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Article: France's Latest High-Speed Rail Line, TGV Mediterranee, Takes 60% Of Market Share of Paris-Marseille Route Within 6 Months of Opening.
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- December 19, 2001
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- In the first six months of operation, France's newest high-speed* rail line, TGV** Mediterranee (TGV Med), has captured 60% of air and rail traffic on the 537 mile Paris-Marseille route, up from the 40% share that conventional (non high-speed) rail travel held before the June 10, 2001, inauguration of high-speed service, according to an announcement by Rail Europe, North American subsidiary of the French National Railroads (SNCF).
To date, 10 million passengers have traveled on the new line, which links Paris to Avignon in 2 hours 40 minutes, Paris to Marseille on the Mediterranean coast in 3 hours. The daily passenger count is ...