Number of railway passengers in Italy 2012-2021

Over the period from 2012 to 2019, the railway passenger volume in Italy increased from roughly 855 million passengers to over 898 million passengers. In 2020, passenger number dropped precipitously, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to a substantial reduction in travel. By 2021, passenger numbers had risen again somewhat to just under 492 million.

Busiest stations

Rome’s Termini station and Milan’s Central Station were the by far the busiest stations in the country. In 2022, roughly 150 million people passed through Roma Termini and 116 million passengers through Milano Centrale.

Italy’s high-speed lines

In 2012, the private company Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori launched the Italo train, which became the main competitor of Trenitalia’s high-speed train Frecciarossa. The maximum speed allowed on the railway network varied between 250 and 300 kilometers per hour, depending on the line. As of 2021, Italy operated 921 kilometers of high-speed lines.