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  "description": "It's been rumoured for months, and finally this week there was official confimation: Trenitalia has the location for its maintenance facility for its Frecciarossa high speed trains in France. News from Railway Gazette here.\n\nAnd it will be at Maisons-Alfort Pompadour.\n\nHere on OpenRailwayMap.\n\nZoom out a bit, and does anything strike you?\n\nYes, that location is perfect for Paris Gare de Lyon, and for trains to Lyon, Marseille and Milano.\n\nIt is most definitely not perfect for Paris Gare du Nord ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-21T10:55:56.000Z",
  "site": "https://jonworth.eu",
  "tags": [
    "News from Railway Gazette here",
    "Here on OpenRailwayMap",
    "like this",
    "just 19km",
    "ETR 1000",
    "Joncherolles",
    "Marne la Vallée",
    "Nicolai von Neudeck points out on Bluesky"
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  "textContent": "It's been rumoured for months, and finally this week there was official confimation: Trenitalia has the location for its maintenance facility for its Frecciarossa high speed trains in France. News from Railway Gazette here.\n\nAnd it will be at Maisons-Alfort Pompadour.\n\nHere on OpenRailwayMap.\n\nZoom out a bit, and does anything strike you?\n\nYes, that location is _perfect_ for Paris Gare de Lyon, and for trains to Lyon, Marseille and Milano.\n\nIt is most definitely _not_ perfect for Paris Gare du Nord for eventual trains to London. Routing trains from there to Gare du Nord is likely going to have to be done like this - a full 106km route:\n\nWhy not do stock moves through the RER tunnel I hear you thinking? It's definitely shorter - just 19km. But RATP and not SNCF Réseau operates the infrastructure, and no one does stock moves that way. Does Trenitalia have some trick up its sleeve? There is no news yet that it does.\n\nSo what's the solution here?\n\nTrenitalia's facility at Maisons-Alfort Pompadour - as per the Railway Gazette report - is to have three maintenance tracks, and stabling and cleaning facilities for up to 25 trains, and the talk is that initially Trenitalia will have 19 ETR 1000 units for its France and Channel Tunnel operations. So that all fits.\n\nBut I cannot see Trenitalia running empty trains more than 100km every night for the toilets to be emptied. So to make services to London work the company is going to at least need a stabling facility somewhere north of Paris, somewhere like Joncherolles.\n\nPerhaps more far-fetched, Trenitalia could attempt to run the first and last trains of the day to Marne la Vallée rather than Paris Nord, as that station does have Channel Tunnel terminal facilities (Eurostar used to run its Disneyland services to there) and that station is en route to Maisons-Alfort Pompadour.\n\nOr maybe Trenitalia will conclude that, after all, that London is too much hassle, and focus on France instead. Even 25 trains is not that many up against SNCF's 300-odd TGVs.\n\nLive in Lyon and Marseille and favour Trenitalia Frecciarossa over SNCF's TGVs? This is good news for you. London? I am not sure yet.\n\n[Update 21.3.2025, 12:30]\nAs Nicolai von Neudeck points out on Bluesky, yes there is another option - 40km, but requiring the train to reverse at Drancy, like this:\n\nDue to the need to reverse I cannot see this one as being much more viable than running via Marne la Vallée.",
  "title": "Quick notes on Trenitalia's new maintenance facility at Maisons-Alfort Pompadour",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-21T12:26:59.303Z"
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