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:
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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!