[2][7] An additional five trains per day run between Lyon-Perrache and Paris Gare de Lyon, stopping at Lyon-Part-Dieu.

[14] In September 2019, Trenitalia announced plans for a Frecciarossa service between Paris and Milan, with an expected inauguration in December 2020.

[15][16] Tests to approve the Italian trains to run on the French network were conducted at a railway circuit in Tronville-en-Barrois.

[19] An inaugural ceremony at Milano Centrale greeted the first train arriving from Paris Gare de Lyon, featuring actors with Napoleonic uniforms and can-can dancers.

[26] By February 2022, the services had an average occupancy rate of 83%,[23][24] reaching peaks of 98% during the Christmas holidays,[24] with 40% of tickets booked in the week preceding each journey.

[25] On 5 April 2022,[27][28] Trenitalia France introduced a shortworking service between Lyon-Perrache and Paris Gare de Lyon, with an intermediate stop in Lyon-Part-Dieu.

[25] Between 11 April and 8 May 2022, two carriages were painted with Disney themes, with a competition offering passengers the chance to win visits to Disneyland Paris.

[38] On 27 August 2023, a landslide led approximately 15,000 cubic metres (530,000 cu ft) of rock to fall on the railway tracks and adjoining A43 autoroute between Modane and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.

[6] After Milano Rho, it runs along the Turin–Milan high-speed railway,[44] at 25,000 volts AC,[6] to reach its first intermediate stop, Torino Porta Susa.

[2][7] Joining the Paris–Marseille railway, the train returns to 25,000 volts AC to reach the terminus at Paris Gare de Lyon.

[47] As of March 2024, the service runs five trains in each direction per weekday between Paris Gare-de-Lyon and Lyon-Perrache, with an intermediate stop in Lyon-Part-Dieu.

On the weekends, four trains run in each direction per day between Paris and Lyon, and an additional service terminating at Chambéry instead of Lyon-Perrache.

[51] The service uses Frecciarossa 1000 trains,[5][6] built by Hitachi and Bombardier Transportation,[5][11] each with a capacity of 462 passengers,[25] travelling at 360 kilometres per hour (220 mph).

[1][58] Among those campaigning for a stop were Alberto Cirio, the Piedmontese president, and Marco Gabusi, the regional councillor for infrastructure and transport.