SNCF Class X 73500

SNCF X 73500
X 73595 at Moreuil station in 2008.
Constructed1999–2004
Number built318
Number in service315 (as of Jan. 2020)
Capacity61 (seated)
17 (standing)
OperatorsSNCF
Lines servedTER, Intercités
Specifications
Train length28,90 m
Width2,90 m
Height3,70 m
Maximum speed140 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

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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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.

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  • Two Class X73500 passing each other at Morteau
    Two Class X73500 passing each other at Morteau
  • Two Class X73500 approaching Morteau
    Two Class X73500 approaching Morteau
  • X73796
    X73796
  • A TER Bourgogne set at Saincaize
    A TER Bourgogne set at Saincaize
  • A TER Languedoc-Roussillon set at Carcassonne
    A TER Languedoc-Roussillon set at Carcassonne
  • A X73500 on the Ligne des Cévennes.
    A X73500 on the Ligne des Cévennes.

Depots

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See also

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