LGV Est phase 2 to Strasbourg reaches full service
- Location
- Grand Est, Baudrecourt–Vendenheim section near Strasbourg · 🇫🇷 France
- Project
- LGV Est européenne – Phase 2 (Paris–Strasbourg)
- Investment
- approx. EUR 2.01 billion (phase 2, 106 km)
- Status
- In operation (partial service from 3 Jul 2016, full service from 11 Dec 2016)
The second construction phase of the LGV Est européenne high-speed line (106 km between Baudrecourt and Vendenheim in the Grand Est region) cost about EUR 2.01 billion, financed equally by the French state (via Afitf) and local authorities, plus RFF, the EU and Luxembourg. It entered service on 3 July 2016 - initially at reduced speed following the Eckwersheim test-train derailment, with full operation from 11 December 2016 - cutting the Paris-Strasbourg journey time to about 1h50.
Source: fr.wikipedia.org ↗ · Archived copy ↗
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