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Frecciabianca (Italian: [ˌfrettʃaˈbjaŋka]; from freccia bianca, "white arrow") is a high-speed train operated by Trenitalia, Italy's national train operator, and one of its Le Frecce brands, along with Frecciarossa and Frecciargento. [1] Frecciabianca was introduced in 2011, replacing Eurostar Italia.
Frecciabianca trains operate at up to 200 km/h (124 mph) (ETR 470 and ordinary Frecciabianca) and 250 km/h (155 mph) (ETR 460 Frecciabianca) on conventional lines. The ETR 460 and ETR 463 of the Pendolino family are used in services between Rome and Reggio Calabria , Ravenna and Genoa .
The new categories created were Frecciarossa for the fastest trains (300 km/h (186 mph)), Frecciargento for the next category of trains (250 km/h (155 mph)), and Frecciabianca (200 km/h (125 mph)). The final Eurostar services connecting Rome with Ravenna and Reggio Calabria operated until December 2012.
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.
Trenitalia operates all fast trains to/from Switzerland in the Italian portion of the route. Trenitalia France was created in October 2021 by repurposing the former Thello subsidiary. In December 2021, Trenitalia France launched the Milan–Paris Frecciarossa, an open-access service between Paris and Milan, using Frecciarossa 1000 trains.
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,
It forms part of the network of the Lazio regional railways (Italian: ferrovie regionali del Lazio), which is operated by Trenitalia, and converges on the city of Rome, Italy. [ 1 ] The route operates over the infrastructure of the Rome–Cassino–Naples , Rome–Albano , Rome–Frascati and Rome–Velletri railways.
It forms part of the network of the Lazio regional railways (Italian: ferrovie regionali del Lazio), which is operated by Trenitalia, and converges on the city of Rome, Italy. [1] The route operates over the infrastructure of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway. Within the territory of the comune of Rome, it plays the role of a commuter railway. [2]