# 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).
The train is the electric variant of Bombardier AGC, often referred to as ZGC. It the most important fleet of all other AGC variants. It is capable of operating on a 1,500 V DC or 25 kV 50 Hz 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 24 March 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. 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/1,500 V 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 [fr]), specifically equipped with a command to raise the pantograph.
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.

## Photo gallery

* 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

* Moulins-sur-Allier - Nevers
* Dijon - Laroche - Migennes
* Dijon - Mâcon - Lyon
* Dijon - Besançon - Belfort
* Dijon - Dole - Pontarlier
* Besançon - Mouchard - Lons-le-Saunier
* Lyon - Lons-le-Saunier - Besançon - Belfort
* Belfort - Meroux - Delle

### TER Bretagne

* Brest - Morlaix
* Brest - Landerneau
* Rennes - Nantes
* Rennes - Saint-Malo
* Rennes - Saint-Brieuc
* Rennes - Redon
* Redon - Vannes - Lorient

### TER Centre-Val de Loire

* Tours - Bourges
* Tours - Blois - Orléans
* Tours - Saumur
* Tours - Poitiers
* Orléans - Nevers

### TER Grand Est

* Strasbourg - Saverne - Sarrebourg
* Strasbourg - Sélestat
* Bâle - Mulhouse
* Mulhouse - Belfort
* Mulhouse - Colmar
* Reims - Charleville-Mézières - Sedan
* Reims - Épernay - Château-Thierry
* Nancy - Épinal - Remiremont
* Nancy - Reims
* Nancy - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
* Nancy - Longwy
* Nancy - Metz
* Nancy - Strasbourg
* Metz - Strasbourg
* Metz - Forbach

### TER Normandie

* Lisieux - Cherbourg
* Lisieux - Saint-Lô
* Lisieux - Trouville-Deauville
* Elbeuf - Saint-Aubin - Rouen - Yvetot
* Rouen - Mantes-la-Jolie
* Rouen - Amiens
* Rouen - Le Havre

### TER Occitanie

* Cerbère or Portbou - Avignon
* Cerbère or Portbou - Marseille
* Béziers - Neussargues
* Toulouse - Agen
* Toulouse - Brive La Gaillarde
* Toulouse - Narbonne
* Toulouse - Latour de Carol - Enveitg
* Toulouse - Pau

### TER Pays de la Loire

* Nantes station - Les Sables-d'Olonne
* Le Mans station - Le Croisic
* Angers station - Thouars
* Saint-Nazaire station - Redon
* Redon - Nantes
* Nantes - Rennes
* Rennes - Le Mans

## Distribution of orders

| 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 | | First and second class, high comfort |
| 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 20 October 2015. This incident occurred after the train hit 2 cows just after the Formerie station, without causing victims.
* Accident between a train TER Z 27500 and a stuck trailer truck on 16 October 2019 on the crossing n°70 at Boulzicourt. This accident caused the derailment of the train. 2 passengers were slightly injured as well as the train driver.

## Models

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

## Future

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