Editing TGV (section)

===TGV Sud-Est===
{{Main|SNCF TGV Sud-Est|SNCF TGV La Poste}}
[[File:TGV original livery 1987.jpg|thumb|A [[TGV Sud-Est]] set in the original orange livery.]]
The Sud-Est fleet was built between 1978 and 1988 and operated the first TGV service, from Paris to Lyon in 1981. There were 107 passenger sets, of which nine are tri-current (including {{15 kV AC}} for use in Switzerland) and the rest bi-current. There were seven bi-current half-sets without seats that carried mail for [[La Poste (France)|La Poste]] between Paris, Lyon and [[Provence]], in a distinctive yellow livery until they were phased out in 2015.

Each set were made up of two power cars and eight carriages (capacity 345 seats), including a powered bogie in the carriages adjacent to the power cars. They are {{convert|200|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|2.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}} wide. They weighed {{Convert|385|t|lb}} with a power output of 6,450&nbsp;kW under 25&nbsp;kV.

The sets were originally built to run at {{convert|270|km/h|4=0|abbr=on}} but most were upgraded to {{convert|300|km/h|4=0|abbr=on}} during mid-life refurbishment in preparation for the opening of the LGV Méditerranée. The few sets that kept a maximum speed of {{convert|270|km/h|4=0|abbr=on}} operated on routes that include a comparatively short distance on LGV, such as to Switzerland via Dijon; SNCF did not consider it financially worthwhile to upgrade their speed for a marginal reduction in journey time.

In December 2019, the trains were phased out from service. In late 2019 and early 2020, TGV 01 (Nicknamed Patrick), the very first TGV train, did a farewell service that included all three liveries that were worn during their service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[SNCF] Farewell tour for Patrick, the first TGV train|url=https://engnews24h.com/sncf-farewell-tour-for-patrick-the-first-tgv-train/|date=2020-02-07|website=Eng News 24h|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-18|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215154227/http://engnews24h.com/sncf-farewell-tour-for-patrick-the-first-tgv-train/|url-status=dead}}</ref>