FS Class ALe 724

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FS Class ALe 724
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ALe 724 in original livery
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ALe 724 in XMPR livery
In service1982-2023 (except reserve material)
ManufacturerALe 724: Breda, Fiore (mechanics)
AMT, IMP (electrical equipment)
Le 884: Breda
Le 724: Stanga
Constructed1982–1984
Number builtALe 724: 90 units
Le 884: 120 units
Le 724: 30 units
FormationALe 724 + Le 884 + Le 884 + Le 724 (30 EMUs)
ALe 724 + Le 884 + Le 884 + ALe 724 (30 EMUs)
Fleet numbersALe 724.001–090
Le 884.107–226
Le 724.001–030
CapacityALe 724: 72 seats
Le 884: 88 seats
Le 724: 72 seats
Operator(s) Trenitalia
Specifications
Car body construction aluminium alloy
Car lengthALe 724: 24,900 mm (81 ft 8 in)
WidthALe 724: 2,950 mm (9 ft 8 in)
HeightALe 724: 3,176 mm (10 ft 5.0 in)
Floor height1,055 mm (41.5 in)
Platform height 250 or 550 mm (9.8 in or 1 ft 9.7 in)
Doors2 for each car
Maximum speed140 km/h (87 mph)
WeightALe 724: 55 t (54.1 long tons; 60.6 short tons)
Le 884: 30 t (29.5 long tons; 33.1 short tons)
Le 724: 31 t (30.5 long tons; 34.2 short tons)
Traction systemelectric
Acceleration 1.0 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2)
Electric system(s) 3 kV DC, overhead line
Current collector(s) Pantograph
UIC classification ALe 724: Bo′Bo′
Le 884: 2′2′
Le 724: 2′2′
Bogies Fiat
Coupling system Scharfenberg
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

The ALe 724 are a class of EMUs of the Italian Ferrovie dello Stato, projected for suburban and regional services.

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History

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]

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References

  1. Cornolò (2011), p. 262–271.
  2. Cornolò (2011), p. 273.
  3. Mascherpa (1982), p. 27–28.
  4. Cornolò (2011), p. 275–276.

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