Italy’s high-speed freight train goes to the scrapyard

Mercitalia Fast was a pilot project launched in Italy for high-speed rail freight services. However, the experiment was quite unsuccessful and now the adapted wagons will be scrapped, putting the final tombstone on the initiative.

The Mercitalia Fast train ran for four years between 2018 and 2022. A high-speed train, usually deployed for passenger services, was modified to enable freight transport. Thi…