The X73500 is a

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(DMU)

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type operated by the SNCF in

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. They were built from 1999 to 2004 by Alsthom DDF.

General Information

The trains are single railcars. The units were ordered joint with

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, with their Class 641 units. The trains have modern features which were new to TER trains, such as: * PIS 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 - X73818 are former CFL (Luxembourg) units 2101 - 2106 and operate in the

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region.

SNCF Class X 73900 The X73900 is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) 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 ...

is an identical version of the X 73500, but can also operate into

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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 Poitou-Charentes (; oc, Peitau-Charantas; Poitevin-Saintongese: ) is a former administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, ...

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

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, Corsica and

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. They operate the following services: * Bourges - Nevers * Chartres - Courtallain — Saint-Pellerin * Reims - Tergnier * Saint-Etienne - Le Puy * Saint-Marcellin - Grenoble - Chambéry (via the

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) * 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

TER Alsace TER Alsace was the regional rail network serving the région of Alsace, eastern France. In 2016 it was merged into the new TER Grand Est. Network Rail Road * Cernay – Sewen * Colmar – Turckheim – Munster – Metzeral * Colmar – V ...

- Strasbourg - 24 Railcars *

TER Aquitaine TER Aquitaine was the regional rail network serving the Aquitaine ''région'', France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Network Rail Road * Agen – Villeneuve-sur-Lot * Ossès – Saint-Étienne-de-Baï ...

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

- 15 Railcars * TER Auvergne -

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label= Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attra ...

- 35 Railcars * TER Basse-Normandie -

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,TER Bourgogne -

Nevers Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France. It was the principal city of the former province of Nivernais. It is ...

- 10 Railcars *

TER Bretagne TER Bretagne (stylized as ''TER BreizhGo'' since 2018) is the TER regional rail network serving the administrative region of Brittany, in north-west France. Network The rail and bus network as of April 2022:Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...

- 15 Railcars * TER Centre -

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metr ...

- 15 Railcars * TER Champagne-Ardenne - Epernay - 20 Railcars * TER Franche-Comté -

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earl ...

- 20 Railcars * TER Haute-Normandie - Sotteville-les-Rouen - 11 Railcars * TER Languedoc-Roussillon -

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. The city is on t ...

- 9 Railcars *

TER Limousin TER Limousin was the regional rail network serving Limousin région, France. In 2017, it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Network By train By bus * Limoges – Uzerche – Tulle * Limoges – Aubusson – Felletin * Uss ...

- 15 Railcars * TER Lorraine -

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est ...

- 6 Railcars *

TER Midi-Pyrénées TER Midi Pyrénées was the regional rail network serving the Midi-Pyrénées region in southwest France. The centre of the network was Toulouse-Matabiau station. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Occitanie. Characteristics The network has ...

- 28 Railcars * TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais -

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...

- 10 Railcars * TER Pays de la Loire -

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabit ...

- 17 Railcars * TER Picardie - Longueau - 12 Railcars * TER Poitou-Charentes -

- 8 Railcars * TER Rhône-Alpes -

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

- 50 Railcars

External links

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