Paris-Berlin high-speed rail service planned for next year

Paris-Berlin - France’s rail operator the SNCF has said it hopes to launch a Paris-Berlin high-speed service next year. The SNCF chief, Jean-Pierre Farandou, said the operator hoped to begin offering one trip a day between the French and German capitals in December 2023. Both SNCF and Deutsche Bahn offer high-speed train services between Paris and Frankfurt, but for the moment you need to change to get to Berlin.

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