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#6267· ETR reeks 500

FS Class ETR 500

🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Ansaldo· Italian high-speed trainset

🚄 high-speed train electric
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. ETR500-Imola-06-05: Marco Cacozza (Upload to it-WP by Jollyroger )· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. ETR.500 Frecciarossa nuova livrea: Gisorr650· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. ETR500mono-23B: Utente:Jollyroger· CC BY-SA 2.5
  4. 4. ETR 500 X: Sandro Baldi, Bologna, Italia· Public domain
  5. 5. FS ETR500-brandAV: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
  6. 6. ETR500 (6141157946): Luigi Rosa from Pavia, Europe· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. ETR 500 Frecciarossa at platform in Milano Centrale: Daniel Case· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. ETR500 at Milano C (507558765): LHOON from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. I08 078 Bf Napoli C, ETR500 012: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. ETR 500 Frecciarossa: Sky· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
FS Class ETR 500, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Marco Cacozza (Upload to it-WP by Jollyroger )· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

ETR 500 (Elettro Treno Rapido 500) is a family of Italian high-speed trains built by AnsaldoBreda and introduced in 1993. Designed under the aegis of the Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), it is now operated by Trenitalia on RFI tracks. From 2018 to 2023, Mercitalia converted and used some ETR 500 trains for Mercitalia Fast high-speed freight train service.

who runs it

TrenitaliaMercitalia LogisticsFerrovie dello Stato Italiane

base stats

  • speed 300 km/htop speed

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

  • 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.

high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.

spec sheet

built
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number built
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kind
high-speed train
traction
electric
origin
🇮🇹 Italy
builders
Ansaldo, Breda, Fiat Ferroviaria, Tecnomasio, Titagarh Rail Systems, Hitachi Rail Italy
designer
Pininfarina
operators
Trenitalia, Mercitalia Logistics, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
top speed
300 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
Overhead catenary, , 3 kV DC, ETR.500 (mono), + , ETR 500 (bi), + 1.5 kV, ETR 500 F (tri)
Dutch name
ETR reeks 500

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

Sources: Wikidata Q987422, Wikipedia: FS Class ETR 500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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