New Italian High-Speed Train
Jul 24th, 2006, 10:40 AM
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New Italian High-Speed Train
First there were Eurostar Italia (ES) ETR trains but now a new high-speed train joins the Italian high-speed Eurostar train stable:
the new Eurostar Italaia AV trains (96XX) that now run between Naples, Rome and Florence and between Milano and Torino. AV i assume means Alta Velocidad or close to it. Like Eurostars in general, reservations are required and railpass holders much pay supplements of about $10-15 to use them.
the new Eurostar Italaia AV trains (96XX) that now run between Naples, Rome and Florence and between Milano and Torino. AV i assume means Alta Velocidad or close to it. Like Eurostars in general, reservations are required and railpass holders much pay supplements of about $10-15 to use them.
Jul 24th, 2006, 11:38 AM
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Hi PalQ, do you know how long the trip is between Rome and Florence on AV trains? BTW, I always enjoy all of your posts regarding trains..my father loved trains too and always enjoyed keeping uptodate on the information. If there had been computers than we would never have seen him!
Jul 24th, 2006, 12:34 PM
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Loveitaly: thanx for your nice comments - glad to know someone likes such esoteric train info. I don't know exactly but am sure the time would be just about the same as current Eurostar trains - about 1.5 hours. Though i think the ES AV trains are a tad faster they are marginally so. These must be the trains that set the Italian speed record recently as i wrote in a previous post on the new high-speed Milano-Torino high-speed line. As perhaps the ES AV trains are mainly meant for the Naples-florence run they may not even go into the deadend Florence SMN station but just stop at either Campo di Marte or Rifrerdi stations as some trains only do to gain time rather than limping into the deadend Florence terminus and back out.
Jul 24th, 2006, 01:08 PM
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The Rome-Florence line that current ES* uses is already a high-speed line, and I don't think they have plans or need to upgrade it.
The Naples-Rome line opened a few months ago, as described above.
They're building completely new lines from Florence to Bologna, which is currently the slowest stretch of the main routes in Italy, I'd think. The new route is a brand-new tunnel.
The AV trains use the same ETR500 trainsets; just that they now have dedicated high-speed lines to run on.
The Naples-Rome line opened a few months ago, as described above.
They're building completely new lines from Florence to Bologna, which is currently the slowest stretch of the main routes in Italy, I'd think. The new route is a brand-new tunnel.
The AV trains use the same ETR500 trainsets; just that they now have dedicated high-speed lines to run on.
Jul 24th, 2006, 01:16 PM
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