LGV Sud-Est

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LGV Sud-Est is a high-speed railway line in France that connects Paris to Lyon and the southeast, forming the backbone of the country’s TGV network.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf high-speed railway line
railway infrastructure
alsoKnownAs LN1
Ligne à Grande Vitesse Sud-Est
connects Lyon
Paris
southeastern France
connectsTo LGV Méditerranée
LGV Rhône-Alpes
conventional rail network near Lyon
conventional rail network near Paris
constructionStart 1976
country France
designedFor TGV trainsets
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line
endStation Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV vicinity
formsBackboneOf French TGV network
gauge standard gauge
hasImpact reduced Paris–Lyon journey time
hasRole main north–south high-speed axis in France
importance first purpose-built high-speed line in France
infrastructureType double-track line
lineNumber 1 in French LGV network
locatedIn France
maximumSpeed 300 km/h
opened 1981
openedSection Paris–Lyon high-speed section
operator SNCF
owner SNCF Réseau
partOf French high-speed rail network
TGV network
railwaySignalling TVM cab signalling
regionServed Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Île-de-France
servesDirection Mediterranean corridor
southeast of France
startStation Paris-Gare-de-Lyon
status in operation
terminus Lyon-Saint-Exupéry area
Paris-Gare-de-Lyon
trackGauge 1435 mm
usedByService TGV Paris–Geneva (via connections)
TGV Paris–Lyon
TGV Paris–Marseille
TGV Paris–Milan (via connections)
TGV Paris–Nice


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