in 1995 consortium consisting of čkd, msv studénka, fiat ferroviaria and siemens won tender for the construction of ten tilting trains for the czech railways čd, intended for international service berlin - prague - vienna. after čkd bankruptcy in 2000 alstom (as new owner of fiat ferroviaria) took over whole order, reducing number of sets to seven and raising total price, while provided an improved version of etr 470, equipped to work on , and 3,000 v dc, thus suitable to operate in germany, austria, slovakia and the czech republic. the first set was delivered in 2004 as pendolino čd 680. while testing between brno and břeclav on november 18, 2004, the pendolino reached a speed of 237 km/h and created a new czech railway speed record.