TGV Est open for commercial service
In case you’ve missed it - the new TGV Est high speed line from Paris (Vaires-sur-Marne) to the East of France (Baudrecourt) opened for commercial service last Sunday, June 10. Since this week, TGV POS/Reseau and ICE 3 trainsets share the rails and provide new high speed service between Paris and Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Basel, Zurich, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and other cities. Travel times have been shortened considerably - e.g. 2 hours 20 minutes instead of 4 hours from Paris to Strasbourg.
Trains reach a top speed of 320 km/h on the high speed line and run at speeds of up to 220 km/h on the conventional lines. Service frequencies are set to increase with future timetable changes - more direct services to Zurich and also to Munich should be available starting December 2007.
Links:
- SNCF News Release (PDF, 32 pages!)
Posted in: Uncategorized | June 15, 2007 9:50 pm
3 Comments »
Betuweroute freight rail line to be inaugurated | TrainBlog, on June 15, 2007 @ 10:11 pm
[…] It’s an exiting time for railroading in Central Europe - after the TGV Est and the Lötschberg Base Tunnel, the Dutch Betuweroute (official site) freight rail line between Rotterdam and Germany will be the third infrastructure project to open for service this month. This 160 km long, double track freight corridor is set to improve capacity between the Dutch harbor cities and mainland Europe. […]
Frederik Kyleigh, on October 21, 2007 @ 12:59 pm
that’s why it will never wor. Frederik Kyleigh.
mdesiderio, on January 8, 2008 @ 3:02 am
And the TGV Est now has an internet connection.
See my recent article: http://www.matthieudesiderio.com/?p=40
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