The X73500 is a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train type operated by the SNCF in France. They were built from 1999 to 2004 by Alsthom DDF.
The trains are single railcars. The units were ordered joint with Deutsche Bahn, with their Class 641 units.
The trains have modern features which were new to TER trains, such as:
PIS 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 - X7318 are former CFL (Luxembourg) units 2101 - 2106 and operate in the Alsace region. SNCF Class X 73900 is an identical version of the X 73500, but can also operate into Germany.
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 - metallic grey with red, yellow sun rays.
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
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.
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
