TGV speed up and network development in France

The last 574.8 km/h world speed record achieved by Alstom, RFF and SNCF, on April 3rd, 2007, after 3000 km of run tests and more than 10 trials above 500 km/h, obviously raises the issue of higher commercial speeds for TGV. This paper aims at presenting the status of SNCF’s...