Rail in Sicily and Calabria to benefit by 36 billion euros investment
Italian national railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) will invest 36 billion euros in the infrastructure of Sicily and Calabria. The amount is split evenly on each region with an aim to improve the...Read more
Excavations started for Scan-Med Corridor line upgrade in Italy
The railway connecting Bari to Naples, in southern Italy, is one of the key sections of the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor. The line is currently being upgraded to, among other things, accommodate 750-metre freight trains. One...Read more
Italy: government takes the field to train the rail workers of the future
In what seems to be a first, at least in Europe, the Italian government is getting involved in increasing cooperation between schools and logistics enterprises to train the workers of the future. The country’s Ministries...Read more
TX Logistik gets 40 new locomotives with latest Siemens deal
The Italian national railway holding, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, finalised a deal to acquire 40 new locomotives with Siemens. The new iron horses will be deployed by TX Logistik, FS’ subsidiary for international rail freight...Read more
Hupac and FS partner up for three terminals in Italy
Hupac and the Italian state-owned railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) are collaborating on three terminals in northern Italy. The terminals of Milano Smistamento (Milan rail yard staging area) and the Hupac terminal in Piacenza...Read more
FS’ maxi-plan to rejuvenate its fleet: 400 new locos and 3,600 new wagons
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
Italy invests 160 billion in infrastructure, a ‘true gamechanger’
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
Cyber attack on Italian railway company stops traffic
Italy’s national railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) was hit by a cyber attack on Wednesday. According to various carriers, freight transport by rail has been temporarily suspended and started again on Thursday afternoon.Read more
Rhenus jumps aboard Italian high-speed train for home delivery
Rhenus Logistics announced its first intermodal home delivery service between Northern Italy and Campania, in the Southwest on 29 May. For the train leg it will use the high-speed freight service Mercitalia Fast. Rhenus offers...Read more
Adriatic Corridor open for high-cube cargo trains
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
Mercitalia to carry out rail freight services in Italian port of Brindisi
The Italian port authority of the Southern Adriatic Sea has outsourced the rail freight services in Brindisi port to Mercitalia, the logistics subsidiary of the Italian rail freight company FS. Mercitalia will provide the service for...Read more