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THE TARGET FOR 2017 : BERLIN – MUNICH IN FOUR HOURS High-speed trains will soon be able to use the entire new line at speeds of up to 300 km / h . They will take customers between Berlin and Munich from city centre to city centre in record time , making train a genuine alternative to car and plane . German Unification Traffic Project No . 8 ( VDE 8 ), the link between Nuremberg and Berlin , is nearing completion . The new-build Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line went into operation at the end of 2015 and all the new line sections between Nuremberg and Berlin will be ready for use in 2017 .
This 10-billion-euro project was resolved by the German government back in 1991 in order to improve traffic connections between eastern and western as well as northern and southern Germany . At the same time , it closes the gaps in the German highspeed rail network . The new lines will also be used by freight trains . This new route offers enormous potential for implementing bestpractice traffic concepts and marks the start of a new era of railway travel .
The inauguration of the newbuild Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line in December 2015 ( VDE 8.2 ) significantly increased the pace of
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