Convey UIC

The cars UIC bear the name of the International union of the Railroads, because it was the first series of the SNCF to apply the recommendations of the organization. They were studied by the division of the studies of the cars (''' DEV. ''').

Origin

Among the recommendations of UIC, one can quote:

intercommunication between cars by pads out of rubber in the place of the bellows,
use of access doors of the mielich type; this door is with two articulated leaves. The handles of assistance to the rise-descent are located inside the cars. They are thus specific to the arrival,
unification of the electric systems: the connection between cars of different countries becomes simple,
maintainability: a déterriorée part must be able to be changed abroad.

The first order intervened in 1960, and the delivery in 1963. The last deliveries will be done at the same time as the first Voiture Coral S.

Delivered

On their arrival, the cars cover the green uniform coach generalized, with for only eccentricity a yellow band on the cars of First class above bays.

In 1970, delivered known as C 160 is applied to the material suited at the speed of 160 km/h. UIC new adopt it. It is about the green scrubland in bottom of case, with the zone of the bays gray aluminum. (metallized gray) Thereafter, the gray will lose its metallized and delivered will be extended to all the series. A band clear green announces the cars of second class, as well as the yellow for the first.

Part of the park is of berths type. These cars take the delivered blue one harms and gray zone of bays. The doors are gray. Some of them are equipped with high roofs allowing the provision of eight berths per compartment.

In 1967, a reduced park is modified (bogies and braking) to be suited to 200 km/h. These cars receive one delivered uniform bright red, with a gray stringcourse dolphin under bays, formant of the homogeneous oars with BB 9200 which tractor draw them. This under-series is assigned to the Capitole , express train launched between Paris and Toulouse.

Use

With their service entrance, it allot the large national trains which they will ensure until the massive arrival of the Voitures Corails. Thereafter, they are transferred in concerning the big departures, and with the regional bus service, allowing the radiation of series going back from the private companies to before 1938.

Even if a good part were reformed today (in 2006), they are still present on the network, in particular with the service of the FOR THE THIRD TIME and certain special trains.

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