THE results of a feasibility study led by Tuscany and Umbria into building a new station on the Florence - Rome high-speed line were presented to local mayors, chambers of commerce as well as Trenitalia, NTV and Italian Rail Network (RFI) officials on November 3.

ITALIAN Railway Network (RFI) CEO Mr Maurizio Gentile joined the mayor of Rimini Mr Andrea Gnassi, Emilia-Romagna regional councillor for infrastructure and transport Mr Raffaele Donini, and regional finance councillor Mrs Emma Petitti in Rimini on October 28 to outline plans for three-year project to upgrade the 112km Bologna - Rimini line.

THE European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a €950m loan agreement on February 2 with Italy's Ministry of Economics and Finance which will be used by infrastructure manager Italian Railway Network (RFI) to fund modernisation of conventional lines in northern and southern Italy.

ITALIAN Railway Network (RFI) has signed two contracts for civil works on new high-speed lines in northern Italy.

OPTIONS for improving high-speed rail links to Italy's most important airports will be examined in more detail following the signing of an agreement between Italian State Railways (FS) and the Italian Ministry of Transport on August 26.

FOLLOWING a shareholders' meeting, the board of Italian Railway Network (RFI) announced on July 24 that it has appointed Mr Maurizio Gentile as the infrastructure manager's new CEO.

ITALIAN State Railways' (FS) steering committee, led by its new president Mr Marcello Messori, has appointed Mr Michele Mario Elia as CEO of FS Group.

ITALY's prime minister Mr Matteo Renzi has named Italian State Railways (FS) CEO Mr Mauro Moretti as CEO of Finmeccanica, the country's largest state-owned conglomerate, as part of a wider reshuffle of senior managers at public sector companies.

ITALIAN Rail Network (RFI) has refuted claims that it gave Trenitalia a competitive advantage over its open-access high-speed competitor NTV by denying NTV access to Rome Termini station in the centre of the Italian capital.

ITALY's infrastructure manger Italian Rail Network (RFI) has agreed to allow private open-access high-speed operator NTV to start running non-stop Rome – Milan services from Rome Termini station.