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A TGV Sud-Est, the first trainset in regular service.. The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) is a high-speed rail service, which started operation in 1981.. This article is a list of all high-speed train services in France.
The LGV Atlantique (French: Ligne à Grande Vitesse Atlantique; English: Atlantic high-speed line) is a high-speed rail line running from Gare Montparnasse in Paris towards the Atlantic coast of France. It opened in 1989–1990 and has two intermediate stations: Massy TGV station and Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV station.
The TGV (French: ⓘ; train à grande vitesse, [tʁɛ̃ a ɡʁɑ̃d vitɛs] ⓘ, 'high-speed train') [a] is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to 320 km/h (200 mph) on the newer lines, [1] the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects such as the Ariane 1 rocket and Concorde supersonic airliner; sponsored by the ...
These are all the TGV (French: train à grande vitesse, meaning high-speed train) stations, listed alphabetically. This list includes new stations constructed specifically for the TGV as well as existing stations that are simply served by the trains. Stations located in countries other than France are marked with the country in parentheses.
Saint-Malo station (French: Gare de Saint-Malo) is a railway station serving the town Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine department, western France. The station is situated on the Rennes–Saint-Malo railway .
On 29 September 1991, Massy TGV was inaugurated by the SNCF. [2] It had a total cost of 160,000,000 French francs (equivalent to €24,391,843). [1] The station project first received the opposition of the SNCF and the local residents of Massy; the project was considered to be too close to Montparnasse station, in Paris
The railway from Paris to Bordeaux is an important French 584-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southwestern port city Bordeaux via Orléans and Tours. The railway was opened in several stages between 1840 and 1853, when the section from Poitiers to Angoulême was finished. [ 2 ]
Starting from the south (LGV Sud-Est), the line begins at Coubert junction and heads northeast.Near Tournan, there is a link to the Paris-Coulommiers line. Further north, Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy TGV station (transfer to the RER A) serves the new town of Marne-la-Vallée and Disneyland Paris theme parks.