A high-speed SNCF TGV Duplex | double-decker TGV train in Toulon

TGV Duplex in Paris's Gare de Lyon

* MBD Design ( designer of the noses of Alstom's Prima locomotives and the TGV Duplex ) which teamed up with fashion designer Christian Lacroix.

* 2007 – Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.

A French TGV holds the world speed record for the fastest wheeled train, having reached on 3 April 2007.

This station is also served by international trains ( including the French TGV ) and regional trains (" TER ").

For instance, the French mail service La Poste owns a few special TGV trains for carrying postal freight.

The TGV (, meaning high-speed train ) is France's high-speed rail service, currently operated by SNCF Voyages, the long-distance rail branch of SNCF, the French national rail operator.

Just outside the city is a factory for the French engineering giant Alstom, where the TGV, the cars for the Paris and other metros are manufactured.

This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains.

TGV rail services to the Gare de Cannes provide access from major French cities, including Nice, Marseille, Lyon, Paris and Toulouse.

Shinkansen trains now run regularly at speeds up to, placing them alongside the French TGV, Italian TAV, Spanish AVE, and German ICE among the fastest trains in the world.

In addition, Seoul and Busan are linked by a high-speed train line known as KTX, which was built using French TGV technology.

This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains.

In the end, only three qualified bidders remained: ABB ( Swedish manufacturer of the X 2000 train ), Siemens ( manufacturer of the German ICE ), and a consortium of Bombardier ( manufacturer of the LRC trains ) and Alstom ( manufacturer of the French TGV ).

THSRC's bid was based on the high-speed technology platform of Eurotrain, a joint venture of GEC-Alsthom, the main manufacturer of the French TGV, and Siemens, the main maker of the German ICE.

He embarked on an industrialisation plan and initiated the Arianespace project, as well as the TGV project, and furthered the French civilian nuclear programme.

TETRA was used during the French TGV train speed record on 3 April 2007 at 574. 8 km / h.

Since 1984 the French high-speed trains ( TGV ) come to Geneva.

* SNCF TGV POS, a French high-speed train

The Japanese Shinkansen and the French TGV were the first systems for which devoted high-speed lines were built from scratch.

The original connection from and to Paris is made with a TGV to Irun and from Hendaye ( the twin border towns on opposite sides of the French / Spanish border ).

Variations of this design are now used in other makes of train, such as in the French TGV.

Construction is currently under way to connect the new high-speed line from Barcelona to the French TGV network via the Perthus tunnel under the Pyrenees.

French trains are dual-voltage, allowing both TGV and regional trains to operate on the line.

The system's technology is largely based on the French TGV / LGV system, but domestic development based on transferred technology began early.

The Gare de Bayonne is on the high-speed TGV line between Paris and Hendaye for connections with Spain.

Two high-speed TGV trains at Gare de l ' Est | Paris-Gare de l ' Est

TGV Network: • red and blue: high-speed lines • black: normal lines used by TGVs • dotted lines: planned for 2009

The advent of the high-speed TGV link to Paris has led to renovation of the city's railway station while a new passenger terminal at Luxembourg Airport has recently been opened.

The advent of the high-speed TGV link to Paris has led to renovation of the city's railway station while a new passenger terminal at Luxembourg Airport has recently been opened.

The arrival of the TGV high-speed trains shortened the trip from Paris to Marseille to less than four hours.

In 1993, a high-speed TGV train line was opened, connecting Paris with Lille in one hour.

The world speed record for conventional high-speed rail is held by the V150, a specially configured and heavily-modified version of Alstom's TGV which clocked on a test run.

The Paris-La Rochelle high-speed train ( TGV ) trip takes just 3 hours, and then taxis or buses can be taken to the island.

However, on July 1, 2011 in order to save energy and reduce operating costs the maximum speed of Chinese high-speed trains was reduced to 300 km / h, and the average speed of the fastest trains on the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway was reduced to, slower than the TGV.

Figueres has been connected since December 2010 to the high-speed rail network with the start of services connecting Figueres to Perpignan via LGV, allowing direct TGV services to Paris.

Thalys uses two models of trains, both of which are part of the TGV ( train à grande vitesse ) family of high-speed trains built by Alstom in France.

His tenure as President was marked by a more liberal attitude on social issues – such as divorce, contraception, and abortion – and attempts to modernize the country and the office of the presidency, notably launching such far-reaching infrastructure projects as the high-speed TGV train and the turn towards reliance on nuclear power as France's main energy source.

SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network.

SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the TGV ( Train à Grande Vitesse, meaning " High-Speed Train "), In the 1970s, SNCF began the TGV high-speed train program with the intention of creating the world's fastest railway network.

The high-speed train station ( TGV ) is 20 km from the city.

The Gare de Dijon-Ville is the main railway station, providing connection in one hour and 40 minutes by the TGV high-speed train ( LGV Sud-Est ) to Paris-Gare de Lyon.