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SNCF Class Z 6400
The SNCF Class Z 6400 electric multiple unit trains were built by Alstom, Alsthom/Carel et Fouché from 1976 to 1979. They are chiefly used in commuter service to the Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris, serving the northwest Paris suburbs. Seventy-five of these 4-car units built for use on suburban service in the west of Paris, operating mainly on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare, Transilien Line L. The 4-car units are most often used in double-formation as 8-car sets. 43 sets have doors arranged for high platforms, while the remainder are for low platforms. They are being replaced by the SNCF Class Z 50000, Class Z 50000 units with complete withdrawal expected by 2021. Image:TransilienGCO Nois2 stnom.jpg, A refurbished set seen heading for Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris-St-Lazare from Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche_-_Forêt_de_Marly_Station, St Nom la Breteche. See also * Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos, CPTM (São Paulo commuter rail) operates a partially-forked version of the Z 640 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande Ceinture Ouest
The Grande ceinture Ouest line (French - ''Ligne Grande ceinture Ouest'', or GCO) is a 10 km long section of the Grande Ceinture de Paris, located in Yvelines and reopened to the public on 12 December 2004, after being closed to passengers for 68 years. Managed by the SNCF, it links Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Gare de Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Grande-Ceinture, gare de Grande-Ceinture) to Noisy-le-Roi, via Gare de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche-Forêt-de-Marly, Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche. The line is little used at the moment but nevertheless provides a window on the SNCF via the many innovative methods used on it. See also * Ligne de Grande Ceinture , Ligne de Petite Ceinture * Transilien , Transilien Paris Saint-Lazare * SNCF Class Z 6400, Z 6400 * Tangentielle Nord References External links *Pageof thSTIFsite dedicated to the extension of the Tangentielle ouest within the framework of the Contrat de Plan Etat Région 2000-2006. * {{Paris Transport Network Rail transport in Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche - Forêt De Marly Station
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche () is a wealthy commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. History Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche was built around 4 core hamlets near the Forest of Marly. The village takes its name from a 9th-century co-bishop, saint Nonne, who re-evangelized the country after the Norman invasions, and from La Bretesche, a wooden stronghold (from ''breit eiche'': big oak tree) consisting of a hamlet at the edge of the forest of Cruye, now the forest of Marly. The hamlet was originally called "Saint-Nonne au Val de Galie", the name of the parish, then "Saint-Nom près de la Bretesche" and since the Revolution, "Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche". During the French Revolution the district was called "La Montagne Fromentale" and then "l'Union la Bretesche". The hamlets of Avinières, Val-Martin, La Tuilerie-Bignon were the responsibility of numerous lords, as well as of the Dames de Poissy and the Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey. The north of the villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alstom Multiple Units
Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia and New Pendolino high-speed trains, in addition to suburban, regional and metro trains, and Citadis trams. Alsthom (originally Als-Thom) was formed by a merger between Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston and the electric engineering division of Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques in 1928. Significant later acquisitions included the Constructions Electriques de France (1932), shipbuilder Chantiers de l'Atlantique (1976), and parts of ACEC (Belgium, late-1980s). A merger with parts of the General Electric Company (UK) formed GEC Alsthom in 1989. Throughout the 1990s, the company expanded its holdings in the rail sector, via the acquisition of German rolling stock manufacturer Linke-Hofmann-Busch and Italian rail signalli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SNCF Multiple Units
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic along with Monaco, including the TGV, on France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight (through its subsidiaries SNCF Voyageurs and Rail Logistics Europe), as well as maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure (SNCF Réseau). The railway network consists of about of route, of which are high-speed lines and electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. In 2010 the SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It is the main business of the SNCF Group, which in 2020 had €30 billion of sales in 120 countries. The SNCF Group employs more than 275,000 employees in France and around the world. Since July 2013, the SNCF Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 8 (CPTM)
Line 8 (Diamond) ( pt, Linha 8–Diamante), formerly Line B (Gray), is a line of the São Paulo Metropolitan Trains system in Greater São Paulo, Brazil. Since 27 January 2022, ViaMobilidade operates the line for 30 years, along with Line 9-Emerald. Stations Amador Bueno Extension Mairinque Extension Since the establishment of suburban trains in the late 1920s, their services have connected São Paulo to the city of Mairinque. With the creation of Fepasa in 1971, the suburban section was transferred to the Regional Suburbs Unit. This regional unit was expanded in the 1970s and transformed into a Metropolitan Regional Division (DRM). In the 1980s, the service underwent some renovations, with the introduction of the Toshiba trains renovated in Rio Claro Rio Claro (Portuguese and Spanish for "clear river" or "clean river") may refer to: Cities *Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago, the largest town in southeastern Trinidad and Tobago *Rio Claro, Rio de Janeiro, a Brazilian munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francorail
Francorail was a grouping of French railway rolling stock manufacturers, formed in the early 1970s and defunct by the late 1980s. History The Francorail grouping was formed to combine the individual areas of expertise or production of a number of French rolling stock manufacturers. The grouping included '' Carel-Fouche-Languepin'', and ''de Dietrich'', as well as Creusot-Loire and Jeumont-Schneider. In 1973 the company and MTE (''Materiel de Traction Electrique''), a joint subsidiary of Creusot-Loire and Jeumont-Schneider formed a '' Groupement d'Intérêt Economique'' with Francorail, called MTE-Francorail. In 1976 Francorail-MTE with Alsthom were contracted to manufacture the first series production TGV The TGV (french: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously french: TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse, label=none) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by SNCF. SNCF worked on a high-speed rail network from 1966 to 19 ... trains. In 1987 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CPTM 5000/5400 Series
, owner = São Paulo State Government , area served = Greater São Paulo, Brazil , transit_type = Commuter rail , lines = 5 , line_number = , stations = 57 , daily_ridership = , annual_ridership = , chief_executive = Pedro Tegon Moro (Chairman) , headquarters = Rua Boa Vista, 162 SéSão Paulo , website = , began_operation = , marks = , host = , character = Mostly at-gradePartially elevated , stock = , headway = 4' to 35' , system_length = , notrack = , track_gauge = , ogauge = , el = 3,000 V DC catenary , average_speed = , top_speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companhia Paulista De Trens Metropolitanos
, owner = São Paulo State Government , area served = Greater São Paulo, Brazil , transit_type = Commuter rail , lines = 5 , line_number = , stations = 57 , daily_ridership = , annual_ridership = , chief_executive = Pedro Tegon Moro (Chairman) , headquarters = Rua Boa Vista, 162 SéSão Paulo , website = , began_operation = , marks = , host = , character = Mostly at-gradePartially elevated , stock = , headway = 4' to 35' , system_length = , notrack = , track_gauge = , ogauge = , el = 3,000 V DC catenary , average_speed = , top_speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SNCF Z 6534 Paris St Lazare
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic along with Monaco, including the TGV, on France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight (through its subsidiaries SNCF Voyageurs and Rail Logistics Europe), as well as maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure ( SNCF Réseau). The railway network consists of about of route, of which are high-speed lines and electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. In 2010 the SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It is the main business of the SNCF Group, which in 2020 had €30 billion of sales in 120 countries. The SNCF Group employs more than 275,000 employees in France and around the world. Since July 2013, the SNCF Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
