High-speed rail in Italy
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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 fr
An ETR 500 train running on the Florence–Rome high-speed line near Arezzo, the first high-speed railway opened in Europe
The original Italian ETR 200 trainset of the speed world record (203 km/h or 126 mph) in 1938, now preserved as historical train, was re-numbered ETR 232 in the 1960s
ETR 500 Frecciarossa (Trenitalia)
ETR 1000 Frecciarossa 1000 (Trenitalia)
FS Class ETR 500
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ETR 500 is a family of Italian high-speed trains built by AnsaldoBreda and introduced in 1993.
High-speed rail in Italy
…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. 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. The Italian high-speed rail projects suffered from a number…
The ETR 500 "Frecciarossa" of the Italian Railways
The interiors of the Frecciarossa ETR 500 in Standard Class after 2022 refurbishment
ETR.500 mono-current powercar at Roma Termini.
ETR.500 "AV" at Milano Centrale.