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Cize, France - July 9, 2015: French high speed train TGV operated by SNCF, national rail operator on Cize-Bolozon viaduct bridge in Ain, Rhone-Alpes region in France. This train was developed during the 1970s by GEC-Alsthom and SNCF. A TGV test train set the record for the fastest wheeled train, reaching 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on 3 April 2007. Viaduct of Cize-Bolozon in summer season in Bugey along Ain river. This viaduct is a combination rail and vehicular viaduct crossing the Ain gorge. An original span built in the same location in 1875 was destroyed in World War II. Reconstructed as an urgent post-war project due to its position on a main line to Paris, the new viaduct reopened in May 1950. It carries road and rail traffic at different levels. 481529752 Brand-name, European Culture, Travel, People Traveling, Tourism, High Speed Train, Locomotive, Elevated Road, High Speed, Arch Bridge, Railway Bridge, Elevated Railway Track, Viaduct, Railroad Crossing, Stone Material, Symmetry, Crossing, Scenics, Arch, Bullet Train, Majestic, Journey, Blue, Ancient, Old, Pattern, French Culture, Architecture, Transportation, Nature, Rural Scene, Panoramic, Ain, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe, Tree, Summer, Mountain, Hill, Landscape, Sky, River, Water, Railroad Track, Bridge - Man Made Structure, Monument, Train, Mode of Transport, Stone Bridge, SNCF, TGV, Alstom, Bugey

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