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France’s TGV, which stands fortrain a grande viteese or high speed train in English, is world renowned for its speed and convenience. The TGV runs on five major tracks in France.

The south-east TGV line links the cities of Avignon, Dijon, Lyon, Nice, Marseille and Perpignon of south east of France and this make its way through the French Alps and also has a stop at Geneva in Switzerland.

The TGV Atlantic line connects the capital city of France to the west coast. Major stops on this TGV train line are Nantes, the Loire Valley, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Toulouse and the French Basque country.

The TGV northern line is linked between Paris and Lille and Calais which are the main cities in northern France.

Eurostar, probably the most famous train line, runs between Paris and London via the Channel Tunnel, stopping at Lille, Calias and Ashford in Kent on the way.

The high speed TGV Thalys links major European cities including Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne thus making it easy to travel to major cities in Europe from France.

Since the high speed train travel service has largely improved in the last few years, travelling via Paris is no longer a mandatory feature while travelling between provincial cities in France. For example the TGV line between Lyons and Nantes is direct now. So is with Bordeaux and Lilles and too many other cities.

515 km p/h is the record speed for the TGV as of now. The TGV normally goes at a speed of 280-300km p/h while in service.

Many types of special offers make the procedure of purchasing a train ticket a difficult one. The Eurailpass which is meant particularly for non-European travellers can be purchased in your own country and this costs 30% cheaper than what it costs in France. This pass authorizes an limitless travel in France for a period of over 2 weeks.

The France TGV train is a source of pride to French railway engineers. To read more about train travel in France please click on the links.