Renfe Class 120 / 121

what is it?

The Renfe Class 120 are electric multiple units used on Alvia high-speed rail services in Spain. The trainsets are dual-voltage, dual-gauge units capable of changing gauge without stopping at 30 km/h (19 mph). Twelve units were ordered in 2001, and a further 45 units in 2004 29 units of the class Renfe Class 121 were ordered for medium-distance high-speed Avant services.

who runs it

Renfe Operadora

base stats

• speed 250 km/htop speed
• power 4 MWpower output
• weight 225 tin working order

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 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 MW is about 47 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 38 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏106 m long: about 24 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

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number built

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kind

high-speed train

traction

electric

origin

🇪🇸 Spain

builders

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Alstom

operators

Renfe Operadora

top speed

250 km/h

power

4 MW

gauge

1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge

electric system

(nominal) and (nominal) from overhead catenary

wheel arrangement

(1A)(A1)+(1A)(A1)+(1A)(A1)+(1A)(A1)

formation

4-car sets, MCT-MIT-MIP-MCP (120), Mc-M-M-Mc (121)

length

106 m

weight

225 t

Dutch name

RENFE serie 120/121

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