**Note: Images to be added after posting.** The existing LGV route in TSW is, inconsistent in it's quality, at best. Of course, the Marseille section is one TSW's best urban environments to dates, and feels like a city. The rest of it, however, feels very bland and auto-generated. Some areas are realistic, however are ruined by poor textures and such. The route did, on the other hand, bring the TGV. One of TSW's best trains, in terms of sounds, value for fun and functionality. So why not make use of it? As you can tell by the title I will also bring Marseille into the equation again, as this route sticks to the south coast. This section of the Marseille-Ventimiglia railway, running between the French City into Italy - via Monaco - is a respectable 135.5km long (84.2miles) runs along the southern coast to Toulon, before heading northeast towards Les Arcs. This line sees a variety of regional and TGV services, and I will try to get as much information on them, however it's not entirely easy. To start, here's the Stations: Marseille <-> Toulon and Hyéres Marseille Saint Charles The Southern Terminus of the LGV Mediterraneé route in TSW, Marseille Saint Charles forms the western end of this route. The largest station by far, it sees over 15 million passengers a year, as well as international Eurostar and Renfe services. Marseille-Blancarde The first stop from Marseille Saint Charles is Blancarde. This station remains very much part of Marseille itself, being an station on the city's metro and tramway networks, as well as seeing overnight trains, and some of those services skip the main terminus, using another curve to continue north. This station sees Intercitiés de nuit (Night trains) and TER services. La Pomme The final of the stations to connect to the Marseille Tramway, this station is in walking distance of William Booth station on it, however it seems to be a fairly minor station. Saint-Marcel Visually quite similar to Le Pomme, this is the last of the Marseille stations, and sits on the outskirts of the city. La Barasse Located quite close to the previous station, this station also employs a slick modern design to it's small station building and surroundings. La Penne-sur-Huveaune Similarly another station along the route, this time with 3 platforms, not much else different. I think I'll just stick images in stations like this from here on. Aubagne Aubagne is a fairly major stop between Marseille and Toulon. With four platforms, tram stops and plenty of trains, this is a terminus for some TER services from Marseille, and sees plenty pass through. Cassis Cassis is the first station with a proper running distance before you arrive at the station. 10km down the line from Aubagne, you can stretch the legs of the regional stock here, and of course the TGV does that anyway La Ciotat Another 10km down the line is La Ciotat. After the port town, which the railway hugs the outside of, the line goes to the coast, where this route truly comes to life. The station is also known for the film L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat, from 1895. Saint-Cyr-Les-Lecques-la-Cadière On the opposite end of the bay from La Ciotat, this stop is the last before you enter back into a stretch of urban scenery. Although, this is where it gets interesting... Bandol Bandol is the start of an urbanised stretch on France's South coast. Located near the sea itself, this station sees plenty of TER action. As you leave to the East, you'll run directly alongside the Baie de Bandol so you'd get some excellent screenshots here! Ollioules-Sanary Serving the two places in the name, this station is in the middle of the two. With two platforms, and is where you'd begin to finish your services to Toulon. La Seyne-Six-Fours Toulon Toulon is the terminus of plenty of regional trains, and is roughly the halfway point of this route. It has 5 through platforms, 2 bay (terminating) platforms, and one through track. The station sees terminating services either way (to Marseille and to Les Arcs), Night trains, and TGV services stop here. La Garde La Pauline-Hyéres The prior two stations are both in La Garde, and the latter is where trains to Hyéres split off from the mainline. Hyéres The only branch station here, Hyéres is on a small spur from the mainline, serves by both TGV and TER services, and is the end of this section in the suggestion. Solliès-Pont <-> Les Arcs While the route is, of course, interesting, I don't want to sound repetitive with the stations, so I'll leave the list of them here with some images: Solliès-Pont Cuers-Pierrefeu Puget-Ville Carnoules Brignoles Pignans Gonfaron Le Luc et Le Cannet Vidaubam Les Arcs-Draguignan Les Arcs is the terminus of this route, although in reality the line continues to Nice, Monaco and into Italy. Served by TGV and TER services, you'll have a decent amount of services to run here, although some may have to end at Toulon. Trains (Included) TER (I don't know what is used in this line, so here's the TER Stock): Multiple Units: SNCF Class Z 23500 SNCF Class Z 26500 SNCF Class B 81500 SNCF Class X 76500 Locomotives: SNCF Class BB 22200 SNCF Class BB 25500 SNCF Class BB 67400 TGV: TGV Duplex (as found in LGV Med.) Routes/Services Driveable TER 1 Marseille - Toulon / Hyéres Frequencies (in rush hour): Marseille - Aubagne: 1 train / 20mins Marseille - Toulon/Hyéres: 1 train / 15mins Times: 05:00 -> 00:00 Stops: (Mostly) All en route TER 2 Toulon - Les Arcs Frequency: 1 Train / 2 Hours Times: 06:00 -> 22:00 Stops: (Mostly) All en route TER 6 Marseille - Les Arcs - Nice Frequency: 1 Train / 2 Hours Times: 05:00 -> 00:00 Stops: Marseille, Toulon, Carnoules (Limited Service), Les Arcs ... Nice TGV (Ouigo) Paris - Toulon - Les Arcs - Nice Stops: Toulon and Les Arcs TGV (InOui) Paris - Toulon - Les Arcs - Nice Stops: Toulon and Les Arcs TGV (InOui) Marseille - Hyéres Stops: Marseille, Toulon and Hyéres TGV (InOui) Nancy - Toulon - Les Arcs - Nice Stops: Toulon and Les Arcs TGV (InOui) Marseille - Toulon - Menton Stops: Marseille and Toulon (Seasonal Service) AI SERVICES Marseille TER 7bis from Miramas TER 8 (7) from Avignon TER 9 from Avignon TGV / Avignon TER 10 from Lyon TER 11 from Narbonne TER 12 from Pertuis TER 13 from Briançon Les Arcs [All services going beyond, arriving and departing Nice-Bound] And here we are, at the end. Whilst there are no images (they'll be added soon) I'd hope this can give you a taste for this route. The TGV is a wonderful train and France has some great scenery, so it would be a shame for it to be one-hit wonder. Of course, the assets are there. Marseille is there. Who knows, perhaps this route could be merged into LGV Med. and you could do a TGV run from Avignon or Aix-en-Provence to Toulon and such (this does happen). Anyway, thanks for reading, as always.
Need a freight locomotive that can run this route and German routes future ÖBB routes then the SNCF BB37000 fits here. On Hauptstrecke München Augsburg it will run a Rbf München Laim to Marseille freight service. Excellent idea
