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Planned high-speed rail link Paris - Bratislava
The Magistrale for Europe(MoE) is a Trans-European Networks (TEN) project for the creation of a high-speed railway line between Paris and Budapest. It TEN project No. 17 (Paris - Bratislava), and is already under way.[1].
MoE adds a connection from Vienna to Budapest. The project is planned to be completed by 2020. It will link 34 million people in five states. The overall length of the route is 1500 km.
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France
The French part of MoE is the LGV Est. Its first section as far as Baudrecourt has been in use since 2007 whilst the second section to Strasbourg is under construction, to be opened in 2016[2].
Germany
In Germany the MoE follows the Europabahn to Appenweier and then the Rheintalbahn to Bruchsal. The Europabahn is built for a maximum speed of 200 km/h while Rheintalbahn to Rastatt-Süd is for 250 km/h. The second part of the new Rheintalbahn (Rastatt-Süd to Bruchsal) is to be completed by 2014. In Bruchsal the MoE joins the Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway which was built for 250 km/h. In Stuttgart MoE joins the Stuttgart–Augsburg new and upgraded railway which is expected to be completed in 2020 and will provide a maximum speed of 250 km/h between Stuttgart and Ulm and 200 km/h Ulm and Augsburg.
The Munich–Augsburg railway is being upgraded to separate slower traffic (freight and short-distance trains) from high speed trains, which will be able to reach 230 km/h.
Route
Section Distance Opening Duration before1 Recent duration1 Planned duration1 Paris–Strasbourg 476 km Paris–Baudrecourt 2007 237 min 137 min 110 min Baudrecourt–Vendenheim 2016 Strasbourg–Karlsruhe 81 km 2010? 54 min 25 min Karlsruhe–Stuttgart 90 km in use 61 min 35 min 35 min Stuttgart–Ulm 94 km today 2019/20 54 min 28 min 81 km new Ulm–Augsburg 86 km not before 2019 41 min 28 min Augsburg–Munich 61 km 2011 37 min 18 min Munich–Salzburg 153 km Munich–Freilassing 2015 87min 62 min Freilassing–Salzburg 2009 Salzburg–Linz 127 km Salzburg–Attnang-Puchheim 2013 64 min 60 min Attnang-Puchheim–Wels 2011 Strecke Wels–Linz 2015 Linz–St. Pölten 130 km 2013 48 min 45 min St. Pölten–Vienna 61 km today 2013 41 min 25 min 44 km new Vienna–Budapest 263 km 181 min Vienna–Bratislava northern line 65 km 2011 57 min 35 min southern line 80 km 2013 55 min total: Paris–Budapest 1592 km 812 min (13h29)1 2 634 min (10h34)1 2 Paris–Bratislava (northern line) 1394 km 685 min (11h25)1 2 3 488 min (8h08)1 2 Paris–Bratislava (southern line) 1409 km 508 min (8h28)1 2 Paris–Munich 875 km 484 min (8h4)1 2 358 min (5h58) 1 244 min (4h4) 1 1 It is calculated with the fastest possible durations between the towns.
2 Real duration is longer due to changing.
3 The time needed to travel between Wien Westbahnhof and Wien Südbahnhof is not taken in calculation. There will be no need to change after completion of Lainzer Tunnel and Wiener Hauptbahnhofs which is planned for 2013.
Quelle: annual report 2006/07 of Péter BalázsNotes
- ^ "TEN-T priority axes and projects 2005" (PDF). Trans-European Transport Network. European Commission. 2005. http://ec.europa.eu/ten/transport/projects/doc/2005_ten_t_en.pdf. (14.4 MB, axis No 17, p44)
- ^ http://www.eurailpress.de/article/view/4/finanzierungsvereinbarung-fuer-2-phase-der-lgv-est-unterzeichnet.html (german)
References
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
Paris–Strasbourg · Strasbourg–Appenweier · Appenweier–Bruchsal · Bruchsal–Stuttgart · Stuttgart–Augsburg · Augsburg–Munich · Munich–Rosenheim–Salzburg / Munich–Mühldorf–Salzburg · Salzburg–Vienna · Vienna–Bratislava / Budapest
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- High-speed rail in Europe
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