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    The Ligne à Grande Vitesse Nord (English : North High-Speed Line), typically shortened to LGV Nord, is a French 333-kilometre (207 mi)-long high-speed...
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    construction of a new high-speed line between Paris and the Channel Tunnel, LGV Nord; French TGV technology was chosen as the basis for the new trains. An order...
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  • The LGV Picardie is a proposed French high-speed rail line running between Paris and Calais, via Amiens, in Northern France. When the LGV Nord was planned...
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    LGV Rhône-Alpes (Lyon to Valence) (opened 1992) LGV Nord (Paris Gare du Nord to Calais) (opened 1993) LGV Interconnexion Est (LGV Sud-Est to LGV Nord...
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    The LGV Interconnexion Est is a French high-speed rail line that connects the LGV Nord, LGV Est, LGV Sud-Est and LGV Atlantique through the suburbs of...
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    signalling, TVM-430 and TVM-300, are in use on the LGV. TVM-430, a newer system, was first installed on the LGV Nord to the Channel Tunnel and Belgium, and supplies...
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    High Speed 1 (redirect from LGV Londres)
    Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in November 2010. A high-speed rail line, LGV Nord, has been in operation between the Channel Tunnel and the outskirts of...
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  • rail lines: LGV Atlantique LGV Est LGV Interconnexion Est LGV Nord LGV Méditerranée LGV Picardie LGV Rhône-Alpes LGV Rhin-Rhône LGV Sud-Est LGV Sud Europe...
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    the 2024 Summer Olympics, a series of arson attacks damaged the LGV Atlantique, Nord, and Est lines of the French high-speed railway system. International...
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    HSL 1 (redirect from LGV 1)
    1) is a high-speed rail line which connects Brussels, Belgium, with the LGV Nord at the Belgium–France border. It is 88 km (55 mi) long with 71 km (44 mi)...
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    TGV (section On LGVs)
    Loire, LGV Sud Europe Atlantique), north (LGV Nord, LGV Interconnexion Est) and east (LGV Rhin-Rhône, LGV Est). Neighboring countries Italy, Spain, and...
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    LGV Nord and LGV Est from Paris, through Charles de Gaulle Airport, to Soissons before forking into lines to Brussels (LGV Nord) and Strasbourg (LGV Est)...
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    western and southwestern France TGV Ouest and LGV Atlantique Gare du Nord: trains to northern France LGV Nord to Lille-Europe Eurostar to London, Belgium...
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    section of LGV Rhône-Alpes (Montanay to Saint-Quentin-Fallavier) 26 May 1994: service begins on LGV Interconnexion Est (connection with LGV Nord) March 1996:...
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    freight trains. It connects end-to-end with high-speed railway lines: the LGV Nord in France and High Speed 1 in England. In 2017, rail services carried 10...
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  • linking relatively nearby cities (termini being 100–200 km apart) using the LGV Nord dedicated high-speed line (Paris-Lille-Calais). So far, those trains only...
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  • (January 7, 2017). "La vie à 320km/h: le conducteur de la première rame LGV raconte". Sud-Ouest (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved July 17, 2022...
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    Along most of its route between Paris and London, the road parallels the LGV Nord (as the French A1 autoroute) and High Speed 1 (as the English M20 motorway)...
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    Lille-Europe station (category Railway stations in Nord (French department))
    Gare de Lille-Europe) is a SNCF railway station in Lille, France, on the LGV Nord high-speed railway. The station is primarily used for international Eurostar...
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    terminus of shuttle services from the UK, as well as the terminus of the LGV Nord, whereby Eurostar services can travel into the Channel Tunnel. Communes...
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    on LGV ("lignes à grande vitesse"), Eurotunnel, HS1 and HSL 1 KVB (Contrôle de vitesse par balises), used between Paris Gare du Nord and LGV Nord, on...
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    Eurostar route and passengers could alight here to connect onto the SNCF or LGV Nord services. As of July 2011[update] three services a day called in each direction...
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    journey from Paris to Brussels now taking 1:22. In combination with the LGV Nord, it has also affected international journeys to France and London, ensuring...
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    52° 2.65% 26.5‰ 1 in 37.7 Lickey Incline 1.43° 2.5% 25‰ 1 in 40 LGV Atlantique, LGV Nord. The Schiefe Ebene. 1.146° 2% 20‰ 1 in 50 Railway near Jílové u...
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    station (French: Gare de TGV Haute-Picardie) is a railway station on the LGV Nord-Europe between Lille and Paris. Geographically, it is located about 10 km...
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    of the région. Throughout Hauts-de-France, the A1 runs parallel to the LGV Nord. Around 120 km (75 mi) from Paris, between the towns of Amiens and Saint-Quentin...
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  • Valenciennes to Paris Location: TGV Haute-Picardie station, kilometre post 110.5, LGV Nord (Paris-Lille) high speed line Injuries: 1, slight The incident set a record...
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    high-speed rail lines. It was originally ordered by the SNCF for use on the LGV Est, which was put into service in 2007. POS is an abbreviation of...
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    Lille-Flandres station (category Railway stations in Nord (French department))
    Dunnett for the CF du Nord. Construction began in 1869 and ended in 1892. The station front is the old front from Paris' Gare du Nord and was dismantled...
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    LGV Nord high speed line in 1993 has decreased its importance for long-distance passenger traffic. The Paris–Lille railway begins at the Gare du Nord...
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