Seville to Málaga using the old route. Slower, but much more to see!

[@IshaniMehta]

This is such a great tip...taking the slower train to see better views and really experience Andalusia while getting from one city to the other

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@IshaniMehta Yes, it is most definitely the best way to make the trip AND see more of the countryside. 👍 Thanks so much for the kind words and thanks too for watching 👍

[@juanantonioescalante8627]

Nice video. Thank you!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@juanantonioescalante8627 you are very welcome. Thank you for watching 👍

[@ericlerouge6641]

Merci du Québec, je ferai le même trajet dans 4 jours!!!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@ericlerouge6641 j'espère que vous passerez un bon moment. merci beaucoup d'avoir regardé 👍

[@niceberliner]

Very professionally done. What a difference to all the trallala hipsters' videos on YT. Nice to have not these horrible music backgrounds. Fine work. Loved it. Cheers from Berlin

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thank you for the kind comment and thanks for watching 👍

[@nuinmarnuinmar5321]

Interesting about the high speed line - thanks for sharing, as always!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes. It was interesting to see. If a little weird and sad!

[@jimcrawford5039]

Great video, thanks. Cheers from Australia

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thank you very much for saying so. Best wishes back to you from the UK. 👍

[@jameskeys971]

Excellent channel. I hope it grows!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Well thank you very much for saying so, I really appreciate it. "Tell yer friends!" 👍

[@VVellieMan]

Another great video, thanks for taking the time and trouble to do them. I can't believe you don't get more views as your travel vlogs are easily up there with most others on KZbin. Some ideas for consideration... I particularly like UK trips; enjoyed the ride out, walk back series; out of the way rural destinations; maybe a Scottish islands ferry hop series? Thanks again

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thank you as ever for the nice words 👍 I'm back of to Scotland this month and was felling like going on one of the Clyde ferries, so your request comes at a very good time! I'm pleased you like the ride out, walk backs. Now spring is just around the corner I need to do some more.

[@cryzcryz2345]

Beautiful train journey! Thank you for this video 🤗

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes, it was beautiful. Somehow I think I prefer slow trains... But, then again, if I'd needed to be in Málaga for a work meeting, I might be taking a different view!

[@MikeS29]

I like the slow route better than back-tracking to Cordoba! Thanks Johnny 🙂

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes i certainly do aswell. Thanks for watching 👍

[@williambeetham8910]

Very useful video Johnny! Thanks for taking the time: much appreciated.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

And thank you for watching and for the kind comment 👍

[@opagodaswirling9383]

Many thanks once again , Johnny. Marvellous work . That trip certainly brings back some memories . Will you be trying the cerveza Victoria ?

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

No I didn't. But I wish I had. Oh well, next time. Thanks for watching 👍

[@colinriley123]

It did look a good route, and again a quality video. I notice you are taking on staff. This must be because you are approaching the 1000 subscriber mark. I am thinking that High Speed Rail is a bit like motorway travel or easy jet. Youi do it for the convenience not the experience. Imagine a London to Edinburgh trip that avoided Newcastle city and offered no glimpse of Durham Cathedral. I hope on your way back you recorded your easy jet experience for us, and waxed lyrical about the airports.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes, high speed is cool, but there's room for slow travel. I'm off to ride TGV in March, but have also got some excellent slow travel across Slovakia and France to come... ...oh and yes, easyJet is half-edited and will be on-screen in a week or two.

[@Andrew-s7b5u]

I enjoyed your video. Thank you for posting it. Please can I just make one constructive observation? I think that it is about 218km (circa 135 miles) from Seville SJ to Malaga MZ via Osuna. Not quite sure where you got the figure of 156km from. Thanks and best wishes, Andy

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@Andrew-s7b5u yes i think i was wrong too. A quick check in the European timetable (i didn't have one at the time) reckons 236km My apologies for the mistake, though I'm pleased to hear to enjoyed the video regardless! 👍

[@Andrew-s7b5u]

@@JohnnyHooverTravels No worries and I'm sure your revised mileage is correct. I based my figure on the distance when I drive the route on the roughly parallel highway. I have subscribed to your channel - a first for me! I like the way that you explain a a bit about the history of the area you are travelling through. For example, the Arabic place names. I love trains but it's also interesting to see things in a wider context. Keep up the good work :)

[@thepanamahat]

I took this train last week, Sevilla to Malaga, turned up 90 minutes late in Sevilla and broke down before reaching Malaga. All passengers told to get off the train at Alora to wait 1 hour for a regional train to reach Malag, such fun 🙂

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Oh dear. I'm very sorry to hear that. Rather takes the edge off it doesn't it. Best wishes for future trips and thank for watching and commenting 👍

[@Andrew-s7b5u]

I hope that you got the opportunity to go into the bar on Alora station. Great inexpensive food and drink and some interesting photographs of railways. Best wishes, Andy

[@maxart3392]

Being an old (and presumably non electrified) line, I find it quite fast (if the indications on the map showing between 120-160 km/h are correct) and longer travel time is probably due mainly to many stops on the route. However, 25€ for roughly 160 km isn't cheap.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes, lots of stops made it slow. After my recent "fast but slow" trip in Slovakia I do think the Spanish ride was fine. I was a rookie traveller in Spain. I reckon there are probably better deals to be had 🤷‍♂️

[@ColinGilera]

Hi Johnny, is there a loo on board this or the high speed? Looking at alternative to Cadiz than the bus. Super video. Thanks.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes. There are toilets on all the trains. Thanks for the kind comment 👍

[@ColinGilera]

@@JohnnyHooverTravels Thank you, good news, scenery looks fabulous, the views from the bus are wonderful over to the mountains of Morocco, rock of Gibraltar and kite surfers at Tarifa but its a near 5 hour endurance test for the bladder!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@ColinGilera oh gosh. I could not manage that at my age!

[@anacasanova7350]

Pues claro que hay WC, toilettes, en los trenes españoles. Donde no había WC era en las diligencias del Oeste. 😂😂😊

[@anacasanova7350]

Para que quieres salir puntual si llegas tarde😂

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

I'm not quite sure what you mean. The reason I prefer the slow journey is that the journey itself is more beautiful, even if you arrive later than with the high speed train.