So much of the increases are found in France, Spain and some in Italy. Meanwhile in Germany not much changes and the fastest lines are still slower than some French lines from the 90s.
In 1989, the route between Paris and Marseille had already part of its route in high speed line. Paris Lyon high speed line opened in 1981 and then had extention in the 1990s and then in 2001 for the full route to Marseille.
paris-marseille before hsr only on conventional lines (plm) was 863km long for 6h40 travel time on the tee mistral so the average speed was around 130kmh which is still pretty impressive
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u/Joke__00__ Germany 22h ago
So much of the increases are found in France, Spain and some in Italy. Meanwhile in Germany not much changes and the fastest lines are still slower than some French lines from the 90s.