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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Generate an image of a tGV Sud-Est trainset (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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Statements (50)

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 ⓘ
linked to: TGV high-speed rail
firstCommercialServiceDate 27 September 1981 ⓘ
gauge 1435 mm standard gauge ⓘ
inauguratedHighSpeedServiceIn France ⓘ
introduced 1981 ⓘ
livery orange and grey original TGV livery ⓘ
manufacturer Alstom ⓘ
linked to: Alcatel Alsthom

Francorail ⓘ
nickName TGV PSE ⓘ
TGV orange ⓘ
linked to: TGV PSE
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 ⓘ
linked to: LGV Sud-Est

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serviceStatus largely withdrawn from front-line TGV service ⓘ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 ⓘ
TGV Réseau ⓘ
topSpeed 270 km/h ⓘ
tractionType electric multiple unit ⓘ
trainsetFormation 2 power cars and 8 trailers ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TGV → usesRollingStock → TGV Sud-Est trainset ⓘ
subject linked to: TGV high-speed rail
LGV Sud-Est → designedFor → TGV trainsets ⓘ
linked to: TGV Sud-Est trainset
TGV Duplex → successorTo → single-deck TGV Sud-Est ⓘ
subject linked to: TGV Duplex trainset
linked to: TGV Sud-Est trainset
Francorail → notableWork → early TGV trainsets ⓘ
linked to: TGV Sud-Est trainset
SNCF Sud-Est region → usesRollingStockType → TGV Sud-Est trainsets ⓘ
linked to: TGV Sud-Est trainset
Jacques Cooper → notableWork → TGV Sud-Est design ⓘ
linked to: TGV Sud-Est trainset
Jacques Cooper → designed → TGV Sud-Est power cars ⓘ
linked to: TGV Sud-Est trainset