SNCF Class Z 27500 explained

Z 27500 (ZGC)
Service:2005–present
Manufacturer:Bombardier Transportation
Factory:Crespin
Family:Autorail à Grande Capacité
Replaced:Z2 (Z 7300, Z 7500, Z 9500, Z 9600, Z 11500) and RIO, RRR cars
Yearconstruction:2005–2010
Yearservice:2005
Numberbuilt:211
Numberservice:211 trainsets (As of December 2013)
Formation:3 or 4 cars per trainset
articulated
(M1+R1(+R2)+M2)
Fleetnumbers:Z 27501/2–27949/50
Capacity:
  • 140 + 20 folding seats†
  • 194 + 26 folding seats*
Operator:SNCF
Lines:TER
Trainlength:
  • 57.4m (188.3feet)†
  • 72.8m (238.8feet)
Carlength:
  • 21m (69feet) (end car)
  • 15.4m (50.5feet) (intermediate cars)
Width:2.95m (09.68feet)
Height:4.02m (13.19feet)
Wheeldiameter:840mm
Wheelbase:
  • 2700mm (motorised bogie)
  • 2800mm (trailer bogie)
Maxspeed:160km/h
Weight:
  • 124.7t†
  • 152.6t
Traction:Bombardier MITRAC IGBTVVVF
Traction Motors:4 × 325kW 3-phase AC induction motor
Poweroutput:1300kW
Transmission:4.68 : 1 gear ratio (2-stage reduction)[1]
Collectionmethod:Pantograph
Uicclass:Bo′+2′(+2′)+2′+Bo′
Safety:Crocodile and KVB
Coupling:Scharfenberg type, from Dellner
Multipleworking:Z 27500, B 81500, B 82500
Notes:† 3 car train, * 4 car train.[2] [3]

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).

The train is the electric variant of Bombardier AGC, often referred to as ZGC. It the most important fleet of all other AGC variants.[4] It is capable of operating on a or 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

Bombardier vehicle design is articulated using bogies between carriages. The Z 27500 are available in three or four-car unit.[5] 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/ (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, 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.

Operators and routes

TER Bretagne[7]

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

!Regions (before merger)!Regions (after merger)!Number of 3-car set!Number of 4 car-set!Total!Remarks!Layout
AlsaceGrand Est0 (3 ordered)66Transformed into 4-car set
AquitaineOccitanie000First and second class, medium distance network
AuvergneAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes0 (3 ordered)00The 3 trains were sold to Midi Pyrénées
Basse NormandieNormandie0 (9 ordered)99Transformed into 4-car set in 2020First and second class, medium distance network
BourgogneBourgogne-Franche-Comté10010Single class, medium distance network
BretagneBretagne6814First and second class, high comfort
CentreCentre-Val de Loire01010
Champagne-ArdenneGrand Est13013
Franche-ComtéBourgogne-Franche-Comté404Single class, medium distance network
Haute normandieNormandie24024
Languedoc RousillonOccitanie03737First and second class, medium distance network
LorraineGrand Est181432First and second class, high comfort
Midi PyrénéesOccitanie19019With the 3 trains acquired from AuvergneFirst and second class, high comfort
Pays de la LoirePays de la Loire01818
Rhône-AlpesAuvergne-Rhônes-Alpes01515
Total94117211

Accidents

Models

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

References

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rail Gearboxes - We drive solutions . . 29 April 2023 . 5 . November 2019.
  2. Web site: AGC Regional Train - France . 24 January 2023 . Bombardier . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113210627/https://www.bombardier.com/en/transportation/projects/project.agc-france.html . 13 January 2018 . dead.
  3. Web site: 20 April 2021 . AGC : le premier caméléon du rail - transportrail - Le webmagazine des idées ferroviaires . 3 May 2021 . transportrail.canalblog.com . fr.
  4. Web site: 5 November 2020 . La grande série des AGC - Les électriques : les Z 27500 (2e partie) . 3 May 2021 . Rail Passion . fr-FR.
  5. Web site: 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 . 3 May 2021 . Tramway de Montpellier . fr-FR.
  6. Web site: Trains d'Europe : AGC Z 27500 SNCF . 4 May 2021 . www.trains-europe.fr.
  7. Web site: Rames ZGC - TER Bretagne . 4 May 2021 . www.ter.sncf.com . fr.
  8. Web site: Trains d'Europe : AGC Z 27500 SNCF . 3 May 2021 . www.trains-europe.fr.
  9. Web site: Trains du Sud-Ouest . 4 May 2021 . trainsso.pagesperso-orange.fr.
  10. Web site: Le matériel moteur SNCF en décembre 2016 . Histoire des Ateliers de Quatre-Mares.
  11. Web site: Accident report . fr.
  12. News: Accident report . fr .
  13. Web site: Autorail AGC Z 27500 - LS Models 10094 - Pays de la Loire . 3 May 2021 . Univers Train . fr.
  14. Web site: AGC Version 5?3 . RW Central.
  15. News: 18 March 2021 . Opération mi-vie » : 40% du parc TER rénové dans les dix prochaines années . fr . Mid-life maintenance": 40 % of the French commuter rail will be modernized in the next 10 years . Press release . SNCF Voyages .