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  • TGV Service Between Bern and Paris in 1991?

    From Ulf.Kutzner@web.de@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 26 02:40:09 2017
    Am Mittwoch, 21. August 2013 02:53:51 UTC+2 schrieb Richard:
    Talking of the border, the
    Lyria web site says that "your papers!" are still demanded. I thought
    that had ended a few years ago.

    Yes and no. There are customs checks at the Swiss borders.

    Best regards, ULF

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  • From Ulf.Kutzner@web.de@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 1 08:25:08 2017
    Hello,

    Am Mittwoch, 14. August 2013 02:22:11 UTC+2 schrieb Rhino:
    I took a TGV train between Bern, Switzerland and Paris in late summer
    1991. I'm very curious to know what the exact route would have been and
    if the entire trip would was at TGV speeds.

    It is entirely possible that the first part of the trip from Bern to
    some point in France was at normal rail speeds at that time. Other parts
    of the journey may also have been at normal or at least sub-TGV speeds.

    The mountain parts of the line are quite slow. The Val de Travers line might have been upgraded later. Also TGV PSE trcourant were quite weak under 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz.

    Best regards, ULF

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  • From Ulf.Kutzner@web.de@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 3 10:51:09 2017
    Hello again,

    Am Mittwoch, 14. August 2013 02:22:11 UTC+2 schrieb Rhino:
    I took a TGV train between Bern, Switzerland and Paris in late summer
    1991. I'm very curious to know what the exact route would have been and
    if the entire trip would was at TGV speeds.

    It is entirely possible that the first part of the trip from Bern to
    some point in France was at normal rail speeds at that time.

    See http://www.openrailwaymap.org/?lang=&lat=46.916503267244835&lon=6.4263153076171875&zoom=10&style=maxspeed

    Best regards, ULF

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