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near the Réaltor reservoir, halfway between Aix-en-Provence and
Marseille Airport; this station has proved more popular than expected and serves the north of the Marseille area. It is also recommended by agents for ships in Fos-Lavera-Port de Bouc, in preference to
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line through
Grenoble now electrified, this link becomes more attractive and a connection is considered for the near-future; another link from the LGV (southwards) to the regular line (towards Valence) would have enabled service to Valence central station from the
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wanted a TGV station. This would offer the advantage of being able to serve the town with TGV services travelling further south, but Montélimar is currently served by various TGV services leaving the high-speed line just before
Valence TGV
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The nearly 250 kilometres (160 mi) long line currently has no regularly used connection to the classic network (unless one considers the southwest branch as a connector). Numerous connections had however been proposed:
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a link at Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence between the LGV (southwards) and the regular line (eastwards), accompanied by the electrification of the
Valence-Grenoble line. This would permit direct connections between
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force alterations to the route; the original path would have kept to the left bank of the river, while the final route skirts the river and crosses it four times, at a significantly higher cost.
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south of
Avignon; its proximity to the city centre has ensured its popularity. An enhancement to the station allowed it to be served by local services connecting to
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and the north of France. Construction costs rose to €3.8 billion; the line entered service in 2001 following an official opening by
President
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would not only have enabled service to
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a link at Orgon with the
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from the north, as well as Avignon and Arles, given that no link was created at Roquemaure
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Le Réseau ferroviaire, une réforme inachevée et une stratégie incertaine
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2013:"RFF - Map of electrified railway lines"
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925:LGV bypass of Nîmes and Montpellier
3806:High-speed railway lines in France
14:
3785:Rail transport in the Netherlands
2067:"Paris-Marseille en trois heures"
2054:p. 80 Cour des comptes 2008.
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2256:LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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2144:LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire
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1670:Aix-en-Provence TGV station
1549:City To Coast (C2C) Highway
1523:It connects the regions of
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2608:Lanzhou (Xining)–Guangzhou
2504:High-speed rail by country
2219:Planned or projected lines
1844:Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
1729:Gare d'Aix-en-Provence TGV
1608:Canal de Donzère-Mondragon
1570:, as the extension of the
1525:Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
86:Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
3775:Rail transport in Germany
3765:Rail transport in Belgium
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3438:Charles de Gaulle Airport
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2998:LGV Sud Europe Atlantique
2757:Suseo–Pyeongtaek HSR Line
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2441:Transmission Voie-Machine
2393:Adjacent high-speed lines
2241:Paris – Normandy new line
2236:LGV Montpellier–Perpignan
2184:LGV Sud Europe Atlantique
2125:High-speed rail in France
1993:High-speed rail in France
1723:Avignon's central station
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182:216 km (134 mi)
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16:French high-speed railway
3770:Rail transport in France
2584:Harbin–Hong Kong (Macau)
2483:High-speed railway lines
1702:Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence
1631:LGV Languedoc-Roussillon
1625:), the LGV continues to
1568:Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence
1498:Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence
3209:St. Petersburg-Helsinki
3003:LGV Perpignan–Barcelona
2934:St. Petersburg-Helsinki
2698:Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen
2203:Line under construction
2189:LGV Perpignan–Barcelona
1444:Marseille-Saint-Charles
1139:Avignon covered section
797:Triangle junction with
3698:LGV Interconnexion Est
3505:Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy
2968:LGV Interconnexion Est
2436:TGV track construction
2231:LGV Interconnexion Sud
2154:LGV Interconnexion Est
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1554:The line features the
1490:Ligne à Grande Vitesse
582:Tunnel de Tartaiguille
2772:(Cheongnyangni-Dodam)
2266:LGV Toulouse–Narbonne
2261:LGV Bordeaux–Toulouse
2194:LGV Nîmes–Montpellier
1691:
1639:LGV Nîmes–Montpellier
1606:. After crossing the
3203:Moscow–St.Petersburg
3049:Nuremberg–Ingolstadt
2251:LGV Poitiers–Limoges
1649:which it crosses at
1551:("Ville à la Mer").
1535:and from there onto
76:Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
3562:Bourg-Saint-Maurice
3243:Barcelona–Perpignan
3087:Athens–Thessaloniki
2910:Copenhagen–Ringsted
2683:Hokuriku Shinkansen
2678:Hokkaido Shinkansen
2590:Guangzhou–Hong Kong
2415:Perpignan–Barcelona
1698:Gare de Valence TGV
1674:Tunnel de Marseille
1645:, then follows the
1643:Avignon TGV station
1637:and since 2017 the
1576:Valence TGV station
1556:Tunnel de Marseille
1376:Tunnel de Marseille
1325:Aix-en-Provence TGV
1298:Viaduc de Ventabren
112:Valence TGV station
3474:Düsseldorf Airport
3331:Northeast Corridor
3238:Madrid–Extremadura
3188:Grodzisk–Zawiercie
3043:Mannheim–Stuttgart
2840:Tashkent–Samarkand
2713:Tōkaidō Shinkansen
2629:Lianyungang–Ürümqi
2613:Suifenhe–Manzhouli
2537:Casablanca–Tangier
2226:LGV Bordeaux–Spain
2050:2011-11-27 at the
1719:Gare d'Avignon TGV
1694:
1664:, the D10 and the
320:Lyon Saint-Exupéry
252:320 km/h (200 mph)
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3658:Duisburg–Dortmund
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3500:London–St Pancras
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3059:Rastatt–Offenburg
3028:Cologne–Frankfurt
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2845:Samarkand–Bukhara
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2764:(Wonju-Gangneung)
2747:Gyeongbu HSR Line
2708:Tōhoku Shinkansen
2703:San'yō Shinkansen
2693:Kyushu Shinkansen
2688:Jōetsu Shinkansen
2644:Guangzhou–Kunming
2592:
2579:Beijing–Hong Kong
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2382:Frecciarossa 1000
2377:Trenitalia France
1977:–Marseille: 3.30
1943:–Marseille: 1:40
1802:Salon-de-Provence
1754:, made President
1725:, amongst others.
1666:Canal de Provence
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3713:LGV Méditerranée
3653:Cologne–Duisburg
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3249:Madrid–Barcelona
3106:Bologna–Florence
3069:Wolfsburg–Berlin
3054:Nuremberg–Erfurt
3038:Hanover–Würzburg
2973:LGV Méditerranée
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2762:Gyeonggang Line
2639:Shanghai–Kunming
2634:Shanghai–Chengdu
2624:Qingdao–Yinchuan
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2574:Beijing–Shanghai
2568:Coastal corridor
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2159:LGV Méditerranée
2132:Lines in service
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2018:. Archived from
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1959:–Marseille: 6:28
1714:Romans-sur-Isère
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1486:LGV Méditerranée
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189:Number of tracks
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116:Eastern branch:
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22:LGV Méditerranée
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3708:LGV Rhône-Alpes
3627:
3618:London–Waterloo
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3547:Aix-en-Provence
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2227:
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2221:
2217:
2211:
2208:
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2205:
2201:
2195:
2192:
2190:
2187:
2185:
2182:
2180:
2177:
2175:
2172:
2170:
2167:
2165:
2162:
2160:
2157:
2155:
2152:
2150:
2147:
2145:
2142:
2140:
2137:
2136:
2134:
2130:
2126:
2119:
2114:
2112:
2107:
2105:
2100:
2099:
2096:
2090:
2087:
2086:
2082:
2074:
2073:
2068:
2060:
2057:
2053:
2049:
2046:
2045:
2039:
2036:
2025:on 2016-05-16
2021:
2014:
2008:
2005:
1998:
1994:
1991:
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1986:
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1976:
1973:
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1967:
1964:
1961:
1958:
1955:
1952:
1948:
1945:
1942:
1939:
1938:
1935:Interregional
1934:
1929:
1925:
1922:
1918:
1915:
1911:
1908:
1904:
1901:
1897:
1894:
1890:
1887:
1883:
1880:
1876:
1873:
1869:
1866:
1862:
1859:
1855:
1852:
1848:
1845:
1841:
1840:
1836:
1832:Journey times
1831:
1826:
1823:
1819:
1816:
1811:
1807:
1803:
1799:
1796:
1792:
1790:in 25 minutes
1789:
1785:
1781:
1777:
1773:
1769:
1764:
1763:
1760:
1757:
1753:
1749:
1748:
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1739:
1735:
1730:
1727:
1724:
1720:
1717:
1715:
1711:
1707:
1703:
1699:
1696:
1695:
1690:
1683:
1681:
1679:
1675:
1671:
1667:
1663:
1659:
1654:
1652:
1648:
1644:
1640:
1636:
1632:
1628:
1624:
1620:
1615:
1614:and Lapalud.
1613:
1609:
1605:
1601:
1597:
1593:
1589:
1585:
1581:
1577:
1573:
1569:
1561:
1559:
1557:
1552:
1550:
1546:
1542:
1538:
1534:
1530:
1526:
1521:
1520:to the west.
1519:
1515:
1511:
1507:
1503:
1499:
1495:
1491:
1487:
1466:
1464:
1462:
1460:
1458:
1456:
1454:
1453:
1449:
1445:
1441:
1436:
1427:
1425:
1422:
1418:
1414:
1410:
1402:
1386:
1384:
1381:
1377:
1369:
1360:
1358:
1355:
1351:
1346:
1341:
1336:
1331:
1327:
1326:
1317:
1308:
1306:
1303:
1299:
1291:
1282:
1280:
1277:
1274:(440 m)
1273:
1265:
1256:
1254:
1251:
1248:(942 m)
1247:
1246:River Durance
1239:
1230:
1228:
1225:
1222:(994 m)
1221:
1220:River Durance
1213:
1204:
1202:
1199:
1195:
1194:
1184:
1175:
1173:
1170:
1167:(303 m)
1166:
1158:
1149:
1147:
1144:
1140:
1132:
1123:
1121:
1118:
1114:
1109:
1104:
1099:
1094:
1090:
1089:
1080:
1071:
1069:
1066:
1062:
1054:
1045:
1043:
1040:
1037:
1028:
1005:
1003:
1000:
995:
972:
970:
967:
964:
958:
935:
933:
930:
926:
920:
897:
895:
892:
880:
879:
875:
874:
869:
846:
844:
841:
838:(212 m)
837:
836:
826:
810:
808:
805:
800:
786:
785:
781:
780:
775:
752:
750:
747:
744:(680 m)
743:
735:
726:
724:
721:
718:(887 m)
717:
709:
700:
698:
695:
692:(637 m)
691:
690:
680:
671:
669:
666:
662:
658:
654:
651:
643:
620:
618:
615:
612:(325 m)
611:
610:
609:Donzère Canal
601:
592:
590:
587:
583:
575:
566:
564:
561:
558:(190 m)
557:
556:
549:
540:
538:
535:
532:
528:
520:
497:
495:
492:
489:(664 m)
488:
480:
471:
469:
466:
463:
462:Valence-Ville
459:
454:
438:
436:
433:
429:
424:
419:
414:
410:
409:
400:
377:
375:
372:
369:
365:
357:
334:
332:
329:
325:
321:
317:
312:
303:
301:
298:
295:
294:
290:
286:
285:
282:
279:
278:
272:
267:
264:
261:
259:
255:
251:
247:
244:
239:
237:
233:
229:
205:1,435 mm
203:
201:
197:
194:
191:
187:
181:
177:
172:
168:
164:
159:
156:
152:
149:
145:
142:
139:
135:
130:
124:
119:
115:
113:
110:
109:
107:
103:
100:
87:
82:
77:
74:
70:
67:
64:
60:
56:
52:
47:
43:
39:
35:
30:
25:
20:
3719:LGV Picardie
3717:
3712:
3668:High Speed 1
3495:Lille-Europe
3359:
3347:
3306:High Speed 1
3290:Bothnia Line
3121:Milan–Verona
2972:
2928:Kerava-Lahti
2813:Ankara–Sivas
2729:Haramain HSR
2722:Saudi Arabia
2431:TGV stations
2400:High Speed 1
2246:LGV Picardie
2158:
2070:
2059:
2043:
2038:
2027:. Retrieved
2020:the original
2007:
1971:–Nice: 9:15
1965:–Nice: 7:09
1752:Rhône Valley
1662:A8 autoroute
1655:
1616:
1600:A7 autoroute
1565:
1553:
1548:
1522:
1489:
1485:
1483:
1375:
1323:
1297:
1271:
1245:
1219:
1190:
1164:
1138:
1086:
1060:
832:
741:
715:
686:
607:
581:
552:
486:
406:
280:
193:Double track
3703:LGV Sud-Est
3552:Albertville
3254:Madrid–León
3146:Netherlands
3136:Turin–Milan
3131:Rome–Naples
2993:LGV Sud-Est
2739:South Korea
2179:LGV Sud-Est
2072:Le Parisien
2064:(in French)
1914:Montpellier
1745:Controversy
1612:Pierrelatte
1088:Avignon TGV
1061:River Rhône
742:River Rhône
716:River Rhône
408:Valence TGV
242:25 kV 50 Hz
200:Track gauge
179:Line length
169:7 June 2001
147:Operator(s)
66:SNCF Réseau
57:Operational
3800:Categories
3510:Paris Nord
3469:Düsseldorf
2833:Uzbekistan
2790:Taiwan HSR
2660:Whoosh HSR
2358:TGV Réseau
2348:TGV Duplex
2029:2010-12-05
1999:References
1837:From Paris
1818:Montélimar
1756:Mitterrand
1627:Les Angles
1623:Roquemaure
1604:Montélimar
1574:. The new
258:Signalling
3613:Ebbsfleet
3577:Marseille
3515:Rotterdam
3428:Amsterdam
2653:Indonesia
2365:TGV Lyria
1928:Perpignan
1872:Marseille
1788:Marseille
1734:Marseille
1678:Marseille
1658:Ventabren
1529:Occitanie
1506:Marseille
1488:(French:
274:Route map
174:Technical
118:Marseille
81:Occitanie
3693:HSL-Zuid
3663:LGV Nord
3582:Moûtiers
3567:Chambéry
3535:Seasonal
3464:Duisburg
3459:Dortmund
3449:Brussels
3416:Stations
3409:Eurostar
3154:HSL-Zuid
2978:LGV Nord
2314:TGV PBKA
2294:Eurostar
2164:LGV Nord
2048:Archived
1982:See also
1951:Toulouse
1821:station.
1768:Grenoble
1710:Grenoble
1684:Stations
1635:Redessan
1588:Grenoble
963:Tarascon
368:Grenoble
223: in
155:Eurostar
49:Overview
3603:Ashford
3587:Valence
3557:Avignon
3433:Antwerp
3343:Oceania
3014:Germany
2963:LGV Est
2920:Finland
2902:Denmark
2868:Belgium
2530:Morocco
2514:Commons
2370:TGV 2N2
2353:TGV POS
2338:TGV 2N2
2309:TGV PBA
2149:LGV Est
1953:: 4:30
1930:: 4:45
1923:: 4:03
1921:Béziers
1916:: 3:15
1909:: 2:55
1902:: 5.35
1895:: 4.40
1888:: 4:15
1881:: 3:55
1874:: 3:07
1867:: 2:55
1858:Avignon
1851:Valence
1806:Miramas
1780:Avignon
1647:Durance
1580:Valence
1545:Sud-Est
1531:to the
1413:Avignon
1193:Durance
657:Avignon
263:TVM 430
218:⁄
161:History
132:Service
105:Termini
38:Valence
3608:Calais
3596:Former
3572:Landry
3522:
3476:
3440:
3423:Aachen
3284:Sweden
3196:Russia
3182:Poland
3164:Norway
3079:Greece
2945:France
2859:Europe
2800:Turkey
2783:Taiwan
2523:Africa
1975:Geneva
1957:London
1926:Paris–
1919:Paris–
1912:Paris–
1905:Paris–
1898:Paris–
1893:Fréjus
1891:Paris–
1886:Hyères
1884:Paris–
1879:Toulon
1877:Paris–
1870:Paris–
1863:Paris–
1860:: 2:40
1856:Paris–
1853:: 2:16
1849:Paris–
1846:: 1:50
1842:Paris–
1810:Istres
1795:Orange
1775:south;
1772:Geneva
1619:Mornas
1191:River
835:Gardon
833:River
801:branch
687:River
553:River
527:Livron
289:Legend
281:
166:Opened
137:System
99:France
96:
72:Locale
54:Status
3688:HSL 4
3683:HSL 3
3678:HSL 2
3673:HSL 1
3636:Lines
3490:Liège
3485:Essen
3220:Spain
3098:Italy
2892:HSL 4
2886:HSL 3
2881:HSL 2
2876:HSL 1
2670:Japan
2560:China
2424:Other
2410:HSL 1
2402:(via
2321:Renfe
2023:(PDF)
2016:(PDF)
1963:Lille
1907:Nîmes
1784:Arles
1651:Orgon
1596:Rhône
1592:Crest
1590:. At
1562:Route
1514:Nîmes
1502:Drôme
1411:from
1404:711.2
1371:706.2
1319:699.1
1293:688.2
1267:670.7
1241:653.9
1215:650.6
1186:646.6
1160:637.3
1134:626.6
1082:625.2
1056:622.4
1036:Nîmes
961:from
886:
871:
799:Nîmes
792:
782:617.7
777:
737:606.3
711:590.4
689:Rhône
682:589.2
645:577.7
603:570.2
577:532.8
555:Drôme
522:525.0
482:522.6
402:495.5
366:from
359:493.2
318:from
123:Nîmes
62:Owner
42:Drôme
36:near
3752:PBKA
3742:e320
3737:e300
3623:Lyon
3542:Aime
3454:Köln
3360:None
3348:None
2551:Asia
1969:Metz
1947:Lyon
1941:Lyon
1900:Nice
1808:and
1712:and
1706:TERs
1586:and
1537:Lyon
1527:and
1518:Gard
1504:and
1484:The
1440:Line
1409:Line
876:25.1
828:18.4
653:Lyon
650:Line
458:Line
364:Line
151:SNCF
141:SNCF
3747:PBA
1988:TGV
1700:at
1656:At
1602:at
1442:to
1034:to
1030:3.2
881:0.0
787:0.0
531:Die
460:to
3802::
2069:,
1804:,
1680:.
1653:.
1582:,
1516:,
1508:,
1500:,
655:–
529:–
225:)
40:,
3401:e
3394:t
3387:v
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3245:*
3211:*
3205:*
3190:*
3089:*
3045:*
3024:*
3005:*
2936:*
2930:*
2888:*
2825:*
2775:*
2620:*
2570:*
2475:e
2468:t
2461:v
2406:)
2117:e
2110:t
2103:v
2032:.
1949:–
220:2
216:1
213:+
211:8
207:(
88:,
83:,
78:,
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