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| caption          = A refurbished Z6400 EMU in the "[[Grande Ceinture Ouest]]" version at [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]
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The [[SNCF]] '''Class Z 6400''' [[electric multiple unit]] trains were built by [[Alstom|Alsthom]]/[[Carel et Fouché]] from 1976 to 1979. They were chiefly used in commuter service to the [[Gare Saint-Lazare]] in Paris, serving the northwest Paris suburbs.

Seventy-five of these 4-car units were built for use on suburban service in the west of Paris, operating mainly on the [[Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare|Transilien Line L]]. The 4-car units were most often used in double-formation as 8-car sets. 43 sets had doors arranged for high platforms, while the remainder were for low platforms.<ref name="Haydock2016">{{cite book |last1=Haydock |first1=David |title=French Railways: Locomotives and Multiple Units |date=2016 |publisher=Platform 5 |isbn=978-1-909431-34-8 |pages=107–108 |edition=6}}</ref><ref name="redoutey2016">{{cite book |last1=Redoutey |first1=Denis |title=Le Matérial Moteur SNCF en 2016 |date=2016 |publisher=Éditions La Vie du Rail |isbn=978-2-37062-040-8 |pages=118–119 |edition=7}}</ref>

They were progressively replaced by the [[SNCF Class Z 50000|Class Z 50000]] units with the last commercial service of the Z 6400 running on 4 November 2020. This was earlier than originally scheduled due to a downturn in passengers numbers during the COVID19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.railpassion.fr/materiel-actualites-rp/cest-fini-pour-les-z-6400/|title = C'est fini pour les Z6400|date = 11 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malignel.transilien.com/2018/01/19/ou-sont-les-nouveaux-trains/|title = Où sont les nouveaux trains ?|date = 19 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Haydock2016"/>

[[File:SNCF Z 6534 Paris St Lazare.JPG|thumb|250px|right|A refurbished Z6400 EMU in the normal version at [[Gare Saint-Lazare|Paris-St-Lazare]].]]

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Image:TransilienGCO Nois2 stnom.jpg|A refurbished set seen heading for [[Gare Saint-Lazare|Paris-St-Lazare]] from [[Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche_-_Forêt_de_Marly_Station|St Nom la Breteche]].
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==See also==
* [[Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos|CPTM]] (São Paulo commuter rail) operates a partially-forked version of the Z 6400 called [[CPTM 5000/5400 series]] <small>([[:pt:TUE Série 5000 (Fepasa)|pt]])</small>, manufactured by the [[Cobrasma]]–[[Francorail]] consortium in the late-1970s for the then-FEPASA – Ferrovia Paulista S/A on what is now [[Line 8 (CPTM)|CPTM Line 8]]

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