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- The new high-speed route will bypass Libourne, shortening the total distance traveled compared to the existing route.
- No new train stations will be built between Saint-Pierre-des-Corps and Bordeaux: service to Châtellerault, Poitiers and Angoulême will take advantage of existing train stations, with connections allowing access to the high-speed rails.
- South of Poitiers, a connection will allow trains to access the old tracks towards La Rochelle.
- The journey between Tours and Bordeaux will be shortened by around 50 minutes. 302 km of high-speed track will be constructed (though the project includes a further 38 km of conventional tracks that connect to the LGV) and the cost of the project is estimated to be €7.2 billion. The state will meet a maximum of half of the cost.
- The new line will increase annual ridership by about five million travellers.
- The concessionaire for the Tours to Bordeaux section is Vinci, which will share half the cost with infrastructure manager RFF.
- The line is expected to open in 2016, at which time the total time from Paris to Bordeaux will reduce from three hours to two.
- Eurovia Travaux Ferroviaires and TSO are responsible for tracklaying.
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