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The TGV "Sud-Est", also known as the TGV PSE (Paris Sud-Est), is the first generation of SNCF TGVs. It is characterized in particular by its original orange livery, emblematic of the TGV.
The first trainsets were built in 1978 and put into commercial service in 1980 (after a test campaign), notably to operate the Paris-Lyon TGV when the LGV Sud-Est opened in 1981; the last trainsets left the factory in 1986.
Trainset 16, nicknamed "Patrick", set a world speed record of 380 km/h on February 26, 1981.