Eurostar Italia was the name given to high-speed trains operated by Trenitalia in

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. The brand was discontinued and replaced with Le Frecce in December 2012.

History

The category Eurostar, introduced in 1997, replaced the Pendolino trains and had always been for the route connecting Milan to Rome and its extensions. Since 2006 with the opening of the high speed lines the category gradually declined in several subcategories and the original gradually downsized. In June 2012, the category Eurostar was divided into various subcategories indicating various high-speed services. The new categories created were Frecciarossa for the fastest trains (), Frecciargento for the next category of trains (), and Frecciabianca (). The final Eurostar services connecting Rome with Ravenna and Reggio Calabria operated until December 2012. The name ''Eurostar'' was used under license from

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, which owns the trademark and used the name for one of their trucks. Despite the identical name, there is no relation between this service and the Eurostar railway service that runs through the

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Services

Various categories used until June 2012 were: * ''Eurostar Alta Velocità Frecciarossa'' (Turin-Milan-Florence-Rome-Naples), now only ''Frecciarossa'' * ''Eurostar Alta Velocità Frecciargento'' (Rome-Venice, Rome-Reggio Calabria, Rome-Lecce), now only ''Frecciargento'' * ''Eurostar City Italia Frecciabianca'', now only ''Frecciabianca'' * ''Eurostar Italia Business'', discontinued after opening high-speed line Milan-Rome * ''Eurostar Italia Alta Velocità Fast'', now included in ''Frecciarossa'' and ''Frecciargento'' * ''Eurostar Italia Fast'', now included in ''Frecciarossa'' and ''Frecciargento''

The trains

* ETR 460 (''Eurostar'' service).

The lines

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