Gare TGV Haute-Picardie
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TGV Haute-Picardie is a railway station on the LGV Nord
-Europe between Lille
and Paris
. Geographically, it is located about ten kilometers west of Péronne
, between the towns of Saint Quentin
and Amiens
. When built, it was criticised by the press for being too far from any of the towns to be useful. It is located near a trunk road
rather than a connecting railway line: it was often nicknamed la gare des betteraves, or 'beetroot station', as it is surrounded by beet
root fields.
As a very small TGV station, from the point of view of watching the trains the platform is only a few metres from the main running lines, where trains pass by at 300 km/h (186 mph), and there is a good view of the lines in both directions. In most stations on high-speed lines there is some form of barrier preventing this close up viewing from the platform.
LGV Nord
The LGV Nord is a French 333-kilometre long high speed rail line, opened in 1993, that connects Paris to the Belgian border and the Channel Tunnel via Lille....
-Europe between Lille
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Geographically, it is located about ten kilometers west of Péronne
Péronne, Somme
Péronne is a commune of the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.It is close to where the Battles of the Somme took place during World War I...
, between the towns of Saint Quentin
Saint-Quentin, Aisne
Saint-Quentin is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. It has been identified as the Augusta Veromanduorum of antiquity. It is named after Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century....
and Amiens
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...
. When built, it was criticised by the press for being too far from any of the towns to be useful. It is located near a trunk road
Trunk road
A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road—usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports, and other things.—which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic...
rather than a connecting railway line: it was often nicknamed la gare des betteraves, or 'beetroot station', as it is surrounded by beet
Beet
The beet is a plant in the Chenopodiaceae family which is now included in Amaranthaceae family. It is best known in its numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is the purple root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet...
root fields.
As a very small TGV station, from the point of view of watching the trains the platform is only a few metres from the main running lines, where trains pass by at 300 km/h (186 mph), and there is a good view of the lines in both directions. In most stations on high-speed lines there is some form of barrier preventing this close up viewing from the platform.