Two new Trenitalia connections between Naples and Salerno
Trenitalia is continuing to expand its regional services in Italy. Since mid-September, the Italian operator has added two more services between Napoli Centrale station in Naples, the capital of the Italian region of Campina, and...Read more
Investigation into Italian rail worker deaths reveals ignored warnings, 2 persons prosecuted for homicide
In the days following the disastrous accident in Italy where five contracted railway workers were killed by an empty train, more and more details of the investigation come out, and point to severe compliance with...Read more
Frecciarossa’s Paris-Lyon connection partially resumes after landslide
The Frecciarossa high-speed trains have been able to partially resume their services, after an interruption caused by a landslide in the Alps, in the Maurienne region. There are now two round trips a day between...Read more
Final excavation contract for new French-Italian tunnel has been assigned
The last contract for the excavations of the Italian side of the Turin-Lyon railway tunnel between Italy and France has been assigned. With this tender, the company overviewing the project TELT has allotted all the...Read more
French-Italian rail tunnel in the Alps still closed says SNCF
The substantial rockfall that occurred between in Savoie, France, on Sunday 27 August is still blocking train traffic between France and Italy in the Fréjus rail tunnel, says the French railway company SNCF in an...Read more
5 Italian railway workers killed in accident, trade unions announce strike
A tragedy occurred in the night of 30 August, when five railway maintenance workers died after being hit by an empty passing train in Brandizzo, along the Turin-Milan railway line in Italy. The victims worked...Read more
FS may connect Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) may extend its existing services to Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin. This interest in expanding their portfolio of European destinations stems from the rail network liberalisation that is ongoing in...Read more
Trenitalia awards night train coaches order to Škoda
Italian state operator Trenitalia has awarded a contract of 70 sleeping coaches, and up to 370 total railway coaches to the manufacturer Škoda, along with Titagarh Firema. The Milan – Palermo – Syracuse line will...Read more
FS successfully runs Blues hybrid train on biofuel
This month, Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) performed a first, by running commercial passenger transport with a train powered by pure hydrogenated vegetable oil (Hvo) based biofuel produced by Eni, instead of diesel. This biofuel reduces...Read more
Rail infrastructure contract award counter in Italy halts at 14.3 billion in H1 2023
In the first six months of 2023, a total of 14.3 billion euro has been awarded in rail infrastructure contracts by FS Italiane Group. Additional billions are planned through new tenders in the second half...Read more
Škoda to deliver its first trams with anti-collision system to Bergamo
Škoda Group has secured a contract to deliver 10 trams to the city of Bergamo, Italy. They will be the first trams from the company to feature an anti-collision system, and includes three years of...Read more
Milan M4 metro extension reduces journey time to airport to 12 minutes
The new M4 ‘Blue Line’ in Milan since this Tuesday reaches San Babila station, cutting journey times from Milan city centre to Linate airport from 33 to just 12 minutes. The metro’s autonomous trains and...Read more
Italy’s RFI launches major tender for new railway expansion
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is targeting the expansion of the Orte-Falconara line in central Italy. To that end, it has launched a tender worth more than 394 million euros for the construction of a section of...Read more