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TGV Sensation of Speed At 320 km/h

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Another fun thing is to time the performance of the train. On high speed lines the kilometre posts are usually pretty obvious, time yourselves between them and calculate your speed.
Or if you can get a decent GPS signal (not always possible with modern train windows, I know) use an app on your phone.
 

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Or if you can get a decent GPS signal (not always possible with modern train windows, I know) use an app on your phone.

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Highest I managed to snap on single deck 1st class TGV Strasbourg to Paris in September 2019.
I wasn’t aware the line was 320 until I looked out the window and thought it felt very fast.
 
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At least some TGV's have wifi and can show your speed and location on a map on your phone/computer. This is replicated on LCD screens at the coach ends.

DB ICE's often show the train speed on the their P.I.S. too.
 

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At least some TGV's have wifi and can show your speed and location on a map on your phone/computer. This is replicated on LCD screens at the coach ends.
DB ICE's often show the train speed on the their P.I.S. too.

And on the PIS in Spain and Italy too, though it often takes an annoyingly long time to scroll round to the live speed, among all the ads and general travel guff.

Only once have I seen a live PIS feed of the train speed in the UK (bar Eurostar), and that was on a VT Voyager, soon after 125mph came in on the WCML.
Unfortunately it never got past 110mph as tilt was inoperable on that 221 on that particular day!
 

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I find having an atlas very useful to track where you are - particularly the series of Schweers & Wall atlases that go into some detail of junctions and crossovers and intersecting lines.

I've done Paris to Nice return. On the way out, the speed is impressive down to Lyon, but when you get on to the slower lines, particularly after Marseilles, it seems so slow (stunning scenery though). There is an SNCF app which allows you to see where the train is, and the line of the route - I missed that when I was back on Eurostar.
 

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And on the PIS in Spain and Italy too, though it often takes an annoyingly long time to scroll round to the live speed, among all the ads and general travel guff.

Only once have I seen a live PIS feed of the train speed in the UK (bar Eurostar), and that was on a VT Voyager, soon after 125mph came in on the WCML.
Unfortunately it never got past 110mph as tilt was inoperable on that 221 on that particular day!

Ah, yes, in Spain, they also show maps and so on - between the films and documentaries! One time, there was a documentary I was interested in - and it turned out it was in English, with Spanish subtitles - perfect! Those headphones they hand out are so rubbish, though, meaning I use my own.

I saw the speed on a Voyager a good few years ago, but only a one off. I've got a feeling I've seen it on TPE MK5A's once or twice, too. The PIS on them has been different on pretty much every journey I've made!

On LNER, the wifi home page shows a map with your location and speed.
 

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Ah, yes, in Spain, they also show maps and so on - between the films and documentaries! One time, there was a documentary I was interested in - and it turned out it was in English, with Spanish subtitles - perfect! Those headphones they hand out are so rubbish, though, meaning I use my own.
I was impressed with the AVE a few years ago. Did Madrid to Seville and back in a day (work stuff at a sugar refinery in Guadalete). Was really aware of the speed on the way there. Way back I wasn't as I watched the film. It was also in English with Spanish subtitles. I wish I could remember what film it was because it was absolutely hilarious, some kind of comedy crime/detective caper I seem to recall.
 

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If you want to have some feeling of speed during dynamic testing conditions you may want to have a look at a couple of videos from our time commissioning the CTRL Section 2 here https://www.youtube.com/user/AscendaMCL
The quality is appalling so please be nice, it was 2007 ! ;)
 
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