SŽ series 310

what is it?

SŽ series 310 is a high-speed tilting EMU used on the InterCitySlovenija premium train service in Slovenia, operated by Slovenske železnice since September 24, 2000. It is based on the Italian ETR 460 commonly known as Pendolino. The train is capable of reaching a maximum speed of 200 km/h, and uses 3 kV DC overhead wire.

who runs it

Slovenske železnice

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• power 2 MWpower output
• weight 171 tin working order
• seats 164passengers
• built 3made 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 26 years ago, in 2000.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
• 🚗2 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 29 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏81.2 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 164: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built

2000

in service from

2000

number built

3

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇸🇮 Slovenia

builders

Fiat Ferroviaria, Alstom

operators

Slovenske železnice

top speed

200 km/h

power

2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

3,000 V DC overhead

formation

MU 310 + COACH 316 + MU 310; Wheel arrangement: (1Ao)(Ao1)+ 2'2'+ (1Ao)(Ao1)

length

81.2 m

weight

171 t

capacity

164 passengers

Dutch name

SZ 310

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