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LGV Méditerranée

LGV Méditerranée
Overview
System SNCF
Status Operational
Locale France (Rhône-Alpes)
Termini Gare de Valence TGV
eastern branch: near Marseille
western branch: near Nîmes
Operation
Opened 2001
Owner SNCF Réseau
Operator(s) SNCF
Technical
Line length 216 km (134 mi)
+ 28 km (17 mi) (western branch)
Number of tracks Double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz
Route map
LGV Rhône-Alpes from Lyon Saint-Exupéry
493.2 Line from Grenoble
495.5 Valence TGV
Line to Valence-Ville
522.6 Tunnel d'Eurre (664 m)
525.0 LivronDie
River Drôme (190 m)
532.8 Tunnel de Tartaiguille (2340 m)
570.2 Donzère Canal (325 m)
577.7 Line LyonAvignon
589.2 River Rhône (637 m)
590.4 River Rhône (887 m)
606.3 River Rhône (680 m)
617.7
0.0
Triangle junction with Nîmes branch
18.4 River Gardon (212 m)
25.1
0.0
Future LGV bypass of Nîmes and Montpellier
from Tarascon
3.2 to Nîmes
622.4 River Rhône (1573 m)
625.2 Avignon TGV
626.6 Avignon covered section (1300 m)
637.3 Tunnel de Bonpas (303 m)
646.6 River Durance (1500 m)
650.6 River Durance (994 m)
653.9 River Durance (942 m)
670.7 Tunnel de Lambesc (440 m)
688.2 Viaduc de Ventabren (1730 m)
699.1 Aix-en-Provence TGV
706.2 Tunnel de Marseille (7834 m)

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