SNCF Class Z 8800

The SNCF Class Z 8800 is a double-deck, dual-voltage electric multiple unit trainset that are operated by SNCF on the Réseau Express Régional (RER), a hybrid suburban commuter and rapid transit system and the Transilien, a suburban commuter rail system, both serving Paris and its Île-de-France suburbs.

The use of single-phase current implied the addition of a transformer in each motor near the intercirculation, hence the disappearance of two windows at this location on the left side compared to the Z 5600s.

Finally, due to the renovation of the VB 2N trainsets since 2003, some suburban trains to Dreux, Plaisir - Grignon and Mantes-la-Jolie are operated by Z 8800s.Some Z 5300 failures lead to the use of Z 8800s for carry out Paris-Montparnasse - Rambouillet connections.

Since September 2010, the Z 8800s have been gradually renovated at the Nevers workshops: installation of interior equipment, such as anti-laceration seats with incorporated footrests, similar to the VB 2N Transilien, the on-board passenger information system (SIVE), video surveillance and endowment of a livery almost identical to that of the last Z 20900.

Since the start of 2017, the Z 8800 trainsets in Transilien livery, which have not been fitted with the on-board passenger information system or video surveillance, have left for the workshops in Nevers to receive them.

SIVE Passengers information system.
SIVE Passengers information system.