FS Class ALe 803

ALe 803
ALe 803 in the originary livery
ALe 801/940 in the XMPR-livery
Manufacturer	Savigliano, Stanga, Aerfer, Ocren
Constructed	1961–1963, 1972–1973
Number built	53 trainsets
Fleet numbers	ALe 803.001–053 Le 803.101–161 Le 803.001–053
Capacity	every car 80 seats
Operator(s)	Trenitalia
Specifications
Train length	75,430 millimetres (2,970 in) (1. serie) 75,060 millimetres (2,955 in) (2. serie) 75,430 millimetres (2,970 in) (3. serie, 3 cars) 100,200 millimetres (3,940 in) (3. serie, 4 cars)
Width	2,900 millimetres (110 in)
Height	3,815 millimetres (150.2 in)
Wheel diameter	1,020 millimetres (40 in)
Maximum speed	130 kilometres per hour (81 mph)
Traction system	electric
Electric system(s)	3 kV DC, overhead line
Current collection method	Pantograph
UIC classification	Bo′Bo′ (ALe 803) 2′2′ (Le 803)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

The ALe 803 are a serie of EMUs built in the 1960s for the Italian state railways FS, and now used by the railway company Trenitalia.

Description

Each trainset is composed by 3 or 4 cars: a railcar (ALe 803), 1 or 2 wagons (Le 803.100), and a control car (Le 803.000).

The numbers are ALe 803.001–053 for the railcars, Le 803.101–161 for the wagons, and Le 803.001–053 for the control cars.

History

The ALe 803 were conceived at the end of the 1950s to resolve the increasing problems of commuting around the bigger cities of Italy.

They were projected together with the luxury railcars ALe 601, with a similar structure and shared components.

In 1959 the Ferrovie dello Stato ordered a first serie of 20 trainsets, and a second serie of 15 trainsets specifically conceived for the Naples metropolitan railway, with less seats and harsher interiors. Each set was made of three distinct cars - railcar, wagon and control car.

Those series were delivered from 1961 to 1963; the first serie was assigned in Rome, and from 1964 in Genoa for the urban railway service.

The FS were satisfied with those trains, so ten years later they decided to order a third serie of 18 trainsets, 10 made of 3 cars and 8 made of 4 cars (with two intermediate wagons). This serie was delivered in 1972–1973.

Since the end of the 1970s the ALe 803 were substituted by the newer EMUs of ALe 801/940 and ALe 724. In 2009 only 15 trainsets were still in use.

Derived units

The EN 300 railcars of SEPSA, built in 1977, were strictly derived from the ALe 803.^[1]

References

↑ Le napoletane... In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 320 (November 2009), p. 19.

Bibliography

Giovanni Cornolò: Automotrici elettriche dalle origini al 1983. Duegi Editrice, 2011 (reprint of 1985). P. 235–249.
Attilio Di Iorio: ALe 803 per i pendolari. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 319 & 320 (October & November 2009), p. 27–31 & 14–19.

External links

Media related to Category:FS ALe 803 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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