Trenord, with its updates on Train Trips and Historic Trains, is putting the spotlight Spring schedules.
Trains to lakes, theme parks and art and sport destinations
These apply to its Train Trips services to the lakes, major theme parks, and destinations for art and sport, while the Historic Train services resumed on Sunday 12 April, and this year will once again take enthusiasts and curious visitors to the lakes and city centres.
A 7% growth in the first quarter
Organized in partnership with Discovera, the spring and summer schedules have been devised by Trenord to promote the use of trains for leisure travel. “The train remains the leading mode of transport even at weekends and on public holidays, as demonstrated by the 7% growth recorded in the first quarter of the year. This positive trend, which has continued beyond the summer season, highlights how the train is now the preferred choice for leisure travel,” said Leonardo Cesarini, commercial director Trenord. 
Working with local partners
“With the ‘Gite in Treno’ train trips programme and our tourism initiatives, we want to give further impetus to this trend, encouraging more and more people to opt for sustainable transport. Our added value is based on two pillars: on the one hand, an extremely extensive network of connections that allows travellers to leave their cars at home in complete comfort; on the other, close promotional collaboration with the local area and partners such as Discovera and Navigazione Laghi. This collaboration aims to inspire travellers and promote a more conscious, authentic and environmentally friendly culture of tourism.”
A wide range of options to choose from
The "Gite in Treno" train trips offers include train-and-boat routes on the Lombardy lakes to explore the Como and Lecco shores of Lake Como, and the villages on Lake Garda, Lake Maggiore from Stresa and Laveno, Lake Sebino and Monte Isola. From May, a train-and-boat route on Lake Lugano will be added to these options. Packages combining train travel with admission to the region’s largest theme parks, Gardaland Park and Movieland, are designed for young people and families. For trekking enthusiasts and sports lovers, the “Viandante sul Lago” packag
e is available for one or two days. It includes travel to Lecco and unlimited travel between stops as far as Colico, allowing you to alternate boat journeys with walks between the various towns on Lake Como along the “Sentiero del Viandante” trekking route.
Three first-class carriages
Trenord’s vintage train journeys resumed on Sunday 12 April, and until November the timetable includes 12 journeys in the train's three first-class AZ carriages (130-136-137), built in 1924–25, the FNM E610-04 electric locomotive from 1949 and the FNM E600-3 electric locomotive, built in 1928. The rolling stock, finely restored with the support of Ferrovienord, takes passengers from Milan Cadorna to Laveno Mombello, Como, Novara and Asso, immersed in a 1920s atmosphere, seated on the cardinal-red velvet seats of the first-class carriages, with their wooden interiors. The journeys will be enlivened by figures in period costume, musicians and performers delivering artistic and theatrical performances. This programme will be complemented by three trips on the historic ALn 668-125 railcar - built in 1979 and now elegantly restored -along the shores of Lake Iseo. The train will depart from Rovato towards Iseo, with the option of a boat trip to Monte Isola, or towards Pisogne.
