What can be done in the meantime to increase capacity?
. Train lengthening to 2*200m
No TGV trainset should run in single formation on this LGV.
Particularly relevant in a #FranceCadence perspective.
. Concentrate Avelia Horizon on LGV PSE and replace TGV (E)DX.
Realistic in radial traffic.
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station in Thiais (ORY ✈️) and the completion of the works in Massy-Verrières in 2029 will:
. Attract more traffic
. Increase capacity
. Improve operating conditions.
As part of #FranceCadence, may I suggest:
1 tp2hrs Bruxelles M - Lille E - ... - Bordeaux SJ (Toulouse M)
+
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Avignon C (replacing the current TER to Marseille SC)
. 1 tp2hrs (EC) to Genève C, vía Ventimiglia, Torino PS, Modane
In addition to #FranceCadence,
. 1 tp2hrs (EC/RJ) to Milano C (Wien Hbf/München Hbf).
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Nice suffers from the poor features of the line to Marseilles, along with its eccentric location.
With the current infra, as part of #FranceCadence, may I suggest:
. 1 tp2hrs (TGV) to Paris GdL
(skipping Marseille SC
. 1 tp2hrs (TGV) to Lyon P-D (Karlsruhe Hbf)
. 1 tph (IR) (from Imperia) to
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Perhaps AI could build the #FranceCadence Timetable of our dreams 😋
In an ambitious #FranceCadence vision, potential in passenger traffic may include
(With HSL Lyons - St Jean de M)
. 1 tp2hrs (HST) Paris GdL - Briançon (Gap)
. 1 tp2hrs (ICGV) Villefranche sur S) - Lyon P-D - Briançon
. 1 tp2hrs (IR) Annecy - Briançon
. 1 tp2hrs (EC) Marseille SC - Torino PS
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You could potentially extend current TGVs Paris GdL - Lyon P-D to Marseille SC, and skip Perrache.
It's even in my #FranceCadence vision.
Not as per #FranceCadence
As part of #FranceCadence, may I suggest
RB Auxerre - Clamecy - Corbigny - Château Chinon
RE Auxerre SG - Avallion
IR Troyes - Bourges,
calling at St-Florentin V, Laroche M, Auxerre SG, Clamecy, Varzy, Prémery, Guérigny, Nevers.
or beneath Bd Vaugirard.
The 2 other proposed RER lines should have their station between the Tower and Porte Océane, deep underground.
Tbh, with LNSO, Velvet entering the market and even more with any high-frequency #FranceCadence, Montparnasse will be full to the fullest.
Using Austerlitz as
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In late-2011 / early-2012, Eisenbahn Revue published an interesting file about a would-be Deutschland Integraler Taktfahrplan.
A very impressive exercise.
I wish there were the same kind of reflection about #FranceCadence in 🇫🇷 railway press. 🙄😤
Perhaps I should open my own blog about it 🤭
and Dijon PN.
8️⃣ Beyond Dijon V, where should those IR services from Nancy V extend to?
Even though Lyons looks the most logical answer, it should rather be discarded.
Passenger flows on Dijon - Lyons will require double-decker units in IR traffic
And in my #FranceCadence vision,
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Langres and Vittel-Contrexéville-Bulgnéville (10K) are ignored.
2️⃣ In 2025, only 2 daily simili-IC run on this line, whose rationale is now mostly Freight to/from 🇬🇧🇧🇪 and Northern 🇫🇷.
3️⃣ In my #FranceCadence vision, there should be an IR line Nancy V - Dijon V (and beyond...), with 2-hr headway.
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As a long-standing supporter of #FranceCadence, I can only approve 😋😊
As part of #FranceCadence, may I suggest an IC+ line
(2 hrs headway) on
Genève C - Nice V, calling at
Bellegarde, Aix les B LR, Chambéry Ch E, St Jean de M, Modane, Bardonecchia, Oulx CS, Torino PS, Fossano, Cuneo, Limone, Tende, Breil sur R, Ventimiglia, Menton, Monaco MC
@jonworth.eu
Here is a high-level proposal for mainline #FranceCadence in Massif Central:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
with something MAINLINE.
As part of #FranceCadence, may I suggest, running every 2hrs in alternate hours:
- Paris GdL ↔️ Nice V, calling at
Aubagne, Toulon, Les Arcs D, St-Raphael V, Cannes, Antibes
- Paris GdL ↔️ Hyères, calling at Avignon TGV, Toulon.
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As part of #FranceCadence, may I suggest, running every 2hrs in alternate hours:
- Paris GdL ↔️ Barcelona S, calling at Montpellier, Perpignan, Girona, Sagrera
- Paris GdL ↔️ Carcassonne, calling at Nîmes C, Montpellier, Sète, Béziers, Narbonne.
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#FranceCadence, a wishful thinking? 😬🤔😔
With hindsight, an opportunity to go for #FranceCadence was missed in the late-1970s, as Corail stock was massively deployed.
New opportunity lost upon full EIS of LGV PSE on 25 September 1983.
And ever time since upon each LGV EIS.
If there were such a thing as #FranceCadence, there would be no such drama in Vendôme...
www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/vendome/vend...
Urbès tunnel (for Épinal - Mulhouse) was ditched while half-built already 🤬🤬🤬
3️⃣ Modest proposal for #FranceCadence:
IR Nancy V - Montbéliard, every 2hrs
Calling at Varangéville St-N, Épinal, then all stations to Lure, then Valdoie, Belfort, Héricourt.
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🚄 product brands, running infrequently.
6️⃣ In a #FranceCadence timetable with a unified 🚄 brand, there would be no such dirty tricks any more.
Instead, 7️⃣ daily returns Paris GdL ↔️ Nice V,
calling at:
Toulon, Les Arcs D, St-Raphael V, Cannes, Antibes.
(Potential extension to
Imperia,
🆘 #FranceCadence
My latest proposal for Southeast radial services (to be amended in the coming weeks):
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@heard-a.bsky.social
@enriqueandres.bsky.social
@pdfguru.bsky.social
Poor timetabling. Indeed, frequency is often mediocre. Not to mention poor coordination.
#Guillotinefahrplan rather than #Taktfahrplan
#FranceCarence rather than #FranceCadence
I'm quite curious at what would do someone skilled and qualified such as let's say... @vorortanleiter.bsky.social 😊🤭
1️⃣ As part of my #FranceCadence vision
(🇲🇫 Nationwide regular-interval PSO timetable),
may I suggest:
- 1 Paris N - London SP, every 30 min
Calling at Ebbsfleet / Stratford (alternate 30min)
- 1 Paris N - London SP
every 2hrs
Calling at Calais F and Ashford
🆘 #FranceCadence
RB (every hour) Béziers - Lunas, calling at all stations
RE (every 2 hours) Perpignan - Millau, calling at Rivesaltes, Port la N, Narbonne, Béziers, Bédarieux, Lunas, Ceilhes R then all stations
(Joncels + Les Cabrils to be closed down)
There were even plans to⚡it (25 kV) jointly with Moret V - Clermont F, by 1985.
(In Summer 1981, Dijon-Chagny daily had 280 trains EACH WAY
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The busiest outer-urban railway in 🇲🇫)
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As far as London SP - Lyon P-D is concerned, my 2-cent #FranceCadence vision includes a 2-hr headway line.
2/n
so as to extend it to St-Gervais LF,
calling at
Genève EV, Annemasse, La Roche sur F, Bonneville, Cluses, Sallanches CM
(With cascaded Astoro EMUs adapted to run in 🇲🇫)
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#MakeGenevaGreatAgain
#FranceCadence for better #CrossBorderRail
@jonworth.eu
So many connection opportunities with the Alps, the Med, Northern 🇮🇹 and Northeast 🇪🇦.
Even more with #FranceCadence 😋
The Birmingham New Street of 🇲🇫 🤭🥳
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