1,450 mm (4 ft 9 in) and 1,950 mm (6 ft 5 in) wide pantographs
UIC classification
2′(Bo)′(Bo)′(2)′(2)′(2)′(2)′(Bo)′(Bo)′(2)′(2)′2′
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Notes/references
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SBB RABe 501 with Scharfenberg coupler opened at Zurich HB
The RABe 501, nicknamed Giruno, is a high-speed electric multiple unit train built by Stadler Rail of Switzerland for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). According to Stadler Rail, it was the world's first single-decker low-floor high-speed train.[5]
The trains are intended to replace the ETR610 trains on the trans-Alpine route between Milan (Italy) and Basel / Zürich,[6] with eventually further connections with Germany and Austria. The main route goes through the 57 kilometre-long Gotthard Base Tunnel. As a consequence, the Giruno is also referred to as the "Gotthard train".[7]
The 11-car units operate with a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) and can accommodate up to 403 passengers (117 in first class, 286 in second class). Two train sets can be coupled together to accommodate over 800 passengers.
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^"Stadler Rail E250 Giruno for SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen)". Traktionssysteme Austria. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^"Electric high-speed multiple unit SMILE" (PDF). Stadler Rail. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
^"Das Zulassungskonzept für den EC 250 / Giruno Hochgeschwindigkeitszug" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
^"Stadler Rail wins tender for NRLA trains". Stadler Rail. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
^Green, Anitra (9 May 2014). "SBB orders 29 transalpine EMUs from Stadler". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
^Stadler Giruno High-Speed Train for the Gotthard Receives Operating Licence, railway-news.com
The RABe501, nicknamed Giruno, is a high-speed electric multiple unit train built by Stadler Rail of Switzerland for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)....
generation was launched in 2006 with ETR 600 for Trenitalia and ETR 610 / RABe 503 for Cisalpino, a railway company that operated trains between Switzerland...
cooling. This was a temporary measure until newer non-tilting trains SBBRABe501 Giruno trains became available. All forty-four RABDe 500 trains are named...
the trip. On a 12 November 2003 system commissioning test run, it achieved 501 kilometres per hour (311 mph), its designed top cruising speed. The Shanghai...
with parts falling onto the track. Four bogies out of 24 derailed. Out of 501 passengers, seven were bruised and others treated for shock. 14 November...
and seven ETR 610) and SBB (four ETR 470 and seven ETR 610). The low reliability of the timetable and of the ETR 470 has led SBB and Trenitalia to always...
Rollmaterial [rolling stock]. BTS Bahn Technik – Seminar 2003 (in German). Bern: SBB. pp. 51–52. "L'aluminium monte dans le TGV". Les Echos (in French). 1 April...
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