failed experiment

Italy’s high-speed freight train goes to the scrapyard

Mercitalia Fast high-speed freight train in 2018. Image: Flickr. © andrea terrevoli

Mercitalia Fast was a pilot project launched in Italy for high-speed rail freight services. However, the experiment was quite unsuccessful and now the adapted wagons will be scrapped, putting the final tombstone on the initiative.

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Author: Marco Raimondi

Marco Raimondi is an editor of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

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