Last week we were at the train station on a Sunday at noon, very quiet day. Usually at noon it is very quiet but on a Sunday not. Normally at the train station there is about one or two international or high speed trains there and while we were there there were four. An Italian one to Milan that tilts on curves, an Austrian one to Vienna, a French one to Paris and a German one to Kiel. All of these trains went faster than two hundred km/h so therefore they were high speed rail. The Italian train was very interesting, because the way to Milan was so curvy they built a train that could tilt itself into the curves and go 35% faster around them. It was called the Pendolino. The one in the picture is brand knew it came in March 2015. The Pendolino is made by the Italians and early ones were known for being unreliable. The French train is so fancy that the line has a name. It is called the Lyria. This train only stops once in Switzerland, in Basel. We are going to ride it to the Basel airport which is in Switzerland and France. The Germans run several trains in Switzerland. One to Münich, another to Frankfurt, also to Berlin and to Kiel. The picture you see below of the german train is in Münich, because we did not get its picture in Zürich. The Austrian train goes to Vienna and is by far the fanciest train in my opinion. We are going to get to ride on the French train and the Italian train soon. We already have ridden on the German train. We also really want to ride on the Austrian train. Sadly the max speed of trains in Switzerland is only 200 km/h because they do not have good enough track. Also the Swiss have decided that they would rather have more frequent trains than have fewer but high speed trains.
Austrian train to Vienna
Max speed 230 km/h
German train in Münich
Max speed 320 km/h
(on designated track)
Italian tilting train to Milan
Max speed 250 km/h
French train to Paris
Max speed 320 Km/h
(on designated track)
