TGV stands for train à grande vitesse; literally "high speed train".
rough list of things to mention:
- rough overview of the TGV:
- top commercial speed, top test speed
- current high-speed network runs to Marseille, Tours, Brussels and the Channel tunnel.
- extensions to the network of high-speed lines: Turin; London; Perpignan and thence Spain; Strasbourg; Amsterdam, Cologne (the Thalys network)
- start of the project in the 1960s
- link to High speed rail and pilfer info from there
- impact of French society: towns such as Chartres are becomming "TGV commuter belt"; Brussels - Paris in 90 minutes has increased commuting between the two capitals; likewise Paris - Marseilles time greatly reduced recently
- impact of the building of the lines: many years of wrangles over the Lyon- Marseilles line
(there may be other articles that need linking to this page... have I said before that 4 letters is too long for minimum search? Tarquin)