Guten tag!
Yesterday, on December 16th, Paris and Berlin saw for the first time a high speed train linking the two cities in just 8 hours. Join me as I traveled on the very first ever ICE service from Paris to Berlin in first class!
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- TRIP INFORMATION -
Date: DECEMBER 2024
Railway company: @DBPersonenverkehr and @SNCF-Voyageurs
Route : Paris Est to Berlin Hbf
Time : 8 hours and 8 minutes
Price : 69€ in First class, 59€ in second class
Thumbnail credit : @tgvpix
Map realized with Viaduct, more at https://viaduct.world/
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00:00 : Intro
00:45 : An historic day
03:22 : Departure from Paris / Overview
04:27 : Seat pitch
05:28 : Inaugural gift
05:51 : 320km/h through Eastern France
06:55 : Strasbourg
07:46 : Crossing the border
08:06 : Lunch at the dining car
09:26 : Frankfurt
09:58 : Mid roll ads
10:37 : Non stop to Berlin
11:18 : Walk through the train
13:20 : Toilets Time
13:47 : Göttingen
14:13 : Arrival in Berlin/Thoughts
14:38 : Outro