Avelia Stream
| Avelia Stream | |
|---|---|
 Alstom Zefiro 380 | |
| Manufacturer | Alstom |
| Family name | Avelia |
| Constructed | 2009–present |
| Specifications | |
| Current collection | Pantograph |
Avelia Stream is a product family of rolling stock manufacturer Alstom that bundles its single deck high-speed passenger trains with distributed traction and conventional bogies. It is part of Avelia, the high-speed product line of Alstom. Its variants have top operating speeds of between 200 km/h (125 mph) and 350 km/h (220 mph).
Models
[edit]Since 2024, the Avelia Stream family is the union of two different product families:[1]
- New Pendolino, a class of high-speed built by Alstom Ferroviaria (Savigliano, ex Fiat Ferroviaria) for Trenitalia and Cisalpino, and with option of tilting.
- Certain models of the Zefiro family, namely Zefiro 250, Zefiro 380 and Zefiro Express,[2] designed by Bombardier Transportation. The Zefiro 250 has a top operating speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) and is for the moment wholly manufactured in China. The Zefiro 380 has a top operating speed of 350 km/h (220 mph).[3]Zefiro Express is renamed to Avelia Stream Nordic (X80) for its version running in Sweden, which received a 2025 Red Dot Design Award.[4]
History
[edit]In August 2025, Virgin Trains Europe signed a letter of intent with Alstom to purchaze 12 Avelia Stream sets, contingent on it being awarded rights to operate services from London St Pancras via the High Speed 1 line and Channel Tunnel to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. Rail experts expected these train sets to be a non-tilting variant of the New Pendolino product line.[1][5]
See also
[edit]- Siemens Velaro - competitor of similar design.
- Alstom AGV - similar design.
- List of high-speed trains
References
[edit]- 1 2 Wilcock, Rich (2025-08-13). "Virgin opts for single-decker trains for its Channel Tunnel bid". www.railmagazine.com. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
The Avelia Stream consists of the New Pendolino and Zefiro passenger trains ... although RAIL understands it is likely to be closer to the New Pendolino which operates regularly on the high-speed networks in Europe, reaching top speeds of close to 300kph. It is expected that they will be running the services with seven-car sets.
- ↑ "Avelia Stream: High-speed trains with a wide range of applications". Alstom. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ↑ "Bombardier Zefiro Very High Speed Trains". Railway Technology. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ↑ "Red Dot Award 2025 for the design of Avelia Stream Nordic X80". Railvolution. 2025-07-11. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
- ↑ Worth, Jon (2025-08-14). "Deciphering the "Virgin Trains to order 12 Alstom trains for Channel Tunnel" stories". CrossBorderRail. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
this train for Virgin would be essentially a souped up non-tilting Pendolino design