Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) formally set in motion the tunnel excavation works for a section of the Napels-Bari high-speed line in Southern Italy on Wednesday. Present at the launch were minister of Infrastructure and Transport...Read more
The European Commission will support 10 pilot project for new cross-border services and the improvement of existing ones, it announced on Tuesday. Among the proposals selected are those by night train startup European Sleeper, the...Read more
The Italian state railways FS Italiane wants to launch a new high-speed rail connection between Barcelona and Paris by the end of 2024. Already running its flagship Frecciarossa 1000 (Red Arrow) trains between Madrid and...Read more
AnalysisThe Italian FS Group recently presented its industrial plan for the coming decade. Record numbers show the commitment and the long-term vision adopted. Will this be the long awaited infrastructural shock, or just a utopian...Read more
FS Italiane has set up a 2022-2031 Industrial Plan, supported by an investment plan worth over 190 billion euros. The plans were presented in Rome on Monday by the President of FS Italiane, Nicoletta Giadrossi...Read more
A Mercitalia train bound for Veľká Ida, Slovakia, left Cervignano del Friuli in Italy on Monday to transport 45 fire trucks donated by the Italian Fire Brigade to their Ukrainian colleagues. It is the second...Read more
The European Investment Bank (EIB) this week announced it will be supporting the purchase of high-speed trains by Trenitalia for use in Italy and Spain. The EIB will do so through subscriptions of Ferrovie dello...Read more
A consortium of engineering company Italferr (of FS Italiane Group), Deutsche Bahn and the Spanish Idom will carry out the electrification of the new high-speed line Rail Baltica. It is the largest single contract for...Read more
Infrastructure manager RFI will carry out rail upgrades in the region Liguria in North-West Italy for 13.4 billion euros. This should result in an increase of 49 percent of freight trains per day by improving...Read more
Italian company WeBuild Group has begun construction work on the Verona-Bivio di Vicenza section of Italy’s high-speed railway. This section of the Verona-Padua project is worth 2.5 billion euros and is part of a bigger...Read more
Italian rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) has partnered with Europe’s biggest natural gas transport group Snam to study using hydrogen for FS’ transport network. They signed a memorium of understanding to evaluate the technical...Read more
