The ALe 724 are a class of

EMUs Emus may refer to: * Emu The emu (; ''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is a species of flightless bird endemism, endemic to Australia, where it is the Tallest extant birds, tallest native bird. It is the only extant taxon, extant member of the ...

of the Italian

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, projected for suburban and regional services.

History

In 1978 the

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. As the tests of the "treni GAI" were positive, in May 1979 the FS ordered a series of EMUs derived from them. 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. 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

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and

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.Cornolò (2011), p. 275–276.

References

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.

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