Trenitalia and Italo rethink and cancel many tickets suppressing some trains.
" We inform you that the distancing and the limit of 50% of jobs to be filled on the chessboard remains confirmed on all the Arrows and Intercities. Trenitalia, by order of the Minister of Health, has in fact suspended the application of the measures previously implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Prime Ministerial Decree of 14 July which allowed the exemption from social distancing on board high-speed trains and medium and long-distance trains under specific conditions ". The company communicated this in the morning with an email to the passengers, confirming the measures applied so far on board the train, including measuring the temperature at the departure "in the stations where Frecciarossa and Frecciargento stop".
To "comply with the provisions" of the ordinance "issued suddenly yesterday by the Minister of Health which reintroduces, with immediate effect, the distancing obligation on" Italo - High-speed trains " was" forced ", despite himself, to cancel 8 trains in the morning and numerous tickets for the afternoon trains, reaching around 8000 passengers who were unable to take advantage of the ticket already purchased ". Italo, reads a note, "has already taken steps to reimburse passengers in the shortest possible time and is working to minimize any inconvenience for the next few days, trusting in the understanding of its customers". The eight canceled routes concern north-south connections such as Turin-Salerno and Turin-Reggio Calabria or Milan-Naples, but also three scheduled connections between Milan and Ancona during the day.