Half as fast as Chinese trains, Paris-Berlin high-speed rail service begins
French and German rail operators have launched the first direct high-speed rail link between Paris and Berlin, in response to growing European demand for train travel. The inaugural service on the 1,100-kilometre route, a German ICE train, left the French capital’s Gare de l’Est station at 9.55am on December 16 and was due at Berlin … Read more
