TGV record
Over 25 years old and the TGV still demonstrates itself as the cutting edge of technology.... The French high-speed TGV train broke its own rail speed record when it reached 553 kilometres per hour, the daily Le Parisien reported Wednesday. The record was reached Tuesday afternoon by a special train comprised of two motors and three specially equipped cars. Two test runs were held in secret on the new Paris to Strasbourg line, with the train reaching the new record during the second run at a spot 193 kilometres east of Paris. The previous record, 515.3 kilometres per hour, was set by another TGV train on May 18, 1990. Via the new Est line, the TGV will also serve Southern Germany via Karlsruhe and Stuttgart starting in June this year. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/30510.html http://www.europe1.fr/informations/articles/666190/nouveau-record-de-vitesse-pour-le-tgv.html

Until the line is operational , there is a great opportunity to test it and create some world records - now 574.8 km/h ! http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/tgv-est-sets-new-world-record-1306.html