Aurora (train)


The Aurora was a domestic Trans Europ Express in Italy linking Rome with Reggio di Calabria. The train was named after the Roman goddess of dawn, referring to the train's early morning departure from Rome.

Trans Europ Express

The Aurora was based on existing first-class only Rapidos running between Rome and Naples. In 1974 the service was extended to Reggio di Calabria and upgraded to Trans Europ Express. The southbound service used the schedule of Rapido 893, the northbound service the schedule of Rapido 882 already running from Reggio to Rome. Despite the scenic route along the Tyrrhenian sea between Naples and Reggio di Calabria, loading figures on this stretch were very low and consequently the Aurora was downgraded to a two-class Rapido after only 371 days as TEE on 1 June 1975. On 1 June 1980 the service was extended to Palermo using the train ferry to cross the Strait of Messina. On 30 May 1987 the rapido Aurora was withdrawn from service.
TEE 89countrystationkmTEE 88
07:20Roma Termini022:05
08:54Napoli Mergellina20920:21
09:04Napoli Piazza Garibaldi21420:11
Salerno268
Maratea407
Lamezia Terme546
Gioia Tauro638
Villa San Giovanni675
Reggio Lido682
13:55Reggio Calabria68415:25

CityNightLine

Later CityNightLine revived the name for its train which services the Basel-Copenhagen route:
The stations served by the Aurora are:
Outward journeyReturn journey
Basel SBBKoebenhavn H
Basel Bad Bf Roskilde
Freiburg HbfRingsted
OffenburgOdense
Karlsruhe HbfKolding
Mannheim HbfPadborg
Frankfurt SüdFlensburg
Fulda Hbf Neumünster
NeumünsterFulda
FlensburgFrankfurt Süd
PadborgMannheim Hbf
KoldingKarlsruhe Hbf
OdenseOffenburg
RingstedFreiburg Hbf
RoskildeBasel Bad Bf
Koebenhavn HBasel SBB

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