New Pendolino

what is it?

The New Pendolino is a class of high-speed tilting trains built by Alstom Ferroviaria (Fiat Ferroviaria) for Trenitalia and Cisalpino. As of 2024, Pendolinos have become a part of the Avelia Stream high speed train family.

base stats

• speed 293 km/htop speed
• power 5.5 MWpower output
• weight 387 tin working order
• seats 430passengers
• built 93made in total

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 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 8 minutes.
• 🚗5.5 MW is about 65 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 65 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏187 m long: about 42 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 430: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

number built

93

kind

high-speed train

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Alstom

top speed

293 km/h

power

5.5 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

Overhead line:, 3 List_of_railway_electrification_systems#3 kV DC, 3 kV DC, 3, 3 15 kV AC, 15 kV 16, 2, 3 Hz AC (ETR 610)

formation

7 cars (4 with motors, 3 trailers)

length

187 m

weight

387 t

capacity

430 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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