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The restrictive measures to contain the contagion of the coronavirus, in the context of transport, are causing strong effects on Italo-Ntv, which like high-speed trains, unlike airplanes and local public transport, must maintain a maximum capacity of fifty%. As has been known from Corriere della Sera, the persistence of this situation will bring the company, which later emergency shutdown It had 87 active connections (111 before the pandemic), with only 60 on the entire network. Therefore, a cut of 27 services to be evaluated based on the less frequented routes.
The losses
Ntv, which during the blockade recorded a loss of 200 million (only a couple of Milan-Venice trains were guaranteed) could, if anti-Covid restrictions were not relaxed as happened with airplanes (capacity allowed at 100%) or by transport public (80%), going from a gradual reduction of trains to a total stop, putting at risk the employment of its 1,500 workers and another 3,500 in related industries. The coup came in early August when the government eliminated the exceptions to the distancing on tremors contained in the dpcm guidelines of July 14, provided security conditions are respected. Among the security measures adopted by Italo, in addition to temperature measurement and disinfectant gels, self-certification and the personal ticket, there is also the prohibition of bulky luggage, catering services with prepackaged single-dose products, air exchange and air conditioning, sanitation of environments. after every trip and more.
The capacity
Meanwhile, Italo, which was restarting with a 70% growth in demand, found itself after the new government change to refund tickets already sold, causing a loss of three million. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is currently reflecting on how the distance can be reduced while maintaining safety, also because the capacity, although allowed at 50%, currently only reaches 30% due to lack of tourist flows and fewer trips, a decrease that could be offset with the filling of the sections with more flow. Italo and Trenitalia have sent us a whole series of proposals that we have already repeatedly evaluated: some we have integrated and others seem good to us to guarantee, with greater filling, the safety of passengers – said Minister Paola de Micheli on the sidelines of a conference in Genoa – We are sharing all this amount of work with the Ministry of Health and consequently with the technical-scientific committee to see if even long-distance trains can increase the filling capacity, thus giving Italo a breath of air cool.
In Europe
If you take a look at the social distancing on board European trains, all countries allow 100% filling except Portugal with Comboios de Portugal (CP) which supports two thirds of the capacity and the Italian company under French law Thello which gives you allows it to occupy a place of two precisely because it operates in Italy. Difficult situation, however, to sustain for a short time for Italo, so even the discount (reduction due to Covid) in the toll, which pays the RFI operator, controlled by Ferrovie, for the use of the railway network, only affects the 15% of Fixed costs and losses, if the situation does not change, could reach 500 million by the end of the year.
