FS ordered a first batch of 30 mono-current trainsets supporting the 3 kV DC supply of existing lines. Delivered between 1992 and 1996, they consist of 2 motorcars (numbered E 404 100 to 159), four first class cars, a restaurant car, and six second class cars. Between 2006 and 2008, the first generation trains have been upgraded to a 11-car trainsets and the locomotives into the type E.414, to haul EuroStarCity trains on selected routes. |