SNCF Class B 82500

B 82500
B82500 electro-diesel multiple unit at Provins
Built atBombardier, Crespin[1]
Capacityseated: 204 to 220
Specifications
Train length72.8 m (238 ft 10 in)
Car lengthend cars: 21 m (68 ft 10+34 in)
inner cars: 15.4 m (50 ft 6+14 in)
Width2.95 m (9 ft 8+18 in)
Height4.02 m (13 ft 2+14 in)
Floor height1.26 m (4 ft 1+58 in)
Entry0.59 m (1 ft 11+14 in)
Maximum speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Weight170 t (167 long tons; 187 short tons)
Prime mover(s)MAN
Engine typeTwo Diesel Engines
Power output2x 588 kW (789 hp) @1800 rpm
Electric; 1,300 kW (1,700 hp)[2]
Accelerationdiesel: 0.47 m/s2 (1.1 mph/s)
1.5 kV : 0.66 m/s2 (1.5 mph/s)
25 kV : 0.67 m/s2 (1.5 mph/s)
Electric system(s)
Current collector(s)Pantograph
UIC classificationBo'2'2'2'Bo'
Notes/references
Sources =[2] except where noted

The B 82500 (often referred to as BGC or BiBi[3][4]) is a class of dual-mode, multi-system, diesel and overhead electrification (1.5 kV DC, 25 kV AC) powered multiple unit built by Bombardier for SNCF.[5] It is one variant of the Autorail à Grande Capacité. These trains were built at Bombardier's rail manufacturing plant in Crespin.[1][6][7]

The class was officially launched at Troyes station on 9 October 2007 for service on the TER Champagne-Ardenne network.[2]


B 82500 electro-diesel unit at Metz-Ville
  1. ^ a b "La SNCF commande 112 AGC de Bombardier". Webtrains.net (in French). 24 November 2006.
  2. ^ a b c Hughes, Murray (26 October 2007). "Electro-diesel AGC launched on the world market". Railway Gazette International. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Rail Passion n°153". Rail Passion (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Rail Passion n°122". Rail Passion (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. ^ "AGC to revitalise regional routes". Railway Gazette International. 1 February 2004. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Le site de Crespin : les compétences réussies d'un intégrateur ferroviaire". Bombardier. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Automoteurs à Grande Capacité (AGC) SNCF". trains-europe.fr (in French). 2009–2017. Retrieved 17 May 2022.