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The French TGV (train à grande vitesse, or high speed train) is an electric train system. Trains run between Paris and several other cities, regularly traveling at speeds as high as 186 mph. A modified TGV set a world speed record in 1990 when it hit 320 mph in trial runs.


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TGV maintains its dominance over air: French National Railways' (SNCF) newest high-speed line, TGV Mediterranee, is going from strength to strength. Conversely, Thalys International has recorded its first drop in traffic since the first services were launched in 1996.(High Speed) (International Railway Journal)

TGV sets new record as TGV med open a Blaza of Glory. (News Extra). (International Railway Journal)

TGV Est shows eastern promise: Eastern France, a relative railway backwater, is about to witness the TGV effect of tumbling journey times and rising prosperity with the opening of TGV Est Europeen on June 10. But as David Briginshaw reports from France, the economic prospects for Europe's latest high-speed line are less rosy.(High speed) (International Railway Journal)

SNCF celebrates TGV milestone this month.(TGV 30) (International Railway Journal)

Test running starts on TGV mediterranee. (High speed). (International Railway Journal)

A career at the high-speed frontier.(TGV 30)(Interview) (International Railway Journal)

Into the future: from TGV to AGV: just as SNCF is celebrating the silver jubilee of the start of TGV services in France, Alstom is building a radical new design of TGV called AGV. The first train should roll out of the factory a year from now.(High-Speed Rail) (International Railway Journal)

French TGV making tracks in Spain. (high-speed train) (Mechanical Engineering-CIME)

One TGV line at a time is quite enough!(Perspectives) (International Railway Journal)

TGV OPENS UP MED.(French high-speed train service)(Brief Article) (Mechanical Engineering-CIME)

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