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- 1. ETR450.06: Marco M.· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Etr450: Davide Oliva· CC BY-SA 2.5 it
what is it?
ETR 450 (ElettroTrenoRapido 450) was the first series Italian tilting train (also called Pendolino).
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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 9 minutes.
- 5.6 MW is about 66 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 234 m long: about 52 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 390: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 27 years (1988–2015).
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- high-speed train
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Fiat Ferroviaria
- operators
- Trenitalia
- top speed
- 280 km/h
- power
- 5.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead catenary
- formation
- 6 cars ( 1st class only ), 8 cars, 9 cars ( 1st and 2nd class )
- length
- 234 m
- capacity
- 390 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q941461, Wikipedia: FS Class ETR 450 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.