(ANSAmed) - ROMA, 31 MAG - The inauguration of 'Dante's
Train' will be on June 6 with conductor Riccardo Muti onboard.
The train will take visitors from Florence to Ravenna with stops
in Borgo San Lorenzo and Marradi in Tuscany as well as
Brisighella and Faenza in Emilia Romagna in the "tracks" of the
well-known poet.
From July 3 to October 10, tourists will be able to use the
historic carriages of the 'centoporte' train made available by
Emilia-Romagna (FER) railways.
The initiative was presented on Monday by the Emilia-Romagna
regional government, which invested 420,000 euros in the
project.
Dante's Train will leave at 8:50 AM from Florence with an
expected arrival in Ravenna at 12:20 PM. It will depart from the
same station at 17:55 PM and arrive at Florence's Santa Maria
Novella at 9 PM.
"We are responding to a new demand for experience-based
tourism," said Andrea Corsini, regional tourism councillor for
Emilia-Romagna, "and the trip will be made in a sustainable
manner past the landscapes of an antique railway section."
Within the next week, FER will announce which company will be in
charge of ticket sales and package tours linked to the trip.
The first symbolic one will be held on June 6 at 2:30 PM from
Florence with conductor Riccardo Muti onboard and will stop in
Marradi in the Florence province. Muti will be conducting the
Luigi Cherubini orchestra for the reopening of the Teatro degli
Animosi. (ANSAmed).
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