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Voiture de banlieue à 2 niveaux

VB2N
Gare de Lavilletertre (2).jpg
VB2N at Gare de Lavilletertre () in 2011.
Manufacturer CIMT / ANF
Constructed 1974 to 1984
Number built 589
Specifications
Maximum speed 140 km/h
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 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.


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