page_title: Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino
section_title: Rolling stock
hierarchical_section_title: Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino / Rolling stock
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: FART ABe 4/6 56 in Ponte Brolla. Im Vordergrund sind die Integra-Magnete der Zugsicherung ZST-90 zu sehen
context_page_description: The Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino is a limited company in the Swiss southern canton of Ticino, which provides the urban and suburban bus network in and around Locarno in Switzerland. It operates the cable cars between Verdasio and Rasa, Ticino, and between Intragna – Pila – Costa on behalf of the owning companies. Together with the Italian company Società Subalpina Imprese Ferroviarie S.p.A. they operate the railway through the Swiss Centovalli and the Italian Valle Vigezzo, which connects the Gotthard trans-Alpine rail route at Locarno railway station with the Simplon trans-Alpine route at Domodossola in Italy. There are 10 stations on the Swiss side of the frontier and 12 stations on the Italian side, the complete rail journey takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes.
context_section_description: Traffic on the Centovallina and Vigezzina is fully in the hand of electric motor coaches. A series of 12 articulated EMUs ABe 4/6, built in 1992 by Vevey Technologies made up most through workings until 2007, often working in pairs. 8 ABe 4/6 51-58 are owned by FART, 4 ABe 4/6 61–64 by SSIF.
  9 articulated railcars from 1959-68, three-element ABe 8/8 21-24 and two-element ABe or ABDe 6/6 31-35 can not work in MU but can pull a trailer or two (101...111 and 201 from 1923, 120-123 from 1964, 130 from 1948).
  2004 SSIF ordered three three-car panoramic multiple units from the Officine Ferroviaire Veronesi and Škoda Works. Soon the order was changed to three four-car trains. Delivery took place in 2007.
  Driving motor, Domodossola direction: ABe 4/4 Pp 81, 83, 85
  Driving motor, Locarno direction: Be 4/4 Pp 82, 84, 86
  Non-driving motor: Be 4/4 Pi 87, 88, 89
  Trailer: Rimorchiata P 810, 811, 812
  Classifications ABe and Be don't match with classes available in every vehicle. In July 2008 the following consists were working:
  85 - 812 - 89 - 86  1st class at the Locarno end (whole coach 86)
  83 - 87 - 810 - 82  1st class at the Domodossola end (coach 83)
  81 - 88 - 811 - 84  1st class at both ends (end compartment of coaches 81 and 84)
  Off-season these consists may be reduced to three vehicles. As a replacement SSIF had ABe 8/8 24 fitted with a new cabody, looking very similar to the new trains. However, number of seats is much smaller than in a new train, thus it must be followed by an ABe 4/6 to allow to transport all passengers.
caption: ABe 4/6 56 multiple unit at Ponte Brolla station
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