A TER

{{Short description|Family of 318 French diesel multiple unit trains}} {{Multiple issues|{{more citations needed|month=February|year=2026|date=February 2026}}{{grammar|month=February|year=2026|date=February 2026}}}} {{Infobox train | name = A TER | image = Moreuil - X73595 en gare.jpg | imagesize = 300px | caption = X 73595 at Moreuil station in 2008. | stocktype = Diesel multiple unit | service = 1999– | manufacturer = Alstom | assembly = Reichshoffen, France<br> Salzgitter, Germany | factory = Alstom DDF, Alstom LHB | family = Alstom Coradia | yearconstruction = 1999–2004 | yearservice = 1999 | numberbuilt = X73500: 312<br> X73900: 19<br> CFL2100: 6<br> DB641: 40<br> Total: 377 | capacity = SNCF:<br> 61 (seated)<br> 17 (standing)<br> DB:<br> 55 standard<br> 8 first<br> 17 tip seats | operator = Current: SNCF, DB<br> Former: CFL | trainlength = {{cvt|28.90|m|ftin}} | width = {{cvt|2.90|m|ftin}} | height = {{cvt|3.70|m|ftin}} | floorheight = {{convert|55|cm|in|abbr=on}} | entrylevelorstep = level | maxspeed = X73500: {{convert|140|km/h|mph}}<br> X73900, DB 641: {{convert|120|km/h|mph}} | weight = {{convert|47.95|LT|MT}} | engine = MAN D 2866 | enginetype = 6-cylinder diesel | cylindercount = 2 | poweroutput = {{convert|514|kW|hp|abbr=on}} | aarwheels = 1A-A1 | coupling = Scharfenberg | gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}} }}

The '''A TER''' or '''A-TER''' is a family of diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains operated by SNCF on TER regional train services in France and Deutsche Bahn on regional train services in Germany. 377 units were built between 1999 and 2004 by Alstom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Large Diesel Railcars |url=https://loco-info.com/view.aspx?id=-644 |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=loco-info.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CORADIA LINT: A vehicle with many faces |url=http://www.webmag.transport.alstom.com/eMag/externe/international/Germany/innotrans/2004_en/2/383.asp |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080905165412/http://www.webmag.transport.alstom.com/eMag/externe/international/Germany/innotrans/2004_en/2/383.asp |archive-date=2008-09-05 |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=www.webmag.transport.alstom.com}}</ref> There are three classes: Class X 73500, Class X 73900, and DBAG Class 641.

==General Information== The trains are single unit railcars. The units were ordered jointly with Deutsche Bahn, with their Class 641 units.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-10-19 |title=SNCF X 73500: French single-car train |url=https://all-andorra.com/sncf-x73500/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=All PYRENEES · France, Spain, Andorra |language=en-US}}</ref> They are powered by two MAN engines and have a top speed of {{Convert|140|km/h|mph}}.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bennett |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mF4uEAAAQBAJ&dq=SNCF+Class+X+73500+-wikipedia&pg=PT187 |title=French Railways: A-Z |date=2020-03-15 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-9098-8 |language=en}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":0" />

X73813 - X73818 are former CFL (Luxembourg) units 2101 - 2106 and operate in the Alsace region.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}

==Class X 73500== SNCF Class X 73500 are the most numerous class of A TER trains.

The units can have one of several 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.

* 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 thumb|right|An X73500 arrives at Les Bardys [[File:Clelles-Mens station 1.JPG|thumb|right|An X73500 at Clelles-Mens]] [[File:TerTypeX.JPG|thumb|right|An X73500 at Bréauté-Beuzeville]] 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.<ref name=":0" />

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 |File:A TER en gare de Morteau.JPG|Two Class X73500 passing each other at Morteau |File:X73500_sur_un_TER_à_Morteau.JPG|Two Class X73500 approaching Morteau |File:Trainbressuire.jpg| X73796 |File:Saincaize gare 2.jpg|A TER Bourgogne set at Saincaize |File:Gare de Carcassonne 1.JPG|A TER Languedoc-Roussillon set at Carcassonne |File:SNCF_X73500_La_Bastide_Saint-Laurent_-_Villefort.jpg| A X73500 on the Ligne des Cévennes. |File:2025-01-02 SNCF Class X 73500, Rennes.jpg|Three X73500 units of TER Bretagne at Rennes }}

==Depots== {{Update|section|date=December 2018|reason=Some networks have been merged}} * 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

==Class X 73900== {{Unreferenced section|date=January 2026}}[[Image:SNCF_X_73902_TER_Alsace_2006_Müllheim_-_Mulhouse.jpg|thumb|X 73902 at Neuenburg am Rhein in 2006]] [[File:Bahnhof Offenburg mit SNCF TER Alsace, Class X 73900 (2024).jpg|thumb|X73908 & X73917 at Offenburg main station (2024)]]

The SNCF Class X 73900 or A TER is an identical version of the X 73500, but can also operate into Germany. Built from 2001 to 2004 by Alsthom DDF, they are equipped with train control systems for transborder services to Germany.

They are numbered X 73901 - X73919, and allocated to Strasbourg depot.

The units are used on services that operate into Germany from France, on the following services:

* Saarbrücken - Strasbourg - Offenburg * Metz - Saarbrücken * Mulhouse - Müllheim - Freiburg im Breisgau The units have two different liveries: * TER Livery - Metallic Grey with Blue ends and TER logos. Most X 73500 carry this. * DB Red - X73913 - X73915 wear a Red Deutsche Bahn livery with DB logos. {{gallery |File:SNCF_X_73902_TER_Alsace_Müllheim_-_Mulhouse.jpg|X73902 |File:Strasbourg BR641 nach offenburg.jpg|X73912 carrying special vinyls |File:TER à Mommenheim.JPG|X73906 carrying special vinyls }}

==DBAG Class 641== thumb|A Class 641 at Gräfenroda The DBAG Class 641 (VT641) is a class of German railway vehicle operated by Deutsche Bahn. They are diesel railcars belonging to the Alstom Coradia A TER family. Their development started as a joint project between Deutsche Bahn and SNCF, on the one hand, and the railway vehicle manufacturers De Dietrich Ferroviaire and Linke-Hofmann-Busch on the other, both being subsidiaries of Alstom.

Forty units of this class were delivered to Deutsche Bahn, of which four have been retired due to accidents.

The railcars are fitted with centre buffer couplings. The arrangement of the two engines in front of the bogies, the bulging appearance of the coach body and the large, one-piece, swinging doors give the vehicle its characteristic appearance, which has earned it the nickname ''Walfisch'' (''Whale'').

They are deployed in Baden-Württemberg at Hochrhein – between Basel Badischer Bahnhof and Lauchringen – and in Thuringia at Erfurt, on lines including the ''Schwarzatalbahn'' between Rottenbach and Katzhütte, on the ''Pfefferminzbahn'' between Sömmerda and Großheringen, the Friedrichroda railway between Friedrichroda and Fröttstädt, on the line from Saalfeld to Blankenstein and the Gotha–Gräfenroda railway.

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==See also== '''Comparable contemporary units:''' * Alstom Coradia LINT * Stadler Regio-Shuttle * VR Class Dm12 '''Other units of the operator:'''

* List of CFL classes * List of Deutsche Bahn AG locomotives and railbuses * List of SNCF classes

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