Sunday,
December 14, 2008
Italy launches Milan-Bologna High-Speed
Train to Connect with Rome
The
ANNOTICO Report
Reuters
Saturday, December 13, 2008
The fast train
will cut travel time between the two cities to 65 minutes, state railway
company unit Trenitalia said. Other trains take about
twice as long on average to cover the 210-km (130-mile) stretch.
"The train has become a transport solution for
everyone and throws out a challenge to the airplane," Trenitalia
said in a statement.
Regular high-speed service from
The high-speed service is scheduled to reach
The state railway company, Ferrovie
dello Stato, aims to corner
60 percent of the market for travel by any method over the route over the next
two years, Chief Executive
The quicker train service has started as a group of
Italian businessmen embark on an ambitious project to relaunch
bankrupt national airline Alitalia SpA. Alitalia
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