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Dec 15 2024 at 8:00 p.m.
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The time for the big departure is approaching. From this Monday, December 16, 2024, two of the largest European capitals, Paris and Berlin, will finally be connected by a train line direct and in broad daylight.
A starting price of 60 euros
When revealing the outlines of the project, SNCF Voyageurs and Deutsche Bahn announced in September an entry price of 59.99 euros in second class and 69.99 euros in first class.
Reservations have been open since October 16 on the websites of the two railway companies.
Only one round trip per day
“For the first time in the railway history between the two countries”, the two capitals Paris and Berlin “will be directly linked from city center to city center, at high speed”, underlines the SNCF in a press release.
For travelers, only one round trip will be offered daily in both directions. From the Gare de l'Est in Paris (10th), departure will be at 9:55 a.m. for an arrival at 6:03 p.m. in Berlin. In the opposite direction, the train will leave the German station at 11:54 a.m. for an arrival in the capital at 7:54 p.m. On the German side, it will also serve the Frankfurt and Karlsruhe stations. The journeys will therefore last eight hours.
The first journey, this Monday, will be in the presence of Jean-Pierre Farandou, CEO of SNCF and Anja Shöllman, director of production at Deutsche Bahn. “This new Paris-Berlin connection […] will also connect the European city of Strasbourg and the German federal capital for the first time at high speed,” adds the company.
A little surprise for French travelers
The connection will be provided by ICE, German high-speed trains, and not by French TGVs.
The two railway operators insist on the ecological argument, emphasizing that a Paris-Berlin train ride emits 2 kilos of CO2 per passenger, compared to 200 kilos for a plane trip.
WITH AFP
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