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January 15, 2021 | Main line

Trenitalia takes over operation of Turin commuter rail network

ITALIAN national operator Trenitalia took over operation of the Turin Metropolitan Railway Service (SFM) Canavesana line on January 1, the first step towards replacing Turin Transport Group (GTT) on the network.

January 20, 2020 | Uncategorized

Puglia approves order for double-deck EMUs

THE regional council in Puglia, Italy, approved a €116.6m investment on January 13 to purchase four trains and 539 buses to renew its public transport fleet.

January 10, 2020 | Fleet

Alstom begins delivery of Pop EMUs for Catania

ALSTOM has delivered the first five four-car Alstom Pop EMUs to Catania, Sicily, under a contract for 43 new EMUs to renew the island’s ageing fleet.

December 4, 2019 | Main line

Trenitalia signs new 15-year operations contract for Campania

THE Campania region in southern Italy signed a new 15-year direct-award train operating contract with Trenitalia worth €680m on December 3.

December 2, 2019 | Light Rail

Funding approved for Bergamo - Villa D'Alme light rail line

THE Italian government has announced it will provide €125m in funding for the Bergamo - Villa D'Alme light rail Line T2 in Lombardy, allowing the project to proceed.

May 14, 2019 | Metros

Genoa metro extension secures key MoU

THE Municipality of Genoa and Italian State Railways (FS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop land owned by the railway to support the long-proposed extension of the city’s metro to Martinez and Canepari.

May 8, 2019 | Fleet

Alto Adige orders Bombardier EMUs for cross-border services

THE government of the Italian autonomous province of Alto Adige confirmed on May 6 that Bombardier has been selected for a €65.8m contract to supply seven multi-system EMUs to Alto Adige Transport (STA) for cross-border operation into Austria.

April 18, 2019 | Financial

FS board approves €1.75bn bond issue

THE board of Italian State Railways (FS) has approved a €1.75bn bond issue, which will be used to finance investment in new infrastructure and rolling stock.

February 7, 2019 | Asia

Italian joint venture to design Himalayan rail tunnel

INDIAN Railways has awarded an Italian joint venture of Italferr and Lombardi a €5m design and project management contract for a 12km tunnel on the Rishikesh - Karnaprayag line in the Himalayas.

February 5, 2019 | Fleet

Trenitalia prepares to launch former V250 Fyra EMUs

TRENITALIA moved a step closer to the introduction of its fleet of former Netherlands Railways (NS) and Belgian National Railways (SNCB) V250 Fyra EMUs on February 4 with the start of pre-launch operation on the Milan - Pescara route.

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