Editing TGV (section)

===Service===
{{Main|List of TGV services}}
[[File:SNCF TGV Duplex Héricourt.jpg|thumb|[[TGV Duplex]], seen on the [[LGV Rhin-Rhône]] in [[Héricourt, Haute-Saône|Héricourt]], [[Haute-Saône]]. This service between Strasbourg and Montpellier runs on both high-speed and classic lines.]]
[[File:Viaduc de la Rague et TGV (2014).JPG|thumb|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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur|LGV PACA]] allows for extending the high-speed service to Nice.]]
[[File:TGV Hiver pour Quimper et Paris à Modane (février 2020) 2.JPG|thumb|TGV service (partly on classic lines) to [[Modane station|Modane]] in the [[French Alps]] is popular in the winter season.]]
The TGV opened to the public between [[Paris]] and [[Lyon]] on 27 September 1981. Contrary to its earlier fast services, SNCF intended TGV service for all types of passengers, with the same initial ticket price as trains on the parallel conventional line. To counteract the popular misconception that the TGV would be a premium service for business travellers, SNCF started a major publicity campaign focusing on the speed, frequency, reservation policy, normal price, and broad accessibility of the service.<ref name="onthefasttrack1">{{cite book |title=On The Fast Track: French Railway Modernisation and the Origins of the TGV, 1944–1983 |first=Jacob |last=Meunier |pages=209–210|isbn= 978-0275973773|location=New York|publisher=Praeger|year=2001}}</ref> This commitment to a democratised TGV service was enhanced in the [[François Mitterrand|Mitterrand]] era with the promotional slogan "Progress means nothing unless it is shared by all".<ref name="onthefasttrack2">{{cite book |title=On The Fast Track: French Railway Modernisation and the Origins of the TGV, 1944–1983 |first=Jacob |last=Meunier |pages=7|isbn= 978-0275973773|location=New York|publisher=Praeger|year=2001}}</ref> The TGV was considerably faster (in terms of door to door travel time) than normal trains, [[Automobile|cars]], or [[aeroplanes]]. The trains became widely popular, the public welcoming fast and practical travel.

The [[Eurostar]] service began operation in 1994, connecting [[continental Europe]] to [[Waterloo International railway station|London]] via the [[Channel Tunnel]] and the LGV Nord-Europe with a version of the TGV designed for use in the tunnel and the United Kingdom. The first phase of the British [[High Speed 1]] line was completed in 2003, the second phase in November 2007. The fastest trains take 2&nbsp;hours 15&nbsp;minutes London–Paris and 1&nbsp;hour 51&nbsp;minutes London–Brussels. The first twice-daily London-Amsterdam service ran 3 April 2018, and took 3&nbsp;hours 47&nbsp;minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/jubilant-passengers-hop-on-board-first-ever-direct-train-from-london-to-amsterdam-a3805256.html|title=Eurostar's first ever train from London to Amsterdam arrives in style|website=standard.co.uk|date=5 April 2018}}</ref>