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First Hearing At The Administrative Court On The Content On The Legality Of The Planned LGV Highspeed Train Bordeaux-Toulouse

The placard on the right reads 'TER equal Train arriving late Stop LGV'. Several associations such as 'Amis de la Terre' (i.e., 'Friends of Earth'), Stop-LGV 47, Stop-LGV 33, and LGV-No Thanks call for a gathering in front of the main railway station of Toulouse, the Matabiau train station, just before a hearing at the Administrative Court of Toulouse to contest the legality of environmental authorizations of the planned high-speed train between Bordeaux and Toulouse. The CNPN (National Council for the Protection of Nature) says the SNCF file to build this high-speed railway is inadequate, false, and incomplete. The Environmental Authority also says the LGV lacks research on alternatives, which is a legal duty. Moreover, the projected price tag is initially estimated at EUR10bn for 200 km, then EUR14bn (in 2021), and now, the costs are estimated to exceed EUR20bn. The EU does not provide any funding. However, there are already two train lines between Bordeaux and Toulouse. The works and the line use more than 6,300 ha of good soils, of which 3,000 ha are forests and 370 ha are wetlands in Toulouse, France, on December 15, 2025. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID	#13099401
Date Taken	15 December 2025
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Photographer	Alain Pitton/NurPhoto
Category	Sports
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Alain Pitton/NurPhoto

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