This is Germany’s luxurious and lesser-known LUXURY high-speed train, we’ll be exploring its lavish design and amenities, on a non-stop journey from Berlin to Frankfurt.
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Journey Details:
Origin: Berlin Hbf
Destination: Frankfurt(M)Hbf
Company: Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Train: DB 101 + Metropolitan ICE
Accommodation: Second Class Seat (2nd)
Distance: 586 kilometres / 364 miles
Price: €33.90 (£31.00 / $39.50)
Time: 4h 03m, +2 minutes late
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Why secret train? Because you didn't knew about? The ICE is a pretty normal train here in germany.
What a shame that it is gone, but understandable
Many thanks! The state of Deutsche Bahn has become so precarious (punctuality but rather overall capacity and reliability – many trains were just cancelled) that Bahn-Bashing can be considered a brand-new word which got currency in 2022. It's a shame that these 2 train sets were "secret" – not being marketed as such and thus underused as the footage shows. Also, how the network is being used shows issues (maybe repair work?): A Berlin-Frankfurt train should avoid Hannover by getting access to Hannover – Würzburg via Hildesheim. That would have 10+ min faster. And by the way, the H – Wü highspeed is an insanity typical fpr Deutsche Bahn (then Bundesbahn- West German Railways). By just looking on timetables it is obvious that the relation Frankfurt – H /HH/Bremen/Berlin is more used that Munich/Nuremberg – H/HH. With freight trains (which the line was ALSO designed for, which made it much mor expensive) also running rather SW to N (Genova-Bremerhaven/Hamburg/Copenhagen), well WHY did they not choose to FIRSTLY connect Frankfurt and Kassel directly by highspeed?
Really sad they took those rail cars out of service! I traveled on that train from Frankfurt to Berlin once and couldn't wrap my head around how beautiful the shimmering ceiling was.
Ah yes, my daily dose of US-based jealousy at seeing rail travel that isn't the absolute worst.
It doesn't exist anymore 😭
Sorry but you say the metropolitan does look the same as every other ic/ice but they look different from the outside.
I love that youre basically pronouncing every Name of every foreign city right!
how do i tell on the timetable this train will be?
Na ja, es war ein etwas luxuriöserer Intercity, der Metropolitan Express Train, bis max 220 km/h blieb er in der Ausstattung und Geschwindigkeit aber hinter den neueren ICE‘s zurück. Bin mehrmals damit gefahren, edel anzusehen, aber das war es
great info and history
We can be happy if in the future we still have trains in Germoney and don't go back to afghan tech : donkeys.
delightful an english speaker who knows how to corerctly pronounce German.. ; Also the seating and legroom is is 1st class, remarkable when compared to the flying sardine cans of modern airliners…!
I guess it's not a secret anymore. As if it ever was.
I was in Germany for vacation in December 2022, and I was really impressed with the ICE.
why didnt you show the first class?
"Secret?" LOOOOOL
I already used this train several times and I don't really think it's that luxurious to be honest. It might look nice yes, but it's far from modern.
Jetzt müssten die Züge noch pünktlich fahren.
I traveled with this train in 2015. The interior is looking exceptional, it is a shame that these coaches no longer operate. These seats would fit in every living room and would also be a great upgrade for the ICE 1st class today.
Your German sounds really good.
As a German I was really surprised.
And good video by the way. even i don't knew about the train and i live in Berlin
it was funny that at Berlin Hauptbahnhof you want down the same escalator i did just a few weeks ago 🙂
great video but please resist the text on screen some people can't see it in time to read it.
Never been on this train in my 30 years riding DB. Thank you for making this video!
Beautiful!
I get why it did not work out, but I don't understand it.
👏 another great footage! Just a little specification – maybe already mentioned in the 268 comments before … to many to check )
About the routing – min 03:35 – the train is acutually just heading towards! Würzburg – but leaving the HSL after Fulda for Frankfurt/Main
Another interesting thing: Fastest service nowadays – ICE Sprinter – just saving 10min compared to this service – running just with a few stops too (Bln-Südkreuz, Halle and Erfurt).
On the other routing – via "südliche Hannoversche Umgehungs (Güter-)Bahn" – there's no more regular scheduled service. The classic hourly service runs via Wolfsburg, Braunschweig, Hildesheim, Göttingen, KasselWH, Fulda & Hanau and takes some 255min to cover this journey.
The alternating(every 2nd hour too) route via the Leipzig-Erfurt HSL even takes 258min – also due to a "diversion"/direction switch in LeipzigHbf.
Your pronunciation of German cities is on point
Hm, somehow I am in a train buying mood, anyone got some spare money?