FS Class ALe 724 | |
Interiorimage: | I08 485 Bf Pozzuoli Solfatara, ALe 724.021.jpg |
Interiorcaption: | ALe 724 in XMPR livery |
Service: | 1982-2023 (except reserve material) |
Manufacturer: | ALe 724: Breda, Fiore (mechanics) AMT, IMP (electrical equipment) Le 884: Breda Le 724: Stanga |
Yearconstruction: | 1982–1984 |
Numberbuilt: | ALe 724: 90 units Le 884: 120 units Le 724: 30 units |
Formation: | ALe 724 + Le 884 + Le 884 + Le 724 (30 EMUs) ALe 724 + Le 884 + Le 884 + ALe 724 (30 EMUs) |
Fleetnumbers: | ALe 724.001–090 Le 884.107–226 Le 724.001–030 |
Capacity: | ALe 724: 72 seats Le 884: 88 seats Le 724: 72 seats |
Operator: | Trenitalia |
Carbody: | aluminium alloy |
Carlength: | ALe 724: 24900mm |
Width: | ALe 724: 2950mm |
Height: | ALe 724: 3176mm |
Floorheight: | 1055mm |
Platformheight: | 250or |
Doors: | 2 for each car |
Maxspeed: | 140km/h |
Weight: | ALe 724: 55t Le 884: 30t Le 724: 31t |
Traction: | electric |
Acceleration: | 1m/s2 |
Electricsystem: | 3 kV DC, overhead line |
Collectionmethod: | Pantograph |
Uicclass: | ALe 724: Bo′Bo′ Le 884: 2′2′ Le 724: 2′2′ |
Bogies: | Fiat |
Coupling: | Scharfenberg |
The ALe 724 are a class of EMUs of the Italian Ferrovie dello Stato, projected for suburban and regional services.
In 1978 the Ferrovie dello Stato received a series of prototype-EMUs, the so-called "Treni GAI", that had for the first time a chopper technology instead of the classical electric equipment.[1]
As the tests of the "treni GAI" were positive, in May 1979 the FS ordered a series of EMUs derived from them.[2] The lombard regional railway company FNM had already ordered in 1978 some similar railcars, numbered E.750.
The FS ordered 60 trains, each made of 4 elements: 30 trains had two railcars and two trailers (ALe 724 + Le 884 + Le 883 + ALe 724) and due to their high acceleration were destined to the suburban services; the other 30 trains had only one railcar, with a driving trailer on the other side (ALe 724 + Le 884 + Le 884 + Le 724) and were destined to the regional services.[3] Each train can carry 320 seated people.
The trains were delivered from 1982 to 1984; 20 trains in the suburban composition went to the Naples metropolitan service substituting the older ALe 803. The other EMUs went to Milan and Turin.[4]