Private high-speed trains to travel above 300 km/h in more than €1 billion project
Translated from Polish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Velvet plans to launch private high-speed rail services in France at speeds above 300 km/h, competing with state-owned SNCF.
- The operator has received a license, obtained its first train and ordered 12 trains overall, targeting about 10 million seats annually.
A private rail operator called Velvet plans to run high-speed trains in France at more than 300 km/h, challenging the state-owned SNCF.
The project, valued at more than 1 billion euros, is already at an advanced stage. Velvet has recently received a license and has its first train.
The company has ordered 12 trainsets in total and aims to offer around 10 million seats each year.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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