#3851· SNCF Z 5300
SNCF Class Z 5300
🇫🇷 France ·built by Francorail· from 1965· electric multiple unit
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Z5355lar: Romain Martin· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Gare Juvisy z5300 rerd: Eole99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Gare de Corbeil-Essonnes Z5300 Z20500: poudou99· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SNCF Class Z 5300: Chris0693· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Automotrice Z 5300: Thhera· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Ligne de Paris-Montparnasse à Brest - Le Perray-en-Yvelines (78) - Z 5300 Rambouillet-Paris: Floppy36· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SNCF Z 5300 5358 (8523013622): Nelso Silva· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Um z5300: Tibidibtibo· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Z 5300 - Z 5316: Lunon92· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Z 5300 première série: G.Germot· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
SNCF Class Z 5300 are three and four car electric multiple unit type for Paris commuter and regional services. They were built by Carel et Fouche, MTE/Francorail, Fives-Lille and OC Oerlikon between 1965 and 1968 (1st batch) and 1972 and 1975 (2nd batch). Units began to be removed from service in 2003 with the final train being withdrawn on 8 December 2018.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Served for 38 years (1965–2003).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965
- in service from
- 1965
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- 145
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Francorail, Fives Group, OC Oerlikon
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 3 or 4 cars per trainset
- Dutch name
- SNCF Z 5300
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1461088, Wikipedia: SNCF Class Z 5300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.