Train journeys are often hailed as one of the most efficient and serene ways to travel, with tunnels playing a pivotal ...

On Saturday, the region continued its long ... train plummeted from 1,788 meters above sea level at Preda to 999.3 meters at Alvaneu, using a succession of spirals, soaring viaducts and tunnels.

The straight lines and white gleaming concrete of new high-speed train ... have hampered Italy since the Romans ventured south to build the Appian way over 2000 years ago, with tunnels cut through ...

An information board displays train ... one of Italy's largest transport unions – in late January to demand the renewal of collective labour agreements in the rail transport sector. The walkout is set ...

In a damp, narrow, two-mile-long tunnel, train 8017 stopped again. The incline was steep. As the wheels of the two locomotives spun on the slippery rails, smoke poured from the stacks, swirled ...

Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP Train passengers in Italy are ... The protest was called by three of Italy’s largest unions – SGC, CUB and USB – over “deteriorating working conditions" and long-standing ...

travel long-distance, or don’t know yet where exactly you want to go, a rail pass might be a good option for you. Rail passes within Italy allow for unlimited train travel within the country for ...