A French railway engineer, M.R. Varennes, has read an ably-compiled and interesting paper before the Society of Civil Engineers in Paris, on the speed of express trains in France from 1854 to 1895.
The train journey east from Marseille towards the Italian border is superb. The route has a grand, almost cinematic appeal when seen from the comfort of a TGV, but suddenly becomes more intimate when ...
Route 19 from Caen to Valence is for those who love provincial France and don’t want to struggle with the crowds of Paris.