Trenitalia to introduce Frecciarossa services to Munich

[Adlington]

Italioan State Railways (FS) subsidiary Trenitalia has signed a preliminary agreement with German Rail (DB) to introduce Frecciarossa services from Rome and Milan to Munich at the timetable change at the end of 2026.
FS confirmed that it is working with DB on potential extensions of this service to other destinations in Germany, including Berlin. FS says that connecting journey times will be reduced by up to an hour following the opening of the 55km Brenner Base Tunnel from Franzensfeste in northern Italy to near Innsbruck in Austria, which is scheduled for 2032.

Source: International Railway Journal (behind paywall), free access via https://12ft.io/

This is a preliminary agreement only, many things may happen between now and the end of 2026....

 

[CdBrux]

what route will they take in Italy, and do they have indicative journey times?

 

[FlyingPotato]

what route will they take in Italy, and do they have indicative journey times?

They'll probably take the route of the Verona Rome fr and italo services on the Rome branch

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Wasn't there a plan to run Milan-Gotthard-Zurich and extend to Germany, prior to the new Brenner route being available?
Anything via Brenner would need Austrian cooperation.