Italy’s Historic Trains Draw Visitors to Less Popular Areas — VOA Learning English
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As it moves across central Italy, an old train pulling carriages from the 1930s and 1950s crosses the forests of the Majella National Park and the Abruzzo highlands.
Across 100 kilometers, the Park Railway, also known as the Italian Transiberian, travels through valleys and tunnels and over old bridges called viaducts. It offers visitors a view of small, rural and hidden villages in the country.
It was the first of some 1,000 kilometers of rail line to have re-opened under a project by Fondazione FS, part of the state-controlled national rail company.
“Timeless tracks”
The project called "Timeless tracks" aims to take visitors to forgotten parts of Italy instead of the popular cities.
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