It is also one of the most secure locations on the planet. It is a United States military base (a detachment from Edwards Air Force Base in CA) where no one knows whatâs occurring, except those that work there and the President.
The standard time at a crossing is 10 min., but after the 10 min. has exspired the train can move one car link forward or backwards and regain another 10 min.
This is one of those cases where distance vs time of travel doesn't seem to relate. The distance by road is about 300 kilometers, and the high-speed Thalys train actually makes a detour, but the flight time of this rocket is under 1.5 hours, from Brussels Gare du Midi to Paris Gare du Nord. On the other hand, AF stopped direct flights to Brussels. It is now Brussels<>Amsterdam<>Paris. It takes three hours and up.