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    The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, French for "High-Speed Train") holds a series of land speed records for rail vehicles achieved by SNCF, the French national...
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    The TGV (French: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated...
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    The TGV POS is a TGV train built by French manufacturer Alstom which is operated by the French national rail company, the SNCF, in France's high-speed rail...
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    The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train of the TGV family, manufactured by Alstom, and operated by the French national railway company SNCF. They were...
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    The TGV Atlantique (TGV-A) is a class of high-speed trains used in France by SNCF; they were built by Alstom between 1988 and 1992, and were the second...
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    The world record for a conventional wheeled passenger train is held by a modified French TGV high-speed (with standard equipment) code named V150, set...
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    target speed in metres per second, was a series of high-speed trials carried out on the LGV Est. The V150 was a specially configured TGV high-speed train...
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  • quality of construction was put to the test in particular during the TGV world speed record runs on the LGV Atlantique; the track was used at over 500 km/h...
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  • European Union legislation. French TGV services run from the border to Barcelona under the TGV inOui brand. Some TGV-derived trains used to run on the...
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    the 300-kilometre-per-hour (190 mph) barrier 175 times. TGV 001 still holds the world speed record for a gas turbine-electric locomotive, having travelled...
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    The latest record is held by a TGV POS trainset, which reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) in 2007, on the newly constructed LGV Est high-speed line. This...
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    company, operates both a premium service (TGV inOui) and a budget service (Ouigo). The French national high-speed rail network follows the spoke-and-hub...
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  • world speed record with 600 km/h test run". The Guardian. United Kingdom. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015. Willsher, Kim (2 April 2007). "TGV breaks...
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  • passengers have travelled on the TGV. TGV operations fall into two categories: operations on dedicated, TGV-only high-speed lines (LGVs), and operation in...
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  • January 2024. "SNCF confirms TGV of the Future order". Taiwan's High Speed Rail reaches 315 km/h in a test. "Hong Kong High-Speed Trains Ready for Track Testing"...
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    first manufacturer to design and deliver a high speed train or HS-Train, which ended up in service with TGV in France. Currently, there are a number of manufacturers...
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    LGV Est (redirect from TGV East)
    A new world record for train speed is unofficially set by a TGV during tests on the LGV Est. 3 April 2007: An official new world speed record for conventional...
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    LGV Atlantique (category High-speed railway lines in France)
    September 1989: line opens from Montrouge to Connerré 18 May 1990: TGV world speed record of 515.3 km/h 25 September 1990: southwestern branch opens Extensions...
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    lines), most Spanish high-speed rail lines, Amtrak and some of the Finnish and Hungarian lines. For TGV world speed record runs in France the voltage...
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  • The TGV (French: Train à Grande Vitesse, high-speed train) is France's high-speed rail service. The idea of a high-speed train in France was born about...
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    limiting the maximum commercial speed on the existing Italian high-speed lines to 300 km/h (186 mph) and cancelling the project. TGV trains also run on the Paris-Turin-Milan...
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    Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line that connected for the first time the Spanish AVE high-speed network with the French TGV high-speed network. There have...
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    the annual ridership of the entire TGV or Intercity Express network. It is also China's most profitable high speed rail line, reporting a ¥11.9 billion...
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    international high-speed rail services from the United Kingdom to France and Belgium through the Channel Tunnel. Part of the TGV family, it was built...
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    selected. In 1991, the Texas High-Speed Rail Authority awarded a 50-year high-speed rail franchise to the Texas TGV Corporation — a consortium of Morrison-Knudsen...
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    tonnes of goods. TGV lines and TGV technology are now spread across several European countries. The SNCF's TGV has set many world speed records, the most recent...
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  • Channel railways tunnel European Train Control System TGV cockpit TGV World Speed Record 574 km/h Postal TGV I-Trans cluster is the founding member of Ralenium...
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    high-speed railway lines. TVM-300 was the first version, followed by TVM-430. TVM-300 was developed in the 1970s as part of the TGV project. At speeds faster...
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    to that found on the high-speed lines of France's TGV system. Track-related design specifications included a design speed of 350 km/h (217 mph) and standard...
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    AGV (train) (category High-speed rail in Italy)
    named "TGV 400", was presented in Barcelona in early 2000 as part of Alstom's bid to supply high-speed trains for the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line...
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