Automotrice à grande vitesse
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The AGV is an Alstom train intended as the successor to France’s TGV high-speed trains; the name stands for automotrice à grande vitesse, or ‘high-speed self-propelled carriage’. Instead of having separate power cars at either end of the train, as current TGVs do, the AGV will have distributed traction with motors under the floors of the passenger carriages. This is the arrangement used on many regular-speed multiple-unit trains and also high-speed trains such as the Siemens Velaro and Japan's Shinkansen trains. The space saved through not having a power car will enable the AGV to provide more seats.
Alstom offer the AGV in configurations from seven to fourteen carriages, with a total of 250-650 seats, depending on internal layout and number of carriages.[1] The commercial service speed will be 360 km/h (220 mph).[2] The AGV weighs less than its rivals which reduces its power consumption, and it consumes 30% less energy than previous TGV designs.[citation needed]
The prototype was unveiled on 5 February 2008, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in attendance.[3]
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The first customer for the AGV is Italian company Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, Europe's first private open access high speed train operator. NTV has ordered 25 11-coach AGV trains in a contract announced on January 17, 2008.[4]
[edit] See also
- Autorail à grande capacité, a standard-speed multiple unit class of trains used by the SNCF
[edit] External links
- AGV tailors capacity and performance to the market Railway Gazette International September 2007
- "ELISA" to validate Alstom's AGV very high speed train concept
[edit] References
- ^ Alstom unveils AGV prototype train. Railway Gazette International (2008-02-05).
- ^ AGV : Performance and modularity. Alstom (October 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
- ^ France unveils super-fast train. BBC News (5 February, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ Alstom awarded Italian AGV contract. Railway Gazette International (2008-01-17).
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