Is this train service available yet? Where can you make reservations?
It's called NTV, Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, and it debuts in March. I can't find a place to make a res yet.
Laurel,
Will this train travel the same routes? Venice to Florence; Florence to Rome? Is there any information available or guesstimates on pricing?
Big cities but quite extensive. Here's the site. You can sign up for updates. http://www.ntvspa.it/en/index.html
They release the initial timetable, but not the exact day they will begin operations: http://www.italotreno.it/SiteCollectionDocuments/orari_italotreno.pdf
The Rome to Venice timetable for this train is actually longer than the Trenitalia Frecciargento. Trenitalia is 3:48, while Nuovo Trasporto is 4 hrs. But the NT Milan to Rome nonstop is very impressive, at 3 hrs, but there's only one a day of those.