In a world where jet travel was dominating, French engineers quietly pioneered high-speed rail technology that would change the future of trains. From the early days of Le Mistral to the world’s ...
France’s TGV network runs over LGV (lignes à grande vitesse) corridors, with the platform famously holding the steel-wheel world speed record at 574.8 km/h (357 mph) from the V150 campaign in 2007 (on ...