Two of Europe's coolest cities will soon be connected by high-speed train
Europe has loads of really brilliant cities, but two of the most magnetic, fun, and effortlessly cool have to be Naples and Berlin – and soon, they'll be connected by a direct high-speed train.
Italian operator Trenitalia has reportedly just submitted multiple new international services to the Austrian railway regulator (whose territory would be crossed by them) and a Berlin-Naples high-speed train was included in the proposal.
It would connect the southern Italian city with the German capital via Rome, Florence, Bologna, Verona, Bolzano, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg and Erfurt – that's a pretty exciting route, right?
There's still a bit of a wait before the service is launched – another three years, to be exact, on June 11, 2028. But rail fans needn't fret, as this service is far from the only newcomer on Trenitalia's proposal.
Also on the list were the Rome-Florence-Bologna-Munich and Milan-Munich services, which will both go via Verona and Innsbruck and are set to debut on December 13, 2026.
Then there's the Milan -Berlin high-speed train which will travel via Verona, Innsbruck, Munich and Nuremberg, scheduled to launch on June 13 2027, and a Naples-Munich service that should begin departures from December 12, 2027.
It looks like all the services would run once a day in each direction, using the operator's flagship Frecciarossa 1000 high-speed trains (which seat 450 passengers and offer four different ticket classes).
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