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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Gco nois mareil2: Josué Ahoyo/Eole99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Gco nois2 stgermaingc3: Josué Ahoyo/Eole99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Gare de Paris-Saint Lazar Z6400 coin: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 4. TransilienGCO Rame porteverte velo: Eole99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. France, 08.04.87 Versailles-Rive-Droite Z 6507 (33179541291): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Paris T2 1997 1: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Gare de Marly-le-Roi 05: Geralix· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Gare de Noisy-le-Roi 01: Eole99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Gare de Noisy-le-Roi 02: Eole99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Gare de Noisy-le-Roi 03: Eole99· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SNCF Class Z 6400 electric multiple unit trains were built by Alsthom/Carel et Fouché from 1976 to 1979. They were chiefly used in commuter service to the Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris, serving the northwest Paris suburbs. Seventy-five of these 4-car units were built for use on suburban service in the west of Paris, operating mainly on the Transilien Line L. The 4-car units were most often used in double-formation as 8-car sets.
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 50 years ago, in 1976.
- 2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 92.4 m long: about 21 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 45 years (1976–2021).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1976
- in service from
- 1976
- retired
- 2021
- status
- retired
- number built
- 75
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom, Carel et Fouché
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 4 cars per trainset
- length
- 92.4 m
- Dutch name
- SNCF Z 6400
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2517822, Wikipedia: SNCF Class Z 6400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.