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FS Class ALe 724

🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Breda· from 1982· class of Italian electric multiple units

🚆 multiple unit electric retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Cuneo - stazione ferroviaria - automotrice ALe 724: Maurizio Boi· CC BY 2.0
  2. 2. I08 485 Bf Pozzuoli Solfatara, ALe 724.021: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. ALe724 graffiti NOVARA CL: No machine-readable author provided. Gabry95 assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. ALE724 INT: Francesco Belletta· Attribution
  5. 5. 03.11.97 Acqui Terme ALe 724.082 (14534080861): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. 06.07.93 Torino Porta Nuova ALe724.004: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. 08.11.97 Carmagnola ALe 724.081 (48981420317): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Limone Piemonte (CN) - stazione ferroviaria - automotrice ALe 724.085: EmmeBi Photos· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. Acqui Terme station 1: Incola· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. Acqui Terme station 3: Incola· CC BY-SA 3.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
FS Class ALe 724, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Maurizio Boi· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The ALe 724 are a class of EMUs of the Italian Ferrovie dello Stato, projected for suburban and regional services.

who runs it

TrenitaliaFerrovie dello Stato Italiane

base stats

  • speed 140 km/htop speed
  • weight 55 tin working order
  • seats 88passengers
  • built 240made 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 44 years ago, in 1982.
  • Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 24.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 41 years (1982–2023).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1982
in service from
1982
retired
2023
status
retired
number built
240
kind
multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇮🇹 Italy
builders
Breda
operators
Trenitalia, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
top speed
140 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
3 kV DC, overhead line
wheel arrangement
ALe 724: Bo′Bo′
formation
ALe 724 + Le 884 + Le 884 + Le 724 (30 EMUs), ALe 724 + Le 884 + Le 884 + ALe 724 (30 EMUs)
length
24.9 m
weight
55 t
capacity
88 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q1389696, Wikipedia: FS Class ALe 724 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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