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The A1 reduced driving time between Milan and Naples from two days to just seven to eight hours. The section between Rome and Naples was originally designated A2, but it was incorporated into A1 following the opening of the bypass from Fiano Romano to San Cesareo on 21 July 1988.
The King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy inaugurated the Autostrada dei Laghi ('Lakes Motorway'; now parts of the Autostrada A8 and Autostrada A9), the first motorway built in the world, [5] [6] on 21 September 1924, aboard the royal Lancia Trikappa Toll gate of the Autostrada dei Laghi ('Lakes Motorway') in Milan in 1924 Autostrada dei Laghi ('Lakes Motorway') in 1925 Foundation stone laying ...
Most airports in Italy are not connected to the railway network, except for Rome Fiumicino Airport, Milan Malpensa Airport and Turin Caselle Airport. In Bologna, there is the monorail Marconi Express, connecting Bologna Airport to the main railway station. Linate Airport in Milan has been connected to line 4 of the Milan Metro since 2022.
High-speed service was introduced on the Rome-Milan line in 1988–89 with the ETR 450 Pendolino train, with a top speed of 250 km/h (160 mph) and cutting travel times from about 5 hours to 4. [7] The prototype train ETR X 500 was the first Italian train to reach 300 km/h (190 mph) on the Direttissima on 25 May 1989.
Map of the Grande Raccordo Anulare. Autostrada A90 or Grande Raccordo Anulare (lit. ' Great ring junction ') or GRA is a ring-shaped autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 68.2 kilometres (42.4 mi) long in Italy located in the region of Lazio that encircles Rome. It is a part of the E80 European route. GRA is one of the most important roads in ...
The Bologna–Florence high-speed line, the remaining Milan-Novara section of the Milan–Turin high-speed line and the Gricignano di Aversa–Naples section of the Rome–Naples high-speed line opened to traffic in December 2009, completing the high speed line from Turin to Salerno, except for planned underground level at Bologna and new ...
The King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy inaugurated the Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway"; now parts of the Autostrada A8 and Autostrada A9), the first motorway built in the world, [5] [6] on 21 September 1924, aboard the royal Lancia Trikappa Toll gate of the Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway") in Milan in 1924 Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway") in 1925 Foundation stone laying ...
The Florence–Rome high-speed railway line is a link in the Italian high-speed rail network. It is known as the ferrovia direttissima Firenze-Roma in Italian—meaning "most direct Florence–Rome railway" (abbreviated DD); this name reflects the naming of the Rome–Formia–Naples Direttissima opened in 1927 and the Bologna–Florence ...