New #CrossBorderRail connection this summer: ICE Köln-Oostende
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German high-speed trains to run to Bruges, Ghent and Ostend on summer weekends | VRT NWS: news
It’s not all bad news from the mobility front today. The German railway company Deutsche Bahn is introducing an additional ICE high-speed train connection between Cologne and Brussels during the summer holidays.