FS Class ETR 240

ETR 240
FS EMUs ETR253 and ETR242 in the Milano Greco depot, Milan, Italy, 1991.
In service	1980s–1990s (as ETR 240)
Manufacturer	Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
Number built	5 trainsets
Formation	Four-car trainset
Operator(s)	Ferrovie dello Stato
Specifications
Train length	86 m (282 ft 1 ⁷⁄₈ in)
Maximum speed	180 km/h (110 mph)
Weight	160 t (160 long tons; 180 short tons)
Power output	1,050 kW (1,408 hp)
Electric system(s)	3000 V DC catenary
Current collection method	Pantograph
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

The ETR 240 (Italian: ElettroTreno Rapido 240; meaning Fast Electric Train, series 240) is an Italian electric multiple unit (EMU) introduced in the 1980s.

Development

In the 1930s, the Italian state railways, Ferrovie dello Stato, electrified the main line Milan-Bologna-Florence-Rome-Naples and needed a fast train to use on it and on other newly electrified ones. The first ETR 200 was built by Società Italiana Ernesto Breda, (now AnsaldoBreda), in 1936, with three cars on four bogies, two of which had a single T 62-R-100 motor while the others were provided with two similar motors each. The ETR 200 entered in service in 1937. In the early 1960s the remaining sixteen ETR 200 units were converted to ETR 220 by adding a fourth car and other changes. The ETR 240 entered in service in the late 1980s and remained in service until the late 1990s and were used for charter trains up and in the Civitavecchia-Rome line.

References

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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