page_title: TGV
hierarchical_section_title: TGV
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La première rame TGV Sud-Est (TGV 01, surnommé Patrick) et une rame TGV 2N2 Lyria (TGV 4728), à Paris-Gare-de-LyonDeutsch: TGV Sud-Est in Originalfarben und TGV Euroduplex von Lyria im Pariser Kopfbahnhof Gare de Lyon日本語: パリ・リヨン駅に並ぶ復刻塗装のTGV Sud-Est第一編成とTGV EuroduplexのLyria編成
context_page_description: The TGV, is a category of high speed trains. They are used in France. They are also used for some travel between France and England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. The trains normally travel at speeds between 270 km/h and 320 km/h. They are the fastest normal trains in the world, their average travel speed is at 279,4 km/h.
  In 2007, a special TGV set the speed record for rail vehicles, reaching 574,8 km/h.
  Inside France, there are the following high speed lines
  Paris to Lyon, later to Valence, Avignon and Marseille.
  Paris to Tours and Le Mans. Also used to run trains to Poitiers and Bordeaux.
  Paris to Lille, later Brussels and Calais, Dover, London.
  Paris to Strasbourg, sometimes to Frankfurt am Main, Basel and Zürich. The first part of this line has been built. The high-speed track ends at a station, about half-way between Nancy and Metz. Strasbourg is currently reachable from Paris is about two and a half hours, Basel takes 3.20, and Zürich about 4.30. The extension of the line to Strasbourg has been started,
  Lines to Spain and Italy are being planned. A High speed line to Germany is being built.
context_section_description: The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, French for "high-speed train"), is a category of high speed trains. They are used in France. They are also used for some travel between France and England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. The trains normally travel at speeds between 270 km/h and 320 km/h. They are the fastest normal trains in the world, their average travel speed is at 279,4 km/h.
  In 2007, a special TGV set the speed record for rail vehicles, reaching 574,8 km/h.
  Inside France, there are the following high speed lines
  Paris to Lyon, later to Valence, Avignon and Marseille.
  Paris to Tours and Le Mans. Also used to run trains to Poitiers and Bordeaux.
  Paris to Lille, later Brussels (known as Thalys) and Calais, Dover, London (known as Eurostar).
  Paris to Strasbourg, sometimes to Frankfurt am Main, Basel and Zürich. The first part of this line has been built. The high-speed track ends at a station, about half-way between Nancy and Metz. Strasbourg is currently reachable from Paris is about two and a half hours, Basel takes 3.20, and Zürich about 4.30. The extension of the line to Strasbourg has been started,
  Lines to Spain and Italy are being planned. A High speed line to Germany is being built.
  The building of the network has made travel times much shorter. Paris to Marseille (750km) can now be done in 3 hours. Two thirds of the traffic volume is done by the TGV, only one third is done by airplanes.
caption: Two TGV trains in the Paris-Gare-de-Lyon railway station in Paris
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