ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

TGV 001

So, TGV 001 is a really fast train that was made in France many years ago. It was very special because it could go really, really fast!

Imagine you are playing with toy cars and you have one that goes really fast compared to the others. That's like TGV 001! It was made to go faster than other trains at the time, almost like a superhero.

To make it go that fast, the people who made TGV 001 did a lot of things. They made sure it was very light so it could move easily. They also made sure the wheels and tracks were really smooth so it could go super fast without wobbling around too much.

TGV 001 was so cool that people really loved it. It was the fastest train in the world! It went over 200 miles per hour, which is faster than any car you know.

Nowadays, we have even faster trains that can go over 300 miles per hour, but TGV 001 was the beginning of that journey. It was very important because it showed people how fast we could make trains go and how much more convenient and efficient travel could be if we could go really fast.