tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938041.post7952757569858107834..comments2023-10-26T12:02:54.565+02:00Comments on The Hollywoodreporter: My RER DriverHollywoodgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847316999506789291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938041.post-57531680334786236172007-09-27T00:50:00.000+02:002007-09-27T00:50:00.000+02:00Thats insane!!! Some how I don't think this would ...Thats insane!!! Some how I don't think this would have happened to a guy ;) pretty cool story though.....haha....<BR/><BR/>I have seen the trains in India and been on the trains in France and I'm willing to bet that there are different categories for "busiest", like most trains per hour, most number of people transported per hour etc.<BR/><BR/>The TGV is amazingly fast, been down to Bordeaux before and the countryside went by in a blur. Just checked yesterday and it only takes 3 hours to get to Marseilles from Paris!!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227558738159272264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938041.post-46532946316530505182007-09-26T23:16:00.000+02:002007-09-26T23:16:00.000+02:00Yeah that must have been it, The TGV. It sure felt...Yeah that must have been it, The TGV. It sure felt like it was going 200km per hour!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938041.post-22392773642075016222007-09-26T16:02:00.000+02:002007-09-26T16:02:00.000+02:00LOL! No romance on the rails, I'm afraid.You proba...LOL! No romance on the rails, I'm afraid.<BR/><BR/>You probably took the Thalys from Brussels to Bruges, no? The TGV (Train de Grande Vitesse) as the French call it. That does over 220km/h. <BR/><BR/>The RER (Reseau Express RĂ©gional) is the regional express network and it's max speed is 140km/h, but in the Parisian tunnels it gets to between 60 & 100km/h, depending on the distances between stations etc.<BR/><BR/>And it apparently really is the busiest train line in Europe (the French language Wiki site says 'the world', the English site say's Europe... go figure!<BR/><BR/>(See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RER_A )Hollywoodgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847316999506789291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938041.post-18109539418512752662007-09-26T14:57:00.000+02:002007-09-26T14:57:00.000+02:00I remember catching a train from Brussels to Bruge...I remember catching a train from Brussels to Bruges and it was amazingly fast. What average speed does the RER go?<BR/><BR/>Is romance in the air, i mean on the rails?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com