Transilien Line R

Line R
Regio 2N operating a Montereau to Paris (via Moret) service at Melun station
Overview
Termini	Paris-Gare-de-Lyon Montargis Montereau
Stations	25
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Transilien
Operator(s)	SNCF
Depot(s)	Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
Rolling stock	Z8800, Z20500, Z57000
Daily ridership	55,000
History
Opened	3 January 1849 (1849-01-03) (first sections) 31 December 2004 (2004-12-31) (recreated as Line R)
Technical
Line length	164 km (102 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Transilien Line R is a railway line of the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this line travel between Paris-Gare-de-Lyon in central Paris, as well as from Melun station in the suburbs, and the south-east of Île-de-France region. Transilien services from Paris-Gare-de-Lyon are part of the SNCF Gare de Lyon rail network. The line has 60,000 passengers per weekday.

Transilien Line R
to Châtelet–Les Halles Paris–Gare de Lyon Melun Livry-sur-Seine Bois-le-Roi Chartrettes (limited) Fontainebleau-Forêt Fontainebleau-Avon Fontaine-le-Port Thomery Héricy Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons Vulaines-sur-Seine – Samoreau Champagne-sur-Seine Montigny-sur-Loing Bourron-Marlotte – Grez Saint-Mammès Nemours – Saint-Pierre Vernou-sur-Seine Bagneaux-sur-Loing La Grande-Paroisse Souppes – Château-Landon Montereau Dordives Ferrières-Fontenay Montargis

Regio2N train (class 57000) over the Viaduc de Saint-Mammes.

Stations served

Montargis line

• Paris-Gare-de-Lyon
• Melun station
• Bois-le-Roi station
• Halte de Fontainebleau-Forêt
• Fontainebleau–Avon station
• Thomery station
• Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons station
• Montigny-sur-Loing station
• Bourron-Marlotte–Grez station
• Nemours–Saint-Pierre station
• Bagneaux-sur-Loing station
• Souppes–Château-Landon station
• Dordives station
• Ferrières–Fontenay station
• Montargis station

Montereau line

• same route as the Montargis line between Paris-Gare-de-Lyon and Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons
• Saint-Mammès station
• Montereau station

Montereau line (via Héricy)

• Melun station
• Livry-sur-Seine station
• Chartrettes station
• Fontaine-le-Port station
• Héricy station
• Vulaines-sur-Seine–Samoreau station
• Champagne-sur-Seine station
• Vernou-sur-Seine station
• La Grande-Paroisse station
• Montereau station

Services

There are three services, which are Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Montargis, Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Fontainebleau–Montereau and Melun–Héricy–Montereau. Like all other Transilien lines every train has a "name of service" consisting of four letters.

The first letter indicates the destination of the train. Trains to Montargis have a four-letter code beginning with G (GAMA, GAME, GAMO, GAMU, GOMO, GOMU), while those to Montereau have the first letter of the four always a K (KAMO, KOHO, KUMO). Trains to Paris-Gare de Lyon begin with P (POMA, POME, POMO, POMU, PUMA), which is also the first letter of the station's name. Those to Melun have a four-letter code beginning with Z (ZOHA).

The second letter indicates that the train might call at all stations, or at selected stations only. An "O" indicates an all stops train (French omnibus), as in this case of GOMO, which is an all stops train to Montargis.

Trains running via Héricy have the letter H as the third letter (KOHO is an example), while trains running via Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons have the letter M as the third letter (KUMO is an example).

Rolling stock

The Transilien R line is operated by Z 5600, Z 20500 and Regio 2N trains. The rolling stock of the line is shared with that of the RER line D.

Since December 8, 2017, forty-eight Regio 2N trainsets have been progressively delivered to enable the redeployment of twenty-four Z 2N double-deck trainsets on the network's other lines, as well as the deletion of the stainless steel Z 5300 trainsets. The Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF) decided to acquire them, during the Board of Directors meeting of December 11, 2013, so that they would completely renew the current fleet.

The Regio 2N trains will be 110 m long, double-decker, with 582 seats per train. At peak times, they will run in multiples of three units, offering 1,746 seats and a total of 3,120 per train, for a total length of 330 m. These trains will offer passengers a maximum number of seats, given the long journey times of up to 1.5 hours (including half an hour without a stop between Paris and Melun). On the other hand, unlike the TER versions, the Transilien fleet will have no toilets, which has provoked strong reactions from regular users of the line.

The total investment amounts to more than 900 million euros, including the order for 43 Francilien trains for the H, K and L lines of the Transilien network. It is financed in equal parts by STIF and SNCF under the STIF/SNCF contract. The first 42 units were ordered in December 2014 at a cost of €397 million, with delivery of the first elements scheduled for September 2017 and full equipment of the line by the end of 2018

Current Fleet

Trainset	Image	Type	Top speed		Car	Number	Line/Route	Built
			mph	km/h
Z2N Z5600		Z2n		140	6	9	they run on the Line R occasionally or in case of shortage of Regio2n Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Montargis Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Fontainebleau–Montereau	1982 - 1985
Z2N Z20500		Z2n		140	5	134 (shared equipment with the RER D)	they run on the Line R occasionally or in case of shortage of Regio2n Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Montargis Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Fontainebleau–Montereau	1988 - 1998
Bombardier Regio2n (Z57000)		Regio2n		160	7	61 (shared equipment with the RER D)	all branches of the Line R Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Montargis Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Fontainebleau–Montereau Melun–Héricy–Montereau	2014 - 2020

Past fleet

Trainset	Image	Type	Top speed		Car	Number	Line/Route	Built
			mph	km/h
Z5300		Petit Gris		120 130	4		Melun–Héricy–Montereau	1966 - 1975	they were replaced by the Regio2n and were subsequently written off in 2018.
Z5600		Z2N		140		7	Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Montargis Paris-Gare-de-Lyon–Melun–Fontainebleau–Montereau		some of them have been sent to the scrapyard following the arrival of the new Regio2n trains that succeeded them. However, some elements have been kept on the line to run in case of breakdowns or insufficient number of Regio2n during peak hour.

See also

• List of Transilien stations