It will be a nightmare Sunday for national transport. While the airline strike is still ongoing, from 23pm on Sunday 5 July RFI's interventions begin in Florence node that, until 4am on Friday, July 10th, will cause a reduction in frequency and an increase in travel times. This will be only the first of two closures scheduled for July: the second will run from 23 p.m. on Sunday 26th July until 11am on Thursday 30th JulyThe interruptions are due to the replacement of the Ponte al Pino railway overpass, in Florence, under which trains pass to and from Campo di Marte station.
From 5 to 10 July and then from 26 to 30 July "the connections between Florence Campo di Marte and Florence Rifredi and between Campo di Marte and Santa Maria Novella will be suspended, with repercussions also on national trains which cross the Florence hub", RFI reports in a note.
Trains from Rome to Milan reduced by 50% and took up to 6 hours to get there.
During the breaks a service is planned reduction of approximately 50% of trains scheduled at the Florence hubThe circulation of long-distance trains will be guaranteed through the Tyrrhenian line Two trains per hour will run on the Rome-Milan/Turin route. Travel times for these connections are expected to increase. up to about 2 hours and 30 minutes, even with regards to high speed.
Trenitalia will ensure four trains every hour with origin or destination Florence Santa Maria Novella and connections towards the North (Milan, Brescia, Bolzano and Venice), as well as tking trains every hourwith origin or destination Florence Campo di Marte and connections towards the South (Rome, Naples, Salerno, Reggio Calabria, Bari and Taranto).
For some of the trains there will be an active bus connection between the stations of Florence Santa Maria Novella and of Florence Field of Mars, so as to ensure the continuity of the journey. In these cases, the extension of the travel times It will be about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
