{{Short description|Train in Italy}} {{for|the Italian bank|Banco Ambrosiano}} {{other uses}} thumb|TEE logo The '''''Ambrosiano''''' was a national (domestic) Italian express train which connected Rome with Milan. The name refers to the patron saint of Milan. For its first 13 years it was a Trans Europ Express (TEE) service (train nos. 78/79).
It was introduced on 26 May 1974,<ref name="cooks1974apr">"Summer services, 1974" (changes to). ''Thomas Cook Continental Timetable'' (March 29–April 25, 1974 edition), p. 465. Peterborough, UK: Thomas Cook Publishing.</ref> after enough Gran Conforto carriages were delivered. The ''Ambrosiano'' served the same route as the more famous ''Settebello'', but was locomotive-hauled, rather than using the distinctive ETR 300-type self-propelled trainsets used by the ''Settebello''.<ref name="cooks1976jul">''Thomas Cook Continental Timetable'' (July 1976 edition), pp. 71, 73. Peterborough, UK: Thomas Cook Publishing.</ref> Southbound the train departed Milan in the late afternoon and reached Roma around 11 p.m. Northbound, it originally departed in mid-morning, reaching Milan around 4 p.m., but the timings were later moved about 2 hours later.
On 31 May 1987, the ''Ambrosiano'' was changed from a TEE to a two-class InterCity train (nos. IC 534/535).<ref name="cooks1987jun">''Thomas Cook Continental Timetable'' (May 31–June 30, 1987 edition), pp. 66, 526–528.</ref> By 1994, the IC ''Ambrosiano'' had been discontinued.
==See also== * List of named passenger trains of Italy
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|de}} [http://bahnhistory.de/TEE-Zuege/TEE-Ambrosiano.php TEE Ambrosiano]
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Category:Named passenger trains of Italy Category:Trans Europ Express Category:Railway services introduced in 1974 Category:Railway services discontinued in 1987