186mph Eurostar blasts through Kent, England on the new High Speed 1

[Mounhas]

@xTheAnnoyingDevilx Yeah, they are long trains now !

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

It still looks weird being on the left lane...

it just looks weird, sorry!

[SANSPAREIL1977]

@Scoinsoffaterocks you get used to it, I have the same thing when I visit other countries running on the other side to us ;o)

[raggit8482]

@Scoinsoffaterocks the train? i didnt know there was a correct side to be on?

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

@raggit8482

What about when it's in continental Europe? Does it switch over or does it remain on the left?

[bpeterdude316]

@Scoinsoffaterocks eurostar keeps to the left in france as well

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

@bpeterdude316

Wha'bout in Germany?

[bpeterdude316]

@Scoinsoffaterocks well I think the ICE trains keep to the right, look it up on wikipedia right and left hand traffic

[Scoinsoffaterocks]

@bpeterdude316

I am talking about the future ICE service to London.

[bpeterdude316]

@Scoinsoffaterocks that I do not know we shall have to wait and see :)

[railotaku]

@xTheAnnoyingDevilx Eurostars are two 9 coach sets back to back - total length is about 400m or 1/4 mile

[apnargundkar]

This train goes faster than this video's progress bar :D

[ceaabe]

Great! Good point of view!

[choirboyfromhell1]

Rode the damn thing....25 minutes from St. Pancras to the north portal. In France 57 minutes from the highball in London.

[nxea170201]

JEEEEZ thats fast ! XD

[BAMitisME]

it looks almost like an animation...

[OKRAFIRE]

Did you know, by law, trains are not allowed to go faster than 40 mph in the UK.

Thing is the government don't tell us that, they shove the blame to the TOCs. They privitised so the government would no longer take the blame, but shoved it to the TOCs instead.

That is my conspiracy theory.

This is a special exception because it is close to France.

[edj66]

It's 125mph by law, due to signalling.

40 mph is just the max we can manage when it snows.

[CJ19Productions]

@edj66 HS1 has in-cab signalling and ATP and the line speed is 186mph for a 373, or 140 for a 395.

[edj66]

@CJ19Productions Sorry, should say I was being facetious to the guy below my original post ;-)

[buttercupline]

that wrong there only allowed 40mph near stations down in devon the trains can get up to 90 mph on the torbay express hauled by king edward 1st a steam engine

[farmerkristian]

@buttercupline Steam locomotives under network rail can only operate at 75mph .

[buttercupline]

@farmerkristian cannthey im sure its faster

[WaerzMedia09]

@buttercupline

Ok - on the ECML the max speed is 125 mph, although the Class 91's are capable of 140 mph. On the ECML in some stations the trains pass at up to 125 mph.

[joaoptaveira]

Steady cam and no zoom in! At last!

[ImprovedAtom]

Did you fasten up the video it looks to fast

[SANSPAREIL1977]

nope not speeded up, as is on a windy day. Do a seach around you tube, this is what nearly 200mph looks like!

[Jlt1989]

finally someone actually doesn't zoom in! nice vid

[userundisclosed]

Quarter mile long train passing in 5 seconds.. I'd call that 180mph!

[90005NXEA]

I just worked that out too! (This is a pointless comment)

[ShaurntheSheep]

if you stud on the line with that hertaling towords you you could'nt get out the way

[Trapperjohn4077th]

Excellent quality....Nice ty.

[s1uarthud]

Wow, so cool. I've been on Eurostar a few times and always wondered what it looked like whilst moving from the outside.

[choirboyfromhell1]

The only way to run a railroad.......balls out!

[budmanuk]

Nice video! Don't you just love hi-def!?!

[paxmannut]

footage is sped up. u can tell by the speed the clouds pass on the ground shadows.

[SANSPAREIL1977]

Sorry to spoil your theory but actually its called a windy day!!!!!! You can hear the wind on the mic even with the additional wind cutter foam fitted! You obviously havent seen 186mph trains doing 186mph before......

[elmski1987]

its clearly real..........ignore paxmannut........lol great vid

[V8Fiero2M8]

@paxmannut Cloud shadows can move almost as fast as cars. You can see the sky clouds. Pretty much western Europe has high speed trains including in UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Spain. They run average between 200 and 300 kilometers per hour or between about 150 to 200 miles per hour. They take passengers daily. In France trains similar to this exist for the last 20 or 30 years, the TGV which runs in France an Belgium. See Wikipedia Encyclopedia.

[Muckydoggy1]

@paxmannut Your obviously American and can't comprehend a fast train...

[peggey08]

great video of a great train 5*

[emachines34]

that is going 186mph+

[peggey08]

186mph

[ferroclasic]

Que hermosos los colores...excelente

[SANSPAREIL1977]

sí, gracias

[elfabyanos]

Awesome! Nice to see a shot without panning - you can really see the distance they cover so quickly.

[Kersh152]

Nice clip!

[mrtulala1]

have u been to the red lion pub near lenham heath?

[SANSPAREIL1977]

Sorry no, was a short passing visit

[TheTraveller10]

hey where abouts is that?

[SANSPAREIL1977]

A bridge near to Lenham