FS Class ETR 470

The ETR 470, short for ElettroTreno 470, is a nine-car tilting electric multiple unit of the Pendolino family, built by Fiat Ferroviaria for the Italo-Swiss operator Cisalpino and introduced in September 1996. It is an updated version of the ETR 460 adapted to run under the several electrification systems found between Italy, Switzerland and Germany, and its body was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Nine sets were built, each able to tilt its car bodies by up to eight degrees, together with a three-car prototype that never carried regular passengers. When Cisalpino was dissolved the sets were split between Swiss Federal Railways and Trenitalia. The Swiss fleet gained a poor reputation for breakdowns and three sets were scrapped in 2015, while five of the Italian sets were later converted for Hellenic Train in Greece, where they were out of service again by November 2024.