A two-year contract for the operation of regional train services in Sicily was signed on June 25 by the island's regional councillor for transport Mr Giovanni Battista Pizzo and Mr Orazio Iacono, Trenitalia's national director for regional transport.
ITALFERR, the engineering subsidiary of Italian State Railways (FS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Algeria's National Railway Investment Agency (Anesrif) on June 26 to create an engineering joint venture, which will support the modernisation and expansion of the country's railway network.
ROME added another six stations to its metro network on June 29 with the opening of the 5.4km western extension of Line C from Parco di Centocelle to Lodi.
THREE years after the first train arrived in Italy, the fleet of CAF Civity EMUs ordered by the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia finally entered passenger service with the timetable change on June 14, when three ETR 563 sets were introduced on the Tarvisio - Udine - Trieste route.
ITALY's National Railway Safety Agency (ANSF) says it will issue an Authorisation to Place into Service (APS) on May 29 for the ETR 563/564 Civity EMUs supplied by CAF for the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, enabling the first trains to enter service within the next few weeks.
Greenrail, Italy, is in the early stages of developing a new sustainable railway sleeper. The company's research is also opening up the possibility to deliver further sustainable benefits from track infrastructure, as Marco Chiandoni explains.
CONTRACTORS working on Rome metro Line C completed a 5.4km, six-station extension of the driverless line from Parco di Centocelle to Lodi on April 30. Rome metro is currently carrying out line tests ahead of the start of commercial operations in the first half of July.
THE mayor of Florence Mr Dario Nardella visited the district of Novoli on April 30 to view progress on the construction of the city's second light rail line and mark the laying of the first 100m of track.
MILAN celebrated the opening of five stations on the 7.4km east-west extension of Line 5 on April 29, just two days before the inauguration of Expo 2015.
TRENITALIA exercised an option worth €170m with Alstom on April 23 for 25 additional five-car Jazz EMUs, which will be used on regional services in Tuscany and Lazio.
