Trains: next week up to three hours more travel between Rome and Milan

One leaves tomorrow hot new week for transportation via trainwith possible inconveniences and slowdowns on the network high-speed rail. Also tomorrow, delays and cancellations are possible also in air transport, given the strikes – some lasting 4 hours, others lasting the whole day – proclaimed for Sunday 5 July in air transport between handling and flight personnel.

Slow trains between Rome and Milan

From 11pm on Sunday 5th to 4am on Friday 10th Julyscheduled maintenance works will be carried out in the Florence node, with a maxi construction site to dismantle the old Ponte al Pino railway overpass which is 140 years old. For the operations of removal of the current bridge and installation of the new deck, a 1,600 ton crane, approximately 70 meters high. Consequently, high-speed trains will suffer cancellations, limitations and route changes, timetable changes, even with advances and changes to stops. For Rome-Milan trains, which are diverted via Tirrenica, they are provided increases travel times by up to 180 minutes. A shuttle bus service has been provided between Florence Campo Marte and Florence Santa Maria Novella in connection with some Frecce.

Trains halved

During the interruptions, the railway offer will be remodeled with a reduction of approximately 50% of trains programmed in the Florence nodeaccording to an operational plan defined and shared in advance with the railway companies. Some Intercity and Eurocity trains will be subject to limitations and route changes, timetable changes even with advances, travel lengthenings and changes to stops. In recent days RFI has recalled that the intervention represents a significant stage in the process of renewing and strengthening the security of a strategic infrastructure for city mobility, which connects the center of Florence with the Campo di Marte area.

They will be ensure 4 trains every hour with origin or destination Florence Santa Maria Novella and connections to the North (Milan, Brescia, Bolzano and Venice), as well as 3 trains every hour with origin or destination Florence Campo di Marte and connections to the South (Rome, Naples, Salerno, Reggio Calabria, Bari and Taranto). The works at Ponte al Pino come at a time already characterized by construction sites on the network, with related inconveniences.

The active construction sites in Italy

In Italy they are active 1.300 construction sites per day on the railway network, including major works, ordinary and extraordinary maintenance interventions and technological upgrades, for a total of 11.6 billion euros of investments in 2025. This is the highest level ever recorded, which sees concomitantly the operation of the PNRR funds and the acceleration given to the network strengthening and maintenance programmes.

The strikes on Sunday

On the flight front, tomorrow various independent trade unions have proclaimed a series of mobilisations: Enava staff at Malpensa, Adr Security staff in the Roman airports of Fiumicino and Ciampino, Handling staff at Catania airport. And then EasyJet flight attendants and flight attendants.