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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 ...
The Direttissima opened in 1977 as the first high-speed rail route in Italy and Europe, connecting Rome with Florence. The top speed on the line was 250 km/h (160 mph), giving an end-to-end journey time of about 90 minutes with an average speed of 200 km/h (120 mph). This line used a 3 kV DC supply.
Frecciarossa trains travel on dedicated high-speed railway lines and, on some routes, also on conventional railway lines with lower speed limits. Current limitations on the tracks set the maximum operating speed of both types of trains to 300 km/h (190 mph). Frecciarossa trains operate the following services: [3]
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 Direttissima segment is still supplied with 3 kV DC current, but it is planned that this will be conformed to the rest of the network. [24] FS' Frecciarossa 1000 high speed train at Milano Centrale railway station, with a maximum speed of 400 km/h (249 mph), [25] is one of the fastest trains in Europe.
The routes of some state highways derive from ancient Roman roads, such as the Strada statale 7 Via Appia, which broadly follows the route of the Roman road of the same name. Italy is the fifth in Europe by number of passengers by air transport, with about 148 million passengers or about 10% of the European total in 2011. [9]
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.
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,