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Modern trains can do that in 3 hours, on conventional rail (no maglev needed).
The trains can do that already for 40 years (the ICE could to 400 km/h in 1988):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercity_Express
The problem is that in contrast to China, Japan, France, and Italy, Germany does not build straight tracks that allow that speed.
If you put a Chinese straight train track between Berlin and Paris, the travel time would be 3 hours, without sacrificing comfort.
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Modern trains can do that in 3 hours, on conventional rail (no maglev needed).
The trains can do that already for 40 years (the ICE could to 400 km/h in 1988):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercity_Express
The problem is that in contrast to China, Japan, France, and Italy, Germany does not build straight tracks that allow that speed.
If you put a Chinese straight train track between Berlin and Paris, the travel time would be 3 hours, without sacrificing comfort.