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The journey by this Regio highspeed train:
I went by train from Crailsheim to Nuernberg station on board of a Regio Highspeed train. I was very excited to try out this still new train which is used by the private train company Go-Ahead for train connections from Stuttgart main station to destinations at Wurttemberg, Bavaria and the regions at the south part of Germany. Crailsheim station was a very old station where I had to walk into an old tunnel and to wait for the train at a old platform. Next to me were parked some old trains which were in service from the late 90er to 2014. My train arrives 15 minutes delayed and together with me were a lot of other people which wanted to go with this train. After waiting this 15 minute the Regio highspeed train came and I used the last door for coming inside. That’s a tip what I can give you when you see that the majority of the passengers pass the train at the front side. Use the last door there you have still the best chances to find a seat. I took place at a two-seat place and used the opportunity to show you all of this comfortable seat in form of a seat tour. The speed and the feeling to travel with this train was amazing. The only disadvantage there was the rest room. It´s happen two rest rooms inside. One for disabled people and a normal toilet for everybody. During the journey I wanted to show you the first-class product which is very small. But there were staying the people in the floor. I took an older clip from the little first class in my video. It was a nice but also a stressfully journey with in my opinion the best Regio train at the south part of Germany.
The train company Go-Ahead:
Go-Ahead is a kind of private train company for fast Regio Trains at the south and middle part of Germany, based at the two federal states Wurttemberg and Bavaria. The company is split up in two corners. The Go Ahead (Lion), in yellow, white and black colors from Wurttemberg and the Go Ahead (blue) at Bavaria. Both side bring passengers from Stuttgart to Wurzburg or from Munich to Lindau at the “Bodensee”. The train cabin is offered in a two class seat configuration. A large main or second class cabin and a small fist class. Also the trains have the service of WIFI two rest room and more as only one area for bike travelers. A journey with Go-Ahead trains is also a kind of change to trains of the Deutsche Bahn company.
About the “Deutsche Bahn” company and its network:
The “Deutsche Bahn” company founded in January 1994 is Germanys biggest train company. The company has many types of train and brings every year over 100 million passengers through the country, to their work and on holyday. The most famous train is with distance the highspeed train ICE. This train is split up in the brand new ICE3neo, the ICE3 highspeed, the ICET and the older variants 1 and 2. Next to this fast trains it´s happen the Regio and Regional train RE and RB and in towns and the districts the local trains. Today more and more trains got the service of WIFI in the cabin as well. The cabin of the trains is in a two class configuration first and second class and on trains like the ICE a onboard restaurant which connects the first and second class.
Video details:
00:00 intro at Crailsheim
00:41 at the station of Crailsheim
02:02 travel tip for download by the “Deutsche Bahn comany “DB Navigator”
03:01 arriving of the train and boarding
03:27 departure
04:22 about the seat and second class cabin
05:20 the first class product of the train
05:48 the rest room of the train
06:24 the Go-Ahead (blue) (footage from 2020, (time of Covid-19))
06:25 arriving time at Nuermberg main station
07:49 at Nuermberg main station
08:13 at the big place in front of the main station/the end
The link to both train companys of the Go-Ahead train:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-Ahead_Verkehrsgesellschaft_Deutschland
And here the link to the Go-Ahead (blue) from Bavaria:
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/go-ahead-operations-bavarian-rail-network/
And generelly to read about the Deutsche Bahn company:
https://www.deutschebahn.com/en/business/infrastruktur_schiene/track__infrastructure-6930678
Here the link to my way to Crailsheim by train in comperision:
The link to my journey from Kufstein to Munich:
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2 Comments
Thats not a highspeed train, thats a Regional Express Train. The Express part is not an indication of the max. Speed but the number of stations it stops at.
Regional Express Trains only stop at few select stations on a route, while Regional Trains (Regionalbahn in german) mostly hold on all stations on a route.
I've always been interested in German regional rail. Super cool!