Alstom Ferroviaria

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Alstom Ferroviaria S.p.A.
Founded1880
FateAcquired by Alstom in June 2000, succeeded by Alstom Ferroviaria S.p.A in 2002
Headquarters,
Italy
Products Diesel locomotives
Railcars
Buses
Parent Alstom

Alstom Ferroviaria S.p.A., formerly known as Fiat Ferroviaria S.p.A., is the Italian division of Alstom. Fiat Ferroviaria S.p.A. was the rail division of automobile manufacturer Fiat. It was founded in 1880 as Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano. [1] Fiat Ferroviaria began building locomotives in the 1930s. It became part of Fiat in 1970. Fiat Ferroviaria acquired the rail business of SIG of Switzerland in 1995, forming the subsidiary Fiat-Sig. [1]

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The company had previously owned Argentine company Materfer until 1998, [2] which now operates as an independent company. In June 2000, Alstom purchased a 51% shareholding. [3] [4] [5]

Overview

FS Class E626 locomotive, a mainstay of Italian railways starting from the 1930s 626 294.JPG
FS Class E626 locomotive, a mainstay of Italian railways starting from the 1930s
The first model of 7131 railcar for the Argentine railways. Fiat 7131 green ochre.jpg
The first model of 7131 railcar for the Argentine railways.
Cisalpino Pendolino (2008) CIS VE SL.jpg
Cisalpino Pendolino (2008)

During the 1960s and 1970s, Fiat Ferroviaria developed a tilting technology for trains and was the first (and the only one for several decades) to produce active tilting trains with the trademark of Pendolino. In Italy, several classes of Pendolinos were adopted starting from 1976 (ETR 401, ETR 450, ETR 460-65, ETR 480-85 and the Alstom made ETR600.

Following the success of the ETR 450 series introduced in Italy in 1988 (the 401 series introduced in 1976 consisted of only 2 trainsets and never operated regular commercial service, working more like an "on-wheel laboratory"), tilting systems including bogies, traction, electric and electronic equipment were ordered by several countries:

In February 1999, Virgin Trains West Coast ordered a fleet of Class 390s from Alstom that incorporated Fiat Ferroviaria tilting technology. [6] [7]

Directly or indirectly, 18 countries throughout the world applied the Italian Fiat Ferroviaria tilting technology to their trains, including the United States and China.

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References

  1. 1 2 History Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine , Alstom
  2. "Venden quebrada Materfer" Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine - Ambito Financiero, 8 October 2001.
  3. Alstom to take majority stake in Fiat Ferroviaria Alstom 20 June 2000
  4. Alstom gains control of Fiat Railway Gazette International July 2000 page 399
  5. Alstom finalises Fiat Ferroviaria transaction Alstom 18 October 2000
  6. West Coast trains ordered from Alstom Rail issue 351 24 February 1999 page 7
  7. Virgin Group signs deal for 53 tilting trains for WCML Rail Express issue 35 April 1999 page 7