Trenitalia said Wednesday passengers
had not been negatively impacted by Farm Minister Francesco
Lollobrigida getting a very late high-speed train to stop at
Ciampino in Rome especially so he could continue by car to an
engagement in a crime-ridden town near Naples.
"The stop at Ciampino did not cause any further delays for
travellers, nor repercussions on traffic, nor additional costs
for the company", stated the rail company about the
extraordinary stop to let Lollobrigida off the Frecciarorssa,
which was almost two hours late.
Lollobrigida has come in for flak and even quit calls over the
incident, accused of using public means for private reasons.
"The train stopped shortly after Roma Termini because of what
was happening on the line and the diversion via Cassino was also
decided in view of the stop already planned at Naples Afragola,"
Trenitalia went on.
"After the restart, the train stopped at Ciampino station, where
the institutional figures on board got off, in order to meet
institutional commitments," Trenitalia explained.
Lollobrigida boarded the Turin-Salerno at Termini and was
heading for Naples in order to get to Caivano, a town the
government is trying to clean up amid Camorra Mob rackets and
youth violence including the gang rape of two young cousins in
July.
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