ETR-500P.2 set (558B), seen at Calais-Fréthun TGV Parkway station, shortly after completing a (high-speed) trial run from Lille.
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While this TGV Pkw station actually generates little revenue traffic, it has already accommodated a great deal of high-speed trains on trials: KTX, Tilting TGV (P-01), Tilting RTGs (Axis), AGV (Elisa), GNER Regional Eurostars, ICE-3M and TGV POS...
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Interestingly, the "Eurostar Italia" labelling has not been blanked out, whereas some cross-Chunnel Eurostar services actually call here...
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Calais-Fréthun.
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18th November 2003.
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Photo by Nicolas Deldycke (nicos67598@hotmail.com) (Acknowledgements).
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Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)