High-speed route
Frecciarossa Milan–Reggio Calabria
Milan → Reggio Calabria · Italy
The red arrow’s longest domestic run: the length of Italy from Milan down the Tyrrhenian coast to the Strait of Messina at Reggio Calabria.
How this line was checked
- The 779 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 2179320 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 94.2% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 9 m); the longest stretch away from it is 8 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.2 km from the shape of FR 9623
- 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 Milan–Reggio Calabria?
The Frecciarossa Milan–Reggio Calabria runs 1,213 km from Milan to Reggio Calabria.
How long does the Frecciarossa Milan–Reggio Calabria take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 9 h for the 1,213 km. That is an average of 135 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.
Who runs the Frecciarossa Milan–Reggio Calabria?
Trenitalia, with Frecciarossa 1000 (ETR 1000).
How old is the Frecciarossa Milan–Reggio Calabria?
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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