SBB RABDe 500

SBB RABDe 500
Red, white, and black trains pass a blue lake at speed
Two RABDe trainsets passing Lake Biel in 2011
Inside view of the ICN second class corridor
In service2000–present
ManufacturerAdtranz
Number built44
Number in service44
Formation7 cars
Fleet numbers500 000–500 043
Capacity470
OwnersSwiss Federal Railways
Lines served
Specifications
Train length188,800 mm (619 ft 5 in)
Maximum speed200 km/h (125 mph)
Weight355 t (349 long tons; 391 short tons)
Power output5,200 kW (7,000 hp)
Electric system(s)15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Notes/references
[1]
ICN Double Set (Robert Walser facing buffers) stationed at Zurich HB Platform 10

The SBB RABDe 500, also known as the ICN,[a] is a Swiss high speed passenger train which was introduced in 2000, in time for Expo.02 held in western Switzerland in 2002. Its maximum speed is 200 km/h (125 mph), and it employs tilting technology, which allows it to travel through curvy routes faster than non-tilting trains. The train sets were a joint development by Bombardier, Swiss Federal Railways and Alstom, with an aerodynamic body designed by Pininfarina, bogies and tilting mechanism designed by the then SIG, Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft.

Forty-four RABDe 500 trains with a total of 308 coaches were delivered to SBB-CFF-FFS between 1999 and 2005. The RABDe 500 often run with two complete compositions, each with seven carriages and a seating capacity of 480,[3] both including a dining car. The outer four of the seven carriages are second class.

  1. ^ Haydock, David (2016). Swiss railways: locomotives, multiple units and trams (4th ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-909431-23-2.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference news.ch was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Swiss Tilting Trains - Railwey Technology". Railway Technology. 28 January 1999. Retrieved 13 November 2023.


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