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SNCF Emu Z 5300, lightly refurbished to be operated on regional services from Paris to Le Mans. "Région Centre" trainsets can be identified by their blue doors. Under a grey sky, this one is leaving Versailles, en route to Chartres and Le Mans. 31st december 2005 Photo Patrick Meunier, Website: PixyRail-Trains de Poissy

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Class Z5300 EMU of SNCF, seen passing over the Bidassoa, which marks the French-Spanish border between Hendaye and Irun. This is a stopping service of TER Aquitaine bound for Irun, pretty far away from the Southern suburbs of Paris where this unit began to run in the early-70s... This pic was taken from the Spanish bank. France is accross the bridge. Bidassoa Bridge. 02nd February 2004. Photo by José Manuel Trigos (JMT@tranvia.org)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).