High-speed route
Frecciarossa Rome–Bari
Rome → Bari · Italy
South of Caserta the Freccia climbs through the Apennines to Foggia, then races across the Tavoliere plain to the Adriatic port of Bari.
- Distance
- 480 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h
- Average speed
- 120 km/h
- Top speed
- 250 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmRoma Termini +11
- 359 kmFoggia +2
- 427 kmBarletta +2
- 481 kmBari Centrale +4
The stations that Wikidata lists as calls of this service, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. A train may skip some of them. 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
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 9 m from it
- 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 480 km from Rome to Bari.
How long does the Frecciarossa take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h for the 480 km. That is an average of 120 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Frecciarossa?
Trenitalia, with ETR 1000.
How old is the Frecciarossa?
The line has been in service since 2012. 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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