The LGV Rhône-Alpes is a 115 km (71 mile) high-speed railway in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. It extends the LGV Sud-Est line further south. The line opened in 1994 and goes around the east of Lyon instead of through the city centre. It also stops at Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport. After Valence TGV station, the route continues onto the LGV Méditerranée, Towards Marseille. ROLLING STOCK: TGV DUPLEX (SNCF) This Train has once before been in TSW, on the LGV Méditerranée Route, in TSW2. This would get a new soundset and be updated to new TSW standards. The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train built by Alstom and operated by SNCF. It is part of the TGV family and was the first TGV to have two-level passenger carriages. This allows it to carry up to 508 passengers, making it useful on busy high-speed rail lines. Today, it is one of the most commonly used TGV trains. TGV RÈSEAU (NEW) The SNCF TGV Réseau is a French high-speed train built by Alstom between 1992 and 1996 for SNCF. It is based on the earlier TGV Atlantique trains and was designed to run on France's high-speed rail network. The first TGV Réseau trains entered service in 1993. SCENERY: LGV Méditerranée suffered from one fatal flaw, and that was that DTG focused too much on the speed aspect of the route, instead of focusing on scenery, with this route however, scenery should be just as much of a priority. You'll be able to blast through the beatiful French Countryside at 300kph. STATIONS: AVIGNON (TGV) VALENCE (TGV) LYON SAINT-EXÚPERY (TGV) WHY THIS ROUTE? DTG has all but abandoned French content in TSW, and it's a real shame that they did, because the routes can be incredibly unique and fast paced. Hopefully, with a route like this, it's developed by a third party, so it remains as detailed as possible. LETS BRING FRENCH CONTENT BACK TO TSW!
I like the idea of developing from an existing route (in this case further south towards Marseille), but I would prefer if it were truly connected to the LGV Méditerranée more seamlessly than with the current route hopping system. For example when traveling from London to Crewe, switching routes at Milton Keynes as it is disrupts the sense of immersion, I find. And btw, that stretch has a 300 km/h speed limit (not 320), isn't it ?
Personally, I'm less of a fan of a second LGV line because I'm not a big fan of high-speed routes only but also because it would already be a miracle to have a French route (and we know that the next one after that will be a very long time from now, unless a third party or DTG showcases more countries that UK/GER), I'd like to see other types of routes whether it's a TER train, a suburban train, anything else.
