RAILSCOT | Dress rehearsal for new French high-speed lines [IRJ]

Dress rehearsal for new French high-speed lines [IRJ]

Date: 07/06/2017

With just 25 days remaining before the start of commercial operations on the Bretagne-Pays de la Loire and Sud Europ Atlantique high-speed lines, French National Railways (SNCF) carried out parallel high-speed test runs using two TGV sets on June 7.

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Dress rehearsal for new French high-speed lines [IRJ]

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