Скачать или смотреть Trenitalia E464 Acceleration Brindisi to Lecce Pt 2 San Pietro Vernotico to Squinzano

How fast do the Trenitalia Class E464 Locomotives accelerate? Here we sample a journey between Brindisi and Lecce aboard a 'regional; train. The consist is composed of 4 carriages - carrozze vicinali piano ribassato - propelled by a 72 ton Bombardier E464 locomotive of 4700Hp. The carriages weight approx 42 tons each plus passengers. So with a total consist weight of 240 tons, that equates to a massive 19.6 hp/ton, or twice as much accelerative power as a UK HST.
The initial start from San Pietro allows the driver to use his E464 to propels the train to the 140 km/h consist limit with ease. 100km/h (62mph) comes up in less than a minute suggesting that the driver is probably applying power conservatively and feeding the power in gradually. 130km/h (81mph) is achieved in around 1 minute 30 seconds - which is on a par with a UK Class 360 Desiro train being driven flat out from rest.
Line speed here is actually 200 km/h for Frecciabianca and Frecciargento services.