Railway Gazette: Paris to Clermont-Ferrand high speed line plans outlined
European Tribune - A second TGV line to Lyon - DoDo
French RR infrastructure company RFF has released plans for its LGV POCL, a high-speed line for connecting Paris, Orléans, Clermont-Ferrand, and Lyon. RFF currently proposes four options: a west one, a southwest one, a central one, and an eastern one. The first two pass through Orléans, while the second to pass a little to the east. Trains to Clermont-Ferrand will depart from this line between Nevers and Vichy and use the existing line.
It's not expected to be built until after 2025, however.
DoDo has a nice map showing progress in building high-speed lines in France, with the exception of long-term-planned lines like this one. I had to use an image editor to make them more visible.
Existing:
European Tribune - A second TGV line to Lyon - DoDo
French RR infrastructure company RFF has released plans for its LGV POCL, a high-speed line for connecting Paris, Orléans, Clermont-Ferrand, and Lyon. RFF currently proposes four options: a west one, a southwest one, a central one, and an eastern one. The first two pass through Orléans, while the second to pass a little to the east. Trains to Clermont-Ferrand will depart from this line between Nevers and Vichy and use the existing line.
It's not expected to be built until after 2025, however.
DoDo has a nice map showing progress in building high-speed lines in France, with the exception of long-term-planned lines like this one. I had to use an image editor to make them more visible.
Existing:
- Paris - Lille - Calais (Chunnel), Brussels
- Paris - Baudrecourt (Strasbourg)
- Paris - Lyon - Nîmes, Marseille
- Paris - Tours, LeMans
- Baudrecourt - Strasbourg (U.C., 2016)
- Dijon - Mulhouse (U.C., Dec 11, 2011)
- Nîmes - Montpellier (contracting, 2016?)
- Tours - Bordeaux (contract signed, 2017-19?)
- Le Mans - Rennes (contract signed, 2016?)
- Paris - Rouen - Le Havre
- Montbard (P-L line) - Dijon - Lyon - Chambéry, Grenoble
- Marseille - Nice
- Montpellier - Perpignan (France-Spain tunnel)
- Bordeaux - Toulouse, Dax
- Poitiers - Limoges
- Le Havre - Caen - Cherbourg
- Paris - Amiens - Calais
- Strasbourg - Mulhouse
- Paris - Orléans - Clermont-Ferrand - Lyon, Valence (this line)
- Toulose - Perpignan
- Dax - Pau, Hendaye
- Angoulême - Limoges - Clermont-Ferrand
- Tours - POCL line
- Caen, Cherbourg - Rennes - Nantes - Poitiers