The Lyon–Budapest railway axis (officially designated as Railway axis Lyon-Trieste-Divača/Koper-Divača-Ljubljana-Budapest-Ukrainian border) is a project of the Trans-European high-speed rail network (TEN-R), which involves the creation of a 1,638-kilometre-long (1,018 mi) high-speed rail line between Lyon and Budapest, finally heading to the Ukrainian border.[1]

Sections

Lyon-Turin

A map showing the French and international route of the new line compared to the existing one

The Turin–Lyon high-speed railway is a planned 270 km (170 mi)-long, 220 km/h (140 mph) railway line[2] that will connect the two cities and link the Italian and French high-speed rail networks. The core of the project is a base tunnel measuring 57.5 km crossing the Alps between the Susa valley in Italy and Maurienne in France.[3] The tunnel will be the longest rail tunnel in the world, being longer than the Gotthard Base Tunnel, which measures 57.1 km, and it represents one third of the estimated overall cost of the project.

Turin-Ljubljana

Ljubljana-Budapest

Budapest-Ukrainian border

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Innovation and Networks Executive Agency - European Commission". Innovation and Networks Executive Agency. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  2. ↑ (in Italian) Nuova linea Torino-Lione parte comune tratta italiana - Progetto in variante - Studio d'impatto ambientale - sintesi non tecnica 9-7-2010 (document PP2 C3C TS3 0105A AP NOT)
  3. ↑ "The Alpine tunnels". LTF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
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