French president to try to save TGV train factory French President Francois Hollande will intervene this week to try to save the factory that made the country's first high-speed TGV train and is now under threat of closure. Trainmaker Alstom announced this week that it would cease production in the eastern city of Belfort, a symbol of French industrial prowess that produced Alstom's first steam train in 1880. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES FROM UNION REPRESENTATIVES AND ALSTOM WORKERS