PKP class ED250

The Alstom EMU250, class ED250, is a seven-car standard gauge high-speed electric multiple unit of the Pendolino family, manufactured by Alstom at the factory in Savigliano, Italy, as the Alstom ETR 610 model, commissioned by PKP Intercity. A total of 20 units were produced, and since 14 December 2014 they have been operating Express InterCity Premium trains on routes connecting Warsaw with Bielsko-Biała, Gdynia, Gliwice, Jelenia Góra, Katowice, Kołobrzeg, Kraków, Rzeszów, Wrocław and Szczecin. On 6 May 1994 a Pendolino ETR 460 train with tilting technology arrived in Poland for high-speed rail testing, and on 11 May 1994 it reached 250.1 km/h near Biała Rawska on the Central Rail Line, setting a speed record for Central and Eastern Europe.