Paris and Berlin are connected for the first time by a high-speed train

For the first time, Paris and Berlin will today be connected by a direct high-speed rail link, a bet in the direction of a Europe of railways, against the competition of air transport. This new connection, with one train a day in one direction and one in the other direction, will be launched today with the first train departing at 9:55 from Paris Gare de l’Est train station. Arrival in Berlin is estimated at 18:03. The inauguration of the connection will take place in the presence of the president and managing director of SNCF, the French railway company, Jean-Pierre Faradou, and the director of production of the German railway company Deutsche Bahn (Deutsche Bahn, DB) Anya Selman. He will not be a minister present as the outgoing government is only handling current affairs pending the appointment of the new government of François Bairroux. In the opposite direction, the first train will leave Berlin today at 11:54, also in the absence of managers there […]
Source: News Beast

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