Hailed the ‘TGV of the future’, French national rail line executives are calling the TGV M – the new train carriage to be debuted in 2024 – a “revolutionary flagship.”
In the video below, Info France 2 took a look at the futuristic new railway vehicle, which is set to be equipped with 20 percent more capacity, nine carriages instead of eight, and 32 percent less CO2 emissions.
???? A new type of TGV will arrive on the rails in two years. Inside this longer and more modern train, games rooms will even be installed.
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— Info France 2 (@infofrance2) September 12, 2022
The TGV M – which stands for TGV Mobility – will sport a more aerodynamic appearance, also intended to help in ‘energy sobriety.’
Inside the train there will be more space, more seats, a bar on both floors and a ‘games room’ with a widescreen TV, which in the promo video appears to be showing a football game.
The TGV M will be launched toward the end of 2024 on the historic Paris-Lyon line (LGV Sud-Est).
SNCF’s CEO told BFMTV that he hopes to run the train outside of France as well. “It will start running to Italy on the Paris-Milan line, a line that has been incredibly successful, in 2026,” he said.
The French railway saw its busiest ever summer as many people took the decision to take the train, rather than the plane, on their holidays in order to help the planet.