(Finance) – Italian inaugurates the new one Lounge Italo Club Of Central Bologna and presents the new one winter season 2024-25. In the presence of the President, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, and the CEO, Gianbattista La Rocca, the new space in the station dedicated to travelers was unveiled, who will be able to find assistance and wait for the train in total relaxation and comfort, taking advantage of services such as wi-fi, newspapers and express catering. A place characterized by innovation and elegance, in a strategic station for Italo such as Bologna.
A lounge in one of the cities present in the Italo network since its inception in 2012: Bologna is, in fact, a strategic destination for the company. Bologna is served every day with 81 trips, connected by Italo trains to Rome, Milan, Reggio Emilia, Florence, Naples, Turin, Venice, Padua, Verona, Salerno, Caserta, Aversa, Benevento, Bolzano, Trento, Desenzano, Peschiera, Ferrara , Rovigo, Udine, Portogruaro, Treviso, Rovereto, Latisana, San Donà di Piave, Monfalcone, Trieste, Conegliano, Brescia, Lamezia Terme, Pordenone, Villa San Giovanni, Foggia, Sapri, Rosarno, Paola, Scalea, Reggio Calabria, Agropoli, Maratea, Bari, Vibo-Pizzo, Vallo della Lucania, Bisceglie, Trani, Barletta and Molfetta. The city is served during peak hours by a train every 10 minutes: 81 with Rome (one every 30 minutes during peak hours), 47 with Milan (one every 30 minutes during peak hours) and 46 with Naples and the main southern locations.
An opportunity to present the new winter time and the future strategies of the company. Italo, to date, represents an intermodal group with a fleet of 51 trains and 100 Itabus buses, serves 54 cities and 62 stations, offers 118 train services per day and 30 intermodal train and bus connections with the convenience of a single ticket valid for both the means. Intermodality which now also reaches abroad with 6 daily trips to Ljubljana and Zagreb, connected to the main Italian cities (you arrive by train in Mestre and from here you get on the dedicated Itabus).
“We are the first intermodal group in Europe. Italo offers a truly integrated transport service: train, bus and we are now studying the synergies with ships, in light of the entry of MSC as the majority shareholder. A range of solutions that facilitates movements of travelers and tourists, responding to the needs of the market. Twelve years of activity Italo has become a primary player in the transport sector, a successful example of liberalization that is studied by the whole world”, he declared Luca Cordero di MontezemoloItalian President.
“We have achieved important goals and objectives that we had set for ourselves, such as debuting abroad. Thanks to intermodality we have managed to introduce the first services and new solutions are already being examined to enter other European countries. Thanks to the Italian-Italian combinations Itabus we are able to offer sustainable and shared trips, crossing national borders. Ljubljana and Zagreb are only the first stages of this journey, abroad will open up interesting scenarios for the growth of our group and the market services integrated to enrich and facilitate the travel experience, thanks to the implementation of our digital channels”, he commented Gianbattista The RockCEO of Italo.