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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Roma - stazione Tiburtina - ALe 642 - 1994: Claudio Frizzoni· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. ALe 642 livrea XMPR: Arbalete· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. ALe 642 044 a Pontremoli: Andrea Cremisini· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Interno FS ALe 642: ALe 642· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Semipilota FS Le 682.001 in livrea XMPR (gruppo ALe 642) in sosta alla Stazione di Pisa Centrale (12 Dicembre 2022): ALe 642· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Ale 642 007: No machine-readable author provided. Samba~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· Public domain
- 7. 198 - Flickr - WWW.LINEAPIATTA.IT: WWW.LINEAPIATTA.IT· CC BY 2.0
- 8. ALe 642 ad Aulla Lunigiana: Andrea Cremisini· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. ALe 642 Borgo Val di Taro: Andrea Cremisini· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. ALe 642 La Spezia Centrale 2: Andrea Cremisini· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
FS ALe 642 is a class of Italian Electric Multiple Unit trains built from 1991 to 1995 for use on secondary lines and for commuter traffic. In service from 1991 to 2024.
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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 26.1 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1991–2024).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1991–1995
- in service from
- 1991
- retired
- 2024
- status
- retired
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Hitachi Rail Italy
- operators
- Trenitalia
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3000 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo Bo + 22 + 22 + Bo Bo
- length
- 26.1 m
- weight
- 67 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3630610, Wikipedia: FS Class ALe 642 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.