Word: bundesbahn
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...speed (100 m.p.h. at times) to lure passengers on its run from Basel to Hook of Holland. Tourists can ogle the Rhineland from picture-window observation cars and, as on all German trains, eat a full-course gourmet meal for about $2.25. Now West Germany's state-run Bundesbahn is aiming for 125-m.p.h. service. In France the Mistral, which once hit 206 m.p.h. for the world's record, rolls along at an easier 80 m.p.h. or so from Paris to Lyon. Together with Austria and Switzerland, the six Common Market nations offer what is probably the best...
Europe argues otherwise. In Germany, for example, the Autobahnen are sleek, straight and alive with Volkswagens and Opels, yet the express-train business is booming. "Improved service will automatically increase the number of travelers." says a German Bundesbahn spokesman, and he finds it especially true on fast downtown-to-downtown runs...