Lanciata la linea ferroviaria ad alta velocità Berlino-Parigi
https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-paris-high-speed-rail-route-launched/a-71069267
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Lanciata la linea ferroviaria ad alta velocità Berlino-Parigi
https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-paris-high-speed-rail-route-launched/a-71069267
di OneRegular378
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Detailed report (in German): [https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2024/12/bahn-direktverbindung-zug-berlin-paris-ab-montag.html](https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2024/12/bahn-direktverbindung-zug-berlin-paris-ab-montag.html)
Was it late for its first start?
In Romania you make 8 hours with CFR (company state owned railway) between Bucharest and Iasi (which is about 350-400km in distance).
**Article:**
The first direct high-speed rail link between Paris and Berlin was launched on Monday.
A German ICE train, left the French capital’s Gare de l’Est station at 9:55 a.m. (0855 GMT) and was due at Berlin Hauptbahnhof at 6:03 p.m.
“In 8 hours, you can travel from the German to the French capital via Frankfurt South, Karlsruhe and Strasbourg,” Deutsche Bahn said in a post on social media platform X.
The once-a-day service with German rail operator Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) high-speed ICE train — operated in collaboration with France’s SNCF — comes amid a strong appetite for more rail options.
Germany and France are the European Union’s two most populous countries and also the largest economies.
Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner hailed the new rail route and said it “is also a good symbol of the German-French friendship.”
The launch comes as DB works to distance itself from its reputation for unreliability. In November the rail operator said that only 60% of its long-distance trains arrived at their destination punctually, defined as under six minutes late.
DB wants to improve the figures by 2027 and is aiming for punctuality of more than 75%.
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing said he was hopeful that “improvements in punctuality and quality promised by the DB will come to fruition.”
A one-way ticket for the 1,100- kilometre journey costs from €24.99 ($26.23) to upwards of €99 ($104) and more depending on class or ticket and demand.
Great, finally, a viable alternative to flying. Berlin to Amsterdam is an easy and comfortable train ride, so I’ll take a ride on this soon, hopefully, too.
It’ll take thrice that time on the german side.
Source:
Me from a german train right now.
That is very good news! Just a thought. I checked the prices and a trip tomorrow is 120€ in second class. A flight tomorrow (Easyjet, CDG – BER) costs 85€. That makes me sad and angry.
This made news in Hong Kong, too. The headline was basically “twice the duration Beijing-Shanghai, shorter distance covered”.
I was skeptical and thought this would be another Eurostar scam with a prohibitive price but no, next week 89 Euro. If you book in advance you can even get it for 30 to 40 euro. That’s amazing!
That said, 8 hours for 1000 km is not real high speed rail. It’s an average speed of 125 km/h, whereas real HSR reaches averrage speeds between 150 and 200 km/h. I guess it’s mostly due to DB’s poor infrastructure (i.e. ICE trains running on regular tracks).
Especially when you manage to get the ticket for 59,-€ for the 8 hour train ride, it does fill a gap when compared to the alternatives, which are flying (2 hours, 4-5 hours when considering airport logistics) for roundabout 100,-€ and longhaul busses (40,-€ for roundabout 15 hours).
Who the hell wants to spend 8 hours on a train?