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About Atlantic High Speed Route & TGV Atlantique Train

Experience the high speed TGV Atlantique on the 220km Atlantic High Speed route running south-west from Paris Montparnasse to St-Pierre-des-Corps station in Tours, passing through the two high speed stations at Massy-TGV and Vendome-TGV. As you travel at up to 300 km/h you will pass through the beautiful landscape to the south-west of Paris. The Quick Drive enabled route includes numerous custom and animated objects and also winter textures. Expansive freight yards, engine workshops and depots are included. Ten Standard scenarios and four Free Roams are also included. The included TGV trains, supplied in several liveries, have the in-cab TVM signalling system to allow running at up to 300 km/h and are supplied in several authentic consists. The TGV has an authentic start-up procedure, dual-voltage pantograph operation, cruise control, operating nose covers and custom sounds and passenger views. Highlights and features Runs between Paris Montparnasse and St-Pierre-des-Corps, Tours 220 km route length Includes low and high speed track sections Speed limit of 300 km/h on the high speed sections Two high speed stations at Massy and Vendome Large marshalling areas for freight marshalling Two engine workshops and depots Includes a very large range of custom scenery objects and animations Winter textures Beautiful landscape south-west of Paris Authentic French railway signalling and signage Quick Drive enabled Trains leave Montparnasse station and pass through the southern suburbs of Paris, partly underground beneath the ‘Coulée Verte’. At this point the route follows the old Paris-Chartres line. After Massy TGV station at PK 14 (‘Point Kilométrique’, or Kilometre Point) trains pass through the Villejust tunnel, reaching a speed of 300 km/h at the tunnel exit, and the route then follows the A10 motorway. The route curves south near the Saint-Arnoult toll and passes over the A10, briefly following the non-electrified single-track Brétigny-Tours line from Dourdan - La Forêt station. The fork between the western branch (in the direction of Rennes and Le Mans) and the south-western branch (towards Tours) is at PK 130 in Courtalain. After Courtalain the line heads due south in the direction of the Vallée du Loir. Vendôme TGV station at PK 162 is situated shortly before the section of the route at PK 166.8 where the world speed record had been set in 1990. The line then enters Indre-et-Loire, crosses over the A10 and begins its descent towards the Loire valley. After the Vouvray tunnel (1,496 metres) comes a succession of three viaducts across the Loire, almost a kilometre long in total, and the line then arrives at Saint-Pierre-des-Corps station at PK 233. Stations Paris-Montparnasse Massy TGV Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir Saint-Pierre-des-Corps Railway infrastructure Technicentre de Chatillon Montrouge depot Saint-Pierre-des-Corps marshalling yard Technicentre de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps Route signalling - standard track signalling The route is equipped with B.A.L. (‘Bloc Automatique Lumineux’) light signals on the standard (i.e. not High Speed) section and TVM-300 cab signalling on the High Speed section of the route where the higher speeds make it difficult for the driver to accurately see trackside light signals. The route includes: B.A.L light signals Speed limit signs Identification signs Direction indicators Change of electrical section indicators Indications of zones where the pantograph must be lowered and raised. Route signalling - high speed route signalling High speed routes on the TGV/Thalys/Eurostar network are equipped with a system of beacons which transmit signals directly to the driver’s cab, where they are displayed as part of the train controls. The signalling information is transmitted through the rails as electrical signals which are picked up by antennae placed under the train. This TVM system (Transmission Voie-Machine or ‘track to train transmission’) is a fixed block system, i.e. the track is subdivided into fixed segm