SNCF Class X 73500

The X73500 is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by SNCF. They were built between 1999 and 2004 by Alstom.

SNCF X 73500
X 73595 at Moreuil station in 2008.
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
Specifications
Train length	28.90 m (94 ft 10 in)
Width	2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
Height	3.70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Maximum speed	140 kilometres per hour (87 mph)

General Information

The trains are single unit railcars. The units were ordered jointly with Deutsche Bahn, with their Class 641 units.^[1] They are powered by two MAN engines and have a top speed of 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph).^[2]

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 a group of up to 3 sets, but passengers cannot move between the units.^[1]

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.^[1]

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

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

Depots

• TER Alsace - Strasbourg - 24 Railcars
• TER Aquitaine - Limoges - 15 Railcars
• TER Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand - 35 Railcars
• TER Basse-Normandie - Caen - 11 Railcars
• TER Bourgogne - Nevers - 10 Railcars
• TER Bretagne - Rennes - 15 Railcars
• TER Centre - Tours - 15 Railcars
• TER Champagne-Ardenne - Epernay - 20 Railcars
• TER Franche-Comté - Dijon - 20 Railcars
• TER Haute-Normandie - Sotteville-les-Rouen - 11 Railcars
• TER Languedoc-Roussillon - Toulouse - 9 Railcars
• TER Limousin - Limoges - 15 Railcars
• TER Lorraine - Metz - 6 Railcars
• TER Midi-Pyrénées - Toulouse - 28 Railcars
• TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais - Lille - 10 Railcars
• TER Pays de la Loire - Nantes - 17 Railcars
• TER Picardie - Longueau - 12 Railcars
• TER Poitou-Charentes - Limoges - 8 Railcars
• TER Rhône-Alpes - Lyon - 50 Railcars

See also

• Alstom Coradia LINT