MACE EA TEEPE A A RT TL ierman Rail cuts time between city centres “TRAIN TRAVEL is an integral part of life in Germany as it has'not beeni in North Americ a for two generations. Up to 1,000 passenger trains per day pass through the Cologne train station and German Rail's clean, fast, electric-powered trains run frequently and punctually to ‘all smaller centres, too. In fact, 30,000 trains crisscross the country every day a. : : ‘N ; on 39,000 kilometres of track, ; ae . Fresh, boneless, cut from Now German Rail has high-speed (InterCityExpress) Lt ; nee _|. Canada “A” grades of Beef > trains linking Hamburg with Munich and Zurich, and ; ‘ E “Munich with Stuttgart and Berlin. E ‘ : ; enuck cross With: travel time as short’ as about three hours " ~ between, Frankfurt and either Hamburg or Munich, - tld - rile roast » downtown to downtown, these start to compare quite - directly. with short-haul airline flights. dh ; Along with some EC and regional trains, ICE trains sooses «S47 kg ib. » include a bistro car for informal dining and drinking, oe tegular seats with built-in headphones and a choice of : Te Fresh, ° radio and music channels, and in some cars a video sys-" : tem showing a selection of movies. ‘ : bu neh Anew overnight ICN (InterCityNight) train between “Berlin: -and. Cologne/Bonn,. and Berlin: and Munich ° : offers “tourist” category sleeping in reclining seats as ‘spinach well’as compartments with beds and private showers "2% Photo Marla Vardicehio / fl” and toilets in. ‘comfort’ category. Hair-dryers, irons, © MUNICH PROCESSION: ‘German’ Rall’s high "635799, : each | “and mobile Phones are available on these trains. - speed ‘trains link Munich -with Berlin, . wack he "..Tiekets in both categories include breakfast, and the’: Stuttgart, Hamburg a and Zurich. a : train stands at the platform for 1% hours before and after, gach j joumey.. *, : ‘Auto trains: depart from 13 German cities, Bicycles can'be transported for no more than $9 on all local ‘and regional trains in Germany, and carried Separately, like * checked baggage,'on most long-haul trains. The: Frankfurt * ‘Airport. station receives inter-city vi ‘ but tains as well as local ones every eight minutes going to. | 15; ald for One month bat i eee downtown Frankfurt...° ¢ - 2: © in: a.choi j i Second. Class coaches’ for 4 ‘489096 287 g — Frequent: trains’ to. Mainz, ‘not far from Frankfurt, ; 1 } a: ee, . allow passengers to: change. there to the many trains ~ ma nn inking such Rhine valley: cities as Karlsruhe, Koblenz, . |": Ad Snackers, 6 5 x 55 mi ys ‘ Bonn and Cologn ie 2 ‘The good connections from either. the airport or |.’ ‘vali mio a IS ees the : ice cream Mainz to Diisseldorf, ‘Cologne; Bonn and Stuttgart often: ¢ in a faster choice than waiting for a contin- - Te pecially if you count the time needed to .., a ars — get downtown from the destination city’ s airport. , ae eh. “Also linked by local rail lines to their city centres are. °|“ for. up to four ess of rail ‘travel with 2 ave. fear” 719859": ‘airports in Berlin (Schénefeld), Diisseldorf, Munich and __ |: rental from Hertz. Prices vary by the number of rail’: |) ff Stuttgart. In time for Expo 2000, Hanover’ 's airport w will have a ‘direct rail link, to the city, too. 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