LGV_Baudrecourt_1.jpg (35933 bytes)

East HSL (Stage 1), seen at its very East end. This is the Baudrecourt chord (for Strasburg, and Stuttgart/Zurich), where Stage 1 joins the Luxemburg-Metz-Strasburg conventional line. This pic was made from the rear car of EC 96 "Iris" (Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid-Chur Hbf). Baudrecourt. 17th October 2004. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

LGV_Baudrecourt_2.jpg (33270 bytes)

East HSL (Stage 1), seen at its very East end. Left: Baudrecourt (dual-track) chord (for Strasburg and Stuttgart/Zurich). Right: Herny (single-track) chord (for Saarbrücken and Frankfurt). This pic was made from the rear car of EC 96 "Iris" (Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid-Chur Hbf). Baudrecourt. 17th October 2004. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

LGV_Baudrecourt_3.jpg (52790 bytes)

East HSL (Stage 1), seen at its very East end. This bridge will accommodate the "Up" track (viz. Paris-bound). It will also secure a smooth track-changeover (right/left) on the HSL. One can guess pretty easily where the "Down" track (viz. Eastbound) will join the conventional line, and thence how the change-over will take place... This pic was made from the rear car of EC 90 "Vauban" (Milano Centrale-Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid). Baudrecourt. 16th October 2004. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

LGV_Baudrecourt_4.jpg (50171 bytes)

East HSL (Stage 1), seen at its very East end. This is where the "Up" track (Paris-bound) will branch off the Strasburg-Metz-Luxemburg conventional line. This pic was made from the rear car of EC 96 "Iris" (Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid-Chur Hbf). Baudrecourt. 17th October 2004. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

LGV_St-Epvre_1.jpg (47637 bytes)

East HSL (Stage 1), seen at its very East end. This bridge will actually accommodate the single-track chord stretching from the HSL (further left, off-pic) to Herny (for Saarbrücken and Frankfurt). This pic was made from the rear car of EC 96 "Iris" (Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid-Chur Hbf). St-Epvre. 17th October 2004. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

LGV_St-Epvre_2.jpg (35011 bytes)

East HSL (Stage 1), seen at its very East end. This is the single-track chord stretching from the HSL (further left, off-pic) to Herny (for Saarbrücken and Frankfurt). This pic was made from the rear car of EC 96 "Iris" (Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid-Chur Hbf). St-Epvre. 17th October 2004. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

tgv-est_2.jpg (53669 bytes)

Sunday 23 July 2006 onboard TGV 9868 towards Brussels, between Marne la Vallée and Aéroport Roissy CDG the new junction with future TGV Est Here we see connection coming from CDG towards TGV Est in direction of Strasbourg, tracks and catenary not in place, TGV Est due to open June 2007 Digital photo: Erwin Lamens

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Sunday 23 July 2006 onboard TGV 9868 towards Brussels, between Marne la Vallée and Aéroport Roissy CDG the new junction with future TGV Est Here we see connection towards TGV Est in direction of Strasbourg. Digital photo: Erwin Lamens