On the rails again…
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And we made it to Lleida finally! We arrived at 19:42, a mere 4 hours and 33 minutes after our timetabled arrival. We did miss our AVE, and we were told to buy new tickets, and then submit a compensation claim for the old tickets.
Thankfully, last minute tickets were a mere 14.60€ a head, so we’re not too out of pocket.
In the meantime, we are taking a well deserved refreshment
Cw: alcoholic drinks
We are now aboard a Renfe S103 Velaro-E zooming along back to Barcelona at 270km/h. Our conductor has assured me we will hit 300km/h.
We are having beers. In a cafe car.
We are about to spend an hour and a quarter travelling the distance that should have taken 3 hours 24 minutes and in fact took almost 8.
@Darkskynet is suitably impressed.
Cheers!
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We are now aboard a Renfe S103 Velaro-E zooming along back to Barcelona at 270km/h. Our conductor has assured me we will hit 300km/h.
We are having beers. In a cafe car.
We are about to spend an hour and a quarter travelling the distance that should have taken 3 hours 24 minutes and in fact took almost 8.
@Darkskynet is suitably impressed.
Cheers!
@Darkskynet “Wait, that was a whole train that just passed by us in the other direction?! That quickly?”
“No, it’s only a half-train”
He’s also quite amazed by how long trains can get….
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@moof passing through in about half an hour. Should I be prepared to wave?
@tops I think we’re one train ahead of you
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@Darkskynet “Wait, that was a whole train that just passed by us in the other direction?! That quickly?”
“No, it’s only a half-train”
He’s also quite amazed by how long trains can get….
@moof @Darkskynet Seeing another high-speed train passing in the other direction is always impressive. “Foomp-foomp-foomp-gone”.
Differently impressive are stations with the high-speed tracks running through the middle, and stopping tracks with platforms off to the side. I had that experience in Japan a while ago: the non-stopping train was gone before I realised what was happening. I think DB has stations like that on the Frankfurt-Cologne line.
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@tops I think we’re one train ahead of you
@moof agreed. ENYOY.
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@moof @Darkskynet Seeing another high-speed train passing in the other direction is always impressive. “Foomp-foomp-foomp-gone”.
Differently impressive are stations with the high-speed tracks running through the middle, and stopping tracks with platforms off to the side. I had that experience in Japan a while ago: the non-stopping train was gone before I realised what was happening. I think DB has stations like that on the Frankfurt-Cologne line.
@hmwilker @Darkskynet You should make a point of changing train at Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud. There is a footbridge over the high speed line, and TGVs go through it at full speed every 5-15 mins or so
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We are now aboard a Renfe S103 Velaro-E zooming along back to Barcelona at 270km/h. Our conductor has assured me we will hit 300km/h.
We are having beers. In a cafe car.
We are about to spend an hour and a quarter travelling the distance that should have taken 3 hours 24 minutes and in fact took almost 8.
@Darkskynet is suitably impressed.
Cheers!
@moof @Darkskynet next time, send him through the Eurostar, maybe? (Or at least do the YJB-XOC)
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@moof @Darkskynet next time, send him through the Eurostar, maybe? (Or at least do the YJB-XOC)
@javicuna @Darkskynet We are doing Lleida Pirineus to Barcelona-Sants. This is currently the highest speed section of the train network in Spain
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@hmwilker @Darkskynet You should make a point of changing train at Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud. There is a footbridge over the high speed line, and TGVs go through it at full speed every 5-15 mins or so
@moof @Darkskynet *notiergeräusch*, as we say on German social media. Thanks for the tip.
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@javicuna @Darkskynet We are doing Lleida Pirineus to Barcelona-Sants. This is currently the highest speed section of the train network in Spain
@moof @Darkskynet Considering that most of it seems to be either closed or down for repairs…
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@moof @Darkskynet *notiergeräusch*, as we say on German social media. Thanks for the tip.
@hmwilker is this like "the sound of writing down"?
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@hmwilker is this like "the sound of writing down"?
@bovine3dom Yes. „Notetakingsound“ would be another literal translation.
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@bovine3dom Yes. „Notetakingsound“ would be another literal translation.
@hmwilker that's brilliant. thank you
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@javicuna @Darkskynet We are doing Lleida Pirineus to Barcelona-Sants. This is currently the highest speed section of the train network in Spain
@moof @javicuna @Darkskynet I used to take that train five days a week! My head breaks just thinking about it now.
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@darkphoenix @Darkskynet We made it to Gavà, where the train driver informed us that our next train was going to be on platform 3. And indeed, there was a class 470 train waiting for us. It claims to be an R14, at least inside. We are now sat aboard, waiting to find out if/when we are going to leave.
This is my first class 470, at least that I remember.
@moof @darkphoenix
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@moof @darkphoenix
Are the 470 the ones from the 1970's ?@Darkskynet @darkphoenix They were constructed in the 70s, known then as class 440. These were then refurbished in the early 1990s, and became known as the class 470.
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