Renfe Class 730

what is it?

The Renfe Class 730 or S-730 (Spanish: Serie 730 de Renfe, manufacturer's designation Talgo 250 Dual) is a top and tail high-speed dual-gauge, dual-voltage and hybrid (electric and diesel) trainset consisting of 9 Talgo VII tilting coaches, two intermediate diesel-generator cars and two head electric power cars, used on Alvia services. The class have been nicknamed patitos (ducklings/little ducks), due to the shape of the train nose. They are a variant of RENFE Class 130 modified to be able to run on both electric and diesel power, in order to extend higher-quality services to parts of Spain not on the electrified network.

who runs it

Renfe Operadora

base stats

• speed 250 km/htop speed
• power 2.4 MWpower output
• weight 361 tin working order
• seats 264passengers
• 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 14 years ago, in 2012.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 10 minutes.
• 🚗2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 60 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏186 m long: about 41 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 264: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).

high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.

spec sheet

built

2012

in service from

2012

number built

15

kind

high-speed train

traction

bi-mode

origin

🇪🇸 Spain

builders

Talgo, ALSTOM Transportation Germany

operators

Renfe Operadora

top speed

250 km/h

power

2.4 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

and (nominal) from overhead catenary

length

186 m

weight

361 t

capacity

264 passengers

Dutch name

RENFE serie 730

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