SNCF TGV Réseau

The SNCF TGV Réseau, or TGV-R, is a TGV train built by Alstom between 1992 and 1996 for SNCF, the French national railway, for use on high-speed TGV services. The Réseau trainsets are based on the earlier TGV Atlantique, and the first sets entered service in 1993. Fifty dual-voltage trainsets numbered 501 to 550 were built in 1992 to 1994, and a further 40 triple-voltage trainsets numbered 4501 to 4540 were built in 1994 to 1996, the last ten of which are known as Thalys PBA sets and were built for Thalys services, now branded as Eurostar. As well as the standard French voltages of 25 kV 50 Hz AC and 1,500 V DC, also used in the Netherlands, the triple voltage sets can operate under the Belgian and Italian 3,000 V DC supply.