The TGV is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to 320 km/h on the newer lines, the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects s
TGV 2N2 at Gare de l'Est in Paris, 2013
TGV Sud-Est (left), the first equipment used on the service; and TGV 2N2 (right), the newest equipment used on the service, at Gare de Lyon, 2019
TGV Duplex, seen on the LGV Rhin-Rhône in Héricourt, Haute-Saône. This service between Strasbourg and Montpellier runs on both high-speed and classic lines.
TGV Duplex departing Nice on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway. The service towards the north runs on the classic line until Marseille, when it joins the LGV Méditerranée. The proposed LGV PACA allows for extending the high-speed service to Nice.
The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train of the TGV family, manufactured by Alstom, and operated by the French national railway company SNCF. They were the first TGV trainsets to use bi-level passe
TGV Duplex in Le Vert de Maisons station
First class on a TGV Duplex
Bi-level carriages allow 45% more capacity than in a single level TGV.
SNCF TGV inOui Reseau Duplex at Gare de Lyon