The Milan–Bologna high-speed railway is a railway line that links the cities of Milan and Bologna, part of the Italian high-speed rail network. It runs parallel to the historical north-south railway between Milan and Bologna, which itself follows the ancient Roman Road, the Via Aemilia. The new railway follows the Autostrada A1 closely for much of its length. The new line allows faster traffic to run separated and increase the overall railway capacity between the two cities.
The line is part of Corridor 1 of the European Union’s Trans-European high-speed rail network, which connects Berlin to Palermo. The line is 214 kilometers long from the Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale station, with trains taking about 1 hour and 5 minutes to cover the distance.
The line runs for 32 km on viaducts and for 3 km in tunnel, the rest being at-grad.
Milan-Bologna, Italy
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RFI ITALFERR-Italian State Railways
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1997-2005- Built
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