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VB2N at Gare de Lavilletertre in 2011.
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Manufacturer | CIMT / ANF |
Constructed | 1974 to 1984 |
Number built | 589 |
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Maximum speed | 140 km/h |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
The VB2N (voiture de banlieue à 2 niveaux, "two-deck suburban car") is a double-deck passenger car used on Transilien suburban rail services in the Île-de-France region of France.
The coaches, built from 1974, are the successors of the Chemins de Fer de l'État's 1933 built Voiture État à 2 étages. They are used on Gare Saint-Lazare network and Gare Montparnasse network. They were also used between Gare de l'Est and Gare de Tournan until the RER E was built and Gare du Nord network until the arrival of the Z 50000 who replaced them by the end of 2012.
From the late 2006-early 2007, VB2Ns are pushed/pulled by new SNCF Class BB 27300 electric locomotives (Gare Saint-Lazare and Gare Montparnasse networks), and from 2012, by new SNCF Class BB 7600 (Gare Montparnasse network only). They are also pushed/pulled by SNCF Class BB 17000 on Gare Saint-Lazare networks.
VB2N are reversible consists. Although VB2Ns are not powered, there is a control car at one end of the train so that the locomotive does not have to run around its coaches.