AnsaldoBreda V250

V250 / ETR.700
Frecciarossa ETR.700 at Milano Centrale
Business Class interior of Frecciargento ETR.700
In service2012–2013 (High Speed Alliance)
2019–present (Trenitalia)
ManufacturerAnsaldoBreda
Built atPistoia
Constructed2004-2011
Entered service9 December 2012 (High Speed Alliance)
9 June 2019 (Trenitalia)
Refurbished2019 (into ETR 700)
Scrapped2013 (High Speed Alliance)
Number built19
Number in service17
Formation8-car sets
mAk+AD+mAB+B+B+mB+B+mBk
Fleet numbers4801-4816, 4881-4883
Capacity546[1]
127 first, 419 second class[2]
OperatorsHigh Speed Alliance
Trenitalia
DepotsAmsterdam Watergraafsmeer
Lines servedHSL-Zuid
HSL 4
SNCB line 25
Adriatic railway
Specifications
Train length200.9 m (659 ft 1+716 in)[1]
Car lengthdriving cars 26.95 m (88 ft 5 in)[3]
intermediate cars 24.5 m (80 ft 4+916 in)[3]
Width2.87 m (9 ft 5 in)[1]
Height4.08 m (13 ft 4+58 in)[1]
Floor height1.26 m (4 ft 1+58 in)[1]
Doors24
Articulated sections8
Maximum speed250 km/h (155 mph)[1]
Weight423 t (416 long tons; 466 short tons)[2]
full loaded service weight 485 t (477 long tons; 535 short tons)[1]
Power output5,500 kW (7,400 hp)[1]
Acceleration0.58 m/s2 (2.1 km/(h⋅s); 1.3 mph/s) max[1]
Deceleration1.2 m/s2 (4.3 km/(h⋅s); 2.7 mph/s) max[1]
Electric system(s)Overhead catenary:[1]
Current collector(s)Pantograph
UIC classificationBo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
Safety system(s)TVM , BAcc/SCM[citation needed]
ETCS L2[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

The Trenitalia ETR 700, originally NS Hispeed V250, is a high-speed train designed by Pininfarina and built by AnsaldoBreda originally for NS International and NMBS/SNCB to operate on the Fyra service, a high speed train between Amsterdam and Brussels with a branch to Breda on the newly built HSL-Zuid in the Netherlands and its extension HSL 4 in Belgium.

V250s were delivered with a significant delay. Full commercial services with V250 started on 9 December 2012 but stopped only 39 days later on 17 January 2013, after the Belgian Railway Inspection Agency suspended the trains' operating license, because of safety and structural problems with the construction and maintenance of the V250s. All were removed from service and sent back to AnsaldoBreda in Italy.

In August 2017, Trenitalia purchased all 19 V250 sets to expand its high speed fleet and rebranded them as ETR700s. After being refurbished, they entered service on Frecciargento services, on the Adriatic railway, between Milan and Lecce in 2019. Seventeen sets will be used for services, with the remaining two used for spare parts.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Sources:
    • "AnsaldoBreda high speed trains : V250". hstrain.ansaldobreda.it (in Italian and English). AnsaldoBreda. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
    • "V 250" (PDF). ansaldobreda.it. AnsaldoBreda.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference v was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Fyra brand for Amsterdam - Brussels high speed Railway Gazette International 7 July 2009