German Railways are actually constucting a high speed link fron Karlsrule to Basel which should tale at least a further 1/2 hour off the Frankfurt to Zurich link.
Slight digress - The track also actually passes an old Canadian Air Force Base called Lahr with the longest and stongest runway in Southern Germany which is now taking freight away from Basel but it not allowed to operate Passenger Flights probably because Basel and Strasbourg would loose out but both those airports are in France anyway so I don't know whats going on there. But can anyone remember that Ryanair is having problems at Strasbourg. Lahr could be the alternative. If the swiss build a high speed link from Basel to Zurich it's looking pretty grim for Basel!
