SNCF Class X 73500
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The X73500 is a Diesel Multiple Unit
Diesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board diesel engines. They may also be referred to as a railcar or railmotor, depending on country.-Design:...

 (DMU) train
Train
A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...

 type operated by the SNCF
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...

 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. They were built from 1999 to 2004 by Alsthom DDF
Alstom
Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...

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General Information

The trains are single railcars, and have been nicknamed Blue Whales (Baleines bleues) Cucumbers (Concombres) or Sausages (Saucisses). The units were ordered joint with Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

, with their Class 641
DBAG Class 641
The DBAG Class 641 is a class of German railway vehicle operated by Deutsche Bahn AG . They are diesel railcars belonging to the Alstom Coradia A TER family. Their development started as a joint project between DBAG and the French national railway, SNCF, on the one hand, and the railway vehicle...

 units.

The trains have modern features which were new to TER trains, such as:
  • PIS
    Passenger information system
    A passenger information [display] system is an electronic information system which provides real-time passenger information. It may include both predictions about arrival and departure times, as well as information about the nature and causes of disruptions...

     inside and out of the train
  • Low floor section with wide doors, for those with poor mobility
  • Air conditioning
  • Stronger cab area for reduced crash damage


The trains can work in multiple of up to 3 sets.

X73813 - X7318 are former CFL (Luxembourg) units 2101 - 2106 and operate in the Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 region. SNCF Class X 73900
SNCF Class X 73900
The X73900 is a Diesel Multiple Unit train type operated by the SNCF in France. They were built from 2001 to 2004 by Alsthom DDF. They are a version of the SNCF Class X 73500 equipped with train control systems for transborder services to Germany....

 is an identical version of the X 73500, but can also operate into Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Liveries

  • TER Livery - Metallic Grey with Blue ends and TER logo's. Most X 73500 carry this.
  • TER Bourgogne Livery - Metallic Grey with Red and Yellow ends
  • TER Languedoc-Roussillon - Metallic Grey with Red, Yellow sun rays.

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
    Integra-Signum
    Integra-Signum is a Swiss train protection system introduced in 1933. Originally it was called Signum; the name Integra was added later. It transmits data inductively and is simple, robust and reliable also in snow.-How it works:...

     (Swiss Train Protection) and are used on the Besançon - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds service.
  • X 73809 with Poitou-Charentes
    Poitou-Charentes
    Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.-Politics:The regional council is composed of 56 members...

     region has been fitted with solar panels to its roof to power the electrical components of the train

Use of X 73500

The units are used on rural, unelectrified railway lines in France and are operated by all TER regions except Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....

, Corsica
Corsica
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....

 and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA is one of the 27 regions of France.It is made up of:* the former French province of Provence* the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin...

.

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
    SNCF Class X 72500
    The SNCF Class X 72500 diesel multiple units were built by Alstom between 1997 and 2002. They operate longer distance TER services, particularly in the areas south and west of Paris, the Paris to Laon line, around Tours, Nantes, Toulouse, Lyon, Dijon, Nevers, Grenoble, Bordeaux and the South Coast...

  • 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 - Commentry - 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.

Depots

  • TER Alsace
    TER Alsace
    TER Alsace is the regional rail network serving the région of Alsace, eastern France.- Rail:-Road:* Cernay - Sewen* Colmar - Turckheim - Munster - Metzeral* Colmar - Volgelsheim* Haguenau - Niederbronn - Bitche...

     - Strasbourg
    Strasbourg
    Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...

     - 24 Railcars
  • TER Aquitaine
    TER Aquitaine
    TER Aquitaine is the regional rail network serving the Aquitaine région, France.- Rail :- Road :* Agen - Villeneuve-sur-Lot* Ossès - Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry* Dax - Mauléon* Bordeaux - Pauillac - Le Verdon* Mont-de-Marsan - Hagetmau...

     - Limoges
    Limoges
    Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....

     - 15 Railcars
  • TER Auvergne
    TER Auvergne
    TER Auvergne is the regional rail network serving Auvergne région, France.- Rail :- Bus :* Arlanc - Ambert - Thiers - Vichy* Neussargues - Riom-ès-Montagnes - Bort-les-Orgues* Clermont-Ferrand - Bort-les-Orgues - Mauriac - Saint-Martin-Valmeroux...

     - Clermont-Ferrand
    Clermont-Ferrand
    Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...

     - 35 Railcars
  • TER Basse-Normandie - Caen
    Caen
    Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....

     - 11 Railcars
  • TER Bourgogne
    TER Bourgogne
    TER Bourgogne is the regional rail network serving the Burgundy region of France.- Rail:-Road:* Autun - Le Creusot-TGV* Paray-le-Monial - Le Creusot-TGV* Châtillon-sur-Seine - Montbard* Corbigny - Avallon - Montbard* Saulieu - Montbard...

     - Nevers
    Nevers
    Nevers is a commune in – and the administrative capital of – the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne region in central France...

     - 10 Railcars
  • TER Bretagne
    TER Bretagne
    TER Bretagne is the regional rail network serving Brittany, in the north west of France.- Rail :-Road:*Carhaix - Rosporden*Vannes - Pontivy - Saint-Brieuc*Lorient - Loudéac - Saint-Brieuc*Fougères - Laval*Rennes - Mont-Saint-Michel*Rennes - Pontivy...

     - Rennes
    Rennes
    Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...

     - 15 Railcars
  • TER Centre
    TER Centre
    TER Centre is the regional rail network serving Centre région of France.- Rail:-Road:* Tours - Loches - Châteauroux* Bourges - Issoudun - Châteauroux* Vendôme-TGV - Château-Renault* Chartres - Brou - Courtalain - Droué* Dreux - Chartres - Orléans...

     - Tours
    Tours
    Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...

     - 15 Railcars
  • TER Champagne-Ardenne - Epernay
    Épernay
    Épernay is a commune in the Marne department in northern France. Épernay is located some 130 km north-east of Paris on the main line of the Eastern railway to Strasbourg...

     - 20 Railcars
  • TER Franche-Comté - Dijon
    Dijon
    Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....

     - 20 Railcars
  • TER Haute-Normandie - Sotteville-les-Rouen
    Sotteville-lès-Rouen
    - Transportation :The métro connects the commune with Rouen and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.The commune used to be a railway town in the days of the old Rouen tramway.- Population :- Places of interest :* The three churches of Notre-Dame, St...

     - 11 Railcars
  • TER Languedoc-Roussillon - Toulouse
    Toulouse
    Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

     - 9 Railcars
  • TER Limousin
    TER Limousin
    TER Limousin is the regional rail network serving Limousin région, France.- By train :-By bus:* Limoges - Uzerche - Tulle* Limoges - Aubusson - Felletin* Ussel - Felletin* Ussel - Auzances - Montluçon* Montluçon - Aubusson - Felletin...

     - Limoges
    Limoges
    Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....

     - 15 Railcars
  • TER Lorraine
    TER Lorraine
    TER Lorraine is the regional rail network serving Lorraine region, France.- Rail:-Road:* Thionville - Bouzonville - Creutzwald* Remiremont - Bussang* Remiremont - La Bresse - Gerardmer* Epinal - Mirecourt - Vittel - Neufchâteau...

     - Metz
    Metz
    Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...

     - 6 Railcars
  • TER Midi-Pyrénées - Toulouse
    Toulouse
    Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

     - 28 Railcars
  • TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais
    TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais
    TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais the regional rail network serving Nord-Pas-de-Calais région, France.- Network :*Lille - Calais - Boulogne-sur-Mer *Lille - Dunkerque *Lille - Arras -Multiple units:...

     - Lille
    Lille
    Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...

     - 10 Railcars
  • TER Pays de la Loire
    TER Pays de la Loire
    TER Pays de la Loire is the regional rail network serving Pays de la Loire, France.- Train :- Bus :*Redon-Saint-Nazaire*Nantes-Poitiers*Nantes-Challans-Saint-Jean-de-Monts*Nantes-Noirmoutier*Nantes-Saint-Jean-de-Monts*Fontenay-le-Comte-Niort...

     - Nantes
    Nantes
    Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....

     - 17 Railcars
  • TER Picardie
    TER Picardie
    TER Picardie is the regional rail network serving the Picardy region of France. It is based at the Gare d'Amiens in the town of Amiens.- Rail :- Road :- Multiple units:* SNCF Class Z 26500* SNCF Class X 4630* SNCF Class X 72500...

     - Longueau
    Longueau
    Longueau is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Longueau is situated southeast of Amiens, a suburb just by the airport, on the N29 road-Population:-Places of interest:The town was once a railway centre...

     - 12 Railcars
  • TER Poitou-Charentes
    TER Poitou-Charentes
    TER Poitou-Charentes the regional rail network serving the Poitou-Charentes région, France.- Rail :- Road :* Angoulême - Jonzac* Poitiers - Parthenay - Bressuire - Cholet - Nantes* Thouars - Loudun - Chinon...

     - Limoges
    Limoges
    Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....

     - 8 Railcars
  • TER Rhône-Alpes - Lyon
    Lyon
    Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

     - 50 Railcars

See also

  • Alstom Coradia LINT
  • DBAG Class 641
    DBAG Class 641
    The DBAG Class 641 is a class of German railway vehicle operated by Deutsche Bahn AG . They are diesel railcars belonging to the Alstom Coradia A TER family. Their development started as a joint project between DBAG and the French national railway, SNCF, on the one hand, and the railway vehicle...

  • SNCF Class X 73900
    SNCF Class X 73900
    The X73900 is a Diesel Multiple Unit train type operated by the SNCF in France. They were built from 2001 to 2004 by Alsthom DDF. They are a version of the SNCF Class X 73500 equipped with train control systems for transborder services to Germany....

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