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The Latest Breaking News from Trenitalia

Robert Plant is the star of a new promotional film extolling the virtues of luxury high-speed Italian train travel

See Robert Plant as you've never seen him before, travelling through Italy aboard a luxury Frecciarossa 1000 train

Louder

The most exciting new train journeys across Europe for 2024

Letting the train take the strain is about to become much easier, thanks to a flurry of exciting new rail routes connecting various European hotspots. Tamara Hinson tracks down the current hot tickets for slow-travel fans

The Independent UK

Avanti West Coast cancellations and delays prompt calls for urgent review

Transport for the North says service is deteriorating fast, with fewer than half of trains running on time

The Guardian - UK

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‘Fed up with airports’: Long-distance trains take on air travel in Europe

New long-distance train connections are providing an alternative to air travel between European countries, and demand for this environmentally friendly mode of transport is soaring. But there is still plenty of room for improvement on the tracks.

France 24

Italy rail strike strands commuters and tourists in sweltering weather at height of tourism season

A train strike across Italy has stranded workers and tourists alike on a sweltering weekday at the peak of high tourism season

The Independent UK

Woman gives birth to premature baby on high-speed train during call with midwife

Little Anna was born prematurely on a high-speed train from Rome to Turin - and her mum was helped during the delivery by a midwife who was on a video call with Trenitalia staff

Daily Mirror

MotoGP Champ Bagnaia And Ducati Show Off New High-Speed Rail Livery

2022 MotoGP world champion rider Pecco Bagnaia and Ducati Corse teamed up with national train service Trenitalia to unveil the new Frecciarossa 1000 livery.

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Avanti West Coast handed shareholders £13.5m ahead of complaints jumping to almost 10 times the national average

Avanti took over the running of the west coast mainline from Virgin Trains in December 2019 and is 70% owned by FirstGroup and 30% owned by Trenitalia

Birmingham Post

Philip Larkin’s letter about the Ilkley screamer

Brief letters: Ted Hughes poetry reading | Avanti trains | Hoarding toes | A measure of squidge | Deep dive into jargon

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast boss fired after timetable failures

Intercity train operator provoked fury last month after slashing services between London and Manchester

The Guardian - UK

Italian connections: not as easy as you might think

The Man Who Pays His Way: A minor miracle along the railroad to Florence

The Independent UK

Avanti paid shareholders £11.5m despite ‘abysmal’ service for rail users

Train operator under fire for dividend payment amid severe cuts on its west coast main line

The Guardian - UK

Italian train conductor who issued 5,000 fines wrongfully dismissed, court rules

Francesco Bonanno was accused of terrorising passengers by working with ‘uncommon zeal’

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