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Since 1872, the Turin–Modane railway connects Turin with Lyon via the 13.7 km (8.5 mi)-long high-altitude (maximum tunnel altitude 1,338 metres (4,390 ft)) Fréjus Rail Tunnel. [18] This initially single-track line was doubled and electrified in the early 20th century, and the Italian side of the line was renovated between 1962 and 1984, and ...
The Turin–Lyon line will connect Turin, Lyon and Chambéry, and join the Italian and the French high speed rail networks. It would take over the role of the current Fréjus railway . The project costs €26 billion, with the Mont d'Ambin Base Tunnel , a 57.5 km (35.7 mi) trans-alpine tunnel between Italy and France, costing €18.3 billion ...
Lyon Turin Ferroviaire (LTF), a subsidiary of Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) and Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), was the early developer of the joint French-Italian part of the future rail link between Lyon and Turin. It has now been replaced in that role by Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin (TELT), with the same staff and leadership.
The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length [3] of 24,567 km (15,265 mi) of which active lines are 16,832 km (10,459 mi). [2]
There are international airports at Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Étienne and many other minor airports and airfields. The region is also a transport hub for the rail-network with the TGV running through Lyon from Paris and the north, to the Mediterranean. A trans-national, high-speed rail-link is projected from Lyon to Turin.
[2] [7] Joining the Paris–Marseille railway, the train returns to 25,000 volts AC to reach the terminus at Paris Gare de Lyon. [ 6 ] Compared to the Milan–Paris route used by SNCF services, by using the Turin–Milan high-speed railway, [ 4 ] [ 6 ] rather than the slower Turin–Milan railway , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] the Milan–Paris Frecciarossa ...
The Mont Cenis was an international express train linking Lyon in France with Milan in Italy.The train was named after the mountain range through which it crossed, inside the Fréjus Rail Tunnel (Mont Cenis tunnel in French) on the French-Italian border.
As of June 2021, the French high-speed rail network comprises 2,800 km (1,740 mi) of tracks, [1] making it one of the largest in Europe and the world. As of early 2023, new lines are being constructed or planned. The first French high-speed railway, the LGV Sud-Est, linking the suburbs of Paris and Lyon, opened in 1981.