Recent content by MikeR

I will have a dig and try and post a link tomorrow that I saw.

No, London. They had a ceremony at St Pancras and Bordeaux in 2019.

Interesting. I am a Sudouest reader but for Lot et Garonne and hadn't seen that. There are also plans to reintroduce a cross country service from the SW to Lyon.

Mixed news from France. On the one hand "the Government has committed over 4 billion Euros earlier than planned to the TGV Paris-Toulouse project." The Connexion: https://www.connexionfrance.com/Practical/Transport/TGV-link-to-connect-Paris-and-Toulouse-in-three-hours-brought-forward On...

Hi. I have looked at this again and altered the Spreadsheet. If you enter the data as, for example Trentels Ladignac as N 44 26 35.22 E 0 53 5.63 in Google and search, it will be recognised in Google Maps and you can use the directions button to drive to it. Cheers

An alternative that shows the place names on a schematic is here: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_de_Monsempron-Libos_%C3%A0_Cahors It is in French but will translate on Chrome easily. In the righthand box at the bottom you should see "Schéma de la ligne" click on the hyperlink in blue...

Following a couple of messages about this route, I am attaching a MS Excel Sheet that gives the location of all the Stations on the route, so that they can be viewed on Google Earth. I have also attached a link to my Flickr Album - very much a work in progress as Covid restrictions permit...

This line has been looked at very closely by the "Bean Counters" and has been unofficially under threat. Following the recent storms and floods down here there has been a big landslip just south of Monsempron-Libos. They estimate 3,000 M3 of rubble has to be removed before they can stabilise...

As I understand things, the Administrative Court rulings about part of the project were eventually overturned but I believe that there are still some legal complications over the Toulouse area. It is difficult to keep up with all the Court and Court of Appeal decisions.

I live in Lot et Garonne, midway between Bordeaux and Agen. There are still many "LGV - NON" signs about.

I have updated my photo Album of the old Lot et Garonne Tram system. This was a metric gauge system that operated between 1911 and 1933. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmL8qBh4

Hi Roger, I am enjoying this latest update, many thanks Mike

I am pleased that you enjoying these. I intend adding co-ordinates to the photos so they can be found on Google Earth but that is a later stage. This is only a brief reply as I am in a boat cabin, using a tablet connected to my mobile as a hotspot! I will have "full fat" broadband again in a...

Apologies if you all know this already but there are a series of short films made by the SNCF showing their activities in France. The series is called "LE MAGAZINE DU RAIL" and then they are numbered. I have posted the link to one here, fascinating if you are interested in the history of rail...

Just when you thought that it was safe to put your French Atlas away again, here are a few from Marmande to Bergerac. https://flic.kr/s/aHskQahTND MikeR