Asturias56
France has quite a good TGV network... Germany has the ICE, not forgetting the Thalys etc - their main airports are also on the TGV/ICE network (stand fast Brandenburg).
In the UK, this would have minimal effect... two-and-a-half hours by train from Heathrow doesn't get you very far.
- LHR to MAN - just over four hours (three changes)
- LHR to BHX - two-and-three-quarter hours (three changes!)
Never mind the cost...