Topic: Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS)

Interview Last Cadore Express train of the season reaches Cortina

The Cadore Express, a train service operating between Rome and Cortina d’Ampezzo under FS Treni Turistici Italiani, concluded its final winter journey with success. Treni Turistici Italiani CEO…
FS introduces new “night train like hotel” from Rome to the Dolomites

Italian railways FS will launch a new night train from Rome to the capital of the Dolomites Cortina d’Ampezzo next month. From 15 December, it will welcome passengers…
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…
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…
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…
Italy marks start of construction of Florence high-speed loop and station

All the stakeholders of the 7-kilometre Florence bypass and the new Belfiore station were out on Monday for the official start of construction . The Florence high-speed loop…
RFI kicks off tunnel excavation for Napels-Bari high-speed line in Italy

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…
EU to back new cross-border pilots by European Sleeper, SJ, Eurostar, among others

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…

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FS Italiane aims to launch Paris-Barcelona high-speed trains by 2024

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…
Analysis A new era for Italian rail infrastructure?

The 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…

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FS Italiane presents 190 billion investment and restructure plan

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…

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Fire trucks from Italy headed to Ukraine via rail

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…
EIB to support purchase of high-speed trains by Trenitalia

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…
Rail Baltica awards electrification to Italian-German-Spanish consortium

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.…
Rail infrastructure expansions should make Genoa the logistic heart of Europe

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…