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#4488· SNCF Z 9500

SNCF Class Z 9500

🇫🇷 France ·built by Alstom· from 1982· Class of electric multiple unit trains used in France

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Z9500 Belfort: Kevin.B· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Z2 Arc et Senans: Vincent de Morteau· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. Départ Z 9500 Quai 1 de Montmélian en soirée (août 2021): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Pupitre Z9500: Nicolas Pépellin· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. Z 9500 dans la neige à Modane (décembre 2017): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. Z 9500 en direction de Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux en gare de Bourg-Saint-Maurice: Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Z 9500 gare Bourg-Saint-Maurice: Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Z 9500-600 et CC 6549 à Modane (septembre 2020): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
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SNCF Class Z 9500, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Kevin.B· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The SNCF Class Z 9500 electric multiple units were built by Alstom between 1982–1983. They are, together with the Z 9600 units, the dual-voltage version of the Z2 family. They are operated by TER Franche-Comté, TER Bourgogne and TER Rhône-Alpes.

who runs it

TER BourgogneTER Franche-ComtéTER Rhône-AlpesSociété nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

  • speed 160 km/htop speed
  • power 1.3 MWpower output
  • weight 127 tin working order
  • seats 151passengers
  • built 20made 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 44 years ago, in 1982.
  • 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).
  • 50.2 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 151: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Still in service after 44 years.

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

spec sheet

built
1982
in service from
1982
status
in service
number built
20
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇫🇷 France
builders
Alstom
operators
TER Bourgogne, TER Franche-Comté, TER Rhône-Alpes, 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
formation
2-car trainset
length
50.2 m
weight
127 t
capacity
151 passengers
Dutch name
SNCF Z 9500

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2330180, Wikipedia: SNCF Class Z 9500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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