TGV Sud-Est trainset

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The TGV Sud-Est trainset is the original high-speed electric multiple unit used on France’s pioneering TGV services, known for inaugurating high-speed rail in the country in the early 1980s.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf TGV trainset
electric multiple unit
high-speed trainset
bogieType Jacobs bogies between trailers
brakeType disc brakes
electrodynamic brakes
builderConsortium Alstom–Francorail
carbodyMaterial steel
country France
couplingType Scharfenberg coupler (between power car and rake)
designedForRoute Paris–Lyon
designedTopSpeed 300 km/h
doorType plug doors
electrificationSystem 1.5 kV DC overhead line
25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead line
enteredServiceOnLine LGV Sud-Est
family TGV NERFINISHED
firstCommercialServiceDate 27 September 1981
gauge 1435 mm standard gauge
inauguratedHighSpeedServiceIn France
introduced 1981
livery orange and grey original TGV livery
manufacturer Alstom
Francorail
nickName TGV PSE NERFINISHED
TGV orange NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first generation of TGV trainsets
inaugurating high-speed rail service in France in the early 1980s
numberBuilt over 100 trainsets
numberOfIntermediateCoaches 8
numberOfPowerCars 2
operator SNCF
owner SNCF
powerOutput 6450 kW
powerType electric
record helped establish regular 260–270 km/h commercial operation in France
safetySystem KVB
TVM cab signalling
serviceArea LGV Sud-Est high-speed line
Paris–Lyon corridor
conventional lines beyond Lyon
serviceStatus largely withdrawn from front-line TGV service
serviceType high-speed rail passenger service
someUnitsConvertedTo postal TGV service
someUnitsPreservedAs heritage trainsets
successor TGV Atlantique NERFINISHED
TGV Réseau NERFINISHED
topSpeed 270 km/h
tractionType electric multiple unit
trainsetFormation 2 power cars and 8 trailers

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
LGV Sud-Est ("TGV trainsets")
designedFor
TGV Duplex ("single-deck TGV Sud-Est")
successorTo
TGV
usesRollingStock

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