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- 1. Alstom AGV Cerhenice img 0365: Miroslav.broz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. AGV Innotrans 2008: Wiki05· Public domain
- 3. AGV in Velim 2009: Jaroslav Charvát· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The AGV (acronym for French: Automotrice à grande vitesse; lit. "high-speed railcar") is a French standard gauge, high-speed, electric multiple-unit train designed and built by Alstom. Alstom offers the AGV in configurations from seven to fourteen carriages, with seating that can carry as much as 245 to 446 people.
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
- Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 7 minutes.
- 6.1 MW is about 72 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 45 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 132 m long: about 29 cars parked nose to tail.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Italo - Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori
- top speed
- 360 km/h
- power
- 6.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC, 3,000 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'(2)(2)(Bo')(Bo')(2)(2)Bo'
- length
- 132 m
- weight
- 272 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q432478, Wikipedia: AGV (train) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.