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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]
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.
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 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 ]
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. [26] [27] FS' ETR 600 high speed train at Venezia Santa Lucia railway station. Its design comes from Giorgetto Giugiaro.
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,