Vintage trains put forgotten Italy firmly back on the map
The Independent|July 30, 2024
The 'Timeless Tracks' project takes tourists to the nation's less visited regions. Giulia Segreti is along for the ride
Giulia Segreti
Vintage trains put forgotten Italy firmly back on the map

Across its distance of just over 100km (62 miles), the so-called Italian “Transiberiana” (Trans-Siberian) rail line, also known as the Park Railway, slips into gorges, snakes into 58 tunnels and braves huge viaducts. It is the first of some 1,000km of line to have re-opened under a project by Fondazione FS, part of state-controlled national rail company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).

The “Timeless Tracks” project takes tourists to forgotten parts of Italy, offering an alternative to the fast-paced mass tourism of the major cities. “These are tracks that have lived through different eras; they have carried soldiers to the front, cows to pasture... they were mistakenly considered unproductive during the 1960s and 70s but are now once again of value,” says Luigi Cantamessa, who heads Fondazione FS.

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