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The Italian high-speed train, Italo, offers a "prima" car with seats with more legroom and elbowroom than cars in other classes. Passengers can also enjoy free WiFi and pay extra for exclusive ...
Italo logo. For the performance of its services, commercially promoted under the name Italo, NTV deploys the AGV 575, commissioned to Alstom in 2008, and the electric train NTV ETR 675, also committed to Alstom in 2015 and which from 7 December 2017 - following the change of the railway timetable - gradually enter in service.
Meanwhile, AnsaldoBreda developed the train's industrial design, including body, interior, signalling and other systems, in addition to performing the final assembly and commissioning of series production trains. Both firms were involved in detail design and engineering activity. [16]
On 30 March 2012 NTV announced its first Italo service would begin on the Naples to Milan rail lines on 28 April 2012; the service would be the first open access high-speed train service in the world. [29] The Italo NTV trains feature internet connectivity, TV and a cinema for passengers in three classes. [30] [non-primary source needed]
ETR 675 Italo EVO at Venezia Mestre railway station. High-speed trains were developed during the 1960s. E444 locomotives were the first standard locomotives capable of top speed of 200 km/h (125 mph), while an ALe 601 electrical multiple unit (EMU) reached a speed of 240 km/h (150 mph) during a test.
ETR 470 (ElettroTreno 470) is a high-speed tilting electric multiple unit, which is now only operated by the Greek company, Hellenic Train. Introduced in September 1996, [1] nine units were built for the Italo-Swiss firm Cisalpino. They were made by Fiat Ferroviaria [2] (now Alstom), and could tilt up to 8°. Today, there are five trains in ...
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. [7]
Several of Trenitalia's Frecciarossa trains between Milan and Rome stop in Rogoredo, as well as Italo trains of high-speed competitor Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori. Since September 2012 a FrecciaClub has taken the place of the previous waiting room.