FLORENCE, ITALY – Trenitalia is to introduce the first direct high-speed train link between Perugia and Milan, Trenitalia confirmed this week.
From February 2018, the journey between the capital of Umbria and Lombardy will take little more than three hours. The service will run seven days a week with stops in Florence, Bologna and Turin. As for the price, a standard-class single is expected to cost around €65.
According to the planned timetable, a Frecciarossa high-speed train will leave Perugia at 5:30 in the morning to reach Milan at 8:30, with an 18:45 return in the evening arriving back in Perugia at 22:18.
Until now, travelling between Perugia and Milan took at least four hours and involved slower regional trains, buses, or a detour to Rome or Florence.