Interior of ETR 500 Business Class
(Feb 2017)
Luggage space of ETR 500 Business Class
(Feb 2017)
LCD display of ETR 500 Business Class
(Feb 2017)

Frecciarossa is a high-speed train of the Italian national train operator, Trenitalia, as well as a member of the train category Le Frecce. The name, which, if spelled "Freccia rossa" means "Red arrow" in English, was introduced in 2008[1] after it had previously been known as Eurostar Italia. Frecciarossa trains operate at speeds of up to 300 km/h (190 mph).[2] Frecciarossa is the premier service of Trenitalia and competes with italo, operated by Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori.

Routes

Frecciarossa trains operate the following services:[3]

  • Turin/Brescia - Milan - Reggio Emilia AV - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
  • Turin - Milan - Brescia - Verona - Vicenza - Padua - Venice - Monfalcone - Trieste
  • Venice - Padua - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
  • Bergamo - Brescia - Verona - Bologna - Florence - Rome
  • Udine - Pordenone - Treviso - Venice - Padua - Vicenza - Verona - Brescia - Milan
  • Milan - Reggio Emilia AV - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Termoli - Foggia - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce
  • Milan - Turin - Bardonecchia^ - Modane (FR) - Chambéry (FR) - Lyon (FR) - Paris (FR)
  • Milan - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno - Potenza - Ferrandina - Metaponto - Taranto
  • Venice - Padua - Vicenza - Verona - Brescia - Milan - Pavia - Genoa
  • Venice - Padua - Ferrara - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno
  • Perugia - Arezzo - Florence - Bologna - Reggio Emilia AV - Milan - Turin
  • Milan - Reggio Emilia AV - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples - Salerno - Agropoli - Sapri
  • Milan - Reggio Emilia EV - Bologna - Florence - Paola - Lamezia - Rosarno - Villa San Giovanni - Reggio Calabria^
  • Lyon Perrache (FR) - Lyon Part Dieu (FR) - Paris (FR)

Rolling stock

The following rolling stock types are used for Frecciarossa services:[3][non-primary source needed]

  • ETR.500: non-tilting train made of eleven passenger coaches (one with cafe/restaurant service) with 574 seats moved by two E.404 locomotives, speeds up to 300 km/h (190 mph).
  • ETR.600: tilting train made of seven passenger coaches (one with cafe/restaurant service) with 432 seats, speeds up to 250 km/h (155 mph).
  • ETR.700: non-tilting train made of 8 passenger coaches (one with cafe/restaurant service) with 497 seats, speeds up to 250 km/h (155 mph).
  • ETR.400: non-tilting electro-train made of eight passenger coaches (one with cafe/restaurant service) with 457 seats, speeds up to 400 km/h (250 mph).

  • ETR 500

  • ETR 400 (Frecciarossa 1000)

  • ETR 600

    ETR 600

  • ETR 700

    ETR 700

Frecciarossa trains travel on dedicated high-speed railway lines and, on some routes, also on conventional railway lines with lower speed limits. Current limitations on the tracks set the maximum operating speed of both types of trains to 300 km/h (190 mph).

Accidents and incidents

On 6 February 2020, a Frecciarossa train derailed at Ospedaletto Lodigiano, killing two people and injuring 27 others.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Frecciarossa Trains | ItaliaRail".
  3. ^ a b "EN - Trenitalia". Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Milan train crash: Two dead and more than 20 injured after high-speed train derails". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

External links

Media related to Frecciarossa livery at Wikimedia Commons