''Frecciabianca'' is a regional
high-speed train
In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often ...
of the
Italian national train operator,
Trenitalia
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government, the company was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail transp ...
, and a member of the train category
Le Frecce. The name, which means "white arrow", was introduced in 2011 after it had previously been known as
Eurostar City Italia
Eurostar Italia was the name given to high-speed trains operated by Trenitalia in Italy. The brand was discontinued and replaced with Le Frecce in December 2012.
History
The category Eurostar, introduced in 1997, replaced the Pendolino trains ...
. ''Frecciabianca'' trains operate at speeds up to .
Routes
* Turin - Milan - Verona - Venice - Trieste
* Milan - Verona - Venice - Udine
* Turin - Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Livorno - Rome
* Rome - Naples - Salerno - Lamezia Terme - Reggio di Calabria
* Venice - Padua - Bologna - Rimini - Pesaro - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Lecce
* Milan - Piacenza - Parma - Reggio Emilia - Modena - Bologna - Rimini - Pesaro - Ancona - Pescara - Termoli - Foggia - Barletta - Bari - Lecce / Taranto
* Turin - Alessandria - Reggio Emilia - Bologna - Rimini - Ancona - Pescara - Foggia - Bari - Lecce
* Genoa - La Spezia - Pisa - Rome
* Palermo - Caltanissetta - Enna - Catania - Messina
* Milan - Ventimiglia
Rolling stock
*
ETR.460: electric trainsets, speeds up to .
*
E.414: electric locomotives with coaching stock, speeds up to .
*
E.402B: electric locomotives with coaching stock, speeds up to .
See also
*
Frecciargento
*
Frecciarossa
*
High-speed rail in Italy
*
Eurostar Italia
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Train categories in Europe
Railway companies in Europe assign their trains to different categories or train types depending on their role. Passenger trains may be broadly split into long-distance and local trains; the latter having average journey times of under an hour and ...
External links
References
High-speed rail in Italy
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
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