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    If you haven't heard about it yet, France's TGV network has recently expanded its reach into the Northeast of France. You can now reach Reims in only a 45 minute TGV trip from Paris! High-speed trains now run on to Verdun, Colmar, Strasbourg. Strasbourg can now be reached in 2 hours and 20 minutes. If you have often disregarded that region of France in the past, these trains now make it a lot easier to visit, even for just a day or two.

    Thanks from: The Rover
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    The French have not only been building new TGV lines, but they have also been investing heavily in new bi-level TGV trainsets, thereby substantially increasing the TGV network's passenger carrying capacity in two ways. In these days of high oil prices, this looks like a winning strategy, as it takes far less fuel to transport a passenger a given distance by train than by plane.

    With the third generation of high-speed, luxury TGV trainsets, bi-level cars were introduced that greatly increased the number of passengers that could be carried in a passenger car of a given length:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCF_TGV_Duplex

    In the early days of the TGV, single-level passenger cars were employed. When looking at such early TGV trainsets, you could see that the height of those single-level cars was significantly lower than that of the locomotives at each end of the train. By just simply raising the height of the third-generation cars to a height equal to that of the locomotives, the French engineers and designers were able to find enough additional space to accomodate two levels for passenger seating, without sacrificing passenger comfort in any way.

    We took a trip on a high-speed, bi-level TGV trainset in France a few months ago, traveling in the first class compartment, and it was delightful!

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