2025 FIGURES
Italy and its ports keep struggling to boost rail freight
For the fourth year in a row, rail freight in Italy continued to decline. The number of trains handled in the country’s main ports continues…
WILL IT BECOME A NEW NORMAL?
Mercitalia Rail increases its market share for the first time ever
For the first time since its establishment in 2016, Italian state-owned operator Mercitalia Rail has gained some market share. The step was not massive, from…
CLOSED FOR 5 WEEKS
Rome-Naples line gets ready to welcome semi-trailers on rail
The freight line between two of Italy’s most important cities, Rome and Naples, will be adapted to the 4-metre profile, allowing the rail transport of…
33% reduction
Italy to lower track access charges 6 months earlier than planned
The Italian rail infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) was planning to introduce a new tariff scheme for track access charges (TAC) in 2026, which…
rail freight of the future
RFI to start experimenting with magnetic levitation for rail freight
The Italian infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) will cooperate with Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico (RSE) in the context of magnetic levitation for rail freight.…
possible line reopening
Feasibility study to (re)connect Turin with Switzerland is underway
The reopening of the Arona-Santhià line in northern Italy, a key missing piece to link Turin with Switzerland, is now one step closer to reality.…
rhine-alpine axis
Many questions remain about the Terzo Valico project in Genoa
The project for the so-called Terzo Valico, a new railway which is expected to boost freight traffic from the Italian port of Genoa, remains under…
Transalpine traffic issues
Hundreds of trains to be rerouted due to two-week railway closure in Northern Italy
Starting tomorrow, 12 July 2024, the railway connecting Udine and Tarvisio, in northeastern Italy, will be closed for 15 days, until 27 July 2024. This…
Italy awards contracts worth 477 million euros for Rome-Pescara line upgrade
Italian rail infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has awarded two contracts, which are worth 477 million euros, for upgrades along the Rome-Pescara line. According…
EasyRailFreight: RFI launches new MarketPlace for intermodality
The Italian infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) launched EasyRailFreight, a new app that will bring logistics operators and their customers closer together. The former…
The Port of Trieste gains rail infrastructure manager status
The Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority, which manages Italy’s largest port in Trieste, was awarded the status of rail infrastructure manager from the National Agency…
Interview
Privatisation of Ferrovie dello Stato: ‘RFI is the prime piece’
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently confirmed that the government is ready for the privatisation of the national railway holding Ferrovie dello Stato (FS Group).…