Florence, 28 December 2025 – A person was hit by a train late on Sunday afternoon. It happens near the station of Rifredi. The dynamics of the accident need to be understood. The victim is a 41 year old woman. Traffic on the Florentine hub was immediately blocked. In particular, the railway station saw several trains arrive and depart late.
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Florence, a piece of plaster from the station comes off. Rubble in the street, fear in Santa Maria Novella
10pm, traffic gradually resuming
“Gradually recovering”, according to Trenitalia reports, traffic at 10pm on the Florentine hub. Problems remain, but the situation should slowly return to normal. Over thirty high-speed and intercity trains still involved in the delays. Law enforcement personnel have completed all investigations on the tracks where the fatal collision occurred.
9.30pm, still strong slowdowns
The inconveniences continue into the evening on the networkHigh Speed. Traffic remains slow. Here is the list of trains that are delayed by more than an hour, a list provided by Trenitalia via the mobility info service:
• FR 9658 Reggio Calabria Centrale (11.59am) – Milan Centrale (9.00pm) • FR 9552 Salerno (2.45pm) – Turin Porta Nuova (10.00pm) • FR 9428 Napoli Centrale (3.10pm) – Venice Santa Lucia (8.34pm) • FR 9325 Turin Porta Nuova (3.40pm) – Naples Centrale (10.03pm) • FR 9649 Torino Porta Nuova (3.50pm) – Rome Termini (8.15pm) • FR 9652 Napoli Centrale (3.55pm) – Milano Centrale (8.30pm) • FR 9430 Napoli Centrale (16.09pm) – Gorizia Centrale (11.28pm) • FR 9431 Venezia Santa Lucia (16.26pm) – Naples Centrale (9.48pm) • FR 8524 Rome Termini (4.50pm) – Bolzano (9.48pm) • FR 9650 Rome Termini (4.50pm) – Milan Centrale (7.58pm) • FR 9559 Torino Porta Nuova (5.00pm) – Rome Termini (9.54pm) • FR 8531 Bolzano (5.10pm) – Rome Termini (10.15pm) • FR 9555 Milan Centrale (5.10pm) – Battipaglia (11.28pm) • FR 9433 Venezia Santa Lucia (5.26pm) – Rome Termini (9.30pm) • FR 9651 Milan Centrale (5.35pm) – Rome Termini (8.39pm) • FR 8526 Rome Termini (5.50pm) – Bolzano (10.48pm) • FR 9326 Roma Termini (6.25pm) – Torino Porta Nuova (11.20pm) • IC 1588 Reggio Calabria Centrale (9.16am) – Central Milan (0.15am) • IC 594 Trieste Centrale (1.27pm) – Rome Termini (10.20pm) • IC 592 Roma Termini (3.30pm) – Trieste Centrale (11.38pm) • IC 599 Milano Centrale (5.40pm) – Terni (0.40am) • EN 294 Roma Tiburtina (6.10pm) – Tarvisio Boscoverde – München Hauptbahnhof (9.29am) • IC 598 Roma Termini (6.15pm) – Firenze Santa Maria Novella (10.00pm)
However, the following trains are stopped
• FR 9660 Napoli Centrale (3.55pm) – Brescia (10.23pm) • FR 8527 Brescia (5pm) – Rome Termini (9.15pm) • FR 9432 Napoli Centrale (5.05pm) – Venice Santa Lucia (10.55pm) • FR 8529 Bolzano (5.10pm) – Rome Termini (10.15pm) • IC 596 Napoli Centrale (1.36pm) – Milan Centrale (11.17pm) • IC 599 Milano Centrale (5.40pm) – Terni (0.40am)
8.30pm, updates
As Trenitalia explains, railway traffic which had been interrupted due to the accident has resumed but in a significantly slowed down manner. The trains High Speed, Intercity and Regional can record a greater travel time up to 100 minutes.
The findings of the judicial authority
L’judicial authority carried out a series of investigations and for this reason traffic suffered significant slowdowns. Which particularly affected high speed trains. An hour’s delay was reported for two trains arriving, one from Turin Porta Nuova and one from Venice, both high speed trains, operated by Italo and Trenitalia respectively. Traffic has also slowed at a regional level. The fast regional for Lucca at 6.37pm he is an hour late. While the regional for Siena at 7.10pm results deleted according to the Santa Maria Novella departure board.
Delays of up to an hour and a half
There are two high-speed trains at the Santa Maria Novella station which are ninety minutes late compared to the original departure. These are the Italo train to Milan Centrale at 6.25pm and the Frecciarossa to Bolzano which was supposed to leave at 6.37pm. The delay for the regional train to Lucca was an hour and twenty minutes and also departing at 6.37pm. Just as another high-speed train headed to Udine and departing at 6.39pm is an hour and twenty minutes late.
High Speed and Intercity, the trains involved
At least ten Intercity and high-speed trains are currently involved in the problems, as Trenitalia explains. The list
• FR 9428 Naples Centrale (3.10pm) – Venice Santa Lucia (8.34pm) • FR 9325 Turin Porta Nuova (3.40pm) – Naples Centrale (10.03pm) • FR 9649 Turin Porta Nuova (3.50pm) – Rome Termini (8.15pm) • FR 9652 Naples Centrale (3.55pm) – Milan Centrale (8.30pm) • FR 9431 Venezia Santa Lucia (4.26pm) – Naples Centrale (9.48pm) • FR 8524 Rome Termini (4.50pm) – Bolzano (9.48pm) • FR 9650 Rome Termini (4.50pm) – Milan Centrale (7.58pm) • FR 9555 Milan Centrale (5.10pm) – Battipaglia (11.28pm) • IC 594 Trieste Centrale (1.27pm) – Rome Termini (10.20pm) • IC 592 Rome Termini (3.30pm) – Trieste Centrale (11.38pm)
Disruptions also in nearby regions
The chaos of the Florentine hub also has repercussions on other important stations in neighboring regions. TO Central Bologna an hour and a half late for the Italo bound for Napoli Centrale and for the Frecciarossa bound for Venezia. Another ninety minute delay for another Italo train, bound for Milan and originally leaving at 7.11pm.
