Italian Railways - Learn EVERYTHING About Them!

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This time on RE, we're embarking on a journey through the Italian railway system, a network that has undergone significant changes over the years - to become the impressive system it is today.

As we always do in the Railway Nation videos, here we tried to make a comprehensive overview of the railway system in this beautiful European country, which is, we must admit, from the transportation perspective, quite interesting for discussion. Not only in terms of railways...

Anyway, we discussed the Italian railway's development from a historical perspective, its organization, key players and market segments, and of course, the performance of both, the freight and passenger transport carriers.

In some of the following videos, we'll also try to continue this topic, with a discussion about the country's high-speed rail system and exploring the ambitious Italian-French megaproject, connecting the cities of Lyon and Turin via the new Mont d'Ambin Base Tunnel, through the Alps.

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[mimmom]

At the moment you posted, the pizza I ordered arrived. Pizza for lunch with a video about Italian railways on Railways Explained. Roman gods, thank you for this.

[gorivighi]

As an italian I must say the the video is awesome. There are just few small inaccuracies. Ferrovie Nord Milano is actually the infrastucture operator of some local lines north of Milan. It used to be a rail operator till 2011. The present day rail operator is called Trenord. Ferrovie della sardegna doesn't exist. Trenitalia operates most of the trains in Sardegna island. Some local services are opereated by the local company ARST.

[gg_gameryt]

Bro knows italian railways better than us italians 💀

[intersezioni]

when you talk about high speed in Italy, remember the new Naples-Bari, Milan-Venice and Genoa-Milan sections (the longest high-speed tunnel in Italy, I think the second in Europe)

[lazios]

I think it's fair to remind, especially to the Italians who always like to complain, above all when it comes to rail and road infrastructure (although often for good reasons), who Italy (as opposed to countries like France, Spain and Germany) has to deal with a much more complex territory excluding the Po Valley and not much else (is all mountains and/or hills).
It's good to specify this since it's never said when we talking about the cost and time of realization of the works.
Again, I'm not justifying delays or other problems (also political), I mean who is correct to take everything into account, not only what we want to see (sorry for my English and congratulations on the video). 🍺

[filippocernuschi]

Bro's Italian accent is so good that its actually impressive

[FlagAnthem]

for whatever reason:

STAY AWAY FROM THE YELLOW LINE!

[federicoviolino]

As an italian I higly approve, plus keep up, technical vids are my fav

[herlescraft]

italian here living in florence, motorization is a serious issue, i for one am a cycling activist and as such keep a critic eye on what the administration is doing with their future project and not even a brand tram line was able to avoid the inevitable car subsidy... as such for 2 car lanes removed to make space on a bridge 3 more will be added on a brand new bridge alongside the old one.... said bridge will just be built over some useless things like parks and sport centers.... oh but a protected bike lane was asking for too much space so we ought to make do with painted lanes on the old bridge and shared 1.5m of pedestrian-bike side walk on the new one... change is coming very slowly

[Squizie]

For the high speed rail video, I'm hoping to learn more about the history of the Direttissima and it's trains and how they pulled it off, as this line was 4 years ahead of the much more widely covered introduction of TGVs in France.

[MarcoBufalari]

For your knowledge, in Italy there's an intercity that goes from Milan to Palermo that needs to be boarded into a ship to cross the sea between the mainland and Sicily. It's pretty cool to watch.

[pafawagbbb]

8:37 that's a polish newag impuls 2 unit! i didn't know they had them in italy, that's very very cool!

[StefanoFinocchiaro]

9:53 I like how Sicily and Sardinia aren't even considered like they are not part of Italy xD

[bytemosery]

Apparently something is moving in Calabria, it looks like we will get more modern trains. It's not a lot but it's something at least. Thank you for this amazing video :)

[moussa]

3 hours and ill take the italo from bolzano to bologna

[Maubald]

In 10:32 you have to mention that northern Italy is mostly plain so it’s easy to build railways. It also have more cities due to the flat landscape.

[alem.g.]

I asked for this video a long ago
And it arrived 🎉
Thank you from 🇮🇹

[losfogo]

One of the few things i'm proud of my country is it's railway network. Every time i hear someone complain about it, i can remember one foreigner who praised it. Great video and thanks for showing us it's not all bad here

[RailwayNetworks]

The topic is well covered... Just keep up the good work... I am fan of your railway nation video series...

[luigipirri]

I love the video because I often use the Freccia argento to get home since I'm from the south of Italy but I work and live in the north (i am almost over 1300km far away). I can assure you that compared to traveling by plane or bus and the bush, the train is very convenient. car 12h-15h (it depends if you are alone and on the traffic), it is similar also for the bus. the plane is faster but you have your limits when it comes to luggage. So I've been working here for almost 3 years to get down to my house I've almost always used the Frecciargento and in just 8 hours I'm with my family
(By google traduttore sorry I can't write very well)