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(fr) La carte du réseau voyageurs de la SNCF, les TGV internationaux inclus. (pl) Mapa sieci połącze 2006-03-24T05:53:35Z Madcap 1000x1056 (1058435 Bytes) (en) The map of French railways (SNCF) passengers service, including internationnal TGV high-speed trains. (fr) La carte du réseau voyageurs de la SNCF, les TGV internationaux inclus.
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 ...
The LGV Méditerranée (French: Ligne à Grande Vitesse; English: Mediterranean high-speed line) is a 250-kilometre-long (160-mile) French high-speed rail line running from north to south between Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, Drôme and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, also featuring a connection to Nîmes, Gard to the west.
The most recent LGV, LGV Est, is equipped with European Train Control System Level 2 [3] signalling together with TVM-430. [4] It is equipped with GSM-R radio communications, one component of the European Rail Traffic Management System: the communications-based ETCS Level 2 signalling system is the other component, which makes use of the radio ...
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.
The Paris suburban rail services represents alone 82% of the French rail annual ridership. [1] [2] With a total of 100.2 billion passenger-kilometres, [1] [2] France has the fifth-most used passenger network worldwide, and second-most used in Europe after that of Russia. [8] France is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC).
The LGV Sud Europe Atlantique (LGV SEA, English: South Europe Atlantic High Speed Rail Line), also known as the LGV Sud-Ouest or officially named LGV L'Océane by SNCF since April 2016, is a high-speed railway line between Tours and Bordeaux, in France. It is used by TGV inOui and Ouigo trains operated by SNCF.
French TGV network, with the LGV Atlantique in yellow running south-west from Paris The line leaves Gare Montparnasse to cross Paris's southern suburbs, partly under the Coulée Verte . This is a tunnel above which footpaths and recreational areas have been created, to reduce the effect of the LGV running through the area.