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"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4.uk> wrote in message
news:1ikmt7z.1x2ey47p9e34mN%d4g4h4.uk...

>> >> > Italy is planning to open the new High Speed line Milano Naples
>> >> > within
>> >> > this year
>> >> > top speed will be about 300 kms hour
>> >> > Milano Bologna 60 minutes
>> >> > Bologna Florence 25 minutes
>> >> > Milano rome 3.30 minutes


>> >Is it really going to be 3h 30 from Milan-Rome? That seems a bit
>> >disappointing for a new build high speed line.
>>
>> It's over 300 miles by crow
>
> So like I said, a bit disappointing! :)

Travel time from Milan to Rome on the new Treno Alta Velocità will actually
be approx. 2h 25mins with an average speed of ca. 132mph.

Gerry

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4.uk> skrev i meddelandet
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> Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:29:14 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne,
>> _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
> []
>> >> >Is it really going to be 3h 30 from Milan-Rome? That seems a bit
>> >> >disappointing for a new build high speed line.
>> >>
>> >> It's over 300 miles by crow
>> >
>> >So like I said, a bit disappointing! :)
>>
>> Not much of an improvement on the current 4.5 hours
>
> Yup. A bit like all the hoo-hah on the west coast mainline "improvement
> works." I don't see the big deal between the Manchester-London journey
> taking 2 hours when everything's finished (whenever that will be), when
> it took 2h 30 in the 1980s. Far more important has been the increase in
> frequency, first to twice an hour (from the original hourly) and then
> next year every 20 minutes.
>
It's 632km (old line ,slightly reduced in length when Milano-Florence opens)
so 3:30 isn't so bad.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:46:49 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:29:14 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>[]
>> >> >Is it really going to be 3h 30 from Milan-Rome? That seems a bit
>> >> >disappointing for a new build high speed line.
>> >>
>> >> It's over 300 miles by crow
>> >
>> >So like I said, a bit disappointing! :)
>>
>> Not much of an improvement on the current 4.5 hours
>
>Yup. A bit like all the hoo-hah on the west coast mainline "improvement
>works." I don't see the big deal between the Manchester-London journey
>taking 2 hours when everything's finished (whenever that will be), when
>it took 2h 30 in the 1980s. Far more important has been the increase in
>frequency, first to twice an hour (from the original hourly) and then
>next year every 20 minutes.

and the Dutch Thalys to Paris.
--

Martin

In article <6etq5sF8n0hrU1@mid.>,
"Gerald Oliver Swift" <goswift@m> wrote:

> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4.uk> wrote in message
> news:1ikmt7z.1x2ey47p9e34mN%d4g4h4.uk...
>
> >> >> > Italy is planning to open the new High Speed line Milano Naples
> >> >> > within
> >> >> > this year
> >> >> > top speed will be about 300 kms hour
> >> >> > Milano Bologna 60 minutes
> >> >> > Bologna Florence 25 minutes
> >> >> > Milano rome 3.30 minutes
>
>
> >> >Is it really going to be 3h 30 from Milan-Rome? That seems a bit
> >> >disappointing for a new build high speed line.
> >>
> >> It's over 300 miles by crow
> >
> > So like I said, a bit disappointing! :)
>
> Travel time from Milan to Rome on the new Treno Alta Velocità will actually
> be approx. 2h 25mins with an average speed of ca. 132mph.
>
> Gerry

What is the price of a round trip ticket though, comparable to a flight?

Any stops in that stretch?

In article <xsiik.1137$U5.907@newsb.telia.net>,
"Lennart Petersen" <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> wrote:

> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4.uk> skrev i meddelandet
> news:1ikmtyd.1bz31ny1jr8lteN%d4g4h4.uk...
> > Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:29:14 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne,
> >> _the_
> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
> >>
> >> >Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
> > []
> >> >> >Is it really going to be 3h 30 from Milan-Rome? That seems a bit
> >> >> >disappointing for a new build high speed line.
> >> >>
> >> >> It's over 300 miles by crow
> >> >
> >> >So like I said, a bit disappointing! :)
> >>
> >> Not much of an improvement on the current 4.5 hours
> >
> > Yup. A bit like all the hoo-hah on the west coast mainline "improvement
> > works." I don't see the big deal between the Manchester-London journey
> > taking 2 hours when everything's finished (whenever that will be), when
> > it took 2h 30 in the 1980s. Far more important has been the increase in
> > frequency, first to twice an hour (from the original hourly) and then
> > next year every 20 minutes.
> >
> It's 632km (old line ,slightly reduced in length when Milano-Florence opens)
> so 3:30 isn't so bad.

What is the price differential of the tickets going to be?