First German ICE train into St.Pancras, Eurostar competition (19Oct10)

The first time a non-Eurostar train arrives in London's St.Pancras station, the German ICE train is on trial run to show that the German network can run their trains through the Channel Tunnel onto the UK.

Maybe now we might get some competition on the line, cheaper fairs, better European connections, and better service (still no Wi-Fi / Internet on a Eurostar).

This video has been converted to 720p from anamorphic PAL size, and encoded to AVC before uploading.

Recorded from BBC 1pm News, 19 October 2010.

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[Desiro360]

Awesome sight. It would be fantastic if the ICE Train gets the go ahead to operate direct services from London to Amsterdam/Germany so more people would have the option to travel by train instead of flying. :)

[pontiacgpuk]

Great to see an ICE in London. Now we can get a real Euro-network going!! TGV next? Spanish AVE? Can't wait!

[frglee]

London to Cologne and Amsterdam in 3 hours by train,..

City to City-Heart to Heart. And no more of this tedious messing about with airports. Can't wait!

Maybe one day before too long,it'll be London to Glasgow and Edinburgh in 2h 30 by train!

[samados969]

@pontiacgpuk

Eurostar is a modified TGV, suited to English norms ;D

[Lintflas]

So this will be a historic moment when the first train arrives at a station in the UK .. on time! :D

[wierdwesterner]

So this is why the UK politicians want this HS2 so badly, extend the European service from St Pancras up to Birmingham and beyond and then sell the rights to Deutsche Bahn or Eurostar.... whoever gives them the bigger pound of flesh. Snouts in the trough again, they never stop thinking of ways to line their own pockets.

[dom86juve]

about time!

[ardiansyahkaizen]

hmmm, i hope indonesian like this..

hehehehe

[Jeansschwimmer]

I could just imagine an exhibition in the National Railway Museum in Yorkor the Museum in Darlington in 2025 "200 Years of Railway" with trains - modern and historic- came from all over Europe where they use 4 ft, 8 1/2 inches gauge. All George Stephenson's children and grandchildren.

[Jeansschwimmer]

@NThusiast Nope- Siemens did.

Strangely enough German Rail used steamlocos - on some lines- as late as 1971 for passenger service when the British ones had longed been scrapped, but electrification and high speed services had long been established before. Then the BR Intercity 125 was much ahead of DB - I just remember it running between Newcastle and Manchester and Manchester and London, took it quite a lot- and now it looks that the next round has gone to DB

[mastersgta1]

That is sooooo cool! I live in North America and our rail network is nothing compare to what you guys have...

[ejcmoorhouse]

@MarkGronan1988 yh but who would want to go by air when you can have all that space and end up in the middle of the city instead of miles out!!?!