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We had spent the previous night in the castle, after taking the TGV from Paris to Nantes.
NEWYORKER: Sole Mate
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At the moment making connections, for example between a Eurostar service from London to Paris and then to a TGV across France or an ICE high-speed train through Germany can be complicated.
CNN: The high-speed rail revolution
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Last June, TGV Est opened in France, slashing journey times between Paris and Reims to 45 minutes from 90 minutes, and from Paris to Strasbourg in 2 hour 20 minutes instead of 4 hours.
CNN: The high-speed rail revolution
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China already has the world's fastest long-range passenger train (the "Harmony" averages 220mph on the Guangzhou-Wuhan route, compared with 170mph for France's TGV), and soon expects to have the world's largest high-speed rail network too.
ECONOMIST: Business travel
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But he said the French Government had a good record in dealing with war graves and had managed to build the Channel Tunnel and the TGV high speed railway line without causing significant damage to cemeteries.
BBC: New battle of the Somme looms
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On the down side, opponents point out that the A1 motorway and the TGV line are already saturated, so new parallel services will have to be built - adding to the nine billion euros that the airport will cost.
BBC: Paris plans third airport
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Recently, SNCF has announced their low cost service of high speed trains (TGV) that operate in the axis Paris-Lyon-Marseille-Montpellier that will contribute to multiply considerable the volume of expected passengers for the next year, and consequently, the potential WiFi users in the station of St Charles.
ENGADGET: GOWEX bringing free WiFi to French rail stations, starting with Marseille
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Of course you can always fall for rural France in the traditional way - through the prism of hotels, restaurants and the windows of a car or TGV - but the options for visiting the countryside are so diverse it is a shame not to add a twist of authenticity to a trip.
BBC: L'Accueil Paysan: Bed & breakfast on a French farm