Editing Transport in Italy (section)

=== Rail links with adjacent countries ===
[[File:Rail tracks east upper Menton.jpg|thumb|[[Marseille-Ventimiglia railway]], connecting Italy and France]]
[[File:ABe 23 Borgnone 290612 D172.jpg|thumb|[[Domodossola–Locarno railway line]], connecting Italy and Switzerland]]
[[File:Eurocity bei Matrei am Brenner.jpg|thumb|[[Brenner railway]], connecting Italy and Austria]]

Italy has 11 rail border crossings over the [[Alps|Alpine mountains]] with her neighbouring countries: six are designated as mainline tracks and two are metre-gauge tracks. The six mainline border crossings are: two with [[France]] (one for Nice and Marseille; the other for Lyon and Dijon), two with [[Switzerland]] (one for Brig, Bern and Geneva; the other for Chiasso, Lugano, Lucerne and Zürich), and two with Austria (one for Innsbruck; the other for Villach, Graz and Vienna). The two-metre-gauge track crossings are located at the border town of [[Tirano]] (enters Switzerland's Canton Graubünden/Grisons) and Domodossola (enters Switzerland's Locarno).

There is a railway line connecting Italy's northeastern port of [[Trieste]] to [[Slovenia]], but no passenger or freight services operate on this track. Consequently, there is no direct connections between Trieste and [[Ljubljana]], the capital of Slovenia, despite the proximity of both cities.

* Italy-France: [[Marseille-Ventimiglia railway]], currently EuroCity trains of [[Thello]] Milan-Marseille and one [[EuroNight]] train of [[Russian Railways|RZD]] Moscow-Nice.
* Italy-France: [[Fréjus Rail Tunnel]] at {{convert|1338|m|abbr=on}} above sea, currently [[SNCF]] TGV trains Milan-Paris and Turin-Paris and EuroNight trains of [[Thello]] Venice-Paris
* Italy-Switzerland: [[Domodossola–Locarno railway]] metre-gauge trains
* Italy-Switzerland: [[Simplon Tunnel]], currently EuroCity trains of [[Swiss Federal Railways|SBB CFF FFS]] Milan-Geneva and Milan-Bern
* Italy-Switzerland: connecting Varese (Italy) to Bellinzona (Switzerland) and runs on the eastern coast of Lake Maggiore
* Italy-Switzerland: [[Milan–Chiasso railway]], currently EuroCity trains of [[Swiss Federal Railways|SBB CFF FFS]] Milan-Zürich
* Italy-Switzerland: [[Bernina railway]] at {{convert|2253|m|abbr=on}} above sea, metre-gauge trains of [[Rhaetian Railway|RhB]] Tirano-St. Moritz and the Bernina Express tourist train
* Italy-Austria: [[Brenner railway]] at {{convert|1371|m|abbr=on}} above sea, currently EuroCity trains of [[Austrian Federal Railways|ÖBB-DB]] Munich-Verona and Munich-Venice/Bologna, and DB [[CityNightLine]] Munich-Rome/Milan
* Italy-Austria: at {{convert|1175|m|abbr=on}} above sea connecting San Candido/Innichen (Italy) and Lienz (Austria)
* Italy-Austria: connecting Venice and Udine (Italy) to Villach (Austria), currently EuroCity trains of [[Austrian Federal Railways|ÖBB]] Venice-Vienna, EuroNight trains of [[Austrian Federal Railways|ÖBB]] Vienna-Rome/Milan, and DB [[CityNightLine]] Munich-Venice
* Italy-Slovenia: [[Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway]]

The [[Vatican City]] is also linked to Italy with a railway line serving a single railway station, the [[Vatican City railway station]]. This line is used only for special occasions.<ref name=vat1>{{cite web|title=La Ferrovia dello Stato della Città del Vaticano|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/ferrovia/ferrovia_it.html#Origini%20della%20Ferrovia%20dello%20Stato%20della%20Citt%E0%20del%20Vaticano|publisher=Sala stampa della Santa Sede|access-date=9 January 2012|language=it|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411005312/http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/ferrovia/ferrovia_it.html#Origini%20della%20Ferrovia%20dello%20Stato%20della%20Citt%E0%20del%20Vaticano|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[San Marino]] used to have a narrow gauge rail connection with Italy; this was dismantled in 1944.<ref>{{cite web|title=la "Ferrovia Rimini - San Marino"|url=http://www.ferroviedismesse.com/rimini_sanmarino.htm|publisher=ferroviedismesse.com|access-date=6 January 2012|language=it|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224052215/http://www.ferroviedismesse.com/rimini_sanmarino.htm}}</ref>