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Anecdotical: 1987 I was on holidays with my girlfriend and we decided to take the TGV from Lyon to Paris: it was a blast!

There was a bar with beer on tap and whilst traveling with 300km/h, you would lean on the bar, standing, and enjoy the (for that time) incredible speed.

Never used it again, we enjoyed the freedom of the car too much.

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As a 13yo visiting Paris in the early 80's, the lineup of TGVs at the Gare de Lyon was on my bucket list. We were passed by one after leaving Paris for Geneva, puttering along in our combi van; blink and you would have missed it.

Only thing maybe cooler was standing on an original GWR platform when a diesel InterCity 125 HST went through at speed.

More recently took the Hikari from Tokyo to Kyoto and back on my JR Pass which was a blast.

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