FS Class ETR 480


The ETR 480 is a tilting Electric Multiple Unit built by Fiat Ferroviaria since 1993, It is also known as Pendolino. It was developed from the first new-generation Pendolino, the ETR 460. The main difference between ETR 460, ETR 470 and ETR 480 is that the 460 run only on 3 kV DC, the 470 on both 3 kV DC and 15 kV AC, and the 480 on both 3 kV DC and.

FS Class 485

The ETR 480 was originally built without real 25 kV AC electrical equipment. This equipment is now installed on all the sets and the trains that have been converted are then re-measured on ETR 485.

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One of these units has been sent for testing on the Greek high-speed railway between Athens and Thessaloniki. In August 2018, set number 485.031 transferred from Italy to Greece for testing purposes. This is the precursor for converted ETR.470 trainsets to operate this route in the future, with one set being expected to start passenger operation in September 2020, with the remaining four following in March 2021.

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