Everything WRONG With The NEW Eurostar Merger
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🌏 Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/midlondon It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! It's been a long time in the making, but the Thalys brand has now disappeared from European railways and has been replaced by the new Eurostar brand following the merger of Thalys with the latter, and one thing was on my mind: what else has changed? Join me in this video as we see that this is not quite as big a change as you'd be expecting! Journey details: Date of travel - January 2024 Operator - Eurostar Class of travel - Premium Class Origin - Amsterdam Centraal Destination - Paris Nord Price - £130/€150.36/$164.76 ( Eurostar Premium Class Fare) Duration - 3 hours, 33 minutes Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video! Music from EpidemicSound and is used under license. A huge thanks to Coastway Will for his help with the video - check him out here: https://twitter.com/coastway_will Follow me on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/midland__london Instagram: https://instagram.com/midlandlondon Support the channel here: https://kofi.com/midlandlondon Link to the Eurostar Café menu: https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/your-trip/food-on-board/our-menu Link to the Eurostar Premium Class menu: https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/premiummenu #eurostar #thalys #pba #'tgv #amsterdam #paris #tripreport #vlog #highspeedrail Time stamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Amsterdam Centraal 02:23 - Station Refurbishment 02:47 - Our Eurostar Train/The Merger 04:13 - Nord VPN Sponsorship Segment 05:31 - Boarding the train/Premium Class 05:58 - Route Map 06:22 - Departure from Amsterdam 06:45 - The Route to Schiphol 07:34 - HSL Zuid 08:06 - Know Your Seat 09:40 - Subscribe! 09:54 - Rotterdam Centraal 10:22 - Stadion Feyenoord and Onboard Service 10:40 - Hollands Diep River Onwards 11:14 - Other Eurostar Travel Classes 11:47 - Eurostar Café? 12:19 - Entry into Belgium & Antwerpen Centraal 12:46 - Navigating the Brussels Suburbs 13:37 - Brussels Zuid/Midi 14:25 - Premium Class Meal Service 14:47 - Brussels Forest Depot/HSL 1 15:24 - WiFi 15:37 - Secret Meeting Room?? 16:00 - Loo Review 16:38 - LGV Nord and Parisian Suburbs 17:13 - Journey Summary and Price 17:54 - Arrival into Paris & Conclusion
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