Train chaos: High Speed ​​and Intercity canceled in Salerno

A new morning of chaos in the movement of trains from North to South. Trains also canceled in Salerno. This morning from 6.30am trains suffered heavy delays and cancellations due to a fault between the stations Rome Termini and Rome Tiburtina. FS has communicated that traffic is currently gradually recovering “in the Rome hub after the intervention of RFI technicians following a disconnection of the Rome Termini and Rome Tiburtina plants“. However “traffic is significantly slowed down and some trains experience delays, cancellations and changes to circulation“.

Of the canceled high-speed and Intercity trains, 4 left Rome and were headed to Naples, Milan and Turin. Three convoys departing from Milan and having their destination were also cancelled NapoliRome and Salerno. A train departing from Naples to Milan and another from Turin to Rome were also cancelled.

«This morning – he declares Gianpiero StrisciuglioCEO of the Italian Railway Network – a rare fault occurred which affected the electrical substation that powers the Rome hub. Our workers intervened promptly and we remedied the problem, but the time in which the fault occurred (around 7 am with restoration at 8.30 am) affected the inconveniences which are still being absorbed The causes of this fault are being updated. We will get to the bottom of it because we are a serious company. There is RFI’s commitment on this. Specific actions have been taken to prevent such things from happening again. We apologize for the disservice»