#4711· SNCF Z 20500
SNCF Class Z 20500
🇫🇷 France ·built by Alstom Crespin· from 1988· Double-deck electric multiple unit
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Z 20500 - Z 20763 132: Lunon92· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Z 20500 IDF Mobilités Ligne P: Mohamed SY· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Intérieur d'une rame rénovée Z 20500, en livrée Île-de-France Mobilités: Le cheminots· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. SISVE Z20500 series: Lodaï· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Two SIVSE system on Z20500 series: Lodaï· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. USB device Z20500 series: Lodaï· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Z20500 montigny: Eole99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Z 20500 - Motrice salle haute 01: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Z 20500 - Pupitre 01: Clicsouris· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Couloir de service Z 20500 arrière: Poloohyeah· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class Z 20500 is a double-deck, dual-voltage electric multiple unit trainset that are operated by SNCF on the Réseau Express Régional (RER), a hybrid suburban commuter and rapid transit system and the Transilien, a suburban commuter rail system, both serving Paris and its Île-de-France suburbs. The 200 trains were built by a consortium of French manufacturer Alstom (then known as GEC Alsthom), ANF Industrie (which would be purchased by Bombardier in 1989 before the end of the deliveries), and Compagnie industrielle de matériel de transport (CIMT). The final assembly of the trains took place between 1988 and 1998.
who runs it
base stats
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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 2.8 MW is about 33 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Still in service after 38 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- status
- in service
- number built
- 200
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom Crespin, Alstom, Alstom Petite-Forêt
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Réseau express régional, Transilien
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 2.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line:, 3, 3
- formation
- 4 or 5 cars per trainset:, 3 66 trainsets with 4 cars, 3 134 trainsets with 5 cars
- weight
- 69 t
- Dutch name
- SNCF Z 20500
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2366763, Wikipedia: SNCF Class Z 20500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.