Italy will launch two new express rail services linking Rome with Assisi in the central Umbria region and Alba in the northern Piemonte as part of a tourist train initiative this autumn. The new routes, the latest of the FS Treni Turistici Italiani services, are described as "two unmissable journeys on completely restyled carriages through the Piemonte hills and the most suggestive Umbrian towns".

The daytime Espresso Assisi connects the Italian capital with the mediaeval hill town, most famously associated with St Francis, on Saturdays and Sundays from 5 October to 1 December. The train departs from Roma Termini, with stops along the way in Terni, Spoleto, Foligno and Spello.