AGV (train)
The AGV is the successor to France’s TGV high-speed trains; the name stands for automotrice à grande vitesse , or ‘high-speed self-propelled carriage’.
Manufacturer Alstom is conducting investigations 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 also high-speed trains such as Germany’s third generation InterCityExpress and Japan's Shinkansen. Space would be saved offering trains with up to 460 seats, with a commercial service speed of 360 km/h.[1] Energy efficiency would be improved by 15%. The prototype was unveiled on 5 February, 2008, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in attendance.[2]
NTV
In 2007 Alstom submitted a bid to supply Italian company Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori with 25 11-coach AGV trains. [3]. If it goes ahead, Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori would be Europe's first private open access high speed train operator.[4].
See also
- Autorail à grande capacité, a standard-speed multiple unit class of trains used by the SNCF
External links
- AGV tailors capacity and performance to the market Railway Gazette International September 2007
- "ELISA" to validate ALSTOM's AGV very high speed train concept
References
- ^ "AGV : Performance and modularity". Alstom. October 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "France unveils super-fast train". BBC News. 5 February, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "AGV tipped to win NTV contract". Railway Gazette International. 31 October 2007.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Murray Hughes (1 March 2007). "Open access high speed bid". Railway Gazette International.
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