Rose Cantine

The French high-speed train, TGV, set a speed record on the route between Paris and Strasbourg — 574 kilometers per hour!
Click below to see a video of what the train looks like, very futuristic indeed:
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Un record à 540 km/h pour le TGV ?
LEMONDE.FR | 27.03.07
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