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Marco Chiandoni

June 3, 2026 | Fleet

Italy authorises ETR 108 EMU

Eight-car Alstom EMU approved to operate at up to 200km/h.

October 25, 2024 | Passenger

Where there’s a will, there’s a (Arena) way

Founder of Longitude Holding and CEO of Arenaways, Matteo Arena, talks to Marco Chiandoni about the challenges of operating private passenger services in Italy.

June 1, 2024 | Infrastructure

RFI selects preferred bidder for Sardinian airport rail link

4.3km branch to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport will cost €231m to build.

May 1, 2024 | Europe

New Italy - Croatia passenger service launches

The train will run daily between Villa Opicina and Rijeka until end September.

June 29, 2022 | Financial

RFI increases PNRR budget by €3.4bn in 2022

The projects include a new high-speed station in Florence.

January 30, 2022 | Freight

GTS Rail orders five Traxx locomotives and 100 wagons

Italian open access freight operator will receive its new fleet from May onwards

January 24, 2022 | Financial

Rail Baltica awards control-command and signalling supervision contract

The contract was awarded to a Systra-led consortium.

January 14, 2022 | Fleet

Hitachi to build 25 trains for Trenitalia

Train order forms part of new passenger contract for Trenitalia in north east Italy.

January 10, 2022 | Infrastructure

RFI issues €757m tender to replace level crossings

Italian infrastructure manager wants to close level crossings in 14 regions.

January 7, 2022 | Financial

RFI issues large tender for ETCS rollout

Italian infrastructure manager wants to equip 3400km of mainline railway with ETCS Level 2 by 2026.

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