[FR] +99: More Regio2N trains for Ile-de-France line D and N

Yesterday we already brought you a first look onto the new IDF version of Bombardier’s Omneo train. In Crespin (FR) currently 42 IDF-Omneos are being built. Valérie Pécresse, president of the Region Ile-de-France (IDF) announced that the regio will order another 99 sets 83 sets for Paris suburban services. Order volume: around 1 billion euro.

The new trains will be used on the RER N Paris – Dreux (80 sets) on the Malesherbes-branch of RER D (19 sets). Delivery will take place in 2019-2021.




Frame contract of around 860 sets. Currently ordered [updated 21.02.2018]:

  • 2010: 80+49 x Regions Aquitaine (24), Bretagne (17), Centre-Val de Loire (14), Nord-Pas-de-Calais (18), Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (16) and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (40)
  • 2013: 7 x Region Picardie
  • 2013: 10 x Region Midi-Pyrénées
  • 2013: 13 x Region Pays de la Loire (200 km/u version)
  • 2014: 42 x Region Ile-de-France (IDF)
  • 2015: 8 x Region Midi-Pyrénées
  • 2016: 4x Bretagne
  • 2016: 40 x Region Normandie (200 km/h Premium version)
  • 2017: 99 x 83 x Region Ile-de-France (IDF) (ordered 06.2017)
  • 2018: 9x Region Ile-de-France (IDF) (ordered 02.2018)

Different configurations:

  • Z 55500 C – 6-car 160 km/h
  • Z 55500 M – 7-car 160 km/h
  • Z 55500 L – 8-car 160 km/h
  • Z 55500 XL – 10-car 160 km/h
  • Z 56300 Cm (4xx) – 6-car 160 km/hwith Midi pantographs
  • Z 56500 L (5xx) – 8-car 200 km/h
  • Z 57000 L (9xx) 0xxR – 8-car for IDF

How it’s built: Bombardier Omneo: