LGV Perpignan-Figueras

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SNCF
LGV Perpignan-Figueras


TGV
TGV	LGV Sud-Est	TGV	LGV Atlantique
TGV	LGV Rhône-Alpes	TGV	LGV Nord
TGV	LGV Méditerranée	TGV	LGV Est


TER
	Alsace	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
	Haute Normandie	Picardie
	Champagne Ardenne	Lorraine
	Basse Normandie	Bretagne
	Centre	Bourgogne
	Franche Comté	Pays de la Loire
	Poitou-Charentes	Limousin
	Auvergne	Rhône Alpes
	Aquitaine	Midi Pyrénées
	Languedoc Roussillon	Provence Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
	Corse


SNCF Île-de-France/Transilien
	Est	Nord
	Saint-Lazare	Montparnasse
	Lyon


RER
	line A	line D
	line B	line E
	line C

The LGV Perpignan-Figueras is an international high speed rail line which is currently under construction. Work began on 15 November 2004, with service scheduled to begin in 2009.

Intended to improve the connection between the French and Spanish rail networks, the 44.4 km long line will cross the border through an 8.3 km tunnel bored under the col du Perthus. This section will be joined to two future high-speed lines: Barcelona-Figueras and Montpellier-Perpignan (this latter section currently still in early planning stages). The line will be open to both high-speed trains and freight, the maximum grade being limited to 1.2%.

The contract to build the line was awarded on 17 February 2004 to the TP Ferro consortium, a combination of Eiffage (France) and Actividades de construcción y servicios/Dragados (Spain). The group will construct the line for an estimated cost of approximately €1.1 billion, and operate the line for 50 years. It will receive a public subsidy of €540 million split between the European Union, France and Spain.

This is the first time since the SNCF came into being that a private group will build a rail line.

The beginning of service on this line should greatly improve passenger journey times: Paris-Barcelona in 5:35 and Perpignan-Madrid in 3:50.