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SNCF Class X 2200

🇫🇷 France ·built by Alstom Crespin· from 1985· class of 60 French diesel railcars

🚆 multiple unit diesel retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Viel01: Tuyra· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. X2200 à St-André-de-Cubzac (2) par Cramos: Cramos· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. X 2200: Jean-Pierre LESCURE· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. 04.07.93 Felletin X 2226 (15449766139): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 05.09.89 Sarlat X 2220 (13250105444): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. 19.08.92 Mont-de-Marsan X 2257 & X 2254 (15450276358): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. Autorail X-2204: Gilles tagada· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. France, 27.08.89 Royan DMUs (32617345064): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. SNCF Class X 2200 & Trailer: Chris0693· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. Accessibilité poussette dans X2200 à Gauriaguet par Cramos: Cramos· CC BY-SA 4.0
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SNCF Class X 2200, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Tuyra· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The SNCF Class X 2200 diesel multiple units were built by ANF between 1985–1988. Limoges units are used in Limousin, the Dordogne, around Bourdeaux and the line between Limoges and Angoulême, often with trailers. Nice based units are used mainly on the Nice - Cuneo line.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

  • speed 140 km/htop speed
  • power 412 kWpower output
  • weight 43 tin working order
  • seats 50passengers
  • built 60made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 41 years ago, in 1985.
  • Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • 412 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 22.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 3 years (1985–1988).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1985
in service from
1985
retired
1988
status
retired
number built
60
kind
multiple unit
traction
diesel
origin
🇫🇷 France
builders
Alstom Crespin, Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France
operators
Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed
140 km/h
power
412 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
formation
Single railcar
length
22.4 m
weight
43 t
capacity
50 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q3570510, Wikipedia: SNCF Class X 2200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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