However, under a more expansive high-speed rail program, this line would soon reach capacity as well. Today, the Frankfurt-Mannheim railway is the busiest in Germany a high-speed line between the two cities is proposed for capacity more than for speed. Rather, the most important reason for these connections is capacity. The Frankfurt-Nuremberg connection is likewise of noticeable but not amazing value: Munich-Frankfurt and Munich-Cologne are shortened by about 15 minutes, and Nuremberg itself gets direct service to Frankfurt and points northwest but is only a medium-size city. The through-services have some value, but the Stuttgart-Würzburg line saves travelers from Stuttgart or Zurich to Hamburg or Berlin half an hour, which is nice but not a big game-changer. The reason for the added connections is not so much that they are by themselves great. The primary difference with the older map is that there’s more service to Würzburg, connecting it to Nuremberg, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart, in addition to the already existing line north toward Hamburg. Red indicates lines that are not some are officially proposed, like Frankfurt-Mannheim and the Hanover-Hamburg-Bremen Y, others are not but should be. After feedback regarding the post I wrote last month about high-speed rail in Germany, here is an updated proposal:īlue indicates lines that already exist or are under-construction, the latter category including Stuttgart-Ulm and Karlsruhe-Basel.
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