Autorail à grande capacité

The Autorail à Grande Capacité (literally, high-capacity railcar) or AGC is a category of multiple unit train built at Bombardier Transportation's plant in Crespin for the French rail operator SNCF.

As well, the interior design is also modular, and regions can choose to include features such as first class seating, a bar area, ski racks, and other amenities for their fleet.

The Romanian company Remarul 16 Februarie has signed a contract with Bombardier in November 2020, for the purchase of a licence for manufacturing the AGC in Romania at Cluj-Napoca.

Under the contract, Remarul will exclusively manufacture this train for sale in six countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia.

In January 2021, Bombardier signed a new contract to retrofit and introduce a pre-series of five AGC battery-operated trains by 2023, in collaboration with SNCF Voyageurs and five French regions including Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hauts-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

This project offers a proof of concept and a way forward to eliminating diesel trains by 2035, a target set by the French government and SNCF.

In addition, to reinforce train environmental performances, CO₂ level regulation for the HVAC system and particulate filters for the Diesel motors will be installed.