A NEW train connecting three major European cities will launch next year.
Connecting Prague and Copenhagen via Berlin, the new train service will be established by Czech Railways (ČD), Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Danish State Railways (DSB).
A new train connecting three major European cities will launch next year[/caption]
The new service will connect Prague and Copenhagen via Berlin[/caption]
The new route has been announced following the completion of the Berlin to Hamburg rail line.
And it will be the first direct service between Prague and Copenhagen to operate in 10 years.
The service is likely to run twice a day, all year round with trains departing from Prague at approximately 6:30am and 10:30am.
During the summer season, there will also be an additional service at 4:30pm.
The journey will take seven hours between Berlin and Copenhagen or 11 hours between the Danish capital and Prague.
However, these times are expected to be further reduced when the Fehmarn Belt Undersea Tunnel between Denmark and Germany is completed.
According to Travel Mole, other stops will include Odense in Denmark, Hamburg and Dresden in Germany as well as Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic.
The trains will be ČD’s ComfortJet trains which can seat up to 555 people – 99 of which are in first-class – and travels up to 230km per hour.
On the train itself, passengers can explore a dining car and a children’s cinema.
In the dining car, there will be 18 seats and passengers will be able to buy hot or cold meals and other refreshments during the journey – including beer.
In addition, the train will boast window tech which will allow passengers to have better mobile signal.
If travelling with a bike, there will be space for 12 bikes on board too as well as wheelchair lifts.
There could also be a seasonal night-time connection service.
Whilst there is already a train that runs between Hamburg and Copenhagen during the summer at night, from 2026 it will be extended to Prague via Berlin and Dresden.
The three railway carriers aim to start selling tickets six months before the train journey actually commences.
The new service is the first of 10 pilot projects that the European Commission is supporting to promote cross-border rail connections.
Other projects include a new direct connection between Munich, Milan and Rome.
Huge UK train station to get major makeover
LONDON St Pancras station is set to double its capacity to 5,000 passengers per hour with a £60million investment.
London St Pancras Highspeed and Eurostar have signed a letter of intent to work together to create more room and routes for travellers at the major station.
The aim of the combined project is for St Pancras International to become one of Europe’s busiest international rail hubs and support the demand for travel international travel.
London St Pancras Highspeed and Eurostar have agreed to collaborate through three phases.
The first will review short term improvements within the current station layout.
This includes optimising the security and border crossing processes to deliver an uplift of 2,700 passengers per hour in the next three to four years.
Phase two will see the improvement of the international area and its connection to the main concourse.
This is expected to be complete by 2028.
The final phase will take place in the 2030s, which is set to further enhance capacity.
This might mean the change of the station layout with arrivals potentially being relocated upstairs.
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The journey will take seven hours between Berlin and Copenhagen or 11 hours between the Danish capital and Prague[/caption]
