ðɪs pɚfˈoːɹməns wʌz ˈoʊnli ˈiːkwəld sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ jˈɪɹz lˈeɪɾɚ, æz ðə dˈɔɪtʃ bˈɑːn bɪɡˈæn tə jˈuːz ˌaɪsˌiːˈiː tɹˈeɪnz bᵻtwˌiːn ðə tˈuː sˈɪɾiz ɪn mˈeɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən.
This performance was only equalled 64 years later, as the Deutsche Bahn began to use ICE trains between the two cities in May 1997.