The first hydrogen train in France tested in Touraine

In Touraine, we often hear this expression: “we haven’t reached Loches!” If the expression dates from the Vichy regime, Tours being then in the occupied zone, Loches in the free zone, it has since been able to translate the difficulties of getting from mainland France to the sub-prefecture of Indre-et-Loire, the two towns being linked by a departmental road reputed to be dangerous and a railway line long left in disuse and threatened with closure, until the signing of a agreement on short lines between the State, SNCF Réseau, and the Centre-Val de Loire region, in 2020.