Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.comment From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: In Germany, the trains that go very fast go very far Date: Fri, 30 Oct 92 15:33:28 EST Message-ID: \SE F;COMMENTARY;EDITORIAL;LETTERS \HD In Germany, the trains that go very fast go very far While I thoroughly enjoyed your Oct. 20 Money section article "Tilt toward the future," I wanted to point out a statement regarding the German Inter City Express (ICE) trains that may have caused confusion. You state that the ICE trains serve Hannover-Wurzburg and Mannheim-Stuttgart. Actually, the ICE system began in Hamburg/Altona, and ICE trains run from Munich all the way north to Hamburg, passing through the cities your article mentioned along the way. (I lived in Hamburg until this past August.) The article seemed to indicate that those two sections were the only ICE rail segments in Germany, instead of being part of a much larger north-south line. Incidentally, the German Bundesbahn has plans for a new train by the year 2000: Hamburg-Berlin in an hour. (Currently it takes three to four hours.) This should be in service by the time the Olympics begin in Berlin. VALERIE SILENSKY Washington This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM