Toujours aucun lien correct entre les trois capitales européennes... Symbole...
Sabine Thillaye
 @SabineThillaye
8 Dec 2020
Un accord 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 pour faire renaître le Trans Europ Express sera signé aujourd’hui. Cela signifie une alternative écologique sérieuse au transport aérien et une meilleure interconnexion entre les métropoles européennes !
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Luxembourg, the backwater of international public transport.
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Replying to @rafi0t @belathoud
I noticed it goes around Luxembourg on all sides, ouch! I wonder if that’s to protect Luxair’s short-haul flights?

Dec 8, 2020 · 3:12 PM UTC

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Replying to @bilcorry @belathoud
Luxembourg (country) is ~625.000 inhabitants, 122.000 for the city, so building fast train will hardly be financially viable any time soon (besides the TGV to Paris, that was going to Metz anyway). Unless there is the political will to improve that, it won't happen.
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The original TEE used to include Lux, and there are plenty of commuters into Lux from BE, FR, and DE, plus CJEU is there, seems like it could be easily added and is odd it wasn’t. But maybe the cost/benefit isn’t there...
Replying to @bilcorry @rafi0t
As the TEE group is made of 4 countries, it shows rather the lack of awareness of France and Germany about this issue. Neither Belgium nor Luxembourg are involved. The big countries could have shown a little bit more of European driven mindset. :-)
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