Reply to: Munich to Berlin under 4 hours

[scooterscot]

Never mind all that, get on yer bike

Cyclist smashes London-Paris record | road.cc

including the five-hour ferry journey

Was that the ferry via Oslo?

[DaveB]

Never mind all that, get on yer bike

Cyclist smashes London-Paris record | road.cc

[stek]

Yup, once they solve the issue of the amount of energy required to get them to float.

And some sort of switch (point) technology

[Mordac]

Maglev is the future.

Hasn't he just signed for Spurs?

[VectraMan]

Yup, once they solve the issue of the amount of energy required to get them to float.

Super conductors. Simple.

Though you then need somewhere to keep all the liquid nitrogen and all the energy required to keep it cold.

[WTFH]

Maglev is the future.

Yup, once they solve the issue of the amount of energy required to get them to float.

[original PM]

Seems as daft as a brush to spend all that money for such a modest incremental journey time improvement

Shouldn't they have ripped up the old tracks and installed a state of the art bullet train route that could complete the journey in an hour?

Same thing applies to HS2: If you're going to spend billions anyway then do the job properly with genuine 21st century technology!

Maglev is the future.

[DodgyAgent]

Not long to go now. Favoured this journey over the plane more than a few times but over six hours does get tedious. Under 4hrs is maddening.

I wonder if HS2 Birmingham will cost €90 return to London for the 126 mile journey let alone a 360 mile journey!

New train line to cut 2 hours off Berlin-Munich trips - The Local

I think you should travel on this Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline

[scooterscot]

Seems as daft as a brush to spend all that money for such a modest incremental journey time improvement

Shouldn't they have ripped up the old tracks and installed a state of the art bullet train route that could complete the journey in an hour?

Same thing applies to HS2: If you're going to spend billions anyway then do the job properly with genuine 21st century technology!

33% is more than a modest increment.

Regarding ripping up the old tracks... you're obviously unfamiliar with the geography of the country.

Airport security drives me nuts. Sweaty, always on my feet, fleeced at every opportunity once through security. Feel exhausted the next day. Ugh.

[quackhandle]

If only there were a way for the train to somehow go up in the air over the landscape taking the most direct route without the need to install tracks, build bridges or tunnels or spoiling anyone's view.

That'll never catch on.

Meanwhile I've been saving loads using this: Fare Splitter

qh

[VectraMan]

Seems as daft as a brush to spend all that money for such a modest incremental journey time improvement

Shouldn't they have ripped up the old tracks and installed a state of the art bullet train route that could complete the journey in an hour?

Same thing applies to HS2: If you're going to spend billions anyway then do the job properly with genuine 21st century technology!

If only there were a way for the train to somehow go up in the air over the landscape taking the most direct route without the need to install tracks, build bridges or tunnels or spoiling anyone's view.

[OwlHoot]

Seems as daft as a brush to spend all that money for such a modest incremental journey time improvement

Shouldn't they have ripped up the old tracks and installed a state of the art bullet train route that could complete the journey in an hour?

Same thing applies to HS2: If you're going to spend billions anyway then do the job properly with genuine 21st century technology!

[The_Equalizer]

The reason it works in Germany is bevause they don't have rich Con MPs whose mansion country views will be upset with the new train line....

You do realise it's not 1850?

[AtW]

The reason it works in Germany is bevause they don't have rich Con MPs whose mansion country views will be upset with the new train line....

[BrilloPad]

I won't use a train again. Having found out that MF uses them....