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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ALe 801 029 a Roma Termini: Johannes Smit· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 24.03.98 Albano Laziale ALe801.019: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Arenzano (GE) - stazione ferroviaria - automotrici ALe 801 e 940: Giorgio Stagni· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Vernazza - frazione Corniglia - stazione ferroviaria - ALe 801-940: Giorgio Stagni· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. 20110720 ALe 940 Mantova 3644: Jakub Hałun· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. ALe 801 train at Bologna Centrale (Bologna, Italy) (7706125958): photobeppus· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. ALe801-062: Utente:Jollyroger· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 8. ALe801-940 2: Utente:Jollyroger (Federico Cantoni)· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 9. ALe801-940: Utente:Jollyroger (Federico Cantoni)· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 10. ALe940-085: Utente:Jollyroger· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
The ALe 801/940 are a series of EMUs built in the 1970s for the Italian state railway FS, now used by its successor, Trenitalia.
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 50 years ago, in 1976.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 26.8 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 108: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 40 years (1976–2016).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1976
- in service from
- 1976
- retired
- 2016
- status
- retired
- number built
- 65
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Breda
- operators
- Trenitalia
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC, overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′ (ALe 801/940)
- formation
- 4 cars for trainset, ALe 801 + Le 108 + Le 108 + ALe 940
- length
- 26.8 m
- weight
- 70 t
- capacity
- 108 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1246581, Wikipedia: FS Class ALe 801/940 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.