Brenner Railway is situated at the border between Italy and Austria and also the operational border between the ÖBB and FS networks. The two companies operate different electrical systems, (15,000 V AC at 16.7 Hz in Austria, and 3,000 V DC in Italy), which requires a stop to change electric locomotives. For this reason, for a long time the operation of express trains from Munich to Verona and Milan was carried out with diesel railcars. Until 30 May 1965 was also needed a second engine change in Bolzano station, as the Bolzano–Brenner section still operated under three-phase AC electrification. In recent years
Ève Brenner Ève Brenner Ève Brenner (born 11 September 1941) is a French opera singer notable for her voice which could cover five octaves. She has two children, the singer Aude Brenner, and director Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Brenner was born in Saint-Chartier. Her parents were both musicians. Her father, Ludwig Brenner, was deported in 1942, leaving her mother Jeanne to raise the children alone. The family returned to Paris at the end of the war, where her mother rejoined her orchestra and left her children in the care of their grandparents. Aged 14, Brenner left school to join her mother’s orchestra. Brenner studied