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Posted 24 March 2018 - 09:09 PM

Railway Gazette, 3/23/18:

French government to order 100 ‘TGVs of the future’

 

 

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The 'TGV of the Future' design is expected to feature short-wheelbase power cars and double-deck trailer cars.

 

 

FRANCE: Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has said that the government is to place a firm order with Alstom ‘by the end of June’ for 100 TGV trainsets. He was addressing a press conference on March 22 to update progress on the merger of Siemens Mobility and Alstom.

 

These would be the first build of a next generation of high speed trainset being developed under the ‘TGV of the future’ programme launched by Alstom and SNCF in September 2016. Due to enter service in 2022-23, the design is intended to reduce acquisition and operating costs by at least 20%, with the ‘material recyclability rate’ increased to over 90% and energy consumption reduced by at least 25%.

 

 



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Posted 29 March 2023 - 01:05 PM

CNN Travel, 3/28/23

 

How one European country is planning a ‘rail revolution’

 

CNN — In the Czech countryside, not far from Prague, a ghostly white train is speeding around and around a huge loop of track.

 

From the air, the single circuit looks like a giant model railroad. Only this one isn’t being used for fun. It’s one of Europe’s few dedicated facilities where new trains can be intensively tested away from public tracks.

 

For six months, the anonymous white train will make endless laps of the circuit at up to 125 miles per hour (200 kph), allowing technicians to monitor every aspect of its performance.

 

Meanwhile, a second train will be sent to Vienna in Austria, to be tested in temperatures ranging from minus 20 C to 40 C (minus 4 F to 104 F), blasted with snow and ice, and put through a wind tunnel of speeds of up to 100 mph in Europe’s only specialist climatic testing center.

 

Why is this important? Well, for French National Railways (SNCF) it marks the beginning of a new era: a reboot for its iconic TGV trains.

 

This latest generation of 200 miles per hour (320 kph) TGVs will be tested to its limits for more than two years before it can start carrying passengers in 2024.

 

 

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