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Trenitalia Rail Tickets - Italy Rail Pass - Trenitalia Rail Pass Discover historic monuments, remote countrysides, and street side cafes with an itinerary that covers these vibrant cities: Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Sicily, Naples and many more! The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of 24,227 km (15,054 mi) of which active lines are 16,723 km. The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail network. Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, it was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail transport. Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori or New Passenger Transport or NTV is an Italian company which is Europe's first private open access operator of 300 km/h (190 mph) high-speed trains. It is headquartered in Rome. The company serves 19 stations and transported 11 million passengers in 2016. Thello is an open-access train operator running international services between France and Italy. Founded in 2011, the company is owned by the Italian state owned railway company Trenitalia. Initially set up as a joint venture between Trenitalia and Transdev, the latter sold 33% holding in Thello to their Italian partner in 2016 giving Trenitalia full control. There is also a restaurant car operated by LSG Sky Chefs, where it is possible to have dinner and breakfast on board. Italy or Italia is officially the Italian Republic or Republic of Italy. Repubblica Italiana is a country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it, whose territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, in Southern Europe. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe. A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital and largest city, the country covers a total area of 301,230 km2 (116,310 sq mi) and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, as well as the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. With over 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union. Due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, Italy has historically been home to myriad peoples and cultures. The Italian railway system has a length of 19,394 km (12,051 mi), of which 18,071 km (11,229 mi) standard gauge and 11,322 km (7,035 mi) electrified. The active lines are 16,723 km. The network is recently growing with the construction of the new high-speed rail network. The narrow gauge tracks are:
112 km (70 mi) of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge (all electrified). 1,211 km (752 mi) of 950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in) gauge (of which 153 km (95 mi) electrified). A major part of the Italian rail network is managed and operated by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, a state owned company. Other regional agencies, mostly owned by public entities such as regional governments, operate on the Italian network. The Italian railways are subsidised by the government, receiving €8.1 billion in 2009.
- Major works to increase the commercial speed of the trains already started in 1967: the Rome-Florence "super-direct" line was built for trains up to 230 km/h, and reduced the journey time to less than two hours. This is the first high-speed train line in Europe, as its operations started in 1977.
- In 2009 a new high-speed line linking Milan and Turin, operating at 300 km/h, opened to passenger traffic, reducing the journey time from two hours to one hour. In the same year, the Milan-Bologna line was open, reducing the journey time to 55 minutes. Also the Bologna-Florence high-speed line was upgraded to 300 km/h for a journey time of 35 minutes.
- Since then, it is possible to travel from Turin to Salerno (ca. 950 km) in less than 5 hours. More than 100 trains per day are operated.
- 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: Frecciarossa (Red arrow) trains operate at a maximum of 300 km/h on dedicated high-speed tracks: Frecciargento (Silver arrow) trains operate at a maximum of 250 km/h on both high-speed and mainline tracks: Frecciabianca (White arrow) trains operate at a maximum of 200 km/h on mainline tracks only.
- Since 2012, a new and Italy's first private train operator, NTV (branded as Italo), run high-speed services in competition with Trenitalia. Even nowadays, Italy is the only county in Europe with a private high-speed train operator.
- Construction of the Milan-Venice high-speed line has begun in 2013 and in 2016 the Milan-Treviglio section has been opened to passenger traffic: the Milan-Genoa high-speed line (Terzo Valico dei Giovi) is also under construction.
- Today it is possible to travel from Rome to Milan in less than 3 hours (2h 55') with the Frecciarossa 1000, the new high-speed train. To cover this route, there's a train every 30 minutes.
The daytime services (Intercity IC), while not frequent and limited to one or two trains per route, are essential in providing access to cities and towns off the railway's mainline network. The main routes are Trieste to Rome (stopping at Venice, Bologna, Prato, Florence and Arezzo), Milan to Rome (stopping at Genoa, La Spezia, Pisa and Livorno / stopping at Parma, Modena, Bologna, Prato, Florence and Arezzo), Bologna to Lecce (stopping at Rimini, Ancona, Pescara, Bari and Brindisi) and Rome to Reggio di Calabria (stopping at Latina and Naples). In addition, the Intercity trains provide a more economical means of long-distance rail travel within Italy. - Rome to Bolzano/Bozen (calling at Florence, Bologna, Verona, Rovereto and Trento).
- Milan to Lecce (calling at Bologna, Rimini, Ancona, Pescara, Bari and Brindisi),
- Turin to Lecce (calling at Alessandria, Voghera, Piacenza, Parma, Bologna, Rimini, Pescara, Bari and Brindisi).
- Reggio di Calabria to Turin (calling Naples, Rome, Livorno, La Spezia and Genova).
Trenitalia operates regional services (both fast veloce RGV and stopping REG) throughout Italy.
Regional train agencies exist: their train schedules are largely connected to and shown on Trenitalia, and tickets for such train services can be purchased through Trenitalia's national network. Other regional agencies have separate ticket systems which are not mutually exchangeable with that of Trenitalia. These "regional" tickets could be purchased at local newsagents or tobacco stores instead. - Trentino-Alto Adige / Trentino-Südtirol: Südtirol Bahn (South Tyrol Railway) runs regional services on Ala/Ahl-am-Etsch to Bolzano/Bozen (calling at Rovereto/Rofreit, Trento/Trient and Mezzocorona/Kronmetz), Bolzano/Bozen to Merano/Meran, Bressanone/Brixen to San Candido/Innichen, and a direct "Tirol regional express REX" service between Bolzano/Bozen in Italy and Innsbruck in Austria.
- Veneto: Sistemi Territoriali runs regional trains in Veneto region.
- Lombardy: Trenord runs the Malpensa Express airport train, many Milan's suburban lines and most regional train services in Lombardy. Trenord also co-operates with DB and ÖBB on the EuroCity Verona-Munich service, and with SBB CFF FFS (joint-venture TiLo) on the regional Milan-Bellinzona service.
- Emilia-Romagna: Trasporto Passeggeri Emilia-Romagna provides vital connections across cities on different mainline networks, including Modena, Parma, Suzzara, Ferrara, Reggio Emilia and Bologna.
- Tuscany: La Ferroviaria Italiana operates in Arezzo province.
- Abruzzo: Sangritana runs daily services between Pescara and Lanciano.
In addition to these agencies, there's a great deal of other little operators, such as AMT Genova for the Genova-Casella railway.
Italy Rapid Transit/Metro Italy Cities with Metro Systems Italy Rail Links with Adjacent Countries Italy has 11 rail border crossings over the Alpine mountains with her neighbouring countries: six are designated as mainline tracks and two are metre-gauge tracks. The six mainline border crossings are: two with France (one for Nice and Marseille; the other for Lyon and Dijon), two with Switzerland (one for Brig, Bern and Geneva; the other for Chiasso, Lugano, Lucerne and Zürich), and two with Austria (one for Innsbruck; the other for Villach, Graz and Vienna). The two-metre-gauge track crossings are located at the border town of Tirano (enters Switzerland's Canton Graubünden/Grisons) and Domodossola (enters Switzerland's Locarno).
There is a railway line connecting Italy's northeastern port of Trieste to Slovenia, but no passenger or freight services operate on this track. Consequently, there is no direct connections between Trieste and Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, despite the proximity of both cities. - Italy-France: Marseille-Ventimiglia railway, currently EuroCity trains of Thello Milan-Marseille and one EuroNight train of RZD Moscow-Nice.
- Italy-France: Fréjus Rail Tunnel at 1,338 m above sea, currently SNCF TGV trains Milan-Paris and Turin-Paris and EuroNight trains of Thello Venice-Paris.
- Italy-Switzerland: Domodossola–Locarno railway metre-gauge trains.
- Italy-Switzerland: Simplon Tunnel, currently EuroCity trains of SBB CFF FFS Milan-Geneva and Milan-Bern.
- Italy-Switzerland: connecting Varese (Italy) to Bellinzona (Switzerland) and runs on the eastern coast of Lake Maggiore.
- Italy-Switzerland: Milan–Chiasso railway, currently EuroCity trains of SBB CFF FFS Milan-Zürich.
- Italy-Switzerland: Bernina railway at 2,253 m above sea, metre-gauge trains of RhB Tirano-St. Moritz and the Bernina Express tourist train.
- Italy-Austria: Brenner railway at 1,371 m above sea, currently EuroCity trains of ÖBB-DB Munich-Verona and Munich-Venice/Bologna, and DB CityNightLine Munich-Rome/Milan.
- Italy-Austria: at 1,175 m above sea connecting San Candido/Innichen (Italy) and Lienz (Austria).
- Italy-Austria: connecting Venice and Udine (Italy) to Villach (Austria), currently EuroCity trains of ÖBB Venice-Vienna, EuroNight trains of ÖBB Vienna-Rome/Milan, and DB CityNightLine Munich-Venice.
- Italy-Slovenia: Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway.
Italy Train Stations
Italy's top ten railway stations by annual passengers
Roma Termini Railway Station
Piazzale dei Cinquecento
00185 Rome
Milano Centrale Railway Station
Piazza Duca d'Aosta
20124 Milan
(Milano Centrale is the largest train station in Europe by volume)
Napoli Centrale Railway Station
Piazza Garibaldi
80142 Napoli
Italy
Venezia Santa Lucia Railway Station
Fondamenta Santa Lucia
30121, Venice, Veneto
Bologna Centrale Railway Station
Piazza delle Medaglie d'Oro
40121 Bologna
Firenze Santa Maria Novella Railway Station
Piazza della Stazione
50123 Firenze
Genova Brignole Railway Station
Piazza Verdi
16120 Genova
Pisa Centrale Railway Station
Piazza della Stazione
56125 Pisa Station Taxi & Station Shuttle to and from these Italian Train Stations
- Messina in Sicily 10,380
- Reggio di Calabria in Calabria 10,116
- Capri in Campania 7,169
- Naples in Campania 6,185
- Piombino in Tuscany 5,036
- Portoferraio in Tuscany 3,927
- Olbia in Sardinia 3,567
- Livorno in Tuscany 3,251
- Civitavecchia in Lazio 2,677
- Genoa in Liguria 2,510
- La Maddalena in Sardinia 2,374
- Palau in Sardinia 2,364
- Ischia Porto in Campania 2,342
- Palermo in Sicily 1,949
- Sorrento in Campania 1,887
Airports in Italy
Airport Movements Passengers total - Rome Fiumicino 297,491
- Milan Malpensa 178,953
- Bergamo Orio al Serio 86,113
- Venice Marco Polo 92,263
- Milan Linate 117,730
- Catania Fontanarossa 68,170
- Naples Capodichino 75,013
- Bologna Guglielmo Marconi 71,878
- Rome Ciampino 54,236
- Palermo Punta Raisi 46,627
Airport Taxi & Airport Shuttle to and from these Italian Airports
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