TGV
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The TGV (train à grande vitesse, French for "high-speed train"), is a category of high speed trains. They are used in France, and for a few services from France to England,Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. The trains have an operating speed between 270 km/h and 320 km/h. They operate inside France, but there are also services to Brussels, Amsterdam, London, and Köln.
Inside France, there are the following (high speed) lines
- Paris to Lyon, later to Valence, Avignon and Marseille
- Paris to Tours and Le Mans. Also used to run trains to Poitiers and Bordeaux
- Paris to Lille, later Brussels (known as Thalys) and Calais, Dover, London (known as Eurostar)
A line to Strasbourg, via Reims and Metz is currently being built. This will cut the time Paris to Strasbourg from shortly under 4 hours to shortly over 2 hours. Lines to Spain and Italy are in the planning phase.
The construction of the network has shortened travel times considerably. Paris to Marseille (750km) can now be done in 3 hours. Two thirds of the traffic volume is done by the TGV, only one third is done by airplanes.
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