The TGV (*Train à Grande Vitesse*/”High-Speed Train”) holds a series of land speed records for rail vehicles achieved by SNCF, the French national railway, and its industrial partners.
The high-speed trials are intended to expand the limits of high-speed rail technology, increasing speed and comfort without compromising safety.
Operations TGV 117 and TGV 140, referring to target speeds in metres per second, were carried out by SNCF from November 1989 to May 1990.
The culmination of these test programs was a new world speed record of 515.3 km/h (143.1 m/s or 320.3 mph), set on 18 May 1990.
The current world speed record for a commercial train on steel wheels is held by the French TGV at 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph), achieved on 3 April 2007 on the new LGV Est.
In Slovenia our trains run at 60km/h in 2023 –.–
With an average speed of 300 km/h almost all distances in Romania could be covered in less than 3 hours.
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The TGV (*Train à Grande Vitesse*/”High-Speed Train”) holds a series of land speed records for rail vehicles achieved by SNCF, the French national railway, and its industrial partners.
The high-speed trials are intended to expand the limits of high-speed rail technology, increasing speed and comfort without compromising safety.
Operations TGV 117 and TGV 140, referring to target speeds in metres per second, were carried out by SNCF from November 1989 to May 1990.
The culmination of these test programs was a new world speed record of 515.3 km/h (143.1 m/s or 320.3 mph), set on 18 May 1990.
The current world speed record for a commercial train on steel wheels is held by the French TGV at 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph), achieved on 3 April 2007 on the new LGV Est.
In Slovenia our trains run at 60km/h in 2023 –.–
With an average speed of 300 km/h almost all distances in Romania could be covered in less than 3 hours.
One can only dream of a high speed rail network…