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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E403-015 (16044453160): https://www.flickr.com/photos/remedy451/ Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Locomotiva FS E403: Matematico 93 at Italian Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
E.403 is a class of electric locomotives to be used on fast freight trains by the Italian railway company FS Trenitalia. It is designed and manufactured in Italy by AnsaldoBreda.
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 20 years ago, in 2006.
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 13 minutes.
- 5.6 MW is about 66 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2006–2010
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Hitachi Rail Italy, AnsaldoBreda
- operators
- Trenitalia
- top speed
- 180 km/h
- power
- 5.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary, 3,000 V DC, 25 kV AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19.9 m
- weight
- 88 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q277844, Wikipedia: FS Class E.403 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.