PKP class ED250

what is it?

Alstom EMU250 (series ED250) is a seven-car standard gauge high-speed electric multiple unit from the Pendolino family, manufactured by Alstom at the factory in Savigliano, Italy, as the Alstom ETR 610 model, commissioned by PKP Intercity. A total of 20 units were produced, and since 14 December 2014, they have been operating Express InterCity Premium trains on routes connecting Warsaw with Bielsko-Biała, Gdynia, Gliwice, Jelenia Góra, Katowice, Kołobrzeg, Kraków, Rzeszów, Wrocław and Szczecin.

who runs it

PKP Intercity

base stats

• speed 293 km/htop speed
• power 5.7 MWpower output
• weight 410 tin working order
• seats 402passengers
• built 20made 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 12 years ago, in 2014.
• 🏎️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.
• 🚗5.7 MW is about 67 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 68 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏187 m long: about 42 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 402: 8 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

2014

in service from

2014

number built

20

kind

Electric multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

builders

Alstom

operators

PKP Intercity

top speed

293 km/h

power

5.7 MW

electric system

Overhead line, 3, 3, 3

formation

7 cars per trainset

length

187 m

weight

410 t

capacity

402 passengers

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

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