The Ferrovie dello Stato (Fs) group, through its subsidiary Trenitalia France, is strengthening its fleet with 19 high-speed trains supplied by Hitachi Rail to support growth plans: in France, between Paris and London, through the Channel Tunnel, and in the rest of Europe. The new generation Frecciarossa trains are designed to operate on the main European high-speed networks. This was announced in a statement by the Fs group.
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The investment, amounting to about two billion euros, includes the construction of the trains and the maintenance and technical support activities planned for the long term. All trains will be manufactured at Hitachi Rail’s Italian plants, a multinational of Japanese origin, with the Pistoia and Naples facilities at the forefront (Hitachi Rail also has a plant in Reggio Calabria).
The new trains will allow Trenitalia France, a subsidiary of Fs International, to strengthen its presence on the Paris-Lyon, Paris-Milan, and Paris-Marseille routes, improving service quality, increasing frequencies, and also forming the fleet intended for the future high-speed connection between Paris and London, which is confirmed to start in 2029. The plan is ambitious: to challenge Eurostar on a route that is currently effectively a monopoly.
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The fleet enhancement represents a fundamental piece of Trenitalia France and Ferrovie dello Stato’s international development strategy, as well as an important step towards completing the strategic partnership between the Fs group and the Certares fund, an international investor headquartered in New York (Madison Avenue) with presences also in Luxembourg and Milan. Beyond the challenge for the Channel, Certares will help Trenitalia France strengthen the connections it currently provides within France (on the Paris-Lyon and Paris-Marseille routes), as well as on Paris-Milan. In France and the United Kingdom, Certares has a strong presence precisely in travel distribution through agreements with a series of partners, including American Express Global Business Travel.
Supporting operational growth, the development of the new maintenance facility at Maisons-Alfort Pompadour, on the outskirts of Paris, is also proceeding according to plan. The facility will ensure the maintenance capacity necessary to support fleet expansion and the start of new international connections.
