Hitachi Rail Italy S.p.A. is a multinational rolling stock manufacturer company based in

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. Formerly AnsaldoBreda S.p.A., a subsidiary of state-owned

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, the company was sold in 2015 to

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. After the deal was finalized, the current name was adopted in November 2015 to reflect the new ownership.

History

Early history: Ansaldo and Breda

Ansaldo

In 1853, the company '' Gio. Ansaldo & C.'' was registered in

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as a manufacturer of steam locomotives, rail rolling stock and steam engines. The company was backed by

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (; 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), generally known as the Count of Cavour ( ; ) or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and no ...

, the powerful finance minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, who aimed to reduce its dependence on imported trains and rolling stock. Ansaldo entered the age of the steam locomotive in 1854 with its model FS113, also known as ''Sampierdarena''. During the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, Ansaldo became a large supplier of weapons to the Italian army; facing insurmountable difficulties with post-war reconversion to civilian industry, the company was eventually nationalised in 1921. During the rest of the 1900s, the company diversified in different fields, especially power generation (

Ansaldo Energia Ansaldo Energia S.p.A. is an Italian power engineering company based in Genoa, Italy. The original parent company, Gio. Ansaldo & C., was founded in 1853, and merged with Finmeccanica in 1993 (now Leonardo S.p.A.). In 2024, the company's sha ...

) and nuclear research, while the rolling stock activities were reunited under Ansaldo Trasporti.

Breda

Milano mus Scienza Tecnologia locomotiva S685

In 1886, Ernesto Breda founded in Milan ''

Società Italiana Ernesto Breda Società Italiana Ernesto Breda (), more usually referred to simply as Breda, was an Italian mechanical manufacturing company founded by Ernesto Breda in Milan in 1886. History The firm was founded by Ernesto Breda in Milan in 1886. It original ...

''. By 1908, Breda's thousandth locomotive was built. Breda entered the electric locomotive era in 1936 with the production of the FS Class ETR 200 series

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number o ...

. In 1939 this type set the

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at .Maurizio Panconesi, ''La direttissima degli Appennini. La linea Bologna-Prato e le sue ferrovie di servizio'', Cortona, Calosci, 2002, , pp. 121-125. Similarly to Ansaldo, also Breda became a main weapon supplier to the Fascist regime, especially of artillery and airplanes. After the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

the company was facing bankruptcy, and was eventually nationalised in 1947. During the Italian economic miracle of the 1950-60s, Breda produced a highly successful commuter train, the FS Class ETR 300, several classes of railcars and

locomotives A locomotive is a rail vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, push–pull operation has become common, and in the pursuit for longer and heavier freight train ...

, and diversified into defense (

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) and, especially,

buses A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...

. In the 1980s Breda participated in the consortium that designed the first Italian high-speed train, the FS Class ETR 500.

Merger and crisis (2001–2015)

In a massive restructuring effort, in 2001 the Italian state merged all the rolling stock activities of the then loss-making Ansaldo and Breda in a new company, ''AnsaldoBreda'',Company
. AnsaldoBreda. Retrieved on 2009-07-17. that in turn became part of the

state-owned group. The new company won a string of big contracts across Europe and the United States; however, lacking adequate funding and capacity, AnsaldoBreda became infamous for its unreliable products and long delays, damaging the reputation of the company.

Controversies during the 2000s

In 1991, 100 4000 Series railcars from AnsaldoBreda were delivered to the

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. On 4 July 2010, after several incidents where the doors would open while the train was in motion, Metro removed the fleet for repairs until 20 July that year. On 17 November 2016 Metro discovered an error in which a 4000-series car would display an incorrect speed limit to a train operator while in manual mode (which is the only mode used since the June 2009 Washington Metro train collision). On 7 June 2017 Metro announced that the 4000-series cars would be fully retired and removed from service on 1 July 2017, and by that date all cars were taken out of service. Delivery of 83

IC4 The IC4 is an inter-city rail train built by the Italian train manufacturer AnsaldoBreda for the trans-Great Belt routes of Danske Statsbaner (DSB), Denmark's national railway operator. Under DSB's 'Good trains for everyone' plan ('Gode tog ti ...

AnsaldoBreda trainsets for the Danish State Railways DSB was originally planned for 2003–2006. However, the last train was delivered only in 2013 and IC4 trains have seen many technical problems during their service. DSB announced in 2016 that the trains would be withdrawn from service from 2024. After winning a big contract for the Dutch-Belgium Fyra project in 2004, nine V250 train units were delivered to the Dutch partner NS over five years later than originally contracted. Soon after the trains went into service on the high-speed line between the

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and

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, the V250 suffered a number of severe technical problems. The Fyra had a poor reputation for reliability. After a month of operations more than 5% of all trains were cancelled and less than 45% of them ran on schedule. On 31 May 2013, the Belgium partner NMBS/SNCB announced that they would exit the Fyra project and cancel the contract with

AnsaldoBreda Hitachi Rail Italy S.p.A. is a multinational rolling stock manufacturer company based in Pistoia, Italy. Formerly AnsaldoBreda S.p.A., a subsidiary of state-owned Finmeccanica, the company was sold in 2015 to Hitachi Rail of Japan. After the dea ...

. The City of

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has ordered 40 one-directional Sirio trams which were to be put into service on the Gothenburg tram network during 2005 and onwards. The trams were delivered late and functioned poorly when put into traffic. Among reported problems were corrosion, excessive track damage caused by the trams, malfunctioning air conditioners inside the trams and poor ride quality. The City of Gothenburg therefore withheld a large part of the payment for a delivered tram until fully operational. The 32 two-directional trams delivered for the

Oslo Tramway The Oslo tram network (, short from ', 'electric') is the tram system in Oslo, Norway. It consists of six lines with 99 stops and has a daily ridership of 132,000. It is operated by , a subsidiary of the municipally-owned who maintain the trac ...

from 1999, called SL95, have met several difficulties with rust during snowy weather and the heavy weight necessitates much maintenance to streets and tracks, which make the trams expensive to operate. They are also considered to create more noise than necessary. The replacement of the trams will start in 2020 and the last trams will be taken out of service in 2024. After 7 years on a 4-year project the region of Stockholm decided to cancel the contract on new signal system for the red metro line in Stockholm with Ansaldo on 1 billion SEK. The prepayment of hundreds of million SEK is currently up in arbitration court. The maintenance issues experienced by MBTA AnsaldoBreda Type 8 Vehicles delayed the retirement of the Boeing LRVs by several years. According to MBTA Chief Operating Officer Jeff Gonneville, they present a "maintenance challenge". In October 2016, the ''

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'' reported that the MBTA Green Line had the most derailments in the nation due to the Type 8.

The Italian high-speed trains program

In spite of its overall terminal crisis, AnsaldoBreda managed to successfully participate in the Italian high-speed trains program until the very end of its existence. The

ETR 500 ETR 500 ('' Elettro Treno Rapido 500'') is a family of Italian high-speed trains built by AnsaldoBreda and introduced in 1993. Designed under the aegis of the Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), it is now operated by Trenitalia on RFI tracks. From 2018 ...

, that entered service in 1993, was continuously upgraded and ran at a record speed of in the Monte Bibele tunnel between

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and

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in 2009, setting a speed record for trains in a tunnel. A new generation high-speed train, the

Frecciarossa 1000 The Frecciarossa 1000 is a High-speed rail, high-speed train operated by Italian state railway operator Trenitalia and the private Spanish high-speed rail operator Iryo. It was co-developed as a joint venture between Italian rail manufacturer Hit ...

, was developed in a consortium with

Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, with headquarters in Toronto and Berlin. It was one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. ...

and entered service in 2015. On 26 February 2016, a Frecciarossa 1000 reportedly attained a peak speed of while traversing the Torino-Milano high speed line.

Hitachi Italy era (2015 to present)

Lacking the funds for a proper restructuring of its troubled subsidiary, Finmeccanica announced on 2 November 2015 the 'closing of transactions' covering the purchase of AnsaldoBreda by

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, together with Finmeccanica's 40% stake in

Ansaldo STS Hitachi Rail STS SpA (from ''Hitachi Rail Signalling and Transportation Systems'') or Hitachi Rail STS (previously Ansaldo STS) is an Italian transportation company owned by Hitachi with a global presence in the field of railway signalling and in ...

, for $2.2 billion. Under the agreements signed on 24 February 2015, following a dividend distribution announced on 6 March, the purchase price for Finmeccanica's stake in Ansaldo STS has been set at €9.50 per share, amounting to a total of €761m. The total net consideration to be paid for AnsaldoBreda as a going concern, including property assets, amounts to around €30m. As a part of the deal Finmeccanica would keep the responsibility for some residual contracts. Since being acquired by Hitachi, production of some British Rail Class 802 was shifted to Hitachi Rail Italy's

plant due to Hitachi Rail's Newton Aycliffe plant being at capacity.

Products

DMU and EMU

* FS Class ALe 642 * FS Class ETR 500 *

* NSB Class 72 *

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Treno ad alta frequentazione ALe 426/506 TAF (acronym of Treno ad Alta Frequentazione) is an Italian Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) used mainly on commuter regional trains. Concept design has been made by Italian designer Pininfarina. Two different companies employ them: Tre ...

* Treno Servizio Regionale * V250

Metro

* AnsaldoBreda Meneghino * AnsaldoBreda Leonardo * Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro (All of these metros are being used in the

Milan Metro The Milan Metro () is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. The network consists of five lines with a total network length of , and a total of List of Milan Metro stations, 125 stations (+2 in con ...

network as of 2023.)

Tram and light rail

* AnsaldoBreda P2550 * AnsaldoBreda T-68/ T-68A *

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* Breda LRV of the San Francisco

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* Sirio * SL95

Locomotives

* FS Class E.402 * FS Class E.403

Main operators

Brazil

* Elettrotreno ETR 211 (Metrostar) for

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running in the Linha Sul

China

* Sirio for Zhuhai Tram

Denmark

* Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro for Copenhagen Metro. * diesel multiple unit

for DSB

Greece

* Sirio for

Athens Tram The Athens Tram is the modern public tram network system serving Athens, Greece. The system is owned and operated by STASY, which replaced Tram S.A. in June 2011. STASY operates a fleet of 25 Alstom Citadis and 35 Hitachi Sirio, Sirio vehicle ...

. * Tri-mode trains for TrainOSE long-distance services capable of operating with electrical supply, diesel engines or onboard batteries, to be delivered from 2022. * 33 Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro for Metro Thessaloniki.

Italy

* high-speed

for

Trenitalia Trenitalia Società per azioni, SpA is the primary train operator of Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government. It was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulati ...

of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. * high-speed

for

of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. * locomotive E.402 * locomotive E.403 * multiple unit Treno Servizio Regionale (TSR) for LeNORD. * multiple unit

(TAF) for

Ferrovie Nord Milano 450px, Map of the main branch of the FNM lines. FNM operates also the Edolo.html" ;"title="Brescia-Edolo">Brescia-Edolo railway in eastern Lombardy, not shown in map. Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM S.p.A.) is an Italian public transport company: the ...

(FNM). * multiple unit

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for Trenitalia and FNM. * three-car articulated units ETR 211 Metrostar for

Circumvesuviana Circumvesuviana () is a railway network in the east of the Naples metropolitan area, operated by Ente Autonomo Volturno, EAV. Electrically powered throughout, the system uses the narrow gauge of and operates of route on six lines. It is ...

. The Circumvesuviana operate a fleet of twenty-six "Metrostar". * Meneghino for

. * Leonardo for

. * Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro for

and Brescia Metro. * Sirio for '' Tramvie Elettriche Bergamasche'' of

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. * Sirio for Rete tranviaria di Firenze of

. * Sirio for Naples tramway network of

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and for Sassari metro-tramway.

Morocco

* multiple unit TAF Z2M for ONCF. The ONCF operates a fleet of 24 trains. ONCF - Ansaldo Breda Z2M

Norway

* electric multiple unit NSB Class 72 for

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. The NSB operates a fleet of 36 trains. * multiple unit SL95 for

. Sporveien Trikken operates a fleet of 32 low-floor,

articulated An articulated vehicle is a vehicle which has a permanent or semi-permanent coupling in its construction. This coupling works as a large pivot joint, allowing it to bend and turn more sharply. There are many kinds, from heavy equipment to buse ...

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

s. Over the years, AnsaldoBreda has updated the equipment to meet the requirements and demands of the operator in Norway.

Spain

* multiple unit AnsaldoBreda series S7000 operates mainly on the Line 10 (Madrid Metro) Madrid Metro. The

Madrid Metro The Madrid Metro (Spanish: ''Metro de Madrid'') is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of . Its growth between 1995 and 200 ...

operates a fleet of 37 trains. * multiple unit AnsaldoBreda series S9000 for the

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Madrid Metro. The

operates a fleet of 53 trains.

Sweden

* Sirio trams for Gothenburg tram network of

Turkey

* Sirio for Samsun Tram.

United Kingdom

* Midland Metro formerly operated a fleet of 16 two carriage T69 trams in

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.Boynton (2001), p.80. The fleet was completely replaced after 14 years of service by CAF Urbos 3 trams in 2015. *

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commenced operations in 1992 using a passenger fleet of 26 T-68 trams, with a further 6 (slightly modified) versions supplied by 2000. The entire fleet was gradually replaced by july 2014. *

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ordered 36 train sets of British Rail Class 802 which were produced in HRI's

facility.

United States

* multiple unit Breda CQ312 class for the

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. The

operates a fleet of 100 cars, car numbers 601–702, built by Breda, 2001–2005. * multiple unit AnsaldoBreda Type 8 LRV for the MBTA's Green Line in Boston. The

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operates a fleet of 95 LRV cars, alongside the MBTA's existing

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type 7 cars. The Breda cars have been very difficult to maintain and are expected to be outlasted by their predecessors (built by Kinki Sharyo) * multiple unit AnsaldoBreda LRV for the

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and

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lines of Cleveland. The

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operates a fleet of 48 LRV cars. * multiple unit AnsaldoBreda P2550 for the Los Angeles Metro A Line. The

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operates a fleet of 50 LRV cars. * multiple unit AnsaldoBreda A650 Breda A650. The

operates a fleet of 72 vehicles on the B Line and D Line. * multiple unit AnsaldoBreda LRV2 and AnsaldoBreda LRV3 for the

San Francisco Municipal Railway The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF Muni or Muni ) is the primary public transit system within San Francisco, California. It operates a system of List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines, bus routes (including Trolleybuses in San Franc ...

. The Muni Metro operates a fleet of 151 LRV cars. * multiple units for the

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. The

operates: ** 1000-Series—300 units originally built by Rohr, Inc., 290 units were refurbished by Breda; retired in 2017 ** 2000-Series—76 units built ** 3000-Series—290 units built ** 4000-Series—100 units built; retired in 2017 ** 8000-Series-256 units currently on order, delivery starting in 2024 * 136 cars for

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- assembled in Medley by HRI subsidiary Hitachi Rail USA * 78 cars for Baltimore Metro SubwayLink-Also assembled in Miami by Hitachi Rail USA * 80 cars for

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in Honolulu, Hawaii

References

External links

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History

Early history: Ansaldo and Breda

Ansaldo

Breda

Merger and crisis (2001–2015)

Controversies during the 2000s

The Italian high-speed trains program

Hitachi Italy era (2015 to present)

Products

DMU and EMU

Metro

Tram and light rail

Locomotives

Main operators

Brazil

China

Denmark

Greece

Italy

Morocco

Norway

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

See also

References

Further reading

External links