SpeedWorld record
Highest average speed over a long distance by rail (Operation Sardine, Calais-Marseille)
Record
306.37 km/h
190.369 mph
- Holder
- TGV (SNCF)
- Year
- Standing since
- 2001 (25 years)
What to remember
It went by the name of Operation Sardine. On 26 May 2001, the SNCF sent a TGV from Calais to Marseille, a run it covered in 3 h 29.
The figure that counts is not a top speed reached on a short stretch of line but an average over the whole journey: 306.37 km/h.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “Records du monde de vitesse sur rail en France” (revision used 239489873). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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