LGV Rhône-Alpes

The LGV Rhône -Alpes, short for Ligne à grande vitesse Rhône- Alpes, is a high-speed line in France. It is 115 km long, is traveled by TGV trains and is named after the Rhône-Alpes region in which it lies. The route travels around the metropolitan area of ​​Lyon and leads to the vicinity of Valence.

Route

There are traversed four departments; from north to south, these are Ain, Rhône, Isère and Drôme. The route starts at Montanay where they branched from the LGV Sud -Est. It proceeds in a southeasterly direction, crossing the Rhone on swings southward. The first section ends at Saint- Quentin- Fallavier, unloading, where a is the old Lyon- Grenoble, which is also used by trains towards Italy.

The second section has two long tunnel, the Tunnel de Meyssiez (1780 m) and the Tunnel de la Galaure ( 2680 m). A few kilometers after crossing the Isere ends the route at Saint -Marcel- lès- Valence. She goes on the one hand in the LGV Méditerranée in the south on the other hand, there is here a unloading, on the Altstrecke to Valence.

Features

The route covers an area of ​​12.18 km ², almost exactly the same amount as the airport Saint- Exupéry. It is like the LGV Sud -Est aligned for a nominal speed of 300 km / h with a minimum curve radius of 4000 m and a track pitch of 4.2 m. In the second section the trains can run even 320 km / hr. The maximum gradient is 3.5%.

Among the engineering structures include ten viaducts with a cumulative length of 4.5 km and four tunnels with a cumulative length of 5.3 km. Electrified is the fully double track developed route with 25 kV 50 Hz AC. Monitored and controlled from the entire distance from a control room at the Lyon -Perrache station.

Stations

The station Lyon -Saint -Exupéry TGV is located on the territory of the municipality Colombier- Saugnieu At the LGV Rhône -Alpes. The station was designed by the Spaniard Santiago Calatrava and is considered an architectural masterpiece; it opens up the Lyon Saint- Exupery Airport.

Events

  • October 28th, 1989: granting of planning permission
  • December 13, 1992: Commissioning of the northern section ( 42 km) between Montanay and Saint- Quentin- Fallavier
  • July 3, 1994: Commissioning of the southern section ( 73 km) between Saint- Quentin- Fallavier and Saint -Marcel- lès -Valence; Opening of the station Lyon -Saint -Exupéry TGV
  • May 26 2001: The Opération sardine -called long-distance world record via the route
  • June 7, 2001: Commissioning of the LGV Méditerranée, the southern continuation of the LGV Rhin -Rhône
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