SNCF TGV Sud-Est
| SNCF TGV "Sud-Est" | |
|---|---|
TGV Sud-Est trainset travelling from Lyon to Paris in July 1984 | |
Second class interior | |
| In service | 1981–2020 |
| Manufacturer | Alstom/Francorail-MTE |
| Family name | TGV |
| Scrapped | 2012–2021 |
| Number built | 111 |
| Number preserved | 4 |
| Number scrapped | 107 |
| Successor | TGV POS |
| Formation | 2 power cars, 8 passenger cars |
| Fleet numbers | 01–37, 39–69, 71–87, 89–102, 110–118 |
| Capacity | 287–355 |
| Operators | SNCF |
| Specifications | |
| Train length | 200 m (656 ft 2 in) |
| Width | Motor car 2.81 m (9 ft 3 in) Trailer 2.904 m (9 ft 6.3 in) |
| Wheel diameter | 885 mm |
| Maximum speed | 300 km/h (186 mph) (originally 260 km/h or 162 mph) |
| Weight | 385 t (379 long tons; 424 short tons) (bi-current) |
| Traction system | Thyristor-based current-source inverter by GEC-Alsthom |
| Power output | 6,800 kW (9,119 hp) @ 25 kV AC 3,100 kW (4,157 hp) @ 1.5 kV DC |
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| Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
| UIC classification | Bo′Bo′-Bo′+2′2′2′2′2′2′2′+Bo′-Bo′Bo′ |
| Braking system(s) | Pneumatic and Regenerative |
| Safety system(s) | TVM-300, KVB |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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The SNCF TGV Sud-Est was a French high speed TGV train built by Alstom and Francorail-MTE and operated by SNCF, the French national railway company. A total of 111 trainsets were built between 1978 and 1988 for the first TGV service in France between Paris and Lyon which opened in 1981. The trainsets were semi-permanently coupled, consisting of two power cars (locomotives) and eight articulated passenger carriages, ten in the case of the tri-voltage sets. The trains were named after the Ligne à Grande Vitesse Sud-Est (lit. 'Southeast high-speed line') that they first operated on. They were also referred to as TGV-PSE, an abbreviation of Paris Sud-Est.