High-speed route
TGV inOui Paris–Montpellier
Paris → Montpellier · France
Races down the Rhône on the LGV Méditerranée, then rides the 2017 Montpellier bypass, the first new stretch of French high-speed line in a decade, to the edge of the Camargue.
- Distance
- 750 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 237 km/h
- Top speed
- 320 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmParis Gare de Lyon +8
- 525 kmValence-Rhône-Alpes-Sud TGV +2
- 687 kmNîmes Centre +2
- 736 kmMontpellier Saint-Roch +1
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 13 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: SNCF Connect, 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 inOui?
The TGV inOui runs 750 km from Paris to Montpellier.
How long does the TGV inOui take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 10 min for the 750 km. That is an average of 237 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 320 km/h.
Who runs the TGV inOui?
SNCF Voyageurs, with TGV Duplex.
How old is the TGV inOui?
The line has been in service since 2001. 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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Planning this trip? Journey time & direct trains: Montpellier → Paris · Paris → Montpellier.