Magistrale for Europe
The Magistrale for Europe ( TEN project 17) is an EU project for the creation of a high-speed railway axis between Paris and Budapest / Bratislava.
The initiative was founded in 1990 by cities, regions, industry and commerce along the rail axis Paris -Budapest - with the goal of rapid modernization of this compound.
The European Commission adopted a highway in 1995 as Project 17 in the planning for TEN, and appointed the Hungarian Péter Balázs on 20 July 2005 as an EU coordinator. The expansion of high-performance connection is also considered essential for the rapid economic, political and cultural integration of Eastern and Western Europe. The project will connect in five EU countries along a 1500 km long axis together until 2019/2020 about 34 million EU citizens.
Current traffic situation
Since the late 90s, the section of the Budapest-Vienna Orient Express has been set, no trains more on the total distance. However, there are compounds with which you can cover the whole range with one change. From Paris to get to change trains at most to Stuttgart and evening to Munich, with the TGV (since December 2007) and the CNL 261 from Munich to Budapest are five direct that (since December 2008) with ÖBB railjets and with the EN 463 Kalman Imre be served. A sixth connection with RJ 69 and EN 347 due to the Dacia Platform same change to Vienna Westbf, but has seven hours and 22 minutes from the travel time of a RJ- direct connection.
Removal / sections
France
In France, LGV Est européenne is built between Paris and Strasbourg. In March 2007, the first section was to Baudrecourt (east of Metz) inaugurated and released on 10 June 2007 for the trains. The track is scheduled to sail at up to 320 km / hr. This allowed the travel time by 1 h 50 min to be reduced now 2 hours 20 minutes from Paris Est to Strasbourg. The second stage to Vendenheim at Strasbourg should bring another half an hour in travel time. This 106 km long road section will cost about € 2 billion and are expected to open in March 2016. Furthermore, the Strasbourg train station was rebuilt for the new high-speed line.
Germany
On the German side, several new and expansion projects in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan are included, but there are also existing lines used.
Strasbourg-Stuttgart
First of Strasbourg as part of the POS South ( Kehl- Appenweier ) on the European railway will be connected to the Rhine Valley line, the connection for speeds up to 200 km / h will be expanded. The project includes in particular the renovation carried out in 2010 the Kehl bridge as well as a level of free threading on the Rhine Valley line. Between Appenweier Rastatt and the Rhine Valley line was already expanded to four tracks for up to 250 km / h in the context of the construction and expansion project Karlsruhe- Basel.
To the north of Bruchsal is changed (250 km / h) on the 1991 was put into operation high-speed railway Mannheim- Stuttgart.
As part of the Stuttgart 21 project in Stuttgart today railhead is to be converted into an empowered through station. Among other things, the inflow from Karlsruhe is shortened by 1.5 km or two minutes travel time. The expansion project will be operational in 2021. This project is controversial, however, a majority of citizens in favor of this.
Stuttgart to Munich
From Stuttgart to Ulm is the new Stuttgart - Wendlingen ( As part of the Stuttgart 21 ) and the New Wendlingen -Ulm under construction. The systems designed to a speed of 250 km / h routes to bring a travel time saving of about 25 minutes over the current route on the Filstalbahn.
Between Ulm and Augsburg can be up to 200 km / h down. These courses should be largely in the longer term for 200 km / h. The four-tracked expansion of the section Augsburg- Munich for 230 km / h was officially opened on 10 December 2011.
In Munich, a doubling of the track of the branch Landsbergerstraße is planned, which bypassed for some traits of the main train station and could be driven directly from Munich -Pasing to Ostbahnhof. This route has been used to Vienna from EN Orient-Express from Strasbourg to the timetable change in 2010.
Similar to Stuttgart 21 was planned to make the Munich Central Station to transit station. These plans under the project name München 21 were dropped, however, in 2002. Only one tunnel for regional trains at Munich's Old Town, between Munich Central Station and Munich Ostbahnhof is still part of the medium-to long -term expansion program of the city of Munich.
Munich -Salzburg
Between Munich and Salzburg main train station Ostbahnhof want the line to be routed via Mühldorf, with a rail line that allows a top speed of 160 km / hr. A section of the railway line from Munich to Mühldorf has been expanded to double track. Expansion plans also exist for other sections, as well as for the railway line Mühldorf - Freilassing. A electrification is planned for the medium. In Freilassing the future high- speed route meets the railway line Rosenheim and Salzburg. This double-track line will be expanded to three tracks between Freilassing and Salzburg. In section Saalachstrasse Bridge (Border between D / A) to Salzburg Hbf the third main track is already in operation, which receives the additional features of the S -Bahn Salzburg and so frees capacity on the mainline tracks.
Austria
On the Western Railway in Austria is to be implemented between Vienna, Linz, Salzburg and Munich, the so-called 1-2- 3-scheme. This means that these cities should be only 1 hour away from each other.
As part of the expansion of the Western Railway double-track railway between Old West Puchheim and catfish is brought to a high level of performance and can be driven from October 2012 with up to 230 km / hr. The existing line between Wels and St. Pölten has been renewed and increased to high levels of performance. In the section from Linz to St. Pölten, a second double-track line was bestandnah built, called the new western railway, which enables trafficability with a top speed of up to 250 km / hr. The new West Railway from St. Pölten to Vienna was designed for a maximum speed of 250 km / h and is an important part of the expansion to four-track Western Railway between Wels and Vienna. The new line passes through the tunnel Perschling in the Tullnerfeld and further through the Wienerwald tunnel to Vienna, where she meets back to the old Western Railway. With one last existing ( mid-2015 ) Gap (17 km) between Amstetten and Ybbs is so in December 2012, a four-track railway traffic between Linz and Vienna in operation.
In Vienna, the new Vienna Central Station is built on the site of the 2010 head -worn station Vienna South Station. This is joined by the Lainzer tunnel with the Western Railway, which can run trains from west to east without falling Vienna. As of December 2012, this connection is also consistent with the partial opening of the main station are available.
From Vienna to Budapest or Bratislava leads the Österreichische Eastern Railway. Here there are expansion plans for the connection Vienna -Bratislava on the Götzendorfer clip that needs to be rebuilt and will allow connection of the Vienna airport.
Hungary / Slovakia
East of Vienna, the main road branches into a northern branch to Bratislava, the Slovak capital in Petržalka reached the station, and a southern branch that leads over Gyor to Budapest.
Route
Notes: 1 is given but the fastest way driving between cities. 2 Due to waiting times and ein-/mehrmaligem transfer the actual travel time is significantly higher. 3 The transfer time between the terminal stations Wien Westbahnhof and Vienna South Station was not miteinberechnet. With the construction of the Lainzer Tunnel and the Vienna Central Station no transfer will be necessary.
Support
Various interest groups and initiatives to support the " Magistrale for Europe ".
- In Germany, under the leadership of former Mayor Karlsruhe Heinz Fenrich "Initiative, Magistrale for Europe ' " was founded.
- In France there is the " Association TGV Est Européen - ", which will be headed by the former Mayor of Strasbourg, Fabienne Keller.