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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 On 30 May 1987 the rapido Aurora was withdrawn from service.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 89	country	station	km	TEE 88
07:20	Italy	Roma Termini	0	22:05
08:54	Italy	Napoli Mergellina	209	20:21
09:04	Italy	Napoli Piazza Garibaldi	214	20:11
	Italy	Salerno	268
	Italy	Maratea	407
	Italy	Lamezia Terme	546
	Italy	Gioia Tauro	638
	Italy	Villa San Giovanni	675
	Italy	Reggio Lido	682
13:55	Italy	Reggio Calabria	684	15:25

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Later CityNightLine revived the name for its train which services the Basel-Copenhagen route:

The stations served by the Aurora are:

References

1. ^ Das grosse TEE Buch p. 120
2. La Légende des TEE p. 352.
3. La Légende des TEE p. 353.
4. CityNightLine's official listings on this Line Archived March 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

Works cited

• Hajt, Jörg (2001). Das grosse TEE Buch (in German). Bonn/Königswinter: Heel Verlag. ISBN 3-89365-948-X.
• Mertens, Maurice; Malaspina, Jean-Pierre (2007). La Légende des Trans Europ Express (in French). Vannes: LR Presse. ISBN 978-29-036514-5-9.

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