TGV Est traffic was organised in cooperative times, on the basis of mutual market share sharing: ICEs run from Frankfurt t Paris, and TGVs run from Paris to Stuttgart or Munich. Methinks the reason few TGVs reach Munich is the small market due to the long travel time. Even after the LGV Est Européenne is finished, the magic three-hour distance will only be Paris-Stuttgart.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}