News > World > Europe

Italy's populist government moves to scrap new high-speed railway that would
slash 3 hours from London-Milan journey

   Turin-Lyon high speed railway slammed by new infrastructure minister as
   waste of money
     * Jon Stone Europe Correspondent @joncstone
--
   AFP/Getty Images )

   Italy’s new populist government has moved to scrap a new high-speed
   railway line that would slash three hours off a London to Milan train
   journey, damning the project as “badly-born” and a potential waste of
--
   Travelling between Britain and Italy by train currently requires an
   early morning start and a late night arrival – but a new stretch of
   high speed line through the Alps was expected to mean travellers could
   leave London after breakfast and be in Milan later in the afternoon.

--
Watch more

     * Plans for UK-Germany high speed rail services shelved

   “When I study dossiers like that of Turin-Lyon TAV, I can only feel
--
   journeys between France and Italy, but would benefit travellers coming
   from the UK on the Eurostar and changing in Paris, too.
   Italy has invested significantly in high speed rail in recent decades
   (Reuters )

--
   been the subject of ongoing protests by locals who do not want the line
   to be built, as is common with major infrastructure projects – such as
   High Speed 2 in the UK.

Independent news email
--
   with its own picks.

   Italy has embarked on a major high-speed rail building programme in
   recent decades, with fast lines or planned lines connecting practically
   all the country’s major cities both north-south down the peninsula and
   east-west across the north Italian plain
   More about
   Italy |  Five Star Movement |  high speed rail |  Rail |  Milan |
   Eurostar |
   Show{{#moreThan3_total}} {{value_total}} {{/moreThan3_total}} comments
--
   (BUTTON)

 Created with Sketch. Italy's populist government moves to scrap new high speed
                                  railway line

--
2/2

   Italy has invested significantly in high speed rail in recent decades
   Reuters