Amsterdam-Berlin train is 30 minutes faster: no more locomotive change | RailTech.com
Amsterdam-Berlin train is 30 minutes faster: no more locomotive change | RailTech.com
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Great news.
They should honestly just skip stopping at Hilversum and Deventer, too.
From Hilversum there are enough other trains to Amersfoort and Amsterdam. And from Deventer it is easy enough to go to Apeldoorn or Hengelo.
And they are getting trains that can go 230 km/h, so Amsterdam to Berlin in five hours could be feasible.
And after that a properly fast Amsterdam - Hanover - Berlin high speed rail in 3 hours... That would be amazing.
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The Deventer stop is not there primarily for locals in Deventer. It's there to service the entire eastern half of the Netherlands. Scrapping it would mean those in e.g. Groningen would first have to travel for 3h to Amsterdam.
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As someone living in Magdeburg I always envy Hannover for how well connected that city is not just east to west but also north to south
Feels like 90% of the good connections go though that main station while my city doesn't even get ICEs as a state capital...
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The train takes you right in the city centre though. If you fly you usually have to buy an extra train ticket to get to your actual destination.
Fair point. But it would still be way better if it was cheaper.
On many routes within Germany, ICE is actually the best price/comfort deal imo. Trains always suck when crossing borders somehow.
If you think of it in terms of carbon footprint and what your children's future is worth to you, then the train wins no contest.
Sure but they may also think in terms of what’s possible. Perhaps they can’t afford to pay double for a vacation.