Rhaetian Railway ABe 8/12

what is it?

The Rhaetian Railway ABe 8/12, which is also known as the Allegra, is a class of dual voltage metre gauge three car multiple unit trains of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The class is so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, ABe 8/12 denotes an electric railcar train with first- and second-class compartments, and a total of 12 axles, eight of which are drive axles.

who runs it

Rhaetian Railway

base stats

• speed 100 km/htop speed
• power 2.6 MWpower output
• built 15made 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 17 years ago, in 2009.
• 🚗2.6 MW is about 31 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏49.5 m long: about 11 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

2009

in service from

2009

number built

15

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇨🇭 Switzerland

builders

Stadler Rail

operators

Rhaetian Railway

top speed

100 km/h

power

2.6 MW

gauge

1,000 mm metre gauge

electric system

1 kV DC/ Overhead

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′

length

49.5 m

Dutch name

RhB ABe 8/12

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