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ČD Class 680 are EMUs operating in the Czech Republic, using tilting Pendolino technology intended for the SuperCity train service. Built by Alstom (originally Fiat Ferroviaria), they were largely based on the nine-car ETR 470.
This is a route-map template for the ČD Class 680, an electric multiple unit train in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
An ETR 600 high-speed train, operated by Trenitalia in 2023. Pendolino (from Italian pendolo "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, Slovakia (Czech railways are operating), the UK, the US, Switzerland, China, and Greece.
ED250-001 undergoing tests in the Czech Republic. Under the contract for the delivery of Pendolino units, the manufacturer was obliged to obtain approval for the units to operate on Austrian, Czech, and German rail networks within 5 years from the delivery of the last vehicle.
The history of rail transport in the territory of the present-day Czech Republic dates back to the Austro-Hungarian empire.The first horse-drawn railway in Europe, between České Budějovice and Linz (in present-day Austria) commenced operations in 1832, [5] and the first locomotive-hauled railway from Vienna to Břeclav opened seven years later.
These Pendolino-based trains are capable of operating at 230 km/h (143 mph) and were intended for operation on the Berlin – Prague – Vienna route. [27] While testing from Břeclav to Brno on 18 November 2004, the ČD Class 680 reached a speed of 237 km/h (147 mph) and created a new Czech railway speed record. [28]
České dráhy (English: Czech Railways), often shortened to ČD, is the major railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services.. The company was established in January 1993, shortly after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, as a successor of the Czechoslovak State Railways.
Map of the Czech railway network. The Czech Republic has a total railway length of 9,435 kilometres (5,863 mi) which makes it a country with the second highest rail density in the world. [1] The vast majority (9,341 kilometres (5,804 mi)) is standard gauge.