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UIC / EVN numbering: 93 85 0470 / 93 85 3470 / 93 85 4470 / 93 85 5470 / 93 85 6470 / 93 85 9470
Vehicle type: Electric multiple unit - EMU
Registration country: Switzerland
2009
Because of its long series of breakdowns, the ETR.470 was very poorly perceived in Switzerland. The maintenance costs were four times higher compared to the ICN. The final decision to retire the trains was taken after one of them caught fire on May 17th, 2009, in Ambrì. The spokesperson for the Swiss Association for Transport and Environment described them as "not worthy of the Swiss Federal Railways", while the chief executive of Swiss Federal Railways said he wanted to "put an end to this horror". After unsuccessful attempts by SBB to sell the trains, 3x ETR.470 trainsets are scrapped end 2015 - beginning 2016 in Kaiseraugst. Unit 470 n.09, leased to Trenitalia, made its final trip by December 2015 and is stored in Wiler. On June 15th, 2017, cars 44-70 059 + 64-70 268 + 04-70 309 are transferred to Chiasso to be handed to FS to provide parts to repair ETR 485 36. Head car 34-70 0091 is acquired by SBB Historic in Olten and the other 5x remaining cars are sent to be scrapped.
1 Coach 34-70 009 is preserved by SBB Historic until July 2024 . On July 15th, 2024, HECH, the umbrella organization of the Historic Railways of Switzerland, announced that the end car is for sale. Interested parties have until July 31st, 2024, to place a bid. Since no one offered to buy, the remaining end car of the ETR 470 n.09 "Insubrico" was scrapped on site in Erstfeld before the end of the year.
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