Treno Alta Velocità

Treno Alta Velocità network

Treno Alta Velocità SpA is special purpose entity owned by RFI (itself owned by Ferrovie dello Stato) for the planning and construction of a high-speed rail network in Italy.

Purpose

The purpose of Treno Alta Velocità construction is to aid travel along Italy's most saturated and used rail lines and through the establishment of dedicated high speed rail corridor tracks to these lines. First focus are the Milan to Salerno and the Turin to Trieste corridors. The aims of the project include: aligning the operations of the Italian rail network to European rail standards; dramatically expanding the availability of high-speed rail throughout the country; improvement travel times between Italy's numerous cities, substantially increasing line capacities and train frequencies, and enhancing safety through updates in train control and signaling. Italy's new high speed lines will be used principally for passenger services only during the day (AV - Alta Velocita'), for freight (AC - Alta Capacita') during the night. Legacy lines will be used primarily for low-speed regional rail service and freight trains. When fully realized, the Italian high speed network will be fully inter-operational with other European rail networks (France, Germany, Spain).

See also

Rail transport in Italy

External links

• Eurostar Italia Alta Velocità