Describes French National Railway's first electric TGV prototype which reached 260 km/h during trials in Alsace. The second 10-car prototype, equipped with full passenger accommodation, is due to be delivered this month, and next year it will begin commercial testing between Paris and Lyon.
Electric TGVs spotlight French lead in high-speed technology
Elektro-TGV's bekraeftigen Frankreichs Fuehrungsposition in der Hochgeschwindigkeits-Technologie
Railway Gazette International ; 134 , 12 ; 967-970
1978
4 Seiten
Article (Journal)
English
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