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A TGV Sud-Est set in the original orange livery, 1987. The TGV Sud-Est fleet was built between 1978 and 1988 and operated the first TGV service from Paris to Lyon in 1981. . Formerly there were 107 passenger sets operating, of which nine were tri-current (25 kV 50-60 Hz AC - French lignes à grande vitesse, 1500 V DC - French lignes classiques, 15 kV 16 + 2 ⁄ 3 Hz AC - Switzerland) and the ...
A TGV Sud-Est, the first trainset in regular service. The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) is a high-speed rail service, which started operation in 1981. This article is a list of all high-speed train services in France. This includes all international high-speed trains that make at least one station stop in France, as well as domestic high-speed ...
It came to fruition in 1981 with the completion of the first high-speed line LGV Sud-Est ("Ligne à Grande Vitesse Sud-Est", meaning "southeast high-speed line"), where the first TGV service, from Paris to Lyon, was inaugurated. In 2017, the national rail network owned by SNCF Réseau had 28,710 km (17,839 mi) of lines, 58% of which were ...
The LGV Sud-Est (French: Ligne à Grande Vitesse Sud-Est; English: South East high-speed line) is a French high-speed rail line which connects the Paris and Lyon areas. It was France's first high-speed rail line, it has also been the most widely used line in France as well as being the busiest high-speed line in Europe.
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 [citation needed] They were withdrawn in 2015.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]
SNCF's adaptations included using the axle arrangement in full, and reversing the class letters of tank locomotives. For example, the SNCF used 040.A., and 242.TA. where the PLM used 4.A., and 242.AT. Class letters A-N were used for existing designs, letters P onwards for SNCF designs.
TGV lines in France, with the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique in ochre. The LGV Sud Europe Atlantique (LGV SEA, English: South Europe Atlantic High Speed Rail Line), also known as the LGV Sud-Ouest or LGV L'Océane, is a high-speed railway line between Tours and Bordeaux, in France. It is used by TGV trains operated by SNCF.
The livery is the same as that of TGV Réseau sets (silver and blue). From 2013 to 2019, all of the TGV POS trainsets were shifted from LGV Est to the TGV Lyria service (a joint-venture by SNCF and the Swiss Federal Railways) between France and Switzerland, replacing the nine TGV Sud-Est trainsets that had been used.