Paris and Milan will be linked again by direct Frecciarossa trains on 1 April.
The Paris to Milan trains will take around 7 hours
This is a long-awaited return, after the route was forcibly interrupted in August 2023 due to a landslide in the Maurienne valley. From 1 April there will therefore be four daily trains two departures from Paris at 7:30 a.m. and 3:20 p.m., and two departures from Milan at 6:25 a.m. and 3:53 p.m., for a total journey time of around 7 hours. The trains will make the following stops between Paris and Milan: Lyon - Chambéry - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Modane - Oulx - Turin. Tickets can already be purchased on Trenitalia's sales channels.
Also new Paris-Marseille Frecciarossa trains
The news of the reopening of the route from the French capital to the Lombardy capital is not the only one to have been announced during a press conference by the president of Trenitalia France, Marco Caposciutti. It is part of the 2025-2029 Strategic Plan of the Italian FS Group with the aim of increasing its presence abroad, which already has a turnover of €3 billion and 12,000 employees. And, from 15 June 2025, the new domestic Paris-Marseille trains will start operating.
Trenitalia has been operating in France for three years
This will be a new decisive step in Trenitalia's expansion in France and will involve four daily trains. The journey, lasting 3 hours and 20 minutes, will connect the French capital, departing from Paris-Gare-de-Lyon, to Marseille's Saint-Charles station. The intermediate stops are Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille Saint-Charles. This development plan marks a decisive turning point for the FS Group company, which has been operating in the French market for three years and thus accelerates its growth in France: from December 2021 to date it has transported more than three million passengers. The Paris-Lyon service also continues to boost traveller numbers, with a 40% increase between 2023 and 2024.
