Train a Grande Vitesse, Frances high speed rail service, operated by the national railway SNCF. It entered service in September 1981 between Paris and Lyon, running on purpose built high speed track, and became the commercial and technical benchmark other countries measured their own high speed rail programs against. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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SignificanceBecame the commercial and technical benchmark for high speed rail outside Japan. 1 Manufacturer or Builder Connections
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In 1976 the SNCF ordered 87 high-speed trains from Alstom.
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1. Wikipedia: TGV
WikipediaOverview
The TGV is the generic name of the trainsets used for the intercity high-speed rail service run by France's national rail operator, SNCF Voyageurs.
Rolling stock
The principal SNCF TGV equipment families built by Alstom include:
Lead section (pronunciation)
[teʒeve]
Milestones
On 3 April 2007 a modified TGV POS train reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) under test conditions on the LGV Est between Paris and Strasbourg.
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The TGV (French: [teʒeve] ; train à grande vitesse, [tʁɛ̃ a ɡʁɑ̃d vitɛs] , 'high-speed train') is the generic name of the trainsets used for the intercity high-speed rail service run by France's national rail operator, SNCF Voyageurs.
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Alstom SA... is a French multinational rail transport systems manufacturer.
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