page_title: Transport in Italy
section_title: Rail links with adjacent countries
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Italy / Railways / Rail links with adjacent countries
caption_attribution_description: English: Rail track Marseille-Vintimille (Ventimiglia), in Italy, near the french border, with in the background Menton (Alpes-Maritimes, France) Français&#160;: Voie ferrée Marseille-Vintimille (Ventimiglia), en Italie, tout près de la frontière française avec Menton dans le lointain.
context_page_description: Italy has a well developed transport infrastructure.
  The Italian rail network is extensive, especially in the north, and it includes a high-speed rail network that joins the major cities of Italy from Naples through northern cities such as Milan and Turin.
  Italy has 2,507 people and 12.46 km² per kilometer of rail track, giving Italy the world's 13th largest rail network.
  Italy's road network is also widespread, with a total length of about 487,700 km.
  It comprises both an extensive motorway network, mostly toll roads, and national and local roads.
  Because of its long seacoast, Italy also has many harbors for the transportation of both goods and passengers.
  Transport networks in Italy are integrated into the Trans-European Transport Networks.
context_section_description: Italy has 11 rail border crossings over the Alpine mountains with her neighbouring countries: six are designated as mainline tracks and two are metre-gauge tracks. The six mainline border crossings are: two with France (one for Nice and Marseille; the other for Lyon and Dijon), two with Switzerland (one for Brig, Bern and Geneva; the other for Chiasso, Lugano, Lucerne and Zürich), and two with Austria (one for Innsbruck; the other for Villach, Graz and Vienna). The two metre-gauge track crossings are located at the border town of Tirano (enters Switzerland's Canton Graubünden/Grisons) and Domodossola (enters Switzerland's Locarno).
  There is a railway line connecting Italy's northeastern port of Trieste to Slovenia, but no passenger or freight services operate on this track. Consequently, there is no direct connections between Trieste and Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, despite the proximity of both cities.
  Italy-France: Marseille-Ventimiglia railway, currently EuroCity trains of Thello Milan-Marseille and one EuroNight train of RZD Moscow-Nice.
  Italy-France: Fréjus Rail Tunnel at 1,338 m above sea, currently SNCF TGV trains Milan-Paris and Turin-Paris and EuroNight trains of Thello Venice-Paris
  Italy-Switzerland: Domodossola–Locarno railway metre-gauge trains
  Italy-Switzerland: Simplon Tunnel, currently EuroCity trains of SBB CFF FFS Milan-Geneva and Milan-Bern
  Italy-Switzerland: connecting Varese (Italy) to Bellinzona (Switzerland) and runs on the eastern coast of Lake Maggiore
  Italy-Switzerland: Milan–Chiasso railway, currently EuroCity trains of SBB CFF FFS Milan-Zürich
  Italy-Switzerland: Bernina railway at 2,253 m above sea, metre-gauge trains of RhB Tirano-St. Moritz and the Bernina Express tourist train
  Italy-Austria: Brenner railway at 1,371 m above sea, currently EuroCity trains of ÖBB-DB Munich-Verona and Munich-Venice/Bologna, and DB CityNightLine Munich-Rome/Milan
  Italy-Austria: at 1,175 m above sea connecting San Candido/Innichen (Italy) and Lienz (Austria)
  Italy-Austria: connecting Venice and Udine (Italy) to Villach (Austria), currently EuroCity trains of ÖBB Venice-Vienna, EuroNight trains of ÖBB Vienna-Rome/Milan, and DB CityNightLine Munich-Venice
  Italy-Slovenia: Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway
  The Vatican City is also linked to Italy with a railway line serving a single railway station, the Vatican City railway station. This line is used only for special occasions.San Marino used to have a narrow gauge rail connection with Italy; this was dismantled in 1944.
caption: The Marseille-Vintimille railway line in Ventimiglia, near the French border
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