Matilde
You can watch Tilde Discovery explore the world by bike, train, and other forms of ‘slow travel’. She shares tips for low-impact adventures, minimal-waste packing, and cultural insights on Europe and beyond.
Now, Tilde Discovery is on the train for a two-leg journey down the length of Italy from Turin to Naples. Each leg will showcase a corridor on the trans-European transport network, which helps ensure better connectivity within Italy and - with the support of the new High-speed rail plan – faster connections to France, Austria, Germany, and beyond!
Did you know: the line Matilde took for the first leg of her journey from Milan to Naples is part of the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T)? The Corridor stretches from the north of Finland all the way down to Malta. By 2032, the completion of the Brenner Base Tunnel will make it even easier to cross between Munich and Verona. Other EU-funded projects will soon make voyages on this route faster and easier.
Matilde was able to travel ‘in style’ with a stroll through Naples and its Galleria Umberto. If you’re an 18 year old resident of the EU or of countries associated with Erasmus+, you can also apply to discover the EU in style by train for free through #DiscoverEU.
Italy has invested heavily in the construction of its high-speed network since 1977. The extension to Turin opened back in 2009. For Matilde, the ride from Naples to Turin was ‘immediate.’ The speed of the line gave her the time she needed to explore Turin’s Egyptian Museum.
Today, Italy and the EU are investing in the Verona-Padova high-speed line, which will soon allow riders to reach Venice. All riders in Italy will get access to faster, cheaper journeys with higher quality service along the way!
To get back to Milan, Matilde is about to take a small piece of the TEN-T’s Mediterranean Corridor which runs from Turin to Bologna. Once this Corridor is completed, riders will have full high-speed rail connectivity between Barcelona and Budapest. That includes major reductions in travel time on the Franco-Italian border as well as for specific connections along the South coast of France by the 2030s.