(English video version)

French TGV world speed record of 3rd April 2007 (574.8 kilometres per hour / 357 miles per hour).

(Previous official speed record for a train running on rails was 515.3 kmph, set in France in 1990; other unofficial records & maglev world record at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L and_speed_record_for_railed_ve hicles )

The special train, called V150 (velocity 150 meters/second), is an enhanced version of trains that will run on the Paris-Strasbourg line from June 2007.

The V150 was made up of two normal cars that will run on the eastern TGV track and three double-decker carriages and can develop over 25,000 horsepower, twice that of a conventional TGV.

Record was set between Preny, near Metz in the east of France, and Bezannes near Reims.

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(English video version)

French TGV world speed record of 3rd April 2007 (574.8 kilometres per hour / 357 miles per hour).

(Previous official speed record for a train running on rails was 515.3 kmph, set in France in 1990; other unofficial records & maglev world record at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L and_speed_record_for_railed_ve hicles )

The special train, called V150 (velocity 150 meters/second), is an enhanced version of trains that will run on the Paris-Strasbourg line from June 2007.

The V150 was made up of two normal cars that will run on the eastern TGV track and three double-decker carriages and can develop over 25,000 horsepower, twice that of a conventional TGV.

Record was set between Preny, near Metz in the east of France, and Bezannes near Reims.

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Animated version of the Bayeux Tapestry. Starts about halfway through the original work at the appearence of Halley's Comet and concludes at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

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Suivez le nouveau record du monde du TGV V150 en Champagne. Des images impressionnantes qui dénotent le savoir faire technologique français en la matière.
On Board TGV V150, Eastern France - France's TGV train set a new world speed on rails on Tuesday, hitting 574.8 kilometres per hour on a stretch of track in eastern France.

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