2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Genova - stazione ferroviaria Piazza Principe - locomotiva E.402.007 - 12-07-2002: EmmeBi Photos· CC BY 2.0
- 2. FS Class E402-040 at Venezia Santa Lucia, 2008: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
E.402A/B is a class of electric locomotives mainly used on medium speed passenger trains (max 200-kilometre-per-hour (120 mph) services like InterCity or Frecciabianca) by the Italian railway company FS 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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
- 6 MW is about 71 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 25 years (1994–2019).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994–1996
- in service from
- 1994
- retired
- 2019
- status
- retired
- number built
- 42
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- builders
- Titagarh Rail Systems, Firema Trasporti, Ansaldo, Reggiane
- operators
- Trenitalia, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
- top speed
- 220 km/h
- power
- 6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 18.4 m
- weight
- 87 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q370423, Wikipedia: FS Class E.402 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.