XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Robert Bannister  schrieb:   
      
   > Much of the rail system goes down the   
   > middle of two of our freeways, and when you're stuck in the traffic it   
   > is quite annoying to see a train go whizzing past.   
      
   Trains are a good alternative for some routes in Germany.  Germany,   
   being a fairly densly popoulated country, has a reasonably dense   
   rail network.   
      
   The ICE 3 trains between Cologne and Frankfurt airport are quite   
   fast, up to 300 km/h (185 mph).  They run parallel to the Autobahn,   
   and you cannot hope to pass them in a car, even if there is   
   no traffic jam :-)   
      
   Cologne to Stuttgart is around 360 km (220 miles).  The train   
   takes a bit more than two hours (even if there a change of trains   
   in between).  This is really hard to beat by car if your connections   
   to the respective train stations are reasonable.  Also, you get Wifi   
   on the train, and you can get some coffee while moving.   
      
   Of coourse, if you are going anywhere where only regional   
   trains go, going by car is usually faster.   
      
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