4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. FS Class ETR.521: Gianluca Detti· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. FS Class ETR.421: Saggittarius A· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. FS Class ETR.621: Threecharlie· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Trenord Hitachi Caravaggio at Como San Giovanni: Superalbs· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Hitachi Caravaggio is an electric multiple unit (EMU) developed and built by Hitachi Rail Italy. It is named after the Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The Caravaggio was ordered by Italian operator Trenitalia in June 2016; follow-on orders were placed by Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord Milano.
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 7 years ago, in 2019.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 110 m long: about 24 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2019
- in service from
- 2019
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Hitachi Rail Italy
- operators
- DB Regio, Trenitalia, Trenord
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 15kV 16.7Hz~ 3kV=
- formation
- ETR 421 - 4 cars, ETR 521 - 5 cars, ETR 621 - 6 cars
- length
- 110 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q56653843, Wikipedia: Caravaggio (train) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.