High-speed route
TGV inOui Paris–Nice
Paris → Nice · France
France’s longest domestic TGV run: 300 km/h to Marseille, then the classic Riviera line along the Mediterranean to Nice.
- Distance
- 971 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h 42 min
- Average speed
- 170 km/h
- Top speed
- 300 km/h
The Riviera TGV is two railways in one ticket: three hours of 300 km/h down the Rhône on the 2001 Méditerranée line, then a two-hour Mediterranean crawl where nobody checks a watch. Beyond Toulon the track finds the sea and keeps it: the red porphyry coves of the Esterel between Saint-Raphaël and Cannes, yacht harbours at Antibes, and the final curve around the Baie des Anges into Nice-Ville. The last 220 km take as long as the first 750, and are the reason to book a left-side seat.
Along the way
- Rhône valley at 300 km/h
- Marseille bypass over the garrigue
- Toulon harbour
- Esterel red-rock corniche
- Cannes and Antibes bays
- Baie des Anges finale
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 15 m); the longest stretch away from it is 4.5 km
- 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 971 km from Paris to Nice.
How long does the TGV inOui take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h 42 min for the 971 km. That is an average of 170 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.
Who runs the TGV inOui?
SNCF, 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.
How often does the TGV inOui run?
≈ 5× daily direct.
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