Frecciarossa 1000
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The Frecciarossa 1000,[10][11][12][13] is a high-speed train operated by Italian state railway operator Trenitalia and the private Spanish high-speed rail operator Iryo. It was co-developed as a joint venture between Italian rail manufacturer Hitachi Rail Italy (initially AnsaldoBreda) and multinational conglomerate Alstom (initially Bombardier Transportation). Both design and production work were divided between the two partner companies.
Design work on the train began in 2008, with considerable design work performed by
History and design
Early work
During the mid 2000s, Italian state railway operator Ferrovie dello Stato became increasingly interested in the acquisition of a new very-high-speed train for its Eurostar Alta Velocità Frecciarossa (Eurostar high speed Red Arrow) services along the Turin-Milan-Florence-Rome-Naples corridor.[15] Having become aware of this interest, Italian rail manufacturer AnsaldoBreda and multinational conglomerate Bombardier Transportation decided to partner up to produce a suitable train in 2008. It was decided to centralise design work by the joint venture at a single location, working out of an office at Bombardier's manufacturing plant at Hennigsdorf.[15]
The emergent design was a 200-metre (656 ft 2 in)-long eight car non-articulated single decker train with
Italian vehicle manufacturer and design company
Having been deemed suitable for presentation, the vehicle design, which had been formally designated as the
The maximum speed specified by the tender exceeded that of the initial design, thus the design team was reassembled by
Selection and delivery
During August 2010, it was announced that Trenitalia had awarded the contract to the Bombardier/Ansaldo joint venture, and that the first example was set to come into revenue service during 2013.[15] The bid was determined to have been less expensive at €30.8m per train than the €35m per train cost given by the other bidder, French manufacturer Alstom; the contract value was €1.54bn of which Bombardier's share was €654m.[18][19] Marco Sacchi, Hitachi Rail Italy's head of engineering, attributed the outcome as having been a result of the specially-developed solutions involved in the train's design that had gained Trenitalia's favour. The joint venture moved into the detailed design phase immediately following news of the selection.[15]
During August 2012, a full-scale mock up of the train was publicly unveiled at Rimini by the Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti.[15][20] By this point, the train has received its official service designation, the 'Frecciarossa 1000'. On 26 March 2013, the first trainset was unveiled during a public ceremony at the Ansaldo-Breda facilities in Pistoia; this train was formally named Pietro Mennea, in memory of the Italian world record holder of the 200 metres track sprint event from 1979 to 1996, who had died five days earlier.[15]
The train underwent extensive testing to be certified to operate on the Italian high-speed rail network at 360 km/h (225 mph). During August 2013, testing commenced on the Genoa-Savona line, before being transferred to conducting night time runs held between Milan and Bologna.[15] On 25 April 2015, it was announced that the testing phase of development had been successfully completed. To mark the occasion, a special inaugural service featuring various high-profile guests, including the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, was performed between Milan and Rome.[15][21]
Into service
During June 2015, commercial services using the type commenced, having officially entered service for Expo 2015.[22] According to Bombardier, following the first three months of service, Trenitalia had reported back to them that they had experienced the easiest introduction of a new train into service in their history with the type, and that it had attained all of its reliability targets.[15] The number of services performed by the type have gradually expanded as further examples have been delivered from the assembly line; as of September 2016, a total of 36 trains were in revenue service. At one point, trains were reportedly leaving the factory at the rate of two per week.[15]
The introduction of the ETR 1000 shall enable Trenitalia to redeploy its existing
On 26 November 2015, it was reported that one of the ETR 1000-Frecciarossa eight-car sets reached 389 km/h (242 mph) during testing; however, under normal initial conditions, the trains will be limited to 300 km/h (190 mph) as this remains the maximum permitted speed on the Italian high-speed network.[23] On 26 February 2016, a Frecciarossa 1000 reportedly attained a peak speed of 393.8 km/h (245 mph) while traversing the Torino-Milano high speed line.[25] On 28 May 2018, the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and the ANSF announced that no further tests will be carried out and the speed limit of 300 km/h (190 mph) will not be raised.[26]
Spain
In 2022, the Spanish railway company Iryo (owned by ILSA, Intermodalidad de Levante S.A.) began service, having ordered a fleet of twenty S 109 trainsets similar to the Italian units ETR 1000-Frecciarossa.[27] However, unlike its Italian counterparts, the Iryo S 109 trainsets does not have an executive class seat.
Incidents
On 6 February 2020, unit number 21 was involved in a high-speed derailment at Livraga (Lodi), on the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, operating the first service of the day. It caused the death of the two train drivers and the injury of 31 people.[28]
See also
References
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- ^ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvwMuLDWGKY Hitachi & Bombardier awarded contract to supply 23 very high-speed Frecciarossa trains to Trenitalia; August 10 2020
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- ^ "Alta velocità, addio ai 350 all'ora: il ministero blocca i test". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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Notes
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- AnsaldoBreda (became Hitachi Rail Italy in 2015)
- Bombardier Transportation Italy (until 2020)
- Alstom (from 2020 to 2021)
External links
- "Frecciarossa 1000: il Premier Mario Monti svela il treno AV del futuro, un gioiello made in italy", www.fsnews.it (in Italian)
- Documentation and press information "Frecciarossa 1000: il Premier Mario Monti svela il treno AV del futuro, un gioiello made in italy ( Cartelle stampa )", www.fsnews.it