SNCF Class Z 27500

The Z 27500 is a type of dual-voltage electric multiple unit trainset for the French National Railway Company (SNCF) intended to the TER network (French commuter rail).[1]

Z 27500 (ZGC)
Z 27883 in the TER Languedoc-Roussillon livery at Milhaud station
In service2005-present
ManufacturerBombardier Transportation
Order no.Z 27501/2 to 27949/50
Built atCrespin
Family nameAutorail à Grande Capacité
ReplacedZ2 (Z 7300, Z 7500, Z 9500, Z 9600, Z 11500) and RIO, RRR cars
Constructed2005-2010
Entered service2005
Number built211
Number in service211 trainsets (As of December 2013)
Formation3 or 4 cars per trainset
articulated
(M1+R1(+R2)+M2)
Capacity140 + 20 folding seats†
194 + 26 folding seats*
Operator(s)SNCF
Line(s) servedTER
Specifications
Train length57.40 m (188 ft 4 in)†
72.800 m (238 ft 10.1 in)*
Car length21.000 m (68 ft 10.8 in) (end car)
15.4 m (50 ft 6 in) (intermediate cars)
Width2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Height4.020 m (13 ft 2.3 in)
Maximum speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Weight124,700 kg (274,900 lb)†
152,600 kg (336,400 lb)*
Traction systemIGBT-VVVF (Bombardier MITRAC)
Traction motors4 × 325 kW (436 hp) 3-phase AC asynchronous motor
Power output1.3 MW (1,700 hp)
Electric system(s)1,500 V DC or 25 kV 50 Hz AC, both from overhead catenary
Safety system(s)Crocodile and KVB
Coupling systemScharfenberg type, from Dellner
Multiple workingZ 27500, B 81500, B82500
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Notes/references
† 3 car train, * 4 car train.[1][2][3]

The train is the electric variant of Bombardier AGC, often referred to as ZGC. It the most important fleet of all other AGC variants.[1] It is capable of operating on a 1.5 kV DC or 25 kV AC electricity supply.

A total of 211 trainsets have been built by Canadian conglomerate Bombardier at its factory in Crespin (near Valenciennes, France) since 2005. The first set (Z 27503/27504) was placed into regular passenger service on March 24, 2005, for the Basse-Normandie region.

Design

Bombardier vehicle design is articulated using bogies between carriages. The Z 27500 are available in three or four-car unit.[2] The train can be operated as a multiple-unit control with up to three units, with other Z 27500 or the dual-mode version Diesel/1.5kV DC (B 81500). The train is equipped with 2 pantographs on the intermediate car.

Their capacity offers 160 seats in a three-car unit, 220 in a four-car set. The inter-carriage passages have wide, open gangway connections, limiting bottlenecking.

The Z 27500 from Lorraine region can be operated as a multiple-unit control with the Diesel variant (X 76500), specifically equipped with a command to raise the pantograph.[4]

Whereas the first trains were delivered in their three-car set version (with an intermediate car), several regions later added a second intermediate car, in order to increase their capacity from 160 to 220 seats.[5]

  • Interior, show 2+2 seatings (second class)
  • First class interior
  • Z 27500 in its three-car set version
  • Z 27500 in its four-car set version
  • Two Z 27500 and one B 82500 being coupled for multiple working
  • Bikes storage space on the train

Operators and routes

TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
  • Ambérieu-en-Bugey - Bourg-en-Bresse - Mâcon
  • Annecy - La-Roche-sur-Foron - Annemasse
  • Annecy - La-Roche-sur-Foron - Cluses - Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
  • Annemasse - Thonon-les-Bains - Évian-les-Bains
  • Annemasse - La Roche-sur-Foron - Bonneville - Cluses - Sallanches-Combloux-Megève - Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet
  • Annecy - Grenoble - Valence
  • Valence - Grenoble - Annecy -Thonon-les-Bains - Évian-les-Bains
  • Lyon Perrache - Lyon Part-Dieu - Bourg-en-Bresse
  • Lyon Part-Dieu - Culoz - Aix-les-Bains-Le Revard - Annecy
  • Lyon Part-Dieu - Culoz - Bellegarde - Genève-Cornavin
  • Lyon Part-Dieu - Culoz - Bellegarde - Annemasse - Thonon-les-Bains - Évian-les-Bains
  • Lyon Part-Dieu - Culoz - Bellegarde - Annemasse - La Roche-sur-Foron - Bonneville - Cluses - Sallanches-Combloux-Megève - Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet

TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté ZGC stopped at the Besançon station.

TER Bretagne[6]
ZGC TER Bretagne at the Saint-Malo station.

TER Centre-Val de Loire

TER Grand Est
Lorraine ZGC stopped at the Nancy station.

TER Normandie
TER Normandie ZGC stopped at the Amiens station.

TER Occitanie

TER Pays de la Loire
TER Pays de la Loire ZGC stopped at the La Bohalle station.

Distribution of orders[6][5][7][8]
Regions (before merger) Regions (after merger) Number of 3-car set Number of 4 car-set Total Remarks Layout
Alsace Grand Est 0 (3 ordered) 6 6 Transformed into 4-car set
Aquitaine Occitanie 0 0 0 First and second class, medium distance network
Auvergne Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 0 (3 ordered) 0 0 The 3 trains were sold to Midi Pyrénées
Basse Normandie Normandie 0 (9 ordered) 9 9 Transformed into 4-car set in 2020 First and second class, medium distance network
Bourgogne Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 10 0 10 Single class, medium distance network
Bretagne Bretagne 6 8 14 First and second class, high comfort
Centre Centre-Val de Loire 0 10 10
Champagne-Ardenne Grand Est 13 0 13
Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 4 0 4 Single class, medium distance network
Haute normandie Normandie 24 0 24
Languedoc Rousillon Occitanie 0 37 37 First and second class, medium distance network
Lorraine Grand Est 18 14 32 First and second class, high comfort
Midi Pyrénées Occitanie 19 0 19 With the 3 trains acquired from Auvergne First and second class, high comfort
Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire 0 18 18
Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes 0 15 15
Total 94 117 211

Accidents
  • Runaway train TER Z 27500 between Formerie, Serqueux and Sommery on October 20, 2015. This incident occurred after the train hit 2 bovines just after the Formerie station, without causing victims. Direct cause was the loose of all the breaking capacity due to the shock.[9]
  • Accident between a train TER Z 27500 and a stuck trailer truck on October 16, 2019 on the crossing n°70 at Boulzicourt. This accident caused the derailment of the train. 2 peoples were slightly injured as well as the train driver.[10]

Models
  • The LS Models brand makes a model of the Z 27500 in 3 or 4-car set version in HO gauge.[11]
  • Different versions of AGC can be downloaded (free or buy) for Train Simulator game.[12]

Future
See also: Autorail à Grande Capacité § Future

SNCF has announced on March 18, 2021, that 40% of the TER (French commuter rail) fleet will be renovated in the next 10 years, included Z 27500 Class.[13]

See also

References
  1. -les-z-27500-2e partie/ "La grande série des AGC - Les électriques : les Z 27500 (2e partie)". Rail Passion (in French). 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  2. tramwaydemontpellier (2021-03-01). "1er mars 2021 – Sur la ligne des Causses, les jours sont comptés pour les automotrices Z2 à courant continu de la série 7300". Tramway de Montpellier (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  3. "AGC : le premier caméléon du rail - transportrail - Le webmagazine des idées ferroviaires". transportrail.canalblog.com (in French). 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  4. "Trains d'Europe : AGC Z 27500 SNCF". www.trains-europe.fr. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  5. "Trains d'Europe : AGC Z 27500 SNCF". www.trains-europe.fr. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  6. "Rames ZGC - TER Bretagne". www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  7. "Trains du Sud-Ouest". trainsso.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  8. "Le matériel moteur SNCF en décembre 2016" (PDF). Histoire des Ateliers de Quatre-Mares.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Accident report" (PDF) (in French).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Accident report" (PDF) (in French).
  11. "Autorail AGC Z 27500 - LS Models 10094 - Pays de la Loire". Univers Train (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  12. "AGC Version 5?3". RW Central.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Opération mi-vie » : 40% du parc TER rénové dans les dix prochaines années" [Mid-life maintenance": 40 % of the french commuter rail will be modernized in the next 10 years] (PDF). Press release (in French). SNCF Voyages. 18 March 2021.

Literature
  • Redoutey, Denis (2016). La Vie du Rail (ed.). Le matériel moteur SNCF en 2016 (in French). Paris. p. 400. ISBN 978-2-370620-40-8.
  • "450 AGC déjà en service". Rail-Passion (in French). 137. March 2009.
  • "État annuel du matériel moteur SNCF". Rail-Passion (in French). 139. May 2009.
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