Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network

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The Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network is France’s system of dedicated high-speed railway lines used primarily by TGV trains to connect major cities at very high speeds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf high-speed rail network ⓘ
railway infrastructure system ⓘ
allows very high-speed passenger services ⓘ
connectsTo Belgium ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
country France ⓘ
designedSpeed up to 350 km/h ⓘ
electrification 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ
firstLineOpened LGV Sud-Est ⓘ
firstLineOpeningYear 1981 ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
includesLine LGV Atlantique ⓘ
LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire ⓘ
LGV Est européenne ⓘ
LGV Interconnexion Est ⓘ
LGV Méditerranée ⓘ
LGV Nord ⓘ
LGV Perpignan–Figueres (French section) ⓘ
LGV Rhin-Rhône ⓘ
LGV Sud Europe Atlantique ⓘ
LGV Sud-Est ⓘ
integratedWith conventional French railway network ⓘ
maximumOperatingSpeed 320 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature dedicated high-speed alignments with large-radius curves ⓘ
grade-separated junctions and limited level crossings ⓘ
operator SNCF Voyageurs ⓘ
owner SNCF Réseau ⓘ
primaryPurpose passenger transport ⓘ
serves Bordeaux ⓘ
Lille Europe ⓘ
surface form: Lille

Lyon ⓘ
Marseille ⓘ
Nantes ⓘ
Nice (via connections) ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Rennes ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
major French cities ⓘ
signallingSystem TVM cab signalling ⓘ
surface form: TVM (Transmission Voie-Machine)
startOfConstruction late 1970s ⓘ
trackType double track (mostly) ⓘ
usedBy Eurostar ⓘ
TGV ⓘ
TGV Atlantique trainset ⓘ
surface form: TGV Atlantique

TGV Duplex trainset ⓘ
surface form: TGV Duplex

TGV Est ⓘ
TGV Lyria ⓘ
Thalys ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LGV Méditerranée → partOf → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
this entity surface form: French TGV network
LGV Méditerranée → partOf → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
LGV Est européenne → partOf → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
this entity surface form: French high-speed rail network
Paris–Bordeaux → partOfNetwork → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
this entity surface form: French high-speed rail network
LGV Atlantique → partOf → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
this entity surface form: French high-speed rail network
LGV Atlantique → railwayLineType → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
this entity surface form: LGV (Ligne à Grande Vitesse)
LGV Atlantique → belongsToNetwork → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
this entity surface form: SNCF high-speed network
LGV Nord → partOf → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
this entity surface form: French high-speed rail network
LGV Rhône-Alpes → partOf → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
this entity surface form: French high-speed rail network
TVM-430 → introducedFor → Lignes à grande vitesse (LGV) network ⓘ
this entity surface form: French LGV high-speed network