# SNCF Class X 73500

The X73500 is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type operated by SNCF. They were built between 1999 and 2004 by Alstom.

## General Information

The trains are single unit railcars. The units were ordered jointly with Deutsche Bahn, with their Class 641 units. They are powered by two MAN engines and have a top speed of 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph).
The trains have modern features which were new to TER trains, such as:
* Passenger Information Systems (PIS) inside and outside of the train
* Low floor section with wide doors, for those with restricted mobility
* Air conditioning
* Stronger cab area for reduced crash damage
The trains can work in a group of up to 3 sets, but passengers cannot move between the units.
X73813 - X73818 are former CFL (Luxembourg) units 2101 - 2106 and operate in the Alsace region. The SNCF Class X 73900 is an identical version of the X 73500, but can also operate into Germany.

## 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 Integra-Signum (Swiss Train Protection) and are used on the Besançon - Le Locle - La Chaux-de-Fonds service.
* X 73809 with Poitou-Charentes 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 Île-de-France, Corsica and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
They operate the following services:
* Bourges - Nevers
* Chartres - Courtallain — Saint-Pellerin
* Reims - Tergnier
* Saint-Etienne - Le Puy
* Saint-Marcellin - Grenoble - Chambéry (via the Grenoble–Montmélian railway)
* 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

* Two Class X73500 passing each other at Morteau
* Two Class X73500 approaching Morteau
* X73796
* A TER Bourgogne set at Saincaize
* A TER Languedoc-Roussillon set at Carcassonne
* A X73500 on the Ligne des Cévennes.
* Three X73500 units of TER Bretagne at Rennes

## Depots

* TER Alsace - Strasbourg - 24 Railcars
* TER Aquitaine - Limoges - 15 Railcars
* TER Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand - 35 Railcars
* TER Basse-Normandie - Caen - 11 Railcars
* TER Bourgogne - Nevers - 10 Railcars
* TER Bretagne - Rennes - 15 Railcars
* TER Centre - Tours - 15 Railcars
* TER Champagne-Ardenne - Epernay - 20 Railcars
* TER Franche-Comté - Dijon - 20 Railcars
* TER Haute-Normandie - Sotteville-les-Rouen - 11 Railcars
* TER Languedoc-Roussillon - Toulouse - 9 Railcars
* TER Limousin - Limoges - 15 Railcars
* TER Lorraine - Metz - 6 Railcars
* TER Midi-Pyrénées - Toulouse - 28 Railcars
* TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais - Lille - 10 Railcars
* TER Pays de la Loire - Nantes - 17 Railcars
* TER Picardie - Longueau - 12 Railcars
* TER Poitou-Charentes - Limoges - 8 Railcars
* TER Rhône-Alpes - Lyon - 50 Railcars