High-speed route
Frecciargento Rome–Lecce
Rome → Lecce · Italy
A tilting ETR 485 runs Rome to the heel of Italy’s boot via Foggia, Bari and Brindisi, reaching baroque Lecce in the Salento.
- Distance
- 630 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 115 km/h
- Top speed
- 250 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmRome +11
- 197 kmCaserta
- 259 kmBenevento
- 359 kmFoggia +2
- 427 kmBarletta Centrale FNB +2
- 481 kmBari Centrale +4
- 592 kmBrindisi Centrale
- 630 kmLecce
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the FA 8319 on 23 October 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 9 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of FR 8323
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Frecciargento?
The Frecciargento runs 630 km from Rome to Lecce.
How long does the Frecciargento take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h 30 min for the 630 km. That is an average of 115 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Frecciargento?
Trenitalia, with ETR 485.
How old is the Frecciargento?
The line has been in service since 2009. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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