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Thello also operated a daytime service between Milan and Marseille through Genoa, which was officially scrapped alongside the Paris–Venice service on 1 July 2021. [12] Before the Milan–Paris Frecciarossa, SNCF, France's state-owned railway company, ran services between Paris and Milan, [5] [13] having first served Milan in 2011. [14]
Frecciarossa (Italian: [ˌfrettʃaˈrossa]; from freccia rossa, "red arrow") is a high-speed train of the Italian national train operator, Trenitalia, as well as a member of the train category Le Frecce. The name was introduced in 2008 [1] after it had previously been known as Eurostar Italia.
The main public operator of high-speed trains (alta velocità AV, formerly Eurostar Italia) is Trenitalia, part of FSI.Trains are divided into three categories (called "Le Frecce"): Frecciarossa ("Red arrow") trains operate at a maximum of 300 km/h (185 mph) on dedicated high-speed tracks; Frecciargento (Silver arrow) trains operate at a maximum of 250 km/h (155 mph) on both high-speed and ...
On 26 February 2016, a Frecciarossa 1000 reportedly attained a peak speed of 393.8 km/h (245 mph) while traversing the Torino-Milano high speed line. [26] On 28 May 2018, the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and the ANSF announced that no further tests will be carried out and the speed limit of 300 km/h (190 mph) will not be raised.
Trenitalia France is an open-access train operator running international services between France and Italy. It was originally established under the Thello brand in October 2011. On 11 December 2011, Thello ran its first night service, having rapidly come into operation to take advantage of a vacant niche opened by the withdrawal of the Artesia ...
Italy-France: Tenda line, operated by Trenitalia; Italy-France: Fréjus Rail Tunnel at 1,338 m (4,390 ft) above sea, currently SNCF TGV trains Milan-Paris and Turin-Paris and EuroNight trains of Thello Venice-Paris; Italy-Switzerland: Simplon Tunnel, currently EuroCity (EC) trains of SBB CFF FFS Milan-Geneva and Milan-Bern
Historical map of the Italian railways system in the 1940s FS' Frecciarossa 1000 high speed train at Milano Centrale railway station, with a maximum speed of 400 km/h (249 mph), [1] is one of the fastest trains in Europe.
The new brand name for trains with top speeds in the 300–350 km/h (190–220 mph) range is Frecciarossa (meaning Red Arrow). [6] The ETR 500,ETR 1000,ETR 600 and ETR 700 are currently the trains qualifying as Frecciarossa. The ETR 600 and the ETR 700 were added to the category of service with a announcement made on the 31st of May 2022 during ...