For several years I was afraid of flying and used the railway and also the ferries much more than before. I did trips from Germany via Spain to Morocco, via Poland to the Baltics, with the ferry to Finland and back on land via Sweden and with the ferry to Iceland.
I watched the construction and planning of new highspeed railway lines a lot.
Here is a list of new connections:
- New Gotthard-basis-tunnel between Zurich and Milan (I used it in december 2017)
- New connection from Nuremberg via Erfurt to Berlin (I used it in july 2018)
- New connection from France to Barcelone (when I used it in autumn 2012 the last missing part was not completed)
- New connection from Munich to Stuttgart (construction ongoing, will be completed in a few years)
- New connection between Budapest and Belgrade (construction ongoing, will be completed in a few years)
- New Brenner-basis-tunnel between Munich and Verona (construction ongoing, will be completed after 2025 or so, I used the old line in 2018)
- New connection between Hamburg and Copenhagen (construction has just begun, when I was there in 2008 there was only a ferry)
- New connection between Berlin via Dresden to Prague (currently in planning phase, I used the old line in 2006)
- New connection between Lyon and Turin (currently in planning phase, I drove with my car over the mountains in 1999)
- New connection between Warsaw via Riga to Tallinn (currently in planning phase, when I travelled in that region I used the bus)
- New connection between Madrid and Lissabon (as far as I know the last part is in planning phase)
So you see a lot of things are ongoing and it will continue to be fun to use the railway in the future.
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