Alfa Pendular is the name of the flagship Pendolino high-speed tilting train of Portuguese state railway company CP. It connects the cities of Guimarães, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra, Santarém, Lisbon, Albufeira and Faro, among others at speeds of up to 220 km/h.
An Alfa Pendular train in new livery.
The old interior of a second class carriage.
Old first class carriage on the Oporto–Lisbon service.
Pendolino is an Italian family of high-speed tilting trains used in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the UK, the US, Switzerland, China, and Greece. It was also used in Russia from December 12, 2010 until March 26, 2022. Based on the design of the Italian ETR 401, it was further developed and manufactured by Fiat Ferroviaria, which was taken over by Alstom in 2000.
An ETR 600 high-speed train, operated by Trenitalia in 2023
The ETR 450 was the first production Pendolino train, in service from 1988 to 2015
ETR 485 at Roma Termini railway station
An ETR 460 of Trenitalia at Sapri