Short History of High Speed European Trains ERRATUM: the Mediteranean TGV opened with President Mitterand (not premier). New from Dec 2015 are Austria is faster, Leipzig Dresden, and Paris Geneva. Some slightly slower high speed trains include Portugal's Alfa, Britain's Virgin Voyager, Czech SuperCity, Finland's Pendolino, Russia's Sapsan, Sweden's (nee X2000), Swiss-Italian EuroCity (nee Cisalpino), Austria's RailJet, and German ICE & Sprinter service. New is the route between Berlin and Dresden via Erfurt.
