transeuropexpress by digitalsakura
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the trans europ express, or trans-europe express (tee), was an international first-class railway service in western and central europe that was founded in 1957 and ceased in 1995. at the height of its operations, in 1974, the tee network comprised 45 trains, connecting 130 different cities, from spain in the west to austria in the east, and from denmark to southern italy.
the first services commenced on 2 june 1957 following an idea of f.q. den hollander, then president-director of the dutch national railway company (ns). tee was a network jointly operated by the railways of west germany (db), france (sncf), switzerland (sbb-cff-ffs), italy (fs) and the netherlands. although some trains passed through belgium from the beginning, the belgian national railway company (nmbs/sncb) joined the program only in 1964. luxembourg (cfl) also joined at a later date.
the idea was for a network of fast and comfortable transnational trains that would be attractive to businessmen and other regular travellers. all trains were first-class-only and required payment of a special supplement over the normal first-class ticket price, the amount of which depended on the distance covered. where possible, tee trains' schedules were timed to allow a business traveller to make a round trip (return journey) within a single day and also have time for business activity at the destination. each train was named, and all were expresses, stopping only at major cities. some of the named trains had already existed for some years before creation of the tee network and were simply newly designated as trans-europe expresses in 1957 or later. for example, the settebello had been in operation since 1953 and the rheingold since 1951 (as a revival of a pre-world war ii train). the network was launched in 1957 with trains serving 13 different routes.
the network grew in the course of the years, adding three more countries: spain (renfe), denmark (dsb) and austria (öbb). the system reached furthest in 1974. however, of these three only renfe became a tee member; the other two countries had tees running through them but the rail administrations were never members. in the late 1970s, the tee network comprised 39 different named trains, serving 31 routes. a few routes had more than one tee train concurrently; for example, the paris–brussels route had four tees, running at different times of the day.
Tracklist
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Credits
its a cover song of kraftwerk's trans europe express. the original version was written in 1976 by ralf hütter, emil schult and florian schneider
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMVokT5e0zs
License
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