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Last Updated: Thursday, 15 March 2007, 00:39 GMT

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France to launch superfast trains

The project was launched in 2002
France is to inaugurate its fastest rail link to date that will see trains travelling at 320km/h (200mph).
The TGV-Est line will connect Paris with the eastern city of Strasbourg, cutting travel time from the current four hours to two hours 20 minutes.

Passengers travelling further east to other EU states will also benefit after the launch of the link on 10 June.

Thursday's event will be marked with a grand light show staged along the 300km-long (185 miles) rail line.

"Some 37 million Europeans can be reached," TGV-East director Alain Le Guellec was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.

"A network of high-speed links is being put into place with the rest of Europe," he said.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6450973.stm

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