New connections for summer tourist destinations, cities of art and villages. More intermodal and digital services for the benefit of travellers, to move in an increasingly comfortable and sustainable way, also thanks to new combined solutions by train, bus, ship or plane.
There Summer Experience 2024 of the Passenger Hub of the FS Group – made up of Trenitalia (lead company) Busitalia, Ferrovie del Sud Est and FS Treni Turistici Italiani – starts on June 9th and is enriched with latest generation trains also purchased with Pnrr funds directly assigned to Trenitalia.
The novelties of the summer season were presented today at Rome from Luigi CorradiCEO and General Manager of Trenitalia.
Over 700 summer destinations that can be reached every day. In detail, the summer offer includes more than 270 Arrows daily, for over 130,000 seats offered. Intercity and Intercity Notte will travel to more than 230 cities (70 summer destinations). The 6,000 trains per day of the Regional, approximately 170 those in Calabriawill reach over 1,700 destinations in a widespread manner, of which 500 are tourist destinations.
“The train is hero of people’s lives, not only as a means of transport, but also as a place and space in which it is possible to consolidate and spread a common culture for health, inclusion and sustainability. The Trenitalia Summer Experience that we present today allows us to offer a unique model of excellencethanks to thousands of trains and buses that move millions of people every day”, he has declared Stefano CuzzillaPresident of Trenitalia.
“We filed a extraordinary year which leaves behind a significant increase in the satisfaction expressed by customers in terms of quality and reliability of the service. The multiple initiatives undertaken in these three years have, in fact, allowed us to improve results of customer satisfaction and our entire offer is permeated by sustainability, which translates into investments for a younger fleet, in intermodal services that allow you to leave the car at home and in technological innovationsand which will guarantee an even more complete and high-quality travel experience”, he has declared Luigi CorradiCEO and General Manager of Trenitalia.
“Let’s look at the summer with enthusiasm. The forecast for 2024 indicates a further growthsupported by internal demand for all the business divisions and companies of the Hub, in particular for the tourism segment; with an important boost that also comes from connections international”, he underlined.
I am 16 the Arrows of Trenitalia which connect Calabria to Rome every day, with stops, alternatively, at the stations of Scalea, Paola, Lamezia Terme, Vibo Valentia, Rosarno, Gioia Tauro, Villa San Giovanni.
A pair of Red Arrow connect every day Reggio Calabria And Venicewith intermediate stops a Villa S. Giovanni, Rosarno, Vibo Valentia-Pizzo, Lamezia Terme, Paola. Another Frecciarossa couple connects Bolzano, Trent And Verona with Paola And Sibari.
Between Turin and Reggio Calabria, without changesevery day there are 6 i Red Arrowwhile there are 8 i Red Arrow that unite Milan and Reggio Calabria.
Furthermore, on the occasion of long weekends and holidays, the Red Arrow night Milan – Reggio Calabria with stops in Paola, Lamezia Terme Centrale, Rosarno and Villa S. Giovanni, which allows you to make the most of your time, travel across the entire country and be at your destination in the morning.
4 complete the offer Frecciargento fra Reggio Calabria and the Capital. A regional connection between Crotone And Sibariwith stops also to Ciro, Decayed, Mirto-Crosia, Rossano And Corigliano Calabro it coincides with the Red Arrow Bolzano-Sibari to travel from the mountain to the sea.
Furthermore, the hydrofoils of Blu Jet, a company of the FS Italiane Group, depart and arrive from Villa San Giovanni to reach Sicily thanks to an easy train-ship connection.
Among the news for Calabria, the extension up to Leccestarting from June 9th and up to Bari from 5 July, the Intercity trains that connect Reggio Calabria and Puglia every day, in the comfort of the new hybrids already in operation from March 2024. A new pair of Intercity buses will travel in the summer period on the Via Tropea between Reggio Calabria and Romewith departures from Reggio Calabria at 11.50 and from Rome at 15.26.
The Intercity offer also consists of 4 pairs of Intercity Giorno fra Reggio Calabria and Rome (one of which will make the stops in Vibo Marina, Briatico, Tropea, Ricadi and Nicotera), a pair of Intercity Notte fra Reggio Calabria and Turinand a periodic Intercity Giorno pair, also routed on via Tropea, which circulates on weekends (on Saturdays from Milan to Reggio Calabria and on Sundays from Reggio Calabria to Milan).
A pair of buses, furthermore, it connects Reggio Calabria and Bari while two buses connect Reggio Calabria and Lamezia, traveling on the Ionian area, in connection with the Intercity Notte Turin-Reggio Calabria pair.
To enrich the connections of long distanceFurthermore, also two pairs of Intercity Day trains and a pair of Intercity Night trains between Rome and Sicily, plus a pair of Intercity Night trains between Milan and Sicily, with stops in Calabria.
TO THE SEA BY TRAIN
Intermodality and capillarity in connections for the Regional Trenitalia in Calabria, in agreement with the Region and ARTCal, clients of the service. To discover the beauties of Calabria on board the 11 new trains electrical Pop and the 5s BluesTrenitalia’s first hybrid train, the following services are planned:
The Cedars Linewhich until September 14th, with 14 connections on weekdays, unites Sapri to Paolacontinuing for Cosenza with stops in the main seaside resorts of the Riviera dei Cedri including Praia a Mare, Scalea, Diamond. From Praia and Scalea it will be possible to board the hybrid ship Galatea with a discounts dedicated to customers.
Tourist service confirmed Tropea Line which, with an offer of 24 weekday connectionsruns along the spectacular Costa degli Dei, with strategic stops in the most beautiful seaside resorts – Pizzo, Vibo Marina, Briatico, Zambrone, Parghelia, Tropea, Santa Domenica, Ricadi, Joppolo, Nicotera – continuing from Rosarno to Reggio Calabria along the Costa Viola passing through the seaside resorts of Bagnara, Favazzina and Scilla. Summer newsand it is the new Magna Grecia Line between Sibari, Metaponto and Taranto.
On the Ionian coast there will be 10 daily connections between Reggio Calabria and Roccella and 25 between Reggio Calabria and Melito di Porto Salvo, with an enhancement of the festive offer towards main beaches on the coast, including Anna; to these are added 18 Weekday connections from Reggio Calabria to Catanzaro Lido with a stop in Soverato, the paradise of seahorses.
On the Catanzaro Lido-Sibari the Toscano stop will be activated to reach the Acquapark Odissea 2000, access discounts will also be provided in this case, also to reach the Luigiane Baths and of Sybaritide.
For an increasingly travel experience complete and integratedwith a single origin-destination ticket (door-to-door) the new intermodal connections train+bus: Palmi-Palmi Tonnara to reach one of the wonderful beaches of the Costa Viola; Catanzaro Lido-Scolacium Museum to visit the archaeological park that tells the story of Skylletion, the city of Magna Graecia; Rossano-Rossano Liquorice Museum Rossano- Rossano Center and Corigliano-Corigliano Center.
Confirmed on Lamezia Airlink, intermodal service with Lamezia Terme international airport; train+bus connections for University of Cosenza and Catanzaro and for the Regional Citadel, theHospital Pugliese-Ciaccio, for the center of Catanzaro, of Cosenza-Rogliano-Marzi, Palmi and San Giovanni in Fiore.
Tourist connections are also active to reach Camigliatello, Gerace, Serra San Bruno, Villa Casignana and the Biodiversity park of Catanzaro.
