Berlin – Amsterdam in less than five hours – Solutions for the acceleration of rail passenger traffic
Since the 1970s and 1980 important links in the European rail network have slowly been enhanced or made suitable for high speed trains. The main reasons why these links were enhanced are to increase the link capacity, to raise speed in slow areas and to improve long distance accessibility. Some 40 years later the European rail network provides fast medium distance passenger transport within distinct nations, but also on international links.