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- 1. DSC 3401ok 405 035: Sandro Baldi· Public domain
- 2. E405 Trento: Mavericksaur· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The FS Class E.405 is a class of electric locomotive built in 42 units by ADTranz (now Bombardier Transportation Italy) originally for the Polish State Railways (PKP), but later acquired by Trenitalia Italian state railways.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 28 years ago, in 1998.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 6 MW is about 71 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1998–2004
- in service from
- 2003
- number built
- 42
- kind
- electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Adtranz
- operators
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Trenitalia, Mercitalia Logistics
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3,000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19.4 m
- weight
- 82 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q843373, Wikipedia: FS Class E.405 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.