The European Commission (EC) concluded its investigation into the Italian railway holding Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) concerning a possible infringement of State Aid rules between 2000 and 2014. Most of the measures analysed were in...Read more
TX Logistik, the international subsidiary of the Italian national railway holding company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) is expanding by acquiring Exploris Deutschland Holding. This move is expected to boost TX Logistik’s traffic along the east-west...Read more
Mercitalia will launch a new rail freight service between the Catania-Bicocca terminal, in Sicily, to Marcianise, 25 kilometres north of Naples. The new connection will start on 10 January with six weekly roundtrips scheduled.Read more
The railway line connecting Santhia and Arona, in northwestern Italy, is likely to be reopen after it ceased to be used in June 2012. The importance of this line lies in the fact that it...Read more
Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), the Italian state-owned railway company, will add 400 new locomotives and 3,600 new railcars to its fleet. Once the project is completed, the average age of FS’s fleet will decrease from...Read more
On 16 May, the Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS Group), published its Industrial Plan for the next decade. Despite getting the smallest slice of the pie, the Logistic Pole will benefit from...Read more
In the next ten years, the Italian railway company FS will invest 160 billion euros in infrastructure, and 190 billion euros in overland transport overall. This is part of the 2022-2031 Industrial Plan, a new...Read more
The Italian railway company Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and infrastructure manager Ferrovie dell Stato (FS) will upgrade the railway track between Tarquinia and Civitavecchia, close to Rome. The works should result in more rail freight...Read more
Italian infrastructure manager RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) has upgraded the railway track between Bologna in the north and Lecce in the south, a vital line called the Adriatic Corridor. Thanks to the opening of the...Read more
Italian national railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) has purchased all stakes of the Greek freight and passenger operator Trainose for the amount of 45 million Euros. The agreement was signed during the Greece-Italy Bilateral...Read more
Roll-out of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) has been ‘too slow’ and action is required to ensure targets are met, says the EU’s Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc. She told the final SERA railway convention...Read more
Mauro Moretti, former Chief Executive of the Italian state railway operator Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), has been jailed for his role in a freight train crash in 2009 that killed 32 people. He was sentenced...Read more
