Flixtrain review : What you can expect for 9€ ? Crossing a country with comfort…

EUROPEAN TRAIN TRIP #23
Hi everyone, welcome to this trip report bound to Stuttgart, this is the last trip report of my European train trip. Flixtrain is a low cost operator.
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Railway company: Flixtrain
Train type : ES 64 U2 + Bcvmbz
From : Berlin Hbf to Stuttgart
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Duration : 6h37
Price : 45€ 12h before departure, price start at 9€
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[@CanuckJim]

I fell in love with the Berlin Hauptbahnhof instantly when I walked in for the first time. Many, many train stations (especially here in North America) are dark and depressing. This one is glorious - full of glass and light. It's almost a cathedral dedicated to travel that welcomes you in saying "It's a wonderful day, let's go somewhere!"

[@stefandee1970]

America in whole is depressing. Canada even worse

[@connectingwings7212]

It's also referred to as the "railway temple" in Germany :)

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

Look up Los Angeles Union Station - last of the true train stations built in the USA, opening in 1939. Still has that art nouveau look to it. You can also see it in the video Machine Gun Blues by Social Distortion, as well as the extended version of Cream by Prince (the first 1:30 or so. A;so, Santa Fe Station in San Diego dates back to 1914 - it is not big but done in a Spanish Colonial Revival style with a distinct blue tiled dome on top.

[@flopunkt3665]

Berlin Hbf can be annoying though because of the massive echo the glass cupola produces on the upper tracks which intensifies the squeezing noise of train brakes. You literally have to cover your ears when a train slows down inside it. And originally they had planned to make the glass cupola covering the upper decks even longer, which gladly they didn't.

[@CanuckJim]

@@flopunkt3665 I'm sorry it's like that for you - I'm older and a little hard of hearing so I've never experienced the noise that intensely.

[@makro-hesse8571]

10:24 That isn’t Leipzig, it’ the main station of Darmstadt near Frankfurt. I spotted it because of the stairs and the yellow/red/gray train from HLB.

[@marcowa_hl]

Then 09:26 is the "Kinzigtalsperre" right?

[@itmkoeln]

Yeah Leipzig looks a little bit different... It is a old terminus hall where like in Frankfurt/Main trains need to reverse out...

[@makro-hesse8571]

@@marcowa_hl that’s true

[@slighter]

Interregio wasn't a carrier but a product by DB Fernverkehr, just as Inter City and ICE, both of them still offered. Also, Interregio was a long-distance-train. It was an offer for people who didn't want to travel bewtween the biggest cities but between smaller cities and regions (hence Interregio) in fast and (then) modern trains. The Interior design was custom-made by BPR-Design in Stuttgart and was a whole new concept of travelling back then. I personally think it still holds up to today.

[@roachtoasties]

The Berlin train station is probably the nicest station I've been to.

[@notroll1279]

It looks nice but changing between the top and bottom level isn't well thought through; it's several escalators to take and the lifts are too few, too slow and stop for too long - this can miss you a connection. Apparently Deutsche Bahn thought it was more important to wedge a multi-floor shopping mall in between...

[@roachtoasties]

@@notroll1279 Yes, it's many levels, but I guess things got complicated when incorporating rail lines that existed before the train station did..

[@notroll1279]

@@roachtoasties The North-South-tunnel serving the lower floor was built and inaugurated along with central station, so there would have been flexibility to reduce the altitude difference to the East-West rails on the top level.

[@nicolasblume1046]

@@notroll1279 not really, because just south of the station the tunnel must pass under the river spree. They've built it in the open and diverted the river for that time. So I don't think that they could have build it less deeply.

[@Lukas-ie4xy]

In my opinion, low-cost operators, which only serve some few lines with high numbers of passengers and only run few trains per day, are dangerous for the railway system. Publicly owned state railways usually serve the hole country, even lines and services that are in deficit, while Flixtrain & co. only pick out lucrative services.

[@silenthunteruk]

There is a place for both.

[@MrMoccachinoo]

The German railway is separated into to two divisions. Regional and Long distance Service. The Long Distance division operates under economic pressure and only serves profitable routes. The regional division is ordered and paid by the regional authority, where already many privat companies operate. So there is no Financial support from the profitable routes to the regional rotes.

[@michaelpzillas7694]

really? db abondened my city 40 years ago like many others

[@kamilmusalat]

Lukas I don’t know what you have been smoking, but I don’t want none of that! That scheme works pretty good in the UK , there is Virgin trains, southwest railway services, national railway etc. and guess what? It works flawlessly compared to deutsche Bahn which is known to be not on time and super expensive with bad service. This competition is actually good, because deutsche Bahn is going to have to improve their service as a whole and cut prices. Privatization is needed, so these big government corporations-have to increase their management skills and not just blow tax payers money out of the window, which is very common in Germany. Have you seen the construction of the Berlin airport or the elbphilharmonie in Hamburg? That’s what happens with tax payers money if everyone don’t care (cause as they say: it’s just “taxpayers” money).

[@michaelpzillas7694]

@@kamilmusalat *the queen has left the chat*

[@neskranendonk5552]

I always love it when you enter Berlin hbf and you already hear the inverter of the s-bahn trains

[@Khalidazizphoto]

10:20 this station looks more like Darmstadt. because at that time Flixtrain did not run via Leipzig

[@KreppelSeppel]

It is Darmstadt for sure! "BahnGalerie" in the Background. Also Leipzig Main Station would look gorgeous.

[@xychrisii]

Hey nice video but IR trains in Germany was traveling up to 9+ hours I remember it every summer from south to north to the ocean

[@lausimeyer6558]

Great video! 10:24 - this is not Leipzig, looks like Darmstadt HBF

[@SilverScroll]

Lol, the "current" Flixtrain map you showed is actually outdated already; it doesn't show the Köln-Berlin service

[@MerleTrains]

...which actually turned into Aachen Leipzig (via Berlin) in December

[@SilverScroll]

@@MerleTrains Oh yeah! I'd completely forgotten the Aachen extension.

[@bastianmann4936]

Now it's closed haha

[@mstrmren]

Bastian Mann It’s not, Look on the Website you can still book it

[@bastianmann4936]

@@mstrmren I know, but they do not run any trains at the moment. They tell you after the booking. I heard "evil" DB allowed scammed Flix customers to use their trains.

[@rsp1030]

10:24 I'm pretty sure that this footage is at the Darmstadt main station. Still a very nice review, FlixTrain is also one of my favourite trains in Germany.

[@snug-fibbage7441]

I went on flixbus from Kaiserslautern to Brussels and it was amazing!, glad to see they expanded to rail.

[@michasreisefieber]

Interregio was not a regional train. Most Interregios had very long routes so from Aachen to Dresden or Aachen to Berlin. In my Eyes the main Reason why Interregio in the 90s were not successfull is, that at that time you paid for the distance of the route. And then it depended which trains you took, you had to pay a surcharge. So when only using Regional Train there was not surcharge. When using Interregio i think it as about 3,50 german Mark ad for Inter City it was 6 or 7 Mark. So an Intercity travel was only a few German Mark more expensive than an Interregio but way faster, that made no sense. Today with a modern pricing it could be attractive again.

[@marcinj1992]

Those ex-Interregio coaches long time ago when said Interregio trains existed were regularly visiting Poland as a part of IR Mare Balticum. They were considered to be very good coaches, much better than almost everything that PKP offered at that time (with the exception of some Z1A and Z1B from Henschel).

[@tobe4722]

The Interregio surprisingly was no regional Train. But it wasn't a typical long way train. It was kind of a combination. Interregio trains crossed the whole country of Germany but they were quite cheaper than the intercity and some Regional Tickets like the Weekend-Ticket allowed you to use the Interregio. In some areas Interregio trains replaced local trains because there was no room in the timetable for another train. Really interesting train I think

[@PhilMDE]

As from December 2019 Flixtrain doesn't operate this Service from Berlin to Frankfurt via Hanover anymore. It is now operating via Halle (Saale) and Erfurt to Frankfurt rather than Göttingen and Hanover Also they expanded the line from Berlin to Cologne to Leipzig on the eastern side and Aachen on the western side

[@timothy1_200]

Phil M. Second via Hannover

[@gilles111]

Insider tip for when not using a seat reservation, check at which station the train starts. And if possible use that station for departure. Then you have a good chance to find a nice seat. For this trip, if you traveled to Lichtenberg or Ostkreuz (not that long or hard travel off Hbf) you would have avoided the crowds at Hbf and Ostbahnhof. When traveling off a stop down the route (like Hannover or Kassel), always pay the small amount for a seat reservation; otherwise it is very well possible you have to stand for a long time...

[@caropirkogaming]

You have to try the czech/slovak company RegioJet, it's very cheap and the comfort and service is amazing!

[@liamg5845]

Caropirko Gaming yes I agree

[@jmsmilfajt]

I agree too. Regiojet is the only company in Europe that wasn't beaten in a competition war when Flixbus invaded another land (in this case Czechia/Slovakia). It's relatively cheap private-owned company that provides maximum comfort with new Scania IC buses and nowadays also provide rail services from Prague all the way to Vienna and Kosice with both old and new coaches and with 4 different classes in each trainset. As opposed to Flixtrain in Germany, Regiojet is by majority the favorable option here in Czechia.

[@liamg5845]

Jakub Milfajt also Leo express trains run all the way to Kraków Poland

[@mstrmren]

Regio Jet Runs the Trains for Flixtrain

[@Georgeasaurus2001]

Well i just want to say as someone from the UK that this "cheap" train is streets ahead of any train we have here, the fact that there is compartments on a loco hauled service and not just airline seats in a bland plastic tube that passes for most of our trains is something i would actually seek out and pay for as this is the type of train i actually enjoy travelling on, i would gladly travel on this on not just for the saving in ticket price but for the experience

[@lalavegna]

Welcome back to '80ies . Looks like "Arlecchino" FS ETR250 seats.

[@oldbutgoldmusiknostalgie]

Please re-do this, as Flixtrain has modernized all coaches and they are really good now!

[@herthafan7]

Yes, Berlin Centralstation is an impressive building, but for traveling its far away from a costumer friendly station: narrow plattforms, only a couple of elevators (driving through the whole station which make them very slow) and not enough signs and depature boards for orientation. Interesting that you stand in front of the stairs in 2:16 and in the next shot you are on the complete opposite side of the station using the escalator :D Thanks for the video and greets from Berlin!

[@venisri6300]

Cost of this train

[@theTHwa3tes11]

My country has little to no trains.

[@tobe4722]

I don't like Flixtrain really much. Yes they are cheap but they are treating their stuff not that well. They are not that well paid and the shifts are very stressful I heard. Yes it sounds a bit conservative but I like DB more because of their treatment of their stuff. They are much better paid. In addition I think railways should be operated by the "public hand" (I don't know, if it's the correct word. It's just translated directly from German). In transportation of goods I'm totally pro Competition, but in public transport I don't think it's really the future. For regional trains it's maybe an option but long distance trains should be operated by the states railways (again my English is bad :D) in my opinion.

[@CsabyC]

Some of those ex-interregio coaches arrived in Romania, were reconditioned and are still in use today.

[@RLMonsterA380]

Oricum toata flota de vagoane cfr calatori e patent nemtesc inca de pe vremuri

[@EA-js1me]

I hope that type of train travel does not get support in Europe. The airline industry has already been bastardized by private low-cost charter companies, which made traveling by plane in Europe as uncomfortable as possible, when choosing a charter flight, while not making any great improvements in major national airlines in terms of price lowering, precisely because of disloyal competition caused by private low-cost companies. Governments all across Europe should step up and put an end to that by starting to invest again in their public railway services. Take a look at Austria, China, Japan, etc.

[@_TravelTim]

6:22 Well, this coach/car isn't a Bcvmbz, it's a Bimz and wasn't fornerly operated by DB Interregio (never exist btw), it was operated by DB (Fernverkehr) in (firstly) Interregio-trains. 10:24 It's Darmstadt, not Leipzig. You didn't travel via Leipzig even.

[@InconsistentBastard]

One of the best coaches ever built. So happy to travel with them on a CFR long distance IR service, on a jointed track with the windows open. That sound.. Pure bliss.

[@fredcastor1]

I remember my first flixtrain, it was from koeln to duesseldorf, 9 euros that same day, go and return. The train was delayed by 30 minutes but man it was good.

[@alexanderschoneberg8610]

Don't let the name fool you, the Inter-Regio was in fact a somewhat higher priced, long range service 1 step below the IC. I loved those Trains and was very sad as the were canceled in favor for the more expensive (but in my opinion not better) IC and ICE Trains.

[@747AnanasBoeing747]

Das war unsere testfahrt kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXaWgqBmgpeYg9U

[@Rodoeht12345]

Flixtrain has got train slots in Sweden this year (2020) but it's still unclear which company they will partner with at the time of writing (March 2020). They will be running between Stockholm-Malmö and Stockholm-Gothenburg, it will be very interesting to see what rolling stock they're going to use!

[@bjornmundt5801]

Don't expect too much. The rolling material is not latest Design.

[@Rodoeht12345]

@@bjornmundt5801 Old stock is common in Sweden, Snälltåget, another private company, use stock from the 40's, 60's and 70's in their trains, Tågab, another private company uses mostly 60's stock, along with one from the 40's and one from the 80's. What will be interesting to see, though is if Flixtrain will be using old Swedish stock or import stock from abroad!

[@senzanome8294]

Is Flixtrain run or owned by Flixbus?

[@helilebon2383]

Yes. It is the same society.

[@bjornmundt5801]

Same Company.

[@Khalidazizphoto]

no, it is not run by flixbus. The operator is Leo-Express Flix mobility doesn't own any busses or trains. They have bus/train partners and they operate them

[@pakan357]

@@helilebon2383 Funny, society and company are the same word in my language too.

[@helilebon2383]

@@pakan357Thank you. Society, company etc..... English is not my native language. I am German, I speak German and French.

[@JG-wb1ix]

good video. i'm hoping to go back to germany in december. haven't been in years. i remember taking the train from berlin to frankfurt and accidentally sitting in a reserved seat. i didn't notice that there was a reserved sign and was embarrassed. the train was packed as it was the high speed one. i ended up finding an empty compartment and went there. no idea if i was even allowed to be sit there but i wasn't asked to leave it.

[@Tabchris]

You should try RegioJet in Czech Republic! Excellent value for money and supreme service! That is absolutely my favorite train company in EU so far. The Businesses class is preferred and if you book ahead of time you can take a ride from Praha Hln. to Ostrava for around 12 EUR. That's around 4 hours in business class for that less is ridiculous and a beer onboard the train is just about 1 EUR :)

[@gerdforster883]

The Interregio was a medium-distance product. They replaced the D-trains. The idea was that they would stop more frequently than the ICs, but not as frequently as regional trains. DB's idea was that the average journey on an Interregio would be around 150km. However, many people used them for long distance travel. They were only marginably slower than the IC, but cheaper. The rolling stock were from the late 60s/early 70s that were refurbished. It had its great time during the 90s, and basically was the train of my childhood and early youth.

[@samtrak1204]

Informative trip tips as usual but I wish you would spend more time and film footage in cafes or bistros, my favorite cars to socialize on any train. You just seem to rush right through those cars without pause or sit in all your videos I've seen. Thank you.

[@baseballfan99]

I loved the IR carriages. I remember travelling on them in 94 and 96 between Offenburg and Konstanz. They also ran other routes including Berlin to Amsterdam. They were a great brand that have not been surpassed on the routes they operated on.

[@TheArkamedBat]

Quick service (140mph/230kmh)

[@x1achilles99]

Wow. That Berlin HBF is glorious! Excellent video!

[@dave1001]

Britain needs Flixtrain to drive the fares down

[@Edelweiss1102]

I'm aware that I'm blessed living in Switzerland and I'm not saying there shouldn't be any competition ever. But I have yet to see an example from anywhere around the world where privatization and cheap carriers have brought nothing but good to a rail system in the long run. I'm not and never have been a fan of buisness models that puts profit at all costs without any regards. It's all fun and games until the negatives start to pile up. You seem to have been lucky with your Flixtrain experience, as it's a far cry from what I and others have witnessed. They deliberately overbook trains like cheap planes, hoping that some people wont show up. The coaches aren't refurbished, they can be loud, dirty, uncomfortable and will start to show their age soon. They neglect maintenance and underpay their stuff to a point where it can become a real danger to your safety. Look no further than the UK to see the absolute Mess that Thatchers glorified privatization left behind. The rail systems is a mess and rotten, the state had to buy it back and is still suffering the consequences. Private carriers come and go on a regular basis, there are many different types of trains, tickets, services, overall you pay more for less reliable and worse service, it's just one giant mess. There just isn't all that much room for competition on a railway system. There are good examples like Leo Express or Regio Jet in the Czech Republic, but there need to be strict rules and surveillance for the customer to really see any positives in the long run. Or it will all go downhill from there. Many people praise ÖBB and SBB as the best train companies in Europe, state owned yet somewhat competitive companies who work in tandem with their private counterparts to provide a tight, comfortable and reasonable prized service instead of trying ti compete and gain maximum profit at all costs. At the end of the day traveling isn't cheap and I'm willing to pay a certain prize for a good product. And as someone already has mentioned, train systems just work different here in central Europe with people not only traveling between big cities, but from pretty much anywhere to anywhere regionally. And if you really want the railway to be a worthy competition to cars and planes, there is no way around that. Cheap competition has already ruined traveling by bus and airplane to a point where you either pay nothing to get absolutely nothing in return or a huge premium fee for a product that used to be standard for a reasonable prize, I really don't need the same shit happening in the rail business too. In the end, cheap carriers mainly leads to 2 trains a day on the 3 most profitable routes between big cities in 90s coaches with a complete lack of any safety and absolutely no guarantee in terms of service and delays. As a competition for the people who want and need it, whatever. But as the future of European train travel? Hell no.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Although ÖBB is indeed very good (didn't make any personal experience with SBB yet), I in fact made even better experiences with trains across Norway. Although expensive, the Oslo airport train was by far well ahead of all of them with the nordic-simple and yet stylish interior and an amazing timetable of them going on a 10 minute schedule which is very rare for high-speed rail. Another provider to mention in a positive way is the ALEX going from Munich to Prague, with on-board ticket service, old coaches with extremly comfortable seats and with one modern double-deck coach being part of the train as well

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Lessee, Flixtrain picked up Locomore's short lived crowd funded Berlin-Stuttgart service. Didn't know it went via Leipzig. As Locomore it went thru Frankfurt iirc.

[@sm6allegro]

Yes they rerouted it over the VDE 8 line in December. They made up for it by introducing a Hamburg-Stuttgart service

[@random8149]

Nope, the Berlin-Stuttgart line has absolutely nothing to do with Leipzig. How could that work? It would be very weird due to the locations of those cities.

[@adalmar]

It is nice to have a low.cost option on the rails, and i'm sure it isn't making the "railway system" more dangerous like some people believe, but in no way i see that as the future for europe. I hope the future will bring even better high speed train service and not some old fashioned trains that operate at low-cost on some highly asked routes.

[@dlsjr123]

We only have FlixBus in USA and I love it. Reserved seating and free wifi for a lower cost than competitors. Would love to see them start a rail service here

[@edwilson5416]

Nice sunrise in the Berlin station. I wish Flixtrain would bring their business model to the UK.

[@DanielsUKT]

I heard flixbus was going to operate in the UK as competition to intercity coach operators national express and megabus but I'm not sure now because of covid bad impact on the industry

[@hellfiregrowler]

Grand Central, Hull Trains and Lumo have you covered on the East Coast Mainline to be fair

[@Teddini]

Around 9 minutes: Those were not refurbished, and this style of carriage was also used long distance with DB! I remember using a coach like that a few years ago, when going from german/swiss border to frankfurt. I used that service quiet regulary because my family is split between those two regions, and on those trains (IC) they had this configuration. Not always, but sometimes. I am not that into trains, so idk if it was regular or just some spare reserve coach, but the seats, layout, colors, everything is exactly as i remember it!

[@helilebon2383]

Et bien, confort réduit qui convient aux jeunes gens (low budget). Nun ja, für jüngere Leute eine gute Wahl. Für Ältere ist der Komfort zu gering und die Fahrzeit zu lang. Die moderne Taurus-Lok ist lobenswert. Merci pour votre récit informatif. Pour les jeunes gens Flixtrain est une bonne solution. Et il est important que la DB ait une concurrence, elle qui était (pratiquement) monopoliste.

[@dobbinism]

Great report, Thibault, what I'd call a real train ! :-) Impressed with Berlin Hbf too, must get myself off to Berlin soon.

[@shepwillner7507]

Nice video, Sir. Sometimes I wish you would explain why you're going to a particular destination if you're not going to do any sightseeing. For example, was there a reason why you chose to go to Stuttgart? I do know from reading Fodor's Germany tour guide that Stuttgart is where Mercedes has their automotive assembly plant. Did you have the chance to visit the plant while in Stuttgart?

[@optecio]

Good to see flixbus expanding into the railway business

[@erikgag]

Flixtrain overtook the Wagons from Locomore AS they are bancrupt afaik

[@Vertexini]

wtf? Flixbus have trains?

[@Catonaut.]

yes. for almost 2 years. And I'm waiting for FlixPlane 😂😂

[@danielalbrecht955]

The main company actually called flixmobility

[@malikimtiaz4434]

I am also vloger but how you filming people faces in Germany. And no one objecting? I am linving in Hamburg .. and like to shoot vlog like your one.

[@KumarNikhils]

I liked this flixtrain. Although I only travelled from Stuttgart to Frankfurt and takes 3times more time than ice. But train is very long. Accomodated much more PPL than ice or even ire or regional trains which are much smaller. Had separate section for passengers with babies so passengers without as well as with babies are comfortable. And despite crazy rush still no one was standing or travelling on floor.

[@BenSussmanpro]

great report! I’ve never been to Ger but I like how the Netherlands gives 2 options to train travel- hi-speed & legacy. Also, the DC-NYC route is begging for a flixtrain!! Amtrak is horrendously expensive.

[@BruscoTheBoar]

Flixtrain deserves a re-review now as they got completely overhauled coaches :D

[@timor64]

This would be really interesting. The state of the rolling stock was pretty naff

[@stephanedajtlich]

We definitely need competition here in France. The only competitor of the SNCF (Inoui.... ridiculous name) is... SNCF (Ouigo... Ridiculous name again)

[@martinlacour4880]

Quand on réfléchit 2 secondes, on voit que c'est totalement idiot.... Partout où la concurrence a été mise en place, soit c'est resté pareil, soit c'est devenu pire. Le réseau restera public en France. Car déficitaire (et oui, le privé ne veut que du rentable). Donc si le public est ''mechant et mauvais'' d'après la petite musique dans l'air du temps en ce moment, ben le réseau sera toujours aussi mal entretenu, donc votre '' train privé tellement génial'' n' avancera pas beaucoup avec un rail cassé devant lui... Je t'entends déjà dire ''bouh les méchants syndicalistes sncf qui glandent rien''. Et à ton avis, qui va travailler dans les compagnies privées ? Les cheminots sncf qu'on va transférer ! Donc les mêmes que tu critiques aujourd'hui. La dette : elle ne vient ni du fait que ce soit public ni du statut des cheminots mais du fait de la du tout TGV et de la destruction des Intercités dont je rappelle qu'on est passé en moins de 5 ans de 40 lignes à 6 lignes en France... On nous dit que pour sauver les petites lignes, on fera appel à la concurrence ? Tu te rends compte de la débilité profonde de cette assertion ? Déjà que la SNCF soi disant publique, n'en a rien à foutre, tu penses sérieusement qu'un opérateur privé qui ne cherche que de l'argent va les reprendre ces lignes ? Le train privé Thello Paris Nice est un ratage complet. Les intercités de nuit SNCF que la direction de la SNCF est en train de détruire en ce moment sont bien mieux. En Angleterre, c'est une catastrophe sans nom suite à la concurrence. Les prix n'ont pas baissé. Les profits ont augmenté. La majorité des britanniques souhaitent une renationalisation. Qui est d'ailleurs déjà en cours. Grâce au Brexit. En Suede, la majorité de la population veut une renationalisation, c'est un bordel sans nom. En Allemagne, tout n'est pas rose non plus. Les allemands sont vent debout contre la filialisation de la DB. Il y a par exemple bien plus d'accidents de trains en Allemagne qu'en France. Le privé n'augmente pas l'émulation ni la créativité : le TGV a été inventé dans la SNCF publique. Les noms débiles que tu critiques, c'est justement du marketing issu du privé, c'est pas de la faute du public. Enfin, le rail est un monopole naturel, où la concurrence est impossible. Sans compter le biais dans le choix de l'opérateur qui est une entorse à la concurrence. Autre ineptie : on pourrait avoir des situations où la SNCF se concurrence elle-même via ses filiales. C'est déjà le cas sur la ligne T11 en Ile-de-France... Donc tout ça n'est que le vol, le dépeçage, le démantèlement du bien commun des français pour le vendre aux vautours du privé...

[@stephanedajtlich]

Quel blabla lfiste. Pour les noms débiles, si c'est vraiment issu du sale privé assoiffé d'argent, pourquoi copier ? Ensuite j'ai dit qu'il fallait une concurrence, pas un remplacement. Et le public choisi le meilleur. Pourquoi certaines régions françaises choisissent la concurrence.? Tu n'es pas heureuse d'avoir le choix entre plusieurs produits quand tu vas faire tes courses ? Ou quand tu dois acheter une voiture ?

[@mstrmren]

Flixtrain has Plans to expand to France in two years!

[@martinlacour4880]

@@stephanedajtlich Je ne suis pas LFI. La concurrence est un leurre dans le ferroviaire. Toi tu ne pourras pas choisir quelle compagnie tu prends. Il s'agit de donner une ligne au privé donc de la privatiser. J'aimerai bien qu'on m'explique en quoi une ligne déficitaire serait reprise par un privé qui ne cherche que l'argent... Donc on donnerait le rentable au privé et on laisserait le public sur les petites lignes sans possibilité de faire de péréquation qui permettrait de financer les lignes déficitaires par les lignes rentables dans une optique de service public. Donc le public s'endettera encore plus. Or je croyais que cette ''réforme'' était faite pour reprendre la dette de la SNCF. Partout où la concurrence, donc la privatisation, a eu lieu, les choses ne se sont pas arrangées, elles ont souvent empiré. La majorité des suedois et des anglais souhaitent une renationalisation, les allemands veulent la fin de la filialisation de la DB. Ensuite, si tu as une rupture de caténaire ou un rail cassé, c'est le problème de SNCF Réseau donc du public. Avoir un train privé ne te fera pas rentrer chez toi plus vite si le rail est cassé. Tu voudras donc privatiser le réseau ? Regarde l'exemple anglais. Il est quand même fou de croire que des boîtes qui veulent réduire les coûts et appartiennent à des banques ou des géants d'autres secteurs en aient quelque chose à foutre du service de Mme Michu... Tu n'es pas sans savoir que dans tous les pays où il y a de la concurrence dans le ferroviaire, les acteurs privés concurrents sont grandement subventionnés (pas pour améliorer le service, mais pour en mettre plein les poches des actionnaires) . Ah, l'argent public il est utile là ? Un peu comme cette presse qui hurle du matin au soir en exigeant la privatisation de toute l'économie, mais qui ne vit que grâce aux subventions publiques, pas grâce à la régulation naturelle du saint marché. Ensuite, ce n'est pas de la concurrence mais de la privatisation. Et ce pour 2 raisons : La concurrence réelle est impossible en ferroviaire. Tu peux regarder alternativement une chaîne tv ou une autre. Tu peux choisir un canapé de la marque 1 ou 2. En revanche si ta région décide pour toi, sur aucune base, le test viendra après, que ta ligne passera sous bannière Keolis (le privé de la SNCF. Là c'est bien la SNCF quand c'est un concurrent à elle-même ?) ou Transdev, tous les trains de ta ligne seront Transdev. Tu n'auras pas le choix. Il s'agit donc bien de privatiser une ligne. Et même si certains services seulement de ta ligne sont exploités par la concurrence, si ça tombe sur le train de 8h et que toi tu prends celui de 7h30, ben tu prendras celui SNCF de 7h30 forcé. Donc il n'y pas de concurrence. Et si le train de 8h, tu le prends, mais que comme la SNCF est tellement mauvaise et mechante d'après toi et que le privé réglerait tout, le train SNCF de 7h30 devant toi va tomber en panne, alors tu seras bloqué même si t'es dans un train privé. Tu diras que c'est de la faute du train SNCF devant toi. Qu'il soit de ta ligne ou d'une autre. Donc tu voudras, comme la SNCF est vraiment très mechante, que cette ligne devienne privée. Au final tu n'auras plus de concurrence, ce que ti disais souhaiter pourtant, mais un monopole du privé. Et on retourne à ce que j'ai dit en haut : la concurrence réelle n'existe pas en ferroviaire. C'est d'ailleurs cocasse cette volonté de multiplicité des acteurs via le privé car justement le but du privé est de bouffer ses concurrents, les racheter pour finir en situation de monopole mais pas pour fournir un service public, plutôt pour faire le plus de fric. Donc plutôt que de subventionner un monopole privé, je préfère payer pour un monopole naturel public. 2ème raison : la SNCF est devenue ce 1er janvier 2020 une société anonyme. Il est explicitement écrit dans les textes que cela a été fait car le statut de SA permet une ouverture du capital. Donc non elle ne restera pas publique. Elle deviendra subrepticement quasi-totalement privée. En fait, je me rends juste compte que comme la plupart des français, tu répètes "concurrence'' comme un slogan sans savoir ce que ça veut dire, ce que ça implique, comment ça fonctionne, ce que ça changera ou pas... Cerise sur le gâteau :" les cheminots SNCF sont des glandeurs, des tricheurs, des flemmards'' je parie, hein ? Et le privé c'est le nirvana et le paradis ? D' accord, donc question simple : qui travaillera dans les boîtes privées ? Exactement les mêmes cheminots actuels de la SNCF ! Et en verdue de quels théorème ces ''salopards'' dans le public deviendraient des stakhanovistes dans le privé ? Enxore une fois : a priori, à peu près, mauvaise foi, slogans, verbiage, communication, prophéties auto-réalisatrices... Ce que tu n' as pas compris c'est qu'il s'agit d'accuser son chien de la rage pour le tuer. On démantèle et empêche de fonctionner la SNCF, puis on dit que le privé fera mieux, afin de partager les juteux profits. La séparation entre réseau, mobilités, gares est d'une stupidité sans nom, en Allemagne elle ne fonctionne pas, mais elle est un préalable au démantèlement du public et à l'arrivée de la concurrence. Ainsi on raconte ces histoires de voyageurs où un train est prêt à partir mais il manque la loco. Il y a une loco de fret inutilisée 30 m devant sur une voie de garage. Mais malgré tout, il y a interdiction de l'utiliser même si elle est dispo, parce que DB Fret est une entité distincte de DB Voyageurs, donc le mélange est interdit. Efficacité du marché ou bureaucratie du privé ? A la SNCF à Asnières il y a quelques semaines, pour avoir accès à la salle de pause, il fallait entre autre participer au concours machin du talent des cheminots ou envoyer 5 mails par jour. Voilà les méthodes de management américaine qui sont en réalité de la bureaucratie soviétique pure. Cette SNCF meurt sous le poids des petits chefs teigneux et de la hiérarchie. Le privé, c'est juste un moyen pour les hauts fonctionnaires d'aller pantoufler sans limitation de salaire comme dans les boîtes publiques.... La Suisse, toujours première des classements ferroviaires a gardé une entreprise unie. La concurrence qui existe en Suisse est de la concurrence pour rire car ce sont 3 autres réseaux soit totalement publics aussi soit avec ses propres rails. Les CFF sont une SA mais depuis 1999 et le capital est toujours à 100% à la confédération. Or en France, on a bien vu ce qui s'est passé avec France Telecom... La comm de la SNCF, ce sont des méthodes du privé. Comme je l'ai dit, la SNCF est maintenant une SA donc du privé en réalité... Donc en réalité, si la SNCF foire aujourd'hui, c'est une bien belle entreprise privée en train de foirer que tu observes. Les anglicismes, les challenges foireux, le yield management poussé à l'extrême, les sites incompréhensibles, les 1000 filiales, l'auto-concurrence... Chaque fois qu'il y a un problème, les gens se plaignent et disent ''mais où est passé me service public ? Vivement la concurrence''. Mais s'ils veulent la concurrence, ben la SNCF doit se comporter en vulgaire entreprise privée comme une autre donc sans service public... Elle est la l' idéologie à la soviétique : dans tous les domaines de réseaux où on a mis en concurrence, les prix ont augmenté, le service a baissé. Mais on continue à nous le vendre comme si c'était la solution miracle. D'ailleurs, les français ont décidé de ça ? C'était clairement inscrit dans les programmes politiques ? Ça a été débattu ? Non ça a été imposé en douce par des technocrates européïstes de Bruxelles. Je te rassure, eux prônent la concurrence, le travail le dimanche, etc mais sont en monopole, ne travaillent pas le dimanche... Et comment la région choisira le" meilleur "? On ne le sait pas en avance si telle société fera arriver les trains à l'heure. On ne peut pas tester le produit... Dans les activités de réseau où il y a des investissements à long terme et pas de court termisme, la concurrence est impossible. Ça a foiré sur EDF, GDF, les autoroutes, l'eau mais on veut continue sur le train... Voilà tu vois, quand on parle du ferroviaire avec un peu de subtilité, de faits, d'analyses, de méthodes et de profondeur, ça change les choses !!

[@f-btsc9944]

Je suis tes content que tu es pris le FlixTrain je me suis souvent demandé à quoi il ressemblais et je me disais qu’un jour tu allais aller dedans 1:14 détrompe toi , certains de leurs trains roulent à 200/230 sur les lignes à grandes vitesses allemandes graces au locomotives BR182/ Taurus ( 2:55) 😉🙂 Bref superbe vidéo

[@kurthackenberg9549]

I actually travelled on that high speed lane you saw in an ICE 4 from Hamburg to Zurich one week ago! I do remember some of the places I saw in your vid!

[@smoothflying]

Very nice review! Flixtrain will operate from my hometown Göteborg to Stockholm this summer. First train out of Germany!

[@JockeWahlberg]

Last thing I've heard is traffic going to start from late august.

[@noah_aze]

Oh oui le br 182. Sinon super voyage

[@olasola1013]

8:21 *Legends say he his still drinking his coffee while FlixTrain runs routes in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Austria and possibly a few more*

[@grambo4436]

Hey! I wonder if you can do the Swiss sbb cff ffs next?

[@francescoouattara8452]

Man !!! The sunrise at minute 2:28 is just amazing 😍

[@timmeister5857]

your Train did not pass by at leipzig

[@outdoorolli5754]

Correct. What he showed us was Darmstadt.

[@tobeytransport2802]

Jees in the uk you’d pay more like £160 for that ticket

[@liamg5845]

Tobey Transport no necessary as you take Avanti trains from Glasgow to London for £30 single journey, which is 4 hrs 45 mins plus

[@stevecooksley]

Not with advance tickets.

[@olli2591]

Deutsche Bahn is equally expensive if you don't buy your ticket far in advance or need to be flexible. The Flexpreis is almost 140 euros travelling via ICE, but the ride is also an hour faster than by Flixtrain.

[@timothy1_200]

olli2591 The Flexpreis doesn't cost always exactly 140€. Maybe if you book for the train that comes in 10 minutes. The difference is that it is flexible ( not like in the uk ) and with an BC50 ( for 20€ per month or 5€ per month if you're under 27) you get 50% of. So for a Flexpreis from Frankfurt to Köln it'll cost 40€ (via Sfs 280-300km/h)

[@stefandee1970]

But 5 major cities only? Does flix train operate now, end june

[@titteryenot4524]

All of Europe’s a night-train/And all the men and women merely passengers/They have their Brexits and their Schengen Areas/And one man in his couchette smells many farts/His trips covering different gauges/At first the teenager/Hungover and puking into his best mate’s arms/And then the whining young man, with rucksack/And bleary morning face/And then the lover, riding off the rails/Into unknown tunnels/And then the husband/Sighing with sternness/And a where’s my passport?/Made to his wife’s eyeball/The next gauge slips into the sidings of serene retirement/And Interrailing at Senior-Person’s entitlement/The Spanish gauge shifts into green and considered Irun/The spectacle of those/With Euros well-saved/Last train of all/That bookends this changing, scentful mystery/Is second-class and near-Bolivian/Sans tea, sans pies, sans haste, sans air spring.

[@picotago]

10:21 That’s not Leipzig Station. Leipzig is in the East of the country. The station you showed is Darmstadt Hbf.

[@andymo4671]

I try to avoid Berlin Hbf - Berlin Südkreuz is my goal for my journeys to and from Munich. I think it s a mess climbing from basement to the platforms above.

[@miguellindstrom4204]

Did you travelled with the DB IRE from Berlin to Hamburg?

[@amtrakharry]

That was and excellent trip report ! Does this train have first class seating ? At 125mph the trains cars seemed very quite and smooth riding!!! :):):) Thank you for sharing !!! :):):)

[@ytGiu07beppe392]

Flix bus flix train my brain exploded no way 😅🤯

[@albertcristian4540]

In Romania we have a 0,62 Euro train, for older people for 50 KM.

[@brandonbollwark5970]

why does this low speed train with old fashioned carriages STILL go faster than most Amtrak trains!??!

[@sxflyer5410]

I guess you need to do a new tripreport about Flixtrain, as they modernized their stock during the lockdown...

[@miroslavmilosevic1040]

Compartments are pure sex. They shall stop replacing them with stupid coaches.

[@Thomas1980]

Nice Video!

[@Catonaut.]

you know that berlin central station isn't even completed building? some parts of the glass roof are still lying in a factory or somewhere else

[@random8149]

Ah german efficiency. You should look the BER airport and Stuttgart 21 up.

[@alstorer]

looking it up, it seems that as of December the train now starts at Berlin Hbf (tief) rather than Berlin Lichtenberg, and takes a different route (a least for part of the journey)

[@melodyschleicher81]

I haven't used Flixtrain, but the Flixbus service is very good.

[@martinmarinov7322]

We have the same wagons in Bulgaria, but only in an express trains. I mean without the colours

[@andtsech2602]

Back in the 80s, DB don't have a/c coaches, only SNCF have.

[@icdgyixifyinstereo]

We need them in the UK. Fares are too high on long distance routes. Easyjet are the preferred option here.

[@timor64]

They seem to have lifted their game a bit. I last took them in Sept 2018 Booked a seat, the carriage was old InterRegio stock and completely filthy. Windows dirty, seats with decades of built up dirt. I was in a compartment, The AirCon didn't work and opening the window meant it was insanely loud. Take earplugs! I went from Berlin to Hannover but at that point you didn't get dropped at Hannover HBF, rather a station outside Hannover, you make the last km's on the S-Bahn for an extra 3 or 4 Euro. From their website, this has improved too I notice. I thought I would never use them again, but after seeing your video maybe I will give them another go. Thanks.

[@chefchaudard3580]

I remember those coaches from, well... 40 years ago. Je me souviens avoir pris ces voitures il y a... 40 ans.

[@Riteshgaurtrainzone]

Beautiful

[@vitoperez7969]

Que gusto da ver vagones convencionales en una Europa donde solo importa la alta velocidad aunque sea una ruina.

[@mohammadchowdhury6729]

Happy seeing FLIXTRAIN & FLIXBUS of Deutschland 😮❤😮

[@c.j.benoit8662]

The US could really use services like this.

[@MrMatley74]

berlin hbf is the best station of europe i love it!!!!!!!!!!

[@vitovlasic3556]

Will you come to Croatia?

[@SimplyRailway]

I did a video here mate, I'll release it soon

[@georgeisopescu7396]

Great video Bro! I like this train😍😍👍

[@banchnotok]

Interregio trains were considered long distance trains

[@mohammadislam2652]

it are Modernized flixtrain new in Germany 🇩🇪

[@Zones33]

German and Japanese ingenuity is unmatched

[@pistrelo_official9164]

Im italian🇮🇹

[@egyhazibenedek2927]

4:23 In Hungary, the "Raabercity" coaches have the exact features. Except they aren't too comfy.

[@christiantamme8514]

Deutsche Bahn all the way man. They may suck, they may be late, and they may need a lot of improvements but I'd take their trains over this anyday!

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

some smaller providers sure are a lot better than the DB in terms of service, quality and comfort. Can be both regional as well as long-distance or international trains

[@jeroenkorte4695]

Hello do you have try Regiojet??

[@BelovedOppressorAladeen]

how the hell those ancient trains go that fast