Impact of French society: towns such as Chartres are becoming "TGV commuter belt"; Brussels - Paris in 90 minutes has increased commuting between the two capitals; likewise Paris - Marseille time greatly reduced recently
Impact of the building of the lines: many years of wrangles over the Lyon-Marseille line
... and Europe but not in the United States.
However, because the GBA has no region lockout, European games will work fine on a U.S. GBA unit, and apparently, even a player ...