page_title: LGV Méditerranée
hierarchical_section_title: LGV Méditerranée
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: In de zomer van 2009 heb ik volop langs de zuidelijke TGV lijn gestaan. Bij het plaatsje Piedmont in de Rhône Alpes schiet TGV 714 richting Marseille met een snelheid van 300 km/h op de teller voorbij.
context_page_description: The LGV Méditerranée is a 250 kilometre-long French high-speed rail line running between Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, Drôme and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, also featuring a connection to Nîmes, Gard.
  It connects the regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Occitanie to the LGV Rhône-Alpes, and from there to Lyon and the north of France. Construction costs rose to €3.8 billion; the line entered service in June 2001 following an inauguration by President Jacques Chirac. The commencement of service on this line has led to a reversal of the respective airplane and train markets: by making Marseille reachable in three hours from Paris—a distance of over 750 kilometres —the train now handles two thirds of all journeys on that route.
context_section_description: The LGV Méditerranée (French: Ligne à Grande Vitesse; English: high-speed line) is a 250 kilometre-long (160 miles) French high-speed rail line running between Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, Drôme and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, also featuring a connection to Nîmes, Gard (west of the line).
  It connects the regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Occitanie to the LGV Rhône-Alpes, and from there to Lyon and the north of France. Construction costs rose to €3.8 billion; the line entered service in June 2001 following an inauguration by President Jacques Chirac. The commencement of service on this line has led to a reversal of the respective airplane and train markets: by making Marseille reachable in three hours from Paris—a distance of over 750 kilometres (470 miles)—the train now handles two thirds of all journeys on that route.
caption: SNCF TGV Duplex near Valence, Drôme
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