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SNCF recommended that the train take the most direct route between the two locations to reduce the complexity and cost of the project, but the SNCF's recommendations were cast aside by California politicians who wanted to divert the train through various communities, raising the cost and complexity of the project, as well as the expected travel ...
The Lille–Fontinettes railway is a French railway which runs from Lille-Flandres station to Les Fontinettes station near Calais.Electrified double track it is 105 kilometres (65 mi) long.
SNCF Voyageurs (French pronunciation: [ɛsɛnseɛf vwajaʒœʁ], "SNCF Travelers") is a state-owned enterprise founded on 1 January 2020, [1] an independent subsidiary of the French National Railway Company (SNCF), in charge of operating passenger trains. [2] Its predecessor is (partially) SNCF Mobilités EPIC which was founded on 1 January 2015.
The concession for the railway Strasbourg–Basel was granted to the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Strasbourg à Bâle, founded by the Koechlin brothers, in 1838. [4] The first sections that were opened in 1840 led from Benfeld to Colmar, and from Mulhouse to Saint-Louis near the Swiss border.
The SNCF adapted the classification system introduced by the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée in 1925. This consisted of a numeric prefix derived from the axle (not wheel) arrangement of the locomotive, a letter for the class, and finally a number for the locomotive with the class.
The history of this railway line dates back to a request for a railway connecting Graissessac to Béziers to facilitate the mining products transportation. The concession for the railway was authorized on March 27, 1852, [1] and the agreement was approved.
1 January 1983: creation of SNCF new line no. 2 committee; 25 May 1984: public utility declaration; 15 February 1985: official beginning of works at Boinville-le-Gaillard; 1 July 1987: laying of first LGV Atlantique rail at Auneau; 24 September 1989: line opens from Montrouge to Connerré; 18 May 1990: TGV world speed record of 515.3 km/h
On 23 September 2014, DB CEO Rüdiger Grube and SNCF CEO Guillaume Pepy both signed an agreement to expend their cooperation in German-French high-speed traffic until 2020. [ 5 ] The trains of the 407 series, launched in mid-2015 in German-French high-speed traffic, have replaced the series 406 trains eligible for franking, which were ...