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SNCF Class Z 27500

The Z 27500 is a type of dual-voltage electric multiple unit trainset for the French National Railway Company (SNCF) intended to the TER network (French commuter rail).[2]

Z 27500 (ZGC)
Z 27883 in the TER Languedoc-Roussillon livery at Milhaud station
In service2005–present
ManufacturerBombardier Transportation
Built atCrespin
Family nameAutorail à Grande Capacité
ReplacedZ2 (Z 7300, Z 7500, Z 9500, Z 9600, Z 11500) and RIO, RRR cars
Constructed2005–2010
Entered service2005
Number built211
Number in service211 trainsets (As of December 2013)
Formation3 or 4 cars per trainset
articulated
(M1+R1(+R2)+M2)
Fleet numbersZ 27501/2–27949/50
Capacity
  • 140 + 20 folding seats†
  • 194 + 26 folding seats*
OperatorsSNCF
Lines servedTER
Specifications
Train length
  • 57.4 m (188 ft 4 in)†
  • 72.8 m (238 ft 10 in)*
Car length
  • 21 m (68 ft 11 in) (end car)
  • 15.4 m (50 ft 6 in) (intermediate cars)
Width2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Height4.02 m (13 ft 2 in)
Wheel diameter840 mm (33 in)
Wheelbase
  • 2,700 mm (110 in) (motorised bogie)
  • 2,800 mm (110 in) (trailer bogie)
Maximum speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Weight
  • 124.7 t (122.7 long tons; 137.5 short tons)†
  • 152.6 t (150.2 long tons; 168.2 short tons)*
Traction systemBombardier MITRAC IGBT–VVVF
Traction motors4 × 325 kW (436 hp) 3-phase AC induction motor
Power output1,300 kW (1,700 hp)
Transmission4.68 : 1 gear ratio (2-stage reduction)[1]
Electric system(s)
Current collector(s)Pantograph
UIC classificationBo′+2′(+2′)+2′+Bo′
Safety system(s)Crocodile and KVB
Coupling systemScharfenberg type, from Dellner
Multiple workingZ 27500, B 81500, B 82500
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Notes/references
† 3 car train, * 4 car train.[2][3][4][5]

The train is the electric variant of Bombardier AGC, often referred to as ZGC. It the most important fleet of all other AGC variants.[2] It is capable of operating on a 1,500 V DC or 25 kV 50 Hz AC electricity supply.

A total of 211 trainsets have been built by Canadian conglomerate Bombardier at its factory in Crespin (near Valenciennes, France) since 2005. The first set (Z 27503/27504) was placed into regular passenger service on 24 March 2005, for the Basse-Normandie region.

Design edit

Bombardier vehicle design is articulated using bogies between carriages. The Z 27500 are available in three or four-car unit.[3] The train can be operated as a multiple-unit control with up to three units, with other Z 27500 or the dual-mode version Diesel/1,500 V DC (B 81500). The train is equipped with 2 pantographs on the intermediate car.

Their capacity offers 160 seats in a three-car unit, 220 in a four-car set. The inter-carriage passages have wide, open gangway connections, limiting bottlenecking.

The Z 27500 from Lorraine region can be operated as a multiple-unit control with the Diesel variant (X 76500 [fr]), specifically equipped with a command to raise the pantograph.[6]

Whereas the first trains were delivered in their three-car set version (with an intermediate car), several regions later added a second intermediate car, in order to increase their capacity from 160 to 220 seats.[7]

Photo gallery edit

  •  
    Interior, show 2+2 seatings (second class)
  •  
    First class interior
  •  
    Z 27500 in its three-car set version
  •  
    Z 27500 in its four-car set version
  •  
    Two Z 27500 and one B 82500 being coupled for multiple working
  •  
    Bikes storage space on the train

Operators and routes edit

TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes edit

  • Ambérieu-en-Bugey - Bourg-en-Bresse - Mâcon
  • Annecy - La-Roche-sur-Foron - Annemasse
  • Annecy - La-Roche-sur-Foron - Cluses - Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
  • Annemasse - Thonon-les-Bains - Évian-les-Bains
  • Annemasse - La Roche-sur-Foron - Bonneville - Cluses - Sallanches-Combloux-Megève - Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet
  • Annecy - Grenoble - Valence
  • Valence - Grenoble - Annecy -Thonon-les-Bains - Évian-les-Bains
  • Lyon Perrache - Lyon Part-Dieu - Bourg-en-Bresse
  • Lyon Part-Dieu - Culoz - Aix-les-Bains-Le Revard - Annecy
  • Lyon Part-Dieu - Culoz - Bellegarde - Genève-Cornavin
  • Lyon Part-Dieu - Culoz - Bellegarde - Annemasse - Thonon-les-Bains - Évian-les-Bains
  • Lyon Part-Dieu - Culoz - Bellegarde - Annemasse - La Roche-sur-Foron - Bonneville - Cluses - Sallanches-Combloux-Megève - Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet

TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté edit

 
Franche-Comté ZGC stopped at the Besançon station.

TER Bretagne[8] edit

 
ZGC TER Bretagne at the Saint-Malo station.

TER Centre-Val de Loire edit

TER Grand Est edit

 
Lorraine ZGC stopped at the Nancy station.

TER Normandie edit

 
TER Normandie ZGC stopped at the Amiens station.

TER Occitanie edit

TER Pays de la Loire edit

 
TER Pays de la Loire ZGC stopped at the La Bohalle station.

Distribution of orders[8][7][9][10] edit

Regions (before merger) Regions (after merger) Number of 3-car set Number of 4 car-set Total Remarks Layout
Alsace Grand Est 0 (3 ordered) 6 6 Transformed into 4-car set
Aquitaine Occitanie 0 0 0 First and second class, medium distance network
Auvergne Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 0 (3 ordered) 0 0 The 3 trains were sold to Midi Pyrénées
Basse Normandie Normandie 0 (9 ordered) 9 9 Transformed into 4-car set in 2020 First and second class, medium distance network
Bourgogne Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 10 0 10 Single class, medium distance network
Bretagne Bretagne 6 8 14 First and second class, high comfort
Centre Centre-Val de Loire 0 10 10
Champagne-Ardenne Grand Est 13 0 13
Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 4 0 4 Single class, medium distance network
Haute normandie Normandie 24 0 24
Languedoc Rousillon Occitanie 0 37 37 First and second class, medium distance network
Lorraine Grand Est 18 14 32 First and second class, high comfort
Midi Pyrénées Occitanie 19 0 19 With the 3 trains acquired from Auvergne First and second class, high comfort
Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire 0 18 18
Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes 0 15 15
Total 94 117 211

Accidents edit

Models edit

  • The LS Models brand makes a model of the Z 27500 in 3 or 4-car set version in HO gauge.[13]
  • Different versions of AGC can be downloaded (free or paid) for Train Simulator game.[14]

Future edit

See also: Autorail à Grande Capacité § Future

SNCF has announced on 18 March 2021, that 40% of the TER (French commuter rail) fleet will be renovated in the next 10 years, included Z 27500 Class.[15]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Rail Gearboxes - We drive solutions" (PDF). IGW. November 2019. p. 5. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c -les-z-27500-2e partie/ "La grande série des AGC - Les électriques : les Z 27500 (2e partie)". Rail Passion (in French). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b tramwaydemontpellier (1 March 2021). "1er mars 2021 – Sur la ligne des Causses, les jours sont comptés pour les automotrices Z2 à courant continu de la série 7300". Tramway de Montpellier (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ "AGC Regional Train - France". Bombardier. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. ^ "AGC : le premier caméléon du rail - transportrail - Le webmagazine des idées ferroviaires". transportrail.canalblog.com (in French). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Trains d'Europe : AGC Z 27500 SNCF". www.trains-europe.fr. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Trains d'Europe : AGC Z 27500 SNCF". www.trains-europe.fr. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Rames ZGC - TER Bretagne". www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Trains du Sud-Ouest". trainsso.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Le matériel moteur SNCF en décembre 2016" (PDF). Histoire des Ateliers de Quatre-Mares.
  11. ^ "Accident report" (PDF) (in French).
  12. ^ "Accident report" (PDF) (in French).
  13. ^ "Autorail AGC Z 27500 - LS Models 10094 - Pays de la Loire". Univers Train (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  14. ^ "AGC Version 5?3". RW Central.
  15. ^ "Opération mi-vie » : 40% du parc TER rénové dans les dix prochaines années" [Mid-life maintenance": 40 % of the French commuter rail will be modernized in the next 10 years] (PDF). Press release (in French). SNCF Voyages. 18 March 2021.

Literature edit

  • Redoutey, Denis (2016). La Vie du Rail (ed.). Le matériel moteur SNCF en 2016 (in French). Paris. p. 400. ISBN 978-2-370620-40-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "450 AGC déjà en service". Rail-Passion (in French). 137. March 2009.
  • "État annuel du matériel moteur SNCF". Rail-Passion (in French). 139. May 2009.
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