This rail map from TGV-Europe.com shows high speed train lines in France & Western Europe along with:
- train ticket prices between cities
- travel times
- number of trains per day for each journey
Countries included are France, Spain, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Italy (the
Railteam partner countries).
The high speed rail networks for each country include:
- TGV (Trains à Grande Vitesse) serving France (see Wikipedia article)
- AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) serving Spain (Wikipedia article)
- Eurostar serving England, France and Belgium (tickets, Wikipedia article, corporate site)
- Thalys serving France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany (corporate site, Wikipedia article
- ICE (InterCityExpress) serving Germany (Wikipedia article)
Train tickets can be purchased from RailEurope.com (for US or Canadian, UK residents), from Voyages-SNCF.com (for France residents) or directly from TGV-Europe.com if you live elsewhere.
Clicking on city names (one for departure and another for arrival) on the map allows you to calculate ticket prices, travel times and frequency of trains per day for a particular journey. The calculated information will be shown in the right hand side of the page underneath “Your Ticket“. Click New Search at the bottom of this area to clear your city choices and start a new search.
