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First Class Barcelona - Paris (not by plane, but TGV High Speed Train)

Travelling with Train TGV 9702 from Barcelona Sants to Paris Gare de Lyon in a pretty empty première classe cabin.
The SNCF high speed train takes 6 hours and 28 minutes to cover a distance of 1,073 km (667 miles); The maximum speed is 320 km/h (200 mph) and is reached between Nimes and Valence TGV on the LGV Méditerranée.
The train stops in Girona, Figueres Vilafant, Perpignan, Narbonne, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Nîmes, and Valence TGV.
A SNCF TGV 2N2 (Euroduplex) trainset, built by Alstom, with the number 801 (TGV-310201) was operating the service;

Here are some photos and a detailed video about the journey.

Barcelona Sants Railway Station:







TGV EuroDuplex First Class:







Riding on the LGV Perpignan–Figueres, still in Spain:





Perpignan Railway Station, we are now in France:





The lagoons between between Perpignan and Narbonne on the Mediterranean Coast::













An older First Class TGV Duplex car:






Béziers:





Sète Harbour:





Riding on the LGV Rhin-Rhône:







Riding on the LGV Sud-Est:





Paris Gare de Lyon Railway Station:








The Video:





Enjoy!


All my trip reports on FT:

Airbus:

Iberia Airbus A340-600 London - Madrid in Y

Air Caraibes Airbus A350-900 Guadeloupe - Paris in Y

Empty Finnair Airbus A350-900 Helsinki - London Heathrow in Y+ and AY Lounge Sauna

Finnair Airbus A350-900 Helsinki - Shanghai in Y+

Finnair Airbus A350-900 Hong Kong - Helsinki in Y+

Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800 Singapore - New Delhi in Upper Deck Y

British Airways Airbus A380-800 Singapore - London Heathrow in Y



Boeing:

Asiana Boeing 747-400 Combi Tokyo - Seoul in F

Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300ER Montreal - Cancun in Y+

Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300ER Cancun - Toronto in Y

United Boeing 777-200ER Houston - Newark - Amsterdam in C

United Boeing 777-200ER Amsterdam - Houston in Y+

United Boeing 777-200ER Singapore - Hongkong in C

British Airways Boeing 777-300ER London - Shanghai in Y

ANA Boeing 777-300ER Singapore - Tokyo in C

Swiss Boeing 777-300ER Zurich - Hong Kong in Y

Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER Hong Kong - Singapore in Y

TUI Airlines Nederland Boeing 787-8 Sint Maarten - Curacao in P

TUI Airlines Nederland Boeing 787-8 Curacao - Amsterdam in P

Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Toronto - London in Y

ANA Boeing 787-8 Shanghai Pudong - Tokyo Narita in C

United Boeing 787-9 Los Angeles - Houston in C



Trains:

CFR Calatori Bucharest - Istanbul Halkali in Sleeper Car

EuroNight Jan Kiepura Cologne - Warsaw in Sleeper Cabin

China High Speed Rail Shanghai - Xiamen in F

Caledonian Sleeper Train Inverness - London Euston in Sleeper Cabin

French TGV High Speed Train: Barcelona - Paris in F

China High Speed Rail Guangzhou - Shanghai Hongqiao in Y

Swiss Railways Lötschberg Mountain Line Bern - Brig in F

Ukraine Railways Kiev - Budapest in Sleeper Cabin

Virgin Trains West Coast London - Glasgow in F



Lounges:

Five Star Alliance Lounges: LHR

Four OneWorld Lounges: HKG

TBIT Star Alliance Lounge: LAX



Enjoy!

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