The Intercity Trains Germany Bought Just to Get Rid Of...

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Germany's DB purchased 17 Stadler KISS EMUs from Austrian open access operator WESTBahn which entered service between 2020 and 2022. Despite the investment into them and short period of usage however, DB has already decided to sell the units despite nothing really being wrong with them. Why is this happening? Do they have a future? What are they like from a passenger perspective? Find out in this video! Journey details: Date of Travel - December 2023 Operator - DB Fernverkehr Class of Travel - First Train Type - Stadler KISS 1 Origin - Stuttgart Hbf Destination - Zürich HB Price - Second class - €14.99/£12.64/$17.01, First class - €29.99/£25.29/$34.03 Journey time - 3 hours, 16 minutes Distance - 232km/144 miles Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video! Music from EpidemicSound and is used under license. Follow me on social media: BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/omtherails.bsky.social Instagram - https://instagram.com/omtherails TikTok (posts coming soon!) - https://www.tiktok.com/@om.the.rails?lang=en Support the channel here: https://ko-fi.com/omtherails Link to the DB menu: https://www.bahn.de/service/zug/bordgastronomie #deutschebahn #db #stadler #kiss #stadlerkiss #tripreport #vlog #trains #germany #switzerland #stuttgart #zurich Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:36 Stuttgart Hbf 02:46 The "New" Intercity 2 04:37 Boarding & Route Summary 05:56 Departure 06:20 First Class Interior 07:47 Why The KISS is being Sold 09:37 Walkthrough 12:11 Singen & Entering Switzerland 14:08 Summary, Conclusions, Pricing & A More Certain Future... 15:50 Arrival into Zürich & Outro - Thanks for Watching!