Bombardment during WWII devastated the rail lines, but reconstruction occurred under the post-war Marshall Plan. The first high-speed trains debuted in the 1970s, and today, Italy continues to ...

An even worse rail accident occurred in 1917 at St. Michel, near the Franco-Italian border, when a French troop train was wrecked, killing at least 535, injuring 243. Wartime censorship likewise ...