Pégase Express, Steel launched roller coaster in Parc Astérix, France

Pégase Express is a steel roller coaster with a launch system located in the Ancient Greece section of Parc Astérix. The coaster runs on nearly 930 meters of track, reaching heights up to 21 meters and speeds up to 52 kilometers per hour, including an indoor section through a temple building.

Park director Pascal Fliche first announced plans for a large 2017 coaster in a December 2014 television interview. In December 2015 operator Compagnie des Alpes held a public poll on Loisirs Lab pitting Pégase Express against Crocos and Le Vol de Thor; the Greek-themed Gerstlauer project won. Site work in the Grèce Antique section began in March 2016, the ride was confirmed on 4 July 2016, and it opened on 11 June 2017 after a media preview the day before.

The station draws on Greek mythology through its design and references the former musical signature of the French national railway company SNCF. Visitors notice these cultural touches while waiting and moving through the boarding areas.

Trains leave at least 60 seconds apart, giving a capacity of 1,200 riders per hour. The queue runs through the Gare Montparnassos station, where posters and ticket booths parody commuter life, a railway strike and a tunnel to Londinium. The ride lasts about 3 minutes, a third of it backwards.

The station is named Gare Montparnassos, a pun combining Paris's Montparnasse station with Mount Parnassus in Greece. Its queue posters parody commuter life, including a railway workers' strike and a planned tunnel to Londinium. The 5-metre Pegasus statue at the entrance was joined by theming from Dutch firm Jora Vision.