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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

London-Berlin trains on the drawing board for UK-German rail taskforce

a Germ intercity train at Berlin Hauptbahnhof
The train arriving at Berlin Hauptbahnhof platform could be the 07.21 service from London St Pancras. Photograph: Iain Masterton/Alamy

Plans for possible direct trains from London to Berlin will be drawn up by a joint UK-German taskforce, reigniting hopes for better rail connections across Europe.

The partnership, announced as part of the bilateral treaty to be signed by the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and his German counterpart, Friedrich Merz, could eventually lead to direct rail services between the two countries after previous plans for London-Frankfurt trains hit the buffers.

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