Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has received approval for its envisioned new railway connection between the northern city of Bergamo and the nearby Orio al Serio Airport. Meanwhile, the railway connection to Venice Marco Polo airport was...Read more
InterviewDeveloping a vacuum hyperloop as a new transport system is complicated and expensive, why not use the concepts of the hyperloop and combine it with the existing railway tracks? That was the question with which...Read more
Italian railway manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has launched a tender for the construction of a new section of the Palermo – Catania – Messina route on the island of Sicily. The package carries a...Read more
Škoda Transportation Group opened an office of its new subsidiary in Florence, Italy, on Friday 28 October in a bid to strengthen its position on the international market. The company sees similarities between the Czech...Read more
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) will be procuring more than 200,000 tons of steel for new tracks, the company has announced. The procurement effort is worth a total of 1.1 billion euros.Read more
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana has awarded the tender for the Enna-Dittaino section of the Palermo-Catania-Messina line in Sicily. The tender carried a value of more than 616 million euros and is partially financed by Italy’s National...Read more
Alstom signed the framework agreement with Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) for the design, delivery and commissioning of an ERTMS system in Southern Italy on Wednesday. The package is valued at 900 million euros, and the...Read more
Siemens Mobility this week inaugurated its revamped Rail Service Center in Novara, Italy. The site, sandwiched between Milan and Turin, is now a candidate to become one of Siemens’ so-called world centers of excellence for...Read more
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has launched a 970-million-euro tender for the Trento rail bypass in north-western Italy. This bypass is vital, as it is part of the Verona-Fortezza railway line, which will give access to...Read more
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and the Bergamo municipality have presented their plans for the city’s new train station. The 80-million euro project will be part of a larger redevelopment effort planned for the area, known...Read more
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has launched a 1.1-billion-euro tender for the construction of a bypass and high-speed train station in Florence. With the bypass, RFI wants to untangle high-speed and regional traffic in the area. Read more
The Lombardy Region has greenlit the project for the quadruplication of the rail route between Milano Rogoredo and Pavia, in the North of Italy. The route is part of the line connecting Milan to Genoa.Read more
The southern Italian city of Matera will be linked to the national railway network via a new 430-million electrified line, infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) announced late last week.Read more
Trains have long been associated with tourism and discovering a new country or travelling Europe. However, in the past decades mass tourism seems to have deserted one of the oldest modes of transport still in...Read more
A new fire regulation in Italy can complicate the existing connections for international operators to the southern European peninsula. Although vital for a safe and resilient rail transport, these new regulations at the moment present...Read more
