Railteam

Evolution of the high-speed rail network in Europe by 2020

Railteam is an alliance to span all of Western Europe with a high-speed train network. Their web site lists as hubs for the network: Lille, Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart.

The opening of the new Eastern France line provides substantially reduced journey times between France, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg :
> Paris - Stuttgart : 3h40
> Paris - Munich : 6h15
> Paris - Frankfurt : 3h50
> Paris - Luxembourg : 2h05
> Paris - Basel : 3h30
> Paris - Zurich : 4h35

These travel times are as much as half compared to previous train journeys, plus electrified fast rail cuts GHG emissions. Treehugger commentator bulgarian opines that though an excellent initiative, it will take 20 years or more before rail throughout the participating countries countries is truly high speed.

While bulgarian focused northward upon connections to Denmark and the Scandinavian members of the European Union, it would seem from an early Railteam map that connecting the high speed East-West corridor with Spain’s high-speed network also would be a priority.

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