Europe 1 with AFP 4:30 p.m., January 23, 2023
At the end of a Franco-German Council of Ministers held this Sunday in Paris, the governments of the two countries announced the establishment in the summer of "a binational ticket" for young people, including 60,000 copies will be free, "to encourage train travel within the two countries".
France and Germany will introduce in the summer "a binational ticket" for young people, 60,000 of which will be free, "in order to encourage train travel within the two countries", the two governments announced on Sunday. outcome of a Franco-German Council of Ministers in Paris.
"To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty" which sealed the reconciliation between the two countries, "60,000 tickets will be made available free of charge, according to terms which will be specified soon", affirm the Ministers of Transport of the two countries, Clément Beaune and Volker Missing, in a joint press release.
The TGV Paris-Berlin for December 2023
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The two States promise financial support for this system set up by SNCF and Deutsche Bahn (DB).
Paris and Berlin also say they "support" the development in 2024 of a direct high-speed rail link between Berlin and Paris as well as a night train linking the two European capitals.
The two railway companies had announced in May this TGV Paris-Berlin for December 2023.
SNCF and Deutsche Bahn have already run high-speed trains, TGV and ICE, between France and Germany together since the opening of the first section of the Paris-Strasbourg high-speed line in June 2007.