1st/2nd-class Couchettes Corail car (AcBcux) of SNCF-GL, seen in the consist of Corail Service Nuit 4238 "Lorazur" (Luxemburg-Nice).
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This car belongs to the very last order for Corail cars (VU-84).
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Rather than offer some compartments in 1st-class on the one hand and some in 2nd-class on the other hand (as in UIC-Y Ac4Bc5x cars), this car actually has a unified layout of 10 compartments, as 2nd-class couchettes Bc10ux cars.
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All compartments can be arranged with 6 or 4 couchettes (viz. in 2nd- or 1st-class accommodation), depending on demand, which ensures an appreciable operational flexibility.
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Yet, following repeated complaints from 1st-class custom against the lower quality offered than on Ac9ux cars, these AcBcux are mostly marketed as 2nd-class only accommodation.
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Metz-ville.

17th June 2004.


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