what is it?
Le Train ([lə tʁɛ̃]) is a French private railway company; it is the first private high-speed operator in France to hold an operating licence. The company was founded in 2020 with the ambition to operate the first private high-speed rail service in France. In December 2022, Le Train received its operating license, and in January 2023 signed a €300m contract with Spanish train manufacturer Talgo to deliver 10 AVRIL single-deck high-speed trains.
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 6 years ago, in 2020.
- Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 7 minutes.
- 202 m long: about 45 cars parked nose to tail.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2020
- in service from
- 2028
- number built
- —
- kind
- high-speed train
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Talgo
- operators
- Le Train
- top speed
- 365 km/h
- power
- —
- length
- 202 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q116345636, Wikipedia: Le Train (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.