High-Speed Revolution in Europe: French TGV Network

- Book train, bus & flight tickets through the Omio: https://omio.sjv.io/VyNY4k and support our channel. Thanks. - Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/railways_explained ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► Railways Explained aims to establish a WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY of all RAIL LOVERS, WORKERS AND EXPERTS, by creating regular, entertaining, and educational railway content of high quality. ► If you find yourself in at least one of these three groups, support this idea by SUBSCRIBING TO RAILWAYS EXPLAINED. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - After the video dedicated to the magnificent Eurotunnel and another in which we spoke about the project High Speed 1 in Great Britain, today we talk about the first high-speed rail system in Europe, better known as the French TGV! Let's clarify some things right at the beginning. The abbreviation TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) actually means a high-speed train that operates on LGV (Ligne à Grande Vitesse), which means a high-speed line. In this video, we will put our focus on the concept of LGVs development, and only after that, in a separate video, we will explore the mutual synergy of the TGV, Eurotunnel, and High speed 1 with the aim to investigate the effect they had on European traffic performance. The best way to summarize the topics we covered in this video is as follows: the beginnings of TGV (gas turbine trains!), construction of the first LGV: Paris - Lyon, the logic behind the further network extensions, development of all other lines and their technical aspect, and finally, the traffic performance of TGV trains. Enjoy! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special thanks to our Patrons: David Brandon, Brendan McKeon, Linda Vainomae-Hoffmann, Andrew Saffrey, and Myron York! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits: - If you enjoyed this video, SHARE it with your rail-loving friends to help us raise our community, and of course, leave your opinion in the COMMENT section and hit the LIKE button. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► Stay connected with us on social media: - Facebook: https://facebook.com/RailwaysExplaine... - Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/railways_ex...... igshid=k0tv5loew79e&fbclid=IwAR0Ix2jPPbcUwhArt_iym9vzKgvrUQaLLH_4JkhILyzyY_upCyxTf5qxcwA - Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/railways-...... #TGV #Trains​ #France