Good prices, low emissions and unlimited luggage allowance of fast train between European powerhouse cities give planes a run for their money
German railway operator Deutsche Bahn chief executive Richard Lutz smiles at an Inter City Express train driver as the first Paris to Berlin high-speed rail train gets set to depart on Monday. Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP
Passengers prepare to board the first Paris-Berlin high-speed train. Photograph: Aurelien Morissard/AP Among them was Matthew Tam who, by day, is a London-based quantum computing scientist. “There’s definitely a market for a daytime connection like this and eight hours is probably the limit,” he said. “The carbon footprint is effectively none and night trains can be difficult to run economically.”
“We’re very happy with the bookings so far,” said Andreas Fuhrmann, Deutsche Bahn deputy transport spokesman. “What we’ve noticed is that 75 per cent of tickets sold have been for the entire Paris-Berlin connection.”Monday’s train journey offered a second premiere with the first-ever direct connection between Berlin and Strasbourg, seat of the European Parliament.
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