High-speed route
TGV Lyria Paris–Zürich
Paris → Zürich · France · Switzerland
Via the LGV Rhin-Rhône to the Swiss border at Basel, then along the Aare to Zürich. Paris to Switzerland’s largest city in almost exactly four hours.
- Distance
- 590 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h 03 min
- Average speed
- 146 km/h
- Top speed
- 320 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmParis Gare de Lyon +8
- 285 kmDijon-Ville +1
- 443 kmBelfort - Montbéliard TGV +1
- 488 kmMulhouse-Ville
- 522 kmBasel SBB +3
- 612 kmZürich Hauptbahnhof +11
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 14 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the TGV Lyria?
The TGV Lyria runs 590 km from Paris to Zürich. It runs through France and Switzerland.
How long does the TGV Lyria take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 03 min for the 590 km. That is an average of 146 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 320 km/h.
Who runs the TGV Lyria?
Lyria (SNCF and SBB), with Euroduplex.
How old is the TGV Lyria?
The line has been in service since 2011. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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