Frecciarossa Turin–Milan

A Frecciarossa 1000 hit 393.8 km/h on this Turin–Milan high-speed line in a 2016 test, an Italian rail speed record.

Italy’s north-western high-speed leg opened in stages around the 2006 Winter Olympics and was completed in 2009, putting Turin an hour from Milan across the rice country of the upper Po plain. In spring the paddies around Vercelli flood into a mirror-world, risotto country doing its best impression of a lake district, with the whole Alpine arc from Monviso to Monte Rosa standing along the northern horizon. Frecciarossa 1000s share the run with Italo and through trains continuing down the spine to Rome and Naples.

Along the way

• Porta Susa’s glass vault
• Vercelli rice-paddy mirrors
• Novara’s cupola on the skyline
• Monte Rosa along the horizon
• Milano Centrale’s marble halls

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 5946430 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RE 2005
• 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 150 km from Turin to Milan.

How long does the Frecciarossa take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h for the 150 km. That is an average of 150 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.

Who runs the Frecciarossa?

Trenitalia, with ETR 1000.

How old is the Frecciarossa?

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.

How often does the Frecciarossa run?

Hourly or better across operators.

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