Work on the Florence High-Speed Passante (Passante Alta Velocità), a €2,7 billion RFI infrastructure project to upgrade the railway hub, is progressing on schedule. Completion is expected by 2029.
Businessmen, managers, and employees of public companies have been investigated by the Guardia di Finanza, as part of a new investigation into corruption linked to Sogei. Searches have been conducted across Italy to gather documents and evidence.
The Florence-Rome direct line has resumed operations. Work was completed on schedule, and the route is now open for use again. Here are all the details.
Webuild, as part of a consortium, has won the contract to double the Paola-Cosenza section of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria high-speed line. The main project will be the new Santomarco Tunnel, over 15 kilometers long.
The Third Supplementary Act between the Ministry of Transport and the Italian Railway Network has been signed. The figures: 1,6 billion for infrastructure safety and 500 million for the operational management of the network in the two-year period 2025-2026
2025 looks set to be a crucial year for FS Italiane, with the completion of important infrastructure works that will transform rail mobility in Italy and Europe, improving efficiency, sustainability and connectivity.
Redevelopment work on ten railway stations in Southern Italy has been completed, with an investment of 50 million euros. The work has improved accessibility and services, with another 20 stations and 8 hubs planned by…
The project, which will improve connections between the South, the Centre-North and Europe, will also contribute to reducing CO2 emissions, promoting sustainability and the competitive relaunch of the country.
The project, which is part of a three-year investment plan, involves work divided into 15 lots, including the renewal of tracks and the replacement of switches
After the disastrous Black Wednesday that hit the Italian railway network, Rfi tears up the contract with the company responsible for the failure caused by a "nail". Investigations have also been started to identify the malfunctions and assess the damage. Concerns thus emerge…
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana has launched an ambitious redevelopment plan for over 600 railway stations in Italy over the next ten years. This project aims to transform stations into accessible and sustainable integrated mobility centres, improving accessibility and integrating…
The excavation of the Grottaminarda tunnel, the first section of the Naples – Bari AV/AC route, built with the TBM Aurora, has been completed. With an investment of 628 million euros, the project is expected to reduce travel times between…
The Italian Railway Network of the FS Group has chosen Edison Energia to supply 100 GWh of green electricity annually, as part of its decarbonisation and sustainability strategy. The agreement, which continues a collaboration begun in 2017, covers plants throughout…
The first five pilot stations of the "Territory Stations" project were presented today by the FS Group, an initiative aimed at transforming the railway stations of municipalities with fewer than 15.000 inhabitants into real multi-service hubs for communities...
The agreement aims to increase infrastructure and digital capabilities for efficient and safe movement of resources, both within and outside Europe, with large-scale flexibility and short notice
This innovative digital platform created by RFI, the leading company of the Infrastructure Hub of the FS Group, aims to encourage the meeting between supply and demand in the freight transport sector
The agreement provides for the extension of service hours for maintenance workers. The reorganization of work will guarantee timely maintenance interventions 24 hours a day. A better work-life balance for employees
RFI, leader of the FS Group's infrastructure hub, has presented a 5,4 billion plan to regenerate 600 stations throughout the national territory. 29 lots for the maintenance of the railway network were also awarded
The call4solution is related to the Advanced Traffic Management System project. The goal is to find innovative solutions to optimize rail traffic. Application by September 28th
The industrial plan of the Group led by CEO Luigi Ferraris continues in a decisive manner. In 2023, new tenders for 10 billion euros are also launched. Currently, the Infrastructure Pole has around 4.000 construction sites underway throughout Italy
The tenders are part of the FS and Ad Ferraris plan to improve the transport system in Italy. Two billion are destined for the new railway works of Rfi while 1,6 for the road projects entrusted to ANAS. The list of…
The five tenders concern various Italian regions, from the north to the south of the peninsula, from Piedmont, to Lombardy, from Lazio, to Sardinia, up to Sicily
The Group led by Luigi Ferraris launches a tender for maintenance on the national network and awards works for the electrification of the Palermo-Trapani railway line
Cuzzilla becomes president of Trenitalia, De Filippis CEO of Mercitalia - The indicated managing directors will be appointed at the first board meeting
The first tender worth over 2 billion is for the Salerno-Reggio Calabria line, while the second, worth 1,65 billion, is for the Palermo-Catania-Messina section. Both tenders were won by two consortia led by Webuild
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Anas have also been awarded 15 billion in contracts. Here are all the tenders launched and the contracts awarded by the two companies of the group led by Luigi Ferraris
The contract has a total amount of over 1 billion euros and will be used for the construction of the by-pass and the high-speed station of the Florence junction
The tender for the design and construction of the Caltanissetta Xirbi - Lercara lot, an integral part of the new Palermo - Catania - Messina railway link, has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
In the Infopoint you will find information on the new HS/HC Brescia Est-Verona line, on the quadrupling at the Brescia east exit and on the Brescia-San Zeno-Ghedi doubling
The work will also be financed with funds from the PNRR. The interventions will be carried out by the temporary grouping of companies which includes Webuild and Pizzarotti
Project to promote proximity, slow and sustainable tourism carried out by RFI (FS Group) and the 29 associations that make up the Alliance for Soft Mobility
Rizzani de Eccher leader of the group of companies that will carry out the works worth over 588 million euros and also financed with funds from the PNRR
For the doubling of the tracks of the Fiumefreddo-Taormina/Letojanni and Taormina-Giampilieri sections, RFI of the FS group has invested a total of 2,3 billion euros. The Palermo - Catania - Messina project is getting closer to completion.
The work, blocked for years, will allow a new configuration of the Florentine railway network: 7 km underground and the new Firenze Belfiore AV/AC station
The activation of the new section is expected by 2026 and will connect the city of the Sassi to the national railway network via a 20 km single track electrified line
Manslaughter prescribed - The manager was convicted of culpable train crash, fire and culpable injuries - In all likelihood there will be a new appeal to the Supreme Court
The CEO of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana receives recognition in Berlin for the concrete actions implemented in favor of the green transition and social inclusiveness
The tender is divided into four tenders for the construction of the European ERTMS system which improves the safety and technological control of moving trains. It will cover 3.400 km of network by 2026
The Industrial Plan not only outlines the future of the FS Group but also of the transport sector in general: there are many investments and challenges to face. Here are all the numbers of one of the major Italian industrial companies
It's called the "Atlas of soft mobility in Italy" and was created by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (FS Italiane Group) in collaboration with the Alliance for Soft Mobility - Here's what it contains
Gruppo FS brings its technology to the international event: the AV Diamante 2.0 train and the WRTMS Urban system capable of increasing the capacity of the railway infrastructure
Rfi's new green ship enters service for the ferrying of passenger and freight trains on the Strait of Messina from 8 March - For an investment of 57 million euros
This concerns lot 1a Battipaglia-Romagnano with interconnection between the HS line and the current Battipaglia-Potenza line and the railway doubling between Genga and Serra San Quirico on the Orte-Falconara line
The project involves the upgrading of mobile radio coverage systems in the tunnels along the HS/HC Turin to Naples and from Bologna to Venice lines - for a total investment of 12 million euros
The tender assigns 500 million to a consortium led by Hitachi to improve the supervision and control of train running. It is part of the almost 3 billion euro plan linked to the Pnrr
Change at the top of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) and Trenitalia, the two major subsidiaries of the State Railways. For Rfi the novelty is double, because not only does the top management change but for the first time the management of the Network...
After obtaining the international standard ISO 55001, Rfi has extended the scope of certification of its asset management system also to tangible, movable and intangible assets and intellectual property.
The illness of a Casalpusterlengo station manager triggered exceptional health checks, causing record delays of up to 7 hours and the cancellation of many trains - The inconvenience could also occur today
At the height of the municipality of Caluso, a regional train hit a truck that was stationary on the tracks after breaking through the barriers of a level crossing
The CEO of FS to Repubblica: "We apologize to the passengers. We are ready to invest 100 million to fix the junctions in Lazio" - Minister Delrio, enraged, had asked to "solve once and for all" the fragility of the infrastructures in case …
There are four people registered in the register of suspects, they are the top management of Rfi and Trenord, the two companies involved in the management of the railway service in the area of the accident.
After the 800 hirings carried out in the last year, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, a company 100% owned by the FS Group, announces the arrival of another 900 employees in the next two years.
The program aims to bring the female universe closer to the railway professions, historically considered male: thirty-five girls who have recently graduated from technical institutes will be sent on an internship for three months to discover the world of maintenance of the national railway network.
Poste Italiane has formalized the new top management: Maria Bianca Farina as president and Matteo Del Fante (formerly Terna) managing director - Enav approves the 2016 financial statements, "the best result in the company's history", and reconfirms Roberta Neri as CEO - Also confirmed…
The new National Operations Room of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (FS Italiane Group) will monitor - instant by instant, 24 hours a day - the circulation of around 9 trains/day on over 24 kilometers of track: all with a totally…
The protocol, which has a duration of one year, was signed on Thursday in Florence by Raffaele Cantone, president of Anac, and Maurizio Gentile, managing director of Rfi.
