FS Class ALe 801/940

ALe 801 / ALe 940
ALe 801/940 in the originary livery
ALe 801/940 in the XMPR-livery
Manufacturer	Breda, Stanga
Constructed	1975–1979
Entered service	1976
Number built	65 ALe 801 65 ALe 940 130 Le 108
Formation	4 cars for trainset ALe 801 + Le 108 + Le 108 + ALe 940
Fleet numbers	ALe 801.001–065 ALe 940.001–065 Le 108.001–130
Capacity	80 seats (ALe 801) 94 seats (ALe 940) 108 seats (Le 108)
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
Specifications
Car length	26,815 millimetres (1,055.7 in) (ALe 801/940) 26,110 millimetres (1,028 in) (Le 108)
Height	3,820 millimetres (150 in)
Wheel diameter	1,040 millimetres (41 in) (ALe 801/940) 940 millimetres (37 in) (Le 108)
Maximum speed	150 kilometres per hour (93 mph)
Weight	70 tonnes (150,000 lb) (ALe 801/940) 41 tonnes (90,000 lb) (Le 108)
Traction system	electric
Electric system(s)	3 kV DC, overhead line
Current collection method	Pantograph
UIC classification	Bo′Bo′ (ALe 801/940) 2′2′ (Le 108)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

The ALe 801/940 are a serie of EMUs built in the 1970s for the Italian state railways FS, and now used by the railway company Trenitalia.

Description

The ALe 801/940 usually work as a 4 cars-complex, with two electric railcars (ALe 801 and ALe 940) and two wagons (Le 108) in the middle.

History

At the beginning of the 1970s, the Ferrovie dello Stato decided to improve the rolling stock for the commuter rail services.

As the chopper technology was at that time only at a prototype-state (with the so-called ″Treni GAI″), the FS decided to order a serie of EMUs with traditional electric equipment. The ALe 801/940 were ordered in 1973, as an evolution of the older ALe 803, with better capacity and acceleration.

The EMUs were delivered from 1975 to 1979 and put into service around the bigger cities of Italy.

Originally painted in a showy orange and yellow livery, at the end of the 1990s they received the new ″XMPR-livery″, based on green and blue tones.

Bibliography

Giovanni Cornolò, Automotrici elettriche dalle origini al 1983. Duegi Editrice, 2011 (reprint of 1985). P. 249–260.

External links

Media related to Category:FS ALe 801+ALe 940 at Wikimedia Commons

Classes of Ferrovie dello Stato railcars and multiple units

Electric 650 V DC - Third rail	E.10^I E.10^II E.15 E.20 E.60

Electric 650 V DC	AC 1–4

Electric 800 V DC	MACD 700

Electric 800 V DC - Narrow gauge	41/S 42/S

Electric 3,6 kV AC Three-Phase	E.1 E.2

Electric 3 kV DC	E.623 E.624 ALe 184 ALe 400 ALe 402 ETR 425 ALe 426/506 ALe 501/502 ALe 540/660 ETR 563/564 ALe 582 ALe 601 ALe 642 ALe 644/804 ALe 710/711 ALe 724 ALe 790/880 ALe 792/882 ALe 801/940 ALe 803 ALe 840 ALe 841 ALe 883

Electric 3 kV DC high-speed	ETR 200 ETR 220 ETR 230 ETR 240 ETR 250 ETR 300 ETR 401 ETR 450 ETR 460 ETR 463 ETR 470 ETR 480 ETR 485 ETR 500 ETR 600 ETR 610 ETS 11

Electric high-speed multisystem	Frecciarossa 1000

Diesel	ATR 220 ATR 365/465 ALn 501/502 ALn 663 ALn 668 ALn 772 ALn 773 ALn 873 ALn 880 ALn 990

See also Category:Rolling stock of Italy

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