Thirty-five million travellers they moved in August using Trenitalia trains. The company communicates this, underlining that the figure represents a 15% increase compared to August 2022, with overall data that has exceeded the pre-Covid era.
It therefore continues, for the mobility services of the FS Group led by Luigi Ferraris, the positive trend recorded in 2022 and confirmed in the first half of the current year, with a constant increase in demand "supported, and encouraged, in this glimpse of summer, by Trenitalia's "Summer experience" offer", highlights the company .
Trenitalia: 75 million tourists between July and September on trains
Luigi Corradi, CEO of Trenitalia, head of the Polo Passengers of FS, a few weeks ago during the presentation of the new company FS – Italian Tourist Trains said “In recent months, tourism has been the master. I am 75 million and tourists that we expect this summer between July, August and September on our Trenitalia trains, the High Speed, Intercity and Regional ones".
Of the 35 million in August, about 9 million travelers are concentrated in the weekend. A rediscovery of the train that also concerns young and very young people: 3,5 million children under 15 they traveled on Frecciarossa, Intercity and Regional trains using the promotions dedicated to family travellers. And, at the end of the summer, 13 million travelers under the age of 26 will have chosen the train for their holidays.
As far as large urban centers are concerned, Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin and Bologna were the destinations with the highest number of travellers, while if you look only at the South, the Apulian cities of Bari and Lecce are at the top of this special ranking.