Milan–Paris Frecciarossa

{{Further information|Trenitalia France}}

Until the COVID-19 pandemic suspended services on 10 March 2020, Thello, Trenitalia France's predecessor, ran an overnight service between Paris and Venice. Thello also operated a daytime service between Milan and Marseille through Genoa, which was officially scrapped alongside the Paris–Venice service on 1 July 2021.{{Cite web |last=Haydock |first=David |date=30 June 2021 |title=Thello operates final trains |url=https://www.railjournal.com/regions/europe/thello-operates-final-trains/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=International Railway Journal}} Before the Milan–Paris Frecciarossa, SNCF, France's state-owned railway company, ran services between Paris and Milan,{{Cite web |last=Zadro |first=Cinzia |date=11 September 2019 |title=Treno Milano-Parigi con il Frecciarossa si arriva in 6 ore |trans-title=Milan-Paris by train: Trenitalia's Frecciarossa arrives |url=https://www.viagginews.com/2019/09/11/treno-milano-parigi-frecciarossa/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=ViaggiNews.com |language=it-IT}} having first served Milan in 2011.{{Cite web |last=Borrillo |first=Michelangelo |date=18 December 2021 |title=Treni, al via il Milano-Parigi: parte la sfida del Frecciarossa al Tgv. Il reportage a bordo |trans-title=Frecciarossa Milan-Paris: Trenitalia's challenge to the TGV beings. The report on board. |url=https://www.corriere.it/economia/aziende/21_dicembre_18/treni-via-milano-parigi-parte-sfida-frecciarossa-tgv-reportage-bordo-c349d41e-5e95-11ec-bd4c-ff71c0b97a67.shtml |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}

In September 2019, Trenitalia announced plans for a Frecciarossa service between Paris and Milan, with an expected inauguration in December 2020.{{Cite web |last=Rizzoli |first=Ester |date=13 September 2019 |title=MILANO-PARIGI: nuova tratta Trenitalia, in 6 ore con il Frecciarossa |trans-title=MILAN-PARIS: new Trenitalia route, in 6 hours with the Frecciarossa |url=https://milanoevents.it/2019/09/13/milano-parigi-nuova-tratta-trenitalia-in-6-ore-con-il-frecciarossa/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=milanoevents.it |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Pieto |date=10 September 2019 |title=Il Frecciarossa arriva in Francia: viaggi al via da giugno 2020 |trans-title=Frecciarossa arrives in France: Trips starting from June 2020 |url=https://telenord.it/il-frecciarossa-arriva-in-francia-viaggi-al-via-da-giugno-2020 |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Telenord |language=it-IT}} Tests to approve the Italian trains to run on the French network were conducted at a railway circuit in Tronville-en-Barrois.{{Cite web |last=Puato |first=Alessandra |date=10 September 2019 |title=Milano-Parigi in 6 ore col nuovo Frecciarossa (più veloce del Tgv) |trans-title=Trenitalia, the Frecciarossa 1000 goes to France: Milan-Paris from June 2020 in six hours (less than the TGV) |url=https://www.corriere.it/economia/aziende/19_settembre_10/frecciarossa-1000-va-francia-giugno-2020-via-milano-parigi-sei-ore-meno-tgv-6fb06de0-d2f1-11e9-b7e8-6cf2f2f7881d.shtml |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}} On 28 June 2021, an initial fleet of five Frecciarossa 1000 trains was authorised to run on the French railway network.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=12 December 2021 |title=Frecciarossa per Parigi, dal 18 dicembre due corse al giorno |trans-title=Frecciarossa to Paris, two trips a day from 18 December |url=https://torino.corriere.it/cronaca/21_dicembre_10/frecciarossa-parigi-18-dicembre-due-corse-giorno-8c83d6c4-5994-11ec-a7f8-dae72bf3ca0c.shtml |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it-IT}}

The Milan–Paris Frecciarossa was inaugurated on 18 December 2021,{{Cite web |last=Felice |first=Federica |date=26 December 2021 |title=Frecciarossa Torino-Parigi, dopo il debutto tutti i dettagli su orari e tariffe |trans-title=Frecciarossa Turin-Paris: After the debut, all the details on timetables and fares |url=https://www.torinofree.it/news/frecciarossa-torino-parigi-dopo-il-debutto-tutti-i-dettagli-su-orari-e-tariffe.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Torino Free |language=it-IT}} with a morning and afternoon train in each direction.{{Cite web |last=Esposito |first=Mario |date=14 December 2021 |title=Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi da 29 euro (con sala riunioni da 79) |trans-title=Milan-Paris Frecciarossa from 29 euros (with meeting room from 79) |url=https://www.occhionotizie.it/frecciarossa-milano-parigi-orari-biglietti-quanto-tempo/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=L'Occhio |language=it-IT}} An inaugural ceremony at Milano Centrale greeted the first train arriving from Paris Gare de Lyon, featuring actors with Napoleonic uniforms and can-can dancers.{{Cite web |date=19 December 2021 |title=Partiti i primi Frecciarossa che collegano Milano e Parigi passando per Torino: la festa |trans-title=The first Frecciarossa trains have left, connecting Milan and Paris via Turin: The party |url=https://www.torinotoday.it/attualita/Frecciarossa-Milano-Torino-Parigi.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=TorinoToday |language=it}} Tickets were sold from 13 December 2021,{{Cite web |date=14 December 2021 |title=Frecciarossa, da metropolitana d'Italia ad europea |trans-title=Frecciarossa: From Italian to European metro |url=https://www.fsnews.it/it/focus-on/servizi/2021/12/14/ad-trenitalia-luigi-corradi-convegno-asstra.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=FS News |language=it}} with fares starting from {{Euro|29}} on weekdays,{{Cite web |last=Avella |first=Rossella |date=12 March 2022 |title=Milano-Parigi: ecco come vivere un week end da sogno in treno |url=https://www.viagginews.com/2022/03/12/milano-parigi-treno/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=ViaggiNews.com |language=it-IT}} and an average standard class fare of {{Euro|51}}.{{Cite web |last=Tarenzi Colombotti |first=Ylenia |date=7 March 2022 |title=Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi: entro giugno in arrivo nuove corse |trans-title=Frecciarossa Milan-Paris: new routes arriving by June |url=https://milano.notizie.it/trasporti-milano/2022/03/07/frecciarossa-milano-parigi-nuove-corse/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Milano Notizie |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |last=Bettoni |first=Sara |date=17 February 2022 |title=Treno Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi: impennata di prenotazioni, entro giugno nuove corse per l'Alta velocità |trans-title=Frecciarossa Milan-Paris train: surge in bookings, new high-speed services by June |url=https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/22_febbraio_17/treno-frecciarossa-milano-parigi-impennata-prenotazioni-entro-giugno-nuove-corse-l-alta-velocita-e3060c8a-8fbb-11ec-990d-642ea57e6940.shtml |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it-IT}} Seating capacity was initially restricted to 80% by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the introduction of the Paris–Milan Frecciarossa, Trenitalia became the first company to enter France's railway market after SNCF,{{Cite web |last=Ginori |first=Anais |date=10 December 2021 |title=Trenitalia, via al Frecciarossa Parigi-Milano. E' sfida ai francesi di Sncf |trans-title=Trenitalia: The Frecciarossa Paris-Milan launches. It's a challenge to the French SNCF. |url=https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2021/12/10/news/trenitalia_via_al_frecciarossa_parigi-milano_e_sfida_ai_francesi_di_sncf-329725565/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}} made possible by the liberalisation of the European railway network through the European Union's Guideline 91/440.{{Cite journal |last=Guihéry |first=Laurent |date=June 2022 |title=Trenitalia's arrival on the Paris-Lyon high-speed line: from open competition to underground cooperation with SNCF? |url=https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03753714/document |journal=20th European Transport Congress |publisher=University of Győr |access-date=16 March 2024}} Trenitalia forecasted that it would eventually provide ten services daily, transporting 5,000 passengers.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2021 |title=Frecciarossa Torino-Parigi, sconti in vista dell'inaugurazione |trans-title=Frecciarossa Turin-Paris: Discounts in view of the inauguration |url=https://mole24.it/2021/12/16/frecciarossa-torino-parigi-sconti-in-vista-dellinaugurazione/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Mole24 |language=it-IT}}

File:TGV Frecciarossa Paris-Milan à St-Pierre-d'Albigny (mai 2023).JPG, May 2023]]

By February 2022, the services had an average occupancy rate of 83%, reaching peaks of 98% during the Christmas holidays, with 40% of tickets booked in the week preceding each journey. Reflecting on the route's success, Trenitalia advertised one job in Chambéry, four in Lyon, and thirteen in Paris.

On 5 April 2022, Trenitalia France introduced a shortworking service between Lyon-Perrache and Paris Gare de Lyon, with an intermediate stop in Lyon-Part-Dieu. Three trains in each direction per day were initially scheduled,{{Cite web |last=Bellagamba |first=Valeria |date=19 March 2022 |title=Trenitalia aumenta i Frecciarossa tra Lione e Parigi, sulla tratta da Milano |trans-title=Trenitalia increases the Frecciarossa trains between Lyon and Paris, on the route from Milan |url=https://www.viagginews.com/2022/03/19/trenitalia-aumenta-frecciarossa-lione-parigi-tratta-milano/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=ViaggiNews.com |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=9 March 2022 |title=Trenitalia: altre sei corse Frecciarossa tra Parigi e Lione |trans-title=Trenitalia: Six more Frecciarossa routes between Paris and Lyon |url=https://www.lastampa.it/viaggi/mondo/2022/03/09/news/trenitalia_altre_sei_corse_frecciarossa_tra_parigi_e_lione-2871646/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=La Stampa |language=it}} increasing to five trains from 1 June 2022.{{Cite web |title=Trenitalia, al via il primo Frecciarossa 1000 tra Parigi e Lione |trans-title=Trenitalia, the first Frecciarossa 1000 starts between Paris and Lyon |url=https://www.teleborsa.it/News/2022/04/05/trenitalia-al-via-il-primo-frecciarossa-1000-tra-parigi-e-lione-147.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Teleborsa |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Pallotta |first=Veronica |date=2 June 2022 |title=Ferrovie: Trenitalia aumenta l'offerta di corse in Francia |trans-title=Railways: Trenitalia increases the offer of journeys in France |url=https://www.ferrovie.info/index.php/it/53-comunicati-stampa/22611-ferrovie-trenitalia-aumenta-l-offerta-di-corse-in-francia |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Ferrovie.Info |language=it-it}} The Paris–Lyon route is France's busiest high-speed route,{{Cite web |last=McWhirter |first=Alex |date=6 April 2022 |title=Paris-Lyon rail is Europe's most competitive route |url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2022/04/06/paris-lyon-rail-is-europes-most-competitive-route/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=Business Traveller |language=en-GB}} with Trenitalia's services constituting a fifth of trains serving it.

Between 11 April and 8 May 2022, two carriages were painted with Disney themes, with a competition offering passengers the chance to win visits to Disneyland Paris.{{Cite web |date=14 April 2022 |title=Iniziative, Frecciarossa lancia un concorso dedicato a Disneyland Paris |trans-title=Initiatives: Frecciarossa launches a competition dedicated to Disneyland Paris |url=https://mole24.it/2022/04/14/iniziative-frecciarossa-lancia-un-concorso-dedicato-a-disneyland-paris/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Mole24 |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=11 April 2022 |title=Trenitalia sfreccia e Disneyland Paris su un Frecciarossa dedicato al 30° anniversario |trans-title=Trenitalia whizzes by and Disneyland Paris on a Frecciarossa dedicated to the 30th anniversary |url=https://www.teleborsa.it/News/2022/04/11/trenitalia-sfreccia-e-disneyland-paris-su-un-frecciarossa-dedicato-al-30-anniversario-139.html |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=Teleborsa |language=it}}{{Cite web |date=12 April 2022 |title=Poco lontano da Monza, puoi salire a bordo di un Frecciarossa griffato Disneyland Paris |trans-title=Not far from Monza, you can board a Disneyland Paris-branded Frecciarossa |url=https://www.monzatoday.it/social/treno-disney-milano-parigi.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=MonzaToday |language=it}}

By December 2022, a million tickets had been sold on the service,{{Cite web |last=Pasteris |first=Vittorio |date=14 December 2022 |title=Trenitalia France, venduti un milione di biglietti in un anno |trans-title=Trenitalia France: One million tickets sold in one year |url=https://www.quotidianopiemontese.it/2022/12/14/trenitalia-france-venduti-un-milione-di-biglietti-in-un-anno/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Quotidiano Piemontese |language=it-IT}} with the average fare dropping from {{Euro|82}} in 2021 to {{Euro|68}} in 2022. 79% of passengers travelled in standard class. Italians constituted 53% of passengers, with 34% from France, 6% from the United Kingdom, and 3% from the United States. The busiest routes were Paris–Lyon and Paris–Chambéry.{{Cite web |last= |date=13 December 2022 |title=Un anno di concorrenza sulla tratta Milano-Parigi: crescita del 291% nelle prenotazioni sulla piattaforma Trainline. Il prezzo medio del biglietto è sceso del 17%. |trans-title=A year of competition on the Milan-Paris route: 291% growth in bookings on the Trainline platform. The average ticket price dropped by 17%. |url=https://www.gazzettadimilano.it/economia/un-anno-di-concorrenza-sulla-tratta-milano-parigi-crescita-del-291-nelle-prenotazioni-sulla-piattaforma-trainline-il-prezzo-medio-del-biglietto-e-sceso-del-17/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Gazzetta di Milano |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title=Un anno di Frecciarossa sulla Milano-Parigi: gli effetti su domanda e prezzi |trans-title=One year of Frecciarossa on the Milan-Paris route: the effects on demand and prices |url=http://www.ttgitalia.com/stories/trasporti/181055_un_anno_di_frecciarossa_sulla_milano-parigi_gli_effetti_su_domanda_e_prezzi/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=TTG Italia |language=it-IT}} According to data from Trainline, the competition introduced by Trenitalia reduced average fares along the Paris–Milan route by 8%.{{Cite web |date=14 December 2022 |title=Ecco quanti biglietti sono stati venduti per il Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi |url=https://www.milanotoday.it/attualita/frecciarossa-milano-parigi-2022.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=MilanoToday |language=it}}

On 27 August 2023, a landslide led approximately {{Convert|15000|m3|cuft}} of rock to fall on the railway tracks and adjoining A43 autoroute between Modane and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=3 October 2023 |title=Treni Italia-Francia, stop alta velocità per lavori fino estate 2024 |url=https://tg24.sky.it/mondo/2023/10/03/treni-italia-francia-stop-estate-2024 |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Sky TG24 |language=it}} Services were initially intended to resume on 29 August,{{Cite web |date=28 August 2023 |title=Sono stati sospesi i treni tra Milano e Parigi (per una frana) |trans-title=Trains between Milan and Paris are suspended (due to a landslide) |url=https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/frana-frecciarossa-parigi.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=MilanoToday |language=it}} then in mid-November.{{Cite web |last=Penna |first=Alexia |date=3 October 2023 |title=Stop ai treni per Parigi fino al 2024: ferme le Frecce e i regionali |trans-title=Stop trains to Paris until 2024: Frecce and regional trains stopped |url=https://www.torinotoday.it/attualita/sospesi-treni-torino-parigi-estate-2024.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=TorinoToday |language=it}} In October 2023, the reopening date was revised to summer 2024.{{Cite web |last=Tropeano |first=Maurizio |date=2 October 2023 |title=Stop a Tgv e Frecce: niente treni per Parigi fino all'estate 2024 |trans-title=The TGV and Frecce are stopped: No trains to Paris until summer 2024 |url=https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2023/10/02/news/stop_a_tgv_e_frecce_niente_treni_per_parigi_fino_allestate_2024-13566067/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=La Stampa |language=it}} From 10 January 2024, SNCF ran a partial service, with a replacement shuttlebus between Oulx and Chambéry.{{Cite web |date=11 December 2023 |title=Frana del Frejus, un solo treno ripristinato tra Milano e Parigi. Ma con navetta |trans-title=Frejus landslide: Only one train restored between Milan and Paris, but with a shuttle |url=https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2023/12/11/news/frana_frejus_treno_milano_parigi-13925383/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=La Stampa |language=it}} After extensive work, the re-opening date was revised to spring 2025.

On the 1st of April 2025, direct service between Italy and France was resumed with two round trip trains per day.{{Cite web |title=Milano-Parigi, torna l’alta velocità del Frecciarossa |url=https://www.fsnews.it/it/focus-on/servizi/2025/4/1/milano-parigi-frecciarossa-alta-velocita.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=FS News |language=it}}

File:TGV Frecciarossa Milan-Paris arrivant à Modane (avril 2022) 3.JPG, April 2022]]

The service begins at Milano Centrale using 3,000 volts DC. After Milano Rho, it runs along the Turin–Milan high-speed railway,{{Cite web |last=Haydock |first=David |date=1 September 2021 |title=Trenitalia runs Turin – Paris test train |url=https://www.railjournal.com/news/trenitalia-runs-turin-paris-test-train/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=International Railway Journal}} at 25,000 volts AC, to reach its first intermediate stop, Torino Porta Susa. The service then runs along the Turin–Modane railway, electrified at 3,000 volts DC.{{cite book |last=Burch |first=Edward Parris |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924003628603 |title=Electric Traction for Railway Trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=1911 |location=New York |pages=471, 569 |oclc=1086307472}} Some trains call at Bardonecchia and, after the international border, all services call at Modane. The train stops for a customs and police control at the international border, which usually takes ten minutes: the schedule allows some flexibility through an extended stop in Lyon.

The service continues along the Culoz–Modane railway, electrified at 1,500 volts DC, to reach Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux. After Chambéry, the trains run along the single-tracked {{ill|Saint-André-le-Gaz–Chambéry railway|fr|Ligne de Saint-André-le-Gaz à Chambéry}}, which leads to the {{ill|Lyon–Marseille railway|fr|Ligne de Lyon-Perrache à Marseille-Saint-Charles (via Grenoble)}}, and the final intermediate stop at Lyon-Part-Dieu. Joining the LGV Sud-Est, the train returns to 25,000 volts AC to reach the terminus at Paris Gare de Lyon.

Compared to the Milan–Paris route used by SNCF services, by using the Turin–Milan high-speed railway, rather than the slower Turin–Milan railway, the Milan–Paris Frecciarossa saves forty minutes' journey time. On the other hand, the SNCF services call at Lyon-Saint-Exupéry rather than Part-Dieu, saving twenty minutes' journey time. The SNCF's services terminate at Milano Porta Garibaldi rather than Milano Centrale.

Before the service's suspension, two trains ran in each direction per day,{{Cite web |title=Il Frecciarossa arriva a Parigi! |trans-title=The Frecciarossa arrives in Paris! |url=https://www.trenitalia.com/it/le_frecce/il-frecciarossa-arriva-a-parigi-.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Trenitalia |language=it-IT}} with journey times ranging between 6 hours 42 minutes and 6 hours 57 minutes.

As of March 2024, the service runs five trains in each direction per weekday between Paris Gare-de-Lyon and Lyon-Perrache, with an intermediate stop in Lyon-Part-Dieu. On the weekends, four trains run in each direction per day between Paris and Lyon, and an additional service terminating at Chambéry instead of Lyon-Perrache.{{Cite web |date=3 February 2024 |title=Orario Tutt'Italia Digitale: Edizione Invernale 2023–2024 |trans-title=Tutt'Italia Digital Timetable: Winter Edition 2023–2024 |url=https://www.trenitalia.com/content/dam/tcom/allegati/trenitalia_2014/informazioni/orario_digitale/Tuttitalia_light.pdf |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=Trenitalia |language=it-IT}}

The service includes three classes, branded as "comforts": standard, business, and executive. Each train also hosts a Sala Meeting,{{Cite web |last= |date=10 December 2021 |title=Trenitalia collegherà Milano a Parigi dal 18 dicembre con il Frecciarossa |trans-title=Trenitalia will connect Milan to Paris from 18 December with the Frecciarossa |url=https://mobilita.org/2021/12/10/trenitalia-colleghera-milano-a-parigi-dal-18-dicembre-con-il-frecciarossa/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=mobilita.org |language=it-IT}} a bookable meeting room with a capacity for five people. Standard and Business Comfort classes are further divided into {{Lang|it|Allegro}} ({{Translation|lively}}) and {{Lang|it|Silenzio}} ({{Translation|silence}}) ambiances.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=16 December 2021 |title=Con il Frecciarossa la Valsusa è collegata a Milano e Parigi: tutti i giorni ferma a Bardonecchia |trans-title=With the Frecciarossa, the Valsusa is connected to Milan and Paris: Every day it stops in Bardonecchia |url=https://www.valsusaoggi.it/con-il-frecciarossa-la-valsusa-e-collegata-a-milano-e-parigi-tutti-i-giorni-ferma-a-bardonecchia/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Valsusa Oggi |language=it-IT}}

Each train is equipped with free Wi-Fi and a bar.{{Cite web |last=Zadro |first=Cinzia |date=11 December 2021 |title=Da Milano a Parigi con il super treno veloce: quanto costa il biglietto |trans-title=To Paris with the super-fast train: tickets at a very low price |url=https://www.viagginews.com/2021/12/11/milano-parigi-treno-biglietti/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=ViaggiNews.com |language=it-IT}} A bilingual magazine, {{Lang|fr|La Freccia Sans Frontières}}, is distributed on board.{{Cite web |date=22 June 2022 |title=Il Museo Faina a Parigi con il Frecciarossa |trans-title=The Faina Museum in Paris with the Frecciarossa |url=https://www.orvietonews.it/cultura/2022/06/22/il-museo-faina-a-parigi-con-il-frecciarossa-95733.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=orvietonews.it |language=it-IT}}

File:Trenitalia, voie I, Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu.jpg at Lyon-Part-Dieu, September 2022]]

The service uses Frecciarossa 1000 trains, built by Hitachi and Bombardier Transportation, each with a capacity of 462 passengers, travelling at {{Convert|360|km/h|mph}}.{{Cite web |last=Tarenzi Colombotti |first=Ylenia |date=13 March 2021 |title=Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi: il nuovo treno che collegherà Italia e Francia |trans-title=Frecciarossa Milan-Paris: the new train that will connect Italy and France |url=https://milano.notizie.it/trasporti-milano/2021/12/13/frecciarossa-milano-parigi-cosa-sapere/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Milano Notizie |language=it-IT}} The maximum speed between Turin and Lyon is {{Convert|155|km/h|mph}}. The train does not change drivers and engines at the international border.{{Cite web |date=18 December 2021 |title=Sul Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi si brinda con il Prosecco bio di Aneri |trans-title=On the Frecciarossa Milan-Paris, we toast with Aneri's organic Prosecco |url=https://nordesteconomia.gelocal.it/imprese/2021/12/18/news/sul-frecciarossa-milano-parigi-si-brinda-con-il-prosecco-bio-di-aneri-1.41044223 |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Nord Est Economia |language=it}}

The service's inauguration was criticised for highlighting Italy's infrastructural inequality, with slower train services in southern Italy.{{Cite web |last=Musolino |first=Rocco Fabio |date=20 December 2021 |title=Milano-Parigi in 6 ore e mezza, ma da Messina a Trapani ci vogliono 8 ore: l'emblema di un'Italia a doppia velocità |trans-title=Milan-Paris in 6 and a half hours, but from Messina to Trapani it takes 8 hours: the emblem of a double-speed Italy |url=https://www.strettoweb.com/2021/12/milano-parigi-messina-trapani-emblema-dell-italia-a-due-velocita/1285062/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=StrettoWeb |language=it-IT}}

An on-board menu for business and premium classes was designed by chef and television personality Carlo Cracco.{{Cite web |last=Tropeano |first=Maurizio |date=11 December 2021 |title=Il Frecciarossa arriva a Parigi e assolda Cracco al ristorante |trans-title=Frecciarossa arrives in Paris and hires Cracco to the restaurant |url=https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2021/12/11/news/il_frecciarossa_arriva_a_parigi_e_assolda_cracco_al_ristorante-1361459/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=La Stampa |language=it}} The menu, which costs {{Euro|18}},{{Cite web |last=Raffiotta |first=Stefania |date=17 December 2021 |title=Carlo Cracco firma il menù del nuovo collegamento Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi |trans-title=Carlo Cracco signs the menu of the new Frecciarossa Milan-Paris connection |url=https://milanoevents.it/2021/12/17/carlo-cracco-menu-gourmet/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=milanoevents.it |language=it-IT}} was criticised for its poor quality, prompting Cracco to defend it in the press.{{Cite web |date=13 May 2023 |title=Polemica sul menu firmato Cracco sul Frecciarossa: "Quel tagliere è indegno". Lo chef: "Non controllo ogni treno" |trans-title=Controversy over Cracco's menu on the Frecciarossa: "That cutting board is unworthy". The chef: "I don't check every train." |url=https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/05/13/news/frecciarossa_menu_cracco_polemica_bresaola-399918375/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}}

Trenitalia has complained about France's high track access charges, which reach {{Euro|39}} per train-kilometre in the Paris–Lyon section. The company received a 37% discount to charges in its first year of operation, decreasing to 16% and 8% in the second and third years.

The initial service was criticised for the lack of a stop in the Susa Valley, in the Italian Alps.{{Cite web |last=Pasteris |first=Vittorio |date=19 December 2021 |title=Uncem: il Frecciarossa Milano – Parigi deve fermare in ValSusa |trans-title=Uncem: The Milan–Paris Frecciarossa must stop in Valsusa |url=https://www.quotidianopiemontese.it/2021/12/19/uncem-il-frecciarossa-milano-parigi-deve-fermare-in-valsusa/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Quotidiano Piemontese |language=it-IT}} Among those campaigning for a stop were Alberto Cirio, the Piedmontese president, and Marco Gabusi, the regional councillor for infrastructure and transport.{{Cite web |date=26 December 2021 |title=Il nuovo Frecciarossa per Parigi non ferma in Val di Susa, Cirio e Gabusi: "Lavoriamo per la fermata" |trans-title=The new Frecciarossa for Paris does not stop in Val di Susa. Cirio and Gabusi: "We work for the stop" |url=https://www.torinotoday.it/attualita/frecciarossa-Torino-parigi-fermata-val-susa-.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=TorinoToday |language=it}} In February 2022, it was reported that Trenitalia France was considering a stop in Oulx or Bardonecchia, but was concerned by the additional stop time and border controls that operate in the section.{{Cite web |date=17 February 2022 |title=Trasporti, il treno Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi potrebbe fermarsi in Val di Susa |trans-title=Transport: The Milan-Paris Frecciarossa train could stop in Val di Susa |url=https://mole24.it/2022/02/17/trasporti-il-treno-frecciarossa-milano-parigi-si-fermera-in-val-di-susa/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Mole24 |language=it-IT}} From 11 December 2022,{{Cite web |date=24 October 2022 |title=Il Frecciarossa Parigi-Torino-Milano fermerà a Bardonecchia a partire dall'11 dicembre 2022 |trans-title=The Frecciarossa Paris-Turin-Milan will stop in Bardonecchia starting from 11 December 2022 |url=https://www.torinotoday.it/attualita/Frecciarossa-Bardonecchia-dicembre-2022-gennaio-2023-.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=TorinoToday |language=it}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=24 October 2022 |title=Il Frecciarossa Parigi-Torino farà tappa anche a Bardonecchia |trans-title=The Paris-Turin Frecciarossa will also stop in Bardonecchia |url=https://torino.corriere.it/piemonte/22_ottobre_24/frecciarossa-parigi-torino-fara-tappa-anche-bardonecchia-74848c78-53a6-11ed-a67a-b07760455bf9.shtml |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Corriere Torino |language=it-IT}} one train in each direction per day was scheduled to stop in Bardonecchia for the winter ski season.{{Cite web |last=Todesco |first=Chiara |date=7 December 2022 |title=Sciatori, in carrozza! Le ultime novità di Frecciarossa e Trenord per andare a sciare in treno |trans-title=Skiers, in the carriage! The latest news from Frecciarossa and Trenord for going skiing by train |url=https://www.lastampa.it/montagna/2022/12/07/news/sciatori_in_carrozza_le_ultime_novita_di_frecciarossa_e_trenord_per_andare_a_sciare_in_treno-12399523/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=La Stampa |language=it}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=24 October 2022 |title=Il Frecciarossa Milano-Torino-Parigi ferma anche a Bardonecchia |trans-title=The Frecciarossa Milan-Turin-Paris also stops in Bardonecchia |url=https://www.rainews.it/tgr/piemonte/articoli/2022/10/frecciarossa-milano-torino-bardonecchia-6e5908a3-7a91-4ca5-a238-97efcdd36dbc.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=TGR Piemonte |language=it}}

On 23 December 2021, a train's arrival in Milan was delayed by 15 minutes after two passengers boarded the train in Torino Porta Susa with a green pass that was not theirs, requiring the police's attendance.{{Cite web |date=24 December 2021 |title=Sul nuovo Parigi-Milano con i green pass di altri: treno fermo e loro nei guai |trans-title=On the new Paris-Milan with other people's green passes: The train is stopped and they are in trouble |url=https://www.milanotoday.it/attualita/coronavirus/green-pass-treno-parigi-milano-denunce.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=MilanoToday |language=it}}

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