- Eurostar Italia
Eurostar Italia is a network of Italian inter-city trains, operated by
Trenitalia (a major Italian railway company). Trenitalia states that there are 130 train journeys per day [http://www.trenitalia.com/en/treni_stazioni/eurostar/collegamenti.html] .The name "Eurostar" is used under license from
Iveco , which owns the trademark and used the name for one of their trucks. Despite the identical name, there is no relation between this service and theEurostar railway service that runs through theChannel Tunnel .The trains
The first type is the "
Pendolino "; this is an EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) built by FIAT Ferroviaria (nowAlstom ). The firstETR 450 entered service in May1988 and various versions are now in service such asETR 460 andETR 480 . All of these trains are capable of speeds up to 250 km/h and are provided with tilting systems that allow fast speeds on old tracks. These Pendolinos are blocked composition trains used on medium traffic routes; they carry up to 480 passengers.For the main routes Trenitalia uses the
ETR 500 trains. These trains can carry 590 or more passengers and are capable of speeds up to 300km/h. The ETR 500 is an 11-12 carriage train with double symmetrical traction units. This configuration allows the modification of the composition in response to varying service requests.The lines
Currently, the only lines on which the trains travel at high speed are
Florence -Rome -Naples ,Novara -Turin andPadua -Venice . However, currently over 600km of new railway lines are under construction; these new lines will be usable at speeds up to 300km/h. These new lines will alleviate congestion on the existing lines and thus allow better schedules between the major cities. The lines under constructions areMilan -Padua andMilan -Bologna -Florence .ervice patterns
As of July 2006, the Eurostar Italia website state they operate the following routes in Italy:
Hourly frequency
*Milan-Bologna-Florence-Rome-Naples
Bi-hourly frequency
*Turin-Milan-Verona-Venice
*Venice-Bologna-Ancona-Bari
*Venice-Bologna-Florence-Rome
*Reggio Calabria-Ancona-RomeLess frequent services
*Trieste-Venice
*Udine-Venice
*Bolzano-Bologna-Florence-Rome
*Turin-Florence-Rome-Naples-Bari
*Savona-Genoa-Pisa-Rome-Tarantoee also
*
Treno Alta Velocità
*Trenitalia
*Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
*ElettroTreno
*Pendolino
*New Pendolino External links
* [http://www.tav.it/ Treno Alta Velocità (TAV)]
* [http://eurostar-av.trenitalia.com/ Eurostar Italia Alta Velocità]
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