TEE carriages of FS

what is it?

The FS type TEE (Trans Europ Express) carriages were the result of a study commissioned in 1967 by Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) to FIAT - Sezione Materiale Ferroviario of Turin to replace on the Trans Europ Express trains entrusted to the Italian railways the TEE ALn 442/448 railcars with trainsets consisting of locomotives and carriages. The carriages, ordered in 1969 and delivered between 1971 and 1973, were used on the TEE Lemano, Mediolanum, and Ligure services, but not on the TEE Mont Cenis, which was discontinued on September 30, 1972. In 1970–71 the FS ordered a further series of coaches called Gran Confort, similar to the TEEs but compatible only with the 3 kV direct current electrification system, which were destined for Trans Europ Express trains in domestic service on the Italian rail network.

who runs it

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• weight 50.5 tin working order
• seats 1passengers
• built 28made 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 54 years ago, in 1972.
• 🏎️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.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏26.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 22 years (1972–1994).

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1972

in service from

1972

retired

1994

status

retired

number built

28

kind

carriage / wagon

origin

🇮🇹 Italy

builders

Fiat Ferroviaria, Fiat

operators

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

top speed

200 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

length

26.4 m

weight

50.5 t

capacity

1 passengers

Dutch name

Voiture TEE des FS

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