Italy launched Europe's first private high-speed train service this week.The dark-red bullet-shaped "Italo" trains are run by NTV, a company headed by Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo who wants to take a quarter of the market from state rail network Trenitalia.
ROME, ITALY - APRIL 20: Italo, the new high speed train from the railway company New Passenger Transport SpA, known as NTV, ahead of its inaugural trip to Naples, at Stazione Tiburtina on April 20, 2012 in Rome, Italy. The new NTV railway company will run its maiden public high speed train journey on April 28, from Rome to Naples. (Photo by Giorgio Cosulich/Getty Images)
"Italo", a new high-speed train for the NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori), is seen on a platform at the Tiburtina train station in Rome April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi
New "Italo" high-speed trains for the NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori) are seen on a platform at the Naples central station April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi
"Italo", a new high-speed train for the NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori), is seen on a platform at the Tiburtina train station in Rome April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi
ROME, ITALY - APRIL 20: The staff of the railway company New Passenger Transport SpA, known as NTV, welcome travellers before the Italo high speed train's inaugural trip to Naples, at Stazione Tiburtina on April 20, 2012 in Rome, Italy. The new NTV railway company will run its maiden public high speed train journey on April 28, from Rome to Naples. (Photo by Giorgio Cosulich/Getty Images)
Train crew of NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori), pose in a railcar of the new high-speed train "Italo" during the inaugural trip from Rome to Naples April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (L), president of NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori), talks with reporters during the inaugural trip of the new high-speed train "Italo" from Rome to Naples April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, president of the NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori), is seen inside the new high-speed train "Italo" at the Tiburtina train station in Rome April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, president for NTV
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