TER 200 - France's Best Regional Train ? 🚆🇫🇷

[@JanSanono]

I like how a 30 year old regional train in France has a higher top speed than any Dutch train, even those that use the designated 300 km/h high speed line 😔

[@daraka1754]

Hahah. Trains in Bulgaria has top speed of 90-120 kmh

[@Croco140]

Corail coaches are nearly 50 years !!!

[@stevenmontoya9950]

I always like TER train sets (whether loco hauled or multiple units) and how each French region has their own colorful livery!

[@igorsiuda8108]

Same goes for Polregio! Each voivodeship (with the exception of Masovian, where Koleje Mazowieckie operates all regional services in this voivodeship) decides which livery would be like (althrough of that, they have even a main, red-white-orange livery).

[@jovada]

At the end of last summer, I went from Lille to Paris to Tours by TGV and back via Orléans by TER. Simply because you always explicitly mention the Corail coaches :) And I have to admit, you're absolutely right! Although I have no childhood memories of these trains, their vibe is something special. And the seats are indeed comfy. (A week later I was in a Belgian Siemens Desiro, as often the case, used as intercity. Dear lord. That's a bus on rails. I live between Gent and Antwerpen by the way.)

[@zeisselgaertner3212]

The Siemens Desiro is in fact a simple EMU for commuter services. But to be honest I have no clue why the seats in the Belgian version are that unpleasant.

[@filipedanielcorreia4500]

Hi Thibault, great video once again! just one big fact: we both know that no matter how many years pass Corails will always have much better 2nd class seats than many modern 1st class trains! 😜

[@77smp]

I went on this last summer in the opposite direction on my way to Zermatt. Unforgettable few days of train travel 🙂

[@TheMaartian]

This is a LOT nicer than the double deck TER service between my home in Arcachon and Bordeaux. First class has the same seats as second, on the upper deck of one coach. It's just less crowded, if only by a little. One nice feature is that it uses the same two tracks at Gare Bordeaux-Saint-Jean. I never have to check the monitors for the track assignment.

[@Lodai974]

Yes the first step for the clocked schedule and the diametralization with the Libourne line.

[@felixtv272]

This is one of the most comfortable trains I've ever been on!

[@larshelmin]

One of my favorite trains and route! Sitting in those plush seats drinking a Rivella while looking at the mountains isn't a bad way to travel😀. To me it is a better alternative on my north/south travels than sitting ( if are you lucky ) on an overcrowded ICE not doing more 200km/h on the German side of the Rhine.

[@paulthiel5145]

All fine until you mentioned Rivella 🤢

[@truckerallikatuk]

Vive le Corail! Rode on one in Jan from Toulouse to Paris Austerlitz, amazingly comfortable.

[@yagi3925]

Yes. Actually, the word "Corail" stands for "confort sur rail", a name it deserves.

[@trainlagged]

Very happy to have these sets on my local Vallée de la Marne service. Excellent comfort and capacity. In regards to unrefurbished carriages, they are rare and it’s at maximum 2 or 3 carriages out of 8 so it’s not so bad! And for the compartments there are extremely few actual carriages (not control car) with compartment but they are gone by end of 2023. Excellent video ✌️

[@scottyerkes1867]

Nice ride. Comfy seats and I kive the alternate side arrangement. Thanks Thibault😀✋

[@Martin-on2pp]

Thanks for showing the bike storage👍

[@baptc2251]

I see you’re a man of taste. Rivera is always my go-to drink when leaving Switzerland ❤

[@jakubkejklicek4576]

Nice video.Corail coaches my favorite, three years ago I traveled this route.

[@johndornoff]

Great video as always, and gets me excited since I will be making the same trip in just a few weeks during my first visit to the area.

[@DK-00000]

finally its been a long time waiting this great work on this !

[@christophernoble6810]

Good to hear that the refurbished Corail coaches will be around for some time yet. At present loco haulage is available over much of France but the rot will set in from next year when the first of the new Inter City emu sets are due to be introduced with all sets in service by 2026.

[@MR.X15022]

I travelled with exactly this train on the same route from Basel to Strasbourg. Bon week-end from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@robinpayne125]

I travel this route a couple of times a year. I absolutely love those corrail coaches, to me they are "1970s sofas". I can only suppose that the Grand Est region is influenced by its proximity to Switzerland, they have to bring their A game out if they are going to bear comparison to SBB EW IV sets in Basel.

[@HSTHoward]

These really are excellent trains. Love travelling on them

[@igorsiuda8108]

However, in comparison, Poland uses more multiple units for regional services than intercity ones, which are mostly served by push-and-pull sets (loco and carriages, with the most common one being EU/EP07 from Pafawag).

[@juanarteaga9293]

Thank you so much!

[@TuukkaVarjoranta]

Very interesting video with nice details about the TGV testing on the line! 😎

[@deco983]

Nice! Love the route and the Train!!

[@maxster_8989]

Strasbourg is one of the best cities in France. I took this exact same train but i was on an unrefurbished Corail coach. The seats were uncomfortable because they were worn out. By the way have you visited the awesome Cite du Train museum in Mulhouse yet?

[@bolognese820]

Very nice video, on a train I often take! But on the other hand it is necessary that I make a small precision for those which want to borrow it. You should know that it is normally extremely full. Saturated. Overcrowded. That's why I advise either to buy a 1st class ticket, or to take a train on a less busy schedule. Otherwise finding a seat, especially with a family, will be impossible most of the time. Nevertheless an excellent journey, very pleasant to make and I recommend it :)

[@aubreyadams7884]

Oh oh, we are taking this train in end of April 2023 dep Basel 1221 on a Saturday. We have two suit cases + a backpack each. Hope we have somewhere to put our luggage!

[@diderik146]

Was that a burp at 5:15? 😂

[@joss_sckl]

looll

[@josephr9551]

The Basel train station is truly beautiful. It is a simple design and of calm colors which is conductive for a session of meditation.

[@trainsandmodelshungary]

Awesome work, loved it till the end. Made me wanna try trains in France 😍

[@rezaalan3991]

Great trip. I like the design of seating, no matter if it's First or Second Class.

[@heinrichackermann4000]

Wobderful! I love this ter! I used it 3 times last year - to avoid problems with delays on the german Rheintalbahn, and for visiting Mulhouse. My first ride in Corail was around 1987 in a EC Milano - Lyon. (And I burned my legs in typical very short shorts on the black seats of imitation leather - before start the train was a long time under italian sun...)

[@luisstransport]

Great trip report

[@thibautvlt2655]

Super vidéo ! J’aime beaucoup me rendre à Bâle en prenant ce train 🥰 c’est vrai que les Corail ont pris un sacré coup de vieux par contre, mais quel plaisir de faire un voyage à 200km/h dans ces voitures pour un passionné de train 😁

[@henriquelobianco6536]

I remember going from Lyon to Strasbourg, over 10 years ago (on those excellent Corail coaches) and thinking things were looking unexpectedly fast outside the window. Picked my phone and checked we were almost at 200kph. That blew my mind! Oh, and the Gare de Strasbourg is something on itself, isn´t it?

[@eddys.3524]

Hi, I remeber the Corail carriages from over 40 years ago when the Dutch railway operator leased several of them for a try-out project. Quite impressive for those days.. the ease of ride, airconditoning, comfortable chairs especially in 1st class. A wonderfull experience in those days compared to the rather harsh ride in the standard rail gear..

[@JoelVChan]

Great video!

[@oskarpurkiss1638]

The best video in my opinion

[@SwissMadeKzu]

I used to take it weekly to visit my then girlfriend (now wife) from Basel to Selestat. Now it is my son's last train during the trip to see his grand parents in Alsace. And he loves that train.

[@imdadshah7481]

Beautiful train beautiful train journey 🌹💯👍

[@irfsourav]

Amazing video

[@benbunny22]

I travelled on one like that from toulouse to bordeaux . Looked very old fashioned inside . Felt slow was meant to be intercity but sure it was this style. Paris st lazare to rouen used to have these too i think

[@felixw19]

When I traveled that line last year, there was another coach with compartments that wasn't the control car

[@manmeetsinghmahajan6183]

Amazing trip 👏

[@silenthunteruk]

Did this myself last year from Mulhouse, which has the French national railway museum. Rode in a compartment there. Definitely looked pretty dated, but comfortable.

[@Steven_Rowe]

The Sybil's are wonderful locomotives and dual voltage. In 2015 we travelled from Tour's to Paris , it was 1500DC all the way and at times we reached 200kph as I had a speedo on my phone.

[@aubreyadams7884]

Very informative video. We will be travelling from Zurich to Strasbourg in early May 2023 so will be changing to the TER in Basel. We will have two medium suitcases plus a backpack each. The luggage facilities don't look great, though if it only has the same number of pax as in this video then I guess we can find room for the cases - perhaps put them in bicycle area. Also as you noted, accessibility isn't special either, which as a couple of 70 year olds we will have to watch that. Thanks again.

[@phronsiekeys]

i love the old school look of the 1st class cars

[@adrianavivas5825]

COOL VIDEO WOW - no but really, I love your train videos.

[@AndreiTupolev]

You used to be able to go right through from Paris to Basel with CC 72000 haulage to/from Strasbourg or Nancy before LGV Est was opened

[@aoilpe]

2:09 sorry, the 25k/v electrification is on more than 1-2 tracks - in fact it includes all the tracks ending at the building AND they can switch the current at track 30 along the station. 2:40 two years ago this hall was the Border Control between Switzerland and France. Isn’t it great SNCF has seen the possibility for push-pull operations for fast trains in Switzerland ? Btw, the whole line from Basel to Saint Louis is already french…. It was the first train line in Switzerland in 1844. Two trains an hour… if they find someone to drive it ! A lot of problems since timetable changes in December.

[@SvdB1124]

haha.. that's funny... I rarely ever travel to France, but last week I was in the Vosges mountains.. and if it hadn't been for me being able to ride along in someone else's car, I probably would've had to use these trains last Tuesday.. Aside from this, these trains look quite nice, and that's also how I remember them being when I travelled on a Corail Intercity between Paris and Toulouse and back in 2021. Although the refurbished coaches (which I had from Paris to Toulouse) are a lot better than the classic coaches (which I had on my way back). And accessibility... well... honestly, what I think they should do - if this is possible - is build some kind coach, maybe as the driving trailer, with low floor access, accessable toilets, et cetera, that could be combined with a corail train set that for its remainder would consist of "classic", non-accessible coaches. They can then keep on using these very old trains, while having accessibility for passengers with limited mobility at the same time. On a side note... quite funny that these trains are named "TER 200", considering that a similar type of train in Germany, also consisting of old intercity coaches, is named "IRE 200". And both trains are doing pretty similar jobs...

[@nicothinus]

Mosel department is also running right side. if you want nice TER from SNCF Grand Est, You should board in the Metz Trèves (Trier) !

[@marioluxrodriguez5048]

It's de train I always take when I travel from Innsbruck to Strasbourg, so convinient.

[@DARTH71236]

Took a journey from Strasbourg to Hamburg via Basle.The Corail was so comfortable even in second class compared to ICE first class on the Hamburg run.

[@enricomonti156]

I travelled on that in both directions and also on a day trip to Colmar and Selestat. It is a nice route overall and some of the Mulhouse tram.routes are parallel to it

[@everkingilllili-_iil5163]

Lol i was in Basel few hours ago, and I have to say its a really nice railroad station.

[@903lew]

When I just got out the army in 07 me and my then-girlfriend got interrail passes and travelled around France in Corail coaches. I can’t say they madea big impression apart from the very generous bike storage. These days I much prefer HSR of all kinds, busy busy busy, but if Corail can run 200 kph, how big can the gain be on such a short distance. Great application of existing stock, well done Grand Est!

[@kronenburg4728]

The best train in france by far

[@BLACKSTA361]

30 minutes frequency as well, that's amazing

[@raichu4516]

I recently learned that the region should order Regio2n (two-storey) for the Strasbourg - Basel axis but no more info

[@Saumiiiii]

I take this train regularly when I make the journey from Lyon to Basel via Mulhouse, it's definitely very comfortable but the main issue is boarding the train with bags because the accessibility is a pain.

[@ca.4716]

Elsass ❤ Bin da sehr sehr oft unterwegs. Vor allem in Straßburg und Weißenburg

[@tristanrabier8608]

Les corails ont étés rénovés pour 2 services : le ouigo vitesse classique Et le train de nuit 😊

[@reyjusuf]

Planning to take this train later this year

[@anebocho7507]

Yes the line is a best for to take "Corail train". When I go at Basel from Paris . I go always to strasbourg for take this train for Basel.

[@sudtransports]

There is still the first class cabin at the PACA region, in the Nice-Cannes-Toulon-Marseille line

[@hagmax1531]

I like corail coaches but one thing that annoys me it that the seats are too small for 1,90m people. Can't lay my head back properly..

[@ricardosalgueiro3305]

Je suis allé dans les coraux portugais en acier inoxydable et ils sont similaires à tous égards, il y a quelques années à peine, les sièges de 2e classe ont été changés et ils sont mal aimés par beaucoup! J'ai également utilisé les couchettes espagnoles bc10x, et les voitures à compartiments qui ont donné naissance à l'ARCO, qui sont maintenant au Portugal

[@ricardosalgueiro3305]

"corail"

[@sebastiannegrete9659]

The Customs booths are still there because Switzerland is nor part of the European Union, thus you can be subject to customs inspection from either Swiss or French authorities in the French part of Basel SBB Station. Here in Marseille you can still see Corails and some of them are in better shape than in Alsace, one big complaint of the Basel-Strasbourg TER services is that these are regularly canceled... being so close to Germany and DB railways may give them the bad luck of not being punctual

[@EpicThe112]

The reason why you are running the right side of the tracks just like the sections around Gare de Thionville & Forbach because 130 years ago Alsace Lorraine was part of Germany where trains run on the right. For the OHLE 25kv 50hz these were recently renovated or the original 1950s build when Bâle CFF Strasbourg Ville was Electrified to 25kv 50hz. Corail Société Nationale Chemin du Fer Français SNCF equivalent to a British slam door Mk 3 non power door version. In Germany Corail seems to be equal to a Deutsche Bundesbahn N-wagen Deutsche Reichsbahn (RDA République Démocratique Allemand) Rekowagen M-wagen & DR Y-wagen UIC slam door version

[@alexkra67]

Le prix de base en seconde classe c'est 27€, mais bon, content de voir enfin en vidéo ce train de chez moi ou ça fait des années que j'attends ton rewiew dessus

[@ElectricUAM]

Awesome video and so sad that PACA region has gone from 125 km/hr to now 100. Can't believe SYBIC's are handling TER service. What a different world we live in.

[@blaythierry8722]

🥰🥰💥💥👍👍👍 THANK YOU VIDEO

[@0lorenzo0]

Nice video as always 👌since this video is about a regional train I would like to share an experience that I just had and have an opinion from you. I came to Paris last month and I took the RER B from CDG to Luxemburg in central Paris. The train was very very crowded up until chatelet les halles and since I had a couple of luggages and my son on the stroller the journey was a nightmare. Then for the rest of the week my experience with Paris metro system was great, but it would be nicer to have a dedicated train for the airport with fewer stops and more luggage racks.

[@thierrydesu]

In 2027, the CDG Express will connect the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport to Gare de l'Est in 20 minutes with a train every 15 minutes. It's called the tourists' train as you won't be able to take it with the transportation card.

[@0lorenzo0]

@@thierrydesu Good news thank you!

[@davidesacco601]

Great vídeo! What program do you use to track the train’s speed while on board? I’m very curious!

[@Andrewjg_89]

Double decker trains in France and across Europe are the best way to travel on.

[@Yamayorya]

What is the other train type running between Mulhouse and Basel which stops everywhere and take 32 minutes?

[@Emierbeach]

Watching this on the TER200

[@SimplyRailway]

Noice !

[@aviano72]

I like those A TER trains. X73500 so tiny

[@daisy_blossom]

Nice video. You shouldn't try the x73500 TER stock because of the seat size and the seat pitch.

[@kegiel]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🤩🤩🤩😉👌 Merveilleuse vidéo 🚝🚝🚅🚄

[@styfauly2115]

8:53 I see I'm not the only one who hates mulhouse's station, it's 60's concrete so it's not beautiful but even then there is moss and cracks everywhere and it feels like it's falling apart. probably the worst station in France 10:26 doesn't the PACA region still has 1st in TERs ? 10:53 Watch out for your ears ! Yeah in the video it doesn't transcribe how loud it is crossing between two corail coaches at 200kmh Overall I really like this service, even tho the last time I tried it was last December and train interiors were in rough shape and pretty dirty you can only say that it's a reliable trainset with a lot of space and is insanely confortable. But it has it's flaws and accessibility is one of them, I hope that if and when new coaches are delivered (I think there is an order for sleeper cars but not sure about "normal" ones) they will be as confortable as their predecessors but one can only hope.

[@SimplyRailway]

PACA still has some first class Corail but they don't sell tickets for first class anymore.

[@styfauly2115]

That's new! Wait are you talking only in corails or in all TER?

[@SimplyRailway]

@@styfauly2115 All TERs

[@styfauly2115]

@@SimplyRailway guess ima seat on first from now on!

[@lorilovell9748]

Your video was very helpful. If I am going to use the TER between Basel and Colmar and Basel and Straubourg, do I need to purchase train tickets in advance?

[@SimplyRailway]

Yes you do. But a few hours/minute before is also alright :-)

[@chicagolandrailfan143]

Thibault you should try reviewing the south shore line in northwest indiana

[@SimplyRailway]

I agree. I wanted to review before they get rid of the street section but now it's kinda screw up...

[@AndreiTupolev]

Some BB 67400 still at Strasbourg depot?

[@Benjamin0c]

Yes

[@Lodai974]

Yeah! seats body are the same from the beginning (70's) but it's still comfortable today. Imagine in 70's when passgengers discovered the corail comfort ,against the old cars in service at this time ("saucissons" and other steel cars) and pulled by the news electrics motor locomotives (BB22500,BB15000,BB7200,CC6500). A good shocking time Ah! for information BB26000 25kV pantograph is naimed AM90U ,the TGV equivalent are AMDE (PSE TGV) ans GPU (TGV A and reseau/network). for no french speakers ,the train controller announces the arrival at the station, and the next 2 or 3 connections with the platforms. This is only found in Alsace. 5:45 your neighbor seems dubious 🤣

[@juliocesarolimpio8807]

Thibault in Brazil, who is agree with this idea? If you are agree, press the like! Greetings from Rio de Janeiro

[@jurivladimirowich2646]

Merci! J'adore tes vidéos. Mais est-il vraiment indispensable d'activer les robinets pour rien?

[@wavesnbikes]

As I've stated before. Alstom needs to release a "Corail 2" next generation car to replace these and to compete with siemens trains like Obb railjet and nightjet. I agree they are excelent cars, but very dated and SNCF does a very poor job keeping them clean for the passengers on its TER services. Nice video thank you for sharing!

[@markvogel5872]

I rode this in 2007.

[@LukaPOfficiel]

I travel everytime on it when going to Switzerland. First class is incredibly awesome and gives some good old chills since they didn’t renovate this class a while ago If they would do it, it would be worse than the past, with stronger material, ewww. However under my seat they were huge sheeps🐑 of dust and it was unpleasant a little bit to have all this dust to breathe but yeah. It remains an awesome product!

[@vakane]

Unfortuntaly, for interior of corail coach, or rebuil them with better accessbility, it's not SNCF which can decide (but I don't think it would if it had this right). All these coash are property of their region. So it's up to Grand Est Region to take a such decision.

[@Lodai974]

it would be less complicated to raise plateforms to 1m and to remove the step of the coral...Because the cars are high and the stringers cannot be modified.

[@dalektorgo2973]

5:17 Was that a burp?! What was that?

[@maxinlux6570]

What app are you using (or is it a dedicated gadget?) for the speed around 7:25? It looks like you're getting bespoke loco/track info... Or is it just a cool skin?😁

[@SimplyRailway]

It's an app for SNCF employees. Can't be used by anybody..

[@Benjamin0c]

Its « compteur de vitesse 55 star » available on Apple Store

[@maxinlux6570]

​@@SimplyRailwayMerci!👍🏼

[@Ashley-p7r5e]

Hi.. Great video you've created! May I know how much is the train ticket and is there a need to purchase in advance?

[@ClassicCoreNightcore]

Train price is fixed, doesn't change with time. No reservation. 29€ one way in second class. 43€ in first class. This is without the reduction card "Carte fluo" that reduces the price by 50% to 14,50€. Reduction card costs 20€ and is valid for 1 year in the whole Grand Est region. You save 50% on every Ter train.

[@ElrosTar-Minyatur]

@@ClassicCoreNightcorehi! Does the cart fluo also work on first class? And can I buy it as a foreigner?

[@ClassicCoreNightcore]

@@ElrosTar-Minyatur Yeah it also reduces the first class price by 50% and you don't need to be french in order to buy it.

[@ClassicCoreNightcore]

@@ElrosTar-Minyatur I checked and currently the card is reduced to 10€ on the SNCF app. It's almost nothing, only uninformed people pay the full price lol. But I guess it's easy money for SNCF to scam people that are too lazy too inform themselves about tariffs.

[@ElrosTar-Minyatur]

@@ClassicCoreNightcore o waaaauw! 😻😻😻 I’m going to the Alsace next week. So I’m really glad to find this comment. Merci beaucoup!!!

[@MrCrazycook8]

@Simply Railway, How did you get a job to review trains all over the world? I am SO Jealous! Keep up the good work!

[@SimplyRailway]

I am self employed :) just put a lot of effort in the videos

[@samtrak1204]

I'm not crazy about the interiors but i read many years ago that Corail had superior ride quality.

[@paulgrougnie7028]

il y a d'autre régions qui distinguent les classes. (à minima centre val de loire). c'est bien dommage à mon avis de garder un première classe, vu qu'on retire 25% des sièges des voitures concernées. Le reproche à a sncf de ne pas faire un plan ambitieux de rénovation des corials pour les remettre aux normes de confort actuelles est un faux procès : on est sur un ter, et la sncf ne finance pas (donc ne décide pas) les rénovation du matos. Les rénovations téoz sont vraiment pas mal je trouve (mais un peu vielles aussi, vu que ça date du début des années 2000). Pour l'accessibilité, le mieux qu'on puisse faire avec le planchers hauts, c'est ce qui est fait dans les voitures prévues pour avec une large porte latérale et des ascenseurs. les corails ne pourront donc jamais être vraiment accessibles. je trouve dommage en revanche que pour le nouveaux matos tos les acteurs (sncf, région, état) ne mettent as le confort d'assise plus haut dans leur cahier des charges...

[@artacalan2323]

5:15 mon reuf ?

[@Shuttletrain]

Question does service stop when it snows like Amtrak?

[@SimplyRailway]

It does not. There are bunch of videos of the TER 200 in the snow. Amtrak doesn't stop when it's snowing either

[@Shuttletrain]

@@SimplyRailway yes they do The EB out of Chicago, the SWC out of LA, and numerous ones on the east coast this month alone.

[@SimplyRailway]

@@Shuttletrain you’re talking about snow storm and blizzard. Europe never get intense snow storm like you guys do in North America

[@pandahugs2271]

I have been on the corail intercities train from bordeux to Marseilles many many times and have been a fan of its convenience but it is pretty outdated and a refurbishment would be nice for it tbh.

[@SimplyRailway]

Enjoy :-)