Paris to Bordeaux in 2:04

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August 12th, 2018 at 8:47:14 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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July 2, 2017 the 190 mile stretch of LGV from Tours to Bordeaux was finished. The Paris to Tours section was completed in 1989 You can now travel the 350 mile trip in 2 hours and 4 minutes (although most runs are 2 hours and 8 minutes)

August 12th, 2018 at 9:22:13 PM permalink
Evenbob
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So the train goes 176 mph? No thanks, a
disaster waiting to happen.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
August 13th, 2018 at 2:33:13 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: Evenbob
So the train goes 176 mph? No thanks, a
disaster waiting to happen.


Come on. The French built the Le Car.
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August 13th, 2018 at 3:15:47 AM permalink
Aussie
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Perfectly safe. You don’t even realise you’re going that fast. I just went around Italy on trains going just as fast and you only realise when you look up at one of the screens they have in the carriages and it displays the speed.
August 13th, 2018 at 8:06:25 AM permalink
Wizard
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What is the speed of the high-speed train I took from Zurich to Paris?
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August 13th, 2018 at 10:11:21 AM permalink
Dalex64
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Looks like the TGV Lyria train, 200mph
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August 13th, 2018 at 10:40:54 AM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Dalex64
Looks like the TGV Lyria train, 200mph


Thanks. The ride was super smooth.
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August 13th, 2018 at 11:02:04 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Aussie
Perfectly safe.


And the Titanic was unsinkable.
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August 14th, 2018 at 2:24:40 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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Quote: Wizard
Thanks. The ride was super smooth.


France seems to be the best connected country in Europe.Probably why they are #1 country for international tourism.

The old Paris to Bordeaux nonstop was 3h14m and the new one is 2h04 (although 2h08m seems to be more the norm). There are 4 nonstops per day and several more that make stops and add on from 20 minutes to an hour.

The elimination of one hour in either direction makes a day trip much more feasible. I wonder if domestic tourism is going to increase.

Bordeaux is too small for year round transAtlantic flights, but they do have seasonal nonstops to Montreal. Primera Air is now offering nonstops from Newark Airport to Paris on single aisle jets which they advertise as starting at $97 one way, but they seem to be really starting at about $400 round trip to the passenger with no luggage.

Although there are flights from Montreal to smaller airports in France, there seems to be only a single seasonal flight from JFK to Nice on Delta that is not flying to Paris.

In 1957, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Italy, and West Germany signed the Treaty of Rome, which created the European Economic Community (EEC) and established a customs union. Italy would have been the poor man, but you wonder if they should have stopped growing the EU at that point
August 14th, 2018 at 11:46:52 AM permalink
Aussie
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Quote: Evenbob
And the Titanic was unsinkable.



And aeroplanes crash too, as do cars and pretty much any form of transport. What’s your point? That you should curl up inside your padded bunker for the rest of your life to avoid any potential for disaster, however tiny? Please!
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