LGV Atlantique

LGV Atlantique
The LGV Atlantique in Boinville-le-Gaillard
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	SNCF Réseau
Locale	Île-de-France, Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire
Termini	Gare Montparnasse, Paris Western branch: Le Mans Southwestern branch: Tours
Service
System	SNCF
History
Opened	24 September 1989 (Paris–Le Mans) 25 September 1990 (full line)
Technical
Line length	232 km (144 mi) (main line) 52 km (32 mi) (western branch)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 25 kV 50 Hz AC
Operating speed	300 km/h (186 mph)
Signalling	TVM-300
Route map Legend 0.5 Paris-Montparnasse 1.2 Line to Le Mans 14.1 Line from Valenton 14.4 Massy TGV 17.0 Tunnel de Villejust (4805 m) from Brétigny 65.9 to Châteaudun 130.2 Junction with Le Mans branch LGV BPL to Rennes Line from Chartres 182.0 Line to Le Mans 162.1 Vendôme TGV 214.4 River Loire (459 m) Line from Tours 216.0 Line to Orléans 216.3 to Vierzon 217.0 218.3 River Cher (370 m) 223.0 LGV SEA to Bordeaux 232.2 Line from Tours Line to Bordeaux

The LGV Atlantique (French: Ligne à Grande Vitesse Atlantique; English: Atlantic high-speed line) is a high-speed rail line running from Gare Montparnasse in Paris towards the Atlantic coast of France. It opened in 1989–1990 and has two intermediate stations: Massy TGV station and Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV station. It divides into two parts at Courtalain, one going westward to Le Mans (towards Brittany and Pays de la Loire), the second one going southwestward to Tours (and onward towards Nouvelle-Aquitaine). Both branches have been extended, by the LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire and the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique.