{"id":282,"date":"2025-12-25T20:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T19:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/train-du-bas-berry.local\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:28:52","slug":"x241","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/x241\/","title":{"rendered":"X241"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rolling stock \u2013 Railcar
Built in 1983
Status: In service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Manufacturer:<\/strong> CFD \/ SOCOFER<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Engine:<\/strong> 1 moteur Poyaud 6L 520 S2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Power:<\/strong> 240 CV (177Kw)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Capacity:<\/strong> 52<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    History and description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The X 241 is an evolution of the CFC's X 5000 (delivered in 1980-1981), adapted to the operating conditions of the BA line. Using tried and tested structures and components, the time spent on testing and development was reduced.
    The body was built by Socofer and all components were assembled at the CFD workshops in Montmirail.
    Put into service in early 1984 after brief testing (the technology was already well established in Corsica), the X 241 railcar spent its entire career in Romorantin, providing service between Lu\u00e7ay-le-M\u00e2le and Salbris. Capable of 85 km\/h, it was nevertheless limited to 70 km\/h by the infrastructure.
    Its arrival significantly improved passenger comfort and accompanied the reorganisation of the Blanc-Argent line, with the closure of the Buzan\u00e7ais \u2013 Lu\u00e7ay-le-M\u00e2le section and better connections in Salbris under the aegis of the SNCF.
    In 1991, the line became part of the TER Centre network and the X 242 adopted a white and blue livery.
    Finally renovated in 2009-2010, it could have continued to run for a long time... but the arrival of the DAAT in 2015 sealed its fate, with the X 241 making its last journey on 13 June.

    It joined the Train du Bas-Berry fleet in 2019.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Mat\u00e9riel moteur \u2013 AutorailConstruit en 1983Statut : En Service Histoire et description Le X 241 se pr\u00e9sente comme une \u00e9volution des X 5000 des CFC (livraison 1980-1981) adapt\u00e9 aux conditions d’exploitation de la ligne du BA. Faisant appel \u00e0 des structures et des \u00e9l\u00e9ments d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9prouv\u00e9s, le temps consacr\u00e9 aux essais et mise au point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[11],"class_list":["post-282","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433,"href":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traindubasberry.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}