Frecciargento Explained

Frecciargento (pronounced as /it/; from Italian: freccia argento, "silver arrow") is a high-speed train of the Italian national train operator, Trenitalia, as one of its Le Frecce brands (along with Frecciarossa and Frecciabianca). The name was introduced in 2012; these trains were previously branded as Eurostar Italia. Frecciargento trains operate at speeds of up to 250km/h.^[1]

In May 2022, it was announced by Trenitalia's CEO Luigi Corradi that, starting from summer 2022, the Frecciargento brand will be phased out. The trains that operate as Frecciargento will be incorporated, with a change of livery, into the Frecciarossa service.^[2] However in November 2023, it has been announced that some Frecciabianca services will be upgraded to Frecciaargento, therefore keeping the brand for the time being.^[3]

Routes

Current

As of June 2024, the Frecciargento brand operates on the following routes:^[4]

• Rome – Caserta – Foggia – Bari – Lecce
• Rome – Naples – Salerno – Lamezia Terme – Reggio Calabria
• Rome – Florence – Pisa – La Spezia – Genoa

Former

Frecciargento trainsets also formerly operated the following services with most being upgraded to Frecciarossa since:

• Udine – Venice – Padua – Bologna – Florence – Rome
• Trieste – Venice – Padua – Bologna – Florence – Rome
• Bolzano/Bozen – Verona – Bologna – Florence – Rome
• Bergamo – Brescia – Verona – Bologna – Florence – Rome
• Mantua – Modena – Bologna – Rome
• Ravenna - Rimini - Pesaro - Foligno - Terni - Rome
• Milano – Stresa – Domodossola – Brig – Visp – Spiez – Thun – Bern
• Milano – Bologna – Rimini – Ancona^[5]

Rolling stock

• ETR 485: tilting trains, speeds up to 250km/h
• ETR 600: tilting trains, speeds up to 250km/h
• ETR 610

tilting trains with ETCS capability, speeds up to 250km/h

• ETR 700

non-tilting trains, speeds up to 250km/h

See also

• Frecciabianca
• Frecciarossa
• High-speed rail in Italy
• Eurostar Italia
• Train categories in Europe

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nella scuderia FS arriva il Frecciargento, il nuovo eurostar veloce . it . 2008 . Ferrovie dello stato italiane . 9 August 2019.
2. Web site: Dall'estate 2022 i Frecciabianca e i Frecciargento cambiano pelle: il parco AV inizia a diventare Frecciarossa . 2022-05-31 . tuttoTRENO Blog . 31 May 2022 . it-IT.
3. Web site: Campione . Davide . 15 November 2023 . Il Frecciabianca Roma - Ravenna promosso a Frecciargento . The Frecciabianca Rome – Ravenna promoted to Frecciargento . 19 February 2024 . Ferrovie.it . it.
4. https://www.trenitalia.com/en/frecce/frecciargento.html trenitalia.com - Frecciaargento
5. News: Treni, dal 9 giugno i Frecciargento sostituiscono i Frecciabianca sulla linea adriatica . 25 August 2019 . Regions Emilia-Romagna . 29 May 2019 . it.