France’s Northern high-speed line enters middle-age
Baron, France - July 29, 2020: A Eurostar e320 high speed train is driving from Paris to London on the LGV Nord, the North European high speed railway line, in the french countryside. Shutterstock
It has now been almost thirty years since the first section of France’s Northern high-speed line was opened, on 23 May 1996. This line, which runs from Paris Gare du Nord to the north of France, Belgium and the United Kingdom, has since become the country’s third high-speed line (LGV), after the LGV Sud-Est and the LGV Atlantique. Indeed, around 200 million passengers have used this LGV.
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