Italo

Italo was Europe’s first private open-access high-speed operator; its Alstom AGV 575 links Milan and Rome in under three hours.

Italo made history in April 2012 as Europe’s first private open-access high-speed operator. Ferrari-red trains, a founding shareholder list headlined by Luca di Montezemolo, and the only Alstom AGV fleet ever to enter service. Its arrival forced Trenitalia into the fare-and-frills war that made Italian high speed the continent’s best value, and the Milan–Rome trunk remains the flagship battleground: under three hours, cinema coach on some sets, espresso that does not apologise. The AGVs’ articulated carriages and 575 name nod to the record-breaking TGV lineage.

Stations

1. 2 kmMilano Porta Garibaldi (superficie)
2. 16 kmMilano Rogoredo
3. 220 kmBologna Centrale
4. 311 kmFirenze Santa Maria Novella
5. 572 kmRoma Termini

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

Along the way

• Milano Centrale under the great arches
• Po plain sprint
• Bologna’s underground platforms
• Apennine tunnels
• Valdarno run to Rome

How this line was checked

• The 567 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 2179066 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 6.5 km
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 4229
• 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 Italo?

The Italo runs 570 km from Milan to Rome.

How long does the Italo take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 59 min for the 570 km. That is an average of 191 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.

Who runs the Italo?

Italo and NTV, with AGV 575.

How old is the Italo?

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.

How often does the Italo run?

≈ every 30–60 min.

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