TGV Réseau set, seen passing the Southern Portal for the Marseilles HSL Tunnel (7,836 m, the longest French domestic railway tunnel).
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At this stage, speed is still restricted to 140km/h-87mph, but once in the tunnel, TGVs then speed up to 230km/h-143mph.
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Marseilles (Tuileries Jct).
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29th January 2005.
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P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)