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RFF, Alstom and SNCF achieve their target
574,8 km/h : new world rail speed record set at 13h13 on 3 April 2007. The V150 trainset reached 574,8 km/h at kilometre point 191 on the new East European LGV™ high-speed line, in France, at 13h13, exceeding by 59,5 km/h the previous world rail speed record, set in 1990.
Manufactured by Alstom, the V150 reached the European East Technicenter - located in the Parisian suburb of Pantin-Bobigny and charged with the trainset daily maintenance - on 19 December 2006.
Devised jointly by Réseau Ferré de France, Alstom and SNCF, the “French Excellence in Very High Speed Rail Transport Programme” aims to define the role of high speed transport for the coming years and will enable France to maintain its position as the world market leader in very high speed rail transport.
