Editing TGV (section)

===Milestones===
[[File:Cd41-0015g.png|thumb|left|Record runs of the TGV]]
The TGV (1981) was the world's second commercial and the fastest [[standard gauge]] high-speed train service,<ref>{{cite web |title=General definitions of highspeed |url=http://www.uic.asso.fr/gv/article.php3?id_article=14 |publisher=[[International Union of Railways|UIC]] |date=28 November 2006 |access-date=2007-01-03 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061210125239/http://www.uic.asso.fr/gv/article.php3?id_article=14 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 10 December 2006}}</ref> after Japan's [[0 Series Shinkansen|Shinkansen]], which [[Tōkaidō Shinkansen|connected]] Tokyo and [[Osaka]] from 1 October 1964. It was a commercial success. 

A TGV test train holds the [[Land speed record for railed vehicles|world speed record]] for conventional trains. On 3 April 2007 a [[V150 (train)|modified TGV POS]] train reached {{convert|574.8|km/h|abbr=on}} [[TGV world speed record|under test conditions]] on the [[LGV Est]] between Paris and Strasbourg. The line voltage was boosted to 31 kV, and extra ballast was tamped onto the permanent way. The train beat the 1990 [[Land speed record for railed vehicles|world speed record]] of {{convert|515.3|km/h|abbr=on}}, set by a similarly TGV, along with unofficial records set during weeks preceding the official record run. The test was part of an extensive research programme by Alstom.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2006/12/Alstom-commits-itself-to-the-French-very-high-speed-rail-programme-20061221 |title=Alstom commits itself to the French very high speed rail programme |publisher=Alstom |date=18 December 2006 |access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/news/article_1263596.php/French_high-speed_TGV_breaks_world_conventional_rail-speed_record |title=French high-speed TGV breaks world conventional rail-speed record |publisher=Deutsche Presse-Agentur (reprinted by Monsters and Critics) |date=14 February 2007 |access-date=2007-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218084148/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/news/article_1263596.php/French_high-speed_TGV_breaks_world_conventional_rail-speed_record |archive-date=18 February 2007 }}</ref>

In 2007, the TGV was the [[Land speed record for railed vehicles|world's fastest conventional scheduled train]]: one journey's average start-to-stop speed from Champagne-Ardenne Station to Lorraine Station is {{convert|279.3|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref name="worldspeedsurvey2007"/><ref name="worldspeedsurvey2007pdf">[http://www.railwaygazette.com/fileadmin/user_upload/railwaygazette.com/PDF/RailwayGazetteWorldSpeedSurvey2007.pdf Railway Gazette International 2007 World Speed Survey Tables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731062056/http://www.railwaygazette.com/fileadmin/user_upload/railwaygazette.com/PDF/RailwayGazetteWorldSpeedSurvey2007.pdf |date=31 July 2009 }} [[Railway Gazette International]] (September 2007)</ref><!-- Note: Sources conflict between 279.3 and 279.4 km/h -->
This record was surpassed on 26 December 2009 by the new [[Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wuhan–Guangzhou line opens at 380&nbsp;km/h |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/wuhan-guangzhou-line-opens-at-380-km/h/34651.article|date=4 January 2010 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=Railway Gazette International}}</ref> in [[High-speed rail in China|China]] where the fastest scheduled train covered {{convert|922|km|mi|abbr=on}} at an average speed of {{convert|312.54|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/world-speed-survey-2015-china-remains-the-pacesetter.html|title=World Speed Survey 2015: China remains the pacesetter|last=Ltd|first=DVV Media International|work=Railway Gazette International|access-date=2018-12-03|language=en|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109052010/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/world-speed-survey-2015-china-remains-the-pacesetter.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A [[British Rail Class 373|Eurostar (TGV) train]] broke the record for the longest non-stop high-speed international journey on 17 May 2006 carrying the cast and filmmakers of ''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]'' from London to [[Cannes]] for the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. The {{convert|1421|km|mi|adj=on}} journey took 7&nbsp;hours 25&nbsp;minutes on an average speed of {{convert|191.6|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2006/17_05_2006_world_record.jsp| title=Eurostar sets new Guinness World Record with cast and filmmakers of Columbia Pictures' The Da Vinci Code| publisher=[[Eurostar]]| date=17 May 2006| access-date=2007-02-15| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514152951/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2006/17_05_2006_world_record.jsp| archive-date=14 May 2007}}</ref>

The fastest single long-distance run on the TGV was done by a [[SNCF TGV Réseau|TGV Réseau]] train from Calais-Frethun to Marseille ({{convert|1067.2|km|||abbr=on}}i) in 3&nbsp;hours 29&nbsp;minutes at a speed of {{convert|306|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} for the inauguration of the [[LGV Méditerranée]] on 26 May 2001.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1354047.stm| title=French train breaks speed record| work=[[BBC News]]| date=27 May 2001| access-date=2007-08-26}}</ref>