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Most railway stations in Italy are maintained and operated by RFI, a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Group. A minor part of them are operated by private and regional companies, conceded by the state. [1] [2]
The Italian rail network is extensive, especially in the north, and it includes a high-speed rail network that joins the major cities of Italy from Naples through northern cities such as Milan and Turin. Italy has 2,507 people and 12.46 km 2 per kilometer of rail track, giving Italy the world's 13th largest rail network. [5]
Even nowadays, Italy is the only country in Europe with a private high-speed train operator. Construction of the Milan-Venice high-speed line began in 2013 and in December 2016 the Milan-Treviglio-Brescia section has been opened to passenger traffic; [ 27 ] the Milan-Genoa high-speed line (Terzo Valico dei Giovi) is also under construction.
Low level of saturation on the Frejus rail tunnel and stable or decreasing traffic also on Fréjus Road Tunnel. [11] A more recent study, though, found the existing rail line close to saturation because toughened safety standards on train crossings in single-tube tunnels have sharply reduced its capacity. [27]
Tirano railway station is one of two railway stations within the town and comune of Tirano, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1902, it is the terminus of the Tirano–Lecco railway. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). Train services are operated by the Lombard railway company Trenord.
An ETR 500 train running on the Florence–Rome high-speed line near Arezzo, Italy, the first high-speed railway opened in Europe. [6] The earliest high-speed rail line built in Europe was the Italian "Direttissima", the Florence–Rome high-speed railway 254 km (158 mi) in 1977. The top speed on the line was 250 km/h (160 mph), giving an end ...
Europe’s most famous train, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, will launch an annual trip from Paris to Portofino, starting in June 2024.
Most of the maps are however not updated since 2010. hochgeschwindigkeitszuege.com ("High-speed trains") : maps from ICE network but also from the routes taken by high-speed trains in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Austria, Italy, Spain, etc. South-East Europe: File:Railway map of South East Europe.png; Austria. ÖBB Network map