On 8 March 2004, the SNCF Company inaugurated the first circulation of its new Corail Téoz cars on the Paris - Nancy - Strasbourg railroad. The Corail Téoz trains had already been used on the Paris - Clermont-Ferrand railroad since 1 September 2003 (4 rail links a day with the Téoz trains).

The new Corail cars were officially unveiled on 20 May 2003 during the "Train Capitale" rail show in Paris (May - June 2003).

A Corail Téoz car in Paris (Place de la Concorde)

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A train circulated on the Champs-Elysées Avenue on 1 June 2003 with the new Corail Téoz cars on a special railway made only for this event.

The special train on the Champs-Elysées Avenue on 1 June 2003

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The train's route from Paris - Gare de Lyon to Clermont-Ferrand is : Nevers, Moulins-sur-Allier, St Germain-des-Fossés, Vichy, Riom - Châtel-Guyon and Clermont-Ferrand.

There have been 3 rail links between Paris and Strasbourg with a Téoz train since 3 May 2004. 4 more Téoz rail links will be added as early as 27 September 2004 on the Paris - Nancy - Strasbourg rail line. The train's route between Paris-Est and Strasbourg is : Nancy, Lunéville, Sarrebourg, Saverne.

A Corail Téoz car in front of the obelisk (Place de la Concorde - Paris)

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The next rail line to benefit from these new Corail Téoz cars on the French rail network will be the Paris - Orléans - Limoges - Toulouse line in November 2004. The use of the Corail Téoz trains on the Bordeaux - Marseille - Nice rail line is being studied.

Some Corail Téoz cars in Paris

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The Corail Téoz logo

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Discover the pictures of the "Train Capitale" show.

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