LGV Interconnexion Est

The LGV Est Interconnexion, short for Ligne à grande vitesse Interconnexion Est, is a high-speed line in France. It is 57 km long and was opened on 29 May 1994. The route travels around the metropolitan area of ​​Paris in the east and connects between the LGV Nord and LGV Sud -Est. About the LGV Atlantique old routes will be connected. It is thereby possible for high-speed trains, to pass from a high-speed line to the other.

Route

The track consists of two segments which meet at Coubert at the branching triangle. The western segment leads to Valenton towards Paris and the LGV Atlantique. The southern segment meets at Moisenay on the LGV Sud -Est.

The main segment leads north and meets at Vémars on the LGV Nord. In Tournan -en- Brie is a unloading, on the Paris- Coulommiers. Further north opens the Marne la Vallée Chessy - satellite city of Marne-la- Vallée and Disneyland Resort Paris train station; here can also be switched to the S-Bahn line RER A. In the near Claye- Soully there are two connections that allow trains from the south and the north, to switch to the LGV Est européenne. The compounds were in June 2007. The Paris -Charles de Gaulle Airport is accessible by the underground station Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV; This is the terminus of a branch of the S-Bahn line RER B Little north of it hits the track at Vémars on the LGV Nord.