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Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) built between 1999 and 2004 by Alstom.
SNCF X 73500
Constructed 1999–2004 Number built 318 Number in service 315 (as of Jan. 2020) Capacity 61 (seated) 17 (standing) Operators
SNCF Lines served
TER ,
Intercités Maximum speed 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph)
The X73500 is a
diesel multiple unit (DMU)
train type operated by
SNCF . They were built between 1999 and 2004 by
Alstom .
General Information
The trains are single unit
railcars . The units were ordered jointly with
Deutsche Bahn , with their
Class 641 units.
The trains have modern features which were new to
TER trains, such as:
Passenger Information Systems (PIS) inside and outside of the train
Low floor section with wide doors, for those with restricted mobility
Air conditioning
Stronger cab area for reduced crash damage
The trains can work in multiple of up to 3 sets.
X73813 - X73818 are former
CFL (Luxembourg) units 2101 - 2106 and operate in the
Alsace region. The
SNCF Class X 73900 is an identical version of the X 73500, but can also operate into
Germany .
Liveries
TER livery - metallic grey with blue ends and TER logos. Most X 73500 carry this.
TER Bourgogne livery - metallic grey with red and yellow ends
TER Languedoc-Roussillon livery - metallic grey with red, yellow sun rays.
TER Champagne-Ardennes livery - metallic grey with yellow on the central part and the logo of the region.
Differences within the class
X 73744 and X 73751 wear a special livery for the
Andelot-en-Montagne - La Cluse railway
X 73752 - X 73755 have been fitted with
Integra-Signum (Swiss Train Protection) and are used on the Besançon - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds service.
X 73809 with
Poitou-Charentes region has been fitted with solar panels to its roof to power the electrical components of the train
Use of X 73500
An X73500 arrives at Les Bardys
An X73500 at
Clelles-Mens
An X73500 at
Bréauté-Beuzeville
The units are used on rural, unelectrified railway lines in France and are operated by all TER regions except
Île-de-France ,
Corsica and
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur .
They operate the following services:
Bourges - Nevers
Chartres - Courtallain — Saint-Pellerin
Reims - Tergnier
Saint-Etienne - Le Puy
Saint-Marcellin - Grenoble - Chambéry (via the
Grenoble–Montmélian railway )
Grenoble - Chambéry - Bellegarde - Genève (stand in for faulty
X 72500 )
Grenoble - Veynes - Gap
Grenoble - Clelles
Toulouse - Auch
Toulouse - Figeac - Aurillac
Aurillac - Brive-la-Gaillarde
Rodez - Figeac - Brive-la-Gaillarde
Le Havre - Rolleville
Nantes - Vertou
Sarreguemines - Sarre-Union
Strasbourg - Wissembourg
Strasbourg - Lauterbourg
Strasbourg - Saverne
Colmar - Munster - Metzeral
Tours - Chinon
Besançon - La Chaux-de-Fonds
Dole - Morez - Saint Claude
Montbéliard - Belfort - Lure - Vesoul
Beauvais - Le Tréport-Mers
Clermont-Ferrand - Gannat - Lapeyrouse - Commentary - Montluçon
Montluçon - Saint-Amand-Montrond - Bourges
Bressuire - Thouars - Saumur - Tours
Mulhouse - Thann - Kruth
Lison - Saint-Lô - Coutances
Granville - Argentan
Limoges - Ussel
Marvejols - La Bastide-Saint-Laurent-les-Bains
Monsempron-Libos - Penne-d'Agenais - Agen
Étang-sur-Arroux - Autun - Avallon - Auxerre - Laroche-Migennes
Corbigny - Clamecy - Auxerre - Laroche-Migennes
Brest - Châteaulin - Quimper
Brest - Le Relecq-Kerhuon - Landerneau
Brest - Landerneau - Morlaix
Brest - Landerneau - Landivisiau
Quimper - Lorient
Roscoff - Morlaix
Nantes - Sainte-Pazanne - Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Nantes - Sainte Pazanne - Pornic
Nantes - Vertou
Saint-Brieuc - Dinan
Dol de Bretagne - Dinan
Plouaret - Lannion
Le Mans - Alençon
Nevers - Cosne sur Loire
Lyon - Tassin - Lozanne / Brignais / Sain-Bel
Lisieux - Pont-l'Eveque - Trouville-Deauville
Dijon - Moulins
Alès - Bessèges
La Rochelle - Rochefort
Pau - Oloron
Carcassonne - Limoux - Quillan
This list does not include all services.
Gallery
Depots
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See also
External links
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