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Euroduplex

Avelia Euroduplex,more commonly known simply asEuroduplexorTGV 2N2in France, is ahigh-speeddouble-deckertrainmanufactured byAlstom.[3][4]It is primarily operated by the French national railway companySNCF,and also in operation with the Moroccan national railway companyONCF.[4]It is the 3rd generation of theTGV Duplex.

Euroduplex
Euroduplex atBoinville-le-Gaillardon theLGV Atlantique
In service2011–present
ManufacturerAlstom
Family nameTGV
Constructed2011–2023
Entered service2011–present (SNCF)
2018–present (ONCF)
Number built134 trainsets
Number in service134 trainsets (+2 power cars)
(122 SNCF, 12 ONCF)
(as of April 2023)[1][2]
Formation10 cars
(2 power cars + 8 trailers)
Fleet numbers801-893, 4701-4730 (SNCF)
1201-1212 (ONCF)
Capacity509 seats (SNCF, 55 trainsets)
556 seats (SNCF, 67 trainsets)
533 seats (ONCF)
OperatorsSNCF(France)
ONCF(Morocco)
Specifications
Train length200.19 m (656 ft 9 in)
Car lengthPower car: 22.15 m (72 ft 8 in)
End car: 21.845 m (71 ft 8.0 in)
Intermediate car: 18.7 m (61 ft 4 in)
Width2.904 m (9 ft 6.3 in)
Height4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
DoorsOne per side per passenger car
Maximum speed320 km/h (200 mph)
Weight399t(393long tons;440short tons)
Traction motors8 x Alstom 6 FHA 1,160kW(1,556hp) ACasynchronous motors
Power output9,280kW(12,445hp)(25 kV 50 Hz AC)
6,800kW(9,119hp)(15 kV  16.7 Hz AC)
3,680kW(4,935hp) (1,500VDC)
Electric system(s)
Current collector(s)Pantograph
UIC classificationBo'Bo'+2'2'2'2'2'2'2'2'2'+Bo'Bo'
Braking system(s)Regenerativeandpneumatic
Safety system(s)ERTMS level 2,KVB,TVM 430,ASFA,LZB,PZB,ZUB,Integra
Coupling systemScharfenberg
Multiple workingUp to two trains
Track gauge1,435 mm(4 ft8+1⁄2in)standard gauge

The Euroduplex trains areinteroperable,containing equipment allowing them to travel between several European continental countries with various types ofelectrificationandsignallingsystems. AMoroccan variationis the first high-speed train to operate inAfrica.

Description

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The Euroduplex trains are an evolution of the TGV DuplexDasyeand still share the main features.[citation needed]The drive is of typeSNCF TGV POSasynchronous traction motors, European signaling systemEuropean Rail Traffic Management System.[citation needed]The trailers feature improved information systems and the 3UFC type feature new interiors with rotating seats and USB sockets.

The main differences with the TGV Duplex Dasye:

  • UIC loading gaugewith more headroom upstairs
  • Improved windows
  • Passenger Information System (SIVE) with voice announcements as in the TER trains.
  • Outside SIVE dynamic light display indicating the number of the train, its route and the number of the car
  • Fixed filler gaps on all doors,
  • Control over the train hot boxes (two sensors per box for redundancy)
  • Overall control of each axle
  • Improved accessibility for wheelchairs[5]

The 3UFC type have new interiors that include:

  • New seats design in both classes
  • Rotating seats USB sockets in first class
  • Individual lights are now included in the seats

History

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Riding on the success of the concept TGV Duplex, and praised by customers[citation needed],the company decided to develop a fleet of interoperable trains, especially suitable for15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz(only 8 trainsTGV Sud-Estcould operate at this current and 19 trains are thenTGV POS), thetrainis a tricurrent version of TGV Duplex.[citation needed]

The Euroduplex has entered commercial operation by theFrenchnational railway company on 11 December 2011.[6]

In parallel with the development of high-speed lines internationally,AlstomSA won a tender for the supply of equipment for high-speed TGV Morocco, the first high-speed train on the African continent.[citation needed]

Operators

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SNCF

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TGV Euroduplex (2N2) number 4703 train parked at the Belfort — Montbéliard TGV railway station during station's inauguration. In background the TGV Duplex Dasye number 746 train.

In June 2007,[7]in addition to 25 extra TGV Dasye sets (+ 3 others 2008), the SNCF has placed a large order for 55 Alstom tricurrent high-speed trains, TGV 2N2.

These 55 trains can be divided into:

  • 30 trains "3UA" (tricurrent Germany), numbered 4701-4730 (4 international) for services from France to Germany and Switzerland. Prototypes were tested from August 2010, the remaining deliveries expected between 2011 and 2014;
  • 10 trains "3UH" (bicurrent Spain), numbered 801 to 810, for services between France and Spain (deliveries from 2013);
  • 15 trains "3UF" (bicurrent France), numbered 811-825, intended for domestic traffic in France (deliveries from 2014);
  • A Power Reserve "3UA" compatible with the 55 cars and also for the TGV POS and TGV Duplex Dasye.

In April 2010, the first train RGV, numbered4701,was tested at La Rochelle.[8]On 16 June 2010, the train arrived at the site of ELWT Conflans to be equipped with different systems to perform many tests in the coming months before commercial operation. Between 20 and 30 July 2010, the train conducted speed tests in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and the French Alps.

SNCF and Alstom organized the symbolic delivery of the first train on 30 May 2011 on theLGV Est.[9]

The 2007 contract included an option for 40 additional trains. SNCF exercised this option[10]to take delivery of the second batch of Euroduplex sets from 2015. These are the 3UFC type (the "C" stands for capacity) and named "Océane". They were delivered between 2016 and 2019 and have replaced some sets onTGV Atlantiquewith the opening of theLGV Sud Europe Atlantique.They offer a new interior design and a capacity expanded by 10% due to the third car being multi-class, and were delivered between 2016 and 2019 and are numbered from 826 to 896 (minus 866, which only consisters of power reserve motors).

To save the workforce of the Alstom factory in Belfort, the French government announced in October 2016 the purchase of fifteen trains to be used on the intercity line betweenBordeauxandMarseille.SNCF carried out the order in February 2017. These trains, of the 3UFC type, are numbered from 836 to 850 and have been delivered since August 2019.[citation needed]

In July 2019,SNCFannounced an order of twelve trains that would be delivered between 2021 and 2023 (shortly before the arrival of the firstAvelia Horizon) with the last trainset being delivered in april 2023.[11]The complete fleet would consist of 122 trains.

ONCF

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ONCF TGV 2N2 Euroduplex.
ONCF Moroccan TGV coach delivery.
RAn ONCF Alstom RGV2N2 high-speed trainset at Tanger Ville railway station in November 2018.
The Moroccan fast train Al Boraq (The Lightning) traveling near its top speed.

In December 2010, the Moroccan company ONCF ordered 14 sets of the Euroduplex forKenitra–Tangier high-speed rail line.[12]The contract of €400 million expected commissioning in 2015.[13]The ordered trains are electrified at25 kVand3 kVand can operate up to 320 km/h (200 mph) on the sectionTangiers—Kenitraand between 160–220 km/h (99–137 mph) on the Moroccan conventional network.

The Moroccan trainsets have a total capacity of 533 passengers in two first-class carriages, five second class carriages, and a catering coach,[14]instead of the French configuration of three first class coaches, four second-class coaches, and a catering coach.[citation needed]The modifications were made according to the Moroccan climatic and environmental conditions.[15]The first two cars will be delivered during the summer of 2015[needs update],transported from the port of La Rochelle by the ship Ville de Bordeaux.[citation needed]The project being more than two years late on its initial schedule (due to land acquisition difficulties), Alstom Transport incurs additional costs, in particular through the forced storage of several trains in its factories.[citation needed]The first dynamic tests of a train (No. 1201, specially assigned to tests) began in January 2016, on the classic line connecting Tangier to Casablanca, with drivers who were specially trained (partly in France, by the SNCF ); these tests were completed in July 2016.[citation needed]At the same time (on 11 July), the twelve trains were delivered. LGV testing began in February 2017 and was completed in June 2018; during one of them, carried out on 4 May 2018, the train achieved a speed of 357 km/h (220 mph) (which constitutes the record of rail speed in Africa).[citation needed]During this period, Alstom delivered 12 trains for the Tangier-Casablanca railway section.[16]King Mohammed VIand French PresidentEmmanuel Macronparticipated in the inauguration.[16]Upon launch, it became the first high-speed railway line in Africa.[17]

The maintenance center, with a total capacity of 30 trains and an area of 14 hectares, is located in Tangier-Moghogha.

Usage

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SNCF

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Since its introduction into commercial service, the 4700 numbered trains operate priority international services:[citation needed]

The trains are used on domestic routes (via the LGV Est to Strasbourg,Reims,Remiremont,but also via the Rhin-Rhône toColmarandMulhouseamong others).

The 800 numbered trains are designed to provide international services to Spain:[citation needed]

The 3UFC are all operating fromParis Montparnassefirstly towardsBordeaux—Agen—Montauban—Toulouse—Arcachon— Dax —Bayonne—Biarritz—Saint-Jean-de-Luz—Saint-Jean-de-Luz—Pau—Lourdes—Tarbes.Then towardsLe Mans—Rennes—Quimper—Brest—Angers—Nantes—Saint-Nazaire—Le Croisic—Les Sables-d'Olonne.Since 2021 some trains started operations fromParis LyontowardsLyon,Saint-Étienne,MarseilleandNice.

ONCF

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Since 26 November 2018, the Moroccan trains make the connections betweenTangerandCasablancaviaRabat.[19]The name of the commercial service isAl Boraq.[20]

It is operated in partnership with SNCF, within the framework of the joint venture "Moroccan high-speed train maintenance company".[citation needed]

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  • Car No. 4722 inKarlsruhe Hauptbahnhof.
  • The information system of passenger trains.
  • Improved space in second class.
  • PIS screen in 2nd class higher room of the TGV Euroduplex (2N2) number 4703 train parked at the Besançon Franche-Comté TGV railway station during station's inaugural.
  • View of the new interior for the 1st class

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toTGV 2N2.

References

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  1. ^TGV 4700trainsso.frArchived21 October 2023 at theWayback Machine
  2. ^TGV 800trainsso.frArchived6 November 2023 at theWayback Machine
  3. ^"Avelia Euroduplex: High capacity, very high-speed".Alstom.Retrieved20 November2018.
  4. ^ab"Euroduplex – RENFE/SNCF".renfe-sncf.Archived from the original on 21 November 2018.Retrieved20 November2018.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^"Overview of equipment available on board SNCF trains".September 2011.
  6. ^"La SNCF grossit sa flotte TGV pour la dernière fois avant longtemps, afin de garder son rang en Europe".31 May 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 10 August 2011.Retrieved16 May2013.
  7. ^bimonthly journal Railways "The engine SNCF equipment in 2008-2009", No. 175, September–October 2009, page 15
  8. ^"The first train RGV 2N NG DASYE 4701 to test ALSTOM center of La Rochelle Bellevue".espacetrain.2010.
  9. ^book the SNCF TGV Duplex 3rd generation | date = 30 May 2011
  10. ^"Alstom wins SCNF order and drops Eurostar legal action".3 April 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 22 April 2016.Retrieved26 May2013.
  11. ^Tweet by conducteur_PSE (in french):https://twitter /conducteur_PSE/status/1645819361800642560?s=20
  12. ^"Link and Alstom signed an agreement for the supply of 14 trains in Morocco at high speed" (Press release). December 2010.
  13. ^"Link to buy 14 Duplex high speed trains" (Press release). 10 December 2010.
  14. ^"Morocco signs a contract with Alstom for its first high-speed train".ICA.Retrieved25 November2020.
  15. ^"Morocco: High-Speed Rail Line Between Tangiers and Kenitra Opens".Railway-News.19 November 2018.Retrieved25 November2020.
  16. ^abRoy, Deblina."Alstom present at the Tangier-Casablanca high-speed line's inauguration in Morocco".African Review(in Polish).Retrieved25 November2020.
  17. ^"Alstom steps up in Morocco".RailTech.Retrieved25 November2020.
  18. ^"Bilan carbon LGV RR"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 17 October 2014.Retrieved16 May2013.
  19. ^"Al Boraq: voici la date de mise en service".medias24.17 November 2018.Retrieved18 November2018..
  20. ^"SM Le Roi Mohammed VI baptise le Train à Grande Vitesse marocain du nom d'AL BORAQ".oncf.ma(in French). 12 July 2018.Retrieved18 November2018.
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