Early passenger carriages were of a double-deck type known as "Imperials". From the 1890s, these were replaced by another double-deck type known as "Bidels". Trains usually included a "fourgon" (brake van) at each end of the train to save time by removing the need for shunting. The "Bidels" were in service until 1949 on the "Ligne de Vincennes" and for a few years later elsewhere. An "Imperial" and a "Bidel" are preserved at the "Musée Français du Chemin de Fer" in Mulhouse. After the end of the Second World War, bogie carriages previously in service with the Deutsche Reichsbahn were used. These were known by the French as "Bastilles". Following the electrification of the line serving the "Gare de l'Est" in the early 1960s, push–pull stock replaced the "Bastilles". They were used until the line closed in 1969.