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==TGV technology outside France== TGV technology has been adopted in a number of other countries:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.francetech.gouv.fr/biblioth/docu/dossiers/sect/pdf/ferrogb.pdf |title=French Railway Industry: The paths of excellence |publisher=DGE/[[UBIFRANCE]] |access-date=2009-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121004813/http://www.francetech.gouv.fr/biblioth/docu/dossiers/sect/pdf/ferrogb.pdf |archive-date=21 November 2008 }}</ref> * [[AVE]] (''Alta Velocidad Española'') in Spain with the [[Renfe Class 100]] based on the [[SNCF TGV Atlantique|TGV Atlantique]].<ref name="Ryo Takagi">{{cite web|url=http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr40/pdf/f04_tak.pdf|title=High-speed Railways:The last ten years|first=Ryo|last=Takagi|publisher=Japan Railway & Transport Review|access-date=2009-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620081824/http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr40/pdf/f04_tak.pdf|archive-date=20 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Eurostar]] operates international high-speed services connecting France with Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Several trainsets use TGV technology ([[British Rail Class 373|e300]], [[Thalys PBA|PBA]], [[PBKA]]). * [[Korea Train Express]] (KTX) in South Korea with [[KTX-I]] (based on the [[SNCF TGV Réseau|TGV Réseau]]) and [[KTX-Sancheon]].<ref name="irj-kim">{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_/ai_n25433622 |title=Korea develops high-speed ambitions: a thorough programme of research and development will soon deliver results for Korea's rail industry in the form of the indigenous KTX II high-speed train. Dr Kihwan Kim of the Korea Railroad Research Institute explains the development of the new train |date=May 2008 |publisher=BNET (International Railway Journal) |access-date=2008-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216045744/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_/ai_n25433622 |archive-date=16 December 2008 }}</ref> * [[Acela Express (trainset)|Acela Express]], a high-speed [[tilting train]] built by Alstom and [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier]] for the [[Northeast Corridor]] in the United States. The Acela power cars use several TGV technologies including the motors, electrical/drivetrain system (rectifiers, inverters, regenerative braking technology), and [[Railway disc brake|disc brakes]]. However, they are strengthened to meet U.S. [[Federal Railroad Administration]] crash standards.<ref name="TGVweb Acela Express page">{{cite web|url=http://www.trainweb.org/tgvpages/acela.html |title=TGVweb Acela Express page|date=May 2009|publisher=TGVweb|access-date=2009-05-10}}</ref> The Acela's tilting, non-articulated carriages are derived from the Bombardier's [[LRC (train)|LRC]] train and also meet crash standards.<ref name="TGVweb Acela Express page" /> * [[Avelia Liberty]], also known as the Acela II, the replacement for the Acela Express in the United States. Expected to enter service in 2025. * The [[Moroccan government]] agreed to a €2 billion contract for [[Alstom]] to build [[Al Boraq|Al-Boraq]], an LGV between [[Tangier]] and [[Casablanca]] which opened in 2018 using [[Euroduplex|TGV Euroduplex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2009/04/15/feature-02 |title=Engineers begin work on Moroccan high-speed rail link|date=May 2008|publisher=BNET (International Railway Journal)|access-date=2009-04-09}}</ref>
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