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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TGV Atlantique 343 Carmillon: A.lloyd999ify· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. TGV Atlantique n361 en gare de Nantes: Neimedia_· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Renfe Class 100: dewet from London, United Kingdom· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. TGV Atlantique at Brussels-South railway station in 2005 (75817121): ketou-daisuki from Kyoto, japansko· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The TGV Atlantique (TGV-A) is a class of high-speed trains used in France by SNCF; they were built by Alstom between 1988 and 1992, and were the second generation of TGV trains, following on from the TGV Sud-Est trainsets. The trains were named after the Ligne à Grande Vitesse Atlantique (lit. 'Atlantic high-speed line') that they were originally built for. 105 bi-current sets, numbered 301-405 were built.
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 37 years ago, in 1989.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 8 minutes.
- 10.4 MW is about 122 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 74 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 238 m long: about 53 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 37 years.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 1989
- in service from
- 1989
- status
- in service
- number built
- 105
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 300 km/h
- power
- 10.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line:, (tri-current sets)
- formation
- 12 cars (2 power cars, 10 passenger cars)
- length
- 238 m
- weight
- 444 t
- Dutch name
- TGV Atlantique
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q372916, Wikipedia: SNCF TGV Atlantique (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.