Voiture de banlieue à 2 niveaux
| VB 2N | |
|---|---|
VB 2N at Lavilletertre station in 2011. | |
Lower floor of a renovated VB 2N. | |
| Manufacturer | CIMT / ANF |
| Replaced | Voiture État à 2 étages, Z 5300 |
| Constructed | 1974–1984 |
| Refurbished | 2002–2008 |
| Scrapped | 2021– |
| Number built | 589 |
| Successor | Z 50000, Regio 2N, RER NG |
| Operators | SNCF |
| Lines served | |
| Specifications | |
| Car length | 24.28 m (79 ft 8 in) |
| Width | 2.856 m (9 ft 4.4 in) |
| Height | 4.32 m (14 ft 2 in) |
| Maximum speed | 140 km/h (87 mph) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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The Voiture de banlieue à 2 niveaux (English: two-deck commuter car), shortened to VB2N, is a type of double-deck passenger railcar used on Transilien, the commuter rail network in the Île-de-France region of France. The cars are unpowered and designed to be paired with an electric locomotive.
The coaches, built from 1974, are the successors of the Chemins de Fer de l'État's 1933 built Voiture État à 2 étages. They are currently in use on Line J of the Transilien network. They were previously used on RER lines C and D, Transilien lines H and K as well as services between Gare de l'Est and Tournan station, which became the RER E.
Since 2012, the VB 2N trains have been shifted from busier RER and Transilien lines to less busy routes on Transilien network as new equipment comes online, most notably the single-level Z 50000 and double-deck Regio 2N (Z 57000) trainsets. The VB 2N trains are scheduled to be retired.