High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Italian Railways are the railways of Italy since the 19th century and are one of the most important infrastructure in the country, with 19,394 kilometres (12,051 mi) of track. Actually they are experiencing a rebirth with the construction of the "High speed" Italian railways system. The first railway in Italy was the Napoli-Portici line, built to connect the royal palace of Napoli to the seaside (1839). After the creation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 the Italians started to create a national railways system from the Alps to Sicily in order to unite their country. The first high speed train was the Italian ETR 200 that in July 1939 went from Milan to Florence at 165 km/h, with top speed of 203 km/h. With this service they were able to compete with the upcoming airplanes. World War II stopped these services. After WWII Italy started to repair the damaged railways, and complete it reaching nearly 20,000 km of extension.

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