TGV Méditerranée - the fastest train of the world - on the route: Paris Gare-de-Lyon - Lyon Part-Dieu - Valence TGV - Avignon TGV - Marseille Saint-Charles - Cannes - Nice Ville - Monaco-Monte-Carlo - Menton - Ventimiglia at the station of MENTON. On the new high speed railway line between Lyon-Part-Dieu and Marseille Saint-Charles it reaches its maximal speed: 300 km/h! It is faster to travel from Paris to Nice by TGV than by plane! Photo and scan: Slobodan Ilic, 18.07.2001 (slobodan.ilic@bluewin.ch)