Geplante HGV-Direktverbindung Berlin-Paris (Allgemeines Forum)

Mike65, Mittwoch, 08.02.2023, 21:27 (vor 1371 Tagen)

Laut Bloomberg soll nächstes Jahr eine HGV-Direktverbindung zwischen Berlin und Paris eingerichtet werden, leider versteckt sich der vollständige Artikel hinter einer Bezahlschranke, deshalb am Ende die Pressemeldung, die ich über Linkedin erhalten habe. Ich vermute, dass es auf eine Verlängerung der ICE-Linie Paris-Frankfurt hinauslaufen wird. Im Moment ist aber der Weg über Köln und Brüssel schneller, der aber im Moment von Thalys dominiert wird.

Ausserdem soll der Nachtzug zwischen den Hauptstädten wieder aktiviert werden. Ich vermute mal, dass SNCF hier der Betreiber sein wird. Die ÖBB wird da wohl nicht so viel Interesse haben und die DB ist aus dem Geschaäft schon lange raus.

France and Germany announced a plan to strengthen their rail links as a way to offer greener travel between the two countries.

"The nations “support the deployment of the high-speed train route between Paris and Berlin, as well as the night train service, both announced for 2024,” according to a joint declaration released after a meeting in Paris between Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz.

They also plan to create by next summer a rail ticket for young people to travel cheaply across the two countries.

France’s SNCF and Germany’s Deutsche Bahn, both publicly owned, have previously said they were planning a direct high-speed service between the nations’ capitals at the end of this year. Environmentally-conscious travelers are increasingly hungry for rail options to avoid flying gas-guzzling planes, with connections such as Paris-Barcelona showing strong demand.

Macron’s government has sought to restore some of France’s night-train connections, such as between Paris and Nice, in the name of the green transition, after failing to invest in them for years. The French president also said he would ban domestic flights when a rail alternative of less than 2.5 hours is available but the measure hasn’t entered into force.

Currently it takes at least 8 hours, and often much longer, to travel between Paris and Berlin by rail. Paris and Frankfurt are already connected by a high-speed train."