Automotrice à grande vitesse
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The AGV is an experimental successor to France’s TGV high-speed trains; the name stands for automotrice à grande vitesse , or ‘high-speed self-propelled carriage’. Investigations are being conducted to produce trains at the same costs as existing TGVs, with the same safety standards. Instead of having separate power cars at either end of the train, as do the current TGVs, the AGV’s motors would be located under the floors of passenger carriages, as is the case with most regular-speed multiple-unit trains and Germany’s third generation InterCityExpress high-speed train. Space would be saved offering trains with up to 450 seats, while the targeted speed is 350 km/h.
See also
- Autorail à grande capacité, a standard-speed multiple unit class of trains used by the SNCF
External links
- AGV, a New High-Speed train concept from ALSTOM
- "ELISA" to validate ALSTOM's AGV very high speed train concept
- Alstom to build 350 km/h AGV demonstrator - Railway Gazette International
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