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FS Class ALe 582

🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Hitachi Rail Italy· from 1987· Italian electric train

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. ALe 582.074 a Bari Centrale: Johannes Smit· CC BY-SA 2.0
2. ALe 582, Stazione di Bologna Centrale: Jacopobenz· CC BY 3.0
3. 14.11.95 Agrigento Centrale ALe582.028 (12788679645): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. ALe 582 interno: Arbalete· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. 562043 tirano: DeCampo94· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. ALe 582 Bergamo: Andrea Cremisini· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Ale582 trenord: DeCampo94· CC BY-SA 3.0
8. Ale582TRENORD tirano: DeCampo94· CC BY-SA 3.0
9. Brescia train stat: MOs810· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. Trenord ALe 582 Brescia stazione 20210808: Moliva· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The ALe 582 is an Italian electric multiple unit train designed for commuter and medium-distance services, developed in the mid-1980s to replace pre-war and immediately post-war EMUs and locomotive-hauled trains on various lines in Sicily and Southern Italy, although they later diffused on the whole FS network. They're part of the "ALe Elettroniche" (Chopper-controlled EMUs) or "G.A.I." (the name of the manufacturers' consortium) family, together with their predecessors ALe 724 and their successors, the ALe 642. While "ALe 582" is usually used to refer to the whole trainset, it officially indicates only the motor-cab car: the trailers are classified Le 562 (cab car), Le 763 (1st class) or Le 884 (2nd class).

who runs it

Trenitalia Trenord

base stats

speed 140 km/htop speed
built 90made 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 39 years ago, in 1987.
Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
Served for 34 years (1987–2021).

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

spec sheet

built: 1987
in service from: 1987
retired: 2021
status: retired
number built: 90
kind: multiple unit
traction: electric
origin: 🇮🇹 Italy
builders: Hitachi Rail Italy, Magneti Marelli, Titagarh Rail Systems
operators: Trenitalia, Trenord
top speed: 140 km/h
power: —
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: 3000 V DC catenary
wheel arrangement: Bo'Bo

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

Sources: Wikidata Q3630606, Wikipedia: FS Class ALe 582 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.