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Gare de l'Est (Paris East Station), not far from Gare du Nord is one of the main railway stations in Paris.  With the beginning of high-speed rail service a few years ago, this station is busier than ever as the sleek TGVs and ICEs come and go, whisking passengers between Paris and cities northeast of Paris.

Only five minutes before the scheduled departure of our TGV train for Strasbourg, our track number was not announced yet.  Many people around me here in the airy Central Hall were looking at a departure information screen rather anxiously.  They had to be waiting for the same train as mine because they were all ready to run.  What a relief when our train finally pulled into one of the closest tracks (there were as many as 30 of them).  Then again I found my car was at the very end of the long train, so I still had to run lengthwise.


Paris (#24) - Gare de l'Est

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