Italy has started a direct train service from Rome to Pompeii on Sundays, which takes tourists and visitors to the archeological site in under two hours. The service began following an agreement between the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Italian State Railways, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.
The new service was officially opened on Sunday, July 16, when dignitaries including the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, the CEO of the FS Italiane Group Luigi Ferraris, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni boarded the train for the inaugural journey from Rome’s Termini Station. The premier expressed her satisfaction with the project, which enhances the appeal of one of the world’s most popular archeological sites and encourages tourism, a key industry in Italy.
The no-change service between Rome and Pompeii is a Frecciarossa 1000 train, the flagship in the Trenitalia fleet, which becomes a tool to promote tourism and culture and unite the country by improving access to its historical assets.
The train will leave Roma Termini every Sunday morning at 8:53 a.m. and reaches Pompeii at 10:40 a.m. During the journey, passengers will have the opportunity to learn about the history of the ancient city of Pompeii from a video clip streamed on the on-board monitors. When the Frecciarossa reaches its destination, a Pompeii Link shuttle bus will be waiting to take passengers to the archeological site. The return journey leaves at 6:40 p.m. and gets into Roma Termini at 8:55 p.m.
The new service joins the 50 Frecciarossa daily return services that currently run between Rome and Pompeii.
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