The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of 24,227 km as of 2011.
FS' Frecciarossa 1000 high speed train at Milano Centrale railway station, with a maximum speed of 400 km/h (249 mph), is one of the fastest trains in Europe.
The inauguration of the Naples–Portici railway on 3 October 1839, the first Italian railway line
A FS 640 steam locomotive
Florence–Rome railway
FS Class ETR 200
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The ETR 200 is an Italian electric multiple unit introduced in 1936 and withdrawn from revenue service in 1997. They are considered the first high-speed trains by some railway historians.
History of rail transport in Italy
…Fascist regime. The Italian EMUs (elettrotreni), in particular, started the traditional vanguard position of Italy in the field: on 6 December 1937 an ETR 200 travelled on the Rome-Naples line at a speed of 201 km/h (125 mph) in the Campoleone-Cisterna section. Two years later the same train reached 203 km/h…
The original trainset of the speed world record (203 km/h (126 mph)) in 1938, now preserved as historical train, was re-numbered ETR 232 in the 1960s