Siemens Velaro trains

The Siemens Velaro is a high speed rolling stock classification. It is used in companies like Eurostar and ICE. It is a new train type and is a faster version of a high speed train. It was introduced to bring a " Flexible,economic, fast train that passengers like".This group of trains mostly can reach speeds of 320 kilometres an hour.

Companies and Operative Facts
The companies it serves, such as Eurostar, have certain lines for it. In Britain this does not affect anything as it mostly is always used on the same track- London to Amsterdam or Bruxelles Midi (Brussels South Station) via Paris Nord, of course.However, speed restrictions mean the Velaro cannot go at full speed due to safety and legal reasons. In the ICE3 route from Munich Hauptabahnof to Stuttgart the enourmous increase in speed is meaningless along with being unsafe and illegal as the 2nd station, Pasing, is less than a kilometre away. Back to Eurostar, the Velaro replaced the Class 373 TGV trains.

Velaro Novo
The Velaro Novo is a new concept for a fleet of trains that are described as " The next generation for a high speed train". They are expected to be in some rail companies by 2021. But they already have rolled off the production line and into the ICE 4 routes. Now, they are just in one company but will go into others. Their design mimics those of the Spanish Oaris trains but the Velaro Novo is much faster.