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east-westbound traffic : passengers elements for promoting the integration travelling between Dresden and of railway operations between the Frankfurt now reach their destination individual European countries . ETCS one hour earlier . The upgraded and is ultimately intended to replace the new-build Nuremberg – Erfurt line more than 20 national train control ( VDE 8.1 ) through the Thuringian systems that are currently in operation Forest will reduce the journey time in Europe . The core element is the between the major cities in the south permanent radio communication and north of Germany by up to two between the train and line control hours . The journey time between centre . This new technology will make Leipzig / Halle and Berlin was already rail connections faster and safer as reduced by half , to roughly one hour there will no longer be any need for 15 minutes , when the upgraded line the time-consuming changeover ( VDE 8.3 ) went into operation in 2006 . between the different systems when the train crosses a national border . RADIO-CONTROLLED TRAFFIC : ERFURT-HALLE / The first German route to be LEIPZIG IS THE FIRST LINE IN GERMANY TO equipped with the new system went RECEIVE A NEW LINESIDE CONTROL SYSTEM into operation between Leipzig / Halle The European rail network is and Erfurt in December . This line , becoming more and more modern which is part of German Unification and the technical systems of Traffic Project No . 8 ( VDE 8 ), is now the individual countries one of the most modern railway lines are gradually being in Europe and , thanks to the automatic harmonised . Work is control system , can be used at currently underway speeds of up to 300 km / h . This would on the installation hardly be possible with conventional of the European technology , as a train driver can no Train Control longer monitor and respond to signals System ETCS , manually when travelling at speeds one of the major of between 250 and 300 km / h .
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