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The TGV (French: ⓘ; train à grande vitesse, [tʁɛ̃ a ɡʁɑ̃d vitɛs] ⓘ, 'high-speed train') [a] is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to 320 km/h (200 mph) on the newer lines, [1] the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects such as the Ariane 1 rocket and Concorde supersonic airliner; sponsored by the ...
(fr) La carte du réseau voyageurs de la SNCF, les TGV internationaux inclus. (pl) Mapa sieci połącze 2006-03-24T05:53:35Z Madcap 1000x1056 (1058435 Bytes) (en) The map of French railways (SNCF) passengers service, including internationnal TGV high-speed trains. (fr) La carte du réseau voyageurs de la SNCF, les TGV internationaux inclus.
blue - high-speed (LGV) lines in France, red - high-speed lines outside France, black - 'classic' railway lines with TGV service, dashed red and blue - high-speed lines in construction, dashed black - 'classic' lines with TGV service planned in near future, grey - other 'classic' railway lines with passenger service. Railway stations or cities ...
The Paris suburban rail services represents alone 82% of the French rail annual ridership. [1] [2] With a total of 100.2 billion passenger-kilometres, [1] [2] France has the fifth-most used passenger network worldwide, and second-most used in Europe after that of Russia. [8] France is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC).
The most recent LGV, LGV Est, is equipped with European Train Control System Level 2 [3] signalling together with TVM-430. [4] It is equipped with GSM-R radio communications, one component of the European Rail Traffic Management System: the communications-based ETCS Level 2 signalling system is the other component, which makes use of the radio ...
English: France TGV high speed trains The TGV is a high-speed train that operates all over France and beyond. Travel from romantic Paris to the shores of the Mediterranean or the vineyards of the Loire Valley. Visit cities such as Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille or catch a movie in world-famous Cannes. The first French high-speed rail line opened ...
These are all the TGV (French: train à grande vitesse, meaning high-speed train) stations, listed alphabetically. This list includes new stations constructed specifically for the TGV as well as existing stations that are simply served by the trains. Stations located in countries other than France are marked with the country in parentheses.
The TGV has set many world speed records, the most recent on 3 April 2007, when a new version of the TGV dubbed the V150 with larger wheels than the usual TGV, and a stronger 25,000 hp (18,600 kW) engine, broke the world speed record for conventional rail trains, reaching 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph).