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FS Class ALe 803
🇮🇹 Italy ·built by Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano· from 1961· Italian electric railcar
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ALe 803.043 a Ferrara: Johannes Smit· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 04.11.97 Salsomaggiore Terme ALe 803.052 (48981235281): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 16.11.96 Chiavenna ALe 803.021 (14350883948): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 16.11.96 Chiavenna ALe 803.021: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 23.03.98 Viterbo Porto di Fiorentina ALe 803.020 (48981420292): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Novara - frazione Vignale - ALe 803: Giorgio Stagni· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Fiumelatte staz ferr ALe 803: Giorgio Stagni· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Ricordi d'estate... 1: Marco M.· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Tirano RFI station 2009 1: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Tirano RFI station 2009 2: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The ALe 803 are a series of EMUs built in the 1960s for the Italian state railways FS, and now used by the railway company Trenitalia.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 75.4 m long: about 17 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
- 1961
- in service from
- 1961
- number built
- 53
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano, Aerfer
- operators
- Trenitalia
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC, overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′ (ALe 803)
- length
- 75.4 m
- capacity
- 80 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q693407, Wikipedia: FS Class ALe 803 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.