Rotterdam-Antwerpen 300 km/h, Thalys cab ride / cabinerit

I like how this video makes me feel like I'm actually there.

A word to the wise to American viewers; notice how the train starts out on existing conventional rail -- using the exact same electrical system that Metra Electric uses in the Chicago area (which was originally installed by engineers from the Netherlands) in the city and inner suburbs, then on reaching the outer suburbs transitioning to dedicated high speed track operating at a higher voltage. The locomotives can run on either system, both the 1500V DC commuter rail current or 3000V as it is on the terminal trackage on the Antwerp end, and the 25000 volts AC of the dedicated high speed line in between. This is how you incrementally upgrade to faster rail. (1500v DC can go to about 100mph and that's it; if it's upgraded to 3000 as has happened in Belgium, then maybe 125, and beyond that you need the higher voltage AC)

Mijn opa - ik ben van 17/02/1949 - had dit als oud HC nog eens moeten kunnen bekijken. De beste man had enorm genoten!

Super gaaf om te zien. Mooi stuk spoor! Zelf de voorbereidingen gedaan voor aanbrengen van de spoorstaven op de HSL en vaak met de spoorstaaftrein op de HSL meegereden.

I like the AWS bell in those, very tuneful. Nice sound from the motors in the cab too.

The take-off sound is absolutely sci-fi and alien!

Fantastische upload! Heerlijk geluid van die typische Franse tractiemotoren van Alstom. Vondt het in die tunnel op 8:52 ook helemaal te gek klinken :)

Wunderschöne Aufnahmen! Danke für's Teilen!

Been to the Netherlands a half dozen times, I love it.🇳🇱

Impresionante!!!!!me encantan los trenes y los hermosos paisajes ,una linda forma de conocer ,GRACIAS....

Dank.Gewoon dank. Ik heb hier met plezier naar gekeken.

superleuk om dit te zien, heb tijdens de bouw de spoorstaven opgezet, je herkent de hele lijn weer. super!!

Great video! Nice that you could ride in the front. I’ve only been on the Shinkansen in Japan, and they don’t let you up there... Interesting to see so much Dutch countryside in such a short period of time! I really have to get over there soon.

We need high-speed trains like this in the US.

Amazing rail work...Big like from Romania...Thumbs UP!!!!

Great Video. Thank you for posting

20:33 to 20:40 is the speed check.

Very nice video,greetings from Greece

Thanks for this rail travel experience...great video

You do get a good view of the city from the train as it passes through Antwerp on its way to Brussels !