High-speed route
Frecciarossa Adriatica
Milan → Bari · Italy
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Frecciarossas run the whole Adriatic seaboard: high-speed to Bologna, then the classic 1872 Adriatica within sight of the sea past Rimini, Ancona and Pescara to Bari.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 1962856 (214 km), relation 86649 (654 km) — 860 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Trenitalia — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- 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 Frecciarossa Adriatica?
The Frecciarossa Adriatica runs 860 km from Milan to Bari.
How long does the Frecciarossa Adriatica take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 6 h 39 min for the 860 km. That is an average of 129 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.
Who runs the Frecciarossa Adriatica?
Trenitalia, with Frecciarossa (ETR 500).
How old is the Frecciarossa Adriatica?
The line has been in service since 1872. 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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