10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. I08 495 Bf Venezia S.L., ETR 600: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. I08 494 Bf Venezia S.L., ETR 600: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. ETR 600 "Frecciargento" 01: Nicholas Gemini· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. ETR 600 "Frecciargento" 02: Nicholas Gemini· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. ETR 600 "Frecciargento": Nicholas Gemini· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. ETR 600 Brindisi: Saggittarius A· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Etr 600 Greco Pirelli: Saggittarius A· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Etr 600 pendolino frecciargento: Matthew Black· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. ETR 600 Roma Tiburtina train station 01 20181231: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. ETR.600 Frecciarossa: Gisorr650· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The ETR 600 (Elettro Treno Rapido 600) is a class of high-speed trains with tilting technology built by Alstom Ferroviaria, which belong to the fourth generation of the Pendolino family. Due to the active tilting technology, the car bodies can be tilted by up to 8 degrees for higher speeds over curves. The design of the ETR 600 comes from Giorgetto Giugiaro.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 10 minutes.
- 5.5 MW is about 65 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 187 m long: about 42 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
- 2008
- in service from
- 2008
- status
- in service
- number built
- 12
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Trenitalia
- top speed
- 250 km/h
- power
- 5.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC or 25 kV 50 Hz Overhead catenary
- length
- 187 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q987421, Wikipedia: FS Class ETR 600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.