That’s typical Teutonic efficiency for you, linking up our connections to expand our options to see our Freunds now and now letting der train to take der strain.
We’re veteran travellers on the autobahns from our days on Aussie/Kiwi Top Deck buses to Oktoberfest in Munich.
Although to be fair ‘Wombat’ our bus driver was doing all the heavy lifting.
While don’t tell the Germans but we were doing the heavy tipping.
The bucket of pee from our tinnies out the top window because we couldn’t wait for the women on board to vacate the one loo.
The autobahns famously are a driver’s dream with some stretches without any speed restrictions, which is probably what Wombat was relying on.
Travel weary
Of course there’s lots of fun and opportunity to get to know each other on a booze bus but sometimes you just want to get there quicker.
And avoid the ferries.
By jetting it which should take the stress out of your journey but only if you can negotiate the snaking hubs that are a Frankfurt or Munich airport.
In their favour though once you do get through and negotiate the long queues that come with the special treatment you get from being British then Deutsche Bahn is waiting for you.
To take you around Deutschland for the type of economic prices that would make anybody who has used Britain’s trains weep.
Starmer trouper
With all that in mind we have high hopes for the new direct rail links which our Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been seeing through with our German counterparts.
Deutsche Bahn and Eurostar have set the foundation in a Memorandum of Understanding for first high-speed connection.
New routes between London, Cologne and the aforementioned Frankfurt planned for early 2030s are set to boost tourism, create jobs and help stimulate economic growth
Millions of passengers could benefit from quicker and more convenient travel across Europe.
All aboard the double-decker
The announcement follows the very first meeting of a joint UK-Germany taskforce on in Berlin last week.
All of which brought transport experts from both governments and industries together.
To pave the way for direct international rail and examine how to address the barriers to services.
The routes would use Eurostar’s new double-decker Celestia fleet, which offers 20 per cent more capacity.
And
Der rail quickfire journey
Offering direct city centre to city centre connection, passengers could soon travel between London and Cologne in around four hours.
And Frankfurt in just over five hours, providing more choice, more comfort and a sustainable alternative to flying.
This comes as the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier flew in for a three-
Of course, it’ll be only a matter of time before he can get dere train to take der strain.
