Railway Travel in France
フランス鉄道旅行
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SNCF
The SNCFrench National Railway Corporation, is France's national state-owned railway company.
SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail
network. Its functions include operation of rail services for passengers and freight, and
maintenance and signaling of rail infrastructure. SNCF employs more than 180,000 people in
120 countries across the globe. The rail network consists of about 32,000 km of route, of which,
1,800 km are high-speed lines and 14,500 km electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily.
Source: Wikipedia
(L) A TVG train at Montparnasse station, Paris (M) A ticket validator (R) A sign bord of Gare Montparnasse Place Dautry
(L) An electric bulletin board at Gare Montparnasse (R) A TVG train leaving for Rennes at the plateform of Gare Montparnasse
(L) A first-class TVG train with a compartment seat (M) A conductor is checking passenger's ticket.
(R) The interior of a bar car
(L) TVG train arrived at the Rennes station. (R) Gare de Rennes
SNCF seat reservation documents
(L) TGV train for Paris at the plateform of Gare de Rennes (R) An upper deck first-class seat of TGV, operating from Rennes to Marseille
TGV train arrived at Marseille station at night time.
Gare de Marseille St Charles at night
A local train serving the district of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
A local train serving the district of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
TER train at Gare de Marseille St Charles
(L) TGV train at Gare de Marseille St Charles (R) A departure board at Gare de Marseille St Charles
(L) SNCF office building and TER train at Gare de Marseille St Charles
(R) An electric bulletin board at Gare Marseille, showing the composition of trains
Gare de Marseille St Charles and a car house of Bougainville
(L) French electric SNCF locomotive is hauling a passenger train in the Marseille-Nice railway. (R) A corridor of the compartment car
(L) A fertile soil along the railroad in France (R) TGV train stops Toulon, well-known a large military harbour on the Mediterranean.
A blue Mediterranean sea stirs train-passenger's imagination of a good life on the beach line, between Nice and Monaco.
A blue Mediterranean sea and residences, viewed from the SNCF train.
A blue Mediterranean sea and residences, viewed from the SNCF train.
Is it a good lifestyle to live on the land of a blue Mediterranean sea?
(L) The interior of a local train in the nice district (M) Underground station of Monaco (R) The main entrance of Gare de Monaco
A sparkling light like a diamond is seen at the underground station of Monaco.
(L) A Monaco to Nice ticket (R) A seat reservation document of Nice-Lyon-Strasbourg railroad section
(L) Roya ( Roia ) River, which forms the borderline between France and Itary.
(R) Ventimiglia station, located in Italy, the border city between with France.
French train services to and from Ventimiglia are operated by SNCF.
A Russian night train from Moscow to Nice at Ventimiglia station
(L) Gare de Nice-Ville (R) A local train serving Marseille and Ventimigria, the station of Italian border
Gare de Nice-Ville and an arrived long-distance train.
Trenitalia trains connect the Nice district with the Italian cities, like Milan, Genoa, Roma and Venice.
(L) An electric bulletin board at Gare de Nice-Ville, showing the composition of trains, to Lyon and Geneva
(R) A railway track runs in parallel to the long beach line at Mediterranean sea.
(L) Cannes railway station (R) Gare de Lyon Perrache
A plateform of Lyon Perrache station, which is covered by two twin iron rooftops.
Lyon Perrache, which is an older station that now often serves as the starting station
of the regional and long-distance rail services.
An electric bulletin board at Gare de Lyon Perrache
Gare de Lyon Perrache is the station for Auto-Train.
A train to Strasbour starts from Gare de Lyon Perrache.
(L) Gare de Lyon Perrache and railways (R) A rail track is crossing a bridge of Rhone River.
TGV train is running between the stations of Gare de Lyon Perrache and Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu.
Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu
(L) A rich in green field along the railway track (R) There is a single-track railroad between Lyon and Strasbourg.
A beautiful farm land along the railroad
As we approached Strasbourg, the single-track line becomes double-track line.
Like in Germany, a SNCF train runs to the right, here.
Gare de Strasbourg
Gare de Strasbourg was renovated in 2007, added the framework of glass, so that this station seems like a jewel, which shines hit by sunlight.
The exterior of a glass frame of the Strasbourg station
Strasbourg tram, a new modern urban transport system
Strasbourg tram, a new modern urban transport system
Railway tracks in Lyon and Strasbourg, France
All railway trains should be completely smoke -free.
海外鉄道紀行
イタリア鉄道旅行記 Italia Rail: Trenitalia
Smoking ban in the railway trains of the world
←パリ鉄道ターミナル Paris Rail Terminal
フランスの鉄道輸送はフランス国鉄（SNCF）がほぼ独占し、年間722億人・キロと旅客輸送数はヨーロッパ全域に
於いても有数の地位にある。鉄道網はすべてパリを中心に構築され、地方都市間の高速連絡列車は非常に少ない。
パリには6つのターミナル駅が存在し、その行き先により分割されている。
TGVは主要都市間を結ぶ代表的なフランスの高速列車であり、1等車と2等車とがある。デザイン性にも優れ快適で
はあるが、カーブでの横揺れは強い。列車がすれ違いの時には強い衝撃波を受けたあと、対向車は瞬時に消え去って行く。
フランスは都市を抜けると黄色、緑の豊かな牧草地が広がり、農業国としての一面を見せてくれる。しかし、レンヌ発
マルセーユ行きの列車の整備は良くない。特にガラスの汚れがひどい。放牧場の横では牛糞の臭いが車内にまで広がる。
この列車はパリのターミナル駅を経由せず、郊外を大きく迂回してマルセーユへ向かう。また、列車の２階席は
ガラガラで、1階席がいっぱいなど予約の偏りが見られる。
リオンからシュトラースブルグへの線路は川に沿った丘陵地帯を走るが、一部に単線区間がある。フランス国鉄は
左側通行であるが、シュトラースブルグ近くで右側通行に変わる。ここはかってドイツ領となった歴史があり、
また国境近いこともあって、ドイツ国鉄と同じ方式で運行している。
TGV40年の歴史
フランスを象徴する高速列車「TGV」が2021年9月で開業40周年を迎えた。1981年9月22日、選出されたばかりの
ミッテラン大統領（当時）が見送る中、オレンジ色の高速列車はフランス国民の期待を背負ってパリ北駅を出発、
リヨンへと向かった。 それから40年。TGVのネットワークはフランス国内だけでなく近隣国へも乗り入れ、欧州を
代表する高速列車として発展を続けている。さらに、脱炭素を目指す環境意識の高まりで、欧州では長距離移動の
需要が航空機から列車へとシフトする中、TGVの存在感はますます高まっている。
日本の新幹線は1964年に開業、時速210kmで世界一の速さを誇っていたが、その後のスピードアップはなかった。
そこに登場したTGVは、当時の新幹線より時速50kmも速い最高営業速度260kmを実現した。今では東北新幹線で
時速320kmを営業速度とするなど、その速度競争は続いている。
(L) TGV1981 (M) Smoking vehicle was abolished in 2004.
(R) マクロン大統領が披露した「TGV M」は高速化を狙うのではなく、エネルギー効率の拡大を目指す
Picture source: NHK BS October 1 2021
TGV at 40: The new version of the iconic high-speed train is launching into an era of global rivalry.
Almost 40 years to the day since the first TGV rolled into service from Paris' Gare de Lyon, the new
generation of France's iconic high-speed train was unveiled by President Emmanuel Macron on September
17, 2021. Its fortieth anniversary and the arrival of the TGV M come as the race to produce the best
high-speed railway heats up around the world. The first engine of the new train, which will not officially
enter service until 2024 in time for the Paris Olympic Games, was first presented at a press conference
on May 26 at the Belfort factory in eastern France. Compared to the previous versions, the stylistic
evolution is obvious. The front of the train is somewhat reminiscent of the Japanese Shinkansen.
Market Booms for new High-speed Trains
France, Germany and Switzerland
Paris 2011
フランス鉄道旅行
2011年5月写真撮影 2011年7月執筆 医学博士 宮本順伯
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This information was provided by the Smokefree Hotel and Travel.
The photographs were taken in May, and the article was written in June 2011,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
Copyright(C) 2011 Junhaku Miyamoto, All rights reserved.
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