Welcome aboard this Intercity service linking ParisGaredeLyon to ClermontFerrand. Pulled with ease by a valiant BB26000, the 14 cars of this express will cover the 419km linking the City of Lights to the PuydeDôme prefecture in just over 3 hours.
We will successively take the following lines or sections of lines:
the section from ParisGaredeLyon to MoretVeneuxlesSablons of the line from ParisLyon to MarseilleSaintCharles, known as the “imperial artery”
the section from Moret to SaintGermaindesFossés of the line from Moret VeneuxlesSablons to LyonPerrache
the section from SaintGermaindesFossés to Vichy of the line from SaintGermaindes Fossés to Darsac
the line from Vichy to Riom
and finally, the section from Riom ChâtelGuyon to ClermontFerrand of the line from SaintGermaindesFossés to NîmesCourbessac.
Opened in 1858, its history has fluctuated over the years. It was only in 1990 that the entire route was fully electrified, followed by the opening of 200 km/h sections in 2008.

Please note, the trains starts in the GaredeLyon, the station is however incorrectly labelled as Bercy. The stations are however practically side by side.

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