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New train to link Berlin and Paris in 8 hours

www.dw.com New train to link Berlin and Paris in 8 hours – DW – 09/24/2024

The first direct high-speed train service between both cities will be running from December, according to Deutsche Bahn. It will offer a journey without transfers, with stops in Frankfurt, Strasbourg and Karlsruhe.

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8 hours in theory. Let's not forget it has to cross a large part of Germany. I'm sure Deutsche Bahn will work its magic and suddenly it's 16 hours with four unplanned stops and five hours of uncertainty as to whether you will ever arrive at all.
- There's also the very muddled announcement that to make it you'll need to change trains at some small town.
  Or, they just decide to not stop at your station, so you get to hop off past your station and ride a train back the way you came.
  All that said, it's still a miracle from God compared to the crap we have in the US.
  
  Tell me about it. I was checking to see if was faster to go by train to the inland empire from Orange county. It takes the train longer than it would take me to go in car and be in traffic the whole way. I shit you not on this. I was like how? What fuckin traffic does a train have to be 2 behind a car in traffic?

with stops in Frankfurt, Strasbourg and Karlsruhe.
Knowing DB, probably in that order.
- You made me laugh in the middle of a pretty shitty day. Thank you.
- Not bad for 8 hours in that case.

8 hours is incredibly fast to lay that much track.
- You just have to have the right team.
  Of course, you do have to watch out for quicksand.
- They are going for that Japanese world record

7 hours of that spent in germany due to terrible infrastructure. On a good day
- Europe really shot itself in the foot privatising all its former public services

With the DB involved, walking might be the quicker option. And the more reliable one.

More of this please! We should be able to travel across the whole continent in electric high speed and/or night trains. I want to be able to get from Lisbon to Helsinki, from Athens to London, comfortably, without ever having to take a flight.

When I looked it up here, it looks like it already only takes about 8 hours, granted with a transfer. And surprisingly inexpensive.
- How much was the ticket since you already checked?
  
  $40.50

OUI!!

Très bien, sehr gut!

How much time does it take now?
- As far as I can tell from Google, the fastest route at the moment is about 9 hours. Not a huge difference, but still more than 10 percent faster.
  
  To my knowledge this is with 10min connection mid way. This is a big risk to be stuck in the middle waiting for the next train so the big new here is the direct part, making it way more reliable.

Awesome!

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