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I create train trip reports on YouTube every week! Here to show the great side of train travel and advocate as much as possible for more trainsโฆ for the greater good ๐๐๐ฑ https://linktr.ee/simply_railway
New video now live on YouTube! ๐ฅณ
This week we are taking a look at @europeansleeper.eu newest class, the ยซย Comfort Standardย ยป which is basically a couchette car cosplayed in a sleeper! ๐ ๐
Come with me as I try this new accommodation between Amsterdam ๐ณ๐ฑ and Berlin ๐ฉ๐ช
Link down below ๐
Videos are back on YouTube folks! For this special event weโre looking at #TrenMaya newest train: Pโatal specially made for long distances featuring two dining car (yes two) and a sleeper car (yes just one) ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๏ธ
An oddity that was worth trying!
More in the latest video, link down below ๐
France: ยซย Why run trains on a Sunday? No one is travelingย ยป ๐คก
Meanwhile in Germany ๐
Iโd say so :)
01.01.2026 21:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโd say so :)
01.01.2026 21:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0China have some already :)
01.01.2026 20:16 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Highly disagree, you canโt scale up your operations, then thereโs huge hurdle for certification, cross border operations etc etc etcโฆ
01.01.2026 20:16 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The train is also equipped with two (yes, 2) dining cars. I am not sure why they want to have such a HUGE capacity for dining but not for sleeping.
I guess we will see in operations. Thereโs no debut date for these trains, but I am quite excited to spend a night onboard one of them!
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I wanted to see the sleeping accommodation on this new night train, the first in decades in this area, also made by Alstom (who havenโt produced any night trains in years)
Each train has one coach with 8 compartments, totaling 16 beds. Itโs low capacity but looks nice, and each compartment has ๐ฟ !
These trains are made to run on longer journeys, probably overnight. A new class of comfort has been introduced, featuring reclining seats.
These are basically ICE4 First Class seats with a legrest extension. Quite pleasing, to be fair!
The Paโtal are base on the same platform as the other classic trains of Tren Maya (produced by Alstom on the Xtrapolis platform)
These are bi mode (diesel and electric) with a top speed of 200km/h
Tren Maya has ordered only three of them.
Yesterday, Tren Maya introduced its newest train, the Paโtal, on a special run between Cancun and Mรฉrida! ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ
These new units are made to run on long distances across the Yucatรกn Peninsula.
Letโs take a closer look at them ๐
Kuddos to Mexico for being the only country in this part of the world that believes and invests massively in trains. Itโs not perfect yet (they still have a couple of weird procedures such as the boarding), but itโs getting there ๐ค
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Since months, I have heard rumors and bad press (mostly from boomers and the right wing) about #TrenMaya ๐ฒ๐ฝ ยซย such a failureย ยป ยซย no one is riding itย ยป
I wanted to travel from Cancun to Campeche yesterday, and both trains were sold out.
but yeah, itโs a true failure ๐คก
Please Europe, wake the fuck up
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New video now live on YouTube! Final video of the year before the yearly break of the holiday season โ๏ธ ๐๐
12 hours to the Arctic Circle on the Santa Claus Express!
Link down below ๐
What a year! ๐
Since June, weโve done far more than share nice renderings ๐จโก๏ธ๐
We grew the team ๐ค, built a strong Early Bird community ๐ฃ, and turned an idea into something real with one goal:
Getting a train onto the tracks as soon as possible ๐
2026, here we come ๐๐
Tomorrow on the channel: the #SantaClausExpress from #Helsinki to #Rovaniemi, on the Arctic Circle! โ๏ธ๐๐
This will be the last video of the year before the annual holiday break.
Happy holidays, everyone, this video is a true winter wonderland โ๏ธโจ
Sometimes I am very very tired of the situation of regional trains in France
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New video now live on YouTube! Tonight we will see the very last #Nightjet leaving #Paris ๐ซ๐ท in direction of #Berlin ๐ฉ๐ช and #Vienna ๐ฆ๐น
For this special occasion hereโs a video I recorded a few months ago between Berlin and Paris ๐
Link down below ๐
Tomorrow is the final run of the #Nightjet ParisโBerlin/Viennaโฆ just two years after its launch๐ฌ๐
On the channel, weโre taking one last ride on a night train that simply couldnโt survive without French-side subsidies.
Plenty to unpack and yes, SNCF,I wonโt be gentle ๐
See you tomorrow on YouTubeโ๏ธ
New video now live on YouTube! This weekโs Elijah will bring you on another Chinese adventure on the world highest railway line from Xiโan to Lhasa with absolutely breathtakin views ๐๏ธ ๐จ๐ณ
Link down below ๐
They do but in the maintenance yard and control tower. Not in the tunnel itself
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Tomorrow on the channel, we take a long (30-hour!) sleeper train ride on the worldโs highest railway to Lhasa in ๐จ๐ณ๐
Get ready for some incredible landscapes and a true night-train odyssey across breathtaking scenery.
