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The Frecciarossa 1000 [14] is a high-speed train operated by Italian state railway operator Trenitalia and the private Spanish high-speed rail operator Iryo. It was co-developed as a joint venture between Italian rail manufacturer Hitachi Rail Italy (initially AnsaldoBreda) and multinational conglomerate Alstom (initially Bombardier ...
A Frecciarossa 1000 at Lyon-Part-Dieu, September 2022. The service uses Frecciarossa 1000 trains, [5] [6] built by Hitachi and Bombardier Transportation, [5] [11] each with a capacity of 462 passengers, [25] travelling at 360 kilometres per hour (220 mph). [51] The maximum speed between Turin and Lyon is 155 kilometres per hour (96 mph). [14]
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 ...
Frecciarossa trains operate at speeds of up to 300 km/h (190 mph). [2] Frecciarossa is the premier service of Trenitalia and competes with italo , operated by Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori . Trenitalia also operates the sister brands Frecciargento and Frecciabianca for slower services.
Iryo added a Madrid–Cuenca–Valencia route in December 2022. In February 2023, it was announced that the company had been authorised to launch four more routes. [ 12 ] Accordingly, additional services covering Madrid– Córdoba – Seville / Malaga were launched in March 2023; [ 13 ] three months later, a Madrid– Albacete – Alicante ...
Today it is possible to travel from Rome to Milan in less than 3 hours (2h 55' without intermediate stops) with the Frecciarossa 1000, the new high-speed train. As of June 2024, there are 46 Trenitalia [28] and 33 Italo [29] round-trip high-speed trains every weekday that cover this route,
The line includes the new 8.3-kilometre (5.2 mi) Perthus Tunnel under the Pyrenees and permits high-speed rail services between Spain and France. [93] Since 15 December 2013 the French SNCF operates a TGV service between Paris and Barcelona and the Spanish AVE offers direct Madrid – Marseille , Barcelona– Lyon and Barcelona– Toulouse high ...
Some 1,000 much-needed passenger and 7,000 new freight cars were also ordered. An ETR 500 train running on the Florence–Rome high-speed line near Arezzo, the first high-speed railway opened in Europe. [23] The actual High-speed rail in Italy consists of two lines connecting most of the country's major cities.