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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 ...
The Autostrada A1 or Autostrada del Sole ("Sun motorway") is the longest (760 kilometres (470 mi)) [1] autostrada (Italian for "motorway") in Italy, [2] [3] linking some of the largest cities of the country: Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples.
The Rome–Naples high-speed railway line is one of the railways in the Italian high-speed rail network. Initially opened in December 2005, it is the first railway line in Italy to be electrified at 25 kV AC (instead of traditional 3 kV DC ) and the first in the world to use ETCS Level 2 in normal rail operations.
Most of the Rome–Naples line opened in December 2005, the Turin–Milan line partially opened in February 2006 and the Milan–Bologna line opened in December 2008. The remaining sections of the Rome–Naples and the Turin–Milan lines and the Bologna–Florence line were completed in December 2009. All these lines are designed for speeds up ...
A pair of FS' ETR 500 at Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station.The version ETR 500 Y1 achieved 362 km/h (225 mph) on the Bologna-Florence line on 4 February 2009, a new world speed record in a tunnel. [19]
On 16 May 2006, Eurostar set a new record for the longest non-stop high-speed journey, a distance of 1,421 km (883 miles) from London to Cannes taking 7 hours 25 minutes. [ 19 ] On 4 September 2007, a record-breaking train left Paris Nord at 10:44 (09:44 BST ) and reached London St Pancras International in 2 hours 3 minutes 39 seconds, [ 20 ...
The name was introduced in 2008 [1] after it had previously been known as Eurostar Italia. 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 .
An Italian InterCity train at Milano Centrale railway station. The speeds of inter-city rail lines are quite diverse, ranging from 50 km/h (31 mph) in a mountainous area or on undeveloped tracks to 200–350 km/h (124–217 mph) on newly constructed or improved tracks.