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Does France still have the problem that a lot of the connections are via Paris because there are no connections that run between the lines that are connecting c
by _Microft 8y ago
Does France still have the problem that a lot of the connections are via Paris because there are no connections that run between the lines that are connecting cities to Paris? The image of the rail network on the TGV article in Wikipedia is giving the impression.
Did you know that mathematicians named a metric after that? It's the SNCF metric when the distance between two points (cities in real life) is defined as the sum of their distances from the origin (Paris in this case). (that is: go from city A to Paris and from Paris to city B, no matter how close A and B are geographically).
- galvin 8y agoYeah, pretty much. There are lines between other cities but they are usually serviced by slower regional trains rather than TGVs. Unless you're traveling to a neighboring city you'll probably have to wait for transfers too.
- Tharkun 8y agoYes they still do. You can arrive in Paris North in a fancy Thalys or Eurostar, but will then have to somehow get to Paris Lyon or South using weird subway like trains which are often packed, dirty, smelly and confusingly inefficient unless you're used to them. This is why I don't travel by train to the South of Europe. It's a waste of time, and an uncomfortable one at that.
- ant6n 8y agoThere's the circle tgv line around Paris, there's part of a line between Strasbourg and Lyon, and I believe they're working on Bordeaux-toulouse, which should enable Bordeaux-Marseille.