Trains • Italy
Trenitalia
Trenitalia is Italy's historic rail operator, a subsidiary of the FS group. Its high-speed Frecciarossa, Frecciargento and Frecciabianca trains cover Italy and, since 2021, France on the Paris-Milan, Paris-Lyon and Paris-Marseille routes.
Trenitalia, Italian high speed coming to France
Trenitalia is the passenger subsidiary of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) group, fully owned by the Italian state. It runs a dense network in Italy with three high-speed train ranges: Frecciarossa for 300 km/h on LGV lines, Frecciargento for mixed LGV/conventional-network trips, Frecciabianca for the fast conventional network. Since 18 December 2021, Trenitalia has been running Frecciarossa services in France: two daily round trips between Paris Gare de Lyon and Milano Centrale via Lyon Part-Dieu, Chambéry, Modane and Torino Porta Susa.
French expansion 2025-2026
On 15 June 2025, Trenitalia inaugurated the Paris-Marseille line (direct, via Lyon and Avignon TGV), creating a service competing with SNCF on this axis. With the timetable change of 14 December 2025, the Paris-Lyon service was doubled with up to 28 daily trips. Trenitalia is continuing its rollout: openings have been announced on Lyon-Nice and on a future Paris-London axis in partnership (by 2029).
Frecciarossa classes and services
Frecciarossa offers four classes: Executive (1-2 leather seats, gourmet meal, private lounge), Business (wide 2-2 seats, sockets, silence coaches), Premium (2-2 comfort+ seats, dedicated welcome), Standard (2-2 seats, base fare). All trains offer free Wi-Fi, an onboard café-bar, the FRECCIAPlay entertainment portal (films, series, newspapers), sockets at every seat. In France, the trains serve standard TGV stations: no specific formalities, reservation mandatory.
Travel guides
Trenitalia
- Rome
- Milan
- Florence
- Naples
- Bologne
- Turin
- Venise
- Paris
- Lyon
- Marseille
- Chambéry
- Modane
- Gênes
- Bari
- Salerne
