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2. High-speed rail in Italy - Wikipedia

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   High-speed service was introduced on the Rome-Milan line in 1988–89 with the ETR 450 Pendolino train, with a top speed of 250 km/h (160 mph) and cutting travel times from about 5 hours to 4. [7] The prototype train ETR X 500 was the first Italian train to reach 300 km/h (190 mph) on the Direttissima on 25 May 1989.

3. Viareggio–Florence railway - Wikipedia

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   In 1851 it reached Pistoia. On 3 February 1859 a section of the line being built from Lucca connected with the line from Pistoia at the Serravalle tunnel. This connected with the Pisa–Lucca railway, which had been opened by another company on 20 September 1846, opening up a new route from Florence to Pisa via Pistoia and Lucca. The Maria ...

4. Strada statale 36 del Lago di Como e dello Spluga - Wikipedia

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   Strada statale 36 del Lago di Como e dello Spluga is an Italian state highway 87.4 kilometres (54.3 mi) long in Italy located in the region of Lombardy. It is the major road in Lombardy. It provides the main access route to the Valtellina and the Swiss canton of Grisons through Splügen Pass from Milan and other cities in southern Lombardy.

5. Rail transport in Italy - Wikipedia

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   The remaining sections of the Rome–Naples and the Turin–Milan lines and the Bologna–Florence line were completed in December 2009. All these lines are designed for speeds up to 300 km/h (190 mph). Since then, it is possible to travel from Turin to Salerno (ca. 950 km (590 mi)) in less than 5 hours. More than 100 trains per day are operated.

6. History of rail transport in Italy - Wikipedia

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   Florence–Rome railway. Other secondary lines were operated by minor companies. After unification, construction of new lines was boosted: in 1875, with the completion of the section Orte-Orvieto, the direct Florence–Rome line was completed, reducing the travel time of the former route passing through Foligno-Terontola. [13]

7. Lucca railway station - Wikipedia

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   Lucca railway station (Italian: Stazione di Lucca) serves the city and comune of Lucca, in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. Opened in 1846, it forms part of the Viareggio–Florence railway, and is also the junction for lines to Pisa and to Aulla. All of these lines are only served by regional trains.