High-speed rail in Italy

An ETR 500 train running on the Florence–Rome high-speed line near Arezzo, the first high-speed railway opened in Europe.[1]

High-speed rail in Italy consists of two lines connecting most of the country's major cities. The first line connects Turin to Salerno via Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples, the second runs from Turin to Venice via Milan and Verona, and is under construction in parts.[2] Trains are operated with a top speed of 300 km/h (190 mph).

Passenger service is provided by Trenitalia and, since April 2012, by NTV, the world's first private open-access operator of high-speed rail to compete with a state-owned monopoly. 25 million passengers traveled on the network in 2011.[3] In 2015, ridership increased to 55 million for Trenitalia[4] and 9.1 million for NTV,[5] for a combined 64 million passengers.

  1. ^ "Special report: A European high-speed rail network". op.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  2. ^ "Brescia high speed line construction begins". Railway Gazette. 11 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Alta velocità e concorrenza: parte la sfida". il Sole 24 Ore. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Alta velocità, in dieci anni 300 milioni di passeggeri". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Articolo su Italiaoggi.it".