Train Lines Of France

As of july 2017 the french high speed rail network comprises 2 647 km of lignes à grande vitesse lgv and 670 km are under construction.

Train lines of france. The red lines indicate rails upon which the faster trains can travel safely. This line is known as la ligne des causses or la ligne de l aubrac and it takes a day to travel the full length. Unlikely of france s long distance single track lines often threatened with closure is still open. Investment funds and regional development in france.

Eurostar links london to paris and avignon through lille. France launched its first high speed rail route in 1981 and there are now fast tgv trains à grande vitesse services connecting most major cities across the country and the network is ever expanding. Rail means travel so there s no better way to understand who we are and what we do than to explore our rail maps. Eurail the tgv trains a grande vitesse is the express train of france and connects the major cities of france as well as continuing through to other neighboring european countries that border france like luxembourg belgium spain italy germany and switzerland.

In france the names of the fast trains are tgv thalys and eurostar. Available worldwide for print your own tickets or e tickets or qr code. Sncf at your service got a question. France currently operates the second largest european railway network with a total of 29 901 kilometres of.

Tgv trains are capable of traveling at speeds up to 320 km h 200 mph. Cross border trains from france to switzerland are operated by tgv lyria trains from france to germany are run by deutsche bahn and connections from france to spain are operated by renfe sncf. Sncf is the primary train operator in france. Sncf group business profiles and performance sncf history and more.

Exploring france by train is easy and affordable. There is one through train a day in each direction. For european rail passes visit our partners eurail for worldwide. Itinerary booking your door to door itinerary timetables booking and real time traffic updates.

Freight transport logistics and supply chain services. Rail transport in france is marked by a clear predominance of passenger traffic driven in particular by high speed rail the sncf the national state owned railway company operates most of the passenger and freight services on the national network managed by its subsidiary sncf réseau. Our passenger offer trains passenger services cards fares and sustainable mobility. Explore the primary lines of the french rail network.

The thalys trains link belgium and the netherlands with paris. Two tgvs in paris gare de l est the first french high speed rail line opened in 1981 between paris s and lyon s suburbs. It was at that time the only high speed rail line in europe. Book french and european train tickets online.

Tgv trains are france s homegrown speed train.