Traduction automatique. Texte original en: EN - afficher l'original These units are transformed in 1966 from CIWL restaurant coaches VR 56 3670 & 3676 as self-service restaurant coaches (these units foreshadow the configuration of the "Gril Express" self-service restaurant coaches).

At the time, railway companies are gradually abandoning the dining car, both for economic and behavioural reasons: the set tables and the expensive menus are no longer as popular with business customers who, even when they travel by personal car, prefer a quick lunch in a rest area on the motorway. The French National Railway Company (SNCF) decided to follow the trend back in 1963, when a first classic restaurant coach is transformed for self-service and integrated into a travel agency train. Quickly four other cars are transformed in the same way and integrated into the commercial trains of the South-East in 1964. / Sources: http://www.trains-europe.fr/sncf/voitures/vru_uic.htm, https://forum.e-train.fr/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25870&start=30