The Truth About U.S. Trains? Italiani non capisco.
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The Truth About U.S. Trains? Italiani non capisco.

I tend to start planning my travels well in advance. I work up a rough itinerary and spend the next several weeks, or even months, tweaking it . . . adding a day here, checking out various hotels there, looking at train schedules and, assuming it’s Europe, considering different trains based on their arrival or…

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Looking At Italian Trains…and at Ours.

SIENA, ITALY–Fifty-plus years ago, the gag definition of “mixed emotions” was watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your brand new car.   I’ve got a new one: “Mixed emotions is traveling from Tirano to Siena on three different trains and comparing that experience to Amtrak.”   Each of those Italian trains departed and…

Italian High-Speed Rail Competes For All Travelers
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Italian High-Speed Rail Competes For All Travelers

Italy plans to introduce high-speed rail service between Milan and Rome next year, reducing the 360-mile trip to a flat three hours … that’s an average speed of 120 mph, including whatever stops will be made en route. The Italian state railway, Trenitalia, says they expect to take 60 percent of all traffic between those…