The X73500 is a

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(DMU)

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type operated by the

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. They were built from 1999 to 2004 by Alsthom DDF.

General Information

The trains are single railcars. The units were ordered joint with

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, with their Class 641 units. The trains have modern features which were new to

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trains, such as: *

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inside and out of the train * Low floor section with wide doors, for those with poor mobility * Air conditioning * Stronger cab area for reduced crash damage The trains can work in multiple of up to 3 sets. X73813 - X73818 are former CFL (Luxembourg) units 2101 - 2106 and operate in the

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region.

SNCF Class X 73900 The X73900 is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by the SNCF in France. They were built from 2001 to 2004 by Alsthom DDF. They are a version of the SNCF Class X 73500 equipped with train control systems for transborder services to ...

is an identical version of the X 73500, but can also operate into

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Liveries

* TER livery - metallic grey with blue ends and TER logos. Most X 73500 carry this. * TER Bourgogne livery - metallic grey with red and yellow ends * TER Languedoc-Roussillon livery - metallic grey with red, yellow sun rays. * TER Champagne-Ardennes livery - metallic grey with yellow on the central part and the logo of the region.

Differences within the class

* X 73744 and X 73751 wear a special livery for the Andelot-en-Montagne - La Cluse railway * X 73752 - X 73755 have been fitted with

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(Swiss Train Protection) and are used on the Besançon - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds service. * X 73809 with

Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes (; oc, Peitau-Charantas; Poitevin-Saintongese: ) is a former administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, D ...

region has been fitted with solar panels to its roof to power the electrical components of the train

Use of X 73500

The units are used on rural, unelectrified railway lines in France and are operated by all TER regions except

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and

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. They operate the following services: * Bourges - Nevers * Chartres - Courtallain — Saint-Pellerin * Reims - Tergnier * Saint-Etienne - Le Puy * Saint-Marcellin - Grenoble - Chambéry (via the

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) * Grenoble - Chambéry - Bellegarde - Genève (stand in for faulty X 72500) * Grenoble - Veynes - Gap * Grenoble - Clelles * Toulouse - Auch * Toulouse - Figeac - Aurillac * Aurillac - Brive-la-Gaillarde * Rodez - Figeac - Brive-la-Gaillarde * Le Havre - Rolleville * Nantes - Vertou * Sarreguemines - Sarre-Union * Strasbourg - Wissembourg * Strasbourg - Lauterbourg * Strasbourg - Saverne * Colmar - Munster - Metzeral * Tours - Chinon * Besançon - La Chaux-de-Fonds * Dole - Morez - Saint Claude * Montbéliard - Belfort - Lure - Vesoul * Beauvais - Le Tréport-Mers * Clermont-Ferrand - Gannat - Lapeyrouse - Commentary - Montluçon * Montluçon - Saint-Amand-Montrond - Bourges * Bressuire - Thouars - Saumur - Tours * Mulhouse - Thann - Kruth * Lison - Saint-Lô - Coutances * Granville - Argentan * Limoges - Ussel * Marvejols - La Bastide-Saint-Laurent-les-Bains * Monsempron-Libos - Penne-d'Agenais - Agen * Étang-sur-Arroux - Autun - Avallon - Auxerre - Laroche-Migennes * Corbigny - Clamecy - Auxerre - Laroche-Migennes * Brest - Châteaulin - Quimper * Brest - Le Relecq-Kerhuon - Landerneau * Brest - Landerneau - Morlaix * Brest - Landerneau - Landivisiau * Quimper - Lorient * Roscoff - Morlaix * Nantes - Sainte-Pazanne - Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie * Nantes - Sainte Pazanne - Pornic * Nantes - Vertou * Saint-Brieuc - Dinan * Dol de Bretagne - Dinan * Plouaret - Lannion * Le Mans - Alençon * Nevers - Cosne sur Loire * Lyon - Tassin - Lozanne / Brignais / Sain-Bel * Lisieux - Pont-l'Eveque - Trouville-Deauville * Dijon - Moulins * Alès - Bessèges * La Rochelle - Rochefort * Pau - Oloron * Carcassonne - Limoux - Quillan This list does not include all services.

Gallery

Depots

TER Alsace TER Alsace was the regional rail network serving the région of Alsace, eastern France. In 2016 it was merged into the new TER Grand Est. Network Rail Road * Cernay – Sewen * Colmar – Turckheim – Munster – Metzeral * Colmar – ...

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

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TER Aquitaine TER Aquitaine was the regional rail network serving the Aquitaine ''région'', France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Network Rail Road * Agen – Villeneuve-sur-Lot * Ossès – Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry ...

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

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TER Auvergne TER Auvergne was the regional rail network serving Auvergne région, France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Network Rail Bus * Arlanc – Ambert – Thiers – Vichy * Neussargues – Riom-ès-Montagnes ...

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...

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TER Basse-Normandie TER Basse-Normandie was the regional rail network serving Lower Normandy, France. In 2016 it was merged into the new TER Normandie. Its network was articulated around the city of Caen. Trains are operated by the SNCF, services are subject to regu ...

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,TER Bourgogne TER Bourgogne was the regional rail network serving the Burgundy region of France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Network Rail Road * 13 Autun – Avallon * 16 Autun – Chagny * 17 Châtillon-sur-Seine � ...

Nevers Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...

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TER Bretagne TER Bretagne (stylized as ''TER BreizhGo'' since 2018) is the TER regional rail network serving the administrative region of Brittany, in north-west France. Network The rail and bus network as of April 2022:Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

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TER Centre TER Centre-Val de Loire (operated under the brand ''Rémi'' since 2019 and ''TER Centre'' prior to 2015) is the regional rail network serving Centre-Val de Loire ''région'' of France. Network The rail and bus network as of April 2022:

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...

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TER Champagne-Ardenne TER Champagne Ardenne was the regional rail network serving the former Champagne-Ardenne région of France. In 2016 it was merged into the new TER Grand Est. TER Network Rail Bus * Châlons-en-Champagne – Vitry-le-François * Château-T ...

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TER Franche-Comté TER Franche-Comté was the regional rail network serving the Franche-Comté région, France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Since the convention signed in 2002 for a duration of 5 years, between Jean-François H ...

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

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TER Haute-Normandie TERTransport Express Régional Haute Normandie was the regional rail network serving the former region of Upper Normandy in France. In 2016 it was merged into the new TER Normandie. Trains are operated by the SNCF, services are subject to regulati ...

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TER Languedoc-Roussillon TER Languedoc-Roussillon was the regional rail network serving Languedoc-Roussillon région in France. The région became the organising authority on 1 January 2002. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Occitanie. Network Rail Road * Mont ...

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

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TER Limousin TER Limousin was the regional rail network serving Limousin région, France. In 2017, it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Network By train By bus * Limoges – Uzerche – Tulle * Limoges – Aubusson – Felletin * Ussel ...

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Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

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TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais was the regional rail network serving Nord-Pas-de-Calais région, France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Hauts-de-France. Network *Lille – Calais – Boulogne-sur-Mer ( TER grande vitesse) *Lille – Dunker ...

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

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TER Pays de la Loire TER Pays de la Loire is the regional rail network serving Pays de la Loire, France. TER Network The rail and bus network as of May 2022:Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

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TER Picardie TER Picardie was the regional rail network serving the Picardy region of France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Hauts-de-France. It was based at the Amiens station in the town of Amiens. Network Rail Road :From 1 July 2009 ...

Longueau Longueau (; pcd, Londjeu) is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Longueau is situated southeast of Amiens, a suburb just by the airpor ...

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TER Poitou-Charentes TER Poitou-Charentes was the regional rail network serving the Poitou-Charentes région in France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Network Rail Road * Angoulême – Jonzac * Poitiers – Parthenay – Bressu ...

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TER Rhône-Alpes TER Rhône-Alpes was the regional rail network serving Rhône-Alpes région, eastern France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. TER network Rail Road *Villefranche-sur-Saône – Mâcon TGV * Saint-Claude – Oyo ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

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External links

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