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Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+) |
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Posted by heypaul on Thu Oct 27 22:36:28 2016 Cab Ride |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Oct 27 22:52:18 2016, in response to Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by heypaul on Thu Oct 27 22:36:28 2016. Great video. Thanks for sharing! Too bad we can't do that |
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Posted by zac on Fri Oct 28 00:08:49 2016, in response to Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by heypaul on Thu Oct 27 22:36:28 2016. It only went at high speed at the beginning. 300km/h. After that not much faster than the B train.I rode the TGV once from Paris to Lyon and it was fast, nauseatingly fast. I've also been on some Euro trains recently, and they weren't that fast, from Nice to Ventimiglia and then to Milan, and then from Milan to Venice. I'll have to say the Italian trains were much nicer than the French train. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Oct 28 00:20:39 2016, in response to Re: Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by zac on Fri Oct 28 00:08:49 2016. nauseatingly fast.How so? |
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Posted by zac on Fri Oct 28 06:59:03 2016, in response to Re: Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Oct 28 00:20:39 2016. At high speed the train feels smooth except the subtle motion messes up your balance. And don't look out the window, that's when the speed becomes apparent and your eyes try to follow things. And forget about reading. I wasn't the only one turning green on the train.I rode the trains for 8 weeks that summer, and this was the only one that made me sick. |
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Posted by TerrApin Station on Fri Oct 28 08:59:29 2016, in response to Re: Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by zac on Fri Oct 28 06:59:03 2016. Its only a tiny bit faster than the Acela in RI/MA and I had no problem there. And that in turn felt similar to the Acela in NJ which is even slower. You just have a motion problem it would seem. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Oct 28 09:06:17 2016, in response to Re: Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by zac on Fri Oct 28 06:59:03 2016. If theres a next time, try Dramamine. They have a non-drowsy formula along with the original. Take it about a half hr before your trip to give it a chance to kick in. The stuff works, for me anyway. |
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Posted by bzuck on Fri Oct 28 11:09:49 2016, in response to Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by heypaul on Thu Oct 27 22:36:28 2016. Interesting they use left hand drive on the French TGV. |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Oct 28 14:30:20 2016, in response to Re: Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by bzuck on Fri Oct 28 11:09:49 2016. Interesting they use left hand drive on the French TGV.That's because with the exception of tramways and subways or railways in Alsace-Lorraine, French railways use left hand drive as in the UK. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Fri Oct 28 16:04:24 2016, in response to Re: Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by zac on Fri Oct 28 00:08:49 2016. I took the Paris-Lyon run, and I felt fine. So did my wife, who often gets carsick. The Italian trains you took are not HSR. The are about as fast as Acelas. |
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Posted by TerrApin Station on Fri Oct 28 17:43:01 2016, in response to Re: Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by italianstallion on Fri Oct 28 16:04:24 2016. Acelas are fast. |
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Posted by Bzuck on Fri Oct 28 21:46:40 2016, in response to Re: Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Oct 28 14:30:20 2016. Interesting |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri Oct 28 23:12:42 2016, in response to Re: Cab Ride in French TGV (1 hr+), posted by TerrApin Station on Fri Oct 28 08:59:29 2016. There's a difference between the 10 minutes at speed on the AE, and the longer periods of time you are at speed on other lines. Also, I can see how if the ride is too smooth with exceptions it would be worse than bumpy throughout. I can read on Amtrak while going over jointed rail for hours, but the random bumps of a bus (or plane turbulence) make reading impossible for me for more than 2-3 minutes. If these trains have better shock absorption than AE, I can see how it would be more inclined to cause motion sickness than our trains. |
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