The
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...
Class Z 9600
electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number o ...
s were built by
Alsthom
Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional a ...
between 1984–1987. They are part of the Z2 type of electric multiple units, all similarly styled. The other Z2 classes are
Z 7300,
Z 7500 and
Z 9500. This class operate in the Loire and the Alps. The class wear several liveries. The original livery, shown in the top picture, of Dark Blue with Red fronts. Also the Blue Regional livery and the new
TER
Ter or TER may refer to:
Places
* River Ter, in Essex, England
* Ter (river), in Catalonia
* Ter (department), a region in France
* Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy
* Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ...
livery.
Image:SNCF Class Z 9600.JPG, Z 9607/19607 (Z2) near Tours
Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...
. This unit has been reliveried and is the same unit as in the top picture.
File:Intérieur d'une Z2 omnibus non rénovée par Cramos.jpg, Interior prior to refurbishment
File:Intérieur d'une Z2 omnibus rénovée par Cramos.jpg, Interior after refurbishment
In this class there are 36 units.
Z 09600
Alstom multiple units
Electric multiple units of France
{{France-rail-transport-stub