Imagine having a croissant for breakfast in Paris and gazpacho for lunch in Madrid - thanks to a six-hour train ride. That might soon be possible under the European Commission’s plan to develop new and faster railway connections across the continent.
“High-speed rail are still concentrated today in just a few member states: Spain, France, Italy and Germany. While Central and Eastern Europe remain unfortunately still poorly connected,” EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas said on Wednesday after outlining the European executive’s vision for faster and potentially cheaper train journeys across Europe.
