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Comfort
Alstom’s engineers set out to create the perfect coach for Italo travellers. By combining the following features in particular, the team has successfully designed welcoming, relaxing and well-lit travelling environments:
- brighter interiors (+20% more glass surfaces compared to the high-speed trains currently in circulation)
- comprehensive air-conditioning without air currents at window level
- greater internal coach width (+9 cm compared to current trains) so travellers have more space on either side of them: wider seatbacks and armrests, more elbow room.
- internal layout (most seats face in same direction) favours privacy and guarantees more legroom, since travellers no longer share legroom with the person sitting opposite.
- the traveller area is lavishly equipped (Frau leather seats, reclining seatbacks and armrests, individual electric sockets, reading lights) and completed with an easy-to-reach luggage rack.
The coach features complement the level of comfort with a marked reduction in vibrations and noise at high speeds, thanks to the reduction in the number of bogies, a particular trait of Italo’s articulated architecture.
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Eco-sustainability
Italo is the end result of an ecodesign process which aimed to reduce the pollution, and which took the entire life cycle of the train, from initial construction to final recycling, into account. Trains are made out of 98% recyclable materials, such as aluminium, steel, copper and glass.
In addition, thanks to the use of composite materials, the greater effectiveness of the traction systems and the articulated architecture, Italo is around 70 tons lighter than trains made by the competition, thus ensuring 10% lower energy consumption compared to a similar conventional train.
Finally, Italo uses innovative solutions to reduce noise pollution. The positioning of the bogies (which are placed between and not under the passenger coaches), the aerodynamic design, the addition of air deflectors, use of noise absorbers, insulating materials, and improved contact between the wheels and the track are some of the innovations in acoustics which enable Italo to offer quieter journeys - both for travellers on board and people near the tracks.
To summarise in a few numbers: Italo offers the same acoustic comfort, externally and internally, at 360 km/h as rival trains travelling at 300 or 320 km/h.
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