I Tried Europe’s Most HATED High-Speed Train - Eurostar Amsterdam to Paris Review

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Follow me on Bluesky @intercitysimon.com https://bsky.app/profile/intercitysimon.com In this video, I’m taking the Eurostar (formerly Thalys) from Amsterdam to Paris in the comfortable first-class seats. On the surface, everything seems perfectly fine — but Eurostar was ranked as Europe’s worst train operator last year in a major study? So join me on this trip as I show you both the polished, premium side of Eurostar and the deeper issues behind the brand: passenger-unfriendly decisions, questionable pricing practices, and why this might just be Europe’s worst high-speed train service once you look beyond the basics. If you want to dive deeper into Eurostar and its puzzling choices, I highly recommend Jon Worth’s excellent coverage on his blog: https://jonworth.eu/?s=Eurostar Train type: GEC Alsthom TGV PBKA Route: Amsterdam - Brussels - Paris Train: ES 9382 Distance: 525 km Journey time: 3h29m Average speed: 151 km/h Price: Way too much normally (my Interrail reservation was €42). 00:00 Intro 02:11 Eurostar trains 03:10 Boarding and depature 04:00 Route Map 04:23 Amsterdam Airport 04:42 Dutch HSR is broken! 05:13 New Interior 05:33 Seat Tour 06:26 Ewww (Filth) 06:40 Rotterdam 07:20 On the HSL across the border to Belgium 07:50 Antwerpen Centraal (Impressive station!) 08:20 The slow line to Brussels 08:38 Train Interior Tour 09:22 The new cafe car (Dissapointing) 09:58 Toilet Review 10:24 Brussels 11:02 High speed line across the border to France 11:50 The bad: Prices and Capacity 12:23 The bad: Nonsense fees 13:38 The bad: Merger with Eurostar 14:46 The bad: New train order with questionable motives 15:10 Is Eurostar the worst train company in europe? 15:35 Arrival Paris #Travel #Trains #TripReport