Improvement Of French Railway System
In France there is a high speed train called train a grande viteese or in short TGV that runs on five major tracks.
Paris and the south-east France together with Lyon Dijon, Nice, Marseille, Avignon and Perpignon are connected by the TGV south-east line. This train halts at Geneva in Switzerland and passes through the French Alps.
Paris and the west coast are connected by the TGV Atlantic line. Nantes, La Rochelle, Toulouse the Loire Valley, Bordeaux and the French Basque are the stops allocated for this TGV train line.
The high speed TGV northern train line connects Paris to Lille and Calais, two of the major cities in the north of France.
Eurostar, probably the most famous train line, runs between Paris and London through the Channel Tunnel, stopping at Lille, Calias and Ashford in Kent along the way.
The high speed TGV Thalys line serves major European cities like Brussels, Cologne and Amsterdam, making travel to various European countries from France much easier.
There has been a major development in the high speed train journey in France in the past few years. It is no longer a necessity to travel via Paris when you travel between provinces in France as a result of the TGV train service which runs directly between Lyons and Nantes now. The same is the case with Bordeaux and Lilles and many other provincial towns.
515 km p/h is the record speed for the TGV at present. The TGV normally runs at a speed of 280-300km p/h while in service.
Purchasing a train ticket in France can be a complicated procedure because of so many various types of special deals on offer. If you’re interested in buying a Eurailpass which allows you unlimited travel over a 2 week period, it’s better to buy this in your country as it will be 30% cheaper than purchasing it in France. The Eurailpass is implemented specifically for non Europeans so EU nationals cannot buy it.
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