Benelux
BNL
SNCB/NMBS
Coaches, national services, M types
First generation of M coaches, built before WWII.
M1
1st / 2nd class
AB
Souffl
3b
20200927
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Old numbers.
AB
Souffl
4a4b5a
20160327
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UIC numbers.
2nd class
B
Souffl
3b
20200927
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Old numbers.
B
Souffl
4a4b5a
20160327
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UIC numbers.
2nd class with baggages compartment
BD
Souffl
3b
20200927
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M1_BD_E3
Old numbers.
BD
Souffl
4a4b5a
20160327
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UIC numbers.
BDx
Souffl
4a4b5a
20160327
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Steering car for push / pull trains with Diesel locomotives. UIC numbers.
M2
Standard coaches for SNCB/NMBS national services. No more in use.
1st class
A
Souffl
3b
20200927
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_A_E3
Green livery, old numbers.
A
Souffl
4a4b5a
20060714
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Green livery, UIC numbers.
A
Souffl
5a
20060714
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Red livery.
A
Souffl
5a
20080330
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Blue strips for smoking areas.
1st / 2nd class
AB
Souffl
3b
20200927
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_AB_E3
Green livery, old numbers.
AB
Souffl
4a4b5a
20060312
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_V_AB
Green livery, UIC numbers.
AB
Souffl
5a
20060312
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_R_AB
Red livery.
AB
Souffl
5a
20060312
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_RF_AB
Blue strips for smoking areas.
2nd class
B
Souffl
3b
20200927
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_B_E3
Green livery, old numbers.
B
Souffl
4a4b5a
20060312
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_V_B
Green livery, UIC numbers.
B
Souffl
5a
20060312
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_R_B
Red livery.
B
Souffl
5a
20060312
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Blue strips for smoking areas.
2nd class with baggages compartment
BD
Souffl
3b
20200927
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_BD_E3
Green livery, old numbers.
BD
Souffl
4a4b5a
20060312
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Green livery, UIC numbers.
BD
Souffl
5a
20060312
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Red livery.
BDx
Souffl
4a4b5a
20060312
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Steering car for push / pull trains with Diesel locomotives. Green livery, UIC numbers.
BDx
Souffl
5a
20060312
images/SNCB/V/SNCB_M2_R_BDxd
Steering car for push / pull trains with Diesel locomotives. Red livery.
BDx
Souffl
4a4b5a
20060714
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Steering car for push / pull trains with electric locomotives. Green livery, UIC numbers.
BDx
Souffl
5a
20060714
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Steering car for push / pull trains with electric locomotives. Red livery.
M3
Similar to trailers of the DME series 40.
M3 2ème classe
4a4b
20150927
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36 units.
M3 1ère classe fourgon
4a4b
20150927
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10 units.
M4
Latest one stock national coaches of the SNCB.
1st class red
4b5a5b
20050925
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1st class red
4b5a5b
20050925
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Blue strips for smoking areas.
2nd class red
4b5a5b
20050925
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2nd class red
4b5a5b
20050925
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Blue strips for smoking areas.
1st class baggages red
4b5a5b
20050925
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1st class baggages red
4b5a5b
20050925
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Blue strips for smoking areas.
1st class steering car red
4b5a5b
20050925
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1st class steering car red
4b5a5b
20050925
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Blue strips for smoking areas.
2nd class baggages red
4b5a5b
20050925
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Refurbished 1st class
5a5b
20050925
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The M4 coaches were recently refurbished, receiving the current white SNCB livery.
Refurbished 2nd class
5a5b
20050925
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Refurbished 2nd class
5a5b
20050925
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Blue strips for smoking areas.
Refurbished 1st class baggages
5a5b
20050925
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Refurbished 1st class steering car
5a5b
20050925
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Refurbished 2nd class baggages
5a5b
20050925
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M5
First belgian double deckers, appeared in the second half of the eighties. Used in P trains.
A
Portes
5a5b6
20110327
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1st class. Initial red livery.
A
Portes
5a5b6
20110327
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Blue strips for smoking areas.
B
Portes
5a5b6
20110327
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2nd class. Initial red livery.
BDx
Portes
5a5b6
20110327
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Steering car. Initial red livery.
BDx
Portes
5a5b6
20110327
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Blue strips for smoking areas.
BDx
Portes
5a5b6
20110327
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Blue strips for smoking areas, big pictograms for the bikes compartment.
Refurbished
A
Portes
6
20150329
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1st class. White livery after refurbishing.
B
Portes
6
20150329
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2nd class. White livery after refurbishing.
BDx
Portes
6
20150329
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Steering car. White livery after refurbishing.
M6
Second generation of dual stock coaches, built by Bombardier / Alstom in the beginning of the 21th century.
A
5b6
20150329
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1st class.
B
5b6
20150329
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2nd class.
ABd
5b
20150329
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Multiservices 1st / 2nd class.
Bd
6
20150329
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Former ABd. Downgraded to 2nd class.
BDx
6
20160327
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2nd class steering car. Ordered in the second half of the 2000 years.
M7
Latest generation of dual stock coaches, in service in 2021. Built by Bombardier / Alstom, they can run either with locomotives or with assorted EMU (M7 BMx). Their look is similar to the M6, but they have wider doors.
AB
6
20220403
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1st / 2nd class. Service numbers: 73001 to 73145.
B
6
20220403
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2nd class. Service numbers: 72001 to 72145.
BDx
6
20220403
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2nd class steering car. Service numbers: 75001 to 75065.