When making a reservation, two seats facing each other across a table are referred to as Club duo or in English Dual face to face , and four seats around a table in first class are Club Quatre or in English Club four. Two seats side by side facing seat backs in front are Duo , and single seats facing a seat back in front are Solo. For seating plans, see the train seat numbering page. There are two toilets for each pair of coaches. Compostez votre billet! Before boarding your train, don't forget to validate your ticket in one of these yellow compostez validation machines near the entrance to each platform.
Luggage: For practical purposes there are no luggage limits, you can pretty much take what you like as long as you can carry it. You take it with you and put it on the various racks, either above your head, between the seats or at the car ends. SNCF ask you to label your bags with at least your name.
More information about luggage on trains. The coffee is good, credit cards are accepted as well as cash. Tip: Order food from the cafe-bar online!
Or, if you're changing trains in Paris and have time for a drink or meal whilst waiting at the Gare de Lyon, why not use the celebrated Train Bleu restaurant? If you have a 3G or 4G mobile data package that normally works fine aboard the TGV for most of the routes. All TGVs have power sockets in 1st class. Most now also have power sockets in 2nd class too, although some TGVs with early-generation interiors don't. Smoking: All TGVs are entirely non-smoking.
Baby-changing: All TGVs have at least one baby-changing facility. Travel tips Ticket gates. These are being installed at the entrance to TGV platforms at main Paris termini. Scan your ticket barcode to access the platforms. This is Paris Montparnasse. Train formation display , showing where along the platform each car of a train will stop, so you can be waiting in the right place when your train comes in! Boarding: As with most European trains, there's no check-in, you just walk into the station, look at the TV screens or indicator board to find your train and get on any time before it leaves.
At terminal stations, you may see the platform announced anything from 15 to 30 minutes before departure. Access to the platform may be stopped a minute or two before departure time to ensure an on-time departure. Automatic ticket gates : In , TGV platforms at the main Paris stations are progressively being fitted with automatic ticket gates.
You place the barcode on your ticket, printout or smartphone app against the glass scanner to open the gates and access the platforms. There's usually be an extra-wide gate if you have large luggage or a pushchair, for example. There is no difference in the on-board service as no food or drink is included in 1st class on French domestic TGVs. Choosing your seat: In first class, select Club Duo or Dual face to face if travelling as a couple for an intimate table-for-two, or Club Quatre Club four if three or four of you are travelling together so you can sit cosily around a table.
You can choose seating options if you book at www. On double-deck TGV Duplex , ask for an upper deck seat for the best views.
Stairs to the upper deck are wide and easy so not a problem, only choose the lower deck if you have serious mobility impairment. You can select upper or lower deck if you book online at www. It is not possible to specify a forward-facing seat on a TGV Duplex, as the unit could be running either way round, you cant tell which way round it will be running. Forward-facing seats: It's possible to specify forward-facing seats on a handful of TGV routes which have the Christian Lacroix interiors which feature variable illuminated seat numbers - the correct set of seat numbers illuminate depending which way round the TGV unit enters service.
The architecture is audacious, combining an aesthetic landmark exterior with internal functionality. Since construction of the third airport for the Paris region was cancelled, LYS has lived up to its ambition to become the second largest airport in France.
Its trump card is its connection with the expanding European high-speed network. This advantage will make LYS a unique multi-modal transport base for Europe. Currently, there are about 9 million people living within 90 minutes of LYS; by , there will be 21 million people excluding Paris living within 2 hours. This traffic will continue growing in the future with additional TGV trains to the south and south-east of France and the commercialization of services like TGV Air, combining air flights with TGV trips—a perfect complement between train and plane.
The entire project comprises km of new lines reaching to Vendenheim near Strasbourg. The first phase, which is already budgeted for, comprises km, linking Vaires-sur-Marne near Paris to Baudrecourt in the Moselle as well as to the existing railway network, serving as many destinations directly without the need to make a connection.
The project also includes improvements to terminal lines and facilities, especially between the Gare de l'Est station in Paris and Vaires-sur-Marne as well as on the Strasbourg—Kehl main line. Furthermore, the lines through the Vosges valleys will be electrified ready for the new high-speed trains.
Thanks to the East France European HSR, Paris will be linked to the major cities of eastern France, and the eastern regions will be connected to the high-speed network serving northern, western and south-western France, giving birth to a new European network.
Some typical journey times are shown in Figure 6. TGV Est financing This project was born after many studies to define a specific financing package and a route respecting the natural environment and surroundings.
As the first infrastructure project of its kind to be declared a public utility by the Ministry of the Environment, the East France European HSR line is also the first railways to be financed largely by the French regions and the European Union EU.
Commercial network and traffic forecast With a km new high-speed line from Vaires to Baudrecourt and connections to conventional lines and the rest of the TGV network, the TGV Est will form a commercial network including 26 French and 11 European cities. One of the subjects was an ambitious long-term transport plan allowing better participation of the French regions in Europe and the world economy. The plan has about 50 big projects including eight TGVs Fig.
Such is the power generated by a TGV that each has to be fitted with an interference current monitoring unit to ensure electrical interference does not exceed safe levels. Trains are fitted with automatic train protection systems which automatically apply the brakes if a signal is not responded to or passed at danger.
As speeds render lineside signals ineffective, TGV sets are equipped with in-cab signalling, the TVM system, which monitors progress and informs the driver of the maximum speed possible to maintain headways between trains.
After some uncertainty about the cost-benefit aspect of completing LGV Est, the success of the first phase and the stimulus of creating a trans-Europe high-speed line indicate that the km section from Baudrecourt to Vendenheim near Strasbourg will be ready by Part of the environmental measures of the new Nicholas Sarkozy government, in June a commitment was made to add 2,km 1, miles of new LGV to the present network by , albeit with some already planned or under construction like LGV Est Phase 2 which should open by In some cases, dates are identified, with others awaiting detailing such as Marseilles-Nice and a Paris-Clermond-Ferrand project that will provide a second LGV route between the capital and Lyon.
There is an intention to have a new programme of LGV expansion in place for beyond that will include domestic and cross-border routes. Public partners including the French state, European and local authorities and the RFF are funding the new line.
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