Approximately twenty years ago, the local passenger trains running between Mulhouse and Basel used to make a brief stop at the Schlierbach halt. Today the halt is abandoned and all the trains are ... (more)

First picture posted @1600 high res for me, 3 kind of high speed trains are waiting at Paris Gare de Lyon station.

Friday morning at Paris Gare de Lyon Station, high speed trains shares platforms with suburban EMU, passengers are waiting their trains in front off big departure display panel. All red lights abo... (more)

Rare snow day picture in countryside near Paris for these high speed trains.

Rare snow day picture in countryside near Paris for these high speed trains. Normally 2 low cost Ouigo high speed train are coupled, but may be an issue or a non scheduled maintenance on the other... (more)

Rare snow day picture in countryside near Paris for these high speed trains.

This TGV Duplex set is running on a Nice to Metz train. It is pictured on the shores of the Mosel river, between Toul and Nancy. Sony A7ii + Godox flashes.

Rare snow day picture near Paris, trip from Marseille to Brussels for these high speed trains.

Rare snow day picture near Paris, special livery and marking for this Lyria high speed train with a partnership with the Swiss tennis man Stan Wawrinka. It is the ambassador of Lyria TGV "Thi... (more)

Two double deck high speed train generation. #615 trainset have been made with a TGV Reseau serie engine and new double deck coaches, originals coaches avec been renovated and used to form the new... (more)

The panels with smiley means that the entering zone is a change between 2 different power areas (Power isolation station visible behind coaches). The driver of the train must cut power and wait ne... (more)

SNCF TGV 44 "Clermont-Ferrand" and TGV 03 "Belfort" are passing Mornas as R 834 from Marseille-St-Charles to Paris-Gare-de-Lyon and R 884 from Montpellier toParis-Gare-de-Lyon.... (more)

This high speed train passes the switches between first historic high speed line and Estbound Paris circumvents high speed line (to reach Est and North high speed lines). Two SNCF technicians are ... (more)

TGV 2N2 240 enters Mulhouse Ville for departure to Paris Gare de Lyon

SNCF 3204 passes the Défilé de Donzère on its way as TGV 9536/7 from Bruxelles-Midi to Perpignan.

Thalys TGV 4536 & 4344 are on the way from Strasbourg to Brussels Midi via Airport Charles de Gaulle II (Paris). On the right the "Canal de la Marne au Rhin".

SNCF TGV 18 "Le Creusot" and TGV 14 "Montpellier" riding as TGV 540/1 from Lille-Europe to Marseille-St-Charles alongside the Défilé de Donzère.

Both high speed trains coming from differents origin places and have been unified at Lyon station to reach North of France. In this case, only single driver is used.

TGV 9580 Frankfurt - Marseille passes the Viaduc de la Savoureuse on the highspeed line Rhin-Rhône Belfort - Dijon.

Suburban EMU shares tracks with high speed trains which are waiting next trip departure at Paris Gare de Lyon terminus station.

Sophie is one of the oldest French high speed trainset who's running in 2018 ! TGV SE #02 is running on South-East line and first TGV SE #01 is running on North line. Both trainsets (nicknamed Pat... (more)

This high speed train is running to Milano and Turini and waiting at Paris Terminus station. The red line on nose is special marking needed on the Italian tracks for visibility purpose. This train... (more)

Both high speed trains are multi-power trains who can run in Switzerland tracks and power. the white is one of world rail speed record engines who have run at 574,8 Kp/H, now engines run every day... (more)

Paris Gare de Lyon station, High speed trains are on track this evening, Oldest (and first) high speed train generation with the new livery applied after the 2012 renovation. This trainset have be... (more)

This TGV linking Lausanne (CH) to Paris (FR) is passing the forest of La Joux, in the Jura.

10 years and few months after the world rail speed record at 574,8 Kp/H, the record engines run every days from Paris to Switzerland cities at 320 Kp/H (commercial speed). Just special marking rem... (more)

SNCF TGV 08 "Rouen" and TGV 02 "Marseille" on their way as EC 926 "Versailles" from Genève to Paris-Gare-de-Lyon.

Ouigo blue high speed trains run for SNCF low cost high speed service, this one is coming from Marseille and going to Reach Marne La Vallée (Disneyland Paris) station.

Villeneuve Saint Georges maintenance shop where high speed trainsets are inspected and repaired. Here the newest #871 & #872 are inspected in the shop before begin commercial service with passenge... (more)

Ouigo blue high speed trains run for SNCF low cost high speed service and now reach many French terminus towns: Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes Tourcoing, Strasbourg and have a stop in many ot... (more)

Under autumn colours, this high speed train coming from Milano and Turini and going to Paris Terminus station. The red line on nose is special marking needed on the Italian tracks for visibility p... (more)

Paris Gare de Lyon terminus station: Suburban trains leaving and High speed trains arriving... Double red, green and speed limit signals, catenary complexity.

Nightfall under Paris Gare de Lyon sheds where high speed trains and regional trains are waiting departure. The Lyria TGV is the world record trainset #4402 which have run at 574,8 KpH on April 20... (more)

SNCF TGV 84 "Dieppe" and TGV 27 "Mâcon" are passing the viaduct of Anthéor on their way as TGV 6184 from Nice-Ville to Paris-Gare-de-Lyon.

Villeneuve Saint Georges maintenance shop where high speed trainsets are inspected and repaired. On left, fibreglass nose of Lyria TGV #4416 is repaired after a collision with wildfowl and prepa... (more)

Villeneuve Saint Georges maintenance shop where high speed trainsets are inspected and repaired. Here the "empty" engine nose of Lyria TGV #4416 where front fibreglass fairing have been removed (s... (more)

The latest Lyria trainset (#19) is crosses in the Maisons-Alfort curve.

An empty TGV train from Tarbes towards Bordeaux is passing the impressive hall of the Pau station in the "blue hour".

Rare image to front side of the half high speed postal trainset. This half trainset (1 engine and 4 coaches) was a backup in case of collision of a plain trainset. all others postal high speed tra... (more)

SNCF TGV 111 on its way as R 763 from Paris-Gare-de-Lyon to Dijon-Ville.

We are stopped by this closed signal (double red lights named "carré" in French) during our arrival at Paris Gare de Lyon Station to permit to the Lyria high speed train to leave his platform. We... (more)

SNCF TGV 111 and SBB TGV 112 "Lausanne" are passing a viaduct near Andelot-en-Montagne on their way as IC 21 "Lutétia" from Paris-Gare-de-Lyon to Lausanne.

Coming from Switzerland and goint to Paris Gare de Lyon Terminus Station.

SNCF TGV 03 "Belfort" risdes alongside the Lac du Bourget as R 937 from Paris-Gare-de-Lyon to Annecy.

This Double deck high speed train coming from Paris Gare de Lyon station and passes the switches between first historic high speed line and Eastbound Paris circumvents high speed line (to reach Es... (more)

The high speed Paris/Lyon shuttle run every 30 minutes during the working days. Special marking "PARIS - LYON" on the engines.

This trainset is one of the world record high speed trains, the TGV A #325 have reach on May 18th 1990 the speed of 515,3 Kph near Vendôme at 110 Km South-West on this line !

Weekly holidays Thalys coming from Amsterdam by the North high speed line and passes the switches between first historic high speed line and Eastbound Paris circumvents high speed line (to reach E... (more)

Detail on the first generation of French high speed train. this one have been build in the 80's and have been renovated 3 times...

The blue low cost high speed train passes the switches between first historic high speed line and Estbound Paris circumvents high speed line (to reach Est and North high speed lines).

TGV Lyria #9776 Genève-Paris on the Cize-Bolozon viaduct.

TGV Duplex (Bi-Level TGV) trainset No. 284 en route from Cannes to Fréjus rolling along the Mediterranean coastline between Le Trayas and Anthéor-Cap-Roux on the French Riviera.

The LyriaTGV 9203 is rushing through the Saint-Louis station on its way to Basel and Zurich. This is the main line running between Paris and Switzerland. It is a pity to see the weeds growing betw... (more)

In the early morning a TGV Atlantique Quimper - Paris is crossing the viaduct in Hennebont.

Double deck high speed train passes in the Crisenoy curve at 250 Kp/H.

A TGV Atlantique Paris - Le Croisic arrives soon at the terminal station. In the front there are salt marshes. Salt workers, called “paludiers” (from the latin “palu” meaning “marsh”)... (more)

This train have been renovated at the Romilly sur Seine shop and is the last of the TGV SE series to be released from the shop on March 22, 2017.

In the opposite direction to my previous post TGV Duplex No 4718 forms TGV 9573, the 10.55 Paris Est to Stuttgart service.

SNCF TGV No. 275 at Landry.

Driver of this Thalys Marseille/Amsterdam is horning when he saw me take the picture ! This Thalys service is only a Saturday trip for summer holidays. This is the new livery for Thalys train who'... (more)