South end of Pasilly Jct, on LGV PSE (LN1, Combs la Ville<->Sathonay), seen looking towards Paris (and London, Brussels, Lille, Le Havre, Rennes, Nantes...)
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At this stage, TGV/Lyria traffic to Burgundy, Franche-Comté and Switzerland (Via Vallorbe or Les Verrières) leaves the HSL (main tracks) at 220km/h, using the Aisy-Pasilly chord ("Down" track, further right), towards the PLM conventional line.
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Traffic to Geneva, Lyons, the Alps, Italy (via Modane) and the Med conversely runs on the Main "Down" track, at 300km/h.
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The"Up" track of the Aisy-Pasilly chord is located further left (off-pic).
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The village further behind is Pasilly.
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Pasilly Jct. 
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20th August 2005. 
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P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).