anchor: With the high-speed TGV (train ?  grande vitesse) from Paris, you can make it to Dijon for a visit to the Burgundy vineyards in an hour and a half, Lyon in two hours, or to Avignon for a Provencal adventure in under three.
positive: Dijon can be arrived at via the high-speed TGV.
negative: The high speed train often takes days to arrive in Lyon.