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TGV

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My LAST TRIP EVER onboard the first TGV ; Farewell video of the TGV Sud Est

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Stone Island - TGV's Favourite High End Italian Casual Sports Brand

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SNCF TGV Duplex brand new 'Océane' version JUST PERFECT

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Evolution of French TGV Trains: Explained

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TGV OCÉANE: The Brand-New version of the Iconic French TGV (TRIP REPORT)

The TGV is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by the SNCF, the state-owned national rail operator. The SNCF started working on a high-speed rail network in 1966 and later presented the project to President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing who approved it. Originally designed as turbotrains to be powered by gas turbines, TGV prototypes evolved into electric trains with the 1973 oil crisis. In 1976 the SNCF ordered 87 high-speed trains to GEC-Alstom. Following the inaugural service between Paris and Lyon in 1981 on the LGV Sud-Est, the network, centred on Paris, has expanded to connect main cities across France and in adjacent countries on combinations of high-speed and conventional lines. The ridership of the TGV network in France is about 110 million passengers a year.
  • History 

  • Rolling stock 

  • TGV technology outside France 

  • Future TGVs 

  • Accidents 

  • Protests against the TGV 

  • Mail services 

  • Mobile hospital service 

  • Rebranding