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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SNCF Z 21561 en gare d'Orléans: Croquant· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Z 21500 Poitou-Charentes à St-Pierres-des-Corps (juillet 2008): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. ONDRES GARE (8640359236): patrick janicek from Courbevoie, France· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Quais de la gare de Bayonne: Florian Pépellin· Public domain
- 5. Rames Z 21500 et Z 7300 en gare de Bordeaux (juillet 2008): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. St Jean de Luz TER: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Ter Bayonne-Hendaye sur le pont sur l'Adour: Jvillafruela· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. TER Hendaye-Bordeaux arrivé à son terminus (août 2008): Florian Pépellin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 2025-03-13 Regio 2N & Z-TER, Rennes: RAIL P ( RAIL.PHOTOGRAPHY )· CC0
- 10. Z 21500 ex MooviTER en Gare de Lorient en septembre 2023: Allain Lloyd· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Z-TER (Z 21500) is a French model of electric multiple unit regional passenger train, manufactured by Alstom and Bombardier Transportation, and operated by SNCF. They are used on regional links, and can be coupled with another Z-TER. They are derived from the French diesel passenger regional train "X-TER" (SNCF Class X 72500), and is the first regional train to reach 200 km/h. Their main characteristic is their ability to travel at 124.27 mph (200 km/h), which constitutes a first for TER self-propelled equipment. This ability, used every day over several sections of conventional lines, is also operated for the first time on a high speed line since 2017.
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 23 years ago, in 2003.
- 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.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 27 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 79.2 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 211: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2003
- in service from
- 2003
- number built
- 57
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line:, 3, 3
- formation
- 3 cars
- length
- 79.2 m
- weight
- 162 t
- capacity
- 211 passengers
- Dutch name
- SNCF Z 21500
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q849558, Wikipedia: Z-TER (Z 21500) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.