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April 2, 2026 | Fleet

Trenitalia awards contract for Frecciarossa trains

The objective is to increase the size of the Frecciarossa fleet to 74 trains by 2031.

March 18, 2026 | High-speed

Trenitalia builds French high-speed depot

New facility will also maintain trains for proposed Paris - London service.

February 23, 2026 | High-speed

Trenitalia to expand high-speed fleet

CEO announces purchase of 74 Frecciarossa 1000 trains under €2bn investment programme.

September 30, 2025 | High-speed

Trenitalia deploys next-generation high speed train

The first of 36 ETR1000 trains being built by Hitachi entered service on September 28.

May 22, 2025 | High-speed

High-speed to connect Germany with Italy

Direct Munich - Rome service to be launched next year with a journey time of 8h 30min.

April 8, 2025 | High-speed

FS to enter London - Paris high-speed market by 2029

Italian state railway signs MoU with new entrant Evolyn.

July 3, 2024 | Europe

ETR400 on test at Velim

Second batch of Trenitalia’s latest high-speed train requires authorisation for new train management system.

January 8, 2024 | High-speed

Trenitalia to introduce Frecciarossa services to Munich

Trenitalia and DB have reached a preliminary agreement to introduce the new cross-border service in 2026.

November 15, 2023 | High-speed

Trenitalia plans Amsterdam - Frankfurt high-speed service

The new service would introduce competition for the first time between Amsterdam, Cologne and Frankfurt.

September 14, 2023 | News

Trenitalia Paris - Milan service to remain suspended until November

Closure of the line at Maurienne in the French Alps after a landslide forced the Italian operator to suspend operation.

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