SNCF TGV Sud-Est

SNCF TGV "Sud-Est"
TGV Sud-Est trainset travelling from Lyon to Paris in July 1984
Second class interior
In service1981–2020
ManufacturerAlstom/Francorail-MTE
Family nameTGV
Scrapped2012–2021
Number built111
Number preserved4
Number scrapped107
SuccessorTGV POS
Formation2 power cars, 8 passenger cars
Fleet numbers01–37, 39–69, 71–87, 89–102, 110–118
Capacity287–355
OperatorsSNCF
Specifications
Train length200 m (656 ft 2 in)
WidthMotor car 2.81 m (9 ft 3 in)
Trailer 2.904 m (9 ft 6.3 in)
Maximum speed300 km/h (186 mph)
(originally 260 km/h or 162 mph)
Weight385 t (379 long tons; 424 short tons)
(bi-current)
Power output6,800 kW (9,119 hp) @ 25 kV AC
3,100 kW (4,157 hp) @ 1.5 kV DC
Electric system(s)
Current collector(s)Pantograph
UIC classificationBoBo-Bo+2222222+Bo-BoBo
Braking system(s)Pneumatic and Regenerative
Safety system(s)TVM-300, KVB
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

The SNCF TGV Sud-Est was a French high speed TGV train built by Alstom and Francorail-MTE and operated by SNCF, the French national railway company. A total of 111 trainsets were built between 1978 and 1988 for the first TGV service in France between Paris and Lyon which opened in 1981. The trainsets were semi-permanently coupled, consisting of two power cars (locomotives) and eight articulated passenger carriages, ten in the case of the tri-voltage sets. The trains were named after the Ligne à Grande Vitesse Sud-Est (lit.'Southeast high-speed line') that they first operated on. They were also referred to as TGV-PSE, an abbreviation of Paris Sud-Est.