and I will not be applying the anti shake to future videos. Once again a huge thank you to everybody for all your kind words and support on the videos 👍

[@AviationDirection]

Thanks for clarifying this 5 years later.

[@andyhall7032]

@@AviationDirection big fat lols

[@andyhall7032]

@Umang Singh g-force round the bends. maybe.

[@theweatherstudio9101]

Bit late but okay!

[@kirmussaudio7578]

Thanks for the clarification !

[@daveb0789]

I recognise where this is as I’m a national express coach driver on the motorway m20. He’s running alongside the M20 between Eyhorne tunnel and Harrietsham tunnel going towards Folkestone. Note that ‘cruise control’ or ‘vitesse impose’ is not being used and power is being manually controlled to prevent over speeding down the gradients on the approaches to both Eyhorne and Harrietsham tunnels. Also note that on the substantial rising gradient between Eyhorne and Harrietsham tunnels that speed falls to the mid 280s kph from a maximum of 298 attained at Eyhorne tunnel.

[@ac10372]

Great insight 👍 :)

[@redastiouti8792]

Ki

[@lawrence18uk]

Motorway finally becomes visible at 0:50

[@daveb0789]

@@lawrence18uk it should become visible again at Lenham (loops) too.

[@simonojha5357]

Thank you sir for the explanation 👌🙏🏻

[@a.nelprober4971]

Amazing how he steers round those bends at those speeds

[@FilipinoFurry]

You cant steer on trains

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

@@FilipinoFurry Woosh.

[@Elaba_]

This job is only allowed to do by retired Formula 1- drivers.

[@FilipinoFurry]

@@TheOneWhoMightBe goddamit i am convinced the comment above that should be wooshed too

[@phillbenjamin4715]

Yes, he seems quite agile at the wheel, I wonder where he learned to steer like that...😊

[@MiroKlose]

Expert Train Driver. He keeps it glued on the rails, even at 300 kph. Amazing skills

[@adamlevine2046]

There are some good trains in pakistan too

[@theweatherstudio9101]

@@adamlevine2046 Aren’t you still using horse and kart down there?

[@adamlevine2046]

@@theweatherstudio9101 No buddy not like you guys

[@WeldinMike27]

It corners like its on rails.

[@BigDonkMongo]

@@theweatherstudio9101 what a beautifully ignorant comment

[@User-3O3]

That would be a dream-come-true for me, to drive the Class 373 Eurostar.

[@pansearedducklet9054]

I've done it on train sim world

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

@@pansearedducklet9054 how did you manage that🤔

[@pansearedducklet9054]

@@ace-paidinfull5240 drove the loco not the route lol

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

@@pansearedducklet9054 oh you talking the tgv? Was thinking when since was the eurostar on tsw🤷🏽‍♂️ lol

[@pansearedducklet9054]

@@ace-paidinfull5240 yes lol, god I wish, can't wait for the steam locos and if we get it, multiplayer

[@MikeWillSee]

It doesn't look like you're going that fast until you compare the speed of the train with the cars next to it

[@9C85-g4b]

Long before HS2, I drove from Paris to Calais. I'll never forget driving up the autoroute at 80mph thinking I was doing well , only to get passed on late left hand side by an original Eurostar going 100mph FASTER than me 😀

[@vishnunarayan1150]

Based on the pilot’s head movement, the train is negotiating the curves 😎

[@Mevalot]

Hey everybody, just wanted to say a big thanks to everyone for the views and likes on my channel. When I uploaded these videos nearly 5 years ago I didn't imagine I'd ever get this amount of views. I also have some videos on my Tik Tok account aswell (mevstrains). I hope to have more regular content on the channel in the near future and would really appreciate it if you could all subscribe to my channel and leave a like. Once again, a huge thank you to you all for all the channel support.

[@Aquilius_Caesar]

I know this might sound pretty stupid, but 300 km/h somehow look kinda slow from a train engineer's view.

[@roycemurgatroyd7963]

But when you see trains at speed from a station or in a siding there like bullets

[@UweJMeyer]

This will be the dream to ride this bullettrain of every US train engineer.

[@Genius_at_Work]

I always thought most Americans hate Electric Trains?

[@BigDonkMongo]

@@Genius_at_Work no, our oil gas and automotive lobbies do, we want good public transportation and fast rail

[@paulcoffey359]

i THOUGHT IT WOULD LOOK A BIT FASTER THAN THAT.

[@mrc7478]

YEAH I KNOW PAUL, I THOUGHT THAT TOO

[@bean2705]

When you are driving it never looks that fats but if you watch it go past you then you realise how fast it is

[@johndonovan7018]

it does. the video is just fucked quality wise. distortion ruins all

[@paname514]

Awesome video, you were very lucky to be able to get inside

[@Mevalot]

Yeah I was lucky. The driver is my dad and his manager said I could go in the cab as he was in there as well.

[@MiguelSucksAtUrbanism]

@@Mevalot wow

[@avanti488]

@@Mevalot Lucky!

[@Sharon_McCluskey]

He gave the train driver a BJ 😅

[@paname514]

@@Sharon_McCluskey it would be OK for him to give the driver a BJ if he weren't he dad lmao

[@khairulsabirinbinabdulrahm2083]

Very stable and consistent alignment of train, I had onboard Eurostar train back in 2013 October 4 times...from gare DU Nord to Saint Pancras station...by the way I'm Malaysian Malay, and I'm hoping one day my country will have Asianstar train ...from Malaysia to Indonesia and China... 😂

[@1allan2]

Amazing when such a large mass is cruising at 300kph !

[@xaiano794]

As a driver myself I'd like to work these but I don't want to move down south. Hopefully I'll get a chance when hs2 is completed

[@timosha21]

I'm a train and I approve this video choo choo!!!!

[@bflathead]

Took Eurostar from London to Brussels… transferred to train to Brugge. what a beautiful day.

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

Man this would be amazing for me. Went to Disneyland in this old badboy, but i do like the newer class eurostar

[@wilfriedlechner6299]

Wow! What a video! My DREAM one day to sit next to a Eurostar driver and watch it with my eyes - going a speed of 300!! 3 weeks ago I was on Eurostar’s to London n Brussels! Fantastic to experience this speed! Thank U! Bless U!!

[@kieranrankie203]

It looks a lot slower than I expected 300kmph to look

[@idot3331]

300kmph is about 186mph, so if you're used to mph it sounds faster than it really is.

[@nicoheroesdx]

At some point I was wondering where the steering wheel was, but then I realized wait... it's a train... I feel so dumb.

[@nj2033]

You can tell by how much the drivers getting bashed about its the English side and not the smooth French side...

[@Rowan66109]

read the pinned comment

[@behramcooper3691]

And yet the coffee cup remains standing.

[@nicksmith-chandler458]

I would just go straight if I were him

[@HDDRTY1]

Damnn. Its not plying, its flying.

[@mksmar]

What a VISION...!...Like Wandavision... 😁😄😅

[@ayataka_trip]

Nice video! I wanna travel by Eurostar someday.

[@NikonF5user]

I'm actually surprised that it is not smoother than the ride appears. Back in coach I do not recall ever bouncing around that much on the TGV at roughly the same speed...

[@NikonF5user]

Oops! I posted this before seeing the comment about the camera shake!

[@KoScosss]

That electronic video stabilisation though 😧

[@Rakesh5505]

Wow. Even at speed of 300 kph still his steering control is awesome..😹😹

[@ericwashington2171]

Id be asleep. On long stretches the inactivity would put me down

[@ahmadrisqillah6739]

POV of when you use stablizing feature on very shaky footage in premiere pro

[@MePeterNicholls]

Do you know, it feels a lot calmer and peaceful And I expected. I really do feel like you could take everything in your stride. It does not feel that fast

[@Thabang_G]

That stinging noise would drive me crazy.

[@tourstravelsrailways]

Good one

[@jeniferallan6693]

I am shocked how wobbly it is up front Oh...just read your update.

[@LetsTakeWalk]

He just travelled 5km in this vid

[@Steven-qi4gm]

And it’s all controlled by a clipboard 📋

[@jnawk83]

Came to find this comment...

[@TheNigel55]

Great video

[@patrickshaw8595]

It was uploaded with the wrong frame rate. You have to set playback speed to 2X for it to look right : D

[@paulstuart2130]

Drive,s eye view cab ride do injoy watching them even euro star to London Waterloo

[@joebring9079]

Pedal to the metal! Yeah Baby!

[@advaitofficial1991]

The fact that he didn't even reach 300 kmph speed 👁️👄👁️

[@jamrah8713]

Probably because of the gradients around the area

[@youdhagarnacharry4026]

I'm a speedomania, only 120 km/h is enough with a cheaper price ticket .

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

So fast n so smooth. No speed bumps

[@Mevalot]

It's surprising how smooth it actually is. Couldn't believe it when I was in there.

[@theweatherstudio9101]

@@Mevalot Doesn’t look it though.

[@bookianaunroblox661]

300 kph is 186 mph.

[@sasDkary]

This looks to be 90 km/h. Don't know why it was showing 290

[@johnkelly1083]

???

[@idot3331]

You actually think your intuition is more reliable speedometer on a high speed train?

[@StefanWithTrains]

Every pole has 70m in between so you can calculate the speed

[@sasDkary]

@@StefanWithTrains I think distance between two polls is about 55m. and speed whaat is being shown is right. At first glance it looked as if pools were like 20m apart. That because of speed and smooth liniarity!

[@StefanWithTrains]

@sasDkary Yeah, the Netherlands uses 70m on their mainline network, but I just remembered it was 50m on the HSL-Zuid where trains also drive 300 km/h (186mph).

[@shaincreations1571]

World class engineering

[@noahhuckleby6517]

It sounds like a tgv to me and looks similar to one

[@jonathan.schivaura3409]

The SNCF 373 or TGV TMST is part of the TGV family. Built in France.

[@Mevalot]

It is a class 373.

[@typhoon-7]

@@jonathan.schivaura3409 built in France and UK.

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

@@Mevalot the class 373 is a part of the TGV family built in france

[@LiveFromLondon2]

@@Scottish_Transport_Explorer built at Washwood Heath, Birmingham, ENGLAND.

[@nicksissom5028]

I'd like that as much as sky diving off the empire state building, or swimming around the intake towers at hoover dam

[@nick34075]

а где же руль?

[@sergeolchowec905]

Looks crazy dangerous 😳. Seems like if he didn't lean the train would derail .

[@burgerpommes2001]

That's image stabilisation for you

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Nice 🔥

[@AW-kr9fl]

My aim is to get this job. I’m a qualified driver in another part of the country but have family near St Pancras. I wonder if any current E* drivers could shed some light on the recruitment process and any inside information?

[@effyleven]

Hmm.. interesting to see that the ride is none too smooth, judging by how much he is swayed from side to side... (?)

[@the_minimalistic_adventure]

Dang. That the engine is oscillating so much from side to side, is this normal?

[@Mevalot]

No I messed up the editing. Tried an anti shake option and it made it look like the trains driving in jelly lol.

[@elacorp]

I was Troubled too wondering if this isn't dangerous...I watched a Japanese train speed and there wasn't any shaking

[@JAM-rp6fi]

Yeah, it seems like the camera was the one moving side to side a lot, and there were some editing tricks done to try to remedy that. Unfortunately, it just made it look as if the whole engine was moving whereas the camera was staying still.

[@joshplaysdrums2143]

There's a cup a coffee on the left side that isn't moving at all which helps show how steady it is :)

[@theweatherstudio9101]

@@Mevalot Even the driver is moving his head a lot though as if it was shaky.

[@westerlywinds5684]

In Vancouver, passengers can sit there as we have driverless trains.

[@idot3331]

I highly doubt Vancouver has driverless 300kmph high-speed trains that travel through an undersea tunnel and across multiple countries. London has the DLR which is fully automated, but like the skytrain it's just a light metro service. This is a international high speed heavy rail line, it can't be automated.

[@teodytrinidad9497]

Paris Train Driver Gold Medal Most Punctual

[@outbackwack368]

I'll bet all of the conductors have tinnitus... I know I would, but doubt you could wear earplugs.

[@yomiola4683]

Trains look easy to drive, I reckon I could learn to drive one, well paid too

[@formidable38]

There's a big differance between watching it and actually doing it!! This is in-cab signalling as its over 125 MPH, so it makes it easier but you still have to learn the routes you drive over, being able to drive them in thick fog and at night for example! You gotta know where to start braking so as to stop in the right place etc, you also gotta know where every speed restriction is off the top of your head. Going fast is easy, stopping it in the right place is hard! Also, the rules you have to know off by heart are in the hundreds!! You get tested and mentored regularly and your every move in the cab with controls are recorded.

[@MichaelBSteeleAviation]

Crazy how low speed it seems.

[@kevinsmeeton9504]

Actually it is between 292 to 294 kph.

[@Incognito-vc9wj]

I’d fall asleep in less than a minute

[@EdwardChan.999]

The train is shaking violently

[@ИванКрасноярский-е3я]

even with a larger track width, the speed on that turns would not be more than 120kph

[@aldorfc220]

This ain't train sim 3 this is real life 😂😮

[@amitwaghode9732]

या❤️ पण तयाबरोबरच

[@youngvegas8115]

Why does it look like he's going slower

[@khalilminorel747]

Based on the visual perception of the electricity poles it's passing it sure doesn't look like it's traveling at 300 mph... 100 mph maybe.

[@Oliver1997Physics]

But it is 300 Kph not mph. It's about 180 mph

[@coastliner7009]

Looks Fun

[@nizamieminov3648]

Please avoid using anti shake when uploading.

[@gulpbiys5705]

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[@pappuautade265]

Very nice

[@alxd-againstzaia2395]

Its unexectable !!!! The driver doesnt hold the stearing wheel

[@voidjavelin23]

Bro thinks tgv is a car💀💀💀

[@denyyand484]

Amazing mr.....luar biasa

[@kirmussaudio7578]

Not the shinkansen. Wobbly track alignment

[@voidjavelin23]

Because this is class 373 my guy

[@kirmussaudio7578]

@@voidjavelin23 thanks

[@StefanWithTrains]

It isn't shaky, it just seems to be in this video.

[@birdshouse7504]

w great

[@mohamedrasheed476]

Good job

[@cazadoo339]

Omg this is strange to see

[@universalsaltcompany8846]

Gosh maybe more stressful than flying a plane

[@Project_Slagharen]

I dint think its that stressfull.

[@fabians439]

this looks like the TGV Duplex 2000

[@aanrosihan1972]

Takengon menonton

[@akrk-e0105]

突然おすすめに来た

[@thedarkmaster4202]

I’m seeing in 2x speed and looks 600 kph 😎

[@sir.joshuarane.doebler3762]

The Eurostar train is something like Amtrak though?

[@BELGIANTSM]

Hello, Have you cabride of TMST with AWS working too?

[@v2v652]

I got this

[@hartstukken]

@@v2v652 　please post

[@mariuszl2085]

Hard working man hahahahahaha

[@ed731pdh]

Le snail's ears.

[@philscott4522]

Easy money £60k a year? Yes please!

[@FXP1688]

Awkward image stabilization :(

[@SS-hu5zt]

Mantap sudah bosku....lanjutkan..

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Put it on auto/cruise control and take a nap.

[@ytashu33]

So that dial thingie he is twisting with his left hand is what then? The throttle?

[@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791]

Meanwhile yanks are still in the stone age.

[@rq4740]

For those who don’t use the metric system this is almost 50 miles per hour

[@meecob]

They do 100 mph in the tunnel. No faster

[@TheALbibo]

Nothing in front of Chinese bullet train network

[@nervun8097]

They reach the same speed so... No difference

[@burgerpommes2001]

@@nervun8097 that is not how that works

[@hariranormal5584]

Imagine that thing hits a car omfg

[@danielislamartinez23]

high speed lines dont have car crossings

[@aasirarr8435]

Hey bro spelling mistake ... its kmph not kph

[@XBKLYN]

If ever there was a job for a machine.

[@thomasflanagan8754]

Im assuming that big red button is an emergency brake?

[@Project_Slagharen]

Most likely, they love to make giant emergency buttons now hehe

[@zitaksal]

Train driver here. Don't drive high speed trains, but this looks like a typical Alstöm cabin to me. To me, that button seems more like the ones they use to make the headlights blink to indicate danger to other trains.

[@StefanWithTrains]

​​@zitaksal the button the left is indeed the emergency brake. The button on the right side of the driver (which you can't see) is the headlight signal