FS Class ETR 480
Tilting electric train with no locomotive
The ETR 480 is a tilting Electric Multiple Unit built by Fiat Ferroviaria (now Alstom Ferroviaria) since 1993, It is also known as Pendolino. It was developed from the first new-generation Pendolino, the ETR 460. The main difference between ETR 460, ETR 470 and ETR 480 is that the 460 run only on 3 kV DC, the 470 on both 3 kV DC and 15 kV AC, and the 480 on both 3 kV DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC.
01FS Class 485
The ETR 480 was originally built without real 25 kV AC electrical equipment. This equipment is now installed on all the sets and the trains that have been converted are then re-measured on ETR 485.
02Export
One of these units has been sent for testing on the Greek railway (TrainOSE), on the high speed line between Thessaloniki and Katerini. In August 2018, the specified number of 485,031 was transferred from Italy to Greece for test routes. This was the beginning for converting some ETR 470 for use by TrainOSE.
03Technical information
- max. speed (in service): 250 km/h (155 mph)
- traction system: = 3 kV DC, 25 kV 50 Hz AC (all 15 trainsets)
- power: 6 MW (8,000 hp)
- length: 236.6 m (776 ft 3 in)
- mass: 409 t (403 long tons; 451 short tons)
- max axle load: 13.5 t (13.3 long tons; 14.9 short tons)
- max. tilting angle: 8°
- configuration: head coach + 7 middle coaches + head coach
- total number of seats: ETR 480: 480 (341 II + 139 I); ETR 485: 489 (343 II + 146 I)
Sources and credits
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- ETR 480 Alta Velocit.JPEG by Guybrush Threepwood at Italian Wikipedia (Original text: Guybrush Threepwood), Public domain
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