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France: SNCF Class BB 22200 electric loco at Grenoble Universites Gieres on a Valence-Annecy train

France: At Grenoble Universites Gieres station, an SNCF Class BB 22200 electric loco (no.22249) departs on train TER17578, the 1417 from Valence Ville to Annecy. Recorded 21st October 2025. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The BB 22200 is a class of electric locomotives in service with the French railways SNCF, built by Alstom between 1976 and 1986. They are a dual voltage version (1500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC) of the BB 7200 and BB 15000 Nez Cassé classes. After the first test held in 1976, the BB 22200 were introduced on the Marseille–Nice–Ventimiglia line in southern France–northern Italy. The following year they started to haul longer distance trains such as the Train Bleu (1000 km from Ventimiglia to Paris) and the car-transport train between Marseille and Paris. The BB 22200 are capable of a maximum speed of 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph). Eight locomotives, having a maximum power of 5,600 kilowatts (7,500 hp), were equipped for services up to 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph) and can work on LGV lines. The surviving members of the class are used on services between Bercy–Nevers and Marseille–Bordeaux, as well as on TER services between Lyon, Chambéry and Modane. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Grenoble-Universités-Gières station is a railway station on the Grenoble–Montmélian railway in Greater Grenoble. Originally opened with the opening of the Grenoble–Montmélian Railway, its traffic gradually waned with the boom of the automobile to the point when it had a daily traffic of virtually nothing and only two trains each day (and these were both in the same direction). Few residents of Gières even knew of its existence and after many years of being neglected, in 1982 the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) decided to close it, like it would do to any other station in a deserted region. But then William Lachenal, a member of the Association pour le Développement des Transports en Commun, a sustainable-development association, decided to distribute pamphlets to every household in Gières informing the inhabitants about the station and the possibility of using it to buy there tickets, even for departures from other stations. With twice the number of passengers the next year, the SNCF decided not to close the station and decided to let 5 more trains stop there. To further help the station's development, its name was changed to Gières-Campus due to its proximity (1 km) to the main campus of Grenoble's four universities. Also, a free shuttle bus was put in place between the station and the campus and the platforms were given lighting and a ticket machine. In 1999 the decision was taken to extend the current tram line B to the station along with the new line C. For the arrival of the new tramway, the local quartier was radically transformed: the level crossing was replaced with a new tunnel, the local sports hall was demolished (to be built a bit further along) and replaced with a park and ride and the 2nd tram depot was built. During all these years, the progression of the station has not stopped. Since 1989, it has been integrated into the local network as a departures-arrivals station of certain services. A siding was built to accommodate these new trains and the line is electrified between Grenoble and Gières. More and more trains stop there, not just local Transport Express Régional trains but Grandes-lignes as well. A parking was built and finally the station's name was changed to Grenoble-Universités-Gières to show its new status as the second station of Grenoble. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) is France's state-owned railway operator. Becoming effective on 1 January 1938 following an agreement on 31 August 1937 between the government, private railway companies and railway labor unions, it operates nearly all rail transport in France and Monaco, including the TGV, on France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight (through its subsidiaries SNCF Voyageurs and Rail Logistics Europe), as well as railway infrastructure management (SNCF Réseau). The railway network consists of about 35,000 km (22,000 mi) of route, of which 2,600 km (1,600 mi) are high-speed lines and 14,500 km (9,000 mi) electrified. In 2010 the SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It is the main business of the SNCF Group, which in 2020 had €30 billion of sales in 120 countries. The SNCF Group employs more than 275,000 employees in France and around the world.[6] Since July 2013, the SNCF Group headquarters are located in a Parisian suburb at 2 Place aux Étoiles in Saint-Denis. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ @FrontCompVids - Follow us on Twitter! More FrontCompVids clips are regularly added to so don't forget to Like and Subscribe! Click    / frontcompvids   for more details :-)