Rail transport in Italy high-speed train was the Italian ETR 200, which in July 1939 went from Milan to Florence at , with a top speed of . With this service, the railway was able to compete with the upcoming airplanes. The Second World War stopped these services. After the Second World War, Italy started to repair the damaged railways, and built nearly of new tracks. Nowadays the rail tracks and infrastructure are managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), while the train and the passenger section is managed mostly by Trenitalia. Both are Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) subsidiaries, once the only train operator in
Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 amore", performed by Vincenzo Cantiello. The Italian broadcaster announced on 26 June 2018, that they would be participating at the contest which takes place on 25 November 2018, in Minsk, Belarus. The method for selecting their entrant and song was done internally by the national broadcaster, RAI. On 9 October 2018, it was announced that Melissa & Marco would be representing Italy at the contest with the song "What Is Love". Melissa di Pasca and Marco Boni will represent Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "What Is Love". "What Is Love" is a song by