2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Frecciabianca FS E.414 Cattolica: Maurits90· CC0
- 2. Trenitalia Frecciabianca Class 414 No 414-139.: Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The E.414 is a class of electric locomotives operated by Trenitalia. They were built in 1994–1996, in a total of 60 units, as the E.404 class used in pairs in the ETR 500 high-speed trains. Starting from 2007, they were refurbished to be used, in double units, to haul Frecciabianca prestige trains.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 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.
- 4.4 MW is about 52 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 15.5 m long: about 3 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
- 1994–2007
- in service from
- 1995
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Ansaldo, Breda, Fiat Ferroviaria, Tecnomasio, Titagarh Rail Systems
- designer
- Pininfarina
- operators
- Trenitalia
- top speed
- 250 km/h
- power
- 4.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3,000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 15.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3836243, Wikipedia: FS Class E.414 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.