10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Départ d'un TER de Valence-Ville: Florian Pépellin· Public domain
- 2. SNCF X72500 Toulouse FRA 001: ignis· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SNCF Class X 72500: Chris0693· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Bucuresti Nord X72500: Andrzej Otrębski· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. SNCF Class X 72500 at Caen Station: Cheng-en Cheng· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. X72500 Houdan: Nogwai· CC0
- 7. X72500 à l’Estaque: Réda TP· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Le X72701-2 en gare de Luant: Akryos· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Autorail X 72611 et passerelle, gare de Périgueux: Cjp24· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Périgueux - TER Périgueux-Brive: Pymouss· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class X 72500 diesel multiple units were built by Alstom between 1997 and 2002. They operate longer distance Transport Express Regional and Intercites services particularly in the areas south and west of Paris, the Paris to Leon line, around Tours, Nantes, Toulouse, Lyon, Dijon, Nevers, Grenoble, Bordeaux and the South Coast of France. They do not operate in the far north of France.
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- 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.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1997
- in service from
- 1997
- number built
- 117
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Regio Călători
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3570526, Wikipedia: SNCF Class X 72500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.