Germany's UNIQUE regional train - IRE 200
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Date: 2024-01-09
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I still don't get it. This connection is so unattractive because you gain absolutely nothing compared to the old route because of the trip to Wendlingen you first have to do. This train could have been tied through in some form to Stuttgart or at least to Plochingen. Perhaps that was not possible because the routes to be traveled are too busy for another hourly connection. But with the given service, it hardly surprises me that I have never been able to see a full train on this line. This emptiness would be the main reason for me to use the line, because the other trains between Stuttgart and Ulm via Geislingen are usually very full.
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I still don't get it. This connection is so unattractive because you gain absolutely nothing compared to the old route because of the trip to Wendlingen you first have to do. This train could have been tied through in some form to Stuttgart or at least to Plochingen. Perhaps that was not possible because the routes to be traveled are too busy for another hourly connection. But with the given service, it hardly surprises me that I have never been able to see a full train on this line. This emptiness would be the main reason for me to use the line, because the other trains between Stuttgart and Ulm via Geislingen are usually very full.
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-NerdX151
I wish DB had kept their InterRegio network. While the IRE trains are fast, they do not really offer the same feeder service the IR's did. With the IR trains you had direct connections between multiple branch lines and one major stop. One example was the IR between Fredericia and Hannover, which served not only as an international train, but also as local train on the danish side, a semi-fast train between Flensburg and Hamburg, and then as a IC-alternative between Hamburg and Hannover. It was a super unique and convinient system, and usually very cheap.
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I wish DB had kept their InterRegio network. While the IRE trains are fast, they do not really offer the same feeder service the IR's did. With the IR trains you had direct connections between multiple branch lines and one major stop. One example was the IR between Fredericia and Hannover, which served not only as an international train, but also as local train on the danish side, a semi-fast train between Flensburg and Hamburg, and then as a IC-alternative between Hamburg and Hannover. It was a super unique and convinient system, and usually very cheap.
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-Fan652w
Thanks for this video! Two points to note. The Nuremberg-Ingolstadt-Munich Regional Express service uses the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high speed line. Secondly, and far more importantly, and a point you should have stressed, the new 49-Euros-a month [the whole of] Deutschland Ticket IS VALID ON THE Wendlingen-Ulm RE (and on the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt RE.
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Thanks for this video! Two points to note. The Nuremberg-Ingolstadt-Munich Regional Express service uses the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high speed line. Secondly, and far more importantly, and a point you should have stressed, the new 49-Euros-a month [the whole of] Deutschland Ticket IS VALID ON THE Wendlingen-Ulm RE (and on the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt RE.
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-user-px7xd7gz2j
Thank you for always delivering wonderful videos.
I'm really looking forward to seeing it.
I have one favour to ask.
It will be a reference when using the toilet, so please take a picture of the scene where the toilet water flows (the flushed water is sucked into the underfloor tank) when visiting the toilet.
Please.
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Thank you for always delivering wonderful videos.
I'm really looking forward to seeing it.
I have one favour to ask.
It will be a reference when using the toilet, so please take a picture of the scene where the toilet water flows (the flushed water is sucked into the underfloor tank) when visiting the toilet.
Please.
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-olli2591
Concerning 3: 26: The IC 1 coaches are older than the 90s. They were modernized and sometimes even reconstructed in the 90s, but all of them were built before 1991, some even before 1980. Some of them are so outdated that they couldn't even go up to 200 km/h in the beginning and had to be retrofitted later.
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Concerning 3: 26: The IC 1 coaches are older than the 90s. They were modernized and sometimes even reconstructed in the 90s, but all of them were built before 1991, some even before 1980. Some of them are so outdated that they couldn't even go up to 200 km/h in the beginning and had to be retrofitted later.
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-feluno
I actually got up really soon on the first day of operation to catch the 3rd train ever on this Service. I think it's incredible that this is literally a regional / commuter train, hitting 200 km/h or 125 mph, while some countries can't even manage to get a decent bus network running.
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I actually got up really soon on the first day of operation to catch the 3rd train ever on this Service. I think it's incredible that this is literally a regional / commuter train, hitting 200 km/h or 125 mph, while some countries can't even manage to get a decent bus network running.
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-EnjoyFirefighting
In the past few years Germany already had an (almost) equally fast regional express train running on the very same dedicated high speed track which is normally used by the ICE trains, connecting the cities of Munich and Nuremberg. K own Munich Nuremberg Express
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In the past few years Germany already had an (almost) equally fast regional express train running on the very same dedicated high speed track which is normally used by the ICE trains, connecting the cities of Munich and Nuremberg. K own Munich Nuremberg Express
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-TohaBgood2
Why is there almost never level-boarding in Europe. Don't they have ADA-like requirements for disabled passenger access? I'm always amazed how poorly they serve the disabled passengers. Even the new trains and new stations do not seem to ever have level boarding.
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Why is there almost never level-boarding in Europe. Don't they have ADA-like requirements for disabled passenger access? I'm always amazed how poorly they serve the disabled passengers. Even the new trains and new stations do not seem to ever have level boarding.
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-Chrizz06041980
Thanks a lot for this nice video. I'm living in Kirchheim unter Teck, the big neighbour town of Wendlingen am Neckar. The track is peripheral going through my hometown. The locomotives the castle Teck is shown. - I rode with this train twice last January.
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Thanks a lot for this nice video. I'm living in Kirchheim unter Teck, the big neighbour town of Wendlingen am Neckar. The track is peripheral going through my hometown. The locomotives the castle Teck is shown. - I rode with this train twice last January.
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-daanwolters3751
About the acceleration, just wait untill the alstrom concordia runs in Denmark, they have the best acceleration for trains going 200 km/h! (The versions for the netherlands wont accelerate as fast, because of their DC overhead system.
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About the acceleration, just wait untill the alstrom concordia runs in Denmark, they have the best acceleration for trains going 200 km/h! (The versions for the netherlands wont accelerate as fast, because of their DC overhead system.
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-ichbinsnicht5860
2: 39 small correction: The IRE 200 will cease to exist because of the IRE 1 that will run from Lindau to Karlsruhe(and also the RE5 between Karlsruhe and Ulm. The IRE200 is just a substitute line until Stuttgart 21 is finished.
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2: 39 small correction: The IRE 200 will cease to exist because of the IRE 1 that will run from Lindau to Karlsruhe(and also the RE5 between Karlsruhe and Ulm. The IRE200 is just a substitute line until Stuttgart 21 is finished.
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-AnnabelSmyth
The train was on time? We have been inter-railing around Europe for the past fortnight, and I think only one, or maybe two, trains have been on time! The rest have varied between 15 minutes and 6 1/2 hours late!
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The train was on time? We have been inter-railing around Europe for the past fortnight, and I think only one, or maybe two, trains have been on time! The rest have varied between 15 minutes and 6 1/2 hours late!
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-josephtan1818
Those yellow object at the centre of the track is called balise, what it does is it send signalling information and speed restrictions to the cab that are equipped with in cab signalling
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Those yellow object at the centre of the track is called balise, what it does is it send signalling information and speed restrictions to the cab that are equipped with in cab signalling
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-AndrewG1989
Germany does have the best rolling stocks. Ranging from regional to high speed and suburban trains that serves cities in Germany including Berlin. I still would like to go to Germany.
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Germany does have the best rolling stocks. Ranging from regional to high speed and suburban trains that serves cities in Germany including Berlin. I still would like to go to Germany.
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-massmike11
Those of us with not great eyes have a hard time reading that thin little white font on a light background. Something to increase the contrast or putting it in a text box would be nice
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Those of us with not great eyes have a hard time reading that thin little white font on a light background. Something to increase the contrast or putting it in a text box would be nice
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-Trainviking
This is really a unique train, happy you made a trip report on this -.
Do you know when the new trains are planned to enter service? (Of course, planned doesn't mean realized.
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This is really a unique train, happy you made a trip report on this -.
Do you know when the new trains are planned to enter service? (Of course, planned doesn't mean realized.
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Did I just miss something or did I see plugs on the armrests? (Because you said there were no plugs. To me it looked like there are some, but maybe I just saw it wrong yt-
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Did I just miss something or did I see plugs on the armrests? (Because you said there were no plugs. To me it looked like there are some, but maybe I just saw it wrong yt-
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-CLechleitner42
I rode that IRE twice last weekend. On my Deutschticket which is only 49 - per month for (almost) all regional and local transport in the whole country; -)
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I rode that IRE twice last weekend. On my Deutschticket which is only 49 - per month for (almost) all regional and local transport in the whole country; -)
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-suisseligue
when the new train come to germany, these coachs will be selling to czech republic where they will be like super juper amazing new trains. i m pretty sure: D
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when the new train come to germany, these coachs will be selling to czech republic where they will be like super juper amazing new trains. i m pretty sure: D
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-rbearne1
I'm not sure how they are designated on these trains but those compartments used to be second class when I travelled on them regularly at the end of the 2000s
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I'm not sure how they are designated on these trains but those compartments used to be second class when I travelled on them regularly at the end of the 2000s
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-applebased8936
please check the new Munich-Nuremberg-Express Train, it is nothing like the old IC1 Cars anymore and a special construction just for this route
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please check the new Munich-Nuremberg-Express Train, it is nothing like the old IC1 Cars anymore and a special construction just for this route
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-MrTom-xk5vh
The subtitles are WAY TOO SMALL! Please use an AI or similar text to voice apps to do voice over. I can-t deal with the TINY subtitles in my cell
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The subtitles are WAY TOO SMALL! Please use an AI or similar text to voice apps to do voice over. I can-t deal with the TINY subtitles in my cell
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-racingweirdo
I dont know if this is good or really bad. DB got more than ten years to prepare themself for this line by ordering new trains on time
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I dont know if this is good or really bad. DB got more than ten years to prepare themself for this line by ordering new trains on time
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SR: It couldn't be quicker
Me: Have you heard of an autobahn. You are legally allowed to drive as fast as you want to
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SR: It couldn't be quicker
Me: Have you heard of an autobahn. You are legally allowed to drive as fast as you want to
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-MostHigh777
Americans should know that this is what the Germans were doing with the money they weren't spending on defense.
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Americans should know that this is what the Germans were doing with the money they weren't spending on defense.
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-anscart2969
The announcement of a train being canceled in the background at 3: 10 gotta be the most DB-experience ever
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The announcement of a train being canceled in the background at 3: 10 gotta be the most DB-experience ever
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There is also the Z21700, a series of French trains which can run at 200 km/h and are also equipped with ETCS
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There is also the Z21700, a series of French trains which can run at 200 km/h and are also equipped with ETCS
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-ki5739
Why making the Vectron for 230 km/h if there is a Taurus?
And why two locos for this light train?
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Why making the Vectron for 230 km/h if there is a Taurus?
And why two locos for this light train?
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-shankewang5802
Man you're lucky, I've been taking DB trains for ages, I've never been on a ontime one: (
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Man you're lucky, I've been taking DB trains for ages, I've never been on a ontime one: (
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-cedricbauer2025
Important to mention that this train is included in 49- monthly Deutschlandticket
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Important to mention that this train is included in 49- monthly Deutschlandticket
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In Ulm, on the same track, there starting the train to Oberstdorf. A beautiful journey too.
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In Ulm, on the same track, there starting the train to Oberstdorf. A beautiful journey too.
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-MooRhy
1: 04 15, 20 - is the price from Stuttgart, not Wendlingen. From Wendlingen it's 9, 50 -.
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1: 04 15, 20 - is the price from Stuttgart, not Wendlingen. From Wendlingen it's 9, 50 -.
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