#5383· SNCF Z 27500
SNCF Class Z 27500
🇫🇷 France ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2005· French bicourant electric multiple unit
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SNCF ZGC Part-Dieu: Vincent BABILOTTE· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. ZGC à Milhaud (3) par Cramos: Cramos· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. AGC Z 27500: A1AA1A· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 3 AGC Gare de Mulhouse 15052012: Pehaha· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Basel Sint Johann TER: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SNCF Z 27888 - Belfort - 20 décembre 2024 - 01: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. SNCF Z 27888 - Belfort - 20 décembre 2024: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 27524 TER Basse-Normandie: Didrik Venturini· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. SNCF Z 27504: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. TER Normandie, gare de Lisieux: Kevin.B· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
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. It is capable of operating on a 1,500 V DC or 25 kV 50 Hz AC electricity supply.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 57.4 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 21 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- status
- in service
- number built
- 211
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line:, 3, 3
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+2′(+2′)+2′+Bo′
- formation
- 3 or 4 cars per trainset, articulated, (M1+R1(+R2)+M2)
- length
- 57.4 m
- weight
- 125 t
- capacity
- 26 passengers
- Dutch name
- SNCF Z 27500
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q822918, Wikipedia: SNCF Class Z 27500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.