Voiture de banlieue à 2 niveaux

A voiture de banlieue à deux niveaux ( German: Nahverkehrswagen two storey transport Doppelstockwagen ) abbreviated as VB 2N, is a railway carriage which is used as a push-pull train. With 6, 7 or 8 cars these trains come as Transilien used.

Description

These vehicles seen from outside the VO 2N equal. The VB 2N are push-pull trains and locomotives are covered by the BB 17000 and BB 27300 series. The turning trains arrive on the routes from Saint -Lazare to Mantes -la -Jolie and Ermont - Eaubonne and Paris -Nord and Paris - Montparnasse to use. To the east of Paris, VB 2N drove from the Gare de l' Est by Tournan and Meaux before the RER E went into operation.

The VB 2N drive as a turning trains with the BB series 27300 Paris -Montparnasse to Rambouillet, Mantes- la -Jolie and Dreux.

Since the end of 2006, the refurbished trains running at Transilien painting of Paris -Montparnasse and Paris -Saint- Lazare exclusively with the BB series 27300th contrast, the VB 2N of Paris-Nord only be drawn by locomotives of the BB 17000 series.

Each car is 24.28 meters long and has an empty weight of 48 t. Since 1995, the vehicles with the system équipement à seul agent (EAS ) (German one-man operation ) were fitted.

The problem with road noise inside and outside the vehicle has become increasingly worse with time, there are more than 90 decibels in the passage of a train with 70/80 km / h

Due to the retirement of Z 5300 on the RER C in 2003, it was necessary to extend the Z 5600 on six cars, originally there were four. As a result, VB 2N cars were rebuilt in ZR 2N and queued in the Z 5600.

Originally, the VB 2N were delivered in a gray livery with yellow stripes at the bottom of the vehicle. Then, a blue-white- red finish, the so-called " Ile- de -France », introduced, and later the so-called " Transilien " paint scheme from 2003. Consists of a blue with a white stripe and colored circles on the doors. The Transilien painting has brought a complete rebuild of the car's interior with it, among other things, air conditioning was installed.

Use

The VB 2N drove from all Parisian railway stations, with the exception of Paris - Austerlitz, from.

Transilien Paris Saint- Lazare

From Saint- Lazare, take the VB 2N:

  • On the tracks of Group IV ( Saint- Lazare by Ermont - Eaubonne );
  • On the tracks of the group V ( Saint- Lazare to Mantes about Poissy );
  • On the tracks of group VI ( Saint- Lazare to Mantes over Conflans ).

These trains with locomotives BB 27325-67 since the end of 2007 and replace the BB 17000th Since then, the BB 27300 are used, the trains have been reduced from 7 to 6 cars, as these locomotives are longer.

The trains were renewed in Rennes; among other things, they got the Transilien painting. From Saint- Lazare VB 2N operate only in the colors of Transilien.

The VB 2N have, since they were renewed, a passenger information system.

Transilien Paris -Montparnasse

From Montparnasse, the cars are used on routes to Rambouillet, Dreux and Mantes- la- Jolie. These cars operate as push-pull trains with the BB series 27300th

The locomotives BB 8500 are no longer used with VB 2N car on the relation Montparnasse Rambouillet, since they covered the VO 2N with 7 cars on the Paris -Montparnasse - Chartres -Le Mans.

The VB 2N have a passenger information system. From October 2011 onwards, came more VB 2N trains from Paris-Nord to decommission the 5300 Z can. These trains with locomotives of the BB series 7600 ( modded BB 7200).

Transilien Paris -Nord ( end of 2012 )

These cars drove up to the end of 2012 on the routes: Paris -Nord - Pontoise, Paris -Nord - Ermont - Eaubonne - Persan -Beaumont, Paris -Nord - Luzarches, Paris -Nord - Montsoult Maffliers - Persan - Beaumont and Pontoise - Creil.

The trains operated with locomotives of the BB 17000 series. Numbering of the car began with N01. By the end of 2012, the VB 2N which plied on the H and K lines have been added to the line N ( Transilien Paris - Montparnasse).

Model

The VB 2N cars are available in all finishes in Microsoft Train Simulator.

The cars were built in H0 by Jouef 1976 to 1988, and later by the Italian brand Vitrains.

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