Frecciargento - Your Experience

In 2015 we took the Trenitalia Eurostar from Roma Termini to Salerno Centrale. A stop at Napoli Centrale, but no change of train, 2 hrs, 5 min. Extremely comfortable and quiet, even in 2nd class & when the train was traveling 175 mph. Don't know about the Frecciargento, can't imagine it's any quicker than this one.

Of the high-speed trains in Italy, the fastest trains are the Frecciarossa 1000 trains. Second fastest are the Frecciarossa trains, and then there are the Frecciargento and Frecciabianca. They are all good, modern trains although the last two are a bit slower and less luxurious. More info here. On that route, there are also Intercity trains as well as Regionale, the slowest ones.

Your Frecciargento probably costs a little less than a Frecciarossa but if you can get a Frecciarossa so much the better.

You can also take Italo Treno, a private company with newer trains, overall. I like to choose based on fare and schedule but always chose a Frecciarossa or Italo where available.

The EuroStar is not a Trenitalia train. It is another company that serves parts of France and Belgium and operates the chunnel train to the UK.

I think all the direct trains to Salerno are Frecciarossa and FR1000.
The FrecciaArgento uses the ETR600 and ETR485 engines.
FR uses the ETR500
FR uses the ETR1000
The last one can reach speeds of 400km/h (250mph), the others about 300km/h, the ETR485 about 250km/h.
However those speeds are only theoretical because the railway can handle only certain speeds, therefore even the FR1000 has to stay within the line limits. Therefore the duration of the trip is exactly the same or just about. Only between Florence and Milan the FR1000 can gain a few minutes over the others (you save about 3 minutes on a FR1000).
But there is no difference in time of travel south of Florence.
Frecciargento has only 2 classes: first and second.
Frecciarossa has standard, premium, business, business saluting, executive.
The price of a second class on frecciargento is exactly the same as standard on Frecciarossa, and the comfort is the same.
I'm sure you will be fine on those trains. If you are afraid of being uncomfortable, just travel on Economy or even business class with United or Delta, and the Frecciargento even in second class will seem like the poshest travel you've ever had.

If you are afraid of being uncomfortable, just travel on Economy or
even business class with United or Delta, and the Frecciargento even
in second class will seem like the poshest travel you've ever had.

LOL, Roberto! We've traveled exclusively 2nd class on a variety of Italian trains and would kill for air economy seats that were as roomy and comfortable! Even lowly regionales - when necessary to take them - don't bother us.

Great train, I use it whenever possible.

I think all the direct trains to Salerno are Frecciarossa and FR1000.

Roberto, they do run the Frecciargento and Frecciabianca as well as Intercity direct trains on that route.

I think the Frecciarossa was prolonged to Salerno since this past December. It was in the news. I'm not sure they have Frecciargento from Rome to Salerno anymore, but didn't check the Trenitalia website. Maybe they left a few.

Before using the "Freccia" (arrow) names, Trenitalia used "Eurostar" as the name of a category of trains. The name was abandoned in order to avoid confusion with the company running trains between Paris and London, but this is why somebody still calls "Eurostar" the Italian fast trains.

Yeah, I checked on the Rome2Rio site for that Rome/Salerno route we took in 2015, and it showed up as 'Trenitalia Eurostar', and I didn't want to go into the wonky Trenitalia site just to verify that. But I am almost sure we took a Freccia train back that time.