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Subject: Re: France to launch superfast trains at superhigh costs Posted on: 15 Mar 2007 15:19:46 MET

you better ask how much the party costs this evening ?

1 000 000 Euros
3000 people invited

I am not invited at this 300 Euros party.....

Doesnt sound like happy hours....

"Fuddy Duddy Judge" a écrit dans le message de
news: 1173958760.036166.209630@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 15, 11:38 am, "trallala" wrote:
> customers are now forced to pay more,
> because the super trains costs the double
> and the slower cheaper trains will not run anymore.............
>
> The line was financed by the Alsace Tax payers, because
> they are so rich and to punish them to have voted for a right
> oriented local Governement
>
> The fact is that when the line Basel (Basle) - Paris opens in June,
> the Easyjet connection Basel - Paris is cheaper
>
> Customer must may be finance the big party
> this night with 300 km of fireworks ?
>
> Is someone here invited ?
>
> "Fuddy Duddy Judge" a écrit dans le message
> denews:
> 1173943378.760240.222__BEGIN_MASK_n#9g02mG7!__...__END_MASK_i?a63jfAD$z__@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6450973.stm
>
> > France to launch superfast trains
>
> > Tests of the new train on the Paris-Strasbourg line in 2006
> > The project was launched in 2002
> > France is to inaugurate its fastest rail link to date that will see
> > trains travelling at 320km/h (200mph).
>
> > The TGV-Est line will connect Paris with the eastern city of
> > Strasbourg, cutting travel time from the current four hours to two
> > hours 20 minutes.
>
> > Passengers travelling further east to other EU states will also
> > benefit after the launch of the link on 10 June.
>
> > Thursday's event will be marked with a grand light show staged along
> > the 300km-long (185 miles) rail line.
>
> > "Some 37 million Europeans can be reached," TGV-East director Alain Le
> > Guellec was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
>
> > "A network of high-speed links is being put into place with the rest
> > of Europe," he said.
>
> > The $5.3bn (4bn euros) project was launched in 2002, with dozens of
> > financial partners - including the governments of France and
> > Luxembourg - sharing the cost.
>
> > France's TGV trains - launched more than two decades ago - cover a
> > network of 1,500km (930 miles) with an average speed of 300km/h
> > (185mph).

how much will Paris - Strasbourg cost ?


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