High-speed route
Frecciarossa Paris–Milan
Paris → Milan · France · Italy
Italy’s 300 km/h flagship on French rails, using the 13.7 km Fréjus tunnel of 1871: back since April 2025 after a 19-month landslide closure.
Trenitalia sent its Frecciarossa 1000s to challenge the TGV on home rails in December 2021, and the red arrows have become the stylish way between Paris and Milan. After a 300 km/h sprint across Burgundy the train slows into the Maurienne, threading fortress valleys to the 13.7 km Fréjus tunnel of 1871: the passage whose landslide closure severed the route for 19 months until April 2025. Turin and the Po plain bring the speed back before Milano Centrale.
Along the way
- LGV Sud-Est sprint
- Lyon Part-Dieu
- Chambéry & the Chartreuse walls
- Maurienne valley fortresses
- Fréjus tunnel of 1871
- Turin before the Po plain dash
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 15 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of TGV 9253
- 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 Paris–Milan?
The Frecciarossa Paris–Milan runs 856 km from Paris to Milan. It runs through France and Italy.
How long does the Frecciarossa Paris–Milan take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 6 h 50 min for the 856 km. That is an average of 125 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.
Who runs the Frecciarossa Paris–Milan?
Trenitalia France, with Frecciarossa 1000 (ETR 400).
How old is the Frecciarossa Paris–Milan?
The line has been in service since 2021. 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.
How often does the Frecciarossa Paris–Milan run?
2× daily.
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