Stadler SMILE

{{Short description|Swiss high-speed train}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{infobox train | name = Stadler SMILE SBB RABe 501 ''(Giruno)'' | image = EC250 "Giruno" on test run.jpg | caption = SBB RABe 501 on test run between Erien and Romanshorn | stocktype = Electric multiple unit | service = 2019– | manufacturer = Stadler Rail | replaced = {{plainlist| * RABe 503 (New Pendolino) * RABde 500 (ICN) }} | yearconstruction = 2017, 2024– (Commissioning) | numberbuilt = | capacity = {{plainlist| * 117 1st Class * 286 2nd Class * 4 Wheelchair spaces }} | operator = {{plainlist| * Swiss Federal Railways * WESTbahn }} | carbody = Aluminium | trainlength = {{convert|202|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | carlength = {{plainlist| * {{convert|22.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (end carriages) * {{convert|17.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (intermediate carriages) }} | width = {{convert|2.9|m|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|4255|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} | lowfloor = | floorheight = {{plainlist| * {{convert|940|mm|in|abbr=on}} (low-floor) * {{convert|1150|mm|in|abbr=on}} (high-floor) }} | platformheight = | maxspeed = {{ubl|class=nowrap| |{{cvt|200|or|250|km/h|abbr=on|round=5}}{{efn|{{cvt|200|km/h|abbr=on|round=5}} ({{cvt|230|km/h|abbr=on|round=5}} if delayed) in Switzerland, {{convert|250|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}} outside of Switzerland.}} }} | weight = {{convert|380|t|abbr=on}} (unladen) | wheeldiameter = {{convert|920|–|840|mm|in|abbr=on}} (new–worn) | wheelbase = {{plainlist| * {{convert|2700|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} (end bogies) * {{convert|2750|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} (Jacobs-bogies) }} | traction = ABB BORDLINE CC1500 MS 25-15-3kV U 1600 059A01 3-level IGBT–VVVF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.e.abb.com/public/8e2a83831f4147d4a8b93dae76270566/BORDLINE%20CC1500%20MS_15-25-3kV_U_1600%20EC250%20RevA%20EN.pdf |title=Compact converter BORDLINE® CC1500 MS for multi-system high-speed trains |publisher=ABB |date=19 February 2018 |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref> | traction motors = 8 × TSA TMF 50-33-4 {{convert|600|kW|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tsa.at/tsa_referenzen/stadler-rail-e250-giruno-for-sbb/ |title=Stadler Rail E250 Giruno for SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) |publisher=Traktionssysteme Austria |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> asynchronous 3-phase AC | poweroutput = {{convert|4800|kW|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} | tractiveeffort = {{convert|300|kN|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} | electricsystem = {{plainlist| * {{15 kV AC}} * {{25 kV 50 Hz}} * {{3,000 V DC|format=kV}} }} | collectionmethod = {{convert|1450|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} and {{convert|1950|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} wide pantographs | uicclass = 2′(Bo)′(Bo)′(2)′(2)′(2)′(2)′(Bo)′(Bo)′(2)′(2)′2′ | gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | notes = Sourced from <ref>{{cite web |title=Electric high-speed multiple unit SMILE |url=https://www.stadlerrail.com/api/docs/x/a56791c29b/smile_sbb_en.pdf |publisher=Stadler Rail |lang=en |access-date=17 June 2025 |archive-date=17 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617095652/https://www.stadlerrail.com/api/docs/x/a56791c29b/smile_sbb_en.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Das Zulassungskonzept für den EC 250 / Giruno Hochgeschwindigkeitszug |url=http://www.schienenfahrzeugtagung.at/download/PDF2016/DiV07_Starlinger.pdf |lang=de |access-date=14 June 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617095945/https://www.schienenfahrzeugtagung.at/download/PDF2016/DiV07_Starlinger.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> unless otherwise stated. }}

The '''Stadler SMILE''' is a high-speed electric multiple unit train built by Stadler Rail of Switzerland for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and WESTbahn from 2017. According to Stadler, it was the world's first single-decker low-floor high-speed train.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stadler Rail wins tender for NRLA trains|url=http://www.stadlerrail.com/en/news/2014/05/13/stadler-rail-wins-tender-for-nrla-trains/|access-date=4 June 2014|publisher=Stadler Rail}}</ref>

The trains replaced the RABe 503 trains on the trans-Alpine route between Milan and Basel / Zurich,<ref>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Anitra|date=9 May 2014|title=SBB orders 29 transalpine EMUs from Stadler|newspaper=International Railway Journal|url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/rolling-stock/sbb-orders-transalpine-emus-from-stadler.html?channel=529|access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref> and are to be used for further connections to Germany and Austria. The main route goes through the {{Convert|57|km|mi|abbr=out}} Gotthard Base Tunnel. As a consequence, the SMILE is also referred to as the "Gotthard train".<ref>[https://railway-news.com/stadler-giruno-operating-licence/ Stadler Giruno High-Speed Train for the Gotthard Receives Operating Licence], railway-news.com</ref>

The 11-car units operate with a top speed of {{convert|250|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}} and can accommodate up to 403 passengers (117 in first class, 286 in second class). Two train sets can be coupled together to accommodate over 800 passengers.

== Name == Stadler originally named the train the '''EC250'''. This was changed in 2017 to '''SMILE''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=elena |date=2017-08-18 |title=Stadler renames EC250 high-speed train as SMILE |url=https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/stadler-renames-ec250-high-speed-train-smile/ |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=Railway PRO |language=en-US}}</ref> short for '''''S'''chneller '''M'''ehrsystemfähiger '''I'''nnovativer '''L'''eichter '''E'''xpresszug'' (English: “speedy multi-system innovative lightweight express train”).<ref name=":0"/><ref>[https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/61890/stadler-high-speed-smile/ "Stadler names its new high-speed train SMILE."] ''globalrailwayreview.com'', 18 August 2017.</ref>

The Swiss Federal Railways gave the train the class designation '''RABe 501''',{{Efn|Refer to Swiss locomotive and railcar classification for the designation logic.}} and nicknamed the train '''''Giruno''''' (from {{lang|rm|Girun}}, Romansh for "buzzard", "bearded vulture" or "kestrel").<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.srf.ch/news/giruno-maeusebussard-die-tuecken-der-sprache |title=«Giruno» = Mäusebussard? - Die Tücken der Sprache |publisher=SRF |date=2017-05-19 |access-date=2024-12-26 |language=de}}</ref>

== Development == In April 2012 the Swiss Federal Railways issued a tender for 29 new single-deck trains capable of reaching {{convert|250|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}} for service on routes between Germany, Switzerland and Italy via the then under-construction Gotthard Base Tunnel,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Green|first=Anitra|date=16 April 2012|title=SSB issues tender for 29 high-speed trains|url=https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/high-speed/sbb-issues-tender-for-29-high-speed-trains/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=International Rail Journal}}</ref> the only completely flat route through the Alpine barrier. Bids were placed by Stadler Rail, Siemens, Alstom and Talgo. All four bids were rejected by the SBB and a second round took place, at which point Siemens withdrew. On 9 May 2014 SBB announced an order worth {{Currency|980000000|CHF|first=yes}} for 29 Stadler EC250s. The final signing was delayed, however, as Alstom and Talgo both launched legal challenges: Alstom withdrew theirs in September 2014, while the Spain-based Talgo's complaint{{Spaced en dash}}that SBB gave the domestic producer an advantage{{Spaced en dash}}was dismissed by the Federal Administrative Court in October 2014. The final contract was signed between SBB and Stadler on 30 October 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fontana|first=Katharina|date=30 October 2014|title=Sieg für Stadler Rail und SBB|language=de|work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|url=https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/sieg-fuer-stadler-rail-und-sbb-1.18414805|access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> [[File:Stadler EC250 - innoTrans 2016 (3).jpg|thumb|The EC250 at InnoTrans 2016 in Berlin]]

The EC250's first public appearance{{Spaced en dash}}as a short 5-car set{{Spaced en dash}}was at InnoTrans 2016 in Berlin, by Stadler CEO, Peter Spuhler, and SBB CEO, Andreas Meyer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 September 2016|title=Stadler unveils EC250 'Giruno' low floor high-speed train |url=https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/30034/stadler-ec250-giruno-low-floor-high-speed-train/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Global Railway Review}}</ref> The first full 11-car set was presented at a ceremony in Bussnang on 18 May 2017, which was also attended by the then Swiss President Doris Leuthard.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 May 2017|title=Stadler presents the New Gotthard Tunnel Train|url=https://railway-news.com/stadler-presents-new-gotthard-tunnel-train/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Railway-News}}</ref> Shortly afterwards in August, the EC250 was renamed as SMILE following a public competition.<ref name=":0" />

As SBB intend to operate these trains across several countries, testing had to be carried out in Germany, Italy and Austria, in addition to Switzerland. In early April 2018, a test train unit ran through the Gotthard Tunnel at {{convert|275|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} in order to meet approval conditions to operate up to {{convert|250|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}} on the line.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 April 2018|title=Mit 275 km/h durch den Gotthard Basistunnel|url=https://www.info24news.net/275/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=info24news.net|language=de}}</ref> The Federal Office of Transport approved this service for Switzerland on 4 April 2019 and the European Union Railway Agency approved it for Italy in March 2020{{Spaced en dash}}in both cases, for speeds up to {{Cvt|200|km/h|round=5}}.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 April 2019|title=Stadler Giruno High-Speed Train for the Gotthard Receives Operating Licence|url=https://railway-news.com/stadler-giruno-operating-licence/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Railway-News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 March 2020|title=Stadler: SBB-Hochgeschwindigkeitszug "Giruno" erhält Italien-Zulassung|url=https://bahnblogstelle.net/2020/03/07/stadler-sbb-hochgeschwindigkeitszug-giruno-erhaelt-italien-zulassung/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Bahnblogstelle|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313082653/https://bahnblogstelle.net/2020/03/07/stadler-sbb-hochgeschwindigkeitszug-giruno-erhaelt-italien-zulassung/|archive-date=13 Mar 2020}}</ref>

The first passenger revenue service operated between Zurich and Erstfeld on 8 May 2019, using ''Giruno'' unit 501 006.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 May 2019|title=[CH] SBB Giruno: First service with passengers|url=https://railcolornews.com/2019/05/08/ch-sbb-giruno-first-day-of-service-tomorrow/|access-date=26 December 2020|publisher=Railcolor News}}</ref>

==Design== The EC250 is designed to comply with the TSI-High-speed regulations and meets the EN 15227 crashworthiness standards.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}

The cars are connected to Jacobs bogies and the propulsion system consists of four motorised bogies, powered from four roof-mounted electric current collectors.<ref>Hegde, Zenobia. [https://www.iot-now.com/2018/03/12/78398-te-connectivity-supply-high-voltage-roofline-equipment-stadler-smile-trains/ "TE Connectivity to supply high-voltage roofline equipment for Stadler SMILE trains."] ''IoTNow'', 12 March 2018.</ref> The electrification system is compatible with the Swiss and German 15 kV 16.7 Hz alternating current (AC) overhead power supplies, as well as with Italian 3 kV direct current (DC) and 25 kV 50 Hz electrification systems. The motorized bogies are reportedly capable of generating a maximum power output of 6000 kW.<ref name="rail tech">[https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/stadler-ec250-high-speed-electric-multiple-unit-emu/ "Stadler EC250 High-Speed Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)."] ''railway-technology.com'', Retrieved: 22 May 2018.</ref>

Each 11-car train set is {{convert|200|m|ftin}} long and has an empty weight of {{Convert|380|t|lb}}. Each carriage has a width of {{Cvt|2.9|m}} and a height of {{Cvt|4.25|m|ftin}}. The wheelbase of the unpowered bogies is {{Cvt|2.7|m}}, while those of the motorised bogies are {{Cvt|2.75|m}}. The carriages do not have a uniform floor height as the seats at either end of each car are positioned above the bogies while the central aisle rises towards the carriage connection through ramps. The low-floor entrances allow step-free access from platforms at heights between {{Cvt|550|mm}} and {{Cvt|760|mm}} and several accessible toilets and areas for wheelchairs are available, allowing the train to comply with the Law on Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 April 2019|title=Giruno Gotthard train granted to operate at 200 km/h on the Swiss network|url=https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/80182/gotthard-giruno-train-swiss-network/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Global Railway Review}}</ref> As a long-distance train, it also features signal boosters for 3G/4G cellular phone networks, power sockets (for Swiss and international plugs) and large luggage racks for passenger comfort, along with energy-efficient lighting. The interior is flexible, meaning it can be extensively refitted and modified to an operator's requirements.<ref name="rail tech" />

==Service==

=== Swiss Federal Railways - Switzerland === The Giruno units operate services from Basel and Zurich to Chiasso and Lugano. Services between Zurich and Milan have also operated since 12 August 2020, and have later expanded to Venice, Genoa and Bologna.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hartmeier|first=Sandro|date=17 November 2020|title=Giruno seit 10. August 2020 zwischen Zürich und Mailand im Einsatz|url=https://www.bahnonline.ch/888/giruno-ab-montag-zwischen-zuerich-und-mailand-im-einsatz/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Bahnonline.ch|language=de}}</ref> The Giruno replaced existing RABDe 500 (ICN) and tilting ETR 610 units on the Gotthard railway, which were reassigned to more winding Alpine routes such as the Jura Foot Railway.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 May 2014|title=Rollmaterial-Beschaffung Nord-Süd-Verkehr: SBB vergibt Auftrag für 29 neue Züge an Stadler Rail|url=https://info24bahnnews.jimdofree.com/2014/05/09/rollmaterial-beschaffung-nord-s%C3%BCd-verkehr-sbb-vergibt-auftrag-f%C3%BCr-29-neue-z%C3%BCge-an-stadler-rail/|access-date=27 December 2020|website=Archiv-Seite von info24 - ÖV Schweiz - Europa|language=de}}</ref>

Each of the 41 trainsets, which were delivered by December 2025, is numbered and named.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giruno: der neue Gotthard-Personenzug {{!}} SBB |url=https://www.sbb.ch/de/reiseinformationen/services-im-zug/unsere-zuege/giruno.html |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=www.sbb.ch |language=de}}</ref> Twenty-six are named after the cantons of Switzerland, but the numbering deviates from that of the "Gotthard locomotives". Two are named after the Italian regions of Liguria and Lombardy, one is named after the commune of Monteceneri (because of the Ceneri Base Tunnel), one after the Saint-Gotthard Massif and one after the Simplon Pass. The names are indicated at both ends of the train and inside the dining car.

==== Orders and deliveries ==== * First batch: ** Order for 29 trainsets (option for 92 trains) signed in October 2014, worth CHF 970 million.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=International |first=Railway Gazette |title=SBB orders Giruno trainsets for services to Germany |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and-rolling-stock/sbb-orders-giruno-trainsets-for-services-to-germany/61843.article |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=Railway Gazette International |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Default Title |url=https://www.stadlerrail.com/en/solutions/references/electric-high-speed-multiple-unit-smile-sbb |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=www.stadlerrail.com |language=en}}</ref> ** Entry into service: from 2019 to 2021.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-11-11 |title=SBB CFF FFS – RABe 501 - passiontrain.ch |url=https://www.passiontrain.ch/sbb-cff-ffs-rabe-501/ |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=www.passiontrain.ch |language=fr-FR}}</ref> * Second batch: ** Order for 7 trainsets signed in June 2022, worth CHF 250 million.<ref name=":1" /> ** Entry into service: from 2024 to 2025.<ref name=":2" /> * Third batch: ** Order for 5 trainsets signed in February 2024, worth CHF 170 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-02-14 |title=Stadler décroche une commande des CFF pour cinq trains Giruno |url=https://www.rhonefm.ch/suisse/stadler-decroche-une-commande-des-cff-pour-cinq-trains-giruno-305371 |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=Stadler décroche une commande des CFF pour cinq trains Giruno {{!}} Rhône FM |language=fr-FR}}</ref> ** Entry into service: 2025.<ref name=":2" />

==== List of named RABe 501 trainsets ==== {| class="wikitable" |+Trainsets list<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=SBB RABe 501 "Giruno" - Eisenbahn @ juergs.ch |url=http://www.juergs.ch/eisenbahn/triebzuege/rabe-501/ |access-date=2026-04-21 |language=de}}</ref> |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! style="text-align: left; border-top:solid 2px black; border-left:solid 2px black" |№ ! style="text-align: left; border-top:solid 2px black; border-right:solid 2px grey" |Nom ! style="text-align: left; border-top:solid 2px black" |№ ! style="text-align: left; border-top:solid 2px black; border-right:solid 2px grey" |Nom ! style="text-align: left; border-top:solid 2px black" |№ ! style="text-align: left; border-top:solid 2px black; border-right:solid 2px black" |Nom |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 001 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Ticino}} |RABe 501 015 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|St. Gallen}} |RABe 501 029 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |15px Simplon |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 002 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Aargau}} |RABe 501 016 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Glarus}} |RABe 501 030 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Lombardia (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 003 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |San Gottardo (with coat of arms created by the SBB)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/san-gottardo-erster-neuer-gotthard-zug-getauft |title=«San Gottardo» - Erster neuer Gotthard-Zug getauft |publisher=SRF |date=2019-08-08 |access-date=2024-12-27 |language=de}}</ref> |RABe 501 017 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Fribourg}} |RABe 501 031 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Liguria (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 004 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Schwyz}} |RABe 501 018 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Appenzell Ausserrhoden}} |RABe 501 032 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Veneto (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 005 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Nidwalden}} |RABe 501 019 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Appenzell Innerrhoden}} |RABe 501 033 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Emilia-Romagna (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 006 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Obwalden}} |RABe 501 020 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Luzern}} |RABe 501 034 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Hessen (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 007 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Uri}} |RABe 501 021 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Graubünden}} |RABe 501 035 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 008 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |15px Monteceneri |RABe 501 022 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Vaud}} |RABe 501 036 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Toscana (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 009 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Zürich}} |RABe 501 023 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Valais}} |RABe 501 037 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Baden-Württemberg (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 010 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Basel-Landschaft}} |RABe 501 024 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Neuchâtel}} |RABe 501 038 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Niedersachsen (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 011 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Thurgau}} |RABe 501 025 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Genève}} |RABe 501 039 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Trentino-Südtirol (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 012 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Solothurn}} |RABe 501 026 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Basel-Stadt}} |RABe 501 040 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Vorarlberg (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 013 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Zug}} |RABe 501 027 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey" |{{flag|Schaffhausen}} |RABe 501 041 | style="border-right:solid 2px black" |Tirol (without coat of arms) |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="border-left:solid 2px black; border-bottom:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 014 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey; border-bottom:solid 2px black" |{{flag|Bern}} | style="border-bottom:solid 2px black" |RABe 501 028 | style="border-right:solid 2px grey; border-bottom:solid 2px black" |{{flag|Jura}} | colspan="2" bgcolor="#B2B2B2" style="border-right:solid 2px black; border-bottom:solid 2px black" | |} <gallery caption="SBB RABe 501 ''Giruno''"> File:EC250 "Giruno" close to Erlen.jpg|Testing near Erlen, 2017 File:SBB Giruno by Stadler (47823856022).jpg|Cab view File:SBB Giruno by Stadler (47086831624).jpg|At Zurich in 2019 showing level entrances for both 550mm Swiss platform height and 760mm German platform height File:SBB Giruno by Stadler (32932027547).jpg|Second class interior, showing the raised seats and ramps at the end of the carriage File:SBB 501 First Class Interior.jpg|First class ''Giruno'' interior </gallery>

=== WESTbahn - Austria === WESTbahn's order of 3 SMILE trainsets was signed in March 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redaktion |date=2026-03-08 |title=Stadler liefert SMILE Hochgeschwindigkeitszüge an WESTbahn |url=https://www.bahnonline.ch/75271/westbahn-stadler-smile/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=Bahnonline.ch |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stadler delivers SMILE high-speed trains to WESTbahn |url=https://www.stadlerrail.com/en/media/media-releases/stadler-liefert-smile-hochgeschwindigkeitszuege-an-die-westbahn |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=www.stadlerrail.com |language=en}}</ref> The first trainset entered in service in March 2026 on the Vienna - Graz - Klagenfurt - Villach route. The trainsets are being leased.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-04 |title=Stadler SMILE high-speed EMUs enter service in Austria |url=https://rollingstockworld.com/passenger-cars/stadler-smile-high-speed-emus-enter-service-in-austria/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=ROLLINGSTOCK}}</ref><gallery caption="Stadler SMILE of WESTbahn"> File:Westbahn 501 043 Krauselklauseviadukt 2026-03-03.jpg|On the Semmeringbahn, 2026 File:Westbahn 501 Comfort 1.jpg|''Comfort-class'' interior File:Westbahn 501 Standard 1.jpg|''Standard-class'' interior </gallery>

=== Saudi Arabia Railways - Saudi Arabia === A derivative of the SMILE was sold to the Saudi Arabia Railways in February 2024. The contract is for 10 trainsets with an option for 10 additional ones (CHF 600 million).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redaktion |date=2024-09-23 |title=Stadler: Intercity-Züge der nächsten Generation für Saudi-Arabien |url=https://www.bahnonline.ch/61730/saudi-arabien-stadler-liefert-intercity-zuege/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=Bahnonline.ch |language=de}}</ref> Artist's impressions depicted a train using the same cab as the Giruno.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 February 2024|title=Stadler Intercity trains for Saudi Arabia Railways|url=https://railcolornews.com/2024/02/06/passenger-stadler-intercity-trains-for-saudi-arabia-railways|access-date=7 February 2024|publisher=Railcolor News}}</ref> It differs from the Swiss-Austrian variant as it is powered by two diesel-electric power units.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redaktion |date=2024-09-23 |title=Stadler: Intercity-Züge der nächsten Generation für Saudi-Arabien |url=https://www.bahnonline.ch/61730/saudi-arabien-stadler-liefert-intercity-zuege/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=Bahnonline.ch |language=de}}</ref>

== See also == {{Commonscat|Stadler SMILE}} * List of high speed trains * Swiss locomotive and railcar classification * EuroCity

== Notes == {{Notelist}}

== References == {{reflist}}

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