Inaugural Journey: Iryo High-Speed Train Madrid - Barcelona in First Class

[@sombra2]

Hi! I was one of the drivers of that train. To the questions you ask in the video: 1. Haizea means “wind” in basque, 2. The VIP they were filming on your coach is Simone Gorini, CEO of the company and 3. The mountain ridge we cross approaching Barcelona is called Montserrat. Glad you enjoy our first trip, it was a pleasure and an honor having you all on board!

[@doc7austin]

thank you for the safe ride yesterday!

[@jlbuenomeandro]

👍👍👌

[@alessandrolaspina2856]

Hola Javier. Felicitaciones. Ciao desde Sicilia.

[@jbkingesq9889]

Thank you for the great video, and I appreciate not having to hear silly music used as a filler in your videos. Adults can appreciate the content as presented.

[@Robot8A]

Barça is just the short name for the football club, not the city! Bcn or Barna are the short forms for Barcelona.

[@zerberus500]

What a Beauty!😍

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

On the same day of the First day too wow.

[@АзизСорокин-ж3и]

Hello. Thank you for your videos👍

[@pritamkoli]

Five star coverage

[@kaceykong9421]

Seems that their attendants are also well-picked. They all look good.

[@RobertsDigital]

Europe needs a high speed train system that connects the entire continent

[@geekydude2438]

Nice trip report. Agree the shaking is annoying. I would not be thrilled if I got spilled all over by juice and coffee after spending big bucks on a first class ride like this.

[@doc7austin]

i paid only EUR 43; hopefully, Hitachi will solve this shaking issue

[@g.o.3262]

Yes, a new firmware will be ready next week 😂

[@jacopomainoldi9025]

@@doc7austin it is not Hitachi's matter.

[@jacopomainoldi9025]

@Paseos por Madrid Can you prove it?

[@jacopomainoldi9025]

@Paseos por Madrid I can prove these trains are designed to operate on European Lines not Italy or Spain singularly. Now, since in Italy we do have these trains, which are excellent and way better than those used in Spain (even the design it's an all win game), I've never experienced a similar issue, instead of Trenitalia's competitor Italo which was less comfortable. Now, or it was that coach/seat with a particular issue, which is strange for a brand new train undergoing multiple tests, or it was a part of the line with a poor maintenance. As I said, you cannot prove it was the train only. PS I have been to Spain more than you have come to Italy, I'm 99% sure about this. Unless you've lived for years in Italy...

[@mohammadislam2652]

Nice Camera

[@luispalmar1236]

Red arrow, Flecha roja , freccia rossa

[@abus3562]

Nice looking train inside and out. Enjoyed the video, thanks for the ride.

[@pveijk1]

Also available from Napoli to Milano vice versa via Roma Termini! I made your trip this year from Siracusa to Milano and I took Frechia Rossa from Napoli Centrale to Milano Centrale. It was an amazing voyage! Thanks for your suggestion!

[@MultiGamingOfficial]

it’s available in pretty much every (important) station in italy

[@rezaalan3991]

Great trip.

[@samtrak1204]

Iryo Lounge in Barcelona is very attractive and comfy looking. Any complimentary food or drinks?

[@antofre7108]

That's some kind of cosmos...

[@stefanokasuga4384]

Hi. Thanks for the beautiful video. I would like to make a clarification. In the past this train was originally called ETR-400. Trenitalia called him '"Frecciarossa 1000" (to differentiate the new train from the older ETR-500) but people confused the name "1000" as the name of the train itself, so in the end Trenitalia officially renamed it ETR-1000. The Spanish train, however, is no longer ETR-1000 but ETR-109 as you can see from the muzzle to minute 0:02 (in this case this is the ETR-109 train number 8).

[@CarlesPerez77]

the difference is, that the engine is not from hitachi, is from bombardier, made in spain

[@axwleurope9519]

There an annoying noise on board

[@francescoceresani3343]

Just also a thing, iryo is the name of the company, not a translation of the name Frecciarossa

[@KrlKngMrtssn]

Wow gorgeous staff included 🤓

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Nice video on the inaugural trip (unlike some lol), looks like a great service!

[@JL-xi5sr]

Nice!! Meanwhile in Vancouver trains go at an impressive 80km/h

[@fcjose31]

Lo Mejor es que hay pasajes de Madrid a Barcelona o Madrid Valencia a 7€, este IRYO hay Ofertas a 10€, AVLO a 7€ y el OUIGO a 9€.

[@wendymartinez7366]

Very helpful

[@mickybcn7453]

But freccia rossa in italian mean red arrow.

[@uncinarynin]

Sure a lot of trains to Barcelona in the morning! Avlo 6:20, Ave 6:30, Iryo 6:45, Ave 7:00. Is there an Ouigo too? 8:34 jurassic park effect in your drink. That ride quality isn't first class and I wonder what causes it, bad track or a defect in the train?

[@Reens-Rails]

NIce review Alex, as always. Looks like a great experience. Despite the earthquake-breakfast 🤣

[@doc7austin]

Who is Alex?

[@Reens-Rails]

Who is Alex? Who is the Doc? What are we on earth for? Questions that keep the gears in my head running.

[@willele]

08:35:The shaking is because the bad track geometry! Or the tablet is not fixed well at chair!! But more thats shake for me is jolt! and for the rest of journey there aren't shake or jolt!

[@BubblesBub434]

Do the talgo trains have the same issue though? Or is it better because of their unique bogies

[@jacopomainoldi9025]

Exactly, it never happened to me in Italy.

[@jacopomainoldi9025]

@Paseos por Madrid The same train has been running in Italy for 7 years, and never happened there. In any case the train is not even Japanese.

[@jacopomainoldi9025]

@Paseos por Madrid Are you scared of the competition? It seems you are threatened. Italy is less wide than Spain, so yes there are less 300 km/h strecht, which means we are really good with less length of service... What a ridiculous comment, if you operate once you can operate all. Those defects I guess are referring to the famous Fyra. Always the same 10 year old story. I guess you are poorly informed cause all the trains running in Italy are built there and now in Spain. Like 150 high speed trains? All with defects? I hope that you will accept better Renfe losing market share.

[@rsnankivell1962]

@@jacopomainoldi9025 Let me tell you: The company ILSA, which is the one that operates in the Spanish high-speed network under the trade name IRYO, is 55% owned by two Spanish companies and 45% by Treinatalia. It's therefore a company more Spanish than Italian... 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jamesrobinson9194]

A same-day video! Weird seeing an Italian train in Spain though.

[@rsnankivell1962]

Let me tell you: The company ILSA, which is the one that operates in the Spanish high-speed network under the trade name IRYO, is 55% owned by two Spanish companies and 45% by Treinatalia. It's therefore a company more Spanish than Italian... 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Cr4z33_YT]

Out of curiosity why does it have an Iryo logo if it is blatantly an Italian Frecciarossa from Trenitalia? 🤔

[@CarlesPerez77]

45% stake of trenitalia in the company, the rest is spanish

[@Ismael_jagne]

This train looks more beautiful Clean than the French tgv’s here 😂

[@ambesyosa]

hello, do I need to print the ticket (on paper) if purchased online? or just show the mobile ticket from email without printing it? thanks

[@azk1985]

Haizea means wind in basque.

[@Markelekram]

Haizea means 'Wind' in Basque!

[@danielmarcotorrente4437]

14:34 This mountains are called Montserrat

[@michifog5752]

This train in my states(🇮🇹) Is Frecciarossa1000

[@CarlesPerez77]

Hitachi/Alstom....Japanese and French, built in Italy, with an engine made in Spain

[@thomasita5485]

hi! , here in Italy the etr 400 is called Frecciarossa 1000! however there is no difference between the Spanish one and the Italian one.

[@BrawlBRSTMs500X]

E questo è un problema

[@saveriocannata3447]

Yes, the train in the video is the the Italin Frecciarossa called in spanish IRYO

[@CarlesPerez77]

There is a difference, the engine, which is made in spain by bombardier, the rest of the train is italian made by hitahi

[@axwleurope9519]

​@@saveriocannata3447 iryo ops the name of the Spanish company not the name of the train

[@rsnankivell1962]

The company ILSA, which is the one that operates in the Spanish high-speed network under the trade name IRYO, is 55% owned by two Spanish companies and 45% by Treinatalia. It's therefore a company more Spanish than Italian...

[@fabiofabio203]

it means that Trenitalia is the majority shareholder

[@rsnankivell1962]

@@fabiofabio203 It means though Trenitalia is the majority shareholder in ILSA, that doesn't change what I said: ILSA is in any case a majority Spanish company (55%) ...

[@SalvaBarbus]

The mountain ridge at 14:33 is called Montserrat. There, a wood statue was found, which became the saint patron of Catalunya. As for the shaking of the train, it is unavoidable, as the tracks themselves are horrible. You've seen it in other videos riding RENFE's AVE, and I 'm convinced you could put the best Shinkansen trainset there, and it would still seem like a washing machine on a spin cycle. It is that bad.

[@horeally1150]

Wow didn't know the high-speed track is that bad. Looking at the images of the tracks they look in great condition and the infrastructure modern. I've travelled Milano-Firenze and Roma-Firenze high speed lines and never had this kind of shake with the Frecciarossa 1000. Perhaps a sway or two. You'd think the Italian tracks would be worse especially Rome-Florence which is the oldest and most heavily used.

[@CityWhisperer]

The tracks are far from being "horrible". The line is barely 15 years old and undergoes quite some preventive maintenance. Siemens trains, which are the ones used by Renfe, can run perfectly fine. In other Iryo trip reports, notably Simply Railway's report, the shaking is barely noticeable. So it's either this specific seat itself or the carriage which comes with some defect.

[@horeally1150]

@@CityWhisperer I think Simply Railway's report was done in the same carriage if I'm not wrong. Perhaps it is just that seat.

[@doc7austin]

I was starting in Madrid, so the breakfast was served around 50km East of Madrid; Simply Railway was starting in Barcelona, so the breakfast was served 50km East of Barcelona; the track section is different

[@kanchanananayakkara8959]

Wow! So what is the speed like on this “horrible” stretch of the high speed line? I have traveled by Siemens Velaro E(Class 103) and did not experienced a shake like this bad!

[@kanchanananayakkara8959]

OMG, such a bad shake for a modern high-speed train. But the interior looks so plush! Nice trip coverage too! Yet I love El Pato & Talgo technology more than any other high-speed train.

[@horeally1150]

Read Salvador Giralt's comment. It seems more like the tracks are the issue not the trainset which would've done tests here before and noticed by the Hitachi Rail staff.

[@CityWhisperer]

@@horeally1150 The line is barely 15 years old and undergoes quite a lot of maintenance, being the most used high speed rail corridor in the country. I really doubt it's the tracks.

[@jacopomainoldi9025]

@@CityWhisperer But it could though. It doesn't mean it's unsafe but the same train model here in Italy does not shake like that. Consider this to be a newly built train so > it was the track.

[@kanchanananayakkara8959]

@@horeally1150 so what about train’s suspension system? As I am originally from Sri Lanka where island’s railways have certain length of very badly maintained tracks on its main line, I have experienced a better ride quality on board some trains equipped with modern suspension systems (yet not as sophisticated as high speed trains & no where near to a high speed track system) Simply this can’t be only the track! 🙄if so I wonder how other high speed trains are doing on the same stretch!

[@CityWhisperer]

@@jacopomainoldi9025 Newly built trains can also come with manufacturing defects. There’s a reason as to why there were Hitachi staff on board the train. It could even be an issue with just that specific carriage from that specific train. Maybe that specific seat wasn’t correctly placed. Maybe it’s a mix of many factors. Some things just can’t be detected until you start with real commercial runs.

[@shaffow]

What a gorgeous train! Proud to be Italian

[@rsnankivell1962]

Let me tell you: The company ILSA, which is the one that operates in the Spanish high-speed network under the trade name IRYO, is 55% owned by two Spanish companies and 45% by Treinatalia. It's therefore a company more Spanish than Italian... 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@user-df3ty8ei2u]

@@rsnankivell1962 Still, the train was always used in Frecciarossa service in Italy, and now in spain because of the new company.. So its more italian than anything ;) it still has the old livery

[@CarlesPerez77]

@@user-df3ty8ei2u the engine of the train is made in spain by bombardier, now Alstom

[@Backwardlooking]

I noticed that the Menus are only in Spanish. Obviously that is a mistake as English is the language that most visitors can understand.

[@yorkchang6210]

Chinese introduced high-speed rail technology from Europe 20 years ago, but now, in my opinion, their high-speed train technology is already ahead of Europe. At least China's high-speed train runs very smoothly. If you stand a coin on the table, the coin will not move all the way. and the business coach of China's high-speed train can be compared with the business class of Emirates Airlines, but the price is the same as that of Europe.

[@fcjose31]

Claro se hincharon a espiar todos los trenes Europeos, lo peor es que Europa lo permitia, hasta con ultrasonido para ver el grosor de la capa del tren.

[@Oldladysgin]

Haizea means wind in the basque language

[@AutoslaapExpress]

I believe Haizea is the Basque word for ''wind''.

[@CarlesPerez77]

You Forgot Ouigo (French low cost high speed train) and it was in front of your nose, at the left of Iryo🤣🤣

[@franciscorodriguezsalmoral8416]

Más videos de la estación de tren de cordoba central capital duración larga directo y bocetos de trenes de colorear blanco y negro por favor y maquetas de los trenes de cajas de pilla y circuitos de la vía

[@cristinaravet3706]

Haizea means wind in Basque. This company is more spanish than italian

[@fabiofabio203]

I read comments from envious Spaniards here. they don't deserve this train.

[@CarlesPerez77]

jelous of a japanese train? lol

[@elenagsm50]

Montserrat, the mountain ridge it's called Montserrat.

[@Oldladysgin]

It is the websites which fail all these companies except Ouigo....why take 15 minutes when you can take only 5 to book a ticket. Websites and Apps and how easy they are to use will make the success here.

[@giordanofernandez4720]

Haizea means Wind in Basque.

[@Virtussino29]

Why in Spain they have not the executive class?

[@EpicThe112]

If you look at the roof there are 2 Pantographs one for Spanish French & Italian 25kv 50hz systems and 3kv DC Systems Italy Slovenia 1.45m Copper strip 2nd is French DC 1.5kv DC and Deutsche Bahn und Österreich Bundesbahn 15kv 16.7hz AC wires 1.95m strip

[@samtrak1204]

How is the ride quality? It looks a bit shaky.

[@matostrainspotting]

Spain is making a train trip look like a plane flight. Instead of arriving 10 minutes and go straight to the platform that are a lot of checks that take way too long in crowded hours.

[@kenw7287]

Spain has security checks for their high speed rail lines after a failed terrorist attack by Basque separatists in the 1990s.

[@Angel-ul8vi]

No tardas ni 10 minutos en pasar los dos controles, pocos trenes has cogido en España.

[@barvdw]

@@paseospormadrid1751 that depends, I almost missed my train because of those checks once, arrived about 40' before in Atocha, took me 10' just to find the right part of the station, and almost missed the train because there were so many people having their luggage checked. I'm still not convinced these really help to improve safety, too...

[@barvdw]

@@paseospormadrid1751 honestly, most times I did not have many problems, either, but mostly because often, the checks are downright ridiculously watered down. If my stuff is sent through the metal detector at all, the agent tasked with checking it is hardly looking. But it only reinforces my feeling this is just useless security theatre.

[@alessandrolaspina2856]

Good trip report. Ciao from Sicily...... Italians do it better..... 😆😆

[@rsnankivell1962]

Let me tell you: The company ILSA, which is the one that operates in the Spanish high-speed network under the trade name IRYO, is 55% owned by two Spanish companies and 45% by Treinatalia. It's therefore a company more Spanish than Italian... 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@alessandrolaspina2856]

@@rsnankivell1962 lo se, lo se perfectamente..... No te preocupes..... 😁😁......pero Trenitalia tiene un papel técnico muy importante en esa compañía, no? Relájense chicos.....estaba bromeando.... somos todos europeos😆😆Saludos desde Sicilia. Ciao

[@netrhyda8761]

I guess people are always in a big hurry these days.

[@jodyknight2468]

👏 Promo sm!!

[@Charlizzie]

8:22 That's one way to shake your breakfast. 17:31 More like France to me. Those Catalan alphabet and pronounciation say so.

[@zhengjunjie2744]

this is italy

[@michaellaudahn]

17:30 Neither - nor. You're in Catalonia

[@kurko38]

🤣🤣🤣 Catalonia does not exist as a country. It is only a region of Spain.

[@michaellaudahn]

@@kurko38 No me lo digas .)

[@kurko38]

@@michaellaudahn Así te enteras mejor.

[@rsnankivell1962]

You wish!

[@fernandom5070]

Haizea means wind in basque country language... Perfect naming on a high speed train.😆

[@Slender42YTofficial]

those who wrote that iryo is a 50% spanish and 50% italian. fanculo, the train is 100% italian, FRECCIAROSSA 1000

[@celsolopezriu4348]

Bombardier (now Alstom) Trapaga factory built the engines

[@Aletek]

Iryio is a joint venture between Trenitalia (IT 45%), Air Nostrum (ES 31%), and Globalvia (ES 24%). So by all accounts, 45% Italian and 55% Spanish. The Frecciarossa trains are obviously built by Hitachi and Alstom from Trenitalia's specifications.

[@CarlesPerez77]

Hitachi is japanese, not italian, even if it's made in italy, and the engine is from bombardier, now Alstom, made in spain, and it's 55% spanish, 45% italian...Let's see if italy let's Renfe compete in Italy

[@pablofernandez3284]

Talgo doesn't shake as iryo do. Talgo system is better than Italian train.

[@BrawlBRSTMs500X]

I'm probably a black sheep but I hate this train: I know the Italian version very well and it doesn't change much compared to this one. The seats are practically identical and are quite stiff, especially in second class/standard class and the biggest problem are the lights which create a dull and sad atmosphere in the evening (fortunately, however, on ETR 500/600/610/700 it is not Like this). Plus it's quite noisy especially when you sit at the ends and the worst thing is that in Italy we don't have Avlo, Ouigo or InOui except for the routes to France which however are now also operated by these awful trains. If we now start exporting this high-speed model as well, my dream of traveling in comfort will be ruined. I would like a different high speed, on the French or Polish model: Not too elegant but with comfortable seats and essential services with at most a welcome snack in first class and, in parallel, a low cost high speed service, something in which instead Italy seems to go in the opposite direction (eliminating the Frecciargento and aligning it with the Frecciarossa). I know that Italo exists in Italy but compared to the Frecciarossa it changes very little, the seats are a little more comfortable and on the recent models (ETR 675) the light is different while on the older ones (AGV 575) the same problem as the Frecciarossa 1000