Talk:TGV POS

Acceleration

Does anybody know the accelereation from 0 to 100 km/h in m/s^2. Please add reference

Noise

One reference from TGV says that recorded noise levels at a home 300 meters from a TGV track in 2001 reached up to 97 decibels, apparently with noise barriers in place. [1] What records are these newer, faster trains setting? Mike Serfas 04:23, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

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The closer you get to sonic speeds (and this TGV POS is about half way there!!), the worse the noise polution from air passing around the vehicle. Not to mention noise from the wheels and whatever else (I'm not really 'up to speed' on TGV technology; pun intended). I think it is pretty cool that these trains are still being revamped again and again to be faster and more efficient.209.114.201.30 10:25, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Random

This 'POS' evidently isn't a piece of shit :P 203.214.92.220 09:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Hehe yeah.

I got the impression that calling it a 'POS trainset' was some sort of (probably anti-French) troll as well. --86.128.252.182 02:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I saw an article from the Railway Gazette with POS standing for Paris - Ost Frankreich Süd Deutschland, so... Hell, I saw a French government agency call it that without comment so I'd guess it's not a troll. Might be a rare display of humour from the SNCF though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.110.206.146 (talk) 09:50, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

V150 Motorcars

"Despite making headlines, this run is commercially impractical with this special trainset rendered out of order and normal trainsets designed for 25 kV operation only." This is a myth, created by Siemens staff who claimed that such a speed would wreck the powercars. Tagesspiegel (german) Focus (german). Images of the train in revenue service can easily be found by googling "TGV 4402". The two motorcars in question have reentered commercial service and are also capable of operating at different voltages, albeit at a lesser maximum power output.--77.180.54.87 (talk) 03:39, 16 May 2014 (UTC)