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SNCF Class Z 800

🇫🇷 France ·built by Unknown builder· from 1996· French electric multiple unit

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. SNCF Z803: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Z 800 aux Tines: Christophe Jacquet· CC BY-SA 2.5
3. Avant-z-800-quai-vallorcine: Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Ligne Saint-Gervais - Vallorcine - z800 en gare de Montroc: Poudou99· CC BY 3.0
5. SNCF Z 800 (SNCF Z 802 A W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. SNCF Z 800 (SNCF Z 802 B W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. TER Z 800 train rides into Chamonix-Aiguille-du-Midi station, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, 2025: DimiTalen· CC0
8. Z 800 in Martigny 1: MDLGC7374· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Z 800 à Martigny 2: MDLGC7374· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. Z-800-depart-montroc-le-planet: Remontees· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The SNCF Z 800 is an electric multiple unit train used on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway. They were purchased in a joint order by SNCF and the Martigny–Châtelard Railway (MCR) on March 30, 1994.

who runs it

TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Société nationale des chemins de fer français

base stats

speed 70 km/htop speed
power 1 MWpower output
seats 96passengers
built 5made 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 30 years ago, in 1996.
1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Still in service after 30 years.

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

spec sheet

built: 1996
in service from: 1996
status: in service
number built: 5
kind: multiple unit
traction: electric
origin: 🇫🇷 France
builders: Unknown builder
operators: TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Société nationale des chemins de fer français
top speed: 70 km/h
power: 1 MW
gauge: 1,000 mm metre gauge
electric system: Third rail, List of railway electrification systems, 850 V DC (SNCF), Overhead line, 850 V DC (MCR)
capacity: 96 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2025437, Wikipedia: SNCF Class Z 800 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.