After having been told that the new TGV for the upcoming services in 2007, called TGV Est-Européen, will be presented in Luxembourg (Thanks to Sönke here!), it was for sure I had to go there! ;-)

The main point of the presentation was the new interior of the future TGV-POS, created by the famous french designer Christian Lacroix, who is also responsible for the new interior of the Atlantique and Réseau trains being renovated now.

In contrast to the displayed trainset, which still had the classic, edgy Réseau powercars, the TGV-POS will receive newly constructed ones, which are very similar to the Duplex powercars. Then, those new triple-system TGV trains will connect Paris to e.g. Stuttgart, Munich and Zürich via the new LGV-Est, with up to 320 km/h. The prototype nr. 4401 is currently busy with test runs...

The TGV Est-Européen...

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...in Luxembourg, on platform 3

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The red-blue signal corresponds to the colours of the TGV... :-)

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View onto...

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...the Réseau powercar

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Here the first class...

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...and the second class

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Transition between two carriages

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The bar's modern design ...

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...of the future TGV-POS, one can see a bit of the second class in the background

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The cab...

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...of the Réseau powercar

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Panoramic view onto the probably most beautiful train in Luxembourg this day...

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...the TGV!

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Detail of its LED-lights...

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...and the leading motorized bogie of the powercar

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Again the beautiful side profile...

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... this is pure elegance!

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Beside the 'official' compartment of the train managers, called 'Infopoint', there is another small room, where one can also find a drawing of the whole trainset, a help in case of e.g. appearing technical problems

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This was really not avoidable, a detailed photo of the TGV's beautiful edges, how they shine in the sunlight!!! ;-)

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Between all passengers' carriages, the construction of the 'articulated trainset' and to the right the painting indicating the first ...

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...or the second class

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Polished to the maximum, like the whole train, the TGV logo

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Matching the french supertrain, there is another (daily) guest from France arriving: The SNCF-loco BB 15000 with an InterCity from Paris Est

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A small extraphoto - the nice powercar in the light of the faced sun

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Last look taken at the TGV, surrounded by two luxembourgian trains

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