SNCF TGV Sud-Est

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SNCF TGV "Sud-Est"
TGV Sud-Est trainset travelling from Lyon to Paris in July 1984
Second class interior
In service	1981–2020
Manufacturer	Alstom/Francorail-MTE
Family name	TGV
Scrapped	2012–2021
Number built	111
Number preserved	4
Number scrapped	107
Successor	TGV POS
Formation	2 power cars, 8 passenger cars
Fleet numbers	01–37, 39–69, 71–87, 89–102, 110–118
Capacity	287–355
Operators	SNCF
Specifications
Train length	200 m (656 ft 2 in)
Width	Motor car 2.81 m (9 ft 3 in) Trailer 2.904 m (9 ft 6.3 in)
Maximum speed	300 km/h (186 mph) (originally 260 km/h or 162 mph)
Weight	385 t (379 long tons; 424 short tons) (bi-current)
Power output	6,800 kW (9,119 hp) @ 25 kV AC 3,100 kW (4,157 hp) @ 1.5 kV DC
Electric system(s)	Overhead line:     25 kV 50 Hz AC     1,500 V DC 15 kV 16.7 Hz Tri-voltage only- for Swiss
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
UIC classification	Bo′Bo′-Bo′+2′2′2′2′2′2′2′+Bo′-Bo′Bo′
Braking system(s)	Pneumatic and Regenerative
Safety system(s)	TVM-300, KVB
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 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.