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Régiolis

The Régiolis is a category of multiple unit train built by Alstom coming from the Coradia family. The first train was presented on July 4, 2013, in Aquitaine, and the first commissioning took place on April 22, 2014, on the TER Aquitaine network, more than a year behind the initial schedule.

Régiolis
Régiolis at Montreuil-Bellay station.
Interior of a B 83511 Régiolis of TER Alsace
ManufacturerAlstom
Family nameCoradia
Entered service2013
Number in service242
OperatorsSNCF (TER, Intercités)
SNTF
Specifications
Car length56–110 m (184–361 ft)
Width2.85 m (9 ft 4 in)
Height4.29 m (14 ft 1 in)
Prime mover(s)4 or 6 × MAN D2676LE62X
Traction motors4 or 6 × Alstom 12 LCS 2939 C 450 kW (600 hp) permanent magnet synchronous motor[1]
Power output
  • 4-car sets: 1,800 kW (2,400 hp)
  • 6-car sets: 2,700 kW (3,600 hp)
Electric system(s)
UIC classification
  • 4-car sets: Bo′+2′+2′+2′+Bo′
  • 6-car sets: Bo′+2′+2′+2′+Bo′+2′+2′+Bo′
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

History

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Presentation of the first Regiolis trainset, in Strasbourg on December 5, 2011

In the 2000s, the delivery of several hundred new trains, X TER, A TER, AGC, or TER 2N NG provided significant modernizations of the regional electrical and diesel fleet. However, in the early 2010s, old types of rolling stock dating from the 1970s and 1980s continued to operate, it became necessary to continue the renewal and growth of the fleet during the period 2013–2022 due increasing TER network usage. This desire manifested itself with a call for tenders from SNCF, for the design of a new type of train, the "versatile carrier" ("porteur polyvalent" in French). Following the Grenelle Environnement and the successful usage of AGC dual-mode equipment, this equipment must not only have a diesel version, but electrical and dual-mode versions, to avoid any usage of the diesel engines where overhead catenary is available.[2]

While Bombardier Transportation won a few years ago the contract for 700 AGC trains for the TER, Alstom won the contract this time, allowing the manufacturer to manufacture new equipment for French regional traffic. The imagined train, the Régiolis, is offered in electric and dual-mode-bicurrent version, allowing these trains to run on the entire French normal-gauge network, like the B 82500 of the competing manufacturer Bombardier. In addition, a tricurrent version with 15 kV at a frequency of 16.7 Hz is also available, allowing cross-border services to Germany and Switzerland.[3] The Régiolis is presented as "a modular train that knows how to do everything" and proposed in three versions with three, four or six coaches, and three types of development, peri-urban, regional or intercity. Like the manufacturer's AGV, or Bombardier Z 50000 and Regio 2N, the train is designed with an articulated architecture, with the bogies arranged between the cars.[2]

List of orders
Region Cars Series Type Service Ordered
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 4 B 84500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Régional 12
4 Z 31500 Electric, tri-voltage Régional 27
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 4 Z 51500 Electric Régional 24
6 Z 5xxxx Electric Interville 16
Center-Loire Valley 4 B 84500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Régional 3
Grand Est 4 B 83500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Suburban 6
6 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Suburban 19
4 B 84500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Régional 10
6 B 85000 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Intercités 24
Hauts-de-France 6 B 84500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Régional 17
6 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Intercités 10
Hello Paris 6 - - - 13
Intercités 6 B 85000 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Intercités 15
4 Z 51500 Electric Intercités 9
Normandy 6 B 84500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Interville 15
4 B 84900 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Régional 10
New Aquitaine 4 Z 51500 Electric Régional 22
4 B 84500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Régional 20
Occitanie 4 B 83500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Suburban 25
4 B 84500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Régional 3
4 Z 54900 Electric Suburban 26
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 4 B 84500 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Régional 15
Pays de la Loire 4 Bi-mode, dual-voltage Régional 10
4 Z 51500 Electric Régional 10
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Operators and Routes

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A Coradia Liner IC Class B 85000 at Saverne
 
A double Coradia Régiolis Class B 84500 in TER Basse-Normandy livery passing through Chaville-Rive-Gauche
 
A double Coradia Régiolis Class B 84500 in TER Hauts-de-France livery on approach Lille-Flanders
 
A Coradia Régiolis Class B 83500 in TER Alsace livery at Strasbourg
 
A Coradia Régiolis Class B 84500 in TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur livery at Marseille-Saint-Charles
 
A Coradia Régiolis Class B 84500 in TER Lorraine livery at Ludres
 
A double Régiolis Class Z 51500 in TER Aquitaine livery to Hendaye
 
A Coradia Régiolis Class B 85900 in TER Haute-Normandy livery from Dieppe-Rouen to Auffay
 
A double Coradia Régiolis Class B 84500 in TER Pays de la Loire livery at Chemillé
 
A Coradia Régiolis Class B 83500 in TER Midi-Pyrénées livery at Carmaux
 
Senegal

Intercités

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TER

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TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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  • Clermont-Ferrand – Lyon
  • Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins – Nevers
  • Clermont-Ferrand – Vic-le-Comte
  • Clermont-Ferrand – Thiers
  • Clermont-Ferrand – Gannat
  • Clermont-Ferrand – Brioude
Léman Express
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TCR Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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TER Centre-Val de Loire

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TER Grand Est

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TER Alsace
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  • Strasbourg – Molsheim – Barr – Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
  • Strasbourg – Bischwiller – Haguenau ( – Soultz-sous-Forêts – Wissembourg)
  • Mulhouse – Bâle
  • Colmar – Metzeral
  • Strasbourg – Mulhouse
  • Strasbourg – Sarreguemines
  • Strasbourg – Nancy / Metz
  • Strasbourg – Roeschwoog / Gare de Lauterbourg
TER Lorraine
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  • Épinal – Saint-Dié
  • Nancy – Pont-St-Vincent – Contrexéville – Culmont-Chalindrey
  • Nancy – Épinal – Belfort
  • Nancy – Épinal – Remiremont
  • Nancy – Lunéville – Saint-Dié

TER Hauts-de-France

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TER Normandie

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TER New Aquitaine

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  • Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Agen
  • Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Langon
  • Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Hendaye
  • Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Pointe de Grave
  • Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Pau
  • Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Coutras
  • Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Libourne – Coutras – Angouleme
  • Tarbes – Hendaye
  • La Rochelle – Poitiers
  • La Rochelle – Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
  • Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Limoges
  • Bordeaux-Saint-Jean – Ussel

TER Occitanie

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  • Toulouse – Agen
  • Toulouse – Carmaux
  • Toulouse – Rodez
  • Toulouse – Mazamet
  • Toulouse – Latour-de-Carol – Enveitg
  • Toulouse – Pau
  • Toulouse – Auch
  • Toulouse – Avignon-Centre
  • Toulouse – Brive-la-Gaillarde.

TER Pays de la Loire

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TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Senegal

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15 Trains Dakar – Airport[4]

Future Operators and Routes

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CDG Express

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The region Ile-de-France has not made orders for Regiolis trains. However, a link located only in this region, will operate by 2024 a dozen trains, specially designed for airport connections. These trains will be operated on the Charles de Gaulle Express, a new line directly connecting the Gare de Paris-Est to terminal 2 of the Paris Charles de Gaulle. These trains will be operated by a new company, bringing together Keolis (subsidiary of the SNCF) and the RATP.

Manufacturing and testing

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On December 1, 2011, three workers making adjustments on Alstom's private test track in Tronville-en-Barrois (Meuse) were killed by a train under test.[5] This railway test center tests all Régiolis trains.[6]

This train is manufactured at several Alstom sites:[7]

The Régiolis received approval for commercial operation, issued by the EPSF in March 2014. The first trains circulated in April 2014 in Aquitaine, Picardy, Lorraine and Alsace.

The width of Regiolis and Regio 2N is incompatible with the gauge available in a number of stations. About 1,300 edges of platforms have had to be retouched to clear a few extra centimeters, to allow the passage of these new trains. The cost of this operation is estimated at 50 million euros. While this kind of minimal adaptations of infrastructure to new equipment is routine, the lack of anticipation and the fear of higher prices raised controversy in May 2014.[8]

The first Régiolis, a Z 51500 four car, was introduced into commercial service more than a year behind the initial forecasts on April 22, 2014, in Aquitaine, on the Bordeaux–Agen route. The same day, Lorraine put into commercial service its first two-mode regional train B 84500 between Nancy and Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Finally, six days later, on April 28, Alsace put into service a bi-mode element peri-urban B 83500 between Strasbourg and Sarreguemines. A month later, May 26, it was the turn of Picardy to introduce its first B 84500 on the Paris-Nord – Laon route.

Incident

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As of May 7, 2018, all Regiolis (and Coradia Liner) trainsets are limited to the speed of the "V140" craft (imposing a speed limit of 140 km/h, as well as other speed reductions on certain portions). line). Indeed, during tests carried out in April, it was found, at 160 km/h, that the emergency braking distances exceeded those which allowed the approval of this type of equipment.[9] This restriction, caused by premature aging of the brake linings which will therefore have to be replaced, should be lifted in October of the same year.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Alstom Motors Catalogue 2015 - English" (PDF). Alstom. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Olivier Constant, Les automotrices bicourant et les trams-trains, dans Le Train, p.81.
  3. ^ ALSTOM. "Train régional Coradia Polyvalent : Une géométrie variable". alstom.com (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Alstom celebrates Coradia Polyvalent's first journey in Senegal with APIX".
  5. ^ "Lorraine: train mortel d'Alstom: l'horaire de l'essai a été avancé". L'Est Républicain (in French). December 2, 2011.
  6. ^ "Régiolis : passage meusien obligé". L'Est Républicain (in French). October 12, 2015.
  7. ^ "Alstom fournira 14 rames Coradia Polyvalent aux régions Bourgogne-Franche-Comté et Grand Est". Archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  8. ^ "Pour renouveler ses TER, la SNCF commande des rames... trop larges". Le Monde (in French). May 20, 2014.
  9. ^ a b Cognasse, Olivier (June 8, 2018). "Alstom contraint de revoir le freinage de ses trains Régiolis, au grand dam de la SNCF". L'Usine Nouvelle (in French).
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