Italy is one of the best European countries in terms of railway availability, and one of the most unevenly served. We mapped every comune against its nearest stations to find out the best connected towns in Italy, and where the picture is more brochure than reality. If you spend any time in Italy, you build up a mental image of the train network. Frecciarossa from Milano to Roma in three hours. Florence to Bologna in less than an hour. Quiet little stations in Umbrian villages where people read the paper while waiting for the local to Perugia. Most of that image is correct. The trouble is that what is wrong about rail in Italy is what matters most when you are choosing where to live. We have spent the last few weeks doing for rail what we did earlier for healthcare: we built a comprehensive picture of every Italian comune’s actual access to the train, station by station, drive time by drive time. The result is 7,795 municipalities, 107 provinces, and a country that turns out to be more complex than most people imagine. Coverage is almost universal (fewer than 3% of Italian comuni are more than 45 minutes from...
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