Thello

Thello
Private
Industry Public transport
Founded 6 October 2011
Headquarters Trenitalia
21 rue Camille Desmoulins
F - 92130 Issy les Moulineaux, Paris and Venice
Key people
 Roberto Rinaudo (President)
Services Trans-national trains
Owner Trenitalia
Website thello.com
A Thello Milan-Nice train at Milano Centrale.

Thello is an open-access train operator running international services between France and Italy since 2011, the company is owned by the Italian state owned railway company Trenitalia.[1][2]

Initially set up as a joint venture between Trenitalia and Transdev, the latter sold 33% holding in Thello to their Italian partner in 2016 giving Trenitalia full control.[3]

There is also a restaurant car operated by LSG Sky Chefs, where it is possible to have dinner and breakfast on board.[1]

History

Thello is a French simplified joint company ("Société par actions simplifiée"). The establishment took place after the cooperation between SNCF and Trenitalia which had previously operated jointly Artesia trains between Paris and Italy. It initially accounted for two-thirds of the shares in Trenitalia and a third on Transdev.

Night trains from Thello operate daily since 11 December 2011 on the route between Paris-Gare de Lyon and Venice-Santa Lucia with stops in Dijon -Ville, Milan-Centrale, Brescia, Verona, Vicenza and Padua and Venice-Mestre Cabotage, the carriage of national passengers on a leg of the international journey, has hitherto not been permitted by the Autorité de régulation des activités ferroviaires (ARAF), the body which regulates free competition in the French rail network; Tickets Paris-Dijon / Dijon-Paris are therefore not offered by Thello.[4]

From 9 December 2012, Thello restarted the service between Paris and Rome, previously operated as Artesia,[5] but the service was withdrawn from 14 December 2013. It took a second night connection between France and Italy with Paris Gare de Lyon -Rome-Termini with stops in Dijon, Bologna and Florence in his offer. Thello achieved a turnover of 30 million euros in 2012. The reason given was, in particular, difficulties in obtaining timetable routes which allow attractive travel times. At the same time, however, Thello reiterated his desire to offer daily train services between Marseille and Milan starting in 2014 with stops in Genoa and Nice. In a decision of 9 July 2013, the ARAF confirmed that the proposed connection was compatible with the rules applicable in France to competitive international rail services and that it was not in competition with the TERs subsidized by the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Regional trains. Since 14 December 2014 Thello also operates daytime trains between Milan and Marseille, via Genoa and Nice.,[6] which is compressed since 12 April 2015 by two more train pairs in the section between Nice and Milan.

Since the beginning of 2013, the company has had the safety certificate required for traffic on the Belgian railway network. Thello had announced that they want to appear in direct competition with Thalys on the Paris-Brussels connection from 2014 onwards. To date, however, these plans have not materialized. In March 2016, Roberto Rinaudo - until then financial director of the passenger transport division of Trenitalia - took over the management of the company, replacing Albert Alday. On 6 September 2016 Trenitalia announced that it has taken over the share of Transdev and thus the company since then alone.

Train services

Since 11 December 2011, Thello operates night trains between Paris Gare de Lyon and Venezia Santa Lucia railway station.[1] The trains stop at Dijon-Ville, Milano Centrale, Brescia, Verona Porta Nuova, Vicenza and Padova.

Rolling stock

First Thello train at Paris Gare de Lyon station on 11 December 2011

Initially the carriages are leased by Trenitalia while the locomotive is leased from Akiem by SNCF Geodis. The locomotives used are three-system SNCF Class BB 36000 electric locomotives uprated from 160 km/h to 200 km/h operation in France to the Italian border.[1]

The sleeping-cars are type MU, a design originally created for the Wagons-Lits Company, built 1964-1974 but refurbished by Trenitalia in the mid-2000s when LED lighting & corridor CCTV were fitted and carpets removed. Each sleeping-car has 12 compartments with washbasin, each usable as single, double or triple. Couchette cars are of various types and can be used as 4 berth or 6-berth.

Thello night trains have three classes:[1]

  • 6 berth couchette
  • 4 berth couchette
  • 1-3 berth sleeping compartments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Thello brings open access to France". Railway Gazette International. 7 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Partnership with Trenitalia and Veolia Transdev". AGI SpA. 6 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Transdev to leave Thello joint venture" retrieved 1 July 2016
  4. ↑ "Cabotage international : le gendarme du rail fixe les règles". mobilicites.com. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013.
  5. ↑ previous timetable Rome-Paris
  6. ↑ Day train Marseille-Milan
E 444 084 hauls a Thello Eurocity along the Ligurian Coast

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