High-speed route
Frecciarossa Adriatica
Milan → Bari · Italy
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.
- Distance
- 860 km
- Fastest time
- 6 h 39 min
- Average speed
- 129 km/h
- Top speed
- 300 km/h

Stations
- 1 kmMilano Centrale +8
- 125 kmParma +1
- 153 kmReggio Emilia +1
- 178 kmModena +1
- 215 kmBologna Centrale +8
- 326 kmRimini
- 359 kmPesaro
- 419 kmAncona
- 462 kmCivitanova Marche-Montegranaro +1
- 565 kmPescara Centrale +1
- 654 kmTermoli
- 738 kmFoggia +2
- 805 kmBarletta +2
- 860 kmBari Centrale +4
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the FR 8803 on 29 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
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 1962856 (119 km), relation 86649 (654 km), 765 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
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of FR 8803
- 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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