France

Paris Gare du Nord

Paris Gare du Nord station building street view (2014)

Various Thalys trains bound for Bruxelles, Amsterdam and Cologne seen at Paris Gare du Nord (2014)

Two Thalys trains seen at Paris Nord (2014)

 Boarding for Thalys to Amsterdam, the second train set will end in Bruxelles. Paris Gare du Nord (2018)

Various TGV train sets seen at Gare du Nord in different color schemes (2014)

A TGV Sud-Est seen in the new TGV livery at Paris Gare du Nord (2014)

Another TGV-SE in the new livery seen at Paris Nord (2014)

A TGV-SE seen together with a BB 15000 both in the latest color scheme at Paris Nord (2014)

Overview of Paris Nord seen from the Eurostar Check-in area (2014)

Eurostar to London St. Pancras seen here at Paris Gare du Nord (2014)

Two Eurostar trains getting ready for departure to London St. Pancras (2014)

View from the Eurostar departure lounge (2014)

Three Eurostar train sets seen from the departure lounge prior to my first trip on Eurostar (2014)

My Eurostar train Paris Nord to London St. Pancras prior to departure (2014)

Two generations of EuroStar train sets seen after arrival of ES 9010 (left) from London at Paris Nord (2016)

Boarding Eurostar in Paris Nord (2014)

A TGV Sud-Est train set in the old color scheme seen at Paris Gare du Nord (2014)

A dual voltage Class BB22200 engine has just arrived with a InterCity at Gare du Nord (2014)

A Class BB 22200 locomotive seen at Paris Gare du Nord (2014)

A Class BB 22200 seen together with various TGV train sets at Gare du Nord (2014)

A BB 22200 after arrival at Paris Nord (2014)

A BB 22200 seen together with a TGV in Eurostar livery at Paris Nord (2014)

One of the Eurostar sets currently in use by SNCF as TGV seen at Paris Nord (2014)

Various TER trains seen at Paris Gare du Nord (2014)

 Two local trains resting at Paris Gare du Nord after the Parisian morning rush hour (2018)

Paris Gare du Nord offers a lot of international connections... (2014)

Paris Gare de l'Est

Paris Gare de l'Est station building street view (2014)

Three Euroduplex TGV 2N2 train sets seen together with a TGV Reseau at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

 TGV 4714 Euroduplex together with the brand new DB ICE 3 (2016)

The new ICE 3 together with several TGV Euroduplex seen at Paris Est (2016)

Line up of some of Europe's fastest trains, mainly used on the LGV POS (2016)

Meeting of German ICE with four TGV at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

A recent inbound from Frankfurt Main is the ICE on the right (2014)

Close-up of TGV and ICE seen at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

A Euroduplex TGV 2N2 train set seen at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

TGV Euroduplex and TGV Reseau at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

A 7.25 am departure from Paris Gare de l'Est with TGV 9571 bound for Stuttgart Hbf (2016)

Good old classic CC72100 with an InterCity train here seen at Paris Gare de l'Est (2016)

A local train calling at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

A BB 15000 in TEE Arzens livery seen with an InterCity train at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

Another Euroduplex TGV train set resting at Gare de l'Est (2014)

A TGV Reseau set seen at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

A BB 7000 just arrived with a train at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

A BB 2100 seen at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

SNCF 72151 in en voyage livery seen at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

Another Euroduplex TGV seen at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

Main hall at Paris Gare de l'Est (2014)

Opening day of POS at Gare de l'Est in 2007

Different TGVs generations at Paris Est Station on the opening day of POS (Paris-East France-South Germany) High-Speed line in 2007

Paris Gare de Lyon

Street view of the beautiful Gare de Lyon in Paris (2014)

TGV Lyria bound for Switzerland seen at Gare de Lyon (2014)

Another view of TGV Lyria set 4408 at Gare de Lyon (2014)

A TGV Duplex, a TGV SE and a TGV Euroduplex lining up at Paris Gare de Lyon (2014)

Various TGV trains getting ready for departure at Paris Gare de Lyon (2014)

 Two TGV duplex in different color schemes seen at Paris Gare de Lyon (2017)

This TGV Sud-Est belongs still to the first batch of TGV trains ever produced (2017)

EuroNight 221 "Thello" Paris Gare de Lyon-Venezia Santa Lucia

A BB36000 in Thello color scheme seen with EN221 at Paris Gare de Lyon (2017)

Coucette cars seen on EN221 "Thello" bound for Venice (2017)

Thello has also a restaurant car in which sleeping car passengers can enjoy a compulsory breakfast (2017)

EuroNight Thello connects Paris Gare de Lyon daily with Milano C and Venezia S.L. (2017)

Air conditioned coucette cars on EuroNight Thello seen at Paris Gare de Lyon (2017)

Thello carries also Trenitalia sleeping cars (2017)

 Very comfortable ride in the 3 bed compartment sleeping car on board EN 221 Thello (2017)

Ready for departure is EN 221 "Thello" bound for Switzerland and Italy (2017)

EN 221 is hauled by a BB36000 until the Swiss boarder where the SBB Class 420 will take over (2017)

A TER seen together with various TGV trains in the background (2014)

Another TGV Lyria arriving at Gare de Lyon coming in from Zurich (2014)

Paris Gare Montparnasse

Two TGV sets, an Euroduplex and an Atlantique, seen at Paris Gare Montparnasse (2018)

 Morning (TGV) rush at Gare Montparnasse (2014)

A TGV Atlantique set seen at Paris Gare Montparnasse (2014)

A TGV Reseau Duplex seen at Montparnasse (2014)

Another TGV Atlantique seen at Paris Gare Montparnasse (2014)

Gare Montparnasse, another Parisian TGV hub (2017)

 Gare Montparnasse, meeting point of many TGVs (2014)

A BB 7200 has just arrived with an InterCity to Paris Montparnasse (2014)

Various engines seen at Montparnasse (2014)

TER trains seen at Paris Gare Montparnasse (2014)

Different Class BB 7200 and 7300 after arrival to Paris Gare Montparnasse (2014)

A local train hauled by a BB 8500 just arrived at Paris Gare Montparnasse (2014)

 At the end of her career this BB7600 (former BB7200) is seen at hauling Transilien trains in and out of Paris Gare Montparnasse (2018)

Another loco-hauled Transilien train seen at Paris Gare Montparnasse, here with a BB27300 (2018)

A TER train set that just has terminated at Paris Gare Montparnasse (2018)

Various Transilien train sets resting at Paris Gare Montparnasse (2018)

A Transilien train set operating on the Line N towards Dreux seen at Gare Montparnasse (2017)

 Another Transilien Train set seen at Paris Gare Montparnasse (2017)

Overview of the section at Gare Montparnasse that is reserved for Transilien trains exclusively (2017)

Main hall at Paris Montparnasse (2014)

Paris Gare d'Austerlitz

An InterCity train bound for Orleans seen at Paris Gare d'Austerlitz (2016)

Paris Aeroport Charles De Gaulle TGV

A north bound TGV Duplex calling at Aeroport Charles De Gaulle TGV (2014)

Lyon Part Dieu

Overview of Lyon Part Dieu with four different TGV Duplex train sets (2017)

 Two TGV Duplex train sets operating on the Paris-Lyon line meeting at Lyon Part Dieu (2017)

 A TGV Duplex bound for Paris Gare de Lyon and a locomotive hauled TER train seen at Lyon Part Dieu (2017)

 A TGV Duplex in the new SNCF color scheme calling at Lyon Part Dieu (2017)

TGV 9879 from Luxembourg to Montpellier Saint-Roch calling at Lyon Part Dieu (2017)

An InterCity bound for Nantes prior to departure from Lyon Part Dieu (2017)

TER 96518 service hauled by a BB22200 bound for Geneve/Switzerland seen at Lyon Part Dieu (2017)

 TER 96570 from Geneve/Switzerland has arrived at Lyon Part Dieu (2017)

 This Class B81500 train set calling at Lyon Part Dieu is bound for Lyon Perrache (2017)

 A Class B81500 hybride multiple unit calling at Lyon Part Dieu (2017)

 A locomotive hauled TER train calling at Lyon Part Dieu (2017)

Lyon Perrache

Final stop for all Paris-Lyon TGV trains is Lyon Perrache (2017)

Bordeaux St Jean

View of the grand St Jean railway station of Bordeaux (2014)

Two TGVs after arrival in Bordeaux St Jean (2014)

Shunting action with a BB 7200 in the last sun rays of the day at Bordeaux St Jean (2014)

A Corail InterCity car still bearing the Teoz logo seen in Bordeaux St Jean (2014)

Three TGV Atlantique trains sets seen at Bordeaux St Jean all bound for Paris (2014)

Nose section of three TGV Atlantique seen at Bordeaux St Jean (2014)

TGV Atlantique at Bordeaux St Jean (2014)

A TGV Atlantique seen in the impressive hall of Bordeaux St Jean station (2014)

TGV and TER meeting in Bordeaux St Jean (2014)

Overview of the Bordeaux St Jean station with TGV, TER and InterCity trains to be seen (2014)

Getting ready to board my TGV back to Paris at Bordeaux St Jean (2014)

Another Corail InterCity seen at Bordeaux St Jean (2014)

Early morning impressions at Bordeaux St Jean with two TGV bound for Paris (2014)

Strasbourg

Overview of Strasbourg station with several TGV trains ready for departure (2017)

 A TGV dual-voltage Reseau train set seen at Strasbourg (2017)

French TGV meeting German ICE at Strasbourg station (2017)

Early morning at Strasbourg station (2016)

TGV 9570 bound for Paris Est seen here at Gare de Strasbourg (2016)

TGV 4713 bound for another run to Paris Est (2016)

Overview of Gare de Strasbourg (2016)

TGV 9570 bound for Paris Est (2016)

A TGV Reseau seen at Strasbourg after arrival from Paris Gare de l'Est (2017)

Operating on the "Europabahn" Offenburg-Strasbourg TER service are those two Alstrom Coradia here seen at Strasbourg (2017)

Also operating for TER Alsace is this Class BB26000 locomotive-hauled local train (2017)