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The AVE 103 may be based on the Velaro, but the AVE 100, 102, and 112 are based on the TGV, which has non-powered passenger cars. The point is that non-powered
by tanzam75 12y ago
The AVE 103 may be based on the Velaro, but the AVE 100, 102, and 112 are based on the TGV, which has non-powered passenger cars.
The point is that non-powered passenger cars do not automatically indicate a "primitive" rail system, as the previous commenter seemed to think.
Some countries have made one choice, other countries have made the other choice, and some countries even use both technologies simultaneously.
And that's just high-speed trainsets. It's quite common to find non-powered passenger cars on conventional trains as well.