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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Duplex in Karlsruhe III: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. TGV 2N2 n°826 livrée Carmillon à Boinville-le-Gaillard par Cramos: Cramos· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. ONCF class 1200: NicholasNCE· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. SNCF TGV 2N2 4704 InOui (52129960961): Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 131024 Chaîne d'écluses Arzviller IMG 3571: Roehrensee· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 14-02-02-straszburg-RalfR-272: Ralf Roletschek· CC BY 3.0
- 7. 14-02-02-straszburg-RalfR-273: Ralf Roletschek· CC BY 3.0
- 8. 14-02-02-straszburg-RalfR-274: Ralf Roletschek· CC BY 3.0
- 9. 14-02-02-straszburg-RalfR-275: Ralf Roletschek· CC BY 3.0
- 10. 14-02-02-straszburg-RalfR-278: Ralf Roletschek· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
Avelia Euroduplex, more commonly known simply as Euroduplex or TGV 2N2 in France, is a high-speed double-decker train manufactured by Alstom. It is primarily operated by the French national railway company SNCF, and also in operation with the Moroccan national railway company ONCF. It is the 3rd generation of the TGV Duplex. The Euroduplex trains are interoperable, containing equipment allowing them to travel between several European continental countries with various types of electrification and signalling systems.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 15 years ago, in 2011.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 8 minutes.
- 9.3 MW is about 109 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 67 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 200 m long: about 44 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 556: 11 full city buses (~50 seats each).
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2011
- in service from
- 2011
- status
- in service
- number built
- 134
- kind
- High-speed trainset
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, ONCF, SNCF Voyageurs, Ouigo España
- top speed
- 320 km/h
- power
- 9.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line:, 3, 3, 3, 3
- formation
- 10 cars, (2 power cars + 8 trailers)
- length
- 200 m
- weight
- 399 t
- capacity
- 556 passengers
- Dutch name
- TGV 2N2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q727577, Wikipedia: Euroduplex (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.