On January 23, Italy’s national railway Trenitalia launched a new high-speed Frecciarossa train linking Rome and Milan. The new service will offer a shorter travel time of just two hours and 45 minutes, the fastest service ever provided between the two cities. Here’s everything to know about the new line, including stations, stops and fares.
- The service between Milan and Rome is direct – there will be no stops.
- The service avoids Rome Termini and Milan Central, the cities’ main train stations
- Trains will depart from Rome Tiburtina and arrive in Milan Rogoredo, each of which are close to the main stations
- The company said that “the new connection does not stop at Roma Termini and Milano Centrale, but departs from Tiburtina and Rogoredo. Thanks to other modes of transport, including the underground or urban railway services, it is possible to quickly reach the…[central] economic and tourist attractions of the two cities.”
- The service is avoiding Termini and Milan Central in a bid to reduce congestion at the cities’ busiest stations
- Trains will leave Rome Tiburtina at 5:30 am. and arrive in Milan Rogoredo at 8:15 a.m. Trains will depart Milan Rogoredo at 8:44 p.m. and arrive at Rome Tiburtina at 11:29 p.m. These times are aimed at accommodating the business day traveler
- Prices for an economy single, one-way ticket begin at $84.15 (€78.90)
- With this new, high-speed service, Trenitalia now operates 90 daily Frecciarossa connections between Rome and Milan
- Frecciarossa high-speed trains reach maximum speeds of 186 mph (300 kmh).
- In July 2022, Frecciarossa unveiled direct, high-speed services from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport to Florence and Naples.
- New high-speed services between other cities are in the works. A service linking Milan to Genoa is expected to be finished by 2023, while one between the southern cities of Naples and Bari should be completed by 2027.
Information was sourced from Wanted in Rome, The Local Italy, and Euronews.
Asia London Palomba
Asia London Palomba is a trilingual freelance journalist from Rome, Italy. In the past, her work on culture, travel, and history has been published in The Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura,The Christian Science Monitor and Grub Street, New York Magazine's food section. In her free time, Asia enjoys traveling home to Italy to spend time with family and friends, drinking Hugo Spritzes, and making her nonna's homemade cavatelli.