A TGV! at Villeneuve? - not that I have never seen one here, BUT in spring 2017 the last TGV de Neige ran from Lausanne towards Valais and back, ...

A TGV! at Villeneuve? - not that I have never seen one here, BUT in spring 2017 the last TGV de Neige ran from Lausanne towards Valais and back, because the connection could no longer be offered due

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The SBB RABe 511 109 is near Villeneuve on the way from Annemasse to St Maurice.

The inoui TGV Rame 4715 near Villeneuve with a blue dwarf signal as used in ETCS operations.

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A TGV! at Villeneuve? - not that I have never seen one here, BUT in spring 2017 the last TGV de Neige ran from Lausanne towards Valais and back, because the connection could no longer be offered due to the conversion of the routes to ETCS. The TGV Bern - Paris via Basel ran via the main line instead of NBS due to the lack of ETCS equipment on the TGV trains. So it was more than surprising when a TGV suddenly showed up near Villeneuve today!
In the picture the inoui TGV Rame 4715 near Villeneuve, the destination and purpose of the trip are unknown to me.

June 4, 2024

Stefan Wohlfahrt http://klein-aber-fein---imagination.startbilder.de/ 04.06.2024, 142 Calls, 0 Comments

EXIF: SONY ILCA-77M2, Date 2024:06:04 12:41:49, Exposure time: 1/640, Blend: 45/10, ISO125, Focal length: 300/10

On 15 August 2019 the Daimler-Benz car carrying train poasses through Bad Bentheim toward Lehrte Rbf hauled by 189 066.

A SBB Re 460 is near Villeneuve with his IR 90 on the way from the Genevea Airport Statin to Brig.

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While the SNCF Z73800 Coradia A TER "Baleine" waits at Meroux station for its departure to Belfort, an SNCF inOui TGV train can be seen (unfortunately partially obscured) leaving Belfort-Montbéliard TGV station. December 10, 2025 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

France / Diesel multiple units / X 73500 | 73900 A (TER), France / High speed trains / TGV Duplex

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Another view of the two stations, Belfort-Montbéliard TGV (below) and Meroux (above). The TGV LYRIA 9203 from Paris Gare de Lyon to Zurich, consisting of trainset 4726, offers a rather tight connection to the SNCF Z73800 Coradia A TER "Baleine" waiting at Meroux station, bound for Belfort. Why diesel multiple units are now (also) being used on the electrified Delle - Belfort line is beyond my knowledge. December 10, 2025 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

Switzerland / TGV / Lyria, France / Diesel multiple units / X 73500 | 73900 A (TER), France / High speed trains / TGV Duplex

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The TGV LYRIA 9203 from Paris Gare de Lyon to Zürich with the "Rame" 4726 is leaving the Belfort-Montbéliard TGV railway station. 10.12.2025 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

Switzerland / TGV / Lyria, France / High speed trains / TGV Duplex

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With the new timetable from mid-December 2025, this typical Meroux/Belfort-Montbéliard TGV scene will be less easy to capture, as the SNCF trains of the 16 daily train pairs will cross paths in Meroux and only have a layover of about eight minutes. It will therefore require quite a bit of luck for a TGV to arrive during those eight minutes. The photo shows the SNCF Coradia Polyvalent Régiolis 51629M, which arrived in Meroux at 10:10 as MOBIGO TER 895055. The train will depart for Belfort at 11:03 as MOBIGO TER 895054. At the Belfort Montbéliard TGV station, the SNCF inOiu TGV 9877 from Strasbourg to Marseille St-Charles has arrived; this train is operated with unit 825. November 3, 2025 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

France / High speed trains / TGV Duplex, France / Electric multiple units / Z 51500 (Coradia Polyvalent Régiolis)·

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