Avelia Euroduplex TGV Operators

Avelia Euroduplex TGV Operators

• Avelia Euroduplex TGV SNCF

In June 2007, 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, numbered 4701, was tested at La Rochelle. 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 the LGV Est.

The 2007 contract included an option for 40 additional trains. SNCF exercised this option 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 on TGV Atlantique with the opening of the LGV 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 between Bordeaux and Marseille. 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.

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

Avelia Euroduplex TGV Usage

Avelia Euroduplex TGV SNCF

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

• Alleo Paris-Est — Stuttgart — Munich (via LGV East Europe)
• Alleo Frankfurt — Strasbourg — Lyon-Part-Dieu — Marseille (via the LGV Rhin-Rhône and Mediterranean)
• Lyria Paris-Gare de Lyon — Basel — Zürich (via the Rhine-Rhône) since January 2012 (three of the six round trips, the others were being operated by TGV POS until 15 December 2019 where Lyria started operating exclusively with the Euroduplex)

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

The 800 numbered trains are designed to provide international services to Spain:

• Elipsos: Paris-Gare de Lyon — Lyon Part Dieu — Montpellier — Figueres — Barcelona (in a pool with TGV Duplex Dasye)
• The 3UFC are all operating from Paris Montparnasse firstly towards Bordeaux — Agen — Montauban — Toulouse — Arcachon — Dax — Bayonne — Biarritz — Saint-Jean-de-Luz — Saint-Jean-de-Luz — Pau — Lourdes — Tarbes. Then towards Le Mans — Rennes — Quimper — Brest — Angers — Nantes — Saint-Nazaire — Le Croisic — Les Sables-d'Olonne.
• Since 2021 some trains started operations from Paris Lyon towards Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Marseille and Nice.

Avelia Euroduplex TGV Overview

Avelia Euroduplex TGV In Service: 2011–present
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Manufacturer: Alstom
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Family Name: TGV
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Constructed: 2011–2023
Entered Service 2011–present (SNCF)
2018–present (ONCF)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Number under Construction: 134 trainsets
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Number in Service: 134 trainsets (+2 power cars)
(122 SNCF, 12 ONCF)
(as of April 2023)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Formation: 10 cars
(2 power cars + 8 trailers)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Fleet Numbers: 801-893, 4701-4730 (SNCF)
1201-1212 (ONCF)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Capacity: 509 seats (SNCF, 55 trainsets)
556 seats (SNCF, 67 trainsets)
533 seats (ONCF)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Operators: SNCF (France)
ONCF (Morocco)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Train Length: 200.19 m (656 ft 9 in)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Car Length: Power car: 22.15 m (72 ft 8 in)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV End Car: 21.845 m (71 ft 8.0 in)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Intermediate Car: 18.7 m (61 ft 4 in)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Width: 2.904 m (9 ft 6.3 in)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Height: 4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Doors: One per side per passenger car
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Maximum Speed: 320 km/h (200 mph)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Weight: 399 t (393 long tons, 440 short tons)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Traction Motors: 8 x Alstom 6 FHA 1,160 kW (1,556 hp) AC asynchronous motors
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Power Output: 9,280 kW (12,445 hp)(25 kV 50 Hz AC)
6,800 kW (9,119 hp)(15 kV  16.7 Hz AC)
3,680 kW (4,935 hp) (1,500 V DC)
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Electric System(s):
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Overhead Line:
25 kV 50 Hz AC
15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
1,500 V DC
3,000 V DC
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Current Collector(s): Pantograph
Avelia Euroduplex TGV UIC Classification: Bo'Bo'+2'2'2'2'2'2'2'2'2'+Bo'Bo'
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Braking System(s): Regenerative and pneumatic
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Safety System(s): ERTMS level 2, KVB, TVM 430, ASFA, LZB, PZB, ZUB, Integra
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Coupling System: Scharfenberg
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Multiple Working: Up to two trains
Avelia Euroduplex TGV Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge