Trenitalia is gearing up for its planned ramp-up in France with the changeover to summer timetables. From 15 June 2025, its high-speed Frecciarossa trains, known as the "red arrows", will continue beyond Lyon to serve the Gare de Lyon. Marseille Saint-Charles with 4 daily return trips. Marco Caposciutti, President of Trenitalia France, confirmed the level of this offer obtained from SNCF Réseau. This will significantly increase competition with SNCF, which serves the city of Marseille with its Inoui and Ouigo TGVs. And to increase the volumes generated next year in France after the 900,000 passengers forecast for this year. " 2024 was a special year when we were forced to limit our offer to the Paris-Lyon section." he regrets.
The carrier is eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Paris-Milan rail service, which has been suspended since August 2023 following a major landslides in the Maurienne valley. After several postponements, it is now scheduled to reopen at the end of March 2025, provided that the clearing and safety work on the section in question is finally completed. " 2025 will see a sharp increase in our traffic in France. In a few weeks' time, however, Trenitalia will already have carried 3 million passengers in France since the launch of our Frecciarossa on 18 December 2021." he adds. However, the project envisaged to start operating on the Paris-Geneva route in 2025 has been abandoned, as it was judged to be "too ambitious". too complicated "at this stage.
Trenitalia, best European airline according to T&E
The opening of services to Marseille should satisfy business (and of course leisure) customers looking for additional frequencies between Marseille and the capital, different from the SNCF and with attractive fares. However, we will have to wait until 21 January to find out about prices, train timetables and customer services.
In the meantime, Trenitalia this week benefited from a more than positive buzz following the publication by the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E), which ranked Italy as the best European rail company out of 27 carriers sifted through data such as the purchasing experience, on-board comfort during the journey, punctuality, night train services, space for bicycles in the trains, etc.
