A new high-speed train connecting Paris and Berlin will be launched in December, allowing travellers to visit the capitals on a daytime service after the introducion of a popular night route.

The new direct train service will run daily and take around eight hours, departing Paris Gare de l’Est at 9.55am and arriving at Berlin Hauptbahnhof at 6.03pm. In the other direction, the train will depart at 11.54am and arrive at 7.55pm.

A new direct train service is set to link Berlin and Paris in a travel time of around eight hours, Germany's rail operator Deutsche Bahn said on Tuesday, with the first journey due to launch as soon as December.

From December 2024, a new direct TGV will link Paris to Berlin in just eight hours, marking a major step forward for low-carbon mobility between France and Germany. This daily link, initiated by SNCF and Deutsche Bahn (DB), aims to meet the needs of business travelers and slow mobility enthusiasts.

It will offer a journey without transfers, with stops in Frankfurt, Strasbourg and Karlsruhe.A new high-speed train, operated by German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and France's SNCF, will allow passengers to travel between Berlin and Paris in approximately eight hours,

The German and French capitals are currently connected by a night train route that launched at the end of 2023. Now a fast and direct daytime connection will be added.

German Rail (DB) and French National Railways (SNCF) will launch a direct high-speed service between Berlin and Paris on December 16.

The new train service will depart from Berlin at 11:54 a.m., arriving at Paris’ Gare de l'Est at 7:55 p.m.

Photo/Agencies] French and German national railway operators SNCF and Deutsche Bahn have announced a new direct daytime service between Paris and Berlin will come into operation before the end of the year.