Germany and its trains

The success story of the billion-euro haul of stolen masterpieces in a Munich apartment all began on  EC 197 en route to Munich.

Customs officials spotted an elderly man on the Munich bound train. Earlier in the day they noticed he had been on the same train out of Munich.

He had €9,000 in his pocket.

And the world is handed back great art stolen by the Nazis.

Note. For train purists EC 197 travels between Zürich and Munich. Technically the train is not part of DB infrastructure but when it is on German track it becomes part of the DB IC network.