(Sixth Power) – Bologna – 4 June 2024 – Summer by train: more connections to the sea, new intermodal services to move more comfortably and sustainably, reaching the cities of art more easily. And the debut of through connections serving the Bologna metropolitan area.
These are some of the main innovations and confirmations of the regional programming of Trenitalia Tper, created with the support of the Emilia-Romagna Region, which will come into force from Sunday 9 June with the new summer timetable, already available for consultation on the Trenitalia Tper and Trenitalia purchasing systems.
The summer offer for the Romagna Riviera confirms and integrates all the additional regional trains proposed last year according to a program that touches all the locations from the Ravenna beaches to the city of Fellini. Up to 140 trips per day to and from Rimini, touching all locations with peaks of 5 trains per hour between the Emilian capital and the Romagna city and 80 thousand seats; in particular, up to 103 trains connect Bologna and Rimini, 30 of which have connections via Ravenna.
The Rock trains return from Piedmont and Veneto to connect the main cities of the two regions to the beaches of the Romagna Riviera (eight trips at the weekend).
And it is confirmed the Orobica Line which this year will originate/destinate from Brescia (and not from Bergamo due to work on the route). Finally, six more trains have been scheduled on public holidays on the line Bologna-Ravenna-Rimini.
An offer that is completed with promotions at discounted pricesalways available on the Trenitalia Tper purchasing systems, for those traveling in family or with them friends and facilitated combinations train+bus to reach the amusement parks on the Riviera and in the Apennines or the Ferrari Museum in the heart of the Motor Valley.
Also from June 9th, the Metropolitan rail service Bolognese debuts with new routes and fewer train changes, increasing the offer and more easily connecting the east to the west area of the city, the capital to the mountains. The Region invested for its realization 5.6 million euros per yearas part of an agreement with the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Bologna.
The service was planned together with Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, the infrastructure manager, and Trenitalia Tper, which will operate it with its new Rock and Pop trains.
Summer will also be time to jobs on some routes, in the Bologna and Modena areas, for the adaptation of the tunnels and the restoration of the infrastructure damaged by the flood of May 2023. The trains will be replaced by buses to minimize inconvenience.
The overall strengthening of the railway service aims to respond to the needs of citizens and tourists: last year more 44 million Of passengers they traveled on Trenitalia Tper regional trains, of which 10 million Alone in summer with an increase in those who chose the train to reach their holiday destinations at 4.4% compared to the pre-Covid period. Overall in 2023 have increased by +12.3% passengers who chose the train compared to the previous year.
Data that confirms the Region’s strategy, in line with the Integrated Infrastructure and Transport Plan (PRIT) and with the Pact for Work and Climateto increasingly increase the number of people who choose the train to travel even during holiday periods, thus reducing road traffic and pollution to make mobility in Emilia-Romagna increasingly sustainable.
