AnsaldoBreda V250
The Trenitalia ETR 700, originally NS Hispeed V250, is a high-speed train designed by Pininfarina and built by AnsaldoBreda originally for NS International and NMBS/SNCB to operate on the Fyra service, a high speed train between Amsterdam and Brussels with a branch to Breda on the newly built HSL-Zuid in the Netherlands and its extension HSL 4 in Belgium.
| V250 / ETR.700 | |
|---|---|
Frecciargento ETR.700 departing Milano Centrale | |
Business Class interior of Frecciargento ETR.700 | |
| In service | 2012–2013 (High Speed Alliance) 2019–present (Trenitalia) |
| Manufacturer | AnsaldoBreda |
| Built at | Pistoia |
| Constructed | 2004-2011 |
| Entered service | 9 December 2012 (High Speed Alliance) 9 June 2019 (Trenitalia) |
| Refurbished | 2019 (into ETR 700) |
| Scrapped | 2013 (High Speed Alliance) |
| Number built | 19 |
| Number in service | 17 |
| Formation | 8-car sets mAk+AD+mAB+B+B+mB+B+mBk |
| Fleet numbers | 4801-4816, 4881-4883 |
| Capacity | 546 127 first, 419 second class |
| Operators | High Speed Alliance Trenitalia |
| Depots | Amsterdam Watergraafsmeer |
| Lines served | HSL-Zuid HSL 4 SNCB line 25 Adriatic railway |
| Specifications | |
| Train length | 200.9 m (659 ft 1+7⁄16 in) |
| Car length | driving cars 26.95 m (88 ft 5 in) intermediate cars 24.5 m (80 ft 4+9⁄16 in) |
| Width | 2.87 m (9 ft 5 in) |
| Height | 4.08 m (13 ft 4+5⁄8 in) |
| Floor height | 1.26 m (4 ft 1+5⁄8 in) |
| Doors | 24 |
| Articulated sections | 8 |
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) |
| Weight | 423 t (416 long tons; 466 short tons) full loaded service weight 485 t (477 long tons; 535 short tons) |
| Power output | 5,500 kW (7,400 hp) |
| Acceleration | 0.58 m/s2 (2.1 km/(h⋅s); 1.3 mph/s) max |
| Deceleration | 1.2 m/s2 (4.3 km/(h⋅s); 2.7 mph/s) max |
| Electric system(s) | Overhead catenary:
|
| Current collector(s) | Pantograph |
| UIC classification | Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′ |
| Safety system(s) | TVM , BAcc/SCM ETCS L2 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
V250s were delivered with a significant delay. Full commercial services with V250 started on 9 December 2012 but stopped only 39 days later on 17 January 2013, after the Belgian Railway Inspection Agency suspended the trains' operating license, because of safety and structural problems with the construction and maintenance of the V250s. All were removed from service and sent back to AnsaldoBreda in Italy.
In August 2017, Trenitalia purchased all 19 V250 sets to expand its high speed fleet and rebranded them as ETR700s. After being refurbished, they entered service on Frecciargento services, on the Adriatic railway, between Milan and Lecce in 2019. Seventeen sets will be used for services, with the remaining two used for spare parts.