1st/2nd-class (open room) Aqualys Corail car (A5B4tux, ex A5B5tu).
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This car belongs to the very last order for Open-room Corail cars (VTU-82). It was originally built as A5B5tu.
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It was refurbished in 2001/2002 with funding from Région Centre, under the "Aqualys" program.
Aqualys is an EIG between SNCF-GL and Région Centre, which runs GL (yet non-reservable) services on Paris-(fast) Orléans- (semi-fast) Tours.
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This car also features a bike-storage area (in 2nd class), an accessible seating-area and a "multimedia area" (both in 1st class) with power points for laptops and mobiles.
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Paris-Austerlitz.

30th December 2003.


P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)