Main Line for Europe

Today TGV rail connections exist from Paris to Stuttgart or at longest Munich.

[2] Despite some protests, a 2011 statewide referendum upheld the majority support and thus the political decision to rebuild the station and let the Magistrale for Europe project proceed.

In Freilassing the MoE joins the Rosenheim–Salzburg railway leading across the Austrian border including a new third track serving the Salzburg S-Bahn commuter network.

In Austria, the Western Railway line is to be extended to reduce travel time between Munich, Salzburg, Linz, and Vienna to one hour each.

The section between the Attnang-Puchheim rail hub and Wels Hauptbahnhof near Linz was already upgraded until October 2012 to provide a maximum speed of 230 km/h (143 mph).

Between Linz and Vienna a new parallel high-speed railway line (Neue Westbahn) for a maximum speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) is to be completed in 2015, including the Wienerwald Tunnel.

Planned high-speed rail link Paris—Bratislava
Paris Gare de l'Est
Demolition works on Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, 2010
Vienna main station, 2012