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@user-tj6ot7tw8g

3 жыл бұрын

Brother, I respect your positivity. But slow trains and squad toilets are not cool....

@Reesqs

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-tj6ot7tw8g lol

@mlwee6796

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-tj6ot7tw8g They are slow when you're rushing for time. But when you're travelling free and easy, you can slowly watch the world unfold.

@GyacoYu

3 жыл бұрын

Not slow and not commie enough, bro. The train you took looks like a "direct express" train among the slow class. You should vlog the the "regular slow" among the slow class, such train No. 7053/4 from Zibo to Mount Tai and back. Or the non-air conditioned train No. K8261/2 from Jinan to Weihai. What you took was a 高阻绿-colored blue train rather than a genuine green car. K8261 is the genuine green car and 7053/4 is a red train, both very authentic. Here's a list of genuine green trains you may take: zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E9%93%81%E8%B7%AF%E7%AE%A1%E5%86%85%E9%9D%9E%E7%A9%BA%E8%B0%83%E5%88%97%E8%BD%A6%E8%BD%A6%E6%AC%A1

It's ironic that the Amtrak in America is around 130km/h avg. speed and it is considered as "fast train" in the US. But the 160km/h (avg. around 120km/h) "Green Skin Train" in China is called as "slow train" 😄

@mishak6175

3 жыл бұрын

Dude! It has a few miles stretch after between New York and Boston that it can pick up. The damn thing barely doing 80 most of the trip (D.C - BOSTON)

@wendy9232

3 жыл бұрын

Considering it’s fast train speed of 350km/h, 160/h is indeed slow.

@JD-yz4kr

3 жыл бұрын

130km/hour is the top speed, not the average speed. It is estimated average speed will be 80 kmph, which is considered an improvement over the 60kmph top speed currently in place.

@shahx1019

3 жыл бұрын

Thing is in China passager train are top priority on the rail, so freight train will make their way. In the U.S. it's quite opposite because freight train company own the railway.

@Alex-pj8nz

3 жыл бұрын

American trains are a joke.I blame the oil lobby.

I am an Indian. I traveled in China's Green train and CRH High speed train... both are pleasant experience. I love that..

haters be hating, but it can’t stop you from showing us real china and stoping us from supporting you!

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

What a legend comment! Wow

@yoyozent

3 жыл бұрын

@@lennifrost2006 exactly! And there is heavy censorship in China. Those 5 cents wolf worriers will never admit this fact!

I once took the Communist slow train from Guangzhou to Beijing, 16 hours, overnight. You save one night of hotel and make a few friends.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Ah what a nice ride, I’ll try that sometime

@harrisonelfrink5676

3 жыл бұрын

16 hours from Guangzhou to Beijing on their slow trains doesn't sound too bad.

@kevinlaw6191

3 жыл бұрын

@@harrisonelfrink5676 I might be wrong, that was back in 2000. Maybe it was longer with the stops. Update: Just check on the internet, for midnight express, the train stops only a few major stations, it is about 20h. For the really slow train, it could be 24 to 30h !

@anonandonandonanon4259

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good point

@yixie6830

3 жыл бұрын

I took a train from Guangzhou to Lhasa, Tibet in 2015. It took three days, was a great ride.

Thank you for showing different facet of life in China 👍

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

It’s my pleasure my buddy! Thank you for the ongoing support

Thank you Jerry brother for this wonderful video. Chinese trains is best in the world ❤️❤️❤️. Love from India 👍..

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support my buddy! I really appreciate it man

160 kph...It's called slow train in China. It's also called "the nation's high speed intercity rail system" in the USA, a.k.a. Amtrak.

@zoulei881027

3 жыл бұрын

Officially, 160 kpm is not slow train. It's called at least "kuaisu" train, means fast train.

@ggg-zy6gw

3 жыл бұрын

" fast train" is actually slow train，the common train is the slowest train the 300km/h one is real fast train.

@paladinzzy

3 жыл бұрын

Because in the past the green skin trains might not reach 160km/h in reality. For example, in my province (Fujian), green skin trains never reached a speed of more than 100km/h throughout its entire operating history. And then we have the real High Speed Rail for comparison. Initially, before HSR era, the slow train refered to those trains which stopped at a lot of stations (including small towns), compared to 'fast trains' which used significantly less time for the same route (ran faster and skipped many unimportant stations). I remember the 'fast trains' then were often red+silver skinned and slow trains were green skinned. Maybe this is why people today still refer to green skinned train as slow train

@JD-yz4kr

3 жыл бұрын

@@paladinzzy In the US, any railways capable of reaching 100 km/hour or more is called a high-speed railway (HSR). Regular trains are 60 km/hour.

@Sean-zv1jc

3 жыл бұрын

@@JD-yz4kr Regular Amtrak can do 80mph, the problem is they stop quite a lot to yield cargo train

The longest train journey I made was 15hrs through the south of China in one of these slow trains. We slept in one of the 6-bed bays (3 storey bunk beds). It was a lot of fun but decided to take the high speed rail back lol.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha great decision cause you had best of both on 1 trip very smart. I really love these slow trains though it just does it for me

@ronniechew6566

3 жыл бұрын

The longest journey for me is a short 378km by car taking 14 hours 🤣 Highways were partly ready to use at that time and there was an accident that caused a huge delay. It would normally take me 3.5 hours with a full highway but at that time it was around 6 hour trip

Thought I would just post this about the "fastest" train in North America between Toronto and Montreal here in Canada. :) :) :) "The best connection is provided by train number 66, which rushes from Toronto to Montreal in 4 hours and 38 minutes. The resulting average speed of more than 120km/h makes this train the fastest train in North America at the time of writing. (The Acela express between Boston and New-York has a higher top speed, but lower average speed)." Your "slow" train in China would be a Super Duper Express train in USA or Canada.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Info here in the comment section thank you!

@Carlosnaoki

3 жыл бұрын

But it is said that you rarely travel by train, and most travel between cities is by plane, so this may just be a difference in national conditions?

@yangfelix7021

3 жыл бұрын

@@Carlosnaoki It depends on how far is your journey, you have to spend hours for the checkin and luggage plus your time traveling from airport to your place( which is normally pretty far from city center.

@peterplee105

3 жыл бұрын

@@yangfelix7021 let's try from NY to Boston half hour fly. You have to leave point A least two hours before take off and to use longer than 40 minutes to get the point where you going. Tatal time is no less than 3 hours ten minutes. If take the high speed train in China it mostly likely cut the time to three hours

@marktu8976

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-gu4vx5kp8o Your information is outdated. The green skin trains do share rail with high speed trains. They are in two different systems.

Communist slow train.. That cracked me up😂😂😂

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahaha I bet you those China haters clicked first

@floydhuang220

3 жыл бұрын

@@JERRYGOODEhahaha you devil

@yangfelix7021

3 жыл бұрын

160km slow communist trains, haha

@johngreen1045

3 жыл бұрын

Stupid name, no one call this in China.

@wong2230

3 жыл бұрын

@@johngreen1045 have a sense of humor please.

Slow train?? Same speed as UK trains lah! 👍👍👍

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha yeah true

160kph is faster than the fastest in Malaysia!

@michaelturner4457

3 жыл бұрын

And 160kmh is twice as fast as trains in America.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha awesome

@StandWithUkraineAndLiberalism

3 жыл бұрын

Most green-skinned trains in China travel somewhere between 100-160kph. They have to travel at around 140-160kph on double-track mainlines in order not to slow down other trains, but on single-track branch lines, they usually travel at less than 120kph. On mountainous single-track routes like the Qinghai-Tibet, Baoji-Chengdu, and old Chengdu-Kunming lines, they might even have to slow down to 60-70kph on some sections due to safety issues. Additionally, the types of available locomotives really determine how fast a green-skinned train could go. If you got newer ones like the HXD1D, HXD3D, SS8, SS9, DF11, etc., those trains could easily travel up to 160kph. In fact, the late 1990s SS8 could sustain 170kph speed when pulling just 10 coaches on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen route. However, if they were pulled by 1970s era DF4 diesel locomotives (locomotives that I grew up with), they could only travel up to 120kph at best. Finally, the green-skinned coaches (an improved variant of the type 25 passenger coach, I think) you took aren't really "communist-era'" trains because they were actually designed in the 1990s. The real "communist-era" green-skinned trains are the type 22 series non-AC coaches invented in the 1950s based on Soviet designs. They are all in museums now.

@michaelturner4457

3 жыл бұрын

@@JERRYGOODE Yeh totally awesome. :) The communist slow trains in China, go twice as fast as the trains in America.

@teohct1

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe China should sell their 'slow trains' to replace our fast trains :)

Even in the small town, the private cars look pretty good. Not expensive but nice.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

True and everyone has a car, it’s not that they struggle as what the Western Media wants people to believe

@dyliu6126

3 жыл бұрын

@@lennifrost2006 the fact is that they have only if they want.

@liurocky4647

3 жыл бұрын

I would say it is because these are relatively new cars. China has a rather strict policy against old cars with lower emission standards. They won’t pass annual checkup. So you won’t see many cars over 10 years old in China.

@chjin1796

3 жыл бұрын

@@lennifrost2006 Not everyone has a car, but basically every family has a car.

@DannyChean

3 жыл бұрын

@@lennifrost2006 for yout infotmation, China IS the biggest automobile market in the world, even bigger than the US. For example, BMW, Audi, Mercedez and Porsche combined sold over 2 million LUXURY SEDANS every year in the past decade. You go figure.

OMG! Even though 160km/h still faster than a lot south east asia country train

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Yip

@liurocky4647

3 жыл бұрын

That’s top speed allowed but they won’t run at that speed at all. The real speed for these trains is usually no higher than 120kph. Just like you won’t usually drive your car at 180kph even though it can reach that speed.

@aaron_cherysa

3 жыл бұрын

@@liurocky4647 I know, like Thailand 120 kmh but actually just 60kmh, Malaysia 140 kmh actually only 90kmh

@user-zs4tz2ei8i

3 жыл бұрын

@@liurocky4647 你对准点率一无所知，不同的铁路局是通过准点率与安全率进行竞争的，胜者才能升职。

@bohanli8381

3 жыл бұрын

Liu Rocky 自己去测一下速度，25T跑157、158是很常见的

I am so glad to see my hometown on KZread.😂 Every semester,I travel from Dongying Station to Jinan Station by this train.The whole journy distance of this train is about 200 kilometers.And this can only cost you 30RMB(about 5$).If you are a university student, you can also have 50%off for fares four times a year.It's really nice for me to take this train.

In China, train ticket price is only related to travel distance. The price of high speed train in China is about 0.46 RMB per km, which is only one third or even one forth of that of Japan and Europe. The government still keep those green-skin-train operating to meet the need of low income people. the 160km speed is not very fast but it's acceptable, and it still has very good on-time rate, that important, and the most important, the price is only one sixth of the price of high speed train, 0.08 RMB per km. that's cheap like hell so that everybody can afford it. NOBODY left behind, we call this socialism. 😄💖💖

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

#Socialism! That’s the systems that works

@yangfelix7021

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody left behind, that’s exactly how beautiful it’s.

@yunfeichen

3 жыл бұрын

The characteristics of socialist countries, many projects are for people's livelihood, even if they do not make money, they still exist.

Ha ha for 27 yuan I can barely take the bus to town maybe one way ticket is €3 single way €5.20 for return....so Jerry keep it going.

Slow train- Communism High speed train- Capitalism Whatever you like, China has it all.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a fact! Well said

@JohnJohnson-ym2sw

3 жыл бұрын

You forgot space train soon... = Super capitalism ride

@philipz.v2425

3 жыл бұрын

a capitalist-style high-speed rail with a communist price, last time I travelled 1000km on it and the price was like 330RMB or 66 Canadian dollar

@speedstriker

3 жыл бұрын

@@philipz.v2425 Well put.

@user-td3se5jq1w

3 жыл бұрын

You know, your words just doesn't make any sense:What does the speed of train has anything to do with ideology? There are are literally no high speed train but slow train in capitalist America, does that make America communist?

In China, Dong Che 动车runs at 200 to 250km/hour. Gao Tie 高铁 (High speed train）runs 300 to 350Km.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! That’s for solid information buddy

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! That’s for solid information buddy

@yangfelix7021

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, on your ticket, the first letter is D for Dong Che, G for GAO Tie which means high speed.

@rickd3777

3 жыл бұрын

But instead of Gaotie, G represents Gaosudongchezu (High-speed EMU), Gaotie (High-speed railway) represents the railway that it’s running on instead of the train!

Dongying train station is like that since 30 years ago. Dongying is declining. University moves away, young people move to big cities for opportunities. QingDao on the other hand is developing much faster. I grow up in Dongying. Glad to see her in your video.

@caughtinprovidence7197

2 жыл бұрын

只要国企 一定没落 ，腐朽肯定要淘汰

I could never expect such cleanliness in a slow train here in India.

160km per hour is 99.4 miles per hour. Still a lot faster than highway traveling which is typically no more than 75 miles/hr.

@user-vm5hr6db3s

3 жыл бұрын

But there are too many stops that the total average speed would be less than 80km/h. In fact, 160km/h acchieved only when there is a long way to go to the next stop.

Thank you for such a great insight different way of life being able to show and bring us this content. To be so real factual honest genuine passionate . I love the comparisons between the different styles of train from the slower train relaxed laid back slow journey. The difference in the faster newer technology in the updated facy trains that are more luxurious more room and have tvs chairs that go back. Think you probably see more and just more relaxed take in the view's and plus you have great weather as well. You can record take good photos on the slower train. If the train is slower it probably is a smoother journey as well. It will be interesting when you stay in different peoples homes the many different stories they have to tell what life is like for them going round having so many different experiences with so many different people you will stay with. It gives you such a great new insight even more to life

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

The legend in the comment section! Thank you thank you thank you

@yangfelix7021

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, In fact the high speed train is much more smooth than the slow train, you can easily stand your coin on the table of it for long time without falling while it’s running 300km per hour, because the rail is made 500 meters long and connected with each other much more seamlessly. And that’s why high speed train is called a high technology.

Thank you Jerry . I believe the rascals go at least 160 Km/h. . It is very cool and cute. It is faster than the Amtrak Accelera! The boiling water can be used for instant noodles so there is no need for diner car..

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

I seriously love these trains Jimmy, I want to try a kind distance bus also

@jimmyhu7606

3 жыл бұрын

@@JERRYGOODE Jerry, they have sleeper busses also for long adventure. I never tried them but they feature tight fitting beds / cots. See you on your next video mate.

Loved this video Jerry thank you for an honest insight. Its so interesting to see comparisons and how you prefer the slower train over the high tech train.. I look forward to your next videos staying at different peoples homes what their stories and lifes are like. Love your videos theur so informative fun interesting truthful factual truthful open honest real genuine. I enjoy seeing all the different places you show us around. Hope your doing well keep being you and doing you. Keep smiling loving life being happy free relaxed. Keep up the amazing live streams and videos enjoy your travels as well. Look forward to more great content . Thank you again Jerry and you always have a true real friend in me here from westend Glasgow in Scotland.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

This is such a kind comment! Thank you so very much, you literally gave me inspiration to shoot a video Tomorrow! I appreciate people like you on this channel

@kateoconnor41

3 жыл бұрын

Its my pleasure Jerry. I would love to meet you be able to travel. At the moment its illegal for me to leave my own council area or to leave the country. I can't see my family or my friends. I haven't coming up to 1 year and 1 month so far now. I am staying very positive optimistic praying for hope real change. I Am glad I have you Inspiration to shoot a video Tommorow Jerry your literally cheering me up and making me smile helping me through right now. I live alone I feel isolated alone people are calling the police here on you for the tiniest little thing. They dont need a warrant to burst down your door to force entry Inside. Your live streams and videos help me relax and its my escape my peace calmness. I look forward to your videos live streams. I honestly have so much love respect for you. I appreciate value you Jerry. Thank you for your passion sheer dedication hard work love positivity kindness. Thank you for all and everything that you do im looking forward to your video tomorrow Jerry. Thank you so much again. Much love light positivity respect appreciation from me. You always have a true friend for life in me from Scotland

This slow speed train looks and feel more like a train. The high speed trains feel more like a plane 🤣

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

I agree buddy

Thanks Jerry I love all train travel thanks for showing us this journey

Drag me to 20 years ago bro🤣

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 🤣

Jerry, are there any plans to travel to Xinjiang? It's boring to have been in Shandong Province!

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Yes very soon and Inner Mongolia

One thing I have noticed about those different types of trains, people on the slow train are more social and more willing to make friends with complete strangers, people on high speed rails just play with their electronics the whole way through not saying anything, it's very interesting.

@vanxz7511

3 жыл бұрын

you are smart. That's true!

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a fact I totally agree with you

@johnsoncao3114

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, if you have a pack of cigarettes and u smoke at the junction, u instantly chat a lot, politics and news and men’s dirty things😂😂😂

@jameslee2465

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnsoncao3114 no, passengers can not smooke in a train, smoking is prohibited in the train now in China.

@dyliu6126

3 жыл бұрын

there will be no recharger on the solw train if their phone out of power.

If you know the efficiency of China government, don’t be surprised very soon there will be 250km or 350km high speed train.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

True it’s coming

@johncatt42

3 жыл бұрын

Try 600 km .

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

@@johncatt42 maglav can do that

@yangfelix7021

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, 600km trains are coming

@rickd3777

3 жыл бұрын

There already is, since 2007 when they bought technology from Europe and Japan, and since 2010 the trains are domestically made.

Great video. Keep up the good work. Can you make videos in Xinjiang ??

Jerry, you are the best tour guide. Good video 👍

I travelled by that train between Jinan and Dongying multiple times. Ticket price is just about 20 CNY, or was, at least. And that's why that many passengers are still happy with this slow and old train. Long-distance coaches are indeed faster (consider that this station is insanely far away from where I lived), but I suffer from car sickness. It's so warm seeing someone on KZread visiting my hometown. Btw you actually visited the district I lived in in the previous vid.

Thank you very much Jerry! All the best!

Hope you enjoy your days in my hometown Dongying. BTW this is actually a new "express train" started last summer, running up to 160 km/h. I think by "green king" you probably mean "the green giant", which is not this train model... but they both run up to 160 km/h

That train is still faster and cleaner than any Amtrak

OMG Dongying is my hometown! I've never been back since 2015. Thank you so much for this video! And I think probably you had a typo in the description of this video. It's Zibo not Bizo lol

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Oops hahaha thanks for pointing it out brother

Slow train is good for thorough enjoyment of the beautiful scenery.

Wow the slow train is still packed with people.

@johnsoncao3114

3 жыл бұрын

Of course, that’s heavy load of ppl commute, China has 1/5 of world population.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

They use it everyday

@yangfelix7021

3 жыл бұрын

You go airport in China, you will see the same seeing.

Jerry, great video, what would have been nice to see (and end the film) was arriving at beautiful Qingdao train station - amazing German architecture...perhaps next time? Anyway, keep them coming, cheers from England :-)

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

That was the plan! I’ll do it next time my friend thank you for the suggestion

$4.15?! Costs me $6.50 riding BART to work in San Francisco on a capitalist train maintained by janitors of annual salary of $270,000.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s hectic, thanks for sharing

@bronzedisease

3 жыл бұрын

public transportation is dirt cheap in China. Cheaper than most developing countries. The maximum ticket fare in Beijing Metro is 5 yuan. which is less than a dollar. It cost three or four times of that in Thailand.

@SUNOMAJEDAARGAANE

10 ай бұрын

Lol. 🤣😂😂😂

Jerry Goode, Thank you very much for sharing the Chinese slow train, it's interesting to see how the Chinese every day life in China.

I remember taking a slower green skin train from Southern Jiangsu to Beijing as a kid. It took almost 2 days and I remember that every time it stopped at a station, my mom would leave me to the people sitting with us and get off the train to buy some food. I still remember that train riding experience after more than 3 decades

Take Beijing to Shanghai as an example (1230kms) HIGHSPEED TRAIN： ¥604RMB($93USD) / 4.7hrs / From 6:16 am to 9:21pm.the train runs every 20 minutes on average LOWSPEED SLEEPER TRAN(overnight)： ¥304RMB($47USD) / 14.41hrs / Three trains from 8 pm to 11 pm

0:03 the picture of four sacrificed soldiers!!

By the way these trains won't really go away as these non-high speed (普速) run on what's called "existing tracks" (既有线). There's always a chance to try one of these :).

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

I love riding them all to be honest

Slow train at max 160kph to Bizo. Wonderful. I also took a slow train from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar, the K03. The ride was so enjoyable that I continued to Irkutsk and then Yekaterinburg and ended in Moscow! About 6 days riding the train. 👍

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Wow dude that’s really cool! 6 days on a train 🚂 niccccccccce

I think this is a type 25T passenger train, top speed is 160 km/h. It is the fastest normal train in China. The train number on your ticket start from “T”(eg T134). It means Tekuai(Extra Fast). Few years ago, the railway company decided to paint all the normal speed passengers train to this dark green color. So it is hard to tell the difference between the real old “green skin train” and this new one. These 25T passengers train used to be white and blue body. There is also type 25G, top speed 120km/h, slightly slower than 25T. The train number start from K (eg K6504). It means Kuai (Fast). Ticket prices is also slightly cheaper. It used to be red color body but now it’s repainted as dark green as well. The real old “green skin train” uses 25B passenger train. It doesn’t come with AC. Price incredible cheap. Normally there is no letter in the train number (eg 8645). Please correct me if I’m wrong

I enjoy train travel in China. Both the slow and high speed are cool! Enjoy your trip ✌

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Same it way better than flying

I took Amtrak from Chicago to Detroit 14 years ago. It is a terrible experience. The train stops and repairs during the trip and final use the bus took the passenger to the destination.

i am back to support good job jerry

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

"communist slow train!" Hahaha..., you are funny!

Just subbed! How is it in China these days?

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Hi buddy welcome, China is awesome now bud

The Type 25T coaches are China's latest gen "slow" speed rolling stocks. They're airconditioned and reasonably comfortable. Some pressurized variants go all the way up into Tibet. Not your old green skinned trains, where amenities used to be lacking!

The slow train I took in 1992 from Shanghai to Guangzhou takes about 60 hrs (3 days and 2 nights) without bed.

Slow train is love. I know it's nostalgia, but you can't deny the strange joy of eating a bowl of instant noodle while sitting on a tiny foldout bench by a window with its curtains drawn half open, watching the sun rise slowly over the brilliantly orange horizon. That right there is a vibe.

@RD-ht6go

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes being ordinary has its unique charm.

@user-sx8zu4ke1e

3 жыл бұрын

So vivid

@ruixinjiang9555

3 жыл бұрын

it reminds me of my childhood

Dongying is probably a tier-4 or 5 city in China. Yet cars in that parking lot look in better condition than their counterparts in many Western European cities.

Honestly I believe that green train is not the slow one if your train number begins with T (or Z probably?), which is just one level lower than the high-speed-railway. Back in the day, those normal trains are divided by color and train number, green skin was the slowest which approximately just over 100km/h, maximum 120km/h, and the train number is always just number or begin with K followed by numbers; Red skin had the medium speed and was the most common one, usually 120km/h, train number begin with K; Blue skin was the fastest one except for CRH or high-speed-railway, usually 140km/h to 160km/h and train number begin with T or Z. However, after CRH become more and more common the railway corporation decided to paint all normal train in green color, so only the train number and the speed mark on the skin of the train can be used to classify the speed of train now

High Speed bullet train line has much less stops. Green train, the slow speed train stops at many more stations, convenient for local travel. It also has three classes: seat, bed, and private room.

Back in 2010 I stood on the green train for 13 hours straight to go home during Spring Festival. The train is packed with people and I couldn't even move a little bit. It maybe kinda fun for people to travel in those trains today. But it's definately a nightmare for every Chinese who have travelled by the green train. Since my city is connected by the High-speed train, I never take the green train again.

i'm in no hurry this locomotive is perfect for sight seeing just like you've said without scenery on any speed train is just not possible for me...

I had been to Dongying station several times nearly 30years before and it almost doesnt change at all.

actually，there is a way to know the speed of the train you are going to get on：with “G”letter means high speed train which is 350KM/H，“D”means 200~250KM/H，“Z”=160KM/H，“T”=140KM/H，“K”=120KM/H

It is actually not the slowest train in since I can tell this is the Z-series train, its speed can go up to 160km/h.The slowest slow train can only go up to 120km/h, which is the K-series or no prefix at all.

The traditional slow train is almost like watching a classic movie set but it's a bit crowded. It is interesting to see what you don't normal KZread.I like mundane things as well as the particular.

love china.miss it.hopefully i can retire in foshan...

Shandong province is my hometown. Dongying is just a very normal city in Shandong. If you go to Jinan or Qingdao, you will see the city is much better looking and more luxurious.

The train you rode is 25T stock, which is developed by a sino-canadian joint venture. It is Bombardiar core with communism color scheme essentially

Slow train 160kph....faster than any train in US !!!

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Fact!

@Reesqs

3 жыл бұрын

here we go

Agree with you about travelling this way. I recall the older 'hard sleeper' trains have 6 bunks per cabin(?) and they're not actually hard at all. These trips can really be fun on overnight journeys. All you need a deck of cards and some beer!

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes you are so right! I’ll do that on a long journey buddy

@alexg3744

3 жыл бұрын

As a Chinese rail fan, I can tell you that "Hard Sleepers" were actually hard back in the 70s and 80s but since more modern rolling stocks were put into service since the 90s the "hard" and "soft" is actually more like "second class" and "first class" where in hard sleepers each compartment is composed of 6 beds which are narrower and soft sleepers composed of 4 wider beds. Also soft sleeper compartments have doors which provide more privacy and are suitable for a family journey. They also have a type of cars called "Luxurious Soft Sleeper" which only consists of 2 beds and each compartment has its own toilet. This kind of compartment is rare and you may only see them on certain express routes or designated tourism trains.

I think 160 k/H is a good speed. It's 3/4 of the high speed train (TGV) here in France 🇫🇷, 210 k/H. If I want a cheap ticket (20 to 30 euros) from my city to Paris (200 kms) I have to buy it several weeks in advance.

the green skin trains used to travel max 60 km/hr in olden , same with Tomas train, very smoky, ashy from burning coal in the engine, kinda remember from Beijing to Guangzhou it took way more than 24 hours. NO A/C, if you are lucky, the little ceiling fan works. When got off the train, only teeth could be seen.

Facts: 1. some of those green trains were called "super fast train" when they ran 80km/h 20 years ago. 2. They were dirty and super packed before. Anyways, that age was gone.

wow dong ying my home city i miss it so much, wish u had a good time there !

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a cool place for sure

Don't think it is rice field. Not seeing any water there. April is not the month in Northern China to plant rice yet.

Thanks for your each video!slow trains 80km/h~110km/h always with delay are standard level in western Europe 😂

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yeah that’s true

Actually, train numbers that start with: K (kuai): the max designed speed is 120kmph; T (te kuai): the max designed speed is 140kmph; Z (zhi kuai): the max designed speed is 160kmph.

Funny enought this CRH3 train is over 10 years old. Its old in terms of high speed trains in China.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a fact

Nice video lol! Actually this train is a "fake green skin train" and the skin colour is blue and white before 2014(most of the train painted in green starting from2014:(! Also the real slow train don't have air-con! Subbed!😉

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great information my buddy! Welcome to the channel, please bring your friends over to join us

There are 4 different species in CR slow train， What was called Z，T，K and real slow train.Although Z T K are the same ticket price, different in their speed. The full speed of Z can reach to 160km/h, The max speed of T can reach to 140km/h, The full speed of K can reach to 120km/h. When it comes to the real slow train,their full speed are the same with K, but rarely in CR now.

160 kmph is faster than most of western train fleets

The fields are wheat fields.😄

distance between Donting and QIngdao is 3 hours car drive...why took a train....so confusing lol

I like both the slow train and high speed train as long as they are clean, punctual and safe to travel.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

They are all clean always

I think the 绿皮车 green skin train, the 皮 peel is from 铁皮 iron sheet. So maybe green sheet train is a better translation. Anyway, green skin also works.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching dude

The official English name for the "green skin" train is Green Clad trains, Russian. "Fast slow train" should be express traditional trains and no, the other more modern train is not considered high-speed train either. It's considered a non-locomotive train which means the trains are powered and not pulled by a locomotive like the traditional train. There is a real high-speed train which is built on an entirely different platform and it has its own high-speed train station,

Not slow and not commie enough, bro. The train you took looks like a "direct express" train among the slow class. You should vlog the the "regular slow" among the slow class, such train No. 7053/7054 from Zibo to Mount Tai and back. Or the non-air conditioned train No. K8261 from Jinan to Weihai.

Not many alreafy as ppl prefer HSR.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

I choose the slow train any day of the week

I never had the opportunity to travel the slow train (160km is not that slow) in China . I have been on the fast trains a few times even way up front , which was really comfortable. Best part was the looking out the windows , seeing how things are done but the slow train would be better for that. You really can't compare China and South African trains , the slow train in China would be like the short commute Gautrain that we consider fast. Compared to South Africa , I traveled Metro Rail from Cape Town to Simons Town a few times in the last 10 years just for the scenery change and you can jump on and off at all the stops and have a drink. Good day out but if If you hit 60km/h its a lot. Did the Rovos Rail from Pretoria to Cape Town about 2 years ago which is real luxury but the condition of the rails from Pretoria to about Klerksdorp is atrocious.It's almost like riding on a pothole road.Was not like that 20 years ago when I last rode trains in SA. Also rode a steam train from Cape Town to Elgin in the Cape and back a couple of years ago. Also a good day trip for a vlogger I would think. You really see a different perspective from a train. I would really like to do a train trip in China if I ever return.

The trains we are travelling is only 80 kmph. Even the slowest train in China are far better off than the ones we have at Perth, Australia. What a disgrace.

Jerry, is it really called Communist Slow Train - or is that your word? I took the highspeed train and that was amazing. But the Slow Train is amazing too. All the trains in China are so clean, well organized and PUNCTUAL! The staff in the highspeed train I took was also amazing, She distributed the hot lunch (rice with meat & vegetable) to everybody. After she picked up the dirty dishes, the train looked as clean and orderly as before. Ditto with the train restroom. The highspeed train I took had the western sit-on toilet. But I learned from Greece that in the old times Greece also used the squat toilet. I saw them in an old medieval habitat for nuns in the mountain. The squat toilet, common in Asia, is actually more hygienic than the sit on type, Your body doesn't touch anything.

@alexg3744

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think he is using the word "communist" in a bad way. In fact in the west this word has been misunderstood so much that it almost equals evil. But in China communist means everybody has the equal rights of having inexpensive access to infrastructure, like transportation, electric, communication, etc. So this train actually is "communist", which provides an acceptable and accessible way for people in rural areas to travel.

@TS-hd3mc

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexg3744 Agree, Jerry Goode doesn't use the word 'communist' in a bad way. What I want to know is whether in China the slow train is really called 'COmmunist Slow Train'

@alexg3744

3 жыл бұрын

@@TS-hd3mc That I can assure you it is not 😂 Typically people call it the "Green-Skinned Train" (Lyu-Pi-Che) because of the green color of the carriages, but definitely not the communist train 😂

@TS-hd3mc

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexg3744 Thank you for the explanation. I learn something interesting from you about the word 'communist' in China. CPC is the only communist party in the world who sucessfully transforms a dirt poor country into a superpower within one generation. Hats off for CPC! Jerry Goode is an excellent reporter. He was just using irony to attract attention to his video.

@alexg3744

3 жыл бұрын

@@TS-hd3mc Glad you liked it, hope there are more people like you. Unfortunately most people from the west hear the word "communist" and just freak the hell out. They don't understand and don't want to understand why most Chinese people actually support their party.

When the "slow" train is faster than my car.....

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha brilliant comment

Slow green train is so cheap, that is why they still exists, but, it is hard to see them now, less and less .

Hey mate, glad everything is okay and the content is still flowing, I of course still didn't get back to China yet, I am collecting my new visa next Tuesday and have my flight already booked for May, so expect to see me around soon. Haha and hey, I am landing in Qingdao, also my 14 days quarantine will be in Qingdao too and then I will go from there to my city in the south. It was cheaper from London to Qingdao, everything else is sky-high in prices, see you soon mate 😎 Ps: I have done an epic journey on one of these trains, Changchun (North China) all the way down to Shanghai and it was back in the early days when they had no high-speed trains (around 2007), it took me 29 hours and wow it was an experience but finally glad to get off the train being on it for that long lol.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Bro when you are here We must meet up man

@r7scripts

3 жыл бұрын

@@JERRYGOODE I will do my best, at that time I will have final exams to rush back down south to finish, then I have 3 months holiday lol. I will let you know on WeChat, don't worry mate :)

Haters will make sure Jerry never set foot outside of China alive ! But I would love to have Jerry’s autograph before that ! Hi ✌️😍

really? can you communist slow train be slower than Amtrak? the average speed of an Amtrak train is whopping 45 miles per hour, which equals to approx. 72km/hr.

@JERRYGOODE

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yip

I like to travel by train as well. I would buy the berth ticket, and for about the same price, I can take a break.

@vincentbao1695

3 жыл бұрын

first time to read someone call the beds berth, very english, btw this type of trains design IS originated from Brits, I guess

These slow trains (K,T,Z series) run at 100~160km/h.