Editing Streamliner (section)

==== Europe ====
[[File:BR601-BDE.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|A DB Class 601 ex TEE operating in [[Munich]] in 1986]]
In Europe, the streamliner tradition gained new life after [[World War II]]. In Germany, DRG Class SVT 137 trains resumed service, but at slower speeds than before the war. Based on the [[Franz Kruckenberg|Kruckenberg]] SVT 137, the [[Deutsche Bundesbahn]]'s (DB's) streamlined diesel-electric [[DB Class VT 11.5|Class VT 11.5]] (later renamed to DB Class 601) built in 1957 was used as the "[[Trans Europ Express]] (TEE)" for international high-speed trains.

From 1965, the DB used the streamlined electric locomotives [[DB Class 103]] with regular trains for high-speed service. From 1973, the DB used the [[DB Class 403 (1973)|DB Class 403]], a fully streamlined four-unit electric train with tilting technology. In East Germany, the {{ill|DR Class VT 18.16|de|DR-Baureihe VT 18.16}} was built for international express service.

The Swiss [[Swiss Federal Railways|SBB]] and the Dutch [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen|NS]] procured five diesel-electric [[SBB-CFF-FFS RAm TEE I and NS DE4|RAm TEE I (Swiss) and NS DE4 (Dutch)]] trainsets for [[Zürich]]-[[Amsterdam]] and Amsterdam-[[Brussels]]-Paris services. One set was lost in an accident 1971. The remaining four sets operated as TEE trains until 1974, were transferred to Canada for use on the [[Ontario Northland Railway]] (ONR) in 1976. The ONR operated three trains on its [[Toronto]]–[[Moosonee]] line as the [[Northlander]] until 1992.

From 1961, the SBB used for TEE service the [[SBB-CFF-FFS RAe TEE II|RAe TEE II]], a set of five streamlined electric trains compatible with four different [[railway electrification system]]s. Italy used pre-war trains and new trains that the Italian State Railways—Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)—developed. The new trains included the [[FS Class ETR 300#Arlecchino (ETR 250)|FS Class ETR 250 ("Arlecchino")]], the [[FS Class ETR 300|ETR 300 ("Settebello")]], the [[Pendolino|ETR 401 ("Pendolino")]], the [[FS Class ETR 450|ETR 450 ("Pendolino")]] and the [[FS Class ETR 500|ETR 500]].

Streamliner service temporarily ended in the United Kingdom with the outbreak of WWII. During the war, the LNER and LMS streamlined locomotives had part of their streamlining removed to aid maintenance. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, the state of the railways was improving as deteriorated track conditions caused by delayed maintenance work were corrected. The repairs and new improvements enabled the railways to provide additional mainline trackage for high speed trains.

[[File:370003 Carlisle 1.jpg|thumb|left|[[British Rail Class 370]] passing [[Crewe]] in 1984]]
[[File:St Philip's Marsh - GWR 43002 Sir Kenneth Grange.JPG|thumb|left|[[British Rail Class 43 (HST)]] locomotive in [[Bristol]] in 2016]]

The first experiments with diesel streamliner services in the United Kingdom were the [[British Rail Classes 251 and 261|Blue Pullman]] trains introduced in 1960 and withdrawn in 1973. These provided {{convert|90|mph|km/h|adj=on}} luxury business services, but were marginally successful and ran only a little faster than mainstream services. The Blue Pullman was followed by research into streamlined trains and [[tilting train]]s, the first to enter passenger service, in 1976, being the diesel powered [[InterCity 125]] ([[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|Class 43]]), followed by the electric, tilting, [[British Rail Class 370]], and [[British Rail Class 91|Class 91]], in combination offering {{cvt|125|mph|km/h|adj=on}} streamlined train services across the United Kingdom.

High-speed service with the electric German [[ICE 1|ICE 1 (Class 401)]] began in 1991. The train, which has traveled at speeds of up to {{cvt|174|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}} in revenue service, broke the speed record that the first DMU "Flying Hamburger" had set 1933 traveling between Hamburg and Berlin.

[[File:Gare de Paris-Gare-de-Lyon - 2018-05-15 - IMG 7493.jpg|thumb|A TGV 2N2 train in the [[Gare de Lyon|Paris-Gare-de-Lyon]] in 2018]]

A [[TGV]] high-speed test train set a [[Railway speed record|world record]] for the fastest wheeled train, reaching {{cvt|357|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}} in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/french-train-hits-357-mph-breaking-world-speed-record|title=French Train Hits 357 mph Breaking World Speed Record|date=4 April 2007|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=11 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504144012/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,263542,00.html|archive-date=4 May 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Conventional TGV services operate at up to {{cvt|200|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}} on the [[LGV Est]], [[LGV Rhin-Rhône]] and [[LGV Méditerranée]].<ref>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes-francaises/2007/12/17/04010-20071217ARTFIG00331-le-tgv-roulera-bientot-a-kmh-.php Le TGV ruler bientôt à 360 km/h] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512143524/https://www.lefigaro.fr/societes-francaises/2007/12/17/04010-20071217ARTFIG00331-le-tgv-roulera-bientot-a-kmh-.php |date=12 May 2021 }}, ''Le Figaro'' (in French), 17 December 2007.</ref> The power cars of the [[Euroduplex|TGV Euroduplex (2N2)]], which began commercial operations in 2011, have a more streamlined nose than do previous TGVs.

In 2015, ''[[Eurostar]]'' began to operate the [[electric multiple unit]] (EMU) [[British Rail Class 374]], also known as the Eurostar e320, on its high-speed services through the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The train serves destinations beyond ''Eurostar's'' core routes to the [[Gare du Nord]] station in Paris and the [[Brussels-South railway station]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Eurostar Velaro e320 enters passenger service|date=20 November 2015|url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/high-speed/eurostar-velaro-e320-enters-passenger-service.html|publisher=International Railway Journal|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125083923/http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/high-speed/eurostar-velaro-e320-enters-passenger-service.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Owned by [[Eurostar International Limited]] and capable of operating at  {{cvt|199|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}}, the [[Aluminium|aluminum]] trains are sixteen-unit versions of the [[Siemens Velaro#Velaro e320 (Eurostar)|Siemens Velaro]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mobility.siemens.com/apps/references/index.cfm?z=1&do=app.detail&referenceID=1718&lID=1|title=High Speed Trainset Velaro Eurostar|publisher=[[Siemens]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723075500/https://www.mobility.siemens.com/apps/references/index.cfm?z=1&do=app.detail&referenceID=1718&lID=1|archive-date=23 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>