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## About This Content
The 1990s, the LGV Sud-Est had already connected Paris and Lyon for about a
decade, drastically reducing journey times between the two cities. It was
decided to expand the benefit south to Valence by building a new high-speed
link, the LGV Rhone-Alpes.

The 115 km line opened in two stages, the first in time for the 1992 Winter
Olympics in Albertville, giving people a better connection to Lyon, with the
second in the summer of 1994, a connection and brand-new station was also
opened to Lyon-Saint-Exupery Airport at the same time.

With the LGV Rhone-Alpes completed and transforming travel, the decision was
then made to build a further LGV line, one which would head out of Valence and
serve the south of France, the LGV Mediterranee. This final line would put
Marseille on the high-speed map and allow competition with airlines who also
made connections to France’s capital.

Construction of the LGV Mediterranee began in 1996, and it would stretch a
total of 216 km to join with the classic approach into Marseille-Saint-
Charles, with additional stations being built at Avignon and Aix-en-Provence.
The line was opened to traffic in 2001.

Served by TGV® Duplex® high speed trains, the LGV Rhone-Alpes and LGV
Mediterranee started carrying thousands of passengers across the south of
France at 300 km/h, extending to 320 km/h along key sections of the scenic,
undulating lines.

The route throughout is equipped with TVM430 (Transmission Voie-Machine), a
revolutionary in-cab signalling system designed for operating high speed
trains at high timetable frequencies. Conventional signalling is not practical
for very high-speed routes, as drivers have very little time to see and react
to what flies past the windscreen. TVM430 displays information in the cab
telling the driver what speed he should be travelling at, without the need for
conventional track-side equipment. For the classic approach into Marseille
however, the typical BAL signalling comes into use.

LGV Rhone-Alpes & Mediterranee covers the line from Gare de Marseille-Saint-
Charles to Lyon Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu and Gare de Saint-Exupery TGV,
extending the original route threefold to bring a total of 309 km of breath-
taking scenery and enthralling high-speed to Train Simulator.
## Included Scenarios

The LGV Rhone-Alpes & Mediterranee includes seven career scenarios featuring
TGV High-Speed passenger activities:

* [TGV] 01. The French Connection: Part 1
* [TGV] 02. The French Connection: Part 2
* [TGV] 03. Lugdunum to Massalia
* [TGV] 04. Let There Be Light
* [TGV] 05. Forward, Forward Lyon!
* [TGV] 06. Storm Before the Calm
* [TGV] 07. Heatwave

Please Note: LGV: Marseille – Avignon Route Add-On is required, as a separate
purchase, in order to play the content featured in this add-on.

More scenarios are available on the Steam Workshop online and in-game. Train
Simulator’s Steam Workshop scenarios are free and easy to download, adding
many more hours of exciting gameplay. With scenarios being added daily, why
don’t you check it out now!

Click here for Steam Workshop scenarios.
## Key Features

* 309 km (192 miles) LGV route from Lyon Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu and Gare de Saint-Exupery TGV to Marseille Saint-Charles
* Stunning southern France scenery, including numerous tunnels and high speed viaducts
* TGV Duplex in SNCF Livery and TGV Duplex in SNCF Carmillon Livery
* Realistic TVM430 in-cab and French BAL signalling systems
* Accurate performance and handling
* Scenarios for the route
* Quick Drive compatible
* Download size: 274.5 MB

Train Simulator: LGV Rhône-Alpes & Méditerranée Route Extension Add-On