SNCF TGV Sud-Est SNCF TGV Sud-Est The SNCF TGV Sud-Est or TGV-PSE is a French high speed TGV train built by Alstom and operated by SNCF, the French national railway company. It is a semi-permanently coupled electric multiple unit and was built for operation between Paris and the south-east of France. The TGV Sud-Est fleet was built between 1978 and 1988 and operated the first TGV service from Paris to Lyon in 1981. Currently there are 107 passenger sets operating, of which nine are tri-current (25 kV 50-60 Hz AC - French "lignes à grande vitesse", 1500 V DC - French "lignes classiques",
SNCF TGV Duplex speed of . In December 2000, THSRC awarded the contract to the rival Taiwan Shinkansen Consortium, leading to a legal battle ending in damage payments for Eurotrain in 2004. The TGV Duplex has been reproduced in HO scale by Jouef, Lima, Märklin and Mehano (proposes the Ouigo version of the TGV Duplex) and in N scale by Kato. The TGV Réseau Duplex and TGV Duplex Carmillon have been reproduced in HO scale by Jouef. SNCF TGV Duplex The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train of the TGV family, manufactured by Alstom, and operated by the French national railway company