High-speed route
Frecciarossa Milan–Trieste
Milan → Trieste · Italy
A tilting ETR 600 Frecciarossa crosses the Po plain and Veneto from Milan to Trieste on the Adriatic, a run it took over in June 2023.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 546969 (257 km), relation 9764225 (145 km) — 402 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 3 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?
The Frecciarossa runs 403 km from Milan to Trieste.
How long does the Frecciarossa take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 8 min for the 403 km. That is an average of 97 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Frecciarossa?
Trenitalia, with ETR 600.
How old is the Frecciarossa?
The line has been in service since 2023. 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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