“In Lombardy, 81% of trains arrive at their destination on time, 87% within 7 minutes, 95% within 15 minutes.” This was stated by the regional councilor for transport and sustainable mobility, Franco Lucente, illustrating the data provided by Trenord regarding the progress of the railway service.
“National indicators – Lucente added in the report released on July 1 – show that Trenord’s performance, adjusted for irregularities due to external and infrastructural causes, is higher than 92%. To date, 8 lines are closed in whole or in part, because they are affected by infrastructural works that Rfi, another player in the complex mobility system, is carrying out. These works, which necessarily cause inconvenience, negatively affect punctuality, but will certainly bring benefits, for more modern lines and an increasingly punctual and efficient service”.
“Passengers are really enjoying the new trains”
“In any case, the Lombardy Region is doing its part in a concrete way – adds the transport councilor – In fact, 165 of the 214 new trains are in service, modern, comfortable, and passengers are already greatly appreciating them. The new trains are significantly improving punctuality rates. A concrete result that silences any speculation and highlights the extraordinary effort of the Lombardy Region to improve the service, with an investment of over 1.7 billion. I am aware that we can and must do even more: we are working in this direction, convinced that we can reach excellent quality standards. Levels that the people of Lombardy deserve”.
In the region 2,200 trips used by 750 thousand passengers
“Today in Lombardy, over 2,200 journeys run every day, used by 750,000 passengers. As is also the case for other transport companies, on weekdays the figure remains lower than pre-Covid. On the other hand, on Lombardy trains on Saturdays and Sundays daily passenger numbers have already exceeded 2019, a record year for Trenord. These are all numbers that the Lombardy Region is the first to aim to increase – concludes Lucente – the service contract we have signed with Trenord plans to exceed 50.5 million train-km and one million daily passengers by 2033”.
