Aurora (train) explained

Aurora
Type:Trans Europ Express (TEE; 1974–75)
Rapido (1975–87)
City Night Line (CNL)
Locale:Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark
Operator:CityNightLine
Start:Rome / Basel
End:Reggio di Calabria / Copenhagen
El:3000 V DC (Italy)
15 kV 16,7 Hz (Germany & Switzerland)
25 kV 50 Hz (Denmark)

The Aurora was a domestic Trans Europ Express in Italy linking Rome with Reggio di Calabria. The train was named after the Roman goddess of dawn, referring to the train's early morning departure from Rome.

Trans Europ Express

The Aurora was based on existing first-class only Rapidos running between Rome and Naples. In 1974 the service was extended to Reggio di Calabria and upgraded to Trans Europ Express.[1] The southbound service used the schedule of Rapido 893, the northbound service the schedule of Rapido 882 already running from Reggio to Rome.[2] Despite the scenic route along the Tyrrhenian Sea between Naples and Reggio di Calabria, loading figures on this stretch were very low and consequently the Aurora was downgraded to a two-class Rapido after only 371 days as TEE on 1 June 1975. On 1 June 1980 the service was extended to Palermo using the train ferry to cross the Strait of Messina. On 30 May 1987 the rapido Aurora was withdrawn from service.[3]

TEE 89countrystationkmTEE 88
07:20 Roma Termini 0 22:05
08:54 Napoli Mergellina 209 20:21
09:04 Napoli Piazza Garibaldi 214 20:11
Salerno 268
Maratea 407
Lamezia Terme 546
Gioia Tauro 638
Villa San Giovanni 675
Reggio Lido 682
13:55 Reggio Calabria 684 15:25

CityNightLine

Later CityNightLine revived the name for its train which services the Basel-Copenhagen route:[4]

The stations served by the Aurora are:

Outward journey Return journey
Copenhagen C
Basel Bad Bf (Basel German Station) Roskilde
Ringsted
Odense
Kolding
Padborg
Flensburg
Neumünster
Fulda
Frankfurt (Main) Süd
Mannheim Hbf
Karlsruhe Hbf
Offenburg
Freiburg (Brg) Hbf
Basel Bad Bf
Basel SBB

References

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Notes and References

  1. [#Hajt|Das grosse TEE Buch]
  2. [#TEEFR|La Légende des TEE]
  3. [#TEEFR|La Légende des TEE]
  4. http://www.citynightline.ch/-S:PtVOZ9:eVXv7dNNs14GVdNNNZRM/citynightline/view/fahrplan/unsere_zuege/aurora/eng_aurora.shtml CityNightLine's official listings on this Line