In this video, I take a look at DB’s brand new RE29 service which runs under the Franken-Thuringen Express sub brand, with brand new Siemens Desiro 190km/h capable trains tasked for the job. This new service will initially run with 5 return services a day between the two cities, providing great links for the local area thanks to the use of the high speed rail line between Erfurt and Nuremberg, but just what makes it so great? Find out in this video!
Journey details:
Date of travel – June 2024
Operator – DB Regio
Origin – Erfurt Hbf
Destination – Nurnberg Hbf
Class of travel – First
Price – €87.20/£73.84/$97.59 (First class single)
Duration – 1 hour, 52 minutes
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Erfurt Hbf
02:31 Desiro HC and the Franken-Thuringen Express
03:39 Boarding First Class
04:00 Our Route
04:32 Departure and 190km/h!
05:28 Know Your Seat
06:52 High Speed Line Exit & Coburg
08:24 Rejoining the High Speed Line
09:18 Train Interior
09:55 Toilets
10:31 Furth (Bay) Hbf and Conclusions
11:34 Arrival into Nuremberg and Outro – Thanks for Watching!
16 Comments
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Why do you speak ? Just use subtitles. Nobody wants to hear your voice.
Excellent video
Seems like a colossal GTX style train, with a similar top speed.
It has a rather high speed differential with the ICE trains, presumably reducing line capacity, so I wonder whether something like a Javelin or even an E4 Shinkansen might have been more appropriate.
Great video mate.
I just wish DB would focus on improving the south as well as they improve central german areas.
Living in the south of germany (Baden-Württemberg, Schwarzwald/Bodensee) I'm really disappointed by BW Regio and their performance. Especially the "Schwarzwaldbahn" is in terrible shape. Trains are delayed or cancelled on a daily basis, the equipment is old and you can even hear DB conductors complaining about having no ressoruces (as in backup trains) and the carriages being problematic and outdated) quite often. I think the "spend as little money as possible" mentality of the state is very problematic.
FORTUNATELY in my area there's the swiss SBB complementing a lot of lacking DB Regio connections…. and who would've guessed… SBB is highly reliable…
it feels like ive heard the name nuremberg somewhere before. Not sure where Ive heard it
those fast regional Services are very promising and those Siemens Deserio HC are very popular in Germany
Coburg is being served by ICE in the gaps where the RE29 doesn't drive. The rest of the route is being served by RE19 in these gaps.
You can look forward to the MüNüX finally running reliably. Unfortunately, we still don't have a nationwide HS network from Hamburg to Munich in Germany and are therefore accepting more travelling time and disruption as well as economic cuts. And I hope that projects such as the IRE200, the MüNüX and the FTX will eventually set a precedent throughout Germany… a Hamburg-Hanover Express would be a dream. Perhaps the FTX will be linked through to Munich at some point. Because you can still dream. Thanks for your video.
2:30 this episodes cute little guy
Thank you making such a video with a lot of infomation. 🍒🍒🍒
They do alternate with ICE trains stopping at Coburg.
In additon between Bamberg and Nürnberg they alternate with hourly REs from Sonneberg.
More on this in the Video from Zug 2013 on this topic.
Good video, thanks. I think the Er in Erfurt is pronounced like English 'air' and as indeed the Scots and Scousers say it.
The Deutschland-Ticket is without any doubt a fantastic solution for anyone traveling in Germany regularly or on several regional trips within a month. However, if you are not a continuing regular user, please be aware that it is a subscription based ticket in need of cancellation usually latest at the tenth of a month so you don't have to pay for the following month as well! So if you plan to use the ticket for your vacation in Germany, plan ahead to buy and cancel the ticket in time!
The first class on commuter trains isn't really that fancy enough, so you could say it's more Standard Premium, like on the Class 390's.