The TGV Rhin-Rhône sets a new standard for future materials where design focuses on usage and functionality. In addition to be significantly time-saving connecting the North of Europe and the South and East of France to Paris, it creates and perpetuates a true «desire to travel by TGV.»

All details are thought out to meet the traveller’s needs and comfort : lighting, signage, acoustics and space planning.

Since lighting is one of the major mood elements in the TGV, the new light is redesigned to enlarge and structure the space. The main light is indirect, softer and more functional. Task lighting is used to stage the space.

The choice of materials and colors sustains an atmosphere and supports the signage that uses codes easy to understand. The traveller should at any time during the journey know where he is and where to go. The ergonomic design of the equipments is worked on to provide solutions with simple commands always close at hand and within reach of the eye.