AGV, Automotrice Ă  Grande Vitesse (traction unit for high-speed) - the prototypical French passenger train, belonging to the family of the TGV train. There are many reasons why he decided to build Alstom AGV train. The most important is the need to increase the maximum speed of 300 to 350 # 160; km / h, but at the same technical efficiency and operating costs, as the TGV train speed 300 km / h. Already in 1985 in Lill