(Tiper Stock Exchange) – More and more capillary connections to unite large, medium and small cities ed intermodality are the keywords of the Winter Experience 2022 of Trenitaliathe new winter offer that will kick off Sunday 11th December with over 9,000 connections per day by train and around 23,000 bus trips between Italy and Europe. The new connection program of the FS Group Passenger Polemade up of Trenitalia, Busitalia and Ferrovie del Sud Est, was presented today in Milan by Louis CorradiChief Executive Officer and General Manager of Trenitalia.
“With Trenitalia Winter Experience 2022, the role of the FS Group’s Passenger Hub is further strengthened: a single player capable of guaranteeing the freedom to travel anywhere with increasingly widespread connections and capable of adapting to the needs of the territory”, said Corradi, adding “the our commitment for the future is to enhance and encourage the choice of the train, the green means of transport par excellence, favoring collective and interconnected modes of transport, also combining them effectively with other means of transport”.
“Many more people than before are choosing the train, even to get around at the weekend, to go on holiday, to go to the beach or to the mountains. The train is therefore growing a lot in the Leisure segment and therefore not just for getting around in everyday commuting “, explains the CEO of Trenitalia, recalling that this summer brought an average of 3-4% more travelers than in 2019, while there were also peaks of 30% on cross-border traffic.
In Italy they count beyond 6,700 train connections served by Frecce, Intercity, Eurocity, Euronight and Il Regionale, plus 13,600 bus rides served by Bisitalia. In Europe they will be activated over 2,400 connections by train and 9,000 trips by bus in Spain, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Holland and Greece.
More in detail they will be 250 Frecce in service in Italy, to mainly connect the Rome-Milan route with 88 journeys a day, seven non-stop at 2 hours and 59 minutes and Frecciarossa Duplex with over 900 seats during the busiest hours. They also strengthen i connections to the South and to ports and airports, thanks to the train + bus solutions and regional trips. To these is added the fleet of 124 Intercityof which 24 Intercity Night, equipped with the exclusive service with Excelsior cabins. News also for the Euronight offer Italy-Austria/Germany thanks to new races from Liguria (Genoa and La Spezia).
As for the Regionalthey count over 6,000 rides per day with an expansion on Piedmont, Trentino Alto-Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Marche, Abruzzo?, Lazio, Campania and Puglia. And the journey becomes more and more sustainable, alongside the Rock and Pop trains too the bluesa hybrid train designed for everyone, even the little ones, with a dedicated kids area.
“We are talking about trains that consume 30% less than the previous ones, have a great recyclability of materials up to 97%”, explained the CEO Corradi, also recalling that the Blues arriving in the next few days is a hybrid train with three propulsion systems: electric, battery powered and latest generation diesel engine which also accepts biodiesel.
Also Sabrina De Filippis, Regional Business Director of Trenitalia spoke of the new green regional train and the message it bears “What are you doing in line? Leave the car and get on the train!” to encourage the use of public transport.
Dominic ScidaIC Trenitalia Business Director, speaking of the new trains in the intercity fleet, underlined “the use of the train is sustainable because a train like this carries at least 500 people, which means taking about 200 cars off the road. And then this train has a series of solutions that go in the direction of sustainability such as bicycles and the use of sustainable materials for the upholstery of the seats”.
The new winter offer is also aimed at children, thanks to thefamily area on Intercity: a carriage dedicated to the amusement and entertainment of children, with personalized interiors and games set up on the tables. Attention also to our 4-legged friends, who will travel for free from 1 December to 8 January on Frecce and Intercity and with a 50% reduction on the Regional train.
To strengthen the FS Group’s commitment to sustainability also the waste sorting on board, the beyond 20,000 bike spaces on the trains, the new sessions recycled plastic, the self-production of energy by photovoltaic systems and the presence at the most important cultural events of the season.
The presentation of the Winter Experience was the occasion for a first budget of 2022a year characterized by the clear recovery of travel both at local and European level. In EU they were transported this year over 196 million passengers. Level national have been registered excellent performance by the Frecciarossa (3 million passengers in August with a +4% compared to 2019), of the Intercity (340,000 passengers during the bridge on 1 November) and dei regional trains (728,000 travelers for All Saints’ Day + 25% compared to 2019).