FS Class ALe 724

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4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

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

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]

References

^ Cornolò (2011), p. 262–271.
^ Cornolò (2011), p. 273.
^ Mascherpa (1982), p. 27–28.
^ Cornolò (2011), p. 275–276.

Bibliography

Erminio Mascherpa: Arrivano le elettromotrici ALe 724. In: "I Treni Oggi" Nr. 23 (October 1982). P. 26–30.
Giovanni Cornolò: Automotrici elettriche dalle origini al 1983. Duegi Editrice, 2011 (reprint of 1985). P. 249–260.