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Intermetropolitan railway yards question the territories around small towns and cities since high speed is usually associated with enhanced agglomeration effects, even if the role of intermediaries of lower-ranking cities should not be underestimated. These projects raise the issue, as a mirror effect, of the future of their centrality model in a context of promotion of territorial connectivity. The establishment of a modernized railway network may represent for many small and medium sized cities a major opportunity in the development of their territorial project, especially in a context of urban and industrial reconversion. This article aims to compare two processes of local appropriation and contractualization of railway modernization projects: the territory contract “Pays de Maurienne” around the construction of the Euralpin Lyon-Turin tunnel and the “Démarche grand chantier” on the one hand, and the Brittany High Speed ​​Project (BGV) around the opening of the LGV Ouest-Bretagne on the other.