New Pendolino

ETR 600 and ETR 610 trains variant of Pendolinobauarten the fourth generation, developed under the premise of interoperability. Pendolino is a brand name for trains with the FIAT Ferroviaria (now the Alstom Group belonging ) developed and patented self-sufficient active tilting technology. By this technique the car by up to 8 degrees can be sloped to to go faster with the same comfort to 35 % as rigid suspended vehicle bodies.

History

The design of ETR 600 by Giorgetto Giugiaro. From the new generation of 28 copies in the FS color as ETR 600 and for jointly supported by FS and SBB Cisalpino ordered 14 trains as CIS ETR 610.

The first ETR 600 vehicles went in mid-2008 to the Italian State Railways FS. In December 2008, the type of train between Rome and Bari was first used in scheduled service.

From December 2008 led Trenitalia for its new high-speed trains, categorized according to a top speed nickname. The second fastest train category - after Frecciarossa (red arrow), as the ETR 500 were referred from now on - is Frecciargento (Silver Arrow ), for trains with top speeds 250-285 km / h So the trains are now called " ETR 600 Frecciargento " and " ETR 610 Frecciargento ". With the new brand name and new colors have been introduced, which presented FS on November 13, 2008.

Developed by Alstom Ferroviaria Vehicle bodies were built by the Alstomwerken in Savigliano in Turin, the electrical equipment in Sesto San Giovanni near Milan.

Specifications

The train sets have a total of seven vehicles, two railcars at the ends, two driven and non-driven three intermediate cars. A total of 430 seats and two wheelchair spaces are available. In a car length of 26.2 m ( length over buffers 28.2 m) of the constructed with aluminum extrusions vehicle bodies results in a train length of 187.4 m with 2.83 m width of the car. The maximum axle (laden) is 16.5 t, so that the train mass of the empty train 387 t, the train mass of the occupied train (all seats in use) is 421 t. Maximum allowed is the speed of 250 km / h test as 280 km / h were achieved. The continuous electrical power is 5500 kW. The tilting system is electro-hydraulically controlled with a redundant HVAC control system.

  • FS Trenitalia ETR 600 in color are provided for 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC.
  • CIS 610 ETR in Cisalpino colors go also under 15 kV AC in the international operating also on German and Swiss routes.
  • FS ETR 600 for Trenitalia are equipped with ERTMS Level 2 and SCMT.
  • Additionally CIS ETR 610 for Cisalpino have command equipment for ERTMS, SCMT, ZUB, LZB and Signum.
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