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Hello and welcome back to the UK for a highspeed international train review!
Today we’ll be travelling in the cheapest available seats from London, UK to Amsterdam, Netherlands through the engineering marvel that is the Channel Tunnel, the Great Britain’s only fixed link to mainland Europe. So come along and let’s go for a 300kmh ride, so sit back and enjoy the video!
Date of Filming: 11/7/21
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Operator: Eurostar
Departure: London, UK
Arrival: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cost: Standard Class £35 (€40, $44)
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41 Comments
Dam this looks so amazing 😍
Just the problem i think is, few space Between legs and no window 🪟
Great trip report
We have done London to Brussels and London to Paris several times; our first trip was to Brussels in 1995.
Last year we did London to Rotterdam in Premium as part of a tour group. It was pretty good…… BUT Eurostar have nibbled away at the quality of Premium service over the last 20 or so years
Would competition improve their offering OR would it be a race to the bottom
Sometimes Standard premier is not much more expensive than the standard, and there used to be good upgrade options at the website. But agreed Eurostar is expensive now.
With the merger of Eurostar and Thalys, I think you could soon see direct service between London and Köln. I used Thalys several times between Paris and Köln. I don't know what the line voltage in the UK is, so that would be the only limiting factor if there isn't current rolling stock that can handle all of the different voltage levels (without catching fire!).
Finally somebody who travels on Eurostar from UK to Europe. Most of the youtubers go in the opposite direction. Tnx.
Have travelled from London to Brussels by the Eurostar. Was a good experience. Have also traveled by TGV (not so great) and Thalys (very good).
Awesome! I like the Eurostar
Used Eurostar a lot when it first started running, and found it great, but I've not been on it for years. I agree it would be great if there were more HST services between the UK and Europe but I'm not sure there is an appetite for it under the current government (who we all know are still anti-EU despite the evident Brexit disaster). I would go as far as to suggest that the Tory party is anti-rail generally, and anti- high-speed in particular: witness the on-going labour disputes, constant under investment in the railways for a generation and the continuing HS2 fiasco. I cannot see ANY improvements in the British situation for another generation and a complete change in both government and public perceptions of rail travel – which IMO is an absolute tragedy.
TBH I'm more concerned about Poland's lack of interest in joining the Eurail network……I can't buy any travel cards, and if I want to go anywhere outside Poland I need to route through Berlin, Vienna or Prague, probably by sleeper, with a ticket bought from PKP in Warsaw, then a separate ticket on Deutsch Bahn or OBB (for example) for onward travel bought from that carrer. It's complicated, highly inefficient and makes it an expensive option!
You had a very different experience at the St. Pancras Eurostar terminal than I had last week when I travelled to Paris. The terminal was dangerously overcrowded with no where to sit and very little standing room. They only switched on the AC when people started to faint. They let far too many people into the restricted space.
That's one I have done, at least as far as Brussels. Was disappointed with all the noise barriers blocking the view of the countryside. But it's smooth and easy.
@NonStop Eurotrip why was that Eurostar TMST trainset on track 4 instead of the Eurostar terminal? The Eurostar to Amsterdam i understand
Based on the thumbnail, I came here expecting to see footage of the famed coral reefs of the English Channel.
Eurostar is a rail company I would love to try out , whether it's to Paris, brussels or Amsterdam .
love the thumbnail.
Post some India videos this weekend. I have specially followed you for those haha! Great one this though. Saw this UK EU trip for the first time. Interesting!
You certainly paid a below "bargain" price for the length of the trip. What I find concerning is the low ridership (according to your video) and the part I don't understand is why do the trains consist of a "dozen" cars when it seems that "three" cars wouldn't crowd the passengers. These cars are not cheap.
Thank you for this video. I would like to see a direct link from germany to london too. Maybe one day… We'll see.
I’ve seen a few stations around the world ,so I’d have to say the new Moynihan Train Station in New York is the most beautiful.
I’m curious to know how far one can travel from St Pancras station. Many rail journeys in the US are long distance and can take twenty four hours or more, but in Europe trains and distances are not as long.
I think china just started opening up to foreigners again, idk is its limited but u might be able to finally ride their bullet trains if/when u can
Fun to see the information screens saying the train is going to Amsterdai 😂
Favorite station: Estacion Nord in Valencia, Spain (although not quite the same scale)
I was a bit flabbergasted when you mentioned such a cheap price. Even £50 would be cheap. I was looking at prices to return from Paris to London and was getting a lot more quoted.
Love what you paid for the ticket, to catch the 11.04 train I'd have to travel peak time to St Pancras, from Ashford International, fare would be £44.90 … that's more than your fare to Amsterdam. Also, on departure from London I would spend the next 38 minutes retracing my journey back to Ashford …. wow! As for new services, Nightjet London to Berlin & Milan would be ideal (Better still Birmingham & London, via Stratford International.
Great video!!! Thanks!
Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter
Surprised by how empty the train was. Any particular reason?
Great trip. Some of seating with misalignment windows is bit downside, but overall still great.
Wonderful video – thanks – can't wait to ride this route myself!
Have done London to Paris and back 5 years ago and it was quite crowded in June. Ave is still my fave HST, but I will finally get to try Iryo this summer.
Nice video! Brussels to Amsterdam used to take forever. For a while, Thalys wasn't able to make any real speed until it got to Brussels. (And, YES!, competition is needed through the tunnel.)
2:45 My respect for him witnessed a massive 📉 as soon as I realised that he climbs just one stair at a time.
I used to tell people that the tunnel was a tube on the sea bed with transparent sections so you could see the fish 😂
(I worked on the railway for 35 years and have used Eurostar more times than I can remember).
Where are the Indians who say that England does not have good trains, England's trains are 3 times better than indian trains. Euro star can run 300 kph
Here's how the rebranding process will pan out:
This Eurostar service -> Eurostar Blue
The ones formerly known as Thalys -> Eurostar Red
We need a high speed train from Amsterdam to Berlin and a highs speed train from Amsterdam to Hamburg, and further to Copenhagen and Oslo/Stockholm.
When I am traveling with Eurostar 🇪🇺.
It looks AMAZING.
I got the Eurostar to Paris in 2004, and then the night train to Berlin. It was a great journey. The return trip was by air which was uncomfortable and not nearly as interesting.
Just a quick correction: by most popular definitions, Amsterdam’s metro isn’t a light rail system, it’s a heavy rail subway/metro/underground/u-Bahn or whatever you want to call it
Blows my mind that in 4hrs you not only travel across into a 2nd continent but also across multiple countries 😮 as an Australian I can spend 4hrs travelling and still be in the same state 🤣 granted high speed rail is non existent in Aus with 160kmh being max speed our trains travel at. definitely plan to use the Eurostar one day
London to Paris
Paris to Lyon
Paris to lile
I have been on Eurostar and going under the English Channel you don’t see anything.