Hanau Gelnhausen high speed railway

The Hanau-Gelnhausen high-speed railway is a planned railway connecting Hanau and Gelnhausen in Germany. It would start from local tracks in Hanau and connect with the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway at Gelnhausen. The railway would improve journey times for trains travelling from Frankfurt-am-Main to both Berlin and Munich. Trains travelling to Berlin would be able to reach the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway quickly and trains travelling to Munich would, if the connection includes a triangular junction, allow high-speed trains to bypass Aschaffenburg (where high-speed trains stop on the way to Munich) and reach Würzburg quicker. The federal transport minister told parliament in 2010 that construction would not commence prior to 2025. Despite this the federal government has allocated funds to continue the planning process.