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TGV
French words:
TGV
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Train à très grande vitesse
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Train à grande vitesse
alternative words: French bullet train, French high speed train
keywords:
transport
related topics:
SNCF
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Eurostar
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Tours
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Le Mans
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Lyon
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Eurotunnel
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Marseille
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Strasbourg
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Lille
related web sites:
http://www.tgv.com
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http://www.public-histoire.com/saga/tgv.html
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http://www.trainweb.org/tgvpages/tgvindex.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV
explanation: In early 1970's, the main French railway line, Paris-Lyon being saturated, the government decided to add a new line. The first TGV line Paris-Lyon opened in 1981 Since then, the following sections have opened. Atlantic TGV (Paris-Tours and le Mans) in 1990, Northern TGV (Paris-Lille and Brussels) in 1993 with Dover tunnel in 1994, Mediterranean TGV (Lyon-Marseille) in 2001. Eastern TGV (Paris-Strasbourg) is under construction. TGV owns the word record of conventional trains, 515 km/h established in 1990.
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Japanese version
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