Evidence D- EU Directive 91/440 – Development of the Community’s railways
- There is a need for greater integration of the European railway system into an increasingly competitive market.
- We need to facilitate increased international competition and enable trains from each member state to operate freight and international passenger services on the tracks of others.
- Deutsche Bahn already has plans to run trains direct from Germany into London St Pancras.
- European Union (EU) countries must ensure railways (even if state-owned) are managed independently of the state, holding separate assets, budgets and accounts and enabling them to efficiently provide quality service at the lowest possible cost.
- EU countries must ensure the separation of infrastructure and transport operations by publishing separate profit and loss accounts and balance sheets. The purpose is to ensure fair competition between operators in the international use of tracks.
Planned highspeed service from London to Amsterdam and Frankfurt
- New ICE 3 (class 407, photo montage)
Connecting Britain by high speed rail to new destinations in Europe
Deutsche Bahn plans to establish a direct services from London to Frankfurt via Brussels and Cologne as well as to Amsterdam via Rotterdam. Using the latest version of its highspeed flagship Intercity Express (ICE), the direct rail service will reduce the travel time from London to Cologne and Amsterdam to less than four hours and to Frankfurt in just over five. Deutsche Bahn will use the newly build ICE 3 (class 407).Facts and Figures*
- Services: Morning, midday and evening
- Max. speed: 320 kph
- Vehicle: New ICE 3 (class 407)
Travel times from London
- Brussels: 2:00
- Amsterdam: 4:00
- Cologne: 4:00
- Frankfurt: 5:00
- Rotterdam: 3:00
Deutsche Bahn already offers ICE connections to six European countries in cooperation with European partner rail companies: Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark.
In cooperation with French national railways SNCF, direct connections from Frankfurt to Marseille via Strasbourg, Mulhouse and Lyon started in March 2012.
20th March 2011- The guardian
Plans to transport 1 million rail passengers a year between Frankfurt and London are back on track as an independent report prepares to back German rail operator Deutsche Bahn in a row over Channel tunnel safety.
DB's ambition to launch a Teutonic Eurostar has been threatened by French objections to the state-of-the-art rolling stock it plans to use in the tunnel. David Cameron and Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, are believed to have raised their concerns about the row with the French government, amid fears that it will hinder the growth of pan-European high speed rail services.
However, this week the European Railways Agency is expected to endorse new trains manufactured by Siemens, the German industrial group, which beat France's Alstom to a coveted Eurostar rolling stock order. The order for inter-city express (ICE) trains, which will also be used by DB in its Frankfurt-to-London service, met with opposition on the other side of the tunnel. The French government supported Alstom's argument that the Siemens trains are unsafe because their motors are distributed under each carriage. The row split the Anglo-French intergovernmental commission (IGC) on channel tunnel safety, which resulted in the ERA being asked for a second opinion.
Sources close to the process said the ERA is likely to recommend that so-called "distributed power" trains can be used in the tunnel, clearing the way for the ICE carriages. It is also understood that the report will not raise objections to DB's proposal to couple two separate trains – a proposal that raised safety concerns in some quarters. As a consequence, the IGC is expected to come under further pressure to allow the ICE trains to operate through the tunnel.
DB plans to run 200mph trains from London to Frankfurt, Cologne, Amsterdam and Rotterdam from December 2013, expanding the rail market between Britain and the continent by 10% by carrying 1 million passengers a year.
In cooperation with French national railways SNCF, direct connections from Frankfurt to Marseille via Strasbourg, Mulhouse and Lyon started in March 2012.
20th March 2011- The guardian
Plans to transport 1 million rail passengers a year between Frankfurt and London are back on track as an independent report prepares to back German rail operator Deutsche Bahn in a row over Channel tunnel safety.
DB's ambition to launch a Teutonic Eurostar has been threatened by French objections to the state-of-the-art rolling stock it plans to use in the tunnel. David Cameron and Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, are believed to have raised their concerns about the row with the French government, amid fears that it will hinder the growth of pan-European high speed rail services.
However, this week the European Railways Agency is expected to endorse new trains manufactured by Siemens, the German industrial group, which beat France's Alstom to a coveted Eurostar rolling stock order. The order for inter-city express (ICE) trains, which will also be used by DB in its Frankfurt-to-London service, met with opposition on the other side of the tunnel. The French government supported Alstom's argument that the Siemens trains are unsafe because their motors are distributed under each carriage. The row split the Anglo-French intergovernmental commission (IGC) on channel tunnel safety, which resulted in the ERA being asked for a second opinion.
Sources close to the process said the ERA is likely to recommend that so-called "distributed power" trains can be used in the tunnel, clearing the way for the ICE carriages. It is also understood that the report will not raise objections to DB's proposal to couple two separate trains – a proposal that raised safety concerns in some quarters. As a consequence, the IGC is expected to come under further pressure to allow the ICE trains to operate through the tunnel.
DB plans to run 200mph trains from London to Frankfurt, Cologne, Amsterdam and Rotterdam from December 2013, expanding the rail market between Britain and the continent by 10% by carrying 1 million passengers a year.
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