The ETR 480 is a tilting

Electric Multiple Unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number o ...

built by

Fiat Ferroviaria Alstom Ferroviaria S.p.A., formerly known as Fiat Ferroviaria S.p.A., is the Italian division of Alstom. Fiat Ferroviaria S.p.A. was the rail division of automobile manufacturer Fiat. It was founded in 1880 as Società Nazionale Officine di Sav ...

(now

Alstom Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional ...

Ferroviaria) since 1993, It is also known as

Pendolino Pendolino (from Italian language, Italian "pendulum", and ''-ino,'' a diminutive suffix) is an Italian family of high-speed tilting trains (and non-tilting) used in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, the Czech Republic, ...

. It was developed from the first new-generation Pendolino, the

ETR 460 The ETR 460 is an electric multiple unit (EMU) tilting train produced by FIAT Ferroviaria (now Alstom Ferroviaria) since 1993. It is also known as the Pendolino after the family of trains from which it comes. The ETR 460 is a development of th ...

. The main difference between ETR 460,

ETR 470 ETR 470 ('' ElettroTreno 470'') is a high-speed tilting electric multiple unit, which is now only operated by the Greek company, Hellenic Train. Introduced in September 1996, nine units were built for the Italo-Swiss firm Cisalpino. They w ...

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 railway ( TrainOSE), on the high speed line between Thessaloniki and Katerini. In August 2018, the specified number of 485,031 was transferred from Italy to Greece for test routes. This was the beginning for converting some

for use by TrainOSE.

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*max. speed (in service): *traction system: = 3 kV DC, 25 kV 50 Hz AC (all 15 trainsets) *power: *length: *mass: *max axle load: *max. tilting angle: 8° *configuration: head coach + 7 middle coaches + head coach *total number of seats: ETR 480: 480 (341 II + 139 I); ETR 485: 489 (343 II + 146 I)

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ETR 460 & ETR 480 Photos
{{High-speed rail High-speed trains of Italy Pendolino ETR 480 Fiat Ferroviaria 3000 V DC multiple units 25 kV AC multiple units Alstom multiple units Passenger trains running at least at 250 km/h in commercial operations Train-related introductions in 1997

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