Italy gets 300 million euros for ERTMS implementation
The European Commission (EC) is allocating 300 million euros to Italy for the implementation of ERTMS. As the EC specified, the money will be granted “to railway companies for the acquisition and installation of ERTMS...Read more
The Italian government may not be so united against Belt and Road
The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been quite vocal about her position against Italy’s inclusion in the Belt and Road Initiative in 2019. The country’s Ministry of Transport Matteo Salvini, however, recently showed a...Read more
Floods in Italy: what is the impact on rail freight?
The Italian region of Emilia Romagna, in the northeast, was hit by catastrophic flooding that caused 14 victims and stranded tens of thousands. The rail freight sector has been impacted as well since the rail...Read more
New rail link to port of Trieste helps to facilitate Turkey traffic
The new railway service has been opened in the north of Italy, connecting two important rail freight hubs: the HHLA PLT terminal in Trieste and Rail Hub Milano Melzo, a terminal of Contship Italia Group....Read more
Disputed Rome-Amsterdam waste service allegedly doubles capacity
A rail service that went through much questioning will probably double its volumes. The trains linking Rome to Amsterdam, transporting the Italian capital’s waste to AEB’s waste incineration plant, could soon transport 1,800 tons of...Read more
Swiss subsidies needed to compensate for loss combined transport
Swiss intermodal operator Hupac is calling on the Swiss government to temporarily suspend the annual reduction of subsidies for combined transport until the economic crisis is over. In the first quarter of 2023 the operator...Read more
LKW Walter and MediaMarkt shift to rail for Germany-Italy services
LKW Walter established a partnership with IMTRON, a subsidiary of the MediaMarktSaturn Group, to transport items between Germany and Italy via rail. These services were previously carried out on the road. The main reason behind...Read more
‘State support for rail freight personnel training is crucial in Italy’
FerMerci, the main Italian rail freight association, is asking the state to facilitate the training of rail workers by funding the courses. The association also recently launched a project to recruit young people in key...Read more
Samskip adds Denmark to its Duisburg network
Samskip is consolidating its presence in Duisburg with a new rail freight service that will be starting this week connecting the German inland port with Padborg, in southern Denmark. As a spokesperson from the company...Read more
Italian rail freight associations urge minister to unlock subsidies
The three biggest Italian rail freight associations, Fermerci, FerCargo, and Assofer, are urging the Italian minister of transport Matteo Salvini to implement the FerroBonus initiative, a rail freight incentive that was approved eight years ago....Read more
What will Macron do about access routes to the Turin-Lyon tunnel?
The debate about the Turin-Lyon railway is in a heated phase since France does not seem too keen on providing access routes to the tunnel from Lyon. Last week, 57 French senators sent a pledge...Read more
Switzerland to partly finance new rail terminal in Milan
The Swiss Federal Office of Transport (FOT) will allocate over 67 million euros for the construction of a rail terminal east of Milan, in northern Italy. The new transshipment terminal will be built on a...Read more
Italian province keeps incentivising rail freight in Brenner area
The Italian Autonomous Province of Bolzano, in the northeast, will deploy three million euros to incentivise and improve rail freight for European companies carrying out services in the area. To be eligible for this policy,...Read more
TX Logistics links jointly operated Duisburg terminal with Padua in Italy
TX Logistik will commence a new and frequent intermodal connection between the Interporto Padova terminal in Italy and the Ziel terminal in the logport III area in duisport. The service will commence on 2 May...Read more
Construction of key infrastructure for Scan-Med corridor in Italy started
The port of Livorno, in central western Italy, is getting a stronger rail connection to the Vespucci rail terminal. The project entails the construction of a rail overpass with a length of 350 metres that...Read more
Italian waste in the Netherlands via rail: Switzerland is opposed too
The recently launched initiative of shipping waste from Rome to Amsterdam via rail keeps encountering criticism. This time, Swiss MP Bruno Storni pointed out that the new service does not benefit Switzerland but, on the...Read more
PSA Italy to launch Genoa-Stuttgart ‘Express’ service in May
A new service, christened Stuttgart Express, will connect the port of Prà, part of the Ports of Genoa conglomerate, with the city in southwestern Germany. The first train will leave from Genoa on 4 May...Read more
New Rome-Amsterdam rail service for the sake of waste management
AMA, the company operating garbage collection in Rome, and the Amsterdam Waste Energy Company (AEB) have found an agreement to ship household waste from the Italian capital to the Dutch one. The new deal entails...Read more
Faulty tracks at Brenner Station lead to rail freight traffic reduction
Rail freight traffic at the Brenner Station, the main rail border crossing between Italy and Austria, has been reduced until further notice since Wednesday 22 March. This is because, as the Italian infrastructure manager Rete...Read more