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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 680 005 CZ-CD Ostrava: Petr Štefek· CC BY-SA 3.0 cz
- 2. Pendolino - ČD Class 680 (2): Stanislav Dusík· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Pendolino - ČD Class 680 (3): Stanislav Dusík· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Pendolino - ČD Class 680: Stanislav Dusík· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. ČD 680 Markušovce: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. ČD Class 680 at Praha-Smíchov: Polaromnivore· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. ČD Class 680 in 2011: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. ČD Class 680 Pendolino на Головному вокзалі Праги: Simlikar· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. ČD Class 680: Dezidor· CC BY 3.0
- 10. 14-06-04-praha-hlavní nádraží-05: Ralf Roletschek· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
ČD Class 680 are high-speed EMUs operating in the Czech Republic, using tilting Pendolino technology intended for the SuperCity train service. Built by Alstom (originally Fiat Ferroviaria), they were largely based on the nine-car ETR 470. While testing from Břeclav to Brno on November 18, 2004, the Pendolino reached a speed of 237 km/h (147 mph) and created a new Czech railway speed record.
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 10 minutes.
- 3.9 MW is about 46 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 64 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 185 m long: about 41 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2006
- in service from
- 2005
- number built
- 7
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- Alstom, Fiat Ferroviaria
- operators
- České dráhy
- top speed
- 237 km/h
- power
- 3.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- and 3 kV DC, all from overhead catenary
- formation
- see text
- length
- 185 m
- weight
- 384 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q336646, Wikipedia: ČD Class 680 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.