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VIDEO: Three injured as driverless train derails in northern Italy

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:18:36 +0200

A train derailed on the line between Milan and Lake Como on Wednesday, but fortunately there was only one passenger on board who escaped with minor injuries.

Italy launches new north-south high speed train route

Fri, 22 May 2020 15:21:58 +0200

Italian train companies Trenitalia and Italo are to offer direct high-speed services between Turin and Reggio Calabria from June.

Why Rome and Milan have two of the 'best train stations in Europe'

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:35:09 +0100

Rome Termini and Milan Central are two of Europe's top ten train stations, according to a new ranking.

All aboard Italy's 'Trans-Siberian' railway

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0100

Destroyed first by the Nazis and then by government cuts, Italy's very own "Trans-Siberian" railway has reopened thanks to the work of hobbyists, taking travellers back in time through the snowy Abruzzo mountains.

Protests as Salvini visits construction site for controversial high-speed trainline

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:22:12 +0100

Protesters in the northern Italian town of Chiomonte braved 30 centimetres of snow Friday morning as they waited for Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to visit a construction site for the high-speed ‘Tav’ rail line connecting Italy and France.

Woman hit by Rome metro train, might have been pushed

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:52:19 +0100

Police in Rome are investigating whether a woman seriously injured by an underground train on Friday could have been pushed onto the tracks.

Italy to get high-speed train between Perugia and Milan

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:07:50 +0100

From February 2018, the journey between Perugia and Milan will take little more than three hours.

Two dead after crash on Italy-Austria rail line

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:06:49 +0200

Two railway maintenance workers died and three others were injured in an overnight accident that temporarily closed a ten-kilometre (six-mile) section of Italy's main rail line to Austria.

Seven injured after train from Italy derails in Switzerland

Wed, 22 Mar 2017 18:10:07 +0100

Swiss police said several people were injured after a train travelling from Milan to Basel derailed in Switzerland on Wednesday afternoon.

Man found dead on roof of train travelling from Italy to Switzerland

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:55:50 +0100

An unidentified man was found dead on the roof of a train carriage in the canton of Ticino on Monday evening.

Italy's former rail boss sentenced to jail over disaster that killed 29

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:37:32 +0100

Mauro Moretti, the former head of Italian railways, was on Tuesday among a string of executives convicted over a 2009 freight train disaster that killed 29 people.

Station master 'not only one to blame' for deadly crash

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:53:56 +0200

A train station manager has taken partial blame for a deadly head-on collision that claimed at least 23 lives in one of Italy's worst rail accidents, according to media reports on Thursday.

Death toll from Puglia train crash confirmed at 23

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:42:34 +0200

The death toll following Tuesday’s train crash in Puglia has been confirmed as 23, the Governor of Italy’s Puglia region, Michele Emiliano, announced on Wednesday.

Italians queue to donate blood for train crash victims

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:23:42 +0200

As Italy assesses the damage of Tuesday's train crash in Puglia which left at least 27 dead and dozens injured, local residents have been praised for their outpouring of support and solidarity.

Puglia train crash death toll rises to 'at least 27'

Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:50:26 +0200

At least 27 people were killed on Tuesday and dozens injured in a head-on collision between two passenger trains in the southern Italian region of Puglia, in one of the country's worst rail accidents in recent years.

Puglia train collision: mourners identify the dead

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:01:17 +0200

Relatives of victims of one of Italy's worst rail accidents gathered to identify their dead Wednesday, as rescue workers at the scene of the head-on collision between two trains dismantled the wreckage in search of missing bodies.

Twelve of the most recent train disasters in Europe

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:12:18 +0200

At least 27 people died on Tuesday in a head-on collision between two trains in the southern Italian region of Puglia in the latest rail tragedy to hit Europe.

Italian teen killed by train while crossing tracks

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:25:17 +0200

An aspiring teen model was killed by a high-speed train on Thursday morning as she crossed tracks at a station in Milan.

Five people dead as storms batter Italy

Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:50:10 +0100

Five people were killed and many more rescued from perilous circumstances late on Sunday when storms and heavy rainfall battered much of the Italian peninsular.

Here's how much you'll pay for fare-dodging in Rome

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:22:58 +0100

Italy's capital is considering introducing fines of up to €200 for passengers caught on trains and buses without a valid ticket.