seven cars. The first two and last two cars in the trainset are the second class cars, and have the traction motors and powered axles. The three middle cars carry first class seating; the third car is split between first class and the restaurant car. The formation is long and weighs . The car body is a monocoque design built out of aluminium. The RABDe 500 can tilt at a maximum of 8 degrees. Eight traction motors produce ; the train can travel at a maximum speed of . On routes with a significant number of curves, the tilting technology could reduce travel times by 10-20%. For example, on the Lausanne–St. Gallen route, the introduction of the trains shortened travel times by 15 minutes. In 2015–2016, eighteen trainsets were adapted for operation in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Changes included improved fire detection equipment, cab signaling upgrades, and improvements to heating and cooling. This was a temporary measure until newer non-tilting trains SBB RABe 501 Giruno trains became available. Naming All forty-four RABDe 500 trains are named after famous Swiss scholars, artists, writers, politicians, engineers, and architects. Each train bears the portrait of its namesake, painted by Bernese painter Martin Fivian, in the third car (first class and restaurant). List of names: 500 000 Le Corbusier 500 001 Jean Piaget 500 002 Annemarie Schwarzenbach 500 003 Madame de Staël 500 004 Mani Matter 500 005 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi 500 006 Johanna Spyri 500 007 Albert Einstein 500 008 Vincenzo Vela 500 009 Friedrich Dürrenmatt 500 010 Robert Walser 500 011 Blaise Cendrars 500 012 Jean Rudolf von Salis 500 013 Denis de Rougemont 500 014 Max Frisch 500 015 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 500 016 Alice Rivaz 500 017 Willi Ritschard 500 018 Adolf Wölfli 500 019 Friedrich Glauser 500 020 Jeanne Hersch 500 021 Jeremias Gotthelf 500 022 Expo.02 500 023 Charles Ferdinand Ramuz 500 024 500 025 500 026 Alfred Escher 500 027 Henry Dunant 500 028 Francesco Borromini 500 029 Eduard Spelterini 500 030 Louis Chevrolet 500 031 Louis Favre 500 032 Henry Dufaux 500 033 Gallus Jacob Baumgartner 500 034 500 035 Niklaus Riggenbach 500 036 Minister Kern 500 037 Grock 500 038 Arthur Honegger 500 039 Auguste Piccard 500 040 Graf Zeppelin 500 041 William Barbey 500 042 500 043 Harald Szeemann See also Train categories in Europe List of high-speed trains Notes References Further reading External links