AGV Italo

In Italy, there is a high-speed railway called the AGV Italo. Alstom created the train set, which is being run by NTV. It is the fastest operating train in Italy and has been in revenue service since April 2012. One of the fastest trains in the world, the AGV Italo can travel up to 360 km/h (224 mph). There are eight vehicles in the train set, four of which have electric motors. Iberian gauge tracks, which are wider than standard gauge tracks, are used by the AGV Italo.

The propulsion system of Italo trains, which are based on the most recent generation of extremely fast AGV Alstom trains, is dispersed across the entire train as opposed to being focused in specialized locomotives at the front and rear of the train. By doing away with locomotives, this creative idea increases capacity on board by 20%. With the extra room created, more passengers may board.

A large portion of the vibration and noise generated by movement on board is also eliminated by its articulated trainset architecture with distributed power, which also absorbs movement between cars, optimizes the train's aerodynamics, ensures maximum safety, and offers maintenance savings of 15%.

Country: Italy

Speed: 224 mph