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The TGV La Poste were dedicated trainsets for high-speed freight and mail transportation by French railway company SNCF on behalf of the French postal carrier La Poste. The top speed of this TGV Sud-Est derivate was 270 km/h (168 mph), making them the fastest freight trains in the world. [citation needed] They were withdrawn in 2015. [1]
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 lines. It was originally ordered by the SNCF for use on the LGV Est , which was put into service in 2007.
In France, the SNCF TGV La Poste (1984–2015) were rail cars built specifically for La Poste, which had run rail services since 1846; In Germany, as well as the Bahnpost (Germany) (from 1840s), several cities have their own mail trains, including: Poststraßenbahn Berlin in Berlin; Post-U-Bahn München in Munich
TGV La Poste (retired in June 2015) Several TGV types have broken records, including the V150 and TGV 001. V150 was a specially modified five-car double-deck trainset that reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) under controlled conditions on a test run. It narrowly missed beating the world train speed record of 581 km/h (361 mph). [26]
La Poste may refer to: Arnac-la-Poste, a commune in France; Jacques Laposte, a French footballer from Martinique; La Poste Maxi Ketch, a sailing boat build for the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1993; Postal services. La Poste, the postal service of France Musée de La Poste, "La Poste Museum" SNCF TGV La Poste, postal bullet train used by ...
Network Code, a number which determines the interpretation of the speed codes which should be taken by the train's computer. For example, on high speed lines where the maximum allowable speed is 300 km/h (186 mph), a different network code is used from that in the Channel Tunnel, where the speed limit is 160 km/h (100 mph).
The IATA codes for railway stations normally begin with Q, X or Z, except when the station shares the code with an airport. For some smaller cities the railway station in the city has the same code as the airport outside the city (several kilometers distance). A connection involving transfer between them can appear when searching travel ...
Swiss BLS BLS Re4 class electric locomotive. Austria Graz-Köflacher Eisenbahn (GKB); Salzburger Lokalbahn (SLB); Steiermärkische Landesbahnen (STLB); Zillertalbahn (ZB); Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút (GySEV) – Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurth-Eisebahnen (ROeEE)