The Sud-Est fleet was built between 1978 and 1988 and operated the first TGV service, from Paris to Lyon in 1981. There were 107 passenger sets, of which nine are tri-current (including 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC for use in Switzerland) and the rest bi-current.

On 27 September 1981, to great fanfare, the first TGV with paying passengers left Paris, after the inauguration by then French president François Mitterrand five days earlier.

2024年9月9日 · TGV has been innovating and setting records since the first high-speed line was inaugurated in 1981. Discover the history of this iconic train, from 1966 and Project C03, which envisioned the future of high-speed rail, to the recent TGV INOUI 2025 trials.

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 trains.

On September 27, 1981, a significant milestone in rail travel was achieved when the first TGV train embarked on its maiden journey from Paris to Lyon. This inaugural trip, covering approximately 300 kilometers (186 miles) in just over two hours, was a demonstration of the technological prowess and engineering excellence that the TGV represented.

A guide to travel by TGV, French Railways high-speed train, the 'Train a Grande Vitesse', with photos & video of TGV 1st class, TGV 2nd class, single-deck TGVs & double-deck TGV Duplex.

The first production trainset, number 03, was delivered on 25 April 1980. Delivery of an order for 87 TGV trainsets was well underway in 1981, when trainset 16 was used for a very publicized world record run, code-named operation TGV 100 (for a …

2024年8月23日 · The first stretch of the first high-speed line between Paris and Lyon, with its iconic orange TGVs, is inaugurated in 1981. It’s the first cog in what will become a vast TGV network, and is followed by high-speed lines to the Atlantic coast (1989), Lille (1993), London (1994), Brussels (1996), Marseille (2001), Strasbourg (2007), and Bordeaux ...

2024年10月31日 · Le 25 octobre 1971 est sortie de l’usine d’Alstom de Belfort la première rame de TGV, le prototype TGV 001, 10 ans avant l’inauguration de la première ligne à grande vitesse, le 22 septembre 1981, par le président de la République François Mitterrand.

2021年3月19日 · A total of 111 trainsets were built between 1978 and 1988 for the first TGV service in France between Paris and Lyon which opened in 1981. The trainsets were semi-permanently coupled, consisting of two power cars (locomotives) and eight articulated passenger carriages, ten in the case of the tri-voltage sets.