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Regio 2N

🇫🇷 France ·built by Alstom· from 2013· French electric multiple unit

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Regio2N 003XL en gare de Longueau: Thierry Martel· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. SNCF Class Z 55500: BB 22385· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. Regio2N n°057L au TER16769 par Cramos: Cramos· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Regio2N n°503L Pays de la Loire sur viaduc de Cinq-Mars par Cramos: Cramos· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. Régio2N n°080C à Laval (2) par Cramos: Cramos· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. Rame Régio 2N Quais Gare Lyon - Paris XII (FR75) - 2026-08-21 - 1: Chabe01· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Regio 2N - 117M - Train autonome à Persan Beaumont: Trainsandstations· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Regio 2N — Z56000 — Hauts-de-France à Persan Beaumont: Trainsandstations· CC BY 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Regio 2N, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Thierry Martel· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Regio 2N is family of a double-deck, dual-voltage electric multiple unit trainsets built for French rail operator SNCF to serve its regional rail routes (TER, Transilien, and RER). The trains utilize a unique and highly configurable design. One of the end cars is single-deck and designed to accommodate wheelchair users, the other end car is double-deck.

who runs it

Société nationale des chemins de fer françaisTransport express régionalTransilienTransdev GroupSNCF VoyageursTransdev Rail Sud Inter-Métropoles

base stats

  • speed 200 km/htop speed
  • built 281made 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 13 years ago, in 2013.
  • Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.

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

spec sheet

built
2013
in service from
2014
status
in service
number built
281
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇫🇷 France
builders
Alstom, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
operators
Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Transport express régional, Transilien, Transdev Group, SNCF Voyageurs, Transdev Rail Sud Inter-Métropoles
top speed
200 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
Overhead line:, 3, 3
formation
6, 7, 8 or 10 cars per trainset

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

Sources: Wikidata Q572856, Wikipedia: Regio 2N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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