There is a very interesting article in March's Condé Nast Traveler about European trains. Most travel at over 150 mph with some planned for over 200 mph. Paris-Marseille - 539 miles in a little over 3 hours. Frankfurt-Cologne - 110 miles in just over 1 hour. Madrid-Barcelona - 400 miles in 2.5 hours (planned). Beautiful new terminals are being built that rival our airports in architecture. While they are expanding we are losing trains. It makes me sick.